2021–22 CEV Women's Challenge Cup

Sports season

2021–22 CEV Women's Challenge Cup
League	CEV Women's Challenge Cup
Sport	Volleyball
Duration	November 2021 – 23 March 2022
Number of teams	44
Finals champions	Scandicci
Runners-up	La Laguna
CEV Women's Challenge Cup seasons
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 CEV Women's Challenge Cup was the 41st edition of the European Challenge Cup volleyball club tournament, the former "CEV Cup".

Format

The tournament is played on a knockout format, with 32 teams participating. Initially 24 teams play a qualification round with the 12 winners advancing to the main phase. On 29 June 2018, a drawing of lots in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, determined the team's pairing for each match. Each team plays a home and an away match with result points awarded for each leg (3 points for 3–0 or 3–1 wins, 2 points for 3–2 win, 1 point for 2–3 loss). After two legs, the team with the most result points advances to the next round. In case the teams are tied after two legs, a Golden Set is played immediately at the completion of the second leg. The Golden Set winner is the team that first obtains 15 points, provided that the points difference between the two teams is at least 2 points (thus, the Golden Set is similar to a tiebreak set in a normal match).^[1]^[2]

Participating teams

The number of participants on the basis of ranking list for European Cup Competitions:

Rank	Country	Number of teams	Teams
1	Turkey
2	Italy
5	Azerbaijan
6	France
7	Switzerland
8	Romania
9	Germany
11	Czech Republic
12	Slovenia
14	Bulgaria
15	Finland
16	Hungary
17	Bosnia and Herzegovina
17	Israel
20	Belgium
20	Ukraine
23	Kosovo
25	Austria
25	Croatia
25	Cyprus
25	Denmark
25	Spain
25	Greece	2	Panathinaikos, Voula\|
25	Luxembourg
25	Portugal
25	Slovakia

Bracket

2nd Round			16th Finals			8th Finals			4th Finals			Semifinals			Finals

Kfar Saba	3	3
Rigas	0	1	Kfar Saba	3	3
			Ljubljana	0	0
						Kfar Saba	0	0
Kaštela	3	3				Medgidia	3	3
Limassol	1	2	Kaštela	1	1
			Medgidia	3	3
									Medgidia	1	0
									Obrenovac	3	3
			Obrenovac	3	3
			Marina Kaštela	1	0
						Obrenovac	3	3
Linz-Steg	3	0				Brno	2	0
Cheseaux	2	3	Cheseaux	2	0
			Brno	3	3
												Obrenovac	1	0
Schaffhausen	3	0										La Laguna	3	3
Ostrava	2	3	Ostrava	3	0
			Panathinaikos	2	3
						Panathinaikos	3	2
Sliedrecht	1	2				Oostende	0	3
Oostende	3	3	Oostende	0	3
			Genk	3	0
									Panathinaikos	2	0
									La Laguna	3	3
			Borne	2	1
			La Laguna	3	3
						La Laguna	3	3
Mostar	0	0				Nilüfer	2	1
Kaunas	3	3	Kaunas	1	0
			Nilüfer	3	3
															La Laguna	0	0
Aydın	3	3													Scandicci	3	3
Tromsø	0	0	Aydın	3	3
			Gacko	0	0
						Aydın	3	3
						Kaposvar	0	0
			Hadera	0	1
			Kaposvar	3	3
									Aydın	3	3
Niederösterreich	3	3							Lugoj	2	2
Walferdange	0	0	Niederösterreich	3	3
			Graz	0	0
						Niederösterreich	0	0
Brusno	0	0				Lugoj	3	3
Lugoj	3	3	Lugoj	3	3
			Pfeffingen	2	1
												Aydın	2	0
Bratislava	0	0										Scandicci	3	3
Voula	3	3	Voula	0	0
			Scandicci	3	3
						Scandicci	3	3
Ponta Delgada	3	3				Potsdam	1	0
Holte	0	0	Ponta Delgada	0	0
			Potsdam	3	3
									Scandicci	3	3
									Cannes	1	0
			Kazanlak	3	1
			Nitra	0	3
						Nitra	0	1
						Cannes	3	3
			Aves	0	0
			Cannes	3	3

