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CEV Challenge Cup
Upcoming season or competition:
Current sports event 2024–25 CEV Challenge Cup
FormerlyCEV Cup
(1980–2007)
SportVolleyball
Founded1980; 44 years ago (1980)
AdministratorCEV
No. of teams32 (Main phase)
CountryCEV members
ContinentEurope
Most recent
champion(s)
Poland Projekt Warsaw
(1st title)
Most titlesItaly Modena Volley
(5 titles)
Official websiteOfficial website

The CEV Challenge Cup is the third tier official competition for men's volleyball clubs from the whole of Europe.

The competition started in the 1980–81 season under the name CEV Cup. In 2007 it was renamed to CEV Challenge Cup.

History

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Title holders

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Finals

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CEV Cup

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

CEV Challenge Cup

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Year Final 3rd Place Game
Champion Score Second place Third place Fourth place
2007–08
Details
Italy
Cimone Modena
3–1 Russia
Lokomotiv Ekaterinburg
France
Stade Poitevin Poitiers
Poland
Asseco Resovia
2008–09
Details
Turkey
Arkas İzmir
3–2 Poland
Jastrzębski Węgiel
Romania
Tomis Constanța
Greece
EAP
2009–10
Details
Italy
Umbria Volley
3–0 Croatia
Mladost Zagreb
Germany
SCC Berlin
Czech Republic
Dukla Liberec
2010–11
Details
Italy
Lube Banca Marche Macerata
3–0, 3–2 Turkey
Arkas İzmir
2011–12
Details
Poland
Tytan AZS Częstochowa
3–1, 2–3
(GS 18–16)
Poland
AZS Politechnika Warszawska
2012–13
Details
Italy
Copra Elior Piacenza
3–0, 3–0 Russia
Ural Ufa
2013–14
Details
Turkey
Fenerbahçe
2–3, 3–0 Italy
Andreoli Latina
2014–15
Details
Serbia
Vojvodina Novi Sad
3–1, 2–3 Portugal
Benfica
2015–16
Details
Italy
Calzedonia Verona
3–2, 3–2 Russia
Fakel Novy Urengoy
2016–17
Details
Russia
Fakel Novy Urengoy
3–1, 3–1 France
Chaumont VB 52
2017–18
Details
Italy
Bunge Ravenna
3–1, 3–1 Greece
Olympiacos
2018–19
Details
Russia
Belogorie Belgorod
2–3, 3–0 Italy
Vero Volley Monza
2019–20
Details
Cancelled
2020–21
Details
Italy
Allianz Powervolley Milano
3–2, 3–2 Turkey
Ziraat Bankası Ankara
2021–22
Details
France
Narbonne Volley
0–3, 3–1
(GS 21–19)
Turkey
Halkbank Ankara
2022–23
Details
Greece
Olympiacos
3–0, 3–0 Israel
Maccabi Tel Aviv
2023–24
Details
Poland
Projekt Warsaw
3–1, 3–1 Italy
Vero Volley Monza

Titles by club

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Rank Club Titles Runner–up Champion years
1. Italy Modena Volley 5 2 1983, 1984, 1985, 2004, 2008
2. Italy Volley Lube 4 1 2001, 2005, 2006, 2011
3. Italy Volley Treviso 4 1991, 1993, 1998, 2003
4. Italy Pallavolo Parma 2 1 1992, 1995
= Russia Fakel Novy Urengoy 2 1 2007, 2017
6. Soviet Union Avtomobilist Leningrad 2 1988, 1989
= Italy Piemonte Volley 2 1996, 2002
8. Italy Pallavolo Padova 1 4 1994
9. Italy Volley Piacenza 1 2 2013
10. Italy Volley Gonzaga Milano 1 1 1987
= Italy Porto Ravenna Volley 1 1 1997
= Turkey Arkas İzmir 1 1 2009
= Russia Belogorie Belgorod 1 1 2019
= Greece Olympiacos 1 1 2023
= Poland Projekt Warsaw 1 1 2024
16. France AS Cannes 1 1981
= Netherlands Starlift Voorburg 1 1982
= Italy Pallavolo Falconara 1 1986
= West Germany Moerser SC 1 1990
= Italy Palermo Volley 1 1999
= Italy Roma Volley 1 2000
= Italy Umbria Volley 1 2010
= Poland AZS Częstochowa 1 2012
= Turkey Fenerbahçe 1 2014
= Serbia Vojvodina Novi Sad 1 2015
= Italy Calzedonia Verona 1 2016
= Italy Porto Robur Costa 1 2018
= Italy Power Volley Milano 1 2021
= France Narbonne Volley 1 2022
30. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan Beograd 2
= Belgium Knack Roeselare 2
= Italy Vero Volley Monza 2
33. Italy Amare più Loreto 1
= Italy Toseroni Roma 1
= Netherlands Orion Doetinchem 1
= Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia OK Bosna 1
= Soviet Union Elektrotechnika Riga 1
= Russia Samotlor 1
= Greece AS Orestiada 1
= Turkey Netaş İstanbul 1
= Spain CV Pòrtol 1
= Russia Iskra Odintsovo 1
= Russia Lokomotiv Ekaterinburg 1
= Poland Jastrzębski Węgiel 1
= Croatia Mladost Zagreb 1
= Russia Ural Ufa 1
= Italy Top Volley Latina 1
= Portugal Benfica 1
= France Chaumont VB 52 1
= Turkey Ziraat Bankası Ankara 1
= Turkey Halkbank Ankara 1
= Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 1

Titles by country

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Rank Country Won Runner–up Total
1  Italy 28 17 45
2  Russia 3 6 9
3  Turkey 2 4 6
4  Poland 2 2 4
5  France 2 1 3
 Soviet Union 2 1 3
7  Greece 1 2 3
8  Netherlands 1 1 2
9  Serbia 1 1
 West Germany 1 1
11  Yugoslavia 3 3
12  Belgium 2 2
13  Croatia 1 1
 Israel 1 1
 Portugal 1 1
 Spain 1 1

References

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