CEV Volleyball European Cup Competitions 2019 CEV Volleyball Champions League Official Communications

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1 Confédération Européenne de Volleyball CONFÉDÉRATION EUROPÉENNE DE VOLLEYBALL CEV Volleyball European Cup Competitions 2019 CEV Volleyball Champions League Official Communications

2 2019 CEV EUROPEAN CUPS OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION NO. 1 (REGISTRATION) Version Control: Date Released: OC No May CEV European Cups Official Communications Page 1 of 6

3 1. INTRODUCTION This Official Communication No. 1 (Registration) supports all National Federations which are interested in registering teams into one of the CEV Clubs competitions. It contains important information and explanations about registration, regulations and other items for a smooth running of the competitions. You will find a useful time line / to-do-list in the Organisation Guidelines - Chapter 1. Please read it carefully. The CEV Office is available to help should you have any questions, or need any assistance during this process REGISTRATION PROCEDURE Registration is done via the CEV database by completing the 01 form (one per gender), no later than Monday 11 June 2018 at 23:59 CET. Once you close the 01 form, the data is fixed and cannot be changed. The CEV will set the form as Accepted once it is checked. Once the signed and stamped originals are received the CEV will set the form as Confirmed. More information about your registration is available in the Organisation Guidelines - Chapters 2 and 3. For an explanation about the access to the CEV database and its functionalities, please check Chapter CEV REGULATORY FRAMEWORK During your participation in a CEV competition, you will have to use and comply with the CEV Regulatory Framework. Mainly with the CEV Volleyball Competitions Regulations, the Organisation Guidelines and the Official Communications. These documents are available on the dedicated section of the CEV website. You will also have to fill in CEV forms. These forms are available in your area in the CEV database. For a full list of the CEV forms, please check the Organisation Guidelines - Chapter CEV European Cups Official Communications Page 2 of 6

4 The CEV Board of Administration approved some changes in the CEV Volleyball Competitions Regulations. The new version will be released on 01 June All the changes are listed in the first pages CALENDAR The 2019 European Cups calendar is currently available in your download area in the CEV Database and the CEV website. 5. RANKING Following a decision of the CEV Board of Administration, there are now two CEV European Cups ranking lists: one for the CEV Volleyball Champions League and one for the CEV Volleyball Cup and Challenge Cup. These ranking lists are available online by your download area in the CEV Database and the CEV website. 6. COMPETITION SYSTEMS The Competition system is as follows: Levels CEV Volleyball Champions League Main phase - 1 st Round CEV Volleyball Cup Main phase - 1/32 finals CEV Volleyball Challenge Cup Qualification phase - 1 st Round 1. Losers are moved to the 1/32 or 1/16 of the CEV Cup Additional level if more than 32 registered Clubs and Clubs moved from CL Additional level if more than 32 registered Clubs 2. Main phase - 2 nd Round Winners from 1 st Round Losers are moved to the 1/32 or 1/16 of the CEV Cup Main phase - 3 rd Round Winners from 2 nd Round Main phase - 1/16 finals Winners from previous round, seeded Teams and Teams moved from the CL Main phase - 1/8 Finals Winners from 1/16 finals Main phase - 1/16 finals Winners from previous round and seeded Teams. Main phase - 1/8 finals Winners from 1/16 finals 3. Losers are moved to the 1/32 or 1/16 of the CEV Cup 2019 CEV European Cups Official Communications Page 3 of 6

