2018–19 CEV Challenge Cup

2018–19 CEV Challenge Cup
League	CEV Challenge Cup
Sport	Volleyball
Duration	6 November 2018 – 27 March 2019
Finals
Champions	Belogorie Belgorod
Runners-up	Vero Volley Monza
Finals MVP	(Belogorie)
CEV Challenge Cup seasons
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The 2018–19 CEV Challenge Cup was the 39th edition of the CEV Challenge Cup tournament, the former CEV Cup. 42 teams were participating from 28 countries. ^[1][2]

Participating teams[]

Rank	Country	Number of teams	Teams
1	Russia	1	Belogorie Belgorod
2	Italy	1	Vero Volley Monza
3	Turkey	2	Maliye Milli Piyango, Ziraat Bank Ankara
4	France	1	Stade Poitevin Poitiers
5	Belgium	1
6	Czech Republic	1	Volejbal Brno
7	Switzerland	2	,
8	Greece	1	Iraklis Thessaloniki
9	Romania	3	CSA Steaua București, Volei Municipal Zalau, Tricolorul LMV Ploiești
11	Austria	3	, ,
11	Netherlands	1	Draisma Dynamo Apeldoorn
13	Israel	1
14	Finland	2	, Perungan Pojat Rovaniemi
15	Belarus	1
16	Serbia	1	Crvena Zvezda Beograd
17	Cyprus	2	Omonia Nicosia,
18	Portugal	4	Fonte Bastardo Açores, , S.L. Benfica, Sporting CP
20	Croatia	1
21	Bulgaria	2	CSKA Sofia, Levski Sofia
23	Slovenia	1	Calcit Volley Kamnik
24	Estonia	2	Pärnu VK, Saaremaa VC
25	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	Radnik Bijeljina
26	Denmark	1
27	Kosovo	1
28	Norway	1
30	Montenegro	1	Budućnost Podgorica
31	Hungary	2	, Pénzügyőr Budapest
34	Luxembourg	1

Format[]

Qualification Phase (Knock-out with Home and Away Matches): 1st Round (if needed) → 2nd Round

Main Phase (Knock-out with Home and Away Matches): 1/16 Finals → 1/8 Finals→1/4 Finals

Final Phase (Knock-out with Home and Away Matches): Semi-Finals → Final

Aggregate score is counted as follows: 3 points for 3–0 or 3–1 wins, 2 points for 3–2 win, 1 point for 2–3 loss. In case the teams are tied after two legs, a Golden Set is played immediately at the completion of the second leg.

Qualification phase[]

2nd Round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Golden Set
	6–0		3–0	3–0
Saaremaa VC	4–2		3–0	2–3
Tricolorul LMV Ploiești	– 1	Levski Sofia	–	–
	0–6	Ziraat Bank Ankara	0–3	0–3
Budućnost Podgorica	0–6	Volei Municipal Zalau	0–3	0–3
	3–3		3–0	1–3	15–11
	0–6	Pénzügyőr Budapest	0–3	0–3
S.L. Benfica	6–0		3–0	3–0
	3–3		3–1	0–3	16–14
Sporting CP	6–0		3–0	3–0

¹ Tricolorul LMV Ploiești withdrew and Levski Sofia advanced automatically.

First leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Nov	18:30		3–0		25–12	25–15	25–9			75–36	Report
6 Nov	19:00	Saaremaa VC	3–0		34–32	25–20	25–13			84–65	Report
8 Nov	19:00		0–3	Ziraat Bank Ankara	13–25	18–25	20–25			51–75	Report
6 Nov	18:00	Budućnost Podgorica	0–3	Volei Municipal Zalau	16–25	22–25	18–25			56–75	Report
7 Nov	19:30		3–0		25–18	25–21	25–18			75–57	Report
8 Nov	19:00		0–3	Pénzügyőr Budapest	16–25	23–25	23–25			62–75	Report
6 Nov	20:30	S.L. Benfica	3–0		25–16	25–20	25–15			75–51	Report
7 Nov	20:00		3–1		28–26	25–20	22–25	27–25		102–96	Report
7 Nov	20:00	Sporting CP	3–0		25–23	25–20	25–19			75–62	Report

