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2022–23 CEV Challenge Cup

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2022–23 CEV Challenge Cup
LeagueCEV Challenge Cup
SportVolleyball
Duration11 October 2022 – 15 March 2023
Total attendance51,838 (836 per match)
Finals
ChampionsGreece Olympiacos Piraeus
Finals MVPItaly Dragan Travica (OLY)
CEV Challenge Cup seasons

The 2022–23 CEV Challenge Cup was the 43rd edition of the third tier European volleyball club competition organised by the European Volleyball Confederation.[1]

Participating teams

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The draw was held on 28 June 2022 in Luxembourg City.[2]

Rank[3] Country Number of teams Teams
5  Czech Republic 1 Aero Odolena Voda
6  Portugal 2 AJ Fonte Bastardo Azores, Sporting CP
7  Belgium 1 Aalst
8  Romania 1 Steaua
9  Switzerland 2 Näfels,Lausanne
10  Bulgaria 2 Burgas,Montana
11  Finland 2 Akaa, Tiikerit
12  Austria 2 Amstetten, Ried Volleyball
13  Netherlands 1 Doetinchem
15  Estonia 2 Parnu, Tartu
16  Hungary 1 VRC Kazincbarcia
17  Greece 4 Milon, Olympiacos Piraeus, PAOK Thessaloniki, Panathinaikos Athens
19  Ukraine 2 Epicentr Podolyany, Prometey
20  Croatia 2 Ribola Kastela, Varazdin
21  Spain 2 Guaguas, Melilla
23  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 Borac Banja Luka
24  Norway 1 Viking
26  Slovenia 2 Maribor, Pomgrad
28  Cyprus 1 Omonoia
29  Israel 3 Hapoel Kfar Saba, Hapoel Mate Asher, Maccabi Tel Aviv,
30  Albania 1 SK Tirana
32  Kosovo 1 Ferizaj
35  Slovakia 4 Komarno, Presov, Rieker Komarno, Spartak Myjava
37  Luxembourg 2 Bartreng, Stroosen
41  Azerbaijan 1 Murov

Format

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Qualification round (Home and away matches):

  • 32nd Finals

Main phase (Home and away matches):

  • 16th Finals → 8th Finals → 4th Finals

Final phase (Home and away matches):

  • Semifinals → Finals

Aggregate score is counted as follows: 3 points for 3–0 or 3–1 win, 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 round

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32nd Finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Golden Set
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 6–0 Kosovo Ferizaj 3–0 3–0
PAOK Thessaloniki Greece 6–0 Switzerland Näfels 3–1 3–1
Ried Volleyball Austria 0–6 Cyprus Omonoia 1–3 0–3
Hapoel Kfar Saba Israel 4–2 Austria Amstetten 3–1 2–3
Epicentr Podolyany Ukraine 4–2 Slovenia Maribor 3–0 2–3
Rieker Komarno Slovakia 6–0 Albania SK Tirana 3–1 3–1
Guaguas Spain 3–3 Bulgaria Burgas 3–1 1–3 13–15
Milon Greece 1–5 Israel Hapoel Mate Asher 2–3 1–3
Pomgrad Slovenia 2–4 Finland Tiikerit 3–2 1–3
Varaždin Croatia 0–6 Azerbaijan Murov 0–3 1–3
Bartreng Luxembourg 0–6 Luxembourg Stroosen 1–3 1–3
Spartak Myjava Slovakia 0–6 Greece Panathinaikos Athens 1–3 1–3

