2015–16 CEV Challenge Cup

2015–16 CEV Challenge Cup
League	CEV Challenge Cup
Sport	Volleyball
Duration	24 October 2015 – 3 April 2016
Finals
Champions	Calzedonia Verona
Runners-up	Fakel Novy Urengoy
Finals MVP	Taylor Sander (VER)
CEV Challenge Cup seasons
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 CEV Challenge Cup was the 36th edition of the CEV Challenge Cup tournament, the former CEV Cup.^[1]

This edition of the CEV Challenge Cup was historic one since a team from Kosovo was invited for the first time to take part in a CEV competition - the Kosovo's champions Drenica R&Rukolli Skenderaj.^[2] Italian club Calzedonia Verona beat Russian Fakel Novy Urengoy in the finale.^[3] American outside hitter Taylor Sander received individual award for the Most Valuable Player of the tournament.

Participating teams[]

The number of participants on the basis of ranking list for European Cup Competitions:

Rank	Country	Number of teams	Teams
1	Russia	1	Fakel Novy Urengoy
2	Italy	1	Calzedonia Verona
4	Turkey	1	İstanbul BB
5	Belgium	1	Prefaxis Menen
8	Romania	1	C.S. Arcada Galati
9	Greece	1	Ethnikos Alexandroupolis
11	Austria	2	,
12	Slovenia	2	Calcit Volleyball,
13	Serbia	2	,
15	Switzerland	2	, Volley Amriswil
19	Finland	1	Raision Loimu
20	Netherlands	1
22	Israel	1
23	Belarus	1
24	Croatia	2	Mladost Zagreb,
25	Cyprus	2	Anorthosis Famagusta,
26	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1
27	Slovakia	1
28	Portugal	2	S.L. Benfica, Fonte Bastardo Açores
30	Norway	2	,
31	Albania	1
32	Hungary	1
33	Denmark	1
35	Northern Ireland	1
-	Kosovo	1

Qualification phase[]

1st Round[]

• 1st leg 24 October 2015
• 2nd leg 25 October 2015

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

2nd Round[]

• 1st leg 4–21 November 2016
• 2nd leg 17–22 November 2016

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pokka AE Karava	1–6		1–3	0–3
Anorthosis Famagusta	1–6		1–3	0–3
	1–6	Fonte Bastardo Açores	1–3	0–3
	1–6	Calcit Volleyball	1–3	0–3
C.S. Arcada Galati	6–3		3–1	3–2
Nyborg Bergen	1–6	Loimu Raisio	0–3	1–3
	3–6		2–3	1–3
	2–6	Fakel Novy Urengoy	1–3	1–3
	1–6	Istanbul BBSK	1–3	0–3
	1–6	S.L. Benfica	0–3	1–3
	0–6		0–3	0–3
	3–6	Ethnikos Alexandroupolis	2–3	1–3
	5–4	Mladost Zagreb	3–1	2–3
	0–6	Hapoel Kfar Saba	0–3	0–3
	1–6		0–3	1–3
Calzedonia Verona	6–1		3–0	3–1

Main phase[]

In this phase, the 16 teams eliminated from 2015–16 Men's CEV Cup Round of 32 joined the 16 teams from qualification.

16th Finals[]

• 1st leg 1–15 December 2016
• 2nd leg 15–17 December 2016

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Golden Set
Fakel Novy Urengoy	6–1	Lycurgus Groningen	3–1	3–0
	6–3	Pokka AE Karava	3–2	3–1
Lokomotyv Kharkiv	6–1	Volley Amriswil	3–1	3–0
Calcit Kamnik	4–3	Draisma Dynamo Apeldoorn	3–0	1–3	15–9
C.S. Arcada Galati	5–4		3–1	2–3
	6–1	Loimu Raisio	3–0	3–1
	3–4	Pärnu VK	3–1	0–3	7–15
Prefaxis Menen	5–4	Hurrikaani Loimaa	3–1	2–3
İstanbul BB	4–4		3–1	1–3	15–10
S.L. Benfica	5–4	Topvolley Antwerpen	3–1	2–3
	6–0	Jastrzębski Węgiel [Note POL]	withdrew	withdrew
Ethnikos Alexandroupolis	4–4		3–1	1–3	15–11
	1–6	Arago de Sète	0–3	1–3
Hapoel Kfar Saba	3–6	Crvena Zvezda Beograd	1–3	2–3
	0–6	Galatasaray HDI Istanbul	0–3	0–3
	0–6	Calzedonia Verona	0–3	0–3

Notes

8th Finals[]

• 1st leg 19–21 January 2016
• 2nd leg 26–28 January 2016

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Golden Set
	1–6	Fakel Novy Urengoy	0–3	1–3
Lokomotyv Kharkiv	3–4	Calcit Kamnik	3–1	0–3	17–15
C.S. Arcada Galati	3–3		3–0	0–3	10–15
Pärnu VK	3–4	Prefaxis Menen	3–1	0–3	10–15
Istanbul BBSK	3–4	S.L. Benfica	3–1	0–3	13–15
	2–6	Ethnikos Alexandroupolis	2–3	0–3
Arago de Sète	3–3	Crvena Zvezda Beograd	3–0	0–3	15–9
Calzedonia Verona	6–2	Galatasaray HDI Istanbul	3–1	3–1

4th Finals[]

• 1st leg 16–17 February 2016
• 2nd leg 18 February – 2 March 2016

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lokomotyv Kharkiv	0–6	Fakel Novy Urengoy	0–3	0–3
	0–6	Prefaxis Menen	0–3	0–3
S.L. Benfica	6–3	Ethnikos Alexandroupolis	3–1	3–2
Calzedonia Verona	6–4	Arago de Sète	3–2	3–2

Final phase[]

Semi-finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fakel Novy Urengoy	6–2	Prefaxis Menen	3–0	3–2
Calzedonia Verona	5–4	S.L. Benfica	2–3	3–1

First leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Mar	19:00	Fakel Novy Urengoy	3–0	Prefaxis Menen	25–19	25–14	25–18			75–51	Report
16 Mar	20:30	Calzedonia Verona	2–3	S.L. Benfica	25–18	24–26	16–25	25–21	12–15	102–105	Report

Second leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Mar	15:30	Prefaxis Menen	2–3	Fakel Novy Urengoy	20–25	23–25	25–23	25–21	5–15	98–109	Report
20 Mar	15:00	S.L. Benfica	1–3	Calzedonia Verona	15–25	25–19	17–25	14–25		71–94	Report

Final[]

First leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Mar	20:30	Calzedonia Verona	3–2	Fakel Novy Urengoy	25–18	27–25	18–25	23–25	15–13	108–106	Report

Second leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Apr	18:00	Fakel Novy Urengoy	2–3	Calzedonia Verona	20–25	25–18	20–25	25–21	6–15	96–104	Report

Final standing[]

References[]

External links[]

• Official site