2008–09 CEV Champions League
The CEV Champions League is the highest level of European club volleyball in the 2008–09 season.
Teams of the 2008–2009
The number of participants on the basis of ranking list for European Cup Competitions:| Rank | Country | Number of teams | Teams |
| 1 | 3 | Trentino Volley Lube Banca Marche Macerata Copra Nord Meccanica Piacenza | |
| 2 | 3 | Dynamo Moscow Zenit Kazan Iskra Odintsovo | |
| 3 | 2 | Iraklis Thessaloniki Panathinaikos | |
| 4 | 2 | Skra Bełchatów AZS Częstochowa | |
| 5 | 1 | Portol Palma Mallorca | |
| 6 | 2 | Paris Volley Beauvais Oise | |
| 7 | 2 | Knack Randstad Roeselare Noliko Maaseik | |
| 8 | 1 | VfB Friedrichshafen | |
| 9 | 1 | aon hotVolleys Vienna | |
| 10 | 1 | Jihostroj České Budějovice | |
| 11 | 1 | Piet Zoomers Apeldoorn | |
| 12 | 1 | Fenerbahçe Istanbul | |
| 13 | 1 | ACH Volley Bled | |
| 14 | 1 | OK Crvena Zvezda Belgrade | |
| 21 | 1 | CSKA Sofia | |
| 25 | 1 | Vitória SC |
Main Phase
24 teams will be drawn to 6 pools of 4 teams each.The 1st – 2nd ranked and four with best score 3rd teams ranked will qualify for the Play-off 1/8 finals.
The 2 remaining 3rd ranked teams and the two 4th ranked teams with the best score move to CEV Cup. The remaining 4th ranked teams are eliminated.
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Pool E
Pool F
1 / 8 Finals
First leg
February 11–12, 2009Second leg
February 18–19, 20091 / 4 Finals
First leg
March 3–4, 2009Second leg
March 11–12, 2009Final four
, Prague, Czech Republic, 4 & 5 April 2009Semi-finals
April 4, 20093rd Place
April 5, 2009Final
April 5, 2009Individual awards Final Four
Winners:- MVP: Matey Kaziyski, , Trentino Volley
- Best Scorer: Jochen Schöps, , Iskra Odintsovo
- Best Spiker: Martin Lebl,, Lube Banca Marche Macerata
- Best Receiver: Plamen Konstantinov,, Iraklis Thessaloniki
- Best Server: Emanuele Birarelli, , Trentino Volley
- Best Blocker: Michal Winiarski, , Trentino Volley
- Best Setter: Aleksandr Butko, , Iskra Odintsovo
- Best Libero: Alexey Verbov, , Iskra Odintsovo