2020–21 CEV Challenge Cup

2020–21 CEV Challenge Cup
League	CEV Challenge Cup
Sport	Volleyball
Duration	8 October 2020 – 24 March 2021
Finals
Champions	Allianz Powervolley Milano
Runners-up	Ziraat Bankası Ankara
Finals MVP	Jean Patry
CEV Challenge Cup seasons
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 CEV Challenge Cup was the 41st edition of the CEV Challenge Cup tournament. 33 teams from 22 countries were participating in the competition.^[1]

Participating teams[]

Rank[2]	Country	Number of teams	Teams
1	Turkey	2	Halkbank Ankara (BVA Cup winner),[3] Ziraat Bankası Ankara
3	Italy	1	Allianz Powervolley Milano
4	France	2	AS Cannes,
5	Czech Republic	1
7	Switzerland	2	,
8	Portugal	3	Fonte Bastardo Açores, Sporting CP, Sport Lisboa e Benfica
9	Bulgaria	1	Marek Union Ivkoni Dupnitsa
11	Austria	3	, ,
12	Finland	1	Tiikerit Kokkola
14	Romania	1	Dinamo București
15	Israel	1
16	Serbia	1	OK Partizan Beograd
18	Germany	1
19	Norway	1	TIF Viking Bergen
20	Slovenia	1	Calcit Volley Kamnik
23	Cyprus	1	Omonia Nicosia
26	Ukraine	2	Barkom-Kazhany Lviv, Epicentr-Podoliany
27	Hungary	1
29	Estonia	2	Pärnu VK, Saaremaa VK
46	Latvia	2	,
50	North Macedonia	2	,
55	Sweden	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
	0–6	Halkbank Ankara	0–3	0–3

First leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Oct	19:00		0–3	Halkbank Ankara	16–25	26–28	21–25			63–78	Report

Second leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Oct	17:30	Halkbank Ankara	3–0		25–17	25–16	25–13			75–46	Report

Main phase[]

16th Finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Halkbank Ankara	6–0		3–1	3–0
	W.O.	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	Cancelled	Cancelled
	W.O.	TIF Viking Bergen	Cancelled	Cancelled
AS Cannes	2–1		Cancelled	3–2
Barkom-Kazhany Lviv	1–2	Dinamo București	2–3	Cancelled
	0–6	Marek Union Ivkoni Dupnitsa	0–3	0–3
	0–6	Calcit Volley Kamnik	0–3	0–3
	W.O.	Allianz Powervolley Milano	Cancelled	Cancelled
Epicentr-Podoliany	W.O.	OK Partizan Beograd	Cancelled	Cancelled
Saaremaa VK	W.O.		Cancelled	Cancelled
Sporting CP Lisboa	4–2		3–0	2–3
	W.O.		Cancelled	Cancelled
Pärnu VK	W.O.	Tiikerit Kokkola	Cancelled	Cancelled
	0–3		0–3	Cancelled
	0–3	Omonia Nicosia	0–3	Cancelled
Fonte Bastardo Açores	2–4	Ziraat Bankası Ankara	1–3	3–2

First leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Nov	17:30	Halkbank Ankara	3–1		28–26	25–19	19–25	25–17		97–87	Report
4 Nov	19:00	Barkom-Kazhany Lviv	2–3	Dinamo București	25–22	25–19	21–25	22–25	9–15	102–106	Report
10 Oct	18:00		0–3	Marek Union Ivkoni Dupnitsa	21–25	16–25	16–25			53–75	Report
17 Nov	20:00		0–3	Calcit Volley Kamnik	12–25	15–25	17–25			44–75	Report
3 Nov	20:00	Sporting CP Lisboa	3–0		25–20	25–22	25–23			75–65	Report
4 Nov	19:30		0–3		18–25	21–25	19–25			58–75	Report
2 Nov	18:00		0–3	Omonia Nicosia	20–25	19–25	18–25			57–75	Report
13 Nov	19:00	Fonte Bastardo Açores	3–2	Ziraat Bankası Ankara	25–23	21–25	27–25	22–25	15–9	110–107	Report