First leg

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
11 Oct 20:00 Ferizaj Kosovo 0–3 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 5–25 9–25 9–25     23–75 Report
12 Oct 19:00 PAOK Thessaloniki Greece 3–1 Switzerland Näfels 20–25 25–20 25–15 25–13   95–73 Report
12 Oct 19:30 Ried Austria 1–3 Cyprus Omonoia 19–25 26–24 22–25 14–25   81–99 Report
11 Oct 19:00 Amstetten Austria 1–3 Israel Hapoel Kfar Saba 25–21 20–25 21–25 18–25   84–96 Report
12 Oct 18:00 Epicentr Podolyany Ukraine 3–0 Slovenia Maribor 25–12 25–16 25–18     75–46 Report
12 Oct 19:00 Rieker Komarno Slovakia 3–1 Albania SK Tirana 25–21 25–12 20–25 25–18   95–76 Report
12 Oct 18:00 Guaguas Spain 3–1 Bulgaria Burgas Volley 23–25 25–12 30–28 25–13   103–78 Report
12 Oct 20:00 Milon Greece 2–3 Israel Hapoel Mate Asher 25–17 18–25 25–16 14–25 8–15 90–98 Report
12 Oct 19:00 Pomgrad Slovenia 3–2 Finland Tiikerit 19–25 20–25 25–22 26–24 18–16 108–112 Report
19 Oct 18:00 Varaždin Croatia 0–3 Azerbaijan Murov 19–25 18–25 20–25     57–75 Report
12 Oct 19:00 Bartreng Luxembourg 1–3 Luxembourg Stroosen 22–25 18–25 25–14 17–25   82–89 Report
11 Oct 19:00 VO TJ Spartak Myjava Slovakia 1–3 Greece Panathinaikos Athens 16–25 11–25 25–21 14–25   66–96 Report

Second leg

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 Oct 20:00 Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 3–0 Kosovo Ferizaj 25–2 25–14 25–11     75–27 Report
19 Oct 19:00 Näfels Switzerland 1–3 Greece PAOK Thessaloniki 16–25 15–20 25–23 18–25   74–93 Report
13 Oct 19:30 Omonoia Cyprus 3–0 Austria Ried 25–18 32–30 22–25 25–20   104–93 Report
12 Oct 16:30 Hapoel Kfar Saba Israel 2–3 Austria Amstetten 29–27 25–22 19–25 20–25 7–15 100–114 Report
19 Oct 19:00 Maribor Slovenia 2–3 Ukraine Epicentr Podolyany 29–27 25–21 13–25 14–25 8–15 89–113 Report
19 Oct 19:00 SK Tirana Albania 1–3 Slovakia Rieker Komarno 25–18 16–25 19–25 21–25   81–93 Report
20 Oct 19:00 Burgas Volley Bulgaria 3–1 Spain Guaguas 23–25 25–22 25–18 25–22   98–87 Report
Golden set Burgas Volley Bulgaria 15–13 Spain Guaguas
20 Oct 19:00 Hapoel Mate Asher Israel 3–1 Greece Milon 25–13 25–16 18–25 23–25–16   91–79 Report
20 Oct 18:30 Tiikerit Finland 3–1 Slovenia Pomgrad 25–16 20–25 25–17 25–21   95–79 Report
20 Oct 18:00 Murov Azerbaijan 3–1 Croatia Varaždin 23–25 25–18 25–20 25–17   98–80 Report
19 Oct 19:30 Stroosen Luxembourg 3–1 Luxembourg Bartreng 25–23 13–25 25–21 25–20   88–89 Report
11 Oct 19:00 Panathinaikos Athens Greece 3–1 Slovakia Spartak Mijava 25–16 25–17 26–28 25–23   101–84 Report

Main phase

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16th Finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
VRC Kazincbarcia Hungary 0–6 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–3 1–3
PAOK Thessaloniki Greece 6–0 Bulgaria Montana Volley 3–0 3–1
Omonia Nicosia Cyprus 5–1 Croatia Ribola Kaštela 3–2 3–1
Hapoel Kfar Saba Israel 0–6 Belgium Aalst 1–3 0–3
Presov Slovakia 2–4 Estonia Tartu 3–2 0–3
AJ Fonte Bastardo Azores Portugal 6–0 Finland Akaa 3–0 3–0
Epicentr Podolyany Ukraine 0–6 Spain Melilla 0–3 0–3
Parnu Estonia 0–6 Portugal Sporting CP 0–3 0–3
Komarno Slovakia 0–6 Greece Olympiacos Piraeus 1–3 0–3
Burgas Bulgaria 6–0 Switzerland Lausanne 3–1 3–1
Hapoel Mate Asher Israel 6–0 Ukraine Prometey 3–1 3–1
Tiikerit Finland 1–5 Romania Steaua 2–3 0–3
Stroosen Luxembourg 0–6 Netherlands Doetinchem 0–3 0–3
Graz Austria 0–6 Azerbaijan Murov 0–3 0–3
Viking Norway 6–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac Banja Luka 3–0 3–0
Panathinaikos Athens Greece 6–0 Czech Republic Odolena Voda 3–0 3–1