5 4. Main phase - 4 th Round 2 Winners from 3 rd Round and 18 directly qualified Teams Round robin with a "Home. 5 pools of 4 Teams First best placed of each pool + 3 best Teams placed second across all pools qualify to the 1/4 finals Playoffs phase - 1/4 finals Main phase - 1/4 finals Winners from 1/8 finals Final phase - Semi-finals Main phase - 1/4 finals Winners from 1/8 finals Final phase - Semi-finals 5. Teams qualified from 4 th Round Winners from 1/4 finals Winners from 1/4 finals 6. Final phase - Semi-finals Winners from 1/4 finals Final phase - Gold medal match Final phase - Gold medal match Winners from Semi-finals Final phase - Gold medal match Winners from Semi-finals 7. Winners from Semi-finals Knock-out with a single leg match - - According to the number of registered Clubs, the CEV will determine the number of levels of a CEV competition, the Clubs qualifying directly to a level and those required to play in a prior level. The allocation of teams within the levels will be made via a seeding - in accordance with the CEV European Cups ranking list and the final standing of the National Championship (after any playoffs) and a drawing of lots. The same will be done for the allocation of the "visiting" and "hosting" Club status CEV European Cups Official Communications Page 4 of 6

6 7. BANNED TEAMS According to the CEV Volleyball Competitions Regulations, the below mentioned teams are not eligible to participate in the 2019 European Cups (non-exhaustive list): Team Season Reason Women NOR - Stod Volley STEINKJER 2015 / 2016 Withdrawal GRE - AON Pannaxiakos NAXOS 2016 / 2017 Withdrawal Men ROU - Tomis CONSTANTA 2015 / 2016 Withdrawal UKR - Lokomotiv KHARKIV 2016 / 2017 Withdrawal 8. DRAWING OF LOTS The Drawing of lots for the 1 st, 2 nd and 3 rd Rounds of the CEV Volleyball Champions League will be held together with the one for the CEV Volleyball Cup and Challenge Cup in Luxembourg on Thursday 28 June The information regarding the Drawing of lots of to the CEV Volleyball Champions League - 4 th Round and Gala will be sent in a separate letter in due time. 9. SEMINARS A seminar will be held in Luxembourg on Friday 29 June 2018 for the: New Clubs participating in the CEV Volleyball Champions League, New CEV Supervisors selected for the CEV Volleyball Champions League. Arrival is scheduled on 28 June in the evening and departure on 30 June in the morning. 10. CHALLENGE SYSTEM The list of the suppliers fulfilling the CEV requirements is available in the Organisation Guidelines - Chapter 10. Should you like to use another supplier, please contact the CEV - events@cev.lu. 11. LED SYSTEM In order to use a dynamic advertisement system - LED system, please submit to the CEV - graphics@cev.lu, for approval, the relevant CEV form no later than 31 July This form will be available in your download area in the CEV Database on 30 June MEDIA RIGHTS All Media rights originally belong to CEV. The CEV Media agency - Sportradar - is the exclusive, global agent of the CEV in marketing and distributing all Media rights of European Cups competitions. As per the CEV Volleyball Competitions Regulations, we would like to remind all Clubs about the mandatory production of the matches (incl. putting at disposal of the international signal upon an established European satellite) as follows: CEV Volleyball Champions League: all home matches, CEV Volleyball Cup: semi-finals and Gold medal match, 2019 CEV European Cups Official Communications Page 5 of 6

7 CEV Volleyball Challenge Cup: Gold medal match. CEV & Sportradar in close cooperation with the respective National Federations, leagues and clubs will do its utmost to negotiate license agreements covering also the production of the matches. For any further information, you may contact the sportsman media group: Contact person for media rights: Mr Christian Günther Tel: Contact person for technical coordination: Mrs Jasmin Winter Tel: COMMERCIAL RIGHTS In accordance with the rights already granted to Clubs (Chapter 18 of the VBCR), the table hereafter shows the split of Advertising spaces on the Playing area between the CEV and the organising clubs. Advertising spaces Banner 10 (+4 on positions 23-26) LED system visibility split (percentage of a 360 loop) Champions League CEV Cup Challenge Cup CLUB CEV CLUB CEV CLUB CEV (+4 positions 10 (+4 on positions ) 23-26) 60% 40% 60% 40% 60% 40% Floor stickers 2 4* Net % 50% 50% 100% - Net post % Referee stand % *including the competition title and the host city floor stickers If the CEV will not manage to find a partner until the 15 th of September 2018 (date due to prior contractual commitments of CEV), 10% of the CEVs LED timing will be granted to the clubs. The CEV reserves the following product categories: Airlines, Banking, Betting and Gambling services, Body & Healthcare products, Courier services & logistics, Sports Equipment - Volleyballs and flooring, Sportswear. If not used, the CEV will release one or more of the above-mentioned categories at the latest 15 th September 2018 (date due to prior contractual commitments of CEV) CEV European Cups Official Communications Page 6 of 6

