The volleyball team of Jedinstvo Bemax will debut in the strongest European competition next season, and who will be the rival of the new Montenegrin champion, most likely in the 2nd round of qualifications (the 1st round will not be played), will be known today (11 a.m.) in Luxembourg, the headquarters of the European Volleyball confederation, where the draw for all European Cups is held.
Bjepolojci, who won the historic double crown last season, are also the only team that will defend the honor of Montenegro on the European stage next year.
In the independent state, Montenegro had one representative (Budva Riviera) on the European stage only three more times, in the seasons 2013/2014, 2014/2015 and 2015/2016. A total of 32 teams will compete in this year's Champions League, nine of which are debutants, including Jedinstvo Bemax.
Considering the rating of the countries, 12 teams won a direct placement in the group stage (4th round), namely the Russian teams Zenit (the defending champion) and Dinamo Moscow, Lube and Trentino from Italy, Halkbanka and Arkas from Turkey, Zaksa and Belhatov from Poland, France's Chaumont, Belgium's Roselar, Germany's Berlin and Greek champion PAOK.
In the second and third round of qualifications, in addition to our representative, Lokomotiv Novosibirsk (Russia), Perugia Italy), Fenerbahce (Turkey), led by Montenegrin coach Veljko Bašić, Jastrzebski (Poland), Toulouse (France), Noliko (Belgium), Friedrichshafen (Germany), Jihostroj (Czech Republic), Vojvodina (Serbia), Posojilnica (Slovenia), Burgas (Bulgaria), Sastamala (Finland), ACH Volej (Slovenia), Shakhtar (Belarus), Groningen (Netherlands), Omonia (Cyprus) , Mladost Brčko (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Makabi (Israel) and Luboteni (Kosovo).
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