First leg

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Nov 18:00 Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 3–1 Hungary VRC Kazincbarcia 23–25 25–16 25–13 25–19   98–73 Report
9 Nov 19:00 PAOK Thessaloniki Greece 3–0 Bulgaria Montana Volley 25–19 25–15 25–16     75–50 Report
15 Nov 17:30 Omonia Nicosia Cyprus 3–2 Croatia Ribola Kaštela 20–25 25–19 23–25 25–16 15–12 108–97 Report
9 Nov 19:00 Hapoel Kfar Saba Israel 1–3 Belgium Aalst 23–25 18–25 26–24 23–25   90–99 Report
8 Nov 18:00 Presov Slovakia 3–2 Estonia Tartu 22–25 23–25 26–24 25–20 15–10 111–104 Report
9 Nov 20:30 AJ Fonte Bastardo Azores Portugal 3–0 Finland Akaa 26–24 25–18 25–20     76–62 Report
10 Nov 18:00 Epicentr Podolyany Ukraine 0–3 Spain Melilla 15–25 21–25 22–25     58–75 Report
9 Nov 19:00 Parnu Estonia 0–3 Portugal Sporting CP 17–25 12–25 14–25     43–75 Report
9 Nov 19:00 Komarno Slovakia 1–3 Greece Olympiacos Piraeus 18–25 25–16 24–26 19–25   86–92 Report
8 Nov 19:00 Burgas Bulgaria 3–1 Switzerland Lausanne 27–25 25–12 19–25 25–17   96–79 Report
8 Nov 19:00 Hapoel Mate Asher Israel 3–1 Ukraine Prometey 25–16 25–21 21–25 25–20   96–82 Report
9 Nov 18:30 Tiikerit Finland 2–3 Romania Steaua 20–25 25–16 18–25 25–23 9–15 97–104 Report
9 Nov 19:00 Stroosen Luxembourg 0–3 Netherlands Doetinchem 20–25 20–25 22–25     62–75 Report
9 Nov 18:00 Murov Azerbaijan 3–0 Austria Graz 25–13 25–12 25–23     75–48 Report
9 Nov 19:00 Viking Norway 3–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac Banja Luka 25–18 25–16 25–18     75–52 Report
9 Nov 18:00 Panathinaikos Athens Greece 3–0 Czech Republic Odolena Voda 25–19 25–14 25–19     75–52 Report

Second leg

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Nov 18:00 VRC Kazincbarcia Hungary 1–3 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 25–22 21–25 16–25 16–25   78–97 Report
16 Nov 18:00 Montana Volley Bulgaria 1–3 Greece PAOK Thessaloniki 20–25 16–25 25–23 20–25   81–98 Report
16 Nov 17:30 Ribola Kaštela Croatia 1–3 Cyprus Omonia Nicosia 20–25 15–25 25–18 22–25   82–93 Report
16 Nov 20:30 Aalst Belgium 3–0 Israel Hapoel Kfar Saba 25–18 25–17 25–20     75–55 Report
16 Nov 19:00 Tartu Estonia 3–0 Slovakia Presov 25–23 25–14 25–23     75–60 Report
16 Nov 18:30 Akaa Finland 0–3 Portugal AJ Fonte Bastardo Azores 21–25 22–25 22–25     65–75 Report
16 Nov 20:00 Melilla Spain 3–0 Ukraine Epicentr Podolyany 25–19 25–21 25–21     75–61 Report
16 Nov 19:30 Sporting CP Portugal 3–0 Estonia Parnu 25–17 25–15 25–19     75–51 Report
16 Nov 19:00 Olympiacos Piraeus Greece 3–0 Slovakia Komarno 25–12 25–21 25–21     75–54 Report
16 Nov 19:00 Lausanne Switzerland 1–3 Bulgaria Burgas 25–22 16–25 15–25 19–25   75–97 Report
10 Nov 19:00 Prometey Ukraine 1–3 Israel Hapoel Mate Asher 32–30 22–25 20–25 26–28   100–108 Report
16 Nov 18:00 Steaua Romania 3–0 Finland Tiikerit 25–21 25–21 25–17     75–59 Report
16 Nov 20:00 Doetinchem Netherlands 3–0 Luxembourg Stroosen 25–18 25–8 25–13     75–39 Report
8 Nov 19:00 Graz Austria 0–3 Azerbaijan Murov 13–25 18–25 23–25     54–75 Report
10 Nov 19:00 Borac Banja Luka Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–3 Norway Viking 16–25 16–25 18–25     50–75 Report
16 Nov 18:00 Odolena Voda Czech Republic 1–3 Greece Panathinaikos Athens 25–15 21–25 21–25 19–25   86–90 Report

