CEV European Volleyball Cups 2025 Drawing of Lots

[Music] n [Music] n [Music] n [Music] n [Music] n [Music] n [Music] n [Music] n [Music] a [Music] a [Music] n [Music] nah [Music] n [Music] [Applause] [Music] so welcome back to the cev European cups 2025 drawing of Lots now we just completed the drawing of lots for the cev champions league but we are not yet finished because we're going to proceed and begin with the drawing of lots for the cev cup and also the cev challenge cup but before we do we have a video which highlights some exciting moments from the cev cup 20124 season with two teams from Poland and Italy who clinged the title for the men's and women's uh Championship let's take a look at these highlights [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] who will rise who will conquer [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] once again so exciting and so cool to see these highlights of the men and women competing for that title right um Federico before we get started can you please guide us through this process and I do believe that we will start with the cev cups women's join that is true Nisha good afterno everyone once again um it is my pleasure to be co-hosting with you this um drawing of lots uh as you said um and as we watched the highlights of the past season in the CV cup we do have the winners of the men's competition AO resovia Jesu who they will be returning to the competition so there is a chance uh that they can reclaim their title in the women's competition the defending champions from kieri are actually playing the challenge Cup this year so there will be a new champion and um that leaves the or open you know for a new winner to emerge that's right that's right um we get started now with the draw for the 16 finals of the women's CV cup and uh we do have 16 teams already seeded according to the latest European ranking combining the CV Cup and the challenge cup and we have 16 teams that we will be drawing out of this cup with your help norisha these are the teams that were promoted from The Challenge cup to the CV cup if they expressed their interest in doing so the teams that will fail to progress from the Champions League four third round to the fourth round and also the um lower ranked teams among those registered for participation in the C cup so shall we get started yes so we have the CD teams and as always and as with the previous draws those c teams have the privilege of playing the return match at home courtesy of their higher ranking so Nisha let's get started and find out who is going to play against Oka zag of Croatia [Music] nice and that is Ku boru AAR of tury a team that will be playing in the European camps for the first time in their history so they will be hosting Dam Zagreb first and then travel to Croatia's capital next [Music] norisha the team that you are drawing now will be playing against Vol muus alzas clam that has played in the Champions League many times and this will be the team losing matches nine and 10 in the third round of the Women's Champions League elk Comon W of Poland is the next CD team for matches five and six [Music] and they will be playing against another loser of matches in the third round of the champions league and more specifically matches seven and eight let me just remind everyone that all of the charts and the results of the draw will be on our website and social media channels for people to have a better understanding as to who to who is who when the name of the team is not defined just yet okay so the next C the team is the winner of the challenge cup 2024 Igor Gorgonzola Novara of Italy a former winner of the champions league as well so the team that they are due to play it's actually a buy there are five Buys in these rounds so it's a lucky draw they will be advancing to the eight finals without playing any matches thank you Nisha let's continue we move on to matches N9 and 10 the Belgian team of Chappelle lar Leon is the CD team and then will be playing The Losers of matches three and four in the third round of the Champions League Red Star Belgrade of Serbia is seated in position number 12 Nisha please go [Music] ahead so they will be playing volero Lan of France a team that has achieved much success in the champions league as well over the years the next C team is from Austria and these are T volley inbrook they had a sensational season in domestic competitions for Austrian clubs and they are due to play EMA bees Chaba of Hungary the next city team is thy stul of turkey I seem that our friend Nas did play four and they're used to play in the Champions League as well they will be contesting the CV cup in the 2024 season 2025 season and it's the loser of matches one and two that is going to play thy Istanbul in the CV cup so a team coming down from the early rounds of the Champions League the next C team is silver Medal winner from the last edition of the CV cup women Vitos Noel us of Switzerland and they also have a lucky draw so aai and they are promoted into the next round without playing any matches lucky Dua Liber of CIA is the next C team position number 20 norisha please go ahead let's see and they will be playing radom radom of Poland so t two neighboring countries playing against each other Poland and CIA the Polish team will be hosting the first match and dla liberates will be welcoming the return game Novak branik maribor of Slovenia a seated next position number 22 on our charts and they also have a lucky draw so no matches to be played and maribor will progress straight onto the eight finals drner EST of Germany a team that you know very well from