Second leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Nov	17:30		0–3	Halkbank Ankara	27–29	23–25	24–26			74–80	Report
11 Nov	18:00		2–3	AS Cannes	25–20	18–25	25–20	28–30	13–15	109–110	Report
11 Oct	18:00	Marek Union Ivkoni Dupnitsa	3–0		25–23	25–21	25–21			75–65	Report
18 Nov	20:00	Calcit Volley Kamnik	3–0		25–16	25–17	25–17			75–50	Report
10 Nov	19:00		3–2	Sporting CP Lisboa	25–22	21–25	22–25	25–18	15–12	108–102	Report
11 Nov	19:00	Ziraat Bankası Ankara	3–1	Fonte Bastardo Açores	25–23	23–25	25–18	25–21		98–87	Report

8th Finals[]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Halkbank Ankara	3–1	Sport Lisboa e Benfica
	0–3	AS Cannes
Dinamo București	3–0	Marek Union Ivkoni Dupnitsa
Calcit Volley Kamnik	0–3	Allianz Powervolley Milano
Epicentr-Podoliany	3–2	Saaremaa VK
Sporting CP Lisboa	1–3
Pärnu VK	W.O.
Omonia Nicosia	W.O.	Ziraat Bankası Ankara

Group A[]

• Place: Ankara

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Dec	16:00		0–3	AS Cannes	20–25	18–25	18–25			56–75	Report
15 Dec	19:00	Halkbank Ankara	3–1	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	21–25	25–18	25–16	25–21		96–80	Report

Group B[]

• Place: Milan

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Dec	16:00	Dinamo București	3–0	Marek Union Ivkoni Dupnitsa	25–22	25–19	25–22			75–63	Report
8 Dec	19:00	Calcit Volley Kamnik	0–3	Allianz Powervolley Milano	19–25	18–25	16–25			53–75	Report

Group C[]

• Place: Horodok

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Dec	16:00	Sporting CP Lisboa	1–3		25–21	24–26	23–25	15–25		87–97	Report
8 Dec	19:00	Epicentr-Podoliany	3–2	Saaremaa VC	25–20	20–25	25–22	23–25	15–13	108–105	Report

4th Finals[]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Halkbank Ankara	3–1	AS Cannes
Dinamo București	0–3	Allianz Powervolley Milano
Epicentr-Podoliany	0–3
Pärnu VK	W.O.	Ziraat Bankası Ankara

Group A[]

• Place: Ankara

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Dec	17:30	Halkbank Ankara	3–1	AS Cannes	25–18	25–21	22–25	25–19		97–83	Report

Group B[]

• Place: Milan

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Dec	18:00	Dinamo București	0–3	Allianz Powervolley Milano	18–25	22–25	19–25			59–75	Report

Group C[]

• Place: Horodok

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Dec	18:00	Epicentr-Podoliany	0–3		17–25	22–25	22–25			61–75	Report

Final Phase[]

Semifinals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Golden Set
Halkbank Ankara	0–6	Allianz Powervolley Milano	1–3	0–3
	3–3	Ziraat Bankası Ankara	3–0	1–3	12–15

First leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Feb	17:30	Halkbank Ankara	1–3	Allianz Powervolley Milano	25–22	22–25	18–25	13–25		78–97	Report
24 Feb	17:10		3–0	Ziraat Bankası Ankara	25–22	25–14	25–23			75–59	Report

Second leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Mar	19:00	Allianz Powervolley Milano	3–0	Halkbank Ankara	25–20	25–22	25–20			75–62	Report
3 Mar	18:00	Ziraat Bankası Ankara	3–1		26–28	25–18	25–21	25–19		101–86	Report
Golden set		Ziraat Bankası Ankara	15–12

Finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Allianz Powervolley Milano	4–2	Ziraat Bankası Ankara	3–2	3–2

First leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Mar	19:00	Allianz Powervolley Milano	3–2	Ziraat Bankası Ankara	22–25	25–19	18–25	25–18	15–9	105–96	Report

Second leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Mar	18:00	Ziraat Bankası Ankara	2–3	Allianz Powervolley Milano	23–25	25–23	25–16	18–25	8–15	99–104	Report

Final standing[]

References[]

External links[]

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