8th Finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 5–1 Greece PAOK Thessaloniki 3–1 3–2
Omonia Nicosia Cyprus 5–1 Belgium Aalst 3–1 3–2
Tartu Estonia 0–6 Portugal AJ Fonte Bastardo Azores 1–3 1–3
Melilla Spain 2–4 Portugal Sporting CP 3–2 1–3
Olympiacos Piraeus Greece 4–2 Bulgaria Burgas 3–0 2–3
Hapoel Mate Asher Israel 2–4 Romania Steaua 3–2 1–3
Doetinchem Netherlands 6–0 Azerbaijan Murov 3–1 3–1
Viking Norway 0–6 Greece Panathinaikos Athens 0–3 0–3

First leg

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 Dec 20:00 Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 3–1 Greece PAOK Thessaloniki 25–27 25–22 25–17 32–30   107–96 Report
29 Nov 20:00 Omonia Nicosia Cyprus 3–1 Belgium Aalst 25–19 27–25 16–25 25–22   93–91 Report
30 Nov 19:00 Tartu Estonia 1–3 Portugal AJ Fonte Bastardo Azores 21–25 14–25 25–20 19–25   79–95 Report
30 Nov 18:00 Melilla Spain 3–2 Portugal Sporting CP 21–25 32–30 25–21 19–25 15–11 112–112 Report
30 Nov 19:00 Olympiacos Piraeus Greece 3–0 Bulgaria Burgas 25–19 25–22 25–18     75–59 Report
30 Nov 19:00 Hapoel Mate Asher Israel 3–2 Romania Steaua 19–25 15–25 25–23 25–19 15–13 99–105 Report
1 Dec 20:00 Doetinchem Netherlands 3–1 Azerbaijan Murov 29–27 19–25 25–12 25–19   98–83 Report
1 Dec 19:00 Viking Norway 0–3 Greece Panathinaikos Athens 20–25 17–25 23–25     60–75 Report

Second leg

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
15 Dec 20:00 PAOK Thessaloniki Greece 2–3 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 15–25 25–21 21–25 26–24 13–15 100–110 Report
14 Dec 20:30 Aalst Belgium 2–3 Cyprus Omonia Nicosia 25–18 21–25 25–22 22–25 11–15 104–105 Report
14 Dec 20:30 AJ Fonte Bastardo Azores Portugal 3–1 Estonia Tartu 25–17 22–25 25–11 25–13   97–66 Report
14 Dec 19:30 Sporting CP Portugal 3–1 Spain Melilla 29–27 25–19 19–25 25–17   98–88 Report
13 Dec 19:00 Burgas Bulgaria 3–2 Greece Olympiacos Piraeus 27–29 23–25 25–18 30–28 18–16 123–116 Report
15 Dec 18:00 Steaua Romania 3–1 Israel Hapoel Mate Asher 24–26 25–13 25–19 25–20   99–78 Report
15 Dec 18:00 Murov Azerbaijan 1–3 Netherlands Doetinchem 23–25 25–22 23–25 22–25   93–97 Report
14 Dec 21:00 Panathinaikos Athens Greece 3–0 Norway Viking 25–18 25–14 25–16     75–48 Report

