2023–24 CEV Women's Challenge Cup

The 2023–24 CEV Women's Challenge Cup was the 43rd edition of the European Challenge Cup volleyball club tournament.

CEV Women's Challenge Cup
2023–24
Tournament information
SportVolleyball
DatesOctober 2023February 2024
Teams51
WebsiteWomen's Challenge Cup
Final positions
ChampionsItaly Igor Gorgonzola Novara
(2nd title)
Runner-upFrance Neptunes Nantes

Format edit

Qualification round (Home and away matches):

  • 32nd finals

Main phase (Home and away matches):

  • 16th finals → 8th finals → Quarter-finals

Final phase (Home and away matches):

  • Semi-finals → 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.

Qualified teams edit

  Kelag Wildcats Klagenfurt   Oberbank Steelvolleys Linz/Steg   TI-Volley Innbruck   UVC Holding Graz
  Azerrail Baku   E.S. Charleroi Volley   Bevo Rekkenshop Roeselare   Bimal Jedinstvo Brčko
  Levski Sofia   Dinamo Zagreb   Marina Kastela   Ribola Kastela
  Olympiada Neapolis Nicosia   VK Prostějov   PKV Olymp Praha   Holte IF
  SÍ Sørvágur   Hämeenlinnan LR   Pölkky Kuusamo   Neptunes Nantes
  VC Wiesbaden   AC PAOK Thessaloniki   AEK Athens   ASP Thetis Voula
  Panathinaikos AC Athens   Olympiacos SFP Piraeus   Fatum-Nyíregyháza   VBC TrasportiP Casalmaggiore
  Maccabi Haifa VC   Rigas VB Skola/Universitāte   TK Kaunas VDU   Djopzz Zwolle
  Friso Sneek   Sliedrecht Sport   Rabotnicki Skopje   Randaberg IL
  BKS Bostik Bielsko-Biała   Sporting CP Lisboa   Kairos Ponta Delgada   CSM București
  CSM Lugoj   CSO Voluntari 2005   Crvena Zvezda Beograd   ŽOK UB
  Tent Obrenovac   Hit UCM Trnava   VK Pirane Brusno   GEN-I Volley Nova Gorica
  Avarca de Menorca   FPPRO Voley Andalucia   Sm' Aesch   Kanti Schaffhausen
  Bursa Nilüfer Belediye   SC Balta   Galatasaray Daikin[a]   Igor Gorgonzola Novara[b]
  1. ^ Galatasaray Daikin qualified after winning the BVA Cup
  2. ^ Igor Gorgonzola Novara qualified after winning the WEVZA Cup

Draw edit

The draw was held in Luxembourg on the 19 July 2023.[1]

32nd finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Golden Set
Bye   TK Kaunas VDU
Bye   Olympiacos SFP Piraeus
Bye   Randaberg IL
Igor Gorgonzola Novara   6–0   VBC TrasportiP Casalmaggiore 3–0 3–0
Bye   Maccabi Haifa VC
Kelag Wildcats Klagenfurt   2–4   ŽOK UB 3–2 0–3
Bye   Kanti Schaffhausen
AEK Athens   1–5   CSO Voluntari 2005 2–3 0–3
Bye   Levski Sofia
Ribola Kastela   0–6   Dinamo Zagreb 0–3 0–3
AC PAOK Thessaloniki   5–1   Olympiada Neapolis Nicosia 3–1 3–2
Bye   VK Prostějov
Bye   Hämeenlinnan LR
Galatasaray Daikin   6–0   Kairos Ponta Delgada 3–0 3–0
Sliedrecht Sport   1–5   Bevo Rekkenshop Roeselare 0–3 2–3
Bye   VC Wiesbaden
Panathinaikos AC Athens   6–0   Djopzz Zwolle 3–1 3–1
Bye   GEN-I Volley Nova Gorica
Bye   CSM București
FPPRO Voley Andalucia   3–3   Fatum-Nyíregyháza 3–1 0–3 12–15
Azerrail Baku   6–0   SC Balta 3–0 3–0
UVC Holding Graz   0–6   Avarca de Menorca 0–3 0–3
Friso Sneek   0–6   PKV Olymp Praha 0–3 1–3
Pölkky Kuusamo   0–6   Neptunes Nantes 1–3 0–3
Sporting CP Lisboa   6–0   Holte IF 3–0 3–1
Tent Obrenovac   5–1   E.S. Charleroi Volley 3–0 3–2
CSM Lugoj   6–0   Rabotnicki Skopje 3–0 3–0
Bye   Sm' Aesch
Oberbank Steelvolleys Linz/Steg   6–0   Hit UCM Trnava 3–0 3–0
VK Pirane Brusno   0–6   TI-Volley Innbruck 0–3 0–3
Bye   Marina Kastela
ASP Thetis Voula   1–5   Bursa Nilüfer Belediye 2–3 0–3

