#ChampionsLeague: Pools composition determined! Draw puts italians Lube and Trentino together

The composition of the pools for the 2020 CEV Volleyball Champions League was determined by the draw that was held in Sofia, Bulgaria.
The group stage of the 2020 CEV Champions League (or 4th Round if you prefer) will consist of five pools with four teams each, just like in several previous editions. On today’s draw, 18 teams were put in pools, while the room was made for the remaining two that will secure their places after completing the previous three rounds. The event will set off on December 3.

Bas van de Goor, 1996 Olympic champion and 1997 European champion with the Netherlands and three-time Champions League gold medallist, took responsibility to carry out the draw for the pools.

2020 CEV Volleyball Champions League – pools composition:

Pool A: Cucine Lube Civitanova (ITA), Fenerbahçe HDI İstanbul (TUR), Jihostroj České Budějovice (CZE), Itas Trentino (ITA)

Pool B: Kuzbass Kemerovo (RUS), Berlin Recycling Volleys (GER), ACH Volley Ljubljana (SLO), Fakel Novy Urengoy (RUS)

Pool C: Zenit Kazan (RUS), Halkbank Ankara (TUR), Greenyard Maaseik (BEL), Jastrzębski Węgiel (POL)

Pool D: Sir Colussi Sicoma Perugia (ITA), Projekt Warszawa (POL), Tours VB (FRA), qualifier 1

Pool E: ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle (POL), VfB Friedrichshafen (GER), Knack Roeselare (BEL), qualifier 2

Source and image: CEV