2018–19 CEV Women's Challenge Cup

2018–19 CEV Women's Challenge Cup
League	CEV Women's Challenge Cup
Sport	Volleyball
Duration	6 November 2018 – 27 March 2019
Number of teams	44
Finals champions	Saugella Team Monza
Runners-up	Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor
Finals MVP	Anne Buijs (Saugella Team Monza)
CEV Women's Challenge Cup seasons
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 CEV Women's Challenge Cup will be the 39th edition of the European Challenge Cup volleyball club tournament, the former "CEV Cup".

Format[]

The tournament is played on a knockout format, with 32 teams participating. Initially 24 teams play a qualification round with the 12 winners advancing to the main phase. On 29 June 2018, a drawing of lots in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, determined the team's pairing for each match. Each team plays a home and an away match with result points awarded for each leg (3 points for 3–0 or 3–1 wins, 2 points for 3–2 win, 1 point for 2–3 loss). After two legs, the team with the most result points advances to the next round. In case the teams are tied after two legs, a Golden Set is played immediately at the completion of the second leg. The Golden Set winner is the team that first obtains 15 points, provided that the points difference between the two teams is at least 2 points (thus, the Golden Set is similar to a tiebreak set in a normal match).^[1][2]

Participating teams[]

• Drawing of lots for the 32 participating team was held in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg on 29 June 2018.^[3]

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

Rank	Country	Number of teams	Teams
1	Turkey	2	Beşiktaş JK, Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor
2	Italy	1	Saugella Team Monza
3	Russia	1
5	Azerbaijan	1	Azerrail Baku
6	France	1
7	Switzerland	2	,
8	Romania	1	UVT Agroland Timișoara
9	Germany	1
11	Czech Republic	2	,
12	Slovenia	3	Calcit Kamnik, ,
14	Bulgaria	1
15	Finland	3	, ,
16	Hungary	3	, ,
17	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1
17	Israel	1
20	Belgium	3	VDK Bank Gent, , Hermes Oostende
20	Ukraine	1
23	Kosovo	1
25	Austria	2	,
25	Croatia	1	Mladost Zagreb
25	Cyprus	1
25	Denmark	1
25	Spain	2	,
25	Greece	3	Aris Thessaloniki, Olympiacos Piraeus,
25	Luxembourg	1
25	Portugal	2	,
25	Slovakia	2	,

Qualification Phase[]

2nd Round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Golden Set
	6–0		3–0	3–0
	0–6	Hermes Oostende	0–3	0–3
	0–6		0–3	0–3
Olympiacos Piraeus	6–0		3–0	3–0
	0–6	Beşiktaş JK	0–3	0–3
	6–0		3–0	3–0
	0–6		0–3	0–3
	4–2		3–2	3–2
	3–3		3–1	1–3	7–15
	2–4		3–2	0–3
	0–6		1–3	0–3
	2–4		3–2	1–3

First leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Nov	21:00		3–0		25–21	25–21	25–15			75–57	Report
7 Nov	20:30		0–3	Hermes Oostende	22–25	18–25	15–25			55–75	Report
7 Nov	18:00		0–3		24–26	23–25	19–25			66–76	Report
7 Nov	18:00	Olympiacos Piraeus	3–0		25–4	25–2	25–12			75–18	Report
13 Nov	13:00		0–3	Beşiktaş JK	7–25	10–25	18–25			35–75	Report
7 Nov	19:00		3–0		26–24	25–20	25–16			76–60	Report
8 Nov	19:15		0–3		25–27	20–25	17–25			62–77	Report
7 Nov	16:30		3–2		27–29	25–18	25–21	25–27	15–6	117–101	Report
7 Nov	18:00		3–1		25–16	19–25	25–17	25–17		94–75	Report
7 Nov	19:30		3–2		17–25	25–22	23–25	25–23	15–10	105–105	Report
6 Nov	18:30		1–3		25–27	25–21	21–25	18–25		89–98	Report
7 Nov	20:30		3–2		25–21	25–19	17–25	24–26	15–11	106–102	Report

