CEV Challenge Cup

CEV Challenge Cup

Current season, competition or edition: 2021–22 CEV Challenge Cup
Formerly	CEV Cup (1980–2007)
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	1980; 41 years ago (1980)
Administrator	CEV
No. of teams	32 (Main phase)
Country	CEV members
Continent	Europe
Most recent champion(s)	Allianz Powervolley Milano (1st title)
Most titles	Modena Volley (5 titles)
Official website	Official website

The CEV Challenge Cup is an annual European-wide third-tier level competition for men's Volleyball clubs. It started in the 1980–81 season under the name CEV Cup. In 2007 it was renamed CEV Challenge Cup.^[1]

History[]

• CEV Cup (1980–81 to 2006–2007)
• CEV Challenge Cup (2007–08 to present)

Title holders[]

Finals[]

CEV Cup[]

Year		Final				3rd Place Game
		Champion	Score	Second place		Third place	Fourth place
1980–81 Details		AS Cannes	Group Stage	Amare più Loreto		Santal Parma	AS Grenobloise
1981–82 Details			Group Stage	Toseroni Roma		Güney Sanayi Adana	Turavia Salesianos
1982–83 Details		Panini Modena	Group Stage	Orion Doetinchem		AS Grenobloise	Arago de Sète
1983–84 Details		Panini Modena	Group Stage	Casio Milano		VVC Vught	Paderborn
1984–85 Details		Panini Modena	Group Stage	Partizan		Kruikenburg Ternat	Hormann Gand
1985–86 Details		Kutiba Falconara	Group Stage	Bosna		Bistefani Torino	Kruikenburg Ternat
1986–87 Details		Ener-Mix Milano	Group Stage	Santal Parma		Červená hvězda Bratislava	Asse-Lennik
1987–88 Details		Avtomobilist Leningrad	3–1	Ciesse Padova		Montpellier UC	Arago de Sète
1988–89 Details		Avtomobilist Leningrad	3–0	Petrarca Padova		Debic Zonhoven	JSA Bordeaux
1989–90 Details		Moerser SC	Group Stage	Partizan		Avtomobilist Leningrad	AS Grenobloise
1990–91 Details		Sisley Treviso	3–2	Elektrotechnika		Charro Padova	Dynamo Moscow
1991–92 Details		Maxicono Parma	3–0	Charro Padova		Bayer Wuppertal	Galatasaray
1992–93 Details		Sisley Treviso	3–0	Charro Esperia Padova		Dynamo Moscow	Bayer Wuppertal
1993–94 Details		Ignis Padova	3–0	Samotlor		VfB Friedrichshafen	Bayer Wuppertal
1994–95 Details		Pallavolo Parma	3–0	Orestiada		Tally Milano Gonzaga	Samotlor
1995–96 Details		Alpitour Traco Cuneo	3–0	Edilcuoghi Ravenna		Aero Odolena Voda	Orestiada
1996–97 Details		Porto Ravenna Volley	3–0	Netaş Istanbul		Bayer Wuppertal	Aero Odolena Voda
1997–98 Details		Sisley Treviso	3–0	Knack Roeselare		Lube Banca Marche Macerata	Jihostroj České Budějovice
1998–99 Details		Palermo Volley	3–0	Knack Roeselare		SCC Berlin	Lube Banca Marche Macerata
1999–00 Details		Roma Volley	3–2	Casa Modena Unibon		ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	Orestiada
2000–01 Details		Lube Banca Marche Macerata	3–0	Casa Modena Salumi		Noliko Maaseik	Bossini Montichiari
2001–02 Details		Noicom Cuneo	3–1	Lokomotiv Belgorod		Asystel Milano	Lokomotyv Kharkiv
2002–03 Details		Sisley Treviso	3–0	Lube Banca Marche Macerata		Iskra Odintsovo	Azot Cherkasy
2003–04 Details		Kerakoll Modena	3–2	Coprasystel Ventaglio Piacenza		Lokomotiv Ekaterinburg	Panathinaikos
2004–05 Details		Lube Banca Marche Macerata	3–2	Son Amar Palma de Mallorca		Tourcoing Lille Métropole	Omniworld Almere
2005–06 Details		Lube Banca Marche Macerata	3–0	Iskra Odintsovo		Paris Volley	Vojvodina
2006–07 Details		Fakel Novy Urengoy	3–0	Copra Berni Piacenza		Halkbank Ankara	Stade Poitevin Poitiers

CEV Challenge Cup[]