Matches edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
First Leg
10 Oct 18:30 Rabotnicki Skopje   0–3   CSM Lugoj 18–25 15–25 17–25     50–75 Report
10 Oct 20:00 Galatasaray Daikin   3–0   Kairos Ponta Delgada 25–17 25–11 25–20     75–48 Report
10 Oct 20:00 PKV Olymp Praha   3–0   Friso Sneek 25–14 25–16 25–20     75–50 Report
11 Oct 17:00 Panathinaikos AC Athens   3–1   Djopzz Zwolle 28–26 21–25 25–18 25–16   99–85 Report
11 Oct 18:00 Ribola Kastela   0–3   Dinamo Zagreb 23–25 24–26 17–25     64–76 Report
11 Oct 18:00 AC PAOK Thessaloniki   3–1   Olympiada Neapolis Nicosia 25–21 16–25 25–16 25–23   91–85 Report
11 Oct 18:00 VK Pirane Brusno   0–3   TI-Volley Innbruck 20–25 24–26 13–25     57–76 Report
11 Oct 18:00 ASP Thetis Voula   2–3   Bursa Nilüfer Belediye 25–21 15–25 27–25 13–25 9–15 89–111 Report
11 Oct 18:30 AEK   2–3   CSO Voluntari 2005 29–27 26–24 19–25 21–25 12–15 107–116 Report
11 Oct 18:30 Pölkky Kuusamo   1–3   Neptunes Nantes 16–25 25–22 14–25 17–25   72–97 Report
11 Oct 19:00 Kelag Wildcats Klagenfurt   3–2   ŽOK UB 21–25 16–25 25–15 25–19 16–14 103–98 Report
11 Oct 19:30 Sporting CP Lisboa   3–0   Holte IF 25–16 27–25 25–21     77–62 Report
11 Oct 19:00 Oberbank Steelvolleys Linz/Steg   3–0   Hit UCM Trnava 25–17 25–18 25–19     75–54 Report
11 Oct 19:00 Tent Obrenovac   3–0   E.S. Charleroi Volley 25–16 25–20 25–22     75–58 Report
11 Oct 19:30 Sliedrecht Sport   0–3   Bevo Rekkenshop Roeselare 15–25 17–25 16–25     48–75 Report
11 Oct 19:30 FPPRO Voley Andalucia   3–1   Fatum-Nyíregyháza 25–15 19–25 25–15 25–22   94–77 Report
12 Oct 19:00 UVC Holding Graz   0–3   Avarca de Menorca 16–25 16–25 23–25     55–75 Report
12 Oct 20:00 Igor Gorgonzola Novara   3–0   VBC TrasportiP Casalmaggiore 25–21 25–22 25–16     75–59 Report
17 Oct 20:00 Azerrail Baku   3–0   SC Balta 25–18 25–18 25–18     75–54 Report
Second Leg
11 Oct 18:30 CSM Lugoj   3–0   Rabotnicki Skopje 25–8 25–15 25–10     75–33 Report
11 Oct 20:00 Friso Sneek   1–3   PKV Olymp Praha 18–25 28–26 18–25 21–25   85–101 Report
12 Oct 18:00 Bursa Nilüfer Belediye   3–0   ASP Thetis Voula 25–22 25–21 25–19     75–62 Report
17 Oct 17:00 Hit UCM Trnava   0–3   Oberbank Steelvolleys Linz/Steg 14–25 18–25 14–25     46–75 Report
17 Oct 19:00 Holte IF   1–3   Sporting CP Lisboa 25–16 11–25 15–25 22–25   73–91 Report
17 Oct 20:00 Olympiada Neapolis Nicosia   2–3   AC PAOK Thessaloniki 25–20 25–23 16–25 22–25 13–15 101–108 Report
17 Oct 20:00 Neptunes Nantes   3–0   Pölkky Kuusamo 25–12 25–14 25–18     75–44 Report
17 Oct 20:00 Avarca de Menorca   3–0   UVC Holding Graz 31–29 25–16 25–22     81–67 Report
17 Oct 20:30 Bevo Rekkenshop Roeselare   3–2   Sliedrecht Sport 23–25 28–30 25–22 25–20 15–11 116–108 Report
18 Oct 17:00 CSO Voluntari 2005   3–0   AEK 25–21 25–20 25–18     75–59 Report
18 Oct 18:00 Fatum-Nyíregyháza   3–0   FPPRO Voley Andalucia 25–22 25–23 25–22     75–67 Report
18 Oct 19:00 ŽOK UB   3–0   Kelag Wildcats Klagenfurt 25–15 25–21 25–17     75–53 Report
18 Oct 19:00 TI-Volley Innbruck   3–0   VK Pirane Brusno 25–8 25–14 25–8     75–30 Report
18 Oct 20:00 SC Balta   0–3   Azerrail Baku 23–25 15–25 19–25     57–75 Report
18 Oct 20:00 Djopzz Zwolle   1–3   Panathinaikos AC Athens 24–26 23–25 25–21 18–25   90–97 Report
18 Oct 20:00 Dinamo Zagreb   3–0   Ribola Kastela 25–12 25–16 25–19     75–47 Report
18 Oct 20:30 Kairos Ponta Delgada   0–3   Galatasaray Daikin 19–25 18–25 17–25     54–75 Report
18 Oct 20:30 E.S. Charleroi Volley   2–3   Tent Obrenovac 13–25 31–29 20–25 25–17 11–15 100–111 Report
19 Oct 20:30 VBC TrasportiP Casalmaggiore   0–3   Igor Gorgonzola Novara 15–25 18–25 23–25     56–75 Report

