CEV Women's Challenge Cup

The CEV Women's Challenge Cup, formerly (from 1980 to 2007) known as CEV Women's Cup is the third official competition for women's volleyball clubs of Europe and takes place every year. It is organized by the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV) and was created as CEV Women's Cup in 1980 to allow more clubs to participate in European competitions.[1] In 2007 it was renamed CEV Challenge Cup following a CEV decision to rename its second official competition (known as Top Teams Cup) to CEV Cup.[2]

This article is about the volleyball competition formerly (from 1980 to 2007) known as CEV Cup. For the competition played since 2007 as CEV Cup, see Women's CEV Cup.

For the men's tournament, see CEV Challenge Cup.

CEV Challenge Cup

Current season, competition or edition: 2019–20 CEV Women's Challenge Cup
Formerly	CEV Women's Cup (1980–2007)
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	1980 (as CEV Women's Cup)
Administrator	CEV
No. of teams	32
Continent	Europe
Most recent champion(s)	Saugella Team Monza (1st title)
Most titles	PV Reggio Emilia USC Münster (3 titles)
Official website	CEV Women's Challenge Cup

Results summary

CEV Cup

Season	Winners	Result	Runners-up	Third place
1980–81	SV Lohhof		Mobili Cecina	VC Wiesbaden
1981–82	USC Münster		Lions Baby Ancona	Orbis Orion
1982–83	SG JDZ Feuerbach		Pallavolo Cecina	TG Rüsselsheim
1983–84	Victoria Vill. Bari		VIC Modena	SG JDZ Feuerbach
1984–85	Viktoria Augsburg		Victoria Vill. Bari	Parma Lynx
1985–86	Nelson Reggio Emilia		SG JDZ Feuerbach	Crvena Zvezda Beograd
1986–87	Civ e Civ Modena		USC Münster	Yoghi Ancona
1987–88	Yoghi Ancona	3–2	Braglia Ceramica Reggio Emilia	Emlakbank Ankara
1988–89	Braglia Ceramica Reggio Emilia	3–0	Slavia Praha	1. VC Schwerte
1989–90	Orbita Zaporozhye	3–1	Bayern Lohhof	Rapid Bucarest
1990–91	Pescopagano Matera	3–0	Braglia Ceramica Reggio Emilia	Vakıfbank Ankara
1991–92	Pescopagano Matera	3–0	AS Volley Modena	Vakıfbank Ankara
1992–93	Colli Aniene Rome	3–1	Eczacıbaşı Istanbul	Yunesis Ekaterinburg
1993–94	USC Münster	3–1	Impresem Agrigento	Iskra Lugansk
1994–95	Ecoclear Sumirago	3–0	Orbita Zaporizhya	RCF Villebon
1995–96	USC Münster	3–1	Emlakbank Ankara	Rossy Moscow
1996–97	Alpam Roma	3–2	Romanelli Firenze	Galatasaray
1997–98	Cermagica Reggio Emilia	3–0	Medinex Reggio Calabria	PTT Mulhouse
1998–99	Centro Ester Napoli	3–0	Iskra Lugansk	Uraltransbank Ekaterinburg
1999–00	Medinex Reggio Calabria	3–1	Vicenza Volley	Vakıfbank Güneş Sigorta Istanbul
2000–01	Cividini Vicenza	3–0	Foppapedretti Bergamo	Pallavolo Sirio Perugia
2001–02	Edison Volley Modena	3–1	Marine Consulting Ravenna	Balakovskaia Balakovo
2002–03	Asystel Volley Novara	3–0	Hotel Cantur Las Palmas	Pallavolo Sirio Perugia
2003–04	Foppapedretti Bergamo	3–2	Vini Monteschiavo Jesi	Caja de Ávila
2004–05	Pallavolo Sirio Perugia	3–0	Balakovskaia AES Balakovo	Vini Monteschiavo Jesi
2005–06	Scavolini Pesaro	3–1	Bigmat Kerakoll Chieri	Universidad Burgos
2006–07	Pallavolo Sirio Perugia[3]	3–0	Zarechie Odintsovo	Sant'Orsola Asystel Novara

CEV Challenge Cup

Season	Winners	Result	Runners-up	Third place
2007–08	VakıfBank Güneş Istanbul[4]	3–2	Infoplus Minetti Imola	Dresdner SC
2008–09	Vini Monteschiavo Jesi[5]	3–0	Panathinaikos Athens	Leningradka Saint Petersburg
2009–10	Dresdner SC[6]	3–1	Asterix Kieldrecht	Galatasaray
2010–11	Azerrail Baku	3–1, 3–1	Lokomotiv Baku	Igtisadchi Baku Uralochka-NTMK Ekaterinburg
2011–12	Lokomotiv Baku	2–3, 3–2 (GS 15–13)	VC Baku	VDK Gent Dames VfB Suhl
2012–13	Dinamo Krasnodar	3–2, 1–3 (GS 15–8)	Rebecchi Nordmeccanica Piacenza	VT Aurubis Hamburg LP Viesti Salo
2013–14	Zarechie Odintsovo	3–2, 3–1	Beşiktaş	ASPTT Mulhouse Impel Wrocław
2014–15	Bursa BBSK	0–3, 3–1 (GS 15–11)	Uralochka-NTMK Ekaterinburg	Schweriner SC Khimik Yuzhny
2015–16	CSM București	3–1, 3–1	Trabzon İdmanocağı	Bursa BBSK Zarechie Odintsovo
2016–17	Bursa BBSK	2–3, 3–0	Olympiacos Piraeus	Schweriner SC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk
2017–18	Olympiacos Piraeus	2–3, 3–1	Bursa BBSK	Dinamo Krasnodar Nantes VB
2018–19	Saugella Team Monza	3–0, 3–1	Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	Le Cannet-Rocheville Gen-I Volley Nova Gorica
2019–20

Note: The third place match was abolished in 2010. The table's column "Third place" display the losing semifinalists from the 2010–11 season onwards.