Second leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Nov	19:00		0–3		16–25	11–25	13–25			40–75	Report
13 Nov	19:00		3–2	Saaremaa VC	25–21	22–25	15–25	25–22	15–13	102–106	Report
14 Nov	19:00	Ziraat Bank Ankara	3–0		25–15	25–18	25–10			75–43	Report
13 Nov	18:00	Volei Municipal Zalau	3–0	Budućnost Podgorica	25–14	25–14	26–26			76–54	Report
15 Nov	18:00		3–1		17–25	25–22	25–12	25–16		92–75	Report
Golden set			11–15
14 Nov	19:30	Pénzügyőr Budapest	3–0		25–20	25–20	25–20			75–60	Report
14 Nov	20:00		0–3	S.L. Benfica	20–25	20–25	15–25			55–75	Report
14 Nov	20:00		3–0		30–28	25–23	25–21			80–72	Report
Golden set			14–16
14 Nov	19:00		0–3	Sporting CP	12–25	15–25	12–25			39–75	Report

Main phase[]

16th Finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Golden Set
Pénzügyőr Budapest	0–6	Belogorie Belgorod	0–3	0–3
	3–6	Omonia Nicosia	2–3	1–3
ACS Volei Municipal Zalau	6–0	CSA Steaua București	3–0	3–0
S.L. Benfica	6–0	Iraklis Petosferisi 2015 Thessaloniki	3–0	3–0
	0–6		0–3	0–3
CSKA Sofia	0–6		1–3	0–3
Levski Sofia	1–5	Perungan Pojat Rovaniemi	1–3	2–3
Saaremaa VC	1–5	Stade Poitevin Poitiers	2–3	0–3
	3–3	Draisma Dynamo Apeldoorn	0–3	3–1	12–15
Fonte Bastardo Açores	6–0	Volejbal Brno	3–1	3–1
Sporting CP	4–2		3–1	2–3
Ziraat Bankası Ankara	2–4	Maliye Milli Piyango Ankara	3–2	0–3
	6–0		3–0	3–0
Calcit Volley Kamnik	4–2		3–0	2–3
Radnik Bijeljina	0–6	Crvena Zvezda Beograd	0–3	0–3
Pärnu VK	0–6	Vero Volley Monza	0–3	0–3

First leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Nov	20:00	Pénzügyőr Budapest	0–3	Belogorie Belgorod	15–25	22–25	18–25			55–75	Report
27 Nov	19:00		2–3	Omonia Nicosia	25–22	19–25	15–25	25–18	12–15	96–105	Report
28 Nov	18:00	ACS Volei Municipal Zalau	3–0	CSA Steaua București	25–21	25–22	25–16			75–59	Report
28 Nov	20:30	S.L. Benfica	3–0	Iraklis Petosferisi 2015 Thessaloniki	25–15	25–23	25–23			75–61	Report
28 Nov	19:30		0–3		18–25	20–25	26–28			64–78	Report
28 Nov	19:00	CSKA Sofia	1–3		25–23	18–25	17–25	20–25		80–98	Report
29 Nov	20:30	Levski Sofia	1–3	Perungan Pojat Rovaniemi	25–16	23–25	17–25	23–25		88–91	Report
27 Nov	19:00	Saaremaa VC	2–3	Stade Poitevin Poitiers	19–25	23–25	27–25	25–23	10–15	104–113	Report
28 Nov	20:00		0–3	Draisma Dynamo Apeldoorn	23–25	25–27	19–25			67–77	Report
29 Nov	20:45	Fonte Bastardo Açores	3–1	Volejbal Brno	25–16	25–23	23–25	25–11		98–75	Report
27 Nov	20:00	Sporting CP	3–1		25–19	25–23	25–27	25–17		100–86	Report
28 Nov	19:00	Ziraat Bankası Ankara	3–2	Maliye Milli Piyango Ankara	19–25	25–21	25–22	21–25	19–17	109–110	Report
28 Nov	18:30		3–0		25–14	25–9	25–8			75–31	Report
28 Nov	20:00	Calcit Volley Kamnik	3–0		25–23	25–13	25–23			75–59	Report
27 Nov	19:30	Radnik Bijeljina	0–3	Crvena Zvezda Beograd	25–27	18–25	19–25			62–77	Report
28 Nov	19:00	Pärnu VK	0–3	Vero Volley Monza	28–30	18–25	21–25			67–80	Report

Second leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Dec	19:00	Belogorie Belgorod	3–0	Pénzügyőr Budapest	25–16	25–12	25–17			75–45	Report
28 Nov	19:00	Omonia Nicosia	3–1		16–25	25–18	25–17	25–19		91–79	Report
5 Dec	18:00	CSA Steaua București	0–3	ACS Volei Municipal Zalau	16–25	23–25	32–34			71–84	Report
6 Dec	19:30	Iraklis Petosferisi 2015 Thessaloniki	0–3	S.L. Benfica	13–25	12–25	15–25			40–75	Report
5 Dec	19:30		3–0		25–20	25–13	25–17			75–50	Report
5 Dec	19:30		3–0	CSKA Sofia	25–23	25–16	25–21			75–60	Report
6 Dec	16:00	Perungan Pojat Rovaniemi	3–2	Levski Sofia	25–21	19–25	25–18	23–25	15–13	107–102	Report
4 Dec	20:00	Stade Poitevin Poitiers	3–0	Saaremaa VC	26–24	25–22	25–21			76–67	Report
6 Dec	19:30	Draisma Dynamo Apeldoorn	1–3		25–19	21–25	17–25	21–25		84–94	Report
Golden set		Draisma Dynamo Apeldoorn	15–12
6 Dec	18:00	Volejbal Brno	1–3	Fonte Bastardo Açores	29–31	25–20	20–25	15–25		89–101	Report
5 Dec	19:00		3–2	Sporting CP	30–32	22–25	25–19	26–24	15–10	118–110	Report
5 Dec	18:00	Maliye Milli Piyango Ankara	3–0	Ziraat Bankası Ankara	25–17	25–23	25–23			75–63	Report
4 Dec	19:00		0–3		14–25	16–25	16–25			46–75	Report
5 Dec	19:30		3–2	Calcit Volley Kamnik	26–28	25–23	25–19	23–25	15–10	114–105	Report
5 Dec	19:00	Crvena Zvezda Beograd	3–0	Radnik Bijeljina	25–17	25–18	25–18			75–53	Report
5 Dec	20:00	Vero Volley Monza	3–0	Pärnu VK	25–21	25–22	25–19			75–62	Report

8th Finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Golden Set
Belogorie Belgorod	6–0	Omonia Nicosia	3–0	3–0
S.L. Benfica	6–0	ACS Volei Municipal Zalau	3–0	3–1
	2–4		3–2	1–3
Stade Poitevin Poitiers	6–0	Perungan Pojat Rovaniemi	3–1	3–0
Fonte Bastardo Açores	6–0	Draisma Dynamo Apeldoorn	3–0	3–1
Maliye Milli Piyango Ankara	3–3	Sporting CP	3–0	0–3	10–15
	2–4	Calcit Volley Kamnik	3–2	0–3
Crvena Zvezda Beograd	0–6	Vero Volley Monza	0–3	1–3

First leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Dec	19:00	Belogorie Belgorod	3–0	Omonia Nicosia	25–17	25–14	25–11			75–42	Report
18 Dec	20:30	S.L. Benfica	3–0	ACS Volei Municipal Zalau	25–21	26–24	25–20			76–65	Report
19 Dec	20:30		3–2		23–25	25–19	21–25	25–18	15–13	109–100	Report
18 Dec	20:00	Stade Poitevin Poitiers	3–1	Perungan Pojat Rovaniemi	23–25	25–19	25–11	25–13		98–68	Report
19 Dec	20:30	Fonte Bastardo Açores	3–0	Draisma Dynamo Apeldoorn	25–19	25–19	26–24			76–62	Report
19 Dec	18:00	Maliye Milli Piyango Ankara	3–0	Sporting CP	26–24	25–21	25–20			76–65	Report
18 Dec	18:30		3–2	Calcit Volley Kamnik	22–25	25–17	24–26	25–23	15–8	111–99	Report
18 Dec	19:00	Crvena Zvezda Beograd	0–3	Vero Volley Monza	17–25	20–25	18–25			55–75	Report