16th finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Golden Set
TK Kaunas   0–6   Olympiacos SFP 0–3 0–3
Maccabi Haifa VC   0–6   ŽOK UB w/o w/o
CSM București   6–0   Fatum-Nyíregyháza 3–1 3–0
Marina Kastela   0–6   Bursa Nilüfer Belediye 0–3 0–3
CSM Lugoj   4–2   Sm' Aesch 3–0 2–3
Randaberg IL   0–6   Igor Gorgonzola Novara 0–3 0–3
Levski Sofia   0–6   Dinamo Zagreb 0–3 0–3
Hämeenlinnan LR   0–6   Galatasaray Daikin 0–3 0–3
Kanti Schaffhausen   0–6   CSO Voluntari 2005 0–3 1–3
PKV Olymp Praha   0–6   Neptunes Nantes 0–3 0–3
Panathinaikos AC Athens   6–0   GEN-I Volley Nova Gorica 3–0 3–0
Bevo Rekkenshop Roeselare   0–6   VC Wiesbaden 1–3 0–3
AC PAOK Thessaloniki   6–0   VK Prostějov 3–0 3–1
Azerrail Baku   3–3   Avarca de Menorca 3–1 0–3 11–15
Sporting CP Lisboa   0–6   Tent Obrenovac 1–3 0–3
Oberbank Steelvolleys Linz/Steg   3–3   TI-Volley Innbruck 3–1 1–3 15–12