Titles by club

Rank	Club	Titles	Runner-up	Champion Years
1	Pallavolo Reggio Emilia	3	2	1985–86, 1988–89, 1997–98
2	USC Münster	3	1	1981–82, 1993–94, 1995–96
3	Volley Modena	2	2	1986–87, 2001–02
4	Bursa BBSK	2	1	2014–15, 2016–17
5	Pallavolo Matera	2		1990–91, 1991–92
	Gierre Roma	2		1992–93, 1996–97
	Pallavolo Sirio Perugia	2		2004–05, 2006–07
6	Vicenza Volley	1	2	2000–01
7	SV Lohhof	1	1	1980–81
	CJD Feuerbach	1	1	1982–83
	Amatori Volley Bari	1	1	1983–84
	Orbita Zaporozhye	1	1	1989–90
	Virtus Reggio Calabria	1	1	1999–00
	Volley Bergamo	1	1	2003–04
	Vini Monteschiavo Jesi	1	1	2008–09
	Lokomotiv Baku	1	1	2011–12
	VC Zarechie Odintsovo	1	1	2013–14
	Olympiacos Piraeus	1	1	2017–18
9	TG Viktoria Augsburg	1		1984–85
	Brogliaccio Pallavolo Ancona	1		1987–88
	Pallavolo Sumirago	1		1994–95
	Centro Ester Pallavolo	1		1998–99
	AGIL Volley	1		2002–03
	Scavolini Pesaro	1		2005–06
	Vakıfbank Sports Club	1		2007–08
	Dresdner SC	1		2009–10
	Azerrail Baku	1		2010–11
	VC Dinamo Krasnodar	1		2012–13
	CSM București	1		2015–16
	Saugella Team Monza	1		2018–19

Titles by country

Notes:

1. For the purpose of keeping historical event accuracy, historical countries names are used in this table.

2. The column "Third place" includes results until 2010 as the third place match was abolished since then.

Rank	Country	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Total
1	Italy	22	18	6	46
2	West Germany	4	2	4	10
3	Turkey	3	6	6	15
4	Germany	3	1	1	5
5	Russia	2	3	5	10
6	Azerbaijan	2	2	-	4
7	Greece	1	2	-	3
8	Romania	1	-	1	2
9	Soviet Union	1	-	-	1
10	Ukraine	-	2	1	3
11	Spain	-	1	2	3
12	Belgium	-	1	-	1
	Czechoslovakia	-	1	-	1
14	France	-	-	2	2
15	Netherlands	-	-	1	1
	Yugoslavia	-	-	1	1

MVP by edition

• 2000–01 –  Małgorzata Glinka (POL)
• 2001–02 –
• 2002–03 –  Cristina Pîrv (ROM)
• 2003–04 –  Lyubov Sokolova (RUS)
• 2004–05 –  Dorota Świeniewicz (POL)
• 2005–06 –  Simona Rinieri (ITA)
• 2006–07 –  Simona Gioli (ITA)
• 2007–08 –  Aysun Özbek (TUR)
• 2008–09 –  Simona Rinieri (ITA)
• 2009–10 –  Saskia Hippe (GER)
• 2010–11 –  Polina Rahimova (AZE)
• 2011–12 –  Nancy Metcalf (USA)
• 2012–13 –  Marina Maryukhnich (UKR)
• 2013–14 –  Natalia Malykh (RUS)
• 2014–15 –  Meryem Boz (TUR)
• 2015–16 –  Jelena Blagojević (SRB)
• 2016–17 –  Özge Kirdar (TUR)
• 2017–18 –  Styliani Christodoulou (GRE)
• 2018–19 –  Anne Buijs (NED)
• 2019–20 –

References

• European Cups[7]
• CEV 40th Anniversary Book - European Cups[8]

1. "Acknowledgements". CEV. p. 6. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
2. "New names for European cups competitions". CEV. 5 April 2007. Archived from the original on 27 May 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
3. CEV. "Sirio Perugia wins CEV Cup after Champions League". Archived from the original on 2009-11-24. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
4. CEV. "ISTANBUL wins the 2007/08 Women's Challenge Cup". Retrieved 2010-04-09.
5. CEV. "First European trophy ever for Italian club Vini Monteschiavo Jesi". Archived from the original on 2009-03-22. Retrieved 2010-06-08.
6. CEV. "DRESDNER SC celebrates home triumph". Archived from the original on 2010-03-25. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
7. "European Cups" (PDF). CEV. 5 April 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
8. "CEV 40th Anniversary Book - European Cups". CEV. pp. 51–65. Retrieved 18 March 2017.

External links

• CEV Website