your time in the Bundesliga noria yes that's right so let's see the team that you are drawing will take position number 23 on these charts hosting the Germans and then playing in Dr and that is Van volleyball of France we are slowly but surely completing the draw for the 16 finals of the women's CV cup we have avara de Menorca of Spain seated next we are moving from the top to the bottom of the draw and it's again a lucky draw so a buy for avara de Menorca the Spanish team will not be playing any matches and move on straight to the eight finals kosari is the next team and of Hungary seeded in position number 28 according to the latest European ranking list for CV cup and challenge cup and they will be playing Tenerife liis La lagona of Spain Spanish team will be hosting the first match and then travel to Hungary two teams left among those seated ones vea prosto of CIA is the next one a team that played champions league for many season this year they will be contesting the CV cup instead so orisha let's find out what the destiny and it's a buy so prosto will also play no matches in the 16 finals and progress straight to the eight finals last but not least we have seated in position number 32 says Vol Alba blash of Romania former finalist in the Champions League and they will be playing a team coming down from the champions league and more specifically the loser of matches five and six in the third round thank you Nisha that concludes the draw for the CV cup women and uh the road is actually set I mean from the 16 finals the the teams will then progress to the eight finals and we should keep in mind that at some point in the competition in the quarterfinals four teams more will be coming down from the Champions League at the end of the group stage and these are teams that haven't reached the Knockouts the elimination phase of the Champions League itself thank you fedo for that information because that is important for us to know and now that we've completed the women's uh do for the cev cup we can now proceed with the men's drawing of lots for the cev cup as you said at the beginning of the Champions League draw in Nisha there is a massive interest from teams from across Europe to participate in the European cups we have as many as 204 across all events across all competitions and the two genders and that becomes obvious when we proceed now with the draw for the CV cup men we actually have two draws we start with the 32nd finals and we have 16 teams involved all are in these cup so we will be drawing from top to bottom and we will be defining who plays who and it's always home and away matches so norisha please go ahead the charts are there and the matches will be played as you can see at the beginning of October so here we go we start with es kazad druga aob of Austria taking position number one so they will be hosting the first match and who is going to play the Austrian team we'll find out in a second and that is loan us of Switzerland so two neighboring countries playing against each other in the 32nd finals of the CV cup men I think they're happy with not being it's not a long journey yes so we continue now with matches three and four [Music] norisha and that's a loser of matches in the Champions League first rounds matches 13 and 14 I understand and I appreciate that it is a bit complicated for people to have an understanding of who is who but all of the results all of the charts will be available on the CV websites and people can go back and really have a better understanding of which teams are involved in which competition and in which round yes so to play a loser for from the first round matches in the Champions League 134 will be another loser from the Champions League first round matches 1 and two we continue with matches five and six in the 32 finals of the men's CV cup and we do have a team from Bost Herzegovina Oka naak obj thank you Nisha so the Bosnian team will be playing at home first and then we'll travel to Cyprus to play pakos pafos thank you slowly but surely I'm beginning to see the bottom of the yes yes we have mates seven and eight which are the next ones coming up the first team that you drove orisha will be playing the first match at home and that is Vol hasr Len of Belgium thank you taking position number eight in the grid for the 32 finals of the CV volleyball cup men that's a team coming down from the Champions League first rounds so the eventual Losers of matches 15 and 16 we move on to matches 9 and [Music] 10 as you can see there are no seeded teams in this stage of the CV cup and we draw from top to bottom and we have the loser of matches five and six in the Champions League first round taking position number nine let's move on position number [Music] 10 this one team will have the privilege of playing the return match at home and that's Oka Merkur maribor of Slovenia and as you might remember they even played in the Champions League a couple of years ago they did break the dominance of aavi so they are now back to the European stage and will be playing in the CV cup we have six um teams left see and this one and the next one will be playing against each other matches 11 and 12 we start with the loser of matches seven and eight in the Champions League first round so we will have to wait for completion of the Champions League first round to find out which team will be taking spot number 11 and next five more [Music] we have this spot number 12 and that goes to the loser of matches 11 and 12 in the Champions League first round so basically we have two teams coming down from the Champions League playing against each other so