Matches edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
First Leg
7 Nov 19:00 TK Kaunas VDU   0–3   Olympiacos SFP Piraeus 18–25 21–25 18–25     57–75 Report
7 Nov 19:00 Maccabi Haifa VC   0–3   ŽOK UB     0–0 Report
8 Nov 17:00 Panathinaikos AC Athens   3–0   GEN-I Volley Nova Gorica 25–19 25–18 25–18     75–55 Report
8 Nov 18:00 AC PAOK Thessaloniki   3–0   VK Prostějov 25–19 27–25 25–19     77–63 Report
8 Nov 18:00 CSM București   3–1   Fatum-Nyíregyháza 25–20 25–18 17–25 25–18   92–81 Report
8 Nov 18:00 PKV Olymp Praha   0–3   Neptunes Nantes 20–25 21–25 21–25     62–75 Report
8 Nov 18:00 Marina Kastela   0–3   Bursa Nilüfer Belediye 15–25 18–25 11–25     44–75 Report
8 Nov 18:30 CSM Lugoj   3–0   Sm' Aesch 25–12 25–11 25–20     75–43 Report
8 Nov 18.30 Oberbank Steelvolleys Linz/Steg   3–1   TI-Volley Innbruck 27–25 25–20 24–26 25–18   101–89 Report
8 Nov 19.00 Randaberg IL   0–3   Igor Gorgonzola Novara 16–25 16–25 16–25     48–75 Report
8 Nov 19:00 Levski Sofia   0–3   Dinamo Zagreb 20–25 19–25 21–25     60–75 Report
8 Nov 20:00 Bevo Rekkenshop Roeselare   1–3   VC Wiesbaden 22–25 25–15 23–25 16–25   86–90 Report
9 Nov 18:00 Sporting CP Lisboa   1–3   Tent Obrenovac 22–25 16–25 25–16 16–25   79–91 Report
9 Nov 18:30 Hämeenlinnan LR   0–3   Galatasaray Daikin 14–25 18–25 13–25     45–75 Report
9 Nov 19:00 Azerrail Baku   3–1   Avarca de Menorca 23–25 25–15 25–19 25–23   98–82 Report
9 Nov 20:00 Kanti Schaffhausen   0–3   CSO Voluntari 2005 19–25 14–25 21–25     54–75 Report
Second Leg
14 Nov 19:30 Sm' Aesch   3–2   CSM Lugoj 12–25 18–25 25–19 25–14 15–14 95–97 Report
14 Nov 20:00 Neptunes Nantes   3–0   PKV Olymp Praha 25–23 25–19 25–13     75–55 Report
15 Nov 17:00 CSO Voluntari 2005   3–1   Kanti Schaffhausen 25–22 20–25 25–22 25–22   95–91 Report
15 Nov 18:00 GEN-I Volley Nova Gorica   0–3   Panathinaikos AC Athens 20–25 18–25 25–27     63–77 Report
15 Nov 18:00 Fatum-Nyíregyháza   0–3   CSM București 17–25 11–25 18–25     46–75 Report
15 Nov 18:00 Bursa Nilüfer Belediye   3–0   Marina Kastela 25–16 25–15 25–15     75–46 Report
15 Nov 19:00 Olympiacos SFP Piraeus   3–0   TK Kaunas VDU 25–10 25–7 25–13     75–30 Report
15 Nov 19:00 Tent Obrenovac   3–0   Sporting CP Lisboa 25–16 25–12 25–23     75–51 Report
15 Nov 19:00 TI-Volley Innbruck   3–1   Oberbank Steelvolleys Linz/Steg 25–16 25–9 16–25 25–19   91–69 Report
15 Nov 19:30 VC Wiesbaden   3–0   Bevo Rekkenshop Roeselare 25–21 25–19 25–14     75–54 Report
15 Nov 20:00 Igor Gorgonzola Novara   3–0   Randaberg IL 25–15 25–15 25–12     75–42 Report
15 Nov 20:00 Avarca de Menorca   3–0   Azerrail Baku 25–20 25–23 25–17     75–60 Report
16 Nov 18:00 VK Prostějov   1–3   AC PAOK Thessaloniki 22–25 25–21 22–25 17–25   86–96 Report
16 Nov 20:00 Dinamo Zagreb   3–0   Levski Sofia 25–21 25–8 25–20     75–49 Report
16 Nov 20:00 Galatasaray Daikin   3–0   Hämeenlinnan LR 25–14 25–15 25–14     75–43 Report
    ŽOK UB   3–0   Maccabi Haifa VC     0–0  

8th finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Golden Set
ŽOK UB   0–6   CSO Voluntari 2005 1–3 0–3
Olympiacos SFP   1–5   Igor Gorgonzola Novara 2–3 0–3
Dinamo Zagreb   3–3   AC PAOK Thessaloniki 0–3 3–0 6–15
Panathinaikos AC Athens   3–3   CSM București 3–1 0–3 15–12
Avarca de Menorca   0–6   Neptunes Nantes 0–3 1–3
Galatasaray Daikin   3–3   VC Wiesbaden 2–3 3–2 11–15
Tent Obrenovac   0–6   CSM Lugoj 0–3 0–3
Oberbank Steelvolleys Linz/Steg   1–5   Bursa Nilüfer Belediye 2–3 0–3

