CL just need to make their own max 3 foreigners rule 
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it's not about just focusing on the strong teams. The formats just suck.
CL, the highest level doesn't need those teams without potential only for the sake of diversity. CEV even has 2 other competitions for the sake of diversity! I think for CL an Euroleague like format makes more sense or even a system like our very own Volleyball Club WCh.
Than CEV cup needs to get a secondary status that might promote or give chances to CL/highest division. We can merge Challenge Cup and Cev Cup or we could even make Challenge Cup its own league for secondary European teams among each other kinda like European League in NTs.
It's just that now we have top seeded teams in the world trolling semi-amateur teams and that does nothing for the sport. The proof is in the years of nothing happening.
Exactly my thoughts, one thing I can add is to give wild card to winner or cev cup independent of their country or league ranking. This could make cev cup way more appealing. Inclusivity and quality can go hands in hand if CL could be a place for best clubs in Europe and cev cup for mid teams to gain international experience. Otherwise it is not fun for a Bulgarian or Finnish team losing 3-0 games against big teams. And there's no gained experienced for them because big teams play with their bench players against weak teams in CL anyways. So there's really not much for weak teams. But it really ruins top level of European volleyball 🤦