2014–15 CEV Challenge Cup

2014–15 CEV Challenge Cup
League	CEV Challenge Cup
Sport	Volleyball
Finals
Champions	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad (1st title)
Runners-up	Benfica

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

It was won by Serbian club Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad who beat Portuguese club Benfica.

Participating teams

Country	Number of teams	Teams
Austria	3	TSV Volksbank Hartberg Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel UVC Holding Graz
Cyprus	2	Anorthosis Famagusta Omonia Nicosia
Netherlands	2	Abiant Lycurgus Groningen Rivo Rijssen
Portugal	2	Benfica Fonte Bastardo
Slovakia	2	Chemes Humenné Spartak Myjava
Switzerland	2	Lausanne UC TV Schönenwerd
Turkey	2	Galatasaray FXTCR Istanbul (5) Maliye Milli Piyango Ankara (6)
Albania	1	Studenti Tirana
Andorra	1	CV Andorra
Belarus	1	Stroitel Minsk
Bulgaria	1	CSKA Sofia
Estonia	2	TTU SC 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	Results	Team #2
CMC Ravenna	– –	Bye
Anorthosis Famagusta	1–3 0–3	Omonia Nicosia
Fino Kaposvár SE	3–0 3–1	Studenti Tirana
Crvena Zvezda Beograd	3–0 2–3	Hapoel Mate-Asher Akko
TV Schönenwerd	3–1 0–3	Ethnikos Alexandroupolis
Rivo Rijssen	0–3 0–3	Abiant Lycurgus Groningen
CV Andorra	0–3 0–3	Benfica
Fonte Bastardo	3–1 2–3	Chaumont VB 52
Hurrikaani Loimaa	2–3 0–3	Galatasaray FXTCR Istanbul
Chemes Humenné	2–3 3–1	Lausanne UC
TSV Volksbank Hartberg	2–3 1–3	VC Strassen
Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel	3–0 3–2	UVC Holding Graz
Unirea DEJ	3–1 3–1	TTU SC Tallinn
Spartak Myjava	1–3 0–3	Maliye Milli Piyango Ankara
Stroitel Minsk	3–0 3–1	CSKA Sofia
Guberniya Nizhniy Novgorod	3–0 3–0	VK Biolars Jelgava

Main phase

16th final

• 1st leg 2–4 December 2014
• 2nd leg 16–18 December 2014

Team #1	Results	Team #2
Bigbank Tartu	0–3 0–3	CMC Ravenna
Omonia Nicosia	1–3 1–3	Dukla Liberec
Fino Kaposvár SE	– –	Bye
Loimu Raisio	2–3 1–3	Crvena Zvezda Beograd
Selver Tallinn	0–3 0–3	Ethnikos Alexandroupolis
Fatra Zlín	3–2 3–2	Abiant Lycurgus Groningen
Partizan Vizura Beograd	1–3 1–3	Benfica
Volejbal Brno	0–3 0–3	Fonte Bastardo
Galatasaray FXTCR Istanbul	3–0 3–0	MOK Jedinstvo Brčko
MOK Rovinj	0–3 0–3	Chemes Humenné
OK Mladost Brčko	3–0 3–1	VC Strassen
Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	3–0 3–1	Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel
Dinamo Bucureşti	3–0 0–3 Golden Set: 15–9	Unirea DEJ
Maliye Milli Piyango Ankara	3–0 3–0	Biogas Volley Näfels
Tiikerit Kokkola	3–2 1–3	Stroitel Minsk
Guberniya Nizhniy Novgorod	3–0 3–0	CVC Gabrovo

Notes

8th final

• 1st leg 13–15 January 2015
• 2nd leg 20–21 January 2015

Team #1	Results	Team #2
Dukla Liberec	2–3 0–3	CMC Ravenna
Fino Kaposvár SE	1–3 2–3	Crvena Zvezda Beograd
Fatra Zlín	0–3 0–3	Ethnikos Alexandroupolis
Benfica	3–2 3–0	Fonte Bastardo
Galatasaray FXTCR Istanbul	3–0 3–2	Chemes Humenné
OK Mladost Brčko	3–2 0–3	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad
Dinamo Bucureşti	2–3 0–3	Maliye Milli Piyango Ankara
Stroitel Minsk	3–1 2–3	Guberniya Nizhniy Novgorod

4th final

• 1st leg 3–5 March 2015
• 2nd leg 10–12 March 2015

Team #1	Results	Team #2
Crvena Zvezda Beograd	3–2 0–3	CMC Ravenna
Benfica	3–0 3–2	Ethnikos Alexandroupolis
Galatasaray FXTCR Istanbul	3–1 0–3 Golden Set: 11–15	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad
Maliye Milli Piyango Ankara	3–0 1–3 Golden Set: 11–15	Stroitel Minsk

Final phase

Semi-finals

• 1st leg 25 March 2015
• 2nd leg 29 March 2015

Team #1	Results	Team #2
Benfica	3–0 3–2	CMC Ravenna
Stroitel Minsk	1–3 2–3	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad

Finals

• 1st leg 8 April 2015
• 2nd leg 12 April 2015

Team #1	Results	Team #2
Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	3–1 2–3	Benfica

2013–14 CEV Challenge Cup Champions
Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad 1st title

External links

• CEV Challenge Cup 2014–15