4th Finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Golden Set
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 6–0 Cyprus Omonia Nicosia 3–0 3–1
AJ Fonte Bastardo Azores Portugal 5–1 Portugal Sporting CP 3–0 3–2
Olympiacos Piraeus Greece 5–1 Romania Steaua 3–1 3–2
Doetinchem Netherlands 3–3 Greece Panathinaikos Athens 1–3 3–0 12–15

First leg

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 Jan 20:00 Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 3–0 Cyprus Omonia Nicosia 25–21 25–20 25–16     75–57 Report
11 Jan 20:30 AJ Fonte Bastardo Azores Portugal 3–0 Portugal Sporting CP 26–24 25–19 25–21     76–64 Report
10 Jan 17:00 Olympiacos Piraeus Greece 3–1 Romania Steaua 23–25 25–16 25–16 25–19   98–76 Report
11 Jan 20:00 Doetinchem Netherlands 1–3 Greece Panathinaikos Athens 27–25 23–25 21–25 22–25   93–100 Report

Second leg

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
26 Jan 20:00 Omonia Nicosia Cyprus 1–3 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 22–25 23–25 25–21 12–25   82–96 Report
25 Jan 19:30 Sporting CP Portugal 2–3 Portugal AJ Fonte Bastardo Azores 19–25 25–21 25–23 19–25 10–15 98–109 Report
26 Jan 18:00 Steaua Romania 2–3 Greece Olympiacos Piraeus 15–25 21–25 25–15 25–20 11–15 97–100 Report
25 Jan 17:30 Panathinaikos Athens Greece 0–3 Netherlands Doetinchem 22–25 23–25 20–25     65–75 Report
Golden set Panathinaikos Athens Greece 15–12 Netherlands Doetinchem

Final phase

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Semifinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Golden Set
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 4–2 Portugal AJ Fonte Bastardo Azores 3–1 2–3
Olympiacos Piraeus Greece 3–3 Greece Panathinaikos Athens 1–3 3–1 15–6

First leg

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
7 Feb 20:00 Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 3–1 Portugal AJ Fonte Bastardo Azores 24–26 25–21 25–18 25–23   99–88 Report
7 Feb 20:00 Olympiacos Piraeus Greece 1–3 Greece Panathinaikos Athens 25–21 21–25 23–25 24–26   93–97 Report

Second leg

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
15 Feb 20:30 AJ Fonte Bastardo Azores Portugal 3–2 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 25–18 23–25 22–25 25–23 15–10 110–101 Report
16 Feb 14:30 Panathinaikos Athens Greece 1–3 Greece Olympiacos Piraeus 25–22 25–27 21–25 17–25   88–99 Report
Golden set Panathinaikos Athens Greece 6–15 Greece Olympiacos Piraeus

Finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 0–6 Greece Olympiacos Piraeus 0–3 0–3

First leg

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
5 Mar 20:30 Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 0–3 Greece Olympiacos Piraeus 20–25 23–25 14–25     57–75 Report

Second leg

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
15 Mar 20:00 Olympiacos Piraeus Greece 3–0 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 25–16 25–21 25–16     75–53 Report

Final standings

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2022–23 CEV Challenge Cup winner
Greece
Olympiacos Piraeus
(1st title)
Alen Pajenk, Dimitris Komitoudis, Tonček Štern, Mateo Hasbala, Gustavo Bonatto, Nikolas Papangelopoulos, Rafail Koumentakis, Spyros Chandrinos, Nikos Zoupanis, Dragan Travica, Dimitris Tziavras, Crysostomos Koltsiakis, Anestis Dalakouras, Dimosthenis Linardos, Salvador Hidalgo Oliva
Head coach
Alberto Giuliani

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "All-time record set as 216 clubs sign up to contest European Cups 2023 | CEV". www.cev.eu. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Early Season Plans Drafted Following Completion of the CEV European Volleyball Cups 2023 Drawing of Lots | CEV". www.cev.eu. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  3. ^ "CEV Volleyball Cup and CEV Challenge Cup 2023 Men Ranking" (PDF). CEV. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
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