2021–22 CEV Women's Challenge Cup

2021–22 CEV Women's Challenge Cup
2021–22 CEV Women's Challenge Cup
League	CEV Women's Challenge Cup
Sport	Volleyball
Duration	November 2021 – March 2022
Number of teams	44
Finals champions	Scandicci
Runners-up
CEV Women's Challenge Cup seasons
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 CEV Women's Challenge Cup will be the 41st 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[]

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

Rank	Country	Number of teams	Teams
1	Turkey
2	Italy
5	Azerbaijan
6	France
7	Switzerland
8	Romania
9	Germany
11	Czech Republic
12	Slovenia
14	Bulgaria
15	Finland
16	Hungary
17	Bosnia and Herzegovina
17	Israel
20	Belgium
20	Ukraine
23	Kosovo
25	Austria
25	Croatia
25	Cyprus
25	Denmark
25	Spain
25	Greece
25	Luxembourg
25	Portugal
25	Slovakia

Bracket[]

2nd Round			16th Finals			8th Finals			4th Finals			Semifinals			Finals

	3	3
	0	1		3	3
				0	0
							0	0
	3	3					3	3
Limassol	1	2		1	1
				3	3
										1	0
										3	3
				3	3
				1	0
							3	3
	3	0					2	0
	2	3		2	0
				3	3
													1	0
	3	0											3	3
	2	3		3	0
			Panathinaikos	2	3
						Panathinaikos	3	2
Sliedrecht	1	2				Oostende	0	3
Oostende	3	3	Oostende	0	3
				3	0
									Panathinaikos	2	0
										3	3
				2	1
				3	3
							3	3
	0	0				Nilüfer	2	1
	3	3		1	0
			Nilüfer	3	3
																0	0
Aydın	3	3													Scandicci	3	3
	0	0	Aydın	3	3
				0	0
						Aydın	3	3
							0	0
			Hadera	0	1
				3	3
									Aydın	3	3
Niederösterreich	3	3								2	2
	0	0	Niederösterreich	3	3
				0	0
						Niederösterreich	0	0
	0	0					3	3
	3	3		3	3
				2	1
												Aydın	2	0
Bratislava	0	0										Scandicci	3	3
	3	3		0	0
			Scandicci	3	3
						Scandicci	3	3
	3	3					1	0
	0	0		0	0
				3	3
									Scandicci	3	3
									Cannes	1	0
				3	1
				0	3
							0	1
						Cannes	3	3
				0	0
			Cannes	3	3

Qualification Phase[]

2nd Round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
	0–6	Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	0–3	0–3
	0–6	Niederösterreich Sokol/Post	0–3	1–3
AEL Limassol	4–2		2–3	3–0
	6–0		3–0	3–0
	5–1		3–0	3–2
	6–0	VKP Bratislava	3–0	3–0
	6–0		3–0	3–0
	6–0		3–0	3–1
	2–4		0–3	3–2
	2–4		3–2	0–3
Sliedrecht Sport	0–6	Hermes Rekkenshop Oostende	1–3	0–3

First leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Nov	19:00	Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	3–0		25–13	25–15	25–15			75–43	Report
26 Ott	20:30		3–0		25–15	25–22	25–15			75–52	Report
27 Ott	19:00	Niederösterreich Sokol/Post	3–0		25–22	25–20	25–15			75–57	Report
27 Ott	18:00		3–0		25–18	25–21	27–25			77–64	Report
3 Nov	20:00		3–1	AEL Limassol	25–21	25–16	19–25	25–21		94–83	Report
26 Ott	18:00		0–3		20–25	23–25	21–25			64–75	Report
28 Ott	20:00		3–2		26–24	24–26	27–25	23–25	17–15	117–115	Report
28 Ott	18:30		3–2		22–25	25–22	26–24	20–25	15–12	108–108	Report
27 Ott	18:00		0–3		6–25	16–25	9–25			31–75	Report
27 Ott	19:30	Sliedrecht Sport	1–3	Hermes Rekkenshop Oostende	22–25	23–25	26–24	24–26		95–100	Report
27 Ott	17:00	VKP Bratislava	0–3		22–25	17–25	10–25			49–75	Report