Second leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Nov	20:00		0–3		17–25	20–25	13–25			50–75	Report
14 Nov	20:30	Hermes Oostende	3–0		25–23	25–18	25–21			75–62	Report
14 Nov	20:00		3–0		26–24	25–19	25–23			76–66	Report
15 Nov	19:30		0–3	Olympiacos Piraeus	12–25	14–25	17–25			43–75	Report
15 Nov	19:00	Beşiktaş JK	3–0		25–11	25–9	25–14			75–34	Report
14 Nov	20:00		0–3		12–25	20–25	15–25			47–75	Report
14 Nov	18:00		3–0		25–19	25–13	25–12			75–44	Report
14 Nov	19:00		2–3		25–21	14–25	25–22	20–25	8–15	92–108	Report
14 Nov	17:00		3–1		25–18	18–25	25–13	25–17		93–73	Report
Golden set			15–7
13 Nov	18:00		3–0		25–23	25–16	25–21			75–60	Report
15 Nov	18:30		3–0		25–13	25–16	25–22			75–51	Report
14 Nov	18:30		3–1		25–12	10–25	25–21	25–21		85–79	Report

Main Phase[]

16th Finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Golden Set
Beşiktaş JK	3–3	Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	3–1	0–3	12–15
Hermes Oostende	6–0	Azerrail Baku	3–0	3–0
	6–0		3–0	3–0
	3–3		3–1	1–3	15–13
	6–0		3–0	3–0
	6–0	UVT Agroland Timișoara	3–1	3–0
	5–1		3–0	3–2
Mladost Zagreb	0–6		0–3	1–3
	0–6	Saugella Team Monza	0–3	0–3
	1–5	VDK Bank Gent	2–3	0–3
	2–4	Calcit Kamnik	0–3	3–2
	1–5		0–3	2–3
	4–2	Aris Thessaloniki	3–0	2–3
	3–3	Olympiacos Piraeus	3–0	1–3	15–10
	0–6		0–3	0–3
	4–2		3–1	2–3

First leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Nov	14:00	Beşiktaş JK	3–1	Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	25–22	25–19	19–25	25–13		94–79	Report
28 Nov	20:30	Hermes Oostende	3–0	Azerrail Baku	25–20	25–22	25–14			75–56	Report
29 Nov	19:00		3–0		25–21	25–16	25–18			75–55	Report
28 Nov	18:30		3–1		22–25	26–24	25–17	25–21		98–87	Report
28 Nov	18:00		3–0		25–18	25–22	25–13			75–53	Report
28 Nov	17:30		3–1	UVT Agroland Timișoara	25–14	25–15	22–25	25–18		97–72	Report
29 Nov	20:00		3–0		25–20	25–17	25–19			75–56	Report
28 Nov	19:00	Mladost Zagreb	0–3		16–25	20–25	21–25			57–75	Report
28 Nov	19:30		0–3	Saugella Team Monza	19–25	23–25	20–25			62–75	Report
28 Nov	18:30		2–3	VDK Bank Gent	19–25	25–20	24–26	25–20	12–15	105–106	Report
28 Nov	16:30		0–3	Calcit Kamnik	16–25	18–25	16–25			50–75	Report
29 Nov	20:30		0–3		17–25	16–25	16–25			49–75	Report
29 Nov	18:00		3–0	Aris Thessaloniki	26–24	25–23	25–19			76–66	Report
20 Nov	20:00		3–0	Olympiacos Piraeus	27–25	25–17	25–14			77–56	Report
28 Nov	19:00		0–3		19–25	18–25	23–25			60–75	Report
27 Nov	18:00		3–1		25–19	25–16	17–25	30–28		97–88	Report

Second leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Dec	18:00	Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	3–0	Beşiktaş JK	25–20	25–20	25–20			75–60	Report
Golden set		Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	15–12	Beşiktaş JK
29 Nov	20:30	Azerrail Baku	0–3	Hermes Oostende	11–25	16–25	18–25			45–75	Report
4 Dec	18:00		0–3		18–25	19–25	19–25			56–75	Report
5 Dec	18:00		3–1		25–23	25–20	14–25	25–18		89–86	Report
Golden set			13–15
5 Dec	18:30		0–3		17–25	19–25	16–25			52–75	Report
6 Dec	19:00	UVT Agroland Timișoara	0–3		17–25	13–25	25–27			55–77	Report
6 Dec	18:00		2–3		26–24	21–25	25–22	11–25	11–15	94–111	Report
5 Dec	20:00		3–1	Mladost Zagreb	15–19	23–25	25–19	25–21		88–84	Report
4 Dec	20:00	Saugella Team Monza	3–0		25–17	25–14	25–18			75–49	Report
5 Dec	20:30	VDK Bank Gent	3–0		25–23	25–20	25–23			75–66	Report
5 Dec	20:00	Calcit Kamnik	2–3		25–15	18–25	25–18	22–25	10–15	100–98	Report
5 Dec	19:30		3–2		25–16	23–25	25–20	18–25	18–16	109–102	Report
4 Dec	20:30	Aris Thessaloniki	3–2		22–25	16–25	25–16	25–20	15–13	103–99	Report
27 Nov	18:00	Olympiacos Piraeus	3–1		25–20	16–25	25–23	25–21		91–89	Report
Golden set		Olympiacos Piraeus	10–15
5 Dec	17:00		3–0		25–18	25–13	25–22			75–53	Report
5 Dec	19:00		3–2		18–25	20–25	25–18	25–19	15–10	103–97	Report

