2011–12 CEV Challenge Cup

2011–12 CEV Challenge Cup
2011–12 CEV Challenge Cup
League	CEV Challenge Cup
Sport	Volleyball
Duration	22 October 2011 – 31 March 2012
Finals
Champions	Tytan AZS Częstochowa
Runners-up	AZS Politechnika Warszawska
Finals MVP	Dawid Murek
CEV Challenge Cup seasons
	← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 CEV Challenge Cup was the 32nd edition of the European Challenge Cup volleyball club tournament, the former CEV Cup.

The final of 2011–12 CEV Challenge Cup became Polish derby, because of Tytan AZS Częstochowa and AZS Politechnika Warszawska meetings.^[1] Tytan AZS Częstochowa won the first match and lost the next one after tie-break, but their victory was decided by the golden set.^[2]^[3] The Most Valuable Player of final matches was chosen captain of winner team, Polish player Dawid Murek.

Participating teams[]


Country	Number of teams	Teams
Albania	1
Austria	3	hotVolleys Vienna, ,
Belarus	3	, ,
Belgium	1	Prefaxis Menen
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	, OK Kakanj
Bulgaria	1
Croatia	2	, Mladost Zagreb
Cyprus	3	Pokka A.E. Karava, Nea Salamis Famagusta, Anorthosis Famagusta
Czech Republic	1	VK Dukla Liberec
Estonia	1	Selver Tallinn
Finland	4	Sampo Pielavesi, , Isku Volley Tampere, Lakkapää Rovaniemi
France	1	,
Germany	1	Evivo Düren
Greece	1	Olympiacos Piraeus
Israel	1	Hapoel Kfar Saba, Maccabi Tel Aviv
Italy	1	Casa Modena
Luxembourg	1
Netherlands	2	, Abiant Groningen
Norway	1	Nyborg Bergen
Poland	2	AZS Politechnika Warszawska, Tytan AZS Częstochowa
Portugal	1	Fonte Bastardo Açores
Romania	4	, Tomis Constanța, Dinamo București,
Russia	1	Dinamo Krasnodar
Spain	1	Unicaja Almería
Serbia	2	, Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad
Slovakia	1	Chemes Humenné
Slovenia	1	Calcit Kamnik
Switzerland	3	Volley Amriswil, ,
Turkey	1	Galatasaray Yurtici Istanbul
Ukraine	1	Lokomotyv Kharkiv

Qualification phase[]

1st Round[]

1st leg 22–23 October 2011
2nd leg 29–30 October 2011

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
	6–2	Nyborg Bergen	3–1	3–1
	6–2		3–0	3–2

2nd Round[]

1st leg 13–15 December 2011
2nd leg 20–22 December 2011

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Golden Set
hotVolleys Vienna	0–6	Pokka A.E. Karava	0–3	0–3
	5–4	Sampo Pielavesi	2–3	3–1	15–12
Chemes Humenné	1–6		1–3	0–3
	3–6	AZS Politechnika Warszawska	1–3	2–3
Fonte Bastardo Açores	6–2	Evivo Düren	3–0	3–2
Casa Modena	3–3		3–0	0–3	5–15
VK Dukla Liberec	5–5	Volley Amriswil	2–3	3–2	10–15
	4–4	Prefaxis Menen	3–1	1–3	9–15
Galatasaray Yurtici Istanbul	6–0		3–0	3–0
Nea Salamis Famagusta	6–2		3–0	3–2
Dinamo Krasnodar	6–1		3–1	3–0
Olympiacos Piraeus	6–1	Hapoel Kfar Saba	3–0	3–1
	6–3	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	3–1	3–2
	1–6	Tomis Constanța	1–3	0–3
	3–6	Abiant Groningen	1–3	2–3
	2–6		1–3	1–3

Main phase[]

16th Finals[]

1st leg 10–12 January 2012
2nd leg 17–19 January 2012

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Golden Set
Dinamo București	2–6	Dinamo Krasnodar	0–3	2–3
	0–6	AZS Politechnika Warszawska	0–3	0–3
Lokomotyv Kharkiv	6–0	Volley Amriswil	3–0	3–0
OK Kakanj	2–6	Galatasaray Yurtici Istanbul	2–3	0–3
	1–6	Tomis Constanța	1–3	0–3
Anorthosis Famagusta	1–6	Nea Salamis Famagusta	1–3	0–3
Maccabi Tel Aviv	6–1		3–0	3–1
Olympiacos Piraeus	6–0	Isku Volley Tampere	3–0	3–0
	6–1	Mladost Zagreb	3–0	3–1
	6–2		3–2	3–0
Unicaja Almería	6–2	Abiant Groningen	3–0	3–2
Fonte Bastardo Açores	1–6	Tytan AZS Częstochowa	0–3	1–3
	5–3	Selver Tallinn	2–3	3–0	13–15
	4–6		2–3	2–3
Calcit Kamnik	1–6	Prefaxis Menen	1–3	0–3
Lakkapää Rovaniemi	3–6	Pokka A.E. Karava	1–3	2–3

8th Finals[]

1st leg 31 January – 2 February 2012
2nd leg 7–9 February 2012

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Golden Set
Dinamo Krasnodar	4–3	AZS Politechnika Warszawska	3–0	1–3	8–15
Lokomotyv Kharkiv	6–3	Galatasaray Yurtici Istanbul	3–1	3–2
Nea Salamis Famagusta	0–3	Tomis Constanța	0–3	withdrew
Olympiacos Piraeus	4–4	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–1	1–3	12–15
	5–4		3–1	2–3	15–13
Tytan AZS Częstochowa	5–4	Unicaja Almería	3–1	2–3	16–14
Selver Tallinn	5–5		2–3	3–2	12–15
Prefaxis Menen	6–0	Pokka A.E. Karava	3–0	3–0

4th Finals[]

1st leg 21–23 February 2012
2nd leg 28 February – 1 March 2012

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Golden Set
AZS Politechnika Warszawska	6–3	Lokomotyv Kharkiv	3–1	3–2
Tomis Constanța	6–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–0	3–1
Tytan AZS Częstochowa	4–4		3–1	1–3	15–11
	0–6	Prefaxis Menen	0–3	0–3

Final phase[]

Semi finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tomis Constanța	3–6	AZS Politechnika Warszawska	2–3	1–3
Tytan AZS Częstochowa	6–2	Prefaxis Menen	3–1	3–1

First leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Mar	17:00	Tomis Constanța	2–3	AZS Politechnika Warszawska	20–25	25–21	25–23	18–25	11–15	99–109	Report
14 Mar	19:00	Tytan AZS Częstochowa	3–1	Prefaxis Menen	25–18	20–25	25–15	25–23		95–81	Report

Second leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Mar	18:00	AZS Politechnika Warszawska	3–1	Tomis Constanța	25–22	21–25	25–22	25–20		96–89	Report
17 Mar	20:30	Prefaxis Menen	1–3	Tytan AZS Częstochowa	25–20	22–25	19–25	24–26		90–96	Report

Final[]

First leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Mar	20:30	AZS Politechnika Warszawska	1–3	Tytan AZS Częstochowa	24–26	25–23	25–27	20–25		94–101	Report

Second leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Mar	14:30	Tytan AZS Częstochowa	2–3	AZS Politechnika Warszawska	25–14	25–22	22–25	23–25	11–15	106–101	Report
Golden set		Tytan AZS Częstochowa	18–16	AZS Politechnika Warszawska