8 2019 CEV VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION NO. 2 Version Control: Date Released: OC No May 2018 OC No July CEV Volleyball Champions League Official Communication Page 1 of 6

9 1. COMPETITION SYSTEM ALLOCATION OF TEAMS 1.1 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WOMEN The 20 teams participating in the 4 th Round will be divided into four sub-groups (I-II-III-IV) of five teams each before the Drawing of Lots scheduled on 2 November 2018 as per the table below, which reflects the latest CEV Champions League Ranking and the number of teams per National Federation: Cup I Cup II Cup III Cup IV TUR 1 POL 1 ROU 1 TUR 3 ITA 1 FRA 1 GER 1 ITA 3 RUS 1 RUS 2 BLR 1 RUS 3 TUR 2 POL 2 BUL 1 Winner CL 3rd Round ITA 2 FRA 2 FIN 1 Winner CL 3rd Round Teams will be drawn across five pools (A-B-C-D-E) accordingly. Each pool will consist of four teams, each one playing three matches at home and three away. The home and away status of each team is determined as follows: LEG 1 LEG 2 LEG 3 LEG 4 LEG 5 LEG I IV III I II I I III IV I I II II III IV II IV III II IV III II III IV 1.2 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MEN: The same system is applied for the Men s competition Cup I Cup II Cup III Cup IV ITA 1 TUR 1 BEL 1 ITA 3 RUS 1 GER 1 FRA 1 RUS 3 POL 1 POL 2 SLO 1 POL 3 ITA 2 TUR 2 CZE 1 Winner CL 3 rd Round RUS 2 GER 2 BEL 2 Winner CL 3 rd Round LEG 1 LEG 2 LEG 3 LEG 4 LEG 5 LEG I IV III I II I I III IV I I II II III IV II IV III II IV III II III IV 2019 CEV Volleyball Champions League Official Communication Page 2 of 6

10 2. 02 FORM (ORGANISATION INFORMATION) AND CLUB LOGOS Any team participating in the CEV Volleyball Champions League shall fill in the 02 Form and upload its logo and/or emblem via the Club Area of the CEV Database in two different sections: Contact List Team info There are 2 different kinds of logos: The club logo linked to the association to which it belongs to The team emblem used for the running season. This emblem may include for instance the sponsor logo or other features All club logos shall be uploaded in the Contact List section of the CEV Database, whereas the team emblem must be uploaded in the Team Info section. If there is no team emblem, then the club logo should also be uploaded here as well. In the section Team Info, the team emblem shall be uploaded 5 times whatever format is used (.jpg,.ai,.eps) as follows: One high resolution logo: 1200 pixels x 150dpi Three image logos with the requested widths: 32 pixels, 100 pixels and 150 pixels. One logo in vectors: no limitation for this file In the section Contact List, the club logo shall also be uploaded 3 times as follows: One high resolution logo: 1200 pixels x 150dpi the image logos with the requested width: 124 pixels x 150dpi One logo in vectors: no limitation for this file These logos will be made available via the CEV website to the opponents for promotional purposes as well as for television graphics. Missing logos have serious consequences to the corporate visibility and presentation of your club and the competitions on the CEV website and in the media and on television starting with the European Volleyball Gala. Deadline to fill in the 02 Form and upload clubs logos and/or emblems: Monday 23 July FORM REGISTRATION OF PLAYERS All players wishing to participate in the 2019 European Cups, need to be registered by their respective club, under the supervision of their NF s European Cups Responsible. The application for players licenses can only be performed via the CEV database on the CEV 04 form (Registration of Players). The deadlines to complete the CEV 04 form are stated in the tables hereafter CEV Volleyball Champions League Official Communication Page 3 of 6