Year		Final				3rd Place Game
		Champion	Score	Second place		Third place	Fourth place
2007–08 Details		Cimone Modena	3–1	Lokomotiv Ekaterinburg		Stade Poitevin Poitiers	Asseco Resovia
2008–09 Details		Arkas İzmir	3–2	Jastrzębski Węgiel		Tomis Constanța	EAP
2009–10 Details		RPA–LuigiBacchi.it Perugia	3–0	Mladost Zagreb		Berlin Recycling Volleys	Dukla Liberec
2010–11 Details		Lube Banca Marche Macerata	3–0, 3–2	Arkas İzmir
2011–12 Details		Tytan AZS Częstochowa	3–1, 2–3 (GS 18–16)	AZS Politechnika Warszawska
2012–13 Details		Copra Elior Piacenza	3–0, 3–0	Ural Ufa
2013–14 Details		Fenerbahçe Grundig	2–3, 3–0	Andreoli Latina
2014–15 Details		Vojvodina Novi Sad	3–1, 2–3	Benfica
2015–16 Details		Calzedonia Verona	3–2, 3–2	Fakel Novy Urengoy
2016–17 Details		Fakel Novy Urengoy	3–1, 3–1	Chaumont VB 52
2017–18 Details		Bunge Ravenna	3–1, 3–1	Olympiacos Piraeus
2018–19 Details		Belogorie Belgorod	2–3, 3–0	Vero Volley Monza
2019–20 Details		Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 Details		Allianz Powervolley Milano	3–2, 3–2	Ziraat Bankası Ankara

Titles by club[]

Rank	Club	Titles	Runner–up	Champion years
1.	Modena Volley	5	2	1983, 1984, 1985, 2004, 2008
2.	Volley Lube	4	1	2001, 2005, 2006, 2011
3.	Volley Treviso	4		1991, 1993, 1998, 2003
4.	Pallavolo Parma	2	1	1992, 1995
5.	Fakel Novy Urengoy	2	1	2007, 2017
6.	Avtomobilist Leningrad	2		1988, 1989
7.	Piemonte Volley	2		1996, 2002
8.	Pallavolo Padova	1	4	1994
9.	Volley Piacenza	1	2	2013
10.	Volley Gonzaga Milano	1	1	1987
11.	Ravenna Volley	1	1	1997
12.	Arkas Spor	1	1	2009
13.	Belogorie Belgorod	1	1	2019
14.	AS Cannes	1		1981
15.		1		1982
16.	Pallavolo Falconara	1		1986
17.	Moerser SC	1		1990
18.	Palermo Volley	1		1999
19.	Roma Volley	1		2000
20.	Umbria Volley	1		2010
21.	AZS Częstochowa	1		2012
22.	Fenerbahçe Grundig	1		2014
23.	Vojvodina Novi Sad	1		2015
24.	Calzedonia Verona	1		2016
25.	Porto Robur Costa	1		2018
26.	Allianz Powervolley Milano	1		2021
27.	OK Partizan		2
28.	Knack Roeselare		2
29.	Amare più Loreto		1
30.	Toseroni Roma		1
31.	Orion Doetinchem		1
32.	OK Bosna		1
33.	Elektrotechnika		1
34.	Samotlor		1
35.	AC Orestiada		1
36.	Netaş Istanbul		1
37.	CV Pòrtol		1
38.	Iskra Odintsovo		1
39.	Lokomotiv Ekaterinburg		1
40.	Jastrzębski Węgiel		1
41.	Mladost Zagreb		1
42.	AZS Politechnika Warszawska		1
43.	Ural Ufa		1
44.	Andreoli Latina		1
45.	Benfica		1
46.	Chaumont VB 52		1
47.	Olympiacos Piraeus		1
48.	Vero Volley Monza		1
49.	Ziraat Bankası Ankara		1

Titles by country[]

Rank	Country	Won	Runner–up	Total
1	Italy	28	16	44
2	Russia	3	6	9
3	Turkey	2	3	5
4	Soviet Union	2	1	3
5	Poland	1	2	3
6	France	1	1	2
7	Netherlands	1	1	2
8	West Germany	1	–	1
	Serbia	1	–	1
10	Yugoslavia	–	3	3
11	Belgium	–	2	2
12	Greece	–	2	2
13	Croatia	–	1	1
	Portugal	–	1	1
	Spain	–	1	1

MVP by edition[]

• 2020–21 –  Jean Patry (FRA)

References[]

External links[]

• CEV Website
• History of the Competition Archived 6 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine