The 2025-2026 European volleyball season promises to be a notable year for Belgian volleyball. In all three European club competitions – the Champions League, CEV Cup and Challenge Cup – Belgian clubs and players are involved. With a total of nine Belgian teams and several internationals and coaches active abroad, we’re looking forward to an exciting campaign with high-level matchups and encounters between compatriots.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Belgian clubs

Pool B
Knack Roeselare
Bogdanka LUK Lublin (POL)
Galatasaray Istanbul (TUR)
Halkbank Ankara (TUR)

Pool E
Volley Haasrode Leuven
Cucine Lube Civitanova (ITA) (with Belgian Wout D’Heer)
PGE Projekt Warszawa (POL)
Montpellier HSC VB (FRA)

Asterix Avo Beveren (women – second qualification round)
The Belgian champion faces Olympiacos Piraeus (GRE) in the second round. If victorious, Beveren advances to the third qualification round of the Champions League.

Belgians abroad in the Champions League
Men
Wout D’Heer – Cucine Lube Civitanova (ITA), Pool E
Simon Plaskie – Berlin Recycling Volleys (GER), Pool C
Tomas Rousseaux – Guaguas Las Palmas (ESP), in the qualifiers vs MÁV Foxconn Székesfehérvár (HUN)
Liam McCluskey – Orion Doetinchem (NED), in the qualifiers vs ACH Volley Ljubljana (SLO)

Women
Britt Herbots – Igor Gorgonzola Novara (ITA), Pool B
Laura Heyrman – Developres Rzeszów (POL), Pool E
Charlotte Krenicky – CS Volei Alba Blaj (ROU), Pool A

CEV CUP
Belgian clubs

VC Greenyard Maaseik (men – 1/32 finals)
Opponent: SCM Craiova (ROU)
Winner faces Tourcoing (FRA), home to Belgian Robbe Ponseele

Tectum Achel (men – 1/16 finals)
Opponent from the Champions League qualifiers (loser match CLVM 17/18)

Darta Bevo Roeselare (women – 1/16 finals)
Opponent: Dukla Liberec (CZE)

Belgians abroad in the CEV Cup
Men
Robbe Ponseele – Tourcoing Lille Métropole (FRA), to face Maaseik or Craiova

Women
Lara Nagels – VfB Suhl (GER), vs Dinamo Bucuresti (ROU)
Ilka Van de Vyver – PAOK Thessaloniki (GRE), vs a Champions League qualifying loser
Pauline Martin & Anna Koulberg – Allianz MTV Stuttgart (GER), also vs a Champions League loser

CHALLENGE CUP
Belgian clubs

Lindemans Aalst (men – 1/16 finals)
To face the winner of BVA Cup vs Baku

Capital at Work BAO Tchalou (women – 1/32 finals)
Vs Fleyr Torshavn (Faroe Islands)

Charleroi Volley (women – 1/16 finals)
Vs winner of Nicosia vs Split

Belgians abroad in the CEV Challenge Cup
Men

Bram Van den Dries – AO Foinikas Syros (GRE), vs Nordenskov UIF (DEN)

Ferre Reggers & Seppe Rotty – Allianz Milano (ITA), vs winner of Oslo (NOR) vs Stip (MKD)

Dries Hoeyberghs (coach) & Ben Hoeyberghs (assistant) – Nordenskov UIF (DEN), face Van den Dries' team in a Belgian clash

With Belgian representation at every level and in every competition, there is plenty for fans to follow this winter. Nine Belgian clubs are active on the European stage, while Belgian internationals – both on the court and on the bench – feature at top clubs in Italy, Germany, Spain, Romania, Greece and Denmark.