#CLVolleyM Final Four is coming home… Łódź, Poland, to host Volleyball party of the year!

The Final Four of the men’s CEV Champions League Volley is coming home! The real climax of an already spine-tingling season will be taking place at the iconic Atlas Arena in Łódź and run there from May 16-18. The Atlas Arena, a real Volleyball ‘temple’, will welcome the top four teams in Europe as it already did back in 2010 and 2012. 

With three teams from Poland still in contention for a spot in the Final Four and performing impressively well so far in the competition, Łódź is an ideal choice for the season’s finale! The Atlas Arena has already witnessed the crowning of the #CLVolleyM winners in 2010 and 2012 – when TRENTINO Volley and Zenit KAZAN emerged victorious in front of a passionate sell-out crowd. 

After reverting to this format for the first time since 2018, the return of the Final Four could not find a better home than the magnificent Atlas Arena and the city of Łódź, where such an event has already taken place as many as three times – apart from 2010 and 2012, it was held in Łódź also in 2008, albeit at MOSiR Hall, since the Atlas Arena was still under construction when PGE Skra BELCHATOW and the Polish Volleyball Federation did deliver the event in this city for the first time.

“The passion shown by the fans in Poland is truly unique and so is the atmosphere as well – and this applies equally to matches featuring their national teams and elite clubs from this Volleyball-mad country. The Champions League Final Four is literally coming home and I would like to thank the Polish Volleyball Federation, their President Sebastian Swiderski as well as the local authorities and partners in Łódź for their readiness to welcome the world’s elite in club Volleyball for the first time in 13 years,” says CEV President Roko Sikirić. “I expect a full house for an unprecedented long weekend filled with Volleyball action of the finest calibre and an experience to remember for fans, players, and all involved.”

“We are very happy that a top-tier event is returning to Poland and to Łódź, this time in club Volleyball edition. It will surely be a great celebration of European Volleyball. I would like to thank the city and its mayor for their unwavering support to our discipline. I have no doubt that the fans are up for a great spectacle and, what is more, we are keeping our fingers crossed for the Polish teams competing for the Final Four, as we have a chance for a historic final tournament with the participation of as many as three teams from Poland,” says Sebastian Swiderski, President of the Polish Volleyball Federation. 

“It is a great joy and honour that Łódź will once again host a great volleyball festival! I would like to thank the authorities of the CEV and the Polish Volleyball Federation for their trust – this is a clear signal for us that our city is a proven, optimal place to organise prestigious sporting events. The Champions League Finals were last hosted in Poland in 2016. After nine years, it is high time for the volleyball Final Four to return to our country – and where, if not to Łódź? This is where the heart of Polish Volleyball beats, this is where this sport has been loved for years, by entire families, by generations of fans. This is not a new challenge for us – Łódź has already hosted the Champions League finals three times, in 2008, 2010 and 2012,” says Mayor Hanna Zdanowska. “I am convinced that in May the Atlas Arena will be full, and Łódź will once again become the European capital of sports. I invite all Volleyball fans now – we have exceptional emotions and a sporting spectacle at the highest level ahead of us!”

Even though Łódź stands out as a four-time host of the #CLVolleyM Final Four, if we are to count the event coming up in May, the most recent such event held in Poland dates to 2016 – when the majestic Tauron Arena in Krakow became the centrepiece of international Volleyball in an event hosted at the time by Asseco Resovia RZESZOW and the Polish Volleyball Federation.

The names of the four teams due to contest the #CLVolleyM Final Four will become known later this month after completion of the quarterfinals, which involve three teams from Poland, two from Italy, and one apiece from Germany, Greece, and Türkiye.