Qualification phase

2nd round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
BK Tromsø	0–6	Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	0–3	0–3
RSR Walferdange	0–6	Niederösterreich Sokol/Post	0–3	1–3
AEL Limassol	4–2	OK Kaštela	2–3	3–0
TJ Ostrava	6–0	VC Kanti Schaffhausen	3–0	3–0
CSM Lugoj	5–1	VK Pirane Brusno	3–0	3–2
Athens ASP Thetis Voula	6–0	VKP Bratislava	3–0	3–0
Kairos Ponta Delgada	6–0	Holte IF	3–0	3–0
Hapoel Kfar Saba	6–0	Rigas Volejbola Skola	3–0	3–1
SOK Mostar	2–4	TK Kaunas VDU	0–3	3–2
Steelvolleys Linz-Steg	2–4	VBC Cheseaux	3–2	0–3
Sliedrecht Sport	0–6	Hermes Rekkenshop Oostende	1–3	0–3

First leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Nov	19:00	Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	3–0	BK Tromsø	25–13	25–15	25–15			75–43	Report
26 Ott	20:30	Kairos Ponta Delgada	3–0	Holte IF	25–15	25–22	25–15			75–52	Report
27 Ott	19:00	Niederösterreich Sokol/Post	3–0	RSR Walferdange	25–22	25–20	25–15			75–57	Report
27 Ott	18:00	Hapoel Kfar Saba	3–0	Rigas Volejbola Skola	25–18	25–21	27–25			77–64	Report
3 Nov	20:00	OK Kaštela	3–1	AEL Limassol	25–21	25–16	19–25	25–21		94–83	Report
26 Ott	18:00	SOK Mostar	0–3	TK Kaunas VDU	20–25	23–25	21–25			64–75	Report
28 Ott	20:00	VC Kanti Schaffhausen	3–2	TJ Ostrava	26–24	24–26	27–25	23–25	17–15	117–115	Report
28 Ott	18:30	Steelvolleys Linz-Steg	3–2	VBC Cheseaux	22–25	25–22	26–24	20–25	15–12	108–108	Report
27 Ott	18:00	VK Pirane Brusno	0–3	CSM Lugoj	6–25	16–25	9–25			31–75	Report
27 Ott	19:30	Sliedrecht Sport	1–3	Hermes Rekkenshop Oostende	22–25	23–25	26–24	24–26		95–100	Report
27 Ott	17:00	VKP Bratislava	0–3	Athens ASP Thetis Voula	22–25	17–25	10–25			49–75	Report

Second leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Nov	19:00	BK Tromsø	0–3	Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	18–25	15–25	11–25			44–75	Report
2 Nov	19:00	Holte IF	0–3	Kairos Ponta Delgada	19–25	14–25	16–25			49–75	Report
3 Nov	19:30	RSR Walferdange	0–3	Niederösterreich Sokol/Post	22–25	23–25	18–25			63–75	Report
28 Ott	17:00	Rigas Volejbola Skola	1–3	Hapoel Kfar Saba	23–25	25–18	12–25	21–25		81–93	Report
4 Nov	20:00	AEL Limassol	2–3	OK Kaštela	25–19	25–20	15–25	13–25	10–15	88–104	Report
27 Ott	18:00	TK Kaunas VDU	3–0	SOK Mostar	27–25	25–14	27–25			79–64	Report
3 Nov	18:00	TJ Ostrava	3–0	VC Kanti Schaffhausen	25–15	25–22	25–23			75–60	Report
3 Nov	20:00	VBC Cheseaux	3–0	Steelvolleys Linz-Steg	25–16	25–23	25–22			75–61	Report
3 Nov	18:30	CSM Lugoj	3–0	VK Pirane Brusno	25–19	25–11	25–15			75–45	Report
3 Nov	20:30	Hermes Rekkenshop Oostende	3–2	Sliedrecht Sport	25–21	25–21	22–25	20–25	15–13	107–105	Report
2 Nov	20:00	Athens ASP Thetis Voula	3–0	VKP Bratislava	25–16	25–19	25–22			75–57	Report