11 Player Minimum of 10 players 2019 CEV VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - MEN Competition phase Teams participating in the 1 st Round Form to be used Deadline 03 September 2018 Minimum of 10 players Seeded Teams in 4 th Round 01 October 2018 License fee Extra players 1 st Round - Home matches 8 October st Round - Away matches 15 October nd Round - Home matches 22 October nd Round - Away matches 29 October rd Round Home Matches 3 rd Round Away Matches 04 (Registration of players) 5 November November st LEG 19 November nd LEG 17 December rd LEG 14 January th LEG 28 January th LEG 11 February th LEG 26 February th Finals, Semi-Finals and Final 11 March Euros 2019 CEV Volleyball Champions League Official Communication Page 4 of 6

12 Player Minimum of 10 players 2019 CEV VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - WOMEN Competition phase Teams participating in the 1 st and 2 nd Rounds Form to be used Deadline 03 September 2018 Minimum of 10 players Seeded Teams in 4 th Round 01 October 2018 License fee Extra players 1 st Round - Home matches 8 October st Round - Away matches 15 October nd Round - Home matches 22 October nd Round - Away matches 29 October rd Round Home Matches 3 rd Round Away Matches 04 (Registration of players) 5 November November st LEG 19 November nd LEG 17 December rd LEG 21 January th LEG 4 February th LEG 18 February th LEG 25 February th Finals, Semi-Finals and Final 11 March Euros 2019 CEV Volleyball Champions League Official Communication Page 5 of 6

13 4. CEV OFFICIAL BALLS The official ball for the whole season will be the MIKASA MVA200CEV (Green Ball). The CEV decided to provide all participating clubs of the 2019 CEV Volleyball Champions League with 30 MIKASA balls (MVA200CEV) bearing the current valid competition logo (see below), free of charge in terms of production and transportation. These balls will be shipped directly by MIKASA to the respective National Federations which will be responsible for dispatching the balls to the various clubs. Please note that the CEV partner MIKASA is in charge for the delivery and the respective receiver for the custom clearance.. The MIKASA balls are also available via the MIKASA distributor network and each participating club takes the responsibility to have enough balls for games. A minimum of 14 balls per Team shall be provided during the warm-up before the match and 20 during each training session 5. ACCREDITATION CARDS / BADGES According to the CEV Volleyball Competitions Regulations and CEV Organisation Guidelines for Clubs, each person accredited must receive an accreditation card/ badge. Each participating team is responsible to produce its own accreditation cards via a new software for all team delegation members and present them during the Preliminary Inquiry. The instructions to produce the accreditation cards / badges will be provided beginning of August. 6. TECHNICAL TIME OUT We would like to inform you that the CEV Board of Administration has decided, during its last meeting in Kazan (RUS) scheduled on 12 May 2018, to cancel, with immediate effect, the Technical Time-Outs (TTO) for all future CEV Volleyball Competitions. Since 14 May 2018 on, there are no more Technical Time-Outs in matches of the CEV Volleyball Competitions. This decision does not apply to national competitions CEV Volleyball Champions League Official Communication Page 6 of 6

