2014–15 CEV Challenge Cup

2014–15 CEV Challenge Cup
LeagueCEV Challenge Cup
SportVolleyball
Duration4 November 2014 – 12 April 2015
Finals
Champions Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad
  Runners-up S.L. Benfica
Finals MVP Flávio Soares (LIS)

The 2014–15 CEV Challenge Cup was the 35th edition of the CEV Challenge Cup tournament, the former CEV Cup.

Serbian club Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad beat Portuguese S.L. Benfica in the finale and achieved first CEV Challenge Cup trophy.[1][2][3] Brazilian player Flávio Soares from runner-up club was the Most Valuable Player of the final tournament.

Participating teams

Country Number of teams Teams
 Austria 3 TSV Volksbank Hartberg, Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel, UVC Holding Graz
 Cyprus 2 Anorthosis Famagusta, Omonoia Nicosia
 Netherlands 2 Abiant Lycurgus, Rivo Rijssen
 Portugal 2 S.L. Benfica, Fonte Bastardo
 Slovakia 2 Chemes Humenné, Spartak Myjava
 Switzerland 2 Lausanne UC, TV Schönenwerd
 Turkey 2 Galatasaray FXTCR Istanbul, Maliye Milli Piyango Ankara
 Albania 1 Studenti Tirana
 Andorra 1 CV Andorra
 Belarus 1 Stroitel Minsk
 Bulgaria 1 CSKA Sofia
 Estonia 1 TTÜ VK Tallinn
 Finland 1 Hurrikaani Loimaa
 France 1 Chaumont VB 52
 Greece 1 Ethnikos Alexandroupolis
 Hungary 1 Fino Kaposvár SE
 Israel 1 Hapoel Mate-Asher Akko
 Italy 1 CMC Ravenna
 Latvia 1 VK Biolars Jelgava
 Luxembourg 1 VC Strassen
 Romania 1 Unirea DEJ
 Russia 1 Guberniya Nizhniy Novgorod
 Serbia 1 Crvena Zvezda Beograd

Qualification phase

2nd round

  • 1st leg 4–6 November 2014
  • 2nd leg 18–20 November 2014
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CMC Ravenna – Bye – –
Anorthosis Famagusta 1–6 Omonoia Nicosia 1–3 0–3
Fino Kaposvár SE 6–1 Studenti Tirana 3–0 3–1
Crvena Zvezda Beograd 5–3 Hapoel Mate-Asher Akko 3–0 2–3
TV Schönenwerd 3–4 Ethnikos Alexandroupolis 3–1 0–3
Rivo Rijssen 0–6 Abiant Lycurgus 0–3 0–3
CV Andorra [Note AND] 0–6 S.L. Benfica w/o w/o
Fonte Bastardo 5–4 Chaumont VB 52 3–1 2–3
Hurrikaani Loimaa 2–6 Galatasaray FXTCR Istanbul 2–3 0–3
Chemes Humenné 5–4 Lausanne UC 2–3 3–1
TSV Volksbank Hartberg 3–6 VC Strassen 2–3 1–3
Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel 6–2 UVC Holding Graz 3–0 3–2
Unirea DEJ 6–2 TTÜ VK Tallinn 3–1 3–1
Spartak Myjava 1–6 Maliye Milli Piyango Ankara 1–3 0–3
Stroitel Minsk 6–1 CSKA Sofia 3–0 3–1
Guberniya Nizhniy Novgorod 6–0 VK Biolars Jelgava 3–0 3–0
Notes
  1. ^
    CV Andorra withdrew from the competition.