Second leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Nov	19:00		0–3	Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	18–25	15–25	11–25			44–75	Report
2 Nov	19:00		0–3		19–25	14–25	16–25			49–75	Report
3 Nov	19:30		0–3	Niederösterreich Sokol/Post	22–25	23–25	18–25			63–75	Report
28 Ott	17:00		1–3		23–25	25–18	12–25	21–25		81–93	Report
4 Nov	20:00	AEL Limassol	2–3		25–19	25–20	15–25	13–25	10–15	88–104	Report
27 Ott	18:00		3–0		27–25	25–14	27–25			79–64	Report
3 Nov	18:00		3–0		25–15	25–22	25–23			75–60	Report
3 Nov	20:00		3–0		25–16	25–23	25–22			75–61	Report
3 Nov	18:30		3–0		25–19	25–11	25–15			75–45	Report
3 Nov	20:30	Hermes Rekkenshop Oostende	3–2	Sliedrecht Sport	25–21	25–21	22–25	20–25	15–13	107–105	Report
2 Nov	20:00		3–0	VKP Bratislava	25–16	25–19	25–22			75–57	Report

Main phase[]

16th Finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Golden Set
	6–0		3–0	3–0
	0–6		1–3	1–3
	6–0		3–1	3–0
	1–5		2–3	0–3
	2–4	Panathinaikos AC Athens	3–2	0–3
Hermes Rekkenshop Oostende	0–6		0–3	3–0^[3]
	1–5		2–3	1–3
	0–6	Nilüfer Belediyespor	1–3	0–3
Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	6–0		3–0	3–0
Maccabi Hadera	0–6		0–3	1–3
Niederösterreich Sokol/Post	6–0		3–0	3–0^[3]
	5–1		3–2	3–1
	0–6	Savino Del Bene Scandicci	0–3	0–3
	0–6		0–3	0–3
	3–3		3–0	1–3	9–15
	0–6	RC Cannes	0–3	0–3

First leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Nov	18:30		3–0		25–18	25–20	25–17			75–55	Report
17 Nov	17:30		1–3		25–23	12–25	20–25	14–25		71–98	Report
16 Nov	19:00		3–1		16–25	25–19	25–19	25–14		91–77	Report
17 Nov	20:00		2–3		17–25	22–25	25–20	25–19	8–15	97–104	Report
17 Nov	18:00		3–2	Panathinaikos AC Athens	28–26	25–23	18–25	18–25	15–11	104–110	Report
17 Nov	20:00	Hermes Rekkenshop Oostende	0–3		24–26	19–25	18–25			61–76	Report
18 Nov	20:00		2–3		26–24	22–25	25–20	18–25	12–15	103–109	Report
23 Nov	18:00		1–3	Nilüfer Belediyespor	12–25	19–25	25–22	18–25		74–97	Report
17 Nov	19:00	Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	3–0		25–14	25–18	25–17			75–49	Report
17 Nov	17:15	Maccabi Hadera	0–3		20–25	14–25	15–25			49–75	Report
17 Nov	19:00	Niederösterreich Sokol/Post	3–0		28–26	25–18	25–20			78–64	Report
17 Nov	18:30		3–2		23–25	21–25	25–23	25–19	15–8	109–100	Report
17 Nov	19:00		0–3	Savino Del Bene Scandicci	11–25	15–25	21–25			47–75	Report
24 Nov	19:00		0–3		12–25	12–25	14–25			38–75	Report
17 Nov	18:00		3–0		25–21	25–21	25–22			75–64	Report
17 Nov	20:00		0–3	RC Cannes	16–25	21–25	16–25			53–75	Report