that it's another chance to continue their European Journey if they don't progress in the Champions League and there is one more chance to the title yes yes and to do so in the C cup yeah last four teams involved in these strong the final four so we have the team of Vala sastamala of Finland taking position number 13 many fans would recall that they have played champions league and especially the early rounds for a few years Nisha let's find out who is going to travel to England if we know at this stage already because as we know there is also the earli rounds to finish that's right and it looks the cas and it looks the case so matches three and four in the Champions League first round so the eventual loser of those two matches will be traveling to fingland and then host sastamala for the return match we complete this first draw for the men's CV Camp Nisha well done positions 15 and 16 teams here we go [Music] fedo the way you looked at me is I stirred two balls in the cup and we have the one team finishing third in the Champions League preliminary round as you might recall we said we had to add these extra rounds which will feature the national champions of Cyprus lvia and Ukraine so the one team finishing third and last in their one tournament will be playing matches 15 and 16 against let's find out drum roll please and that team fedo is there is another team coming down from the champions league and the loser of matches nine and 10 in the first round thank you Nisha that completes the draw for the 32 finals of the CV cup men and as I said before we do have two draws in this competition that's the only one we have a second draw for the 16 finals um as we will be able to see in a moment with the chart that has been prepared for this purpose we do have a number of seeded teams these have been seeded according to the latest ranking that combined CV cup and challenge Cup and the results that National federations have achieved in these competitions and we have 16 teams to draw it is your responsibility once again Risha and those teams as they are drawn they will be playing the first match at home and those seated ones they will be hosting the return match all right let's get started let's get started CED first is d m appor of the Netherlands oh it did fly out and there is the winner of the 32nd final matches one and two in this draw we do not know most of the teams because previous rounds have to be played in completed but at least we perform the draw and when the time comes the teams will know exactly whicham will compete against so seated next is Lind man Al of Belgium and they will be playing a winner of 32 final matches five and six once again I will not get tired of repeating myself all of the charts will be on the website for people to have a better understanding of who is who and the interconnection between the different competitions will become clearer so SE next are the defending champions in the menv cup Poland's AO resovia Jesu sonisha is it a winner of the 302 it's a loser from the Champions League third round so matches 2526 so Jes will have to wait for for a while before they know which team they will be playing as the the early rounds of the Champions League have to be completed first let's continue seated next we have green volley freek mtic of CIA and they will compete against against another Czech team vea V praha so it's a Czech Derby in the 16 finals of the men's C cup so they will take the domestic rivalry to the European stage yes they will de Voli bua South Bulgaria is seated next and they will compete against they will be playing the winner of the 32 final matches 11 and 12 so a team progressing from the previous round of the CV cup that's what all of these abbreviations stand for let's continue we have only amville of Switzerland seated [Music] next we are now completing the grid for matches 27 and 28 with the loser of matches in the second round of the champions league and more specifically matches 19 and 20 and now see the next we have a former Champions League winner in 2007 ffp Fred saen of Germany [Music] so Fred Sten will be taking on a loser of second round matches in the Champions League and we talk about matches 17 and 18 and see the next norisha this is quite amazing we have another former Champions League winner T of France they won the title in 2005 so it's almost 20 years ago they will be playing in the CV Cup this season please so T will be taking on a team coming down from the Champions League second rounds so the loser of matches 21 and 22 seated next we have another team that we are very familiar with vo VOD novisad of Serbia they have been playing champions league for many years long time and so let's find out their Destiny I think they have to wait to find out they will have to wait until completion of the third round in the Champions League and of matches 2728 so it's going to take a while but the time will come patience is a virtue so we have t rapid bukes of Romania seated next we are slowly but surely completing this draw Nisha for the 16 finals of the CV cup men so hosting the Romanian team and then traveling to Romania as the winner of matches 9 and 10 in the previous round of the CV cup kid kamnik of Slovenia is the next C team and playing the return match at home please norisha we are slowly but surely getting there and completing this draw I'm starting to see the bottom of the cup again that's a good sign and and it is the winner of matches seven and eight in the previous round of the CV cup men seated next we mentioned them just a little while ago as the winners of the last Champions League noas they are