CEV Challenge Cup

CEV Challenge Cup
Current season, competition or edition:; 2020–21 CEV Challenge Cup
Formerly	CEV Men's Cup ; (1980–2007)
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	1980; 44 years ago
Administrator	CEV
No. of teams	32 (Main phase)
Country	CEV members
Continent	Europe
Most recent; champion(s)	Belogorie Belgorod; (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

1980–81: AS Cannes
1981–82: Star Lift Voorburg
1982–83: Panini Modena
1983–84: Panini Modena
1984–85: Panini Modena
1985–86: Kutiba Falconara
1986–87: Ener-Mix Milano
1987–88: Avtomobilist Leningrad
1988–89: Avtomobilist Leningrad
1989–90: Moerser SC
1990–91: Sisley Treviso
1991–92: Maxicono Parma
1992–93: Sisley Treviso
1993–94: Ignis Padova

1994–95: Pallavolo Parma
1995–96: Alpitour Traco Cuneo
1996–97: Porto Ravenna Volley
1997–98: Sisley Treviso
1998–99: Palermo Volley
1999–00: Roma Volley
2000–01: Lube Banca Marche Macerata
2001–02: Noicom Cuneo
2002–03: Sisley Treviso
2003–04: Kerakoll Modena
2004–05: Lube Banca Marche Macerata
2005–06: Lube Banca Marche Macerata
2006–07: Fakel Novy Urengoy
2007–08: Cimone Modena

2008–09: Arkas Spor
2009–10: RPA Perugia
2010–11: Lube Banca Marche Macerata
2011–12: Tytan AZS Częstochowa
2012–13: Copra Elior Piacenza
2013–14: Fenerbahçe Grundig
2014–15: Vojvodina
2015–16: Calzedonia Verona
2016–17: Fakel Novy Urengoy
2017–18: Bunge Ravenna
2018–19: Belogorie Belgorod
2020–21:

CEV Cup

Year	Champion	Score	Second place	Third place	Fourth place
Year	Final			3rd Place Game
1980–81 Details	AS Cannes	Group Stage	Amare più Loreto	Santal Parma	AS Grenobloise
1981–82 Details	Star Lift Voorburg	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	Champion	Score	Second place	Third place	Fourth place
Year	Final			3rd Place Game
2007–08 Details	Cimone Modena	3–1	Lokomotiv Ekaterinburg	Stade Poitevin Poitiers	Asseco Resovia
2008–09 Details	Arkas Izmir	3–2	Jastrzębski Węgiel	Tomis Constanța	EAP
2009–10 Details	RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia	3–0	Mladost Zagreb	SCC Berlin	Dukla Liberec
2010–11 Details	Lube Banca Marche Macerata	3–0, 3–2	Arkas Izmir	EAP Lux and Posojilnica Aich/Dob
2011–12 Details	Tytan AZS Częstochowa	3–1, 2–3 (GS 18–16)	AZS Politechnika Warszawska	Prefaxis Menen and Tomis Constanța
2012–13 Details	Copra Elior Piacenza	3–0, 3–0	Ural Ufa	Delecta Bydgoszcz and Dukla Liberec
2013–14 Details	Fenerbahçe Grundig	2–3, 3–0	Andreoli Latina	İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi and Nantes Rezé Métropole
2014–15 Details	Vojvodina	3–1, 2–3	Benfica	Porto Robur Costa Ravenna and Stroitel Minsk
2015–16 Details	Calzedonia Verona	3–2, 3–2	Fakel Novy Urengoy	Benfica and Prefaxis Menen
2016–17 Details	Fakel Novy Urengoy	3–1, 3–1	Chaumont VB 52	Galatasaray HDI Sigorta and Ziraat Bankası Ankara
2017–18 Details	Bunge Ravenna	3–1, 3–1	Olympiacos	Gazprom-Ugra Surgut and Maliye Milli Piyango SK
2018–19 Details	Belogorie Belgorod	2–3, 3–0	Vero Volley Monza	Sporting CP and Stade Poitevin Poitiers
2019–20 Details	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 Details

Titles by club

Rank	Club	Titles	Runner-up	Champion years
1.	Modena Volley	5	2	1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 2003–04, 2007–08
2.	Volley Lube	4	1	2000–01, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2010–11
3.	Volley Treviso	4		1990–91, 1992–93, 1997–98, 2002–03
4.	Pallavolo Parma	2	1	1991–92, 1994–95
5.	Fakel Novy Urengoy	2	1	2006–07, 2016–17
6.	Avtomobilist Leningrad	2		1987–88, 1988–89
7.	Piemonte Volley	2		1995–96, 2001–02
8.	Pallavolo Padova	1	4	1993–94
9.	Volley Piacenza	1	2	2012–13
10.	Volley Gonzaga Milano	1	1	1986–87
11.	Ravenna Volley	1	1	1996–97
12.	Arkas Spor	1	1	2008–09
13.	Belogorie Belgorod	1	1	2018–19
14.	AS Cannes	1		1980–81
15.	Star Lift Voorburg	1		1981–82
16.	Pallavolo Falconara	1		1985–86
17.	Moerser SC	1		1989–90
18.	Palermo Volley	1		1998–99
19.	Roma Volley	1		1999–00
20.	Umbria Volley	1		2009–10
21.	AZS Częstochowa	1		2011–12
22.	Fenerbahçe Grundig	1		2013–14
23.	Vojvodina	1		2014–15
24.	Calzedonia Verona	1		2015–16
25.	Porto Robur Costa	1		2017–18
26.	Partizan		2
27.	Knack Roeselare		2
28.	Amare più Loreto		1
29.	Toseroni Roma		1
30.	Orion Doetinchem		1
31.	Bosna		1
32.	Elektrotechnika		1
33.	Samotlor		1
34.	AC Orestiada		1
35.	Netaş Istanbul		1
36.	CV Pòrtol		1
37.	Iskra Odintsovo		1
38.	Lokomotiv Ekaterinburg		1
39.	Jastrzębski Węgiel		1
40.	Mladost		1
41.	AZS Politechnika Warszawska		1
42.	Ural Ufa		1
43.	Andreoli Latina		1
44.	Benfica		1
45.	Chaumont VB 52		1
46.	Olympiacos		1
47.	Vero Volley Monza		1

Titles by country

Rank	Country	Won	Runner-up	Total
1	Italy	27	16	43
2	Russia	3	6	9
3	Turkey	2	2	4
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
8	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

References

^ "Competition format". cev.eu. CEV. Retrieved 15 February 2018.

External links

[1] "Competition format". cev.eu. CEV. Retrieved 15 February 2018.

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v t e CEV Challenge Cup seasons
CEV Cup (1980–2007)	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07
CEV Challenge Cup (2007–present)	2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

v t e European Volleyball Confederation competitions
For national teams	European championships Men's Women's Small Countries Division European leagues Men's Women's
For youth national teams	European championships Men's U22 Men's U20 Men's U18 Men's U17 Women's U22 Women's U20 Women's U18 Women's U17
For men's club	Champions League CEV Cup Challenge Cup
For women's club	Champions League CEV Cup Challenge Cup
Beach volleyball	CEV European Beach Volleyball Championship
CEV men's club competition winners CEV women's club competition winners