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CEV Women's Champions League
The Women's edition of this tournament was created in 1960, a year after the Men's edition of the CEV Champions League was created.
The tournament from 1960 up until 2000 was known as the CEV Women's Champions Cup but since has been known as the CEV Women's Champions League. In the early years, it was the Soviet Union and Russian clubs who dominated but that has shifted and it's now the Italian and Turkish clubs who have had all the recent success.
This season's tournament will be the 66th edition of the competition, and everyone will be looking to end the dominance of the Italian and Turkish clubs.
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CEV Women's Champions League Preview
The Panthers (Imoco Volley) from Conegliano made it third-time lucky in 2021 when landing their first Champions League title having previously been beaten in both the 2017 & 2019 finals.
They were back to losing ways in 2022 and failed to make the 2023 final, however, they are the reigning champions having won it in 2025, backing up their win in 2024 and are now looking to make it three on the bounce, a feat not achieved since Uralochka Sverdlovsk did it in 1981-83.
Turkish side VakıfBank Istanbul has now won back-to-back titles on two occasions within the last six seasons (2017-18 & 2022-23). They will be looking for a better season after finishing fourth last season.
Most Successful CEV Women's Champions League Nations
- Soviet Union (22 Wins / 7 Runners-Up)
- Italy (19 Wins / 17 Runners-Up)
- Turkey (8 Wins / 8 Runners-Up)
CEV Women's Champions League Past Winners
One thing is plain to see, the dominance of Italian and Turkish volleyball. Dinamo Kazan from Russia won in 2014; however, since 2005, they are the only side to win this tournament who have not been either an Italian or Turkish club!
It has been all Turkey and Italy in recent years, 18 of the last 19 finalists have been from either of those countries and the only exception was Romanian side CSM Volei Alba Blaj in 2018.
| Season | Champions | Score | Runners-Up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | Imoco Volley Conegliano | 3–0 | Scandicci |
| 2023-24 | Imoco Volley Conegliano | 3–2 | Allianz Vero Volley Milano |
| 2022–23 | VakıfBank Istanbul | 3–1 | Eczacıbaşı Dynavit |
| 2021–22 | VakıfBank Istanbul | 3–1 | Imoco Volley Conegliano |
| 2020–21 | Imoco Volley Conegliano | 3–2 | Vakıfbank Istanbul |
| 2019–20 | No Tournament | ||
| 2018–19 | Igor Gorgonzola Novara | 3–1 | Imoco Volley Conegliano |
| 2017–18 | VakıfBank Istanbul | 3–0 | CSM Volei Alba Blaj |
| 2016–17 | VakıfBank Istanbul | 3–0 | Imoco Volley Conegliano |
| 2015–16 | Pomì Casalmaggiore | 3–0 | Vakıfbank Istanbul |
CEV Women's Champions League Betting Tips
As we head into the 2025-26 CEV Women's Champions League, the question is will the OLBG volleyball tipsters be favouring the Italian and Turkish sides given all of their success of late in this tournament.
You will find CEV Women's Champions League tips for each round of the tournament on our Volleyball Predictions page. Not only will you find tips for this tournament, but also for other tournaments taking place too.
If you want to see what our profitable volleyball tipsters are backing, then head over to the Best Volleyball Tipsters page.
Five-Year Favourite Statistics
Favourites have been pretty solid in the last five seasons with overall 85.33% of them winning, that means the underdog very rarely picks up a win, which then means trying to pick the right underdogs is a tough ask which then has to make you wonder how much value there is when backing the outright winner of the matches, maybe it is better to look at other markets like correct set score below.
- 2020-21: 61-73 (83.56%)
- 2021-22: 59-66 (89.39%)
- 2022-23: 65-79 (82.28%)
- 2023-24: 65-79 (82.28%)
- 2024-25: 70-78 (89.74%)
- Overall: 320-375 (85.33%)
Five-Year Set Score Statistics
More than half of the matches (56.05%) over the last five seasons have ended in a whitewash either way, meaning either a 3-0 home win or a 3-0 away win. It doesn't look like there are many close-fought games, with the 2-3 & 3-2 scorelines only making up 15.79% of the games; this means that 82.89% of the games are either a 3-0 or 3-1 victory to either team.
- 3-0: 110 Games (28.95%)
- 0-3: 103 Games (27.11%)
- 3-1: 54 Games (14.21%)
- 1-3: 48 Games (12.63%)
- 3-2: 31 Games (08.16%)
- 2-3: 29 Games (07.63%)
CEV Womens Champions League Most Wins
The top two most successful teams in this tournament both played under the Soviet Union and then later Russia. WVC Dynamo Moscow top the pile with eleven wins from a total of sixteen final appearances, whilst Uralochka Ekaterinburg racked up eight wins from fourteen final appearances, however, the last success for either was back in 1995. The Italian side Volley Bergamo, with seven wins, has had more recent success when lifting the trophy in 2010 and the Turkish side Vakıfbank SK, with six wins since 2011.
| Rank | Club | Champions | Runner-Up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | WVC Dynamo Moscow | 11 | 5 |
| 2nd | Uralochka Ekaterinburg | 8 | 6 |
| 3rd | Volley Bergamo | 7 | 1 |
| 4th | Vakıfbank SK | 6 | 5 |
| 5th | Imoco Volley Conegliano | 3 | 3 |
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