Main phase

16th finals

  • 1st leg 2–4 December 2014
  • 2nd leg 16–18 December 2014
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Golden Set
Fino Kaposvár SE – Bye – –
Bigbank Tartu 0–6 CMC Ravenna 0–3 0–3
Omonia Nicosia 2–6 VK Dukla Liberec 1–3 1–3
Loimu Raisio 3–6 Crvena Zvezda Beograd 2–3 1–3
Selver Tallinn 0–6 Ethnikos Alexandroupolis 0–3 0–3
Fatra Zlín 6–4 Abiant Lycurgus 3–2 3–2
Partizan Vizura Beograd 2–6 S.L. Benfica 1–3 1–3
Volejbal Brno 0–6 Fonte Bastardo 0–3 0–3
Galatasaray FXTCR Istanbul 6–0 MOK Jedinstvo Brčko 3–0 3–0
MOK Rovinj 0–6 Chemes Humenné 0–3 0–3
OK Mladost Brčko 6–1 VC Strassen 3–0 3–1
Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad 6–1 Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel 3–0 3–1
Dinamo București 3–3 Unirea DEJ 3–0 0–3 15–9
Maliye Milli Piyango Ankara 6–0 Biogas Volley Näfels 3–0 3–0
Tiikerit Kokkola 4–5 Stroitel Minsk 3–2 1–3
Guberniya Nizhniy Novgorod 6–0 CVC Gabrovo[Note BUL] w/o w/o
Notes
  1. ^
    CVC Gabrovo withdrew from the competition.

8th finals

  • 1st leg 13–15 January 2015
  • 2nd leg 20–21 January 2015
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
VK Dukla Liberec 2–6 CMC Ravenna 2–3 0–3
Fino Kaposvár SE 3–6 Crvena Zvezda Beograd 1–3 2–3
Fatra Zlín 0–6 Ethnikos Alexandroupolis 0–3 0–3
S.L. Benfica 6–2 Fonte Bastardo 3–2 3–0
Galatasaray FXTCR Istanbul 6–2 Chemes Humenné 3–0 3–2
OK Mladost Brčko 3–5 Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad 3–2 0–3
Dinamo București 2–6 Maliye Milli Piyango Ankara 2–3 0–3
Stroitel Minsk 5–4 Guberniya Nizhniy Novgorod 3–1 2–3

4th finals

  • 1st leg 3–5 March 2015
  • 2nd leg 10–12 March 2015
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Golden Set
Crvena Zvezda Beograd 3–5 CMC Ravenna 3–2 0–3
S.L. Benfica 6–2 Ethnikos Alexandroupolis 3–0 3–2
Galatasaray FXTCR Istanbul 3–4 Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad 3–1 0–3 11–15
Maliye Milli Piyango Ankara 4–3 Stroitel Minsk 3–0 1–3 11–15

Final phase

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
S.L. Benfica 6–2 CMC Ravenna 3–0 3–2
Stroitel Minsk 3–6 Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad 1–3 2–3

First leg

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
25 Mar 20:30 S.L. Benfica 3–0 CMC Ravenna 25–20 26–24 25–19     76–63 Report
25 Mar 19:00 Stroitel Minsk 1–3 Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad 22–25 25–22 20–25 18–25   85–97 Report

Second leg

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
29 Mar 18:00 CMC Ravenna 2–3 S.L. Benfica 25–23 27–25 20–25 18–25 10–15 100–113 Report
29 Mar 18:00 Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad 3–2 Stroitel Minsk 23–25 24–26 25–22 25–15 15–10 112–98 Report

Final

First leg

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
8 Apr 18:00 Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad 3–1 S.L. Benfica 25–19 25–23 22–25 25–22   97–89 Report

Second leg

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 Apr 17:00 S.L. Benfica 3–2 Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad 24–26 21–25 25–16 25–23 15–10 110–100 Report

Final standing

References

  1. ^ "Two sets are enough for Vojvodina to win Challenge Cup and celebrate first European club title for Serbian Volleyball family". cev.lu. CEV. 12 April 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Vojvodina pleased with great ambiance around Challenge Cup final in Lisbon". cev.lu. CEV. 14 April 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Voleibol: Benfica perde Taça Challenge". 12 April 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
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