Matches edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
First Leg
28 Nov 18:00 Olympiacos SFP Piraeus   2–3   Igor Gorgonzola Novara 20–25 25–23 23–25 25–22 6–15 99–110 Report
28 Nov 19:00 ŽOK UB   1–3   CSO Voluntari 2005 14–25 25–22 24–26 20–25   83–98 Report
28 Nov 19:00 Oberbank Steelvolleys Linz/Steg   2–3   Bursa Nilüfer Belediye 35–33 18–25 13–25 25–22 11–15 102–120 Report
29 Nov 17:00 Panathinaikos AC Athens   3–1   CSM București 25–21 25–21 23–25 25–19   98–86 Report
29 Nov 20:00 Avarca de Menorca   0–3   Neptunes Nantes 16–25 26–28 13–25     55–78 Report
29 Nov 20:30 Dinamo Zagreb   0–3   AC PAOK Thessaloniki 22–25 21–25 23–25     66–75 Report
30 Nov 19:00 Tent Obrenovac   0–3   CSM Lugoj 27–29 17–25 24–26     68–80 Report
30 Nov 20:30 Galatasaray Daikin   2–3   VC Wiesbaden 22–25 16–25 27–25 25–21 13–15 103–111 Report
Second Leg
5 Dec 18:00 AC PAOK Thessaloniki   0–3   Dinamo Zagreb 19–25 19–25 19–25     57–75 Report
5 Dec 18:00 CSM București   3–0   Panathinaikos AC Athens 25–24 25–21 25–23     75–68 Report
5 Dec 20:00 Neptunes Nantes   3–1   Avarca de Menorca 25–17 25–17 17–25 25–23   92–82 Report
6 Dec 17:00 CSO Voluntari 2005   3–0   ŽOK UB 25–17 25–22 25–22     75–61 Report
6 Dec 18:00 Bursa Nilüfer Belediye   3–0   Oberbank Steelvolleys Linz/Steg 25–17 25–18 25–19     75–54 Report
6 Dec 18:30 CSM Lugoj   3–0   Tent Obrenovac 25–19 25–13 25–22     75–54 Report
6 Dec 19:30 VC Wiesbaden   2–3   Galatasaray Daikin 20–25 25–22 25–21 18–25 14–16 102–109 Report
6 Dec 20:00 Igor Gorgonzola Novara   3–0   Olympiacos SFP Piraeus 25–13 25–19 29–27     79–59 Report

Quarter-finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Igor Gorgonzola Novara   6–0   CSO Voluntari 2005 3–1 3–0
AC PAOK Thessaloniki   0–6   VC Wiesbaden 0–3 0–3
Panathinaikos AC Athens   0–6   Neptunes Nantes 1–3 1–3
CSM Lugoj   0–6   Bursa Nilüfer Belediye 1–3 0–3

Matches edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
First Leg
9 Jan 20:00 Igor Gorgonzola Novara   3–1   CSO Voluntari 2005 25–18 19–25 25–13 25–17   94–73 Report
10 Jan 18:30 CSM Lugoj   1–3   Nilüfer Belediyespor 24–26 25–22 25–27 15–25   89–100 Report
10 Jan 23:59 Panathinaikos AC Athens   1–3   Neptunes Nantes 21–25 27–25 21–25 21–25   90–100 Report
11 Jan 19:00 AC PAOK Thessaloniki   0–3   VC Wiesbaden 18–25 22–25 14–25     54–75 Report
Second Leg
16 Jan 20:00 Neptunes Nantes   3–1   Panathinaikos AC Athens 25–27 25–23 25–21 25–14   100–85 Report
17 Jan 17:00 CSO Voluntari 2005   0–3   Igor Gorgonzola Novara 17–25 18–25 20–25     55–75 Report
17 Jan 19:30 VC Wiesbaden   3–0   AC PAOK Thessaloniki 25–23 25–22 25–22     75–67 Report
18 Jan 18:00 Nilüfer Belediyespor   3–0   CSM Lugoj 25–22 25–20 25–11     75–53 Report

Semi-finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Igor Gorgonzola Novara   6–0   VC Wiesbaden 3–1 3–1
Neptunes Nantes   6–0   Bursa Nilüfer Belediye 3–0 3–0

Matches edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
First Leg
30 Jan 20:00 Neptunes Nantes   3–0   Nilüfer Belediyespor 25–16 25–19 25–17     75–52 Report
1 Feb 20:00 Igor Gorgonzola Novara   3–1   VC Wiesbaden 21–25 30–28 25–17 25–23   101–93 Report
Second Leg
7 Feb 18:00 Nilüfer Belediyespor   0–3   Neptunes Nantes 18–25 18–25 16–25     52–75 Report
7 Feb 19:30 VC Wiesbaden   1–3   Igor Gorgonzola Novara 23–25 25–22 21–25 21–25   90–97 Report

Finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Igor Gorgonzola Novara   6–0   Neptunes Nantes 3–0 3–1

Matches edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
First Leg
21 Feb 20:00 Igor Gorgonzola Novara   3–0   Neptunes Nantes 25–24 25–22 25–20     75–66 Report
Second Leg
28 Feb 20:00 Neptunes Nantes   1–3   Igor Gorgonzola Novara 25–23 16–25 20–25 19–25   80–98 Report

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Women | CEV".

External links edit