playing for Glory in the CV Cup this coming season please norisha let's see who the Champions are going to play and it is arada Gala of Romania so the team from Romania will be hosting the Champions League title holders first and then travel to Italy to play the return game we have four teams SE left T risen hartberg of Austria is the first one Nisha please go ahead we have our final four here and look so from the cup and that's a team who's identity is not known just yet but at least we know more it's a team coming down from the Champions League second round matches 23 and 24 Al milon offens of Greece is seated next on position [Music] 44 and they will be playing against the winner of the 32nd final matches 15 and 16 once again all results all Graphics all charts will be on the web for people to have a better understanding of who is who the last two City teams are both from Turkey we start with Galatasaray Istanbul two and they will be playing the winner of matches three and four in the previous rounds of the men's CV cup last but not least the seed the team is zat Bank Ankara of tury semi-finalist in the Champions League last year they will be contesting matches 47 and 48 and they will be playing against the winner of 32 final matches 13 and 14 so if we were to retrieve the results of the previous throw then zerat would know which two options they have when it comes to their opposition in this one round so this Nisha thank you very much that was a long one concludes the draw the two draws actually for the CV cup men we have defined the grid for the 32nd finals and the 16 finals as well the competition will then continue according to the road that we have set and defined we shouldn't forget that four more teams will be coming down from the Champions League at the end of The Pool stage and that accounts for very exciting and serious competition on the way to the title thank you very much once again fedrico for the explanation of the teams and the history of the teams I really appreciate that I could never do that so I'm very happy that you are here you're most welcome so that completes the drawing for the cev cup but we are still not yet finished because now we are moving on to the cev challenge cup but before we do let's watch some fascinating highlights from the 2024 season of The cev Challenge cup where we have also two titles and these teams the Winn project varshava of Poland and Igor gorona noar of Italy will not be playing the challenge Cup in 2025 so that leaves the door open for the new Champion to emerge that's right and it's always good change is good sometimes so here let's take a look at the highlights [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] train for this moment fight for this chance [Music] [Applause] welcome back to the drawing of lots for the cev European cups 2025 we are slowly coming to an end but we are not yet at the end because we will now proceed with the drawing of lots for the cev challenge cup women's so uh could you help us go through the I mean I'll I'll be pleased to do so and um we said a few times already the the interest from from the clubs to participate in the European C is is terrific that's right and that accounts also for so many teams competing in the women's challenge Cup this year we start with the 32nd finals and this is where we have seeded 17 teams already those teams will be playing the return matches at home they have been seated according to the position of their National Federation in the latest European ranking which combines the results of the CV Cup and the challenge cup over three years over three seasons so it is again your turn and we will Define I mean who plays who in the very second finals and then I'll spend a couple of words to talk about the subsequent rounds okay shall we get started let's get started and it's randaberg elel of Norway the first of the team seeded so there we go who is going to host the Norwegians and travel to Norway fedo I think I'm going to be dreaming about yellow balls after today so many so it is olympos pus of gree we mentioned their men's team before it's a multisport club with a rich history and many successes across a variety of sports not in Vol I mean not just in volleball but in many many areas CSM lugy of Romania is seated next for matches three and four taking through the mountain of balls and we have Shel me berno of the Czech Republic or czechia so berno will be hosting the Romanian team first and then travel to Romania to play the return game seated next is a team that we are familiar with from their participation in the Champions League a few times in the early rounds they are from Bost heroina J balino bko and noish who is hosting the Bosnian team that's smsh fingan of Switzerland a team that you yourself are familiar with from your time in competitive volleyball seated next is a tias of Greece please [Music] norisha we slowly but surely perform this draw for the 32nd finals of the women's challenge Cup and the winner of the bva cup will be playing against tias allow me just to spend a couple of words I me bva cup that's a competition a zonal competition run by the Balan volleyball Association these will be taking place in September and once we know the winner that one team that one Club will be playing TI Us in the 3 second finals of the challenge cup thank you for that information so a team from the latian capital Ria is seated next and we are addressing now matches 9 and 10 and it's AA aens of Greece hosting the latvians first and then traveling to the Latvian capital for the 32nd finals of the women's challenge cup now we always say that volleyball