Second leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Jan	20:00	Omonia Nicosia	0–3	Belogorie Belgorod	16–25	18–25	16–25			50–75	Report
16 Jan	18:00	ACS Volei Municipal Zalau	1–3	S.L. Benfica	25–23	15–25	19–25	22–25		81–98	Report
17 Jan	19:00		3–1		17–25	25–21	25–22	25–17		92–85	Report
16 Jan	18:30	Perungan Pojat Rovaniemi	0–3	Stade Poitevin Poitiers	24–26	24–26	18–25			66–77	Report
17 Jan	19:30	Draisma Dynamo Apeldoorn	1–3	Fonte Bastardo Açores	25–21	19–25	18–25	20–25		82–96	Report
16 Jan	20:00	Sporting CP	3–0	Maliye Milli Piyango Ankara	25–16	25–22	25–20			75–58	Report
Golden set		Sporting CP	15–10	Maliye Milli Piyango Ankara
16 Jan	20:00	Calcit Volley Kamnik	3–0		25–23	25–15	25–17			75–55	Report
15 Jan	19:00	Vero Volley Monza	3–1	Crvena Zvezda Beograd	25–20	25–27	25–19	25–20		100–86	Report

4th Finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Golden Set
Belogorie Belgorod	3–3	S.L. Benfica	3–0	0–3	15–12
	3–3	Stade Poitevin Poitiers	3–0	1–3	13–15
Sporting CP	4–2	Fonte Bastardo Açores	3–0	2–3
Vero Volley Monza	6–0	Calcit Volley Kamnik	3–1	3–0

First leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Jan	19:00	Belogorie Belgorod	3–0	S.L. Benfica	25–22	25–20	29–27			79–69	Report
30 Jan	19:45		3–0	Stade Poitevin Poitiers	25–22	25–18	25–19			75–59	Report
29 Jan	20:00	Sporting CP	3–0	Fonte Bastardo Açores	35–33	25–20	25–22			85–75	Report
29 Jan	19:00	Vero Volley Monza	3–1	Calcit Volley Kamnik	23–25	25–17	25–20	25–18		98–80	Report

Second leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Feb	20:30	S.L. Benfica	3–0	Belogorie Belgorod	25–18	25–23	25–22			75–63	Report
Golden set		S.L. Benfica	12–15	Belogorie Belgorod
13 Feb	20:00	Stade Poitevin Poitiers	3–1		25–23	30–28	22–25	25–21		102–97	Report
Golden set		Stade Poitevin Poitiers	15–13
13 Feb	20:30	Fonte Bastardo Açores	3–2	Sporting CP	17–25	22–25	25–23	25–20	15–13	104–106	Report
13 Feb	20:00	Calcit Volley Kamnik	0–3	Vero Volley Monza	25–27	18–25	23–25			66–77	Report

Final Phase[]

Semifinals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Belogorie Belgorod	4–2	Stade Poitevin Poitiers	3–0	2–3
Vero Volley Monza	4–2	Sporting CP	2–3	3–0

First leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Feb	19:00	Belogorie Belgorod	3–0	Stade Poitevin Poitiers	25–11	25–23	25–17			75–51	Report
27 Feb	20:30	Vero Volley Monza	2–3	Sporting CP	26–24	25–12	22–25	22–25	8–15	103–101	Report

Second leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Mar	20:00	Stade Poitevin Poitiers	3–2	Belogorie Belgorod	20–25	23–25	25–23	25–23	17–15	110–111	Report
6 Mar	17:00	Sporting CP	0–3	Vero Volley Monza	20–25	23–25	17–25			60–75	Report

Finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vero Volley Monza	2–4	Belogorie Belgorod	3–2	0–3

First leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Mar	20:30	Vero Volley Monza	3–2	Belogorie Belgorod	29–27	22–25	25–23	32–34	15–12	123–121	Report

Second leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Mar	19:00	Belogorie Belgorod	3–0	Vero Volley Monza	27–25	25–19	25–19			77–63	Report

References[]

External links[]

• Official site