2015–16 Women's CEV Cup

2015–16 Women's CEV Cup
League	Women's CEV Cup
Sport	Volleyball
Finals
Champions	Dinamo Krasnodar
Runners-up	Galatasaray Daikin Istanbul
Finals MVP	Natalia Malykh
Women's CEV Cup seasons
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The 2015–16 Women's CEV Cup was the 44th edition of the European CEV Cup volleyball club tournament, the former "Top Teams Cup".

Participating teams[]

The number of participants on the basis of ranking list for European Cup Competitions. The list shows the participating teams at the start of the competition, four more teams joined later during the Challenge phase.

Rank	Country	Number of teams	Teams (rankings in 2014–15 national championships)
1	Turkey	1	Galatasaray Daikin Istanbul (4)
2	Russia	1	Dinamo Krasnodar (5)
3	France	2
4	Azerbaijan	1	Azeryol Baku
5	Poland	1	Polski Cukier Muszyna
6	Germany	2	Schweriner SC
7	Italy	0
8	Romania	2	Ştiinţa Bacău CSM Targoviste
9	Switzerland	2
10	Czech Republic	2
11	Serbia	2	Crvena Zvezda Beograd
12	Slovenia	1	Nova KBM Branik Maribor
	Belgium	3	VDK Gent Dames Dauphines Charleroi Hermes Oostende
	Finland	3
	Netherlands	2
	Bulgaria	1
	Cyprus	1	Apollon Prestige Limassol
	Estonia	1
	Greece	1	Olympiacos Piraeus
	Hungary	1
	Israel	1
	Ukraine	1

Main phase[]

16th Final[]

• 1st leg 27–29 October 2015
• 2nd leg 10–12 November 2015

The losing teams of this stage qualified to the CEV Women's Challenge Cup main phase.

Match#	Team #1	Results	Team #2
1		2 – 3 0 – 3	Galatasaray Daikin Istanbul
2	VDK Gent Dames	1 – 3 3 – 0 Golden Set: 15–10
3		2 – 3 0 – 3	Crvena Zvezda Beograd
4		3 – 1 2 – 3
5		3 – 2 0 – 3	Polski Cukier Muszyna
6		0 – 3 0 – 3	Nova KBM Branik Maribor
7		3 – 0 3 – 0
8	CSM Targoviste	3 – 0 0 – 3 Golden Set: 13–15	Azeryol Baku
9		2 – 3 3 – 2 Golden Set: 9–15
10		3 – 2 0 – 3
11	Dauphines Charleroi	0 – 3 1 – 3
12	Schweriner SC	3 – 0 2 – 3
13	Ştiinţa Bacău	3 – 0 3 – 1	Apollon Prestige Limassol
14		3 – 0 3 – 2
15		3 – 1 3 – 1	Olympiacos Piraeus
16	Hermes Oostende	1 – 3 0 – 3	Dinamo Krasnodar

8th Final[]

• 1st leg 8–10 December 2015
• 2nd leg 15–17 December 2015

Match#	Team #1	Results	Team #2
17	Galatasaray Daikin Istanbul	3 – 0 3 – 1	VDK Gent Dames
18		3 – 1 3 – 0	Crvena Zvezda Beograd
19	Polski Cukier Muszyna	3 – 1 3 – 2	Nova KBM Branik Maribor
20		0 – 3 2 – 3	Azeryol Baku
21		1 – 3 3 – 1 Golden set: 12–15
22		1 – 3 0 – 3	Schweriner SC
23		1 – 3 0 – 3	Ştiinţa Bacău
24	Dinamo Krasnodar	3 – 0 3 – 0

4th Final[]

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

Match#	Team #1	Results	Team #2
25	Galatasaray Daikin Istanbul	3 – 0 3 – 1
26	Polski Cukier Muszyna	3 – 2 0 – 3	Azeryol Baku
27		0 – 3 1 – 3	Schweriner SC
28	Ştiinţa Bacău	0 – 3 1 – 3	Dinamo Krasnodar

Challenge phase[]

In this stage of the competition, the four qualified teams of the Main phase were joined by the four teams with best third-placed finish from the 2015–16 CEV Women's Champions League pool stage. The following teams competed at this stage of the competition.

Qualified via the Main phase	Qualified via Champions League
Galatasaray Daikin Istanbul	Impel Wrocław
Azeryol Baku	Igor Gorgonzola Novara
Schweriner SC	CS Volei Alba Blaj
Dinamo Krasnodar	Allianz MTV Stuttgart

• 1st leg 9–11 February 2016
• 2nd leg 23–25 February 2016

Match#	Team #1	Results	Team #2
29	Galatasaray Daikin Istanbul	3 – 1 3 – 1	Impel Wrocław
30	CS Volei Alba Blaj	0 – 3 0 – 3	Schweriner SC
31	Dinamo Krasnodar	3 – 0 3 – 0	Allianz MTV Stuttgart
32	Azeryol Baku	3 – 1 1 – 3 Golden set: 15–13	Igor Gorgonzola Novara

Final phase[]

Semifinals[]

• 1st leg 8 March 2016
• 2nd leg 12 March 2016

Match#	Team #1	Results	Team #2
33	Schweriner SC	0 – 3 0 – 3	Galatasaray Daikin Istanbul
34	Dinamo Krasnodar	3 – 0 3 – 0	Azeryol Baku

Finals[]

• 1st leg 29 March 2016
• 2nd leg 2 April 2016

Match#	Team #1	Results	Team #2
35	Galatasaray Daikin Istanbul	3 – 2 0 – 3	Dinamo Krasnodar

Awards[]

Award	Winner	Team
MVP	Natalia Malykh	Dinamo Krasnodar
Spiker	Natalia Malykh	Dinamo Krasnodar
Server	Aslı Kalaç	Galatasaray Daikin Istanbul
Receiver	Alexandra Pasynkova	Dinamo Krasnodar
Blocker	Liubov Shashkova	Dinamo Krasnodar

References[]

External links[]

• CEV Cup 15-16