really unites people and it unites the whole of Europe and we have teams from the tiny farro Islands competing in the European cups and Flair Tav is seated next so who is going to make the journey to the islands to the North Atlantic let's see not bad volleyball unites us too once a year that is very true so let's see who gets to fly to the warm weather oh that's fro snake of the Netherlands they will be playing the first match at home and then travel to the far Islands to play Flair El kangasala of Finland is the next ceded team according to the ranking which means they will be hosting the return match at their home and their rival will be drum roll KAC wild cats Clen Fort of Austria s C of Spain is seated next we are halfway through this drone Risha slowly but surely we are moving forward please go ahead and let's find out who is going to play the Spanish team and that is jev Vol of Switzerland seated next we have a team from Denmark Hal EF and [Music] Nisha is now drawing the opponent the opponent for the Danish team and that is kti shafen of Switzerland another team that I am familiar with yeah that you played against right yes seated next is EST poam of Germany they played in the Champions League for a couple of years this time they come back to the European stage but they will be playing in the challenge cup instead so Nisha let's go ahead and who is going to play poam and that's Vape Bratislava of Slovakia seated next we have kaas vid of Lithuania and as with all the seeded teams kaas will be hosting the return match at home as as well and they will be playing against jobs zle of the Netherlands ostrava from CIA is seated next um and we complete now the group for matches 23 and 24 so hosting the Czech team will bearish of Romania thank you Nisha Olympia neapolis nikosia of Cyprus is seated next on position 26 just a quick reminder we are drawing the 32nd finals of the women's challenge cup with matches du to take place in the first half of October and it's hael far sabba of Israel the opponent for Nik cesa Sophia of Bulgaria is seated next the women's team of a club that has a rich history in international Vol B Nisha let's complete this draw with the last four teams and this one will be playing against Esa sopia oh that popped out there is another clab with a rich history indeed and that's paniko Aon of Greece so it's a bulon derby between a and CA sopia Apollo 8 borne of the Netherlands is seated [Music] next three teams left FEA three teams left PR seeded ones and free to draw including this one which is pamo of fingland so the fin will be hosting the Dutch team of Borna first and then travel to Holland for the return match we are almost there Nish two teams left two seeded one NRA from Slovakia is the next one I can see the [Music] light and it is leki Sofia of Bulgaria another Bulgarian team involved in this round of the competitions so they will be hosting Nitra first and then they will travel to Slovakia we finalized this row with celex carat of Croatia and who are they going to play in the 32nd finals of the women's challenge cup that team is that is the winner of the weza cup and let me spend a couple of words on this web stands for the Western European volleyball zonal Association and uh this competition open to eight member countries from the zonal association will be taking place in September and the winner will get the right to play in The Challenge cup and more specifically they will be playing against caratz in the 3 second finals of the competition that being said we have finalized the draw but I just wanted to spend a couple of more seconds to show everyone the grid for the 16 finals where we have already seeded 15 teams according to the latest ranking for CV cup and challenge cup those teams will be playing the return matches at home and the 17 spots available will be taken by the winners of the fair second finals according to the grid that you can see so all is set all is clear and from there we will go all the way to to the finals in the spring of 2025 correct seems so far away but the time goes by so fast it'll be here in the blink of an eye right so those competitions start early October but we are still not yet finished because we will now move on to the drawing of lots for the men in the challenge cup yes Nisha that's the last draw for today and actually for the whole European CS 2025 season uh the procedure we follow is kind of the same as with the women's challenge cup there is such a massive interest for participation in the challenge cup that we start with the 32nd finals uh but instead of having 17 seated teams as we had in the women's competition we do have 16 only so to speak for the men's tournament and these are those shown on the charts just now and we have 16 teams to draw out of this cup again with your help norisha so let's get the job done I would love to help actually fro I think I have the easiest job here the team that you are drawing norisha will be playing against Ukraine's epitent Pani hodok and that's per of Estonia good job on the pronunciation I could I would have butchered I would have butchered that name we did mention the far Islands before while we were drawing the women's challenge cup and there is a far's team involved in the men's challenge cup as well mner CL and let's find out who is going to host them and to travel to the farro Islands later this [Music] year and that's the Ukrainian team of Rish livka thank you Nisha akar volle of England is seated next to position number six and they will be playing the winners of the bva cup again that's the zonal competition run by the Balan volleyball