8th Finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Golden Set
Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	5–1	Hermes Oostende	3–0	3–2
	0–6		1–3	1–3
	2–4		3–2	1–3
	2–4		3–2	1–3
VDK Bank Gent	1–5	Saugella Team Monza	0–3	2–3
Calcit Kamnik	4–2		3–1	2–3
	0–6		0–3	1–3
	3–3		3–0	1–3	12–15

First leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Dec	19:00	Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	3–0	Hermes Oostende	25–18	25–15	27–25			77–58	Report
19 Dec	18:30		1–3		23–25	25–14	21–25	22–25		91–89	Report
19 Dec	19:00		3–2		19–25	25–21	25–21	19–25	16–14	104–106	Report
20 Dec	20:00		3–2		22–25	18–25	25–23	25–23	15–13	105–109	Report
19 Dec	20:30	VDK Bank Gent	0–3	Saugella Team Monza	15–25	20–25	23–25			58–75	Report
18 Dec	20:00	Calcit Kamnik	3–1		25–19	25–16	19–25	25–14		94–74	Report
20 Dec	18:00		0–3		10–25	11–25	16–25			37–75	Report
18 Dec	20:00		3–0		32–30	25–15	25–13			82–58	Report

Second leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Jan	20:30	Hermes Oostende	2–3	Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	25–22	19–25	18–25	25–21	12–15	99–108	Report
22 Jan	19:30		3–1		20–25	25–17	25–20	25–15		95–77	Report
23 Jan	18:00		3–1		25–14	25–20	20–25	25–15		95–74	Report
23 Jan	20:00		3–1		25–17	20–25	25–20	25–22		95–84	Report
23 Jan	19:00	Saugella Team Monza	3–2	VDK Bank Gent	25–19	25–13	24–26	19–25	15–7	108–90	Report
23 Jan	19:30		3–2	Calcit Kamnik	25–22	27–25	20–25	24–26	15–6	111–104	Report
22 Jan	20:00		3–1		25–15	25–13	23–25	25–13		98–66	Report
23 Jan	18:00		3–1		18–25	25–13	25–22	26–24		94–84	Report
Golden set			15–12

4th Finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
	1–5	Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	2–3	0–3
	0–6		1–3	0–3
Saugella Team Monza	6–0	Calcit Kamnik	3–0	3–1
	6–0		3–0	3–0

First leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Feb	19:00		2–3	Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	16–25	25–17	15–25	25–23	10–15	91–105	Report
7 Feb	20:00		1–3		22–25	20–25	25–12	19–25		86–87	Report
5 Feb	19:00	Saugella Team Monza	3–0	Calcit Kamnik	25–19	25–18	25–7			75–44	Report
6 Feb	20:00		3–0		27–25	25–13	28–26			80–64	Report

Second leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Feb	19:00	Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	3–0		25–16	25–15	25–19			75–50	Report
13 Feb	18:00		3–0		25–18	25–14	25–20			75–52	Report
13 Feb	17:00	Calcit Kamnik	1–3	Saugella Team Monza	14–25	25–23	23–25	22–25		84–98	Report
14 Feb	20:15		0–3		17–25	7–25	19–25			43–75	Report

Final Phase[]

Semifinals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Golden Set
	1–5	Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	2–3	1–3
	3–3	Saugella Team Monza	2–3	3–2	9–15

First leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Feb	18:00		2–3	Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	25–19	25–27	23–25	25–16	8–15	106–102	Report
27 Feb	19:00		2–3	Saugella Team Monza	20–25	25–22	19–25	25–23	13–15	102–110	Report

Second leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Mar	19:00	Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	3–1		25–14	20–25	25–22	25–19		95–80	Report
6 Mar	20:30	Saugella Team Monza	2–3		25–16	15–25	21–25	25–18	13–15	99–99	Report
Golden set		Saugella Team Monza	15–9

Finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	0–6	Saugella Team Monza	0–3	1–3

First leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Mar	19:30	Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	0–3	Saugella Team Monza	15–25	23–25	17–25			55–75	Report

Second leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Mar	20:30	Saugella Team Monza	3–1	Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	25–20	17–25	25–22	25–15		92–82	Report

References[]

External links[]

• 2019 CEV Volleyball Challenge Cup - Women