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15 1. CEV NFTP SERVER The CEV FTP Server is a tool to download and upload documents related to CEV competitions. To access the CEV ftp server: ftp://nftp.cev.lu We recommend to use FileZilla client, which is most advanced and free ftp client for all major operating systems. You can download the FileZilla client here. User name: CEV_marketing Password: 4marketing CL-S FORM REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF SPONSORS The CL-S form allows Clubs in the CEV Volleyball Champions League to receive the CEV approval for their sponsors' advertisement as well as provide the CEV with information. All teams shall fill in the CL-S form with all sponsors contracted for the 2019 CEV Volleyball Champions League. The CL-S form will be available online in the CEV Database as from Friday 27 July All clubs have to duly fill, save, close and send the CL-S form to CEV via the CEV database no later than 21 days (3 weeks) before their 1st match in the Competition. 3. TEAM UNIFORMS When ordering the team uniforms, clubs must make sure they are produced according to the CEV Volleyball Competitions Regulations and CEV Organisations Guidelines for Clubs. CEV has reserved a set number of product categories for advertisement during the 2019 CEV Volleyball Champions League, however this rule does not apply to team uniforms and the choice of sponsors is free. Clubs are allowed to have sponsors from the CEV protected product categories on their team uniforms. However, all sponsors appearing on the uniform shall first be approved by CEV through the CL-S form. Each set of uniforms shall be checked and approved by CEV via nftp server. Therefore, teams are required to upload the pictures of their 2 sets of uniforms, shirt and short with a front side and back side view, produced in colours, via the CEV nftp server: ftp://nftp.cev.lu/ UPLOADS/2019 CEV Volleyball Champions League/*.* by Monday 17 September COMPETITION BADGE: The CEV Volleyball Champions League badge has to figure on the team uniform as from the first match, namely on the right sleeve for jerseys with sleeves or on the upper right chest for jerseys without sleeves CEV Volleyball Champions League Official Communication Page 2 of 9

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17 Clubs have two options: 1 ) Order the badges via the CEV Office. The deadline for ordering such badges is set for Monday 20 August 2018, by sending an with the exact number of badges to: marketing@cev.lu. 2 ) Produce the badges using the heat transfer method. Teams using the heat transfer method have to download the new logo from the CEV ftp server. Download folder: /DOWNLOADS/VOLLEYBALL COMPETITIONS/2019/2019 CEV VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONS LEAGUE/ CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LOGO The dimensions of the logo are as follows: 7,2 cm x 7,8 cm (width x height) All 1st ranked teams from previous Champions league editions have the right to use the Competition logo badge with stars. The number of stars indicates how many times the respective team won the CEV Volleyball Champions League. The colour of uniforms required for each match will be communicated by the CEV via the 09 forms on the CEV Database. Teams will be responsible for bringing the correct set of uniform and presenting it at the Preliminary Inquiry. If either team does not bring the required uniform, or there is a colour clash, the home team must change their uniform. Failure to do this will result in a financial sanction being issued CEV Volleyball Champions League Official Communication Page 4 of 9

18 4. TECHNICAL COURT LAYOUT The technical court layout is available in the download area of the CEV Database. 5. LAYOUTS AND FILES The following files will be found on the CEV ftp server: 1. Banner layouts 2. Competition logo 3. Poster layout 4. Backdrop layout 5. Net layout 6. Court layout (for 1st - 3rd Rounds) 7. LED system playlist file (for 1st - 3rd Rounds) 8. Champions League anthem 9. Club logos, if needed for the print material 10. Approved LED system applications Please note that we do not provide any ticket and brochure / Programme layouts. However, all the relevant information and logos must be printed, namely CEV logo, competition title and logo, CEV Official partner s logo. With respect to the information written in the article 13, Official Communications Nr. 1 the content for all CEV positions will be confirmed by Friday 21 September NET POST & REFEREE CHAIR ADVERTISING Without advertising 7. BACKDROP Basic layout structure: 2019 CEV Volleyball Champions League Official Communication Page 5 of 9

19 1. Backdrop size: 300 x 180 cm 2. Title Sticker: 300 x 30 cm 3. Background s colour: CMYK: 100/87/0/2 or Pantone 2738C 4. Sticker Frame: 30 x 15 cm 5. Sticker size 28x13 cm 6. Distance between Stickers: 2 cm each 7. CEV positions: 40 % = 32 stickers 8. Club s positions: 60 % = 48 stickers The content for all reserved CEV positions will be specified in the backdrop layouts available on the ftp server CEV Volleyball Champions League Official Communication Page 6 of 9

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21 8. POSTER The 2019 CEV Volleyball Champions League poster layout instruction will be available on the CEV ftp server. 9. PROMOTION PLAN All clubs participating in the 2019 CEV Volleyball Champions League shall develop and provide the CEV, with one promotional plan per phase. You can find more details in the CEV Organisation Guidelines for Clubs. The promotion plan shall reach the CEV Office no later than: 10. COURT LAYOUT 1. Monday 03 September 2018 for teams playing in the 1st and 2nd Rounds. 2. Monday 15 October 2018 for teams playing in the 4 th Rounds The commercial rights distribution on the court is set up according to the information given in the Official Communication No. 1 and the exact content on all CEV positions and further information will be communicated to all clubs by the aforementioned date CEV Volleyball Champions League Official Communication Page 8 of 9

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24 1. BACKDROP Backdrop layouts are available on the CEV ftp server. 2. POSTER The 2019 CEV Volleyball Champions League poster layout inclusive instructions are available on the CEV ftp server. 3. COMMERCIAL RIGHTS UPDATE (1 ST - 3 RD ROUNDS) In accordance with the information stated in the Official Communication Nr. 1, Article 13, the CEV releases the following product categories to the clubs for 1 st, 2 nd and 3 rd rounds: Airlines, Banking, Body & Healthcare products, Courier services & logistics, Sportswear. The following categories are still reserved by CEV: Betting and Gambling services, Sports Equipment - Volleyballs and flooring. 4. ACCREDITATION CARDS (1 ST - 3 RD ROUNDS) Each team participating in the 1 st, 2 nd and 3 rd rounds is responsible to produce its own accreditation cards using the official layout available on the ftp server. 5. COURT LAYOUT (1 ST - 3 RD ROUNDS) Following the update of commercial rights distribution for 1st, 2 nd and 3 rd rounds, the CEV releases to the clubs following positions on the court: 7 banner positions: Nr. 3, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15 and floor sticker positions F1 and F6. In order to ensure a unified court layout, the clubs have to use all 4 positions F1, F2, F5 and F6 on the floor indicated on the court layout. The CEV maintains 5 banner positions, namely Nr. 4, 9, 12, 14 and 19. The updated court layout as well as the content to be displayed for CEV positions is shown further in this document. These banners have to be produced by the clubs. 6. LED SYSTEM (1 ST - 3 RD ROUNDS) The CEV releases 25 % from the CEV timing to clubs, i.e. once the LED system application is approved, the visibility will be split for 1 st, 2 nd and 3 rd rounds between CEV and clubs as follows: 15 % (54 seconds) for CEV 85 % (306 seconds) for clubs The Led playlist will be available for completing on the ftp server CEV Volleyball Champions League Official Communication Page 2 of 6

25 7. COMMERCIAL RIGHTS UPDATE (4 TH ROUND) For the 4 th round, the following product categories exclusivity is released to clubs: Body & Healthcare products, Courier services & logistics, The CEV reserves still following categories: Airlines, Banking, Sportswear. Betting and Gambling services, Sports Equipment - Volleyballs and flooring. The CEV may release additionally one or more of the above-mentioned categories depending on contractual negotiation processes and commitments of CEV. The clubs will be informed immediately (but not before 15 th of December) in case any of those categories will be released. 8. COURT LAYOUT (4 TH ROUND) For the 4 th round, the CEV releases to the clubs following positions on the court: 3 banner positions: Nr. 3, 10 and 13. The CEV maintains 9 banner positions, namely Nr. 4, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 19 and 20. The content will be communicated at a later stage. The updated court layout can be found further in this document. 9. LED SYSTEM (4 TH ROUND) The CEV releases 10 % from the CEV timing to the clubs, i.e. once the LED system application is approved, the visibility will be split for 4 th round between CEV and clubs as follows: 30 % (108 seconds) for CEV 70 % (252 seconds) for clubs The Led playlist will be available for completing on the ftp server I FORM - INSPECTION VISIT / CHECK LIST Please, note that the Inspection Visit Checklist Form was updated. To control the items that the CEV Supervisors will inspect, feel free to find the 03-I Form in the download area on the CEV Database CEV Volleyball Champions League Official Communication Page 3 of 6

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