Main phase

16th finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Golden Set
Hapoel Kfar Saba	6–0	OD Krim Ljubljana	3–0	3–0
OK Kaštela	0–6	CS Medgidia	1–3	1–3
TENT Obrenovac	6–0	OK Marina Kaštela	3–1	3–0
VBC Cheseaux	1–5	VK Šelmy Brno	2–3	0–3
TJ Ostrava	2–4	Panathinaikos AC Athens	3–2	0–3
Hermes Rekkenshop Oostende	0–6	Jaraco LVL Genk	0–3	3–0^[3]
Apollo 8 Borne	1–5	Sanaya Libby’s La Laguna	2–3	1–3
TK Kaunas VDU	0–6	Nilüfer Belediyespor	1–3	0–3
Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	6–0	ŽOK Gacko	3–0	3–0
Maccabi Hadera	0–6	1. MCM-Diamant Kaposvar	0–3	1–3
Niederösterreich Sokol/Post	6–0	UVC Holding Graz	3–0	3–0^[3]
CSM Lugoj	5–1	Sm’Aesch Pfeffingen	3–2	3–1
Athens ASP Thetis Voula	0–6	Savino Del Bene Scandicci	0–3	0–3
Kairos Ponta Delgada	0–6	SC Potsdam	0–3	0–3
Kazanlak Volley	3–3	VP UFK Nitra	3–0	1–3	9–15
CD das Aves Termolan	0–6	RC Cannes	0–3	0–3

First leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Nov	18:30	Hapoel Kfar Saba	3–0	OD Krim Ljubljana	25–18	25–20	25–17			75–55	Report
17 Nov	17:30	OK Kaštela	1–3	CS Medgidia	25–23	12–25	20–25	14–25		71–98	Report
16 Nov	19:00	TENT Obrenovac	3–1	OK Marina Kaštela	16–25	25–19	25–19	25–14		91–77	Report
17 Nov	20:00	VBC Cheseaux	2–3	VK Šelmy Brno	17–25	22–25	25–20	25–19	8–15	97–104	Report
17 Nov	18:00	TJ Ostrava	3–2	Panathinaikos AC Athens	28–26	25–23	18–25	18–25	15–11	104–110	Report
17 Nov	20:00	Hermes Rekkenshop Oostende	0–3	Jaraco LVL Genk	24–26	19–25	18–25			61–76	Report
18 Nov	20:00	Apollo 8 Borne	2–3	Sanaya Libby’s La Laguna	26–24	22–25	25–20	18–25	12–15	103–109	Report
23 Nov	18:00	TK Kaunas VDU	1–3	Nilüfer Belediyespor	12–25	19–25	25–22	18–25		74–97	Report
17 Nov	19:00	Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	3–0	ŽOK Gacko	25–14	25–18	25–17			75–49	Report
17 Nov	17:15	Maccabi Hadera	0–3	1. MCM-Diamant Kaposvar	20–25	14–25	15–25			49–75	Report
17 Nov	19:00	Niederösterreich Sokol/Post	3–0	UVC Holding Graz	28–26	25–18	25–20			78–64	Report
17 Nov	18:30	CSM Lugoj	3–2	Sm’Aesch Pfeffingen	23–25	21–25	25–23	25–19	15–8	109–100	Report
17 Nov	19:00	Athens ASP Thetis Voula	0–3	Savino Del Bene Scandicci	11–25	15–25	21–25			47–75	Report
24 Nov	19:00	Kairos Ponta Delgada	0–3	SC Potsdam	12–25	12–25	14–25			38–75	Report
17 Nov	18:00	Kazanlak Volley	3–0	VP UFK Nitra	25–21	25–21	25–22			75–64	Report
17 Nov	20:00	CD das Aves Termolan	0–3	RC Cannes	16–25	21–25	16–25			53–75	Report

Second leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
24 Nov	19:00	OD Krim Ljubljana	0–3	Hapoel Kfar Saba	15–25	20–25	13–25		48–75	Report
18 Nov	17:30	CS Medgidia	3–1	OK Kaštela	25–19	25–14	22–25	25–17	97–75	Report
17 Nov	19:00	OK Marina Kaštela	0–3	TENT Obrenovac	18–25	15–25	14–25		47–75	Report
25 Nov	18:00	VK Šelmy Brno	3–0	VBC Cheseaux	25–17	25–20	25–11		75–48	Report
24 Nov	20:00	Panathinaikos AC Athens	3–0	TJ Ostrava	25–18	25–21	25–17		75–56	Report
24 Nov	20:00	Jaraco LVL Genk^[4]^[5]	0–3	Hermes Rekkenshop Oostende	0–25	0–25	0–25		0–75	Report
24 Nov	20:00	Sanaya Libby’s La Laguna	3–1	Apollo 8 Borne	25–19	15–25	25–19	25–17	90–80	Report
24 Nov	18:00	Nilüfer Belediyespor	3–0	TK Kaunas VDU	25–19	25–22	25–7		75–48	Report
24 Nov	19:00	ŽOK Gacko	0–3	Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	19–25	22–25	22–25		63–75	Report
23 Nov	18:00	1. MCM-Diamant Kaposvar	3–1	Maccabi Hadera	25–19	20–25	25–15	25–11	95–70	Report
24 Nov	19:00	UVC Holding Graz^[6]^[7]	0–3	Niederösterreich Sokol/Post	0–25	0–25	0–25		0–75	Report
25 Nov	20:00	Sm’Aesch Pfeffingen	1–3	CSM Lugoj	21–25	25–22	23–25	26–28	95–100	Report
18 Nov	19:00	Savino Del Bene Scandicci	3–0	Athens ASP Thetis Voula	25–20	25–20	25–15		75–55	Report
23 Nov	19:00	SC Potsdam	3–0	Kairos Ponta Delgada	25–15	25–14	25–18		75–47	Report
24 Nov	18:00	VP UFK Nitra	3–1	Kazanlak Volley	25–22	21–25	25–21	25–16	96–84	Report
Golden set		VP UFK Nitra	15–9	Kazanlak Volley
24 Nov	20:00	RC Cannes	3–0	CD das Aves Termolan	25–15	25–18	25–21		75–54	Report

