The Women's CEV Champions League, formerly known as CEV Champions Cup (from 1960 to 2000), is the top official competition for women's volleyball clubs of Europe and takes place every year.

[1][2] On 13 November 2000, it was officially presented in Florence under a new format and renamed CEV Champions League.

[3] The competition has changed its format since the first fourteen teams took part at the inaugural edition in 1960–61.

[1] Through the Champions Cup era, as the number of participating teams has changed over time, the competition moved from an only knockout tournament to include a round-robin format between the final four competitors to determine the champion.

In the 1961–62 season, the finalists was qualified by a home-and-away format in group stage round.