Their debut in the top European competition was impressive, and they led the formation until the final round of games.

The title of vice-champion of Europe allowed the team to qualify to another club competition, the CEV Super Cup.

In this event Dachau reached the final, and was beaten by another Italian team, Alpitour Diesel Cuneo.

Despite these impressive results in Germany and Europe, they had training difficulties and a financial crisis, which made the team go back to the second division, before returning to the top flight.

[citation needed] A new corporate crisis occurred in 2002, and this time the team was forced to start from a lower league.