8th finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hapoel Kfar Saba	0–6	CS Medgidia	0–3	0–3
TENT Obrenovac	5–1	VK Šelmy Brno	3–2	3–0
Panathinaikos AC Athens	4–2	Hermes Rekkenshop Oostende	3–0	2–3
Sanaya Libby’s La Laguna	5–1	Nilüfer Belediyespor	3–2	3–1
Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	6–0	1. MCM-Diamant Kaposvar	3–0	3–0
Niederösterreich Sokol/Post	0–6	CSM Lugoj	0–3	0–3
Savino Del Bene Scandicci	6–0	SC Potsdam	3–1	3–0
VP UFK Nitra	0–6	RC Cannes	0–3	1–3

First leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Dec	17:30	Hapoel Kfar Saba	0–3	CS Medgidia	17–25	22–25	19–25			58–75	Report
7 Dec	19:00	TENT Obrenovac	3–2	VK Šelmy Brno	25–12	29–27	24–26	21–25	15–2	114–92	Report
14 Dec	15:30	Panathinaikos AC Athens	3–0	Hermes Rekkenshop Oostende	25–17	25–10	25–12			75–39	Report
8 Dec	18:00	Sanaya Libby’s La Laguna	3–2	Nilüfer Belediyespor	22–25	17–25	25–21	25–19	15–10	104–100	Report
7 Dec	19:00	Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	3–0	1. MCM-Diamant Kaposvar	25–19	25–14	25–23			75–56	Report
8 Dec	19:00	Niederösterreich Sokol/Post	0–3	CSM Lugoj	22–25	23–25	20–25			65–75	Report
8 Dec	17:30	Savino Del Bene Scandicci	3–1	SC Potsdam	20–25	25–15	25–18	25–16		95–74	Report
8 Dec	18:00	VP UFK Nitra	0–3	RC Cannes	19–25	16–25	28–30			63–80	Report

Second leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Dec	18:30	CS Medgidia	3–0	Hapoel Kfar Saba	29–27	25–17	25–22			79–66	Report
14 Dec	18:00	VK Šelmy Brno	0–3	TENT Obrenovac	21–25	19–25	12–25			52–75	Report
15 Dec	15:30	Hermes Rekkenshop Oostende	3–2	Panathinaikos AC Athens	25–22	18–25	25–21	22–25	15–10	105–103	Report
15 Dec	18:00	Nilüfer Belediyespor	1–3	Sanaya Libby’s La Laguna	15–25	25–12	23–25	16–25		79–87	Report
14 Dec	18:00	1. MCM-Diamant Kaposvar	0–3	Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	17–25	26–28	20–25			63–78	Report
15 Dec	18:30	CSM Lugoj	3–0	Niederösterreich Sokol/Post	25–19	25–13	25–19			75–51	Report
14 Dec	19:00	SC Potsdam	0–3	Savino Del Bene Scandicci	17–25	16–25	17–25			50–75	Report
14 Dec	20:30	RC Cannes	3–1	VP UFK Nitra	25–14	25–19	23–25	25–22		98–80	Report

4th finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CS Medgidia	0–6	TENT Obrenovac	1–3	0–3
Panathinaikos AC Athens	1–5	Sanaya Libby’s La Laguna	2–3	0–3
Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	4–2	CSM Lugoj	3–2	3–2
Savino Del