Association SCM zalo of Romania is seated next that's a club that did play champions league for a few times about a decade ago mhm and they're back they are back to play Talent Cup this time around as you can see on the charts those matches for the 32nd finals will be played in the first half of October and to play zala we have sporting Lisboa of Portugal speaking of multisport clubs this is one of those examples we continue with spartac miava of Slovakia norisha hosting the Slovak team and then traveling to Slovakia will be the club volleyball Mia of Spain the next city team is a team from our host country right now Luxemburg so the volleyball club Sten woo woo Luxembourg and which team will they be playing that's rer Karo of Slovakia you might remember karno became the first Slovak team men's team to play in the Champions League a few years ago makabi Tel Aviv of Israel is seated next norisha it's your turn again and their opponent is volley bartang of Luxembourg we continue with shinoa janev of Switzerland which is seated already in position number 16 we have two teams from this city playing in the European cups this year one women's team and one men's team as well and they will be playing against panikos after of Greece that's an interesting draw for them Rola a of Croatia is seated next position 18 we are halfway through norisha I see the life fedo and for castella we have another luxemburgish team the volleyball club Lawrence Vier thank you and now the next C team is from Iceland and to the best of my memory I don't think we had any team from Iceland to play in the European cups for more than 20 years so let's see who is going to play the Icelandic team in the 32nd finals of the challenge cup men that's a team from the Netherlands and it is num media liax Lin tartu big Bank of Estonia is the next CED team in the 32nd finals of the challenge cup men Nisha we are almost done [Music] almost so to play tartu that's the team from Ukraine jii POA vea carasco of CIA is seeded next we have five teams left to go and five seeded almost so to play Carlo Varco in Carlo vivari there is mck MAA oek of Croatia the first match will be played in Croatia and the return game in CIA then we have the last four teams seeded norisha and we start with the hungarians of sees ferar so to play the cloud from albaa is okim Central metal of Croatia not such a long journey for these two teams so no not at all then we have the next city team up in the north of Europe Bea Tru of [Applause] Norway who is going to host the Norwegians and to take their Journey oh that's from Spain sanro Las Palmas actually from the Canary Islands nice Rio duero Soria of Spain is the next to last SE the team Nisha two two more two more left and we are done and it is cisos Alter Tenerife so it's a Spanish Derby in the 32nd finals of the challenge cup men and they also do not have to travel so far and last but not least kisia aens of Greece is the seeded team position number 32 who is going to play the Greek team first at home and then traveling to the Greek Capital City there is nto bgas of Bulgaria thank you Nisha well done this concludes the draw for the challenge cup men 3 second finals the 16 winners will be advancing to the 16 finals where as you can see from the chart that we will be showing in a moment we have already seed another 16 teams uh these are the higher ranked ones uh according to the latest ranking combining CV cup and challenge cup the CD teams will be playing the return matches at home so it's all said and done we just have to wait for the players to take to the courts and to deliver thank you very much I feel like I'm repeating myself again but thank you again federo for the explanations and just adding you know this extra information about the teams I think it really helps and it makes it easier to follow so thank you I I swear you are a human volleyball encyclopedia oh thank you very much so thank you and unfortunately all good things must come to an end but before we end this we do we we must we want to we have to we can't leave without saying a big thank you to all of the workers who work behind the scene endless hours sweating giving a lot of their energy time and devotion and also dedication to make this drawing of lots happen without them this would not be possible and we also have you know some special people who have been with this program for a long long time and today well that that is very true Nisha we have someone who is leaving the CV after 17 years of dedicated service so we would like to say goodbye to Christo turovsky and to thank him for all the work the hard work and the dedication that he showed throughout so many years and we wish him all the best in his well-deserved retirement yes I'm I'm going to miss him I have to say Me too every like a little tear in my eye thank you very much for everything that you have done for cev and for the drawing of lots GNA miss you a lot so so fedco I think this is the end but we would like to encourage you for more information more updates and also if you want to follow your your team please do follow the cev um social media platforms on Instagram or also um the cev website and there you can follow all of your favorite teams so with that said all good things must come to an end hopefully we'll see each other again next year I hope so too Nisha yeah and hopefully we will see you all again at the next triying of lots next year so we're excited about the season that will be begin in October enjoy and until the next time stay healthy stay happy and we will continue to stay volleyball family bye thank you for joining us bye n [Music]