Second leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
24 Nov	19:00		0–3		15–25	20–25	13–25		48–75	Report
18 Nov	17:30		3–1		25–19	25–14	22–25	25–17	97–75	Report
17 Nov	19:00		0–3		18–25	15–25	14–25		47–75	Report
25 Nov	18:00		3–0		25–17	25–20	25–11		75–48	Report
24 Nov	20:00	Panathinaikos AC Athens	3–0		25–18	25–21	25–17		75–56	Report
24 Nov	20:00	^[4]^[5]	0–3	Hermes Rekkenshop Oostende	0–25	0–25	0–25		0–75	Report
24 Nov	20:00		3–1		25–19	15–25	25–19	25–17	90–80	Report
24 Nov	18:00	Nilüfer Belediyespor	3–0		25–19	25–22	25–7		75–48	Report
24 Nov	19:00		0–3	Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	19–25	22–25	22–25		63–75	Report
23 Nov	18:00		3–1	Maccabi Hadera	25–19	20–25	25–15	25–11	95–70	Report
24 Nov	19:00	^[6]^[7]	0–3	Niederösterreich Sokol/Post	0–25	0–25	0–25		0–75	Report
25 Nov	20:00		1–3		21–25	25–22	23–25	26–28	95–100	Report
18 Nov	19:00	Savino Del Bene Scandicci	3–0		25–20	25–20	25–15		75–55	Report
23 Nov	19:00		3–0		25–15	25–14	25–18		75–47	Report
24 Nov	18:00		3–1		25–22	21–25	25–21	25–16	96–84	Report
Golden set			15–9
24 Nov	20:00	RC Cannes	3–0		25–15	25–18	25–21		75–54	Report

8th Finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
	0–6		0–3	0–3
	5–1		3–2	3–0
Panathinaikos AC Athens	4–2	Hermes Rekkenshop Oostende	3–0	2–3
	5–1	Nilüfer Belediyespor	3–2	3–1
Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	6–0		3–0	3–0
Niederösterreich Sokol/Post	0–6		0–3	0–3
Savino Del Bene Scandicci	6–0		3–1	3–0
	0–6	RC Cannes	0–3	1–3

First leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Dec	17:30		0–3		17–25	22–25	19–25			58–75	Report
7 Dec	19:00		3–2		25–12	29–27	24–26	21–25	15–2	114–92	Report
14 Dec	15:30	Panathinaikos AC Athens	3–0	Hermes Rekkenshop Oostende	25–17	25–10	25–12			75–39	Report
8 Dec	18:00		3–2	Nilüfer Belediyespor	22–25	17–25	25–21	25–19	15–10	104–100	Report
7 Dec	19:00	Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	3–0		25–19	25–14	25–23			75–56	Report
8 Dec	19:00	Niederösterreich Sokol/Post	0–3		22–25	23–25	20–25			65–75	Report
8 Dec	17:30	Savino Del Bene Scandicci	3–1		20–25	25–15	25–18	25–16		95–74	Report
8 Dec	18:00		0–3	RC Cannes	19–25	16–25	28–30			63–80	Report

Second leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Dec	18:30		3–0		29–27	25–17	25–22			79–66	Report
14 Dec	18:00		0–3		21–25	19–25	12–25			52–75	Report
15 Dec	15:30	Hermes Rekkenshop Oostende	3–2	Panathinaikos AC Athens	25–22	18–25	25–21	22–25	15–10	105–103	Report
15 Dec	18:00	Nilüfer Belediyespor	1–3		15–25	25–12	23–25	16–25		79–87	Report
14 Dec	18:00		0–3	Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	17–25	26–28	20–25			63–78	Report
15 Dec	18:30		3–0	Niederösterreich Sokol/Post	25–19	25–13	25–19			75–51	Report
14 Dec	19:00		0–3	Savino Del Bene Scandicci	17–25	16–25	17–25			50–75	Report
14 Dec	20:30	RC Cannes	3–1		25–14	25–19	23–25	25–22		98–80	Report

4th Finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
	0–6		1–3	0–3
Panathinaikos AC Athens	1–5		2–3	0–3
Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	4–2		3–2	3–2
Savino Del Bene Scandicci	6–0	RC Cannes	3–1	3–0

First leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Jan	18:30		1–3		21–25	22–25	25–23	18–25		86–98	Report
27 Jan	20:00	Panathinaikos AC Athens	2–3		16–25	25–12	29–27	21–25	12–15	103–104	Report
25 Jan	19:00	Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	3–2		26–28	25–16	25–16	22–25	15–10	113–95	Report
26 Jan	18:00	Savino Del Bene Scandicci	3–1	RC Cannes	25–14	24–26	25–22	25–19		99–81	Report

Second leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Feb	19:00		3–0		25–16	25–23	25–21			75–60	Report
2 Feb	18:00		3–0	Panathinaikos AC Athens	25–21	25–23	25–19			75–63	Report
1 Feb	18:30		2–3	Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	25–23	24–26	25–22	20–25	9–15	103–111	Report
2 Feb	20:00	RC Cannes	0–3	Savino Del Bene Scandicci	26–28	18–25	25–27			69–80	Report

Final Phase[]

Semifinals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
	0–6		1–3	0–3
Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	1–5	Savino Del Bene Scandicci	2–3	0–3

First leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Feb	19:00		1–3		16–25	22–25	25–19	20–25		83–94	Report
24 Feb	19:00	Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	2–3	Savino Del Bene Scandicci	21–25	25–23	25–22	18–25	10–15	99–110	Report

Second leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Mar	20:00		3–0		25–22	25–16	25–16			75–54	Report
2 Mar	19:00	Savino Del Bene Scandicci	3–0	Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	25–14	25–15	25–22			75–51	Report

Finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
	0–6	Savino Del Bene Scandicci	0–3	0–3

First leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Mar	20:00		0–3	Savino Del Bene Scandicci	20–25	22–25	15–25			57–75	Report

Second leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Mar	20:30	Savino Del Bene Scandicci	3–0		25–12	25–12	25–10			75–34	Report

References[]

^ "2019 CEV Volleyball Challenge Cup - Women - Format". CEV. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
^ "CEV volleyball competitions regulations" (PDF). CEV. 18 August 2017. pp. 13 (section 14.2 'Competition method'). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
^ ^a ^b Forfeit
^ Withdraw from competition due to mandatory self-quarantine.
^ "Hermes Oostende staat dit weekend voor topper tegen Gent en straks wellicht tegen Griekse Panathinaikos Athene in CEV Challenge Cup: "Vergiftigd geschenk"" (in Dutch). 25 November 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
^ Withdraw from competition after COVID-19 positive cases in squad.
^ "EUROPA CUP SPIEL AM MITTWOCH ABGESAGT" (in German). 23 November 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2022.

External links[]

2022 CEV Volleyball Challenge Cup - Women

[form-1] "2019 CEV Volleyball Challenge Cup - Women - Format". CEV. Retrieved 28 November 2018.

[2] "CEV volleyball competitions regulations" (PDF). CEV. 18 August 2017. pp. 13 (section 14.2 'Competition method'). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018.

[Forfeit-3] Forfeit

[4] Withdraw from competition due to mandatory self-quarantine.

[5] "Hermes Oostende staat dit weekend voor topper tegen Gent en straks wellicht tegen Griekse Panathinaikos Athene in CEV Challenge Cup: "Vergiftigd geschenk"" (in Dutch). 25 November 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2022.

[6] Withdraw from competition after COVID-19 positive cases in squad.

[7] "EUROPA CUP SPIEL AM MITTWOCH ABGESAGT" (in German). 23 November 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2022.

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