OFFICIAL PRESENTATION AND DRAWING OF LOTS

INDESIT European Champions League 2004/05

Luxembourg, August 12, 2004. Following the tremendous success of the previous INDESIT European Champions League, all European top teams are currently preparing for another exciting battle in the world’s strongest club competition. Twenty men’s and twelve women’s clubs will be starting the campaign in November to find the successors of Lokomotiv BELGOROD (RUS) and TENERIFE Marichal (ESP).

The Drawing of Lots and the Official Presentation of the INDESIT European Champions’ League will be held in the Town Hall of Vienna, Austria, on Thursday 2 September 2004 from 20.00 CET, rounded up by a Volleyball Gala. Both events are organised by the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) in cooperation with the Austrian Volleyball Federation and several sponsors who were also responsible for the successful running of last year’s spectacular presentation of the world’s strongest club competition.
The best 20 men’s and 12 women’s club teams in Europe will participate in the 2004/2005 edition of the INDESIT European Champions League. Starting the first round matches at the beginning of November 2004, ten League Rounds will be played before the Play-Offs in February 2005 decide the Final Four which will be held on 19-20 March 2005 for the women and 26-27 March 2005 for the men.
The following teams will participate in the 2004/2005 INDESIT European Champions’ League:

Men: Aon hotVolleys VIENNA (AUT), Hypo Tirol INNSBRUCK (AUT), Noliko MAASEIK (BEL), Knack ROESELARE (BEL). Levski Siconco SOFIA (BUL), TOURS VB (FRA), PARIS Volley (FRA), SCC BERLIN (GER), VfB FRIEDRICHSHAFEN (GER), Panathinaikos ATHENS (GRE), Iraklis THESSALONIKI (GRE), Sisley TREVISO (ITA), Coprasystel PIACENZA (ITA),
JASTRZEBIE Borynia (POL), Polska Energia SOSNOWIEC (POL), Lokomotiv BELGOROD (RUS), Dinamo MOSCOW (RUS), Unicaja ALMERIA (ESP), Vojvodina Novolin NOVI SAD (SCG), Lokomotiv KHARKIV (UKR).

Women: Azerrail BAKU (AZE), RC CANNES (FRA), Foppapedretti BERGAMO (ITA), Sant'Orsola Asystel NOVARA (ITA), Stal BIELSKO-BIALA (POL), Calisia Winiary KALISZ (POL), Uralochka NTMK EKATERINBURG (RUS), Crvena Zvezda BEOGRAD (SCG), TENERIFE Marichal (ESP), Hotel Cantur LAS PALMAS (ESP), Günes Vakifbank ISTANBUL (TUR), Besiktas ISTANBUL (TUR).

More information can be found on the official CEV website www.cev.lu

Journalists who would like to attend the Drawing of Lots and the Official Presentation of the INDESIT European Champions League 2004/2005 are kindly requested to fill out the official accreditation form attached and to send it back by fax or e-mail to the CEV and the Austrian Volleyball Federation.

Ms. Shelly BICKENDORF, communication@cev.lu, fax + 352 25 46 46 40 and
Mr. Harald ROTTER, oevv@aon.at, fax +43 1 50 57 44 26 01

Invitation letter

Media accreditation form (PDF)

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Enjoy & Be There:
14-25 August 2004: Olympic Games Beach Volleyball, Athens, Greece.
14-29 August 2004: Olympic Games Volleyball, Athens, Greece.
2 September 2004: Drawing of Lots 2004-2005 Indesit European Champions’ League, Vienna, Austria.
3-5 September 2004: NEVZA Boys Under 19 & Under 17, Falköping , Sweden.
3-5 September 2004: NEVZA Girls Under 19 & Under 17, Copenhagen, Denmark.
3-5 September 2004: Balkan Championships Senior Beach Volleyball Women, Costanta, Romania.
3-11 September 2004: Women’s Under 19 European Championships, Bardejov, Presov, Slovakia.
4-10 September 2004: Balkan Championships Youth Boys, Budva, Serbia Montenegro.
4-12 September 2004: Men’s Under 20 European Championships, Zagreb, Croatia.
8-12 September 2004: European Championship Tour Senior Beach Volleyball, Spanish Open, Valencia, Spain.
17-19 September 2004: European Championships Women Category A Qualification Tournaments, Various.
21-26 September 2004: 2005 FIVB World Grand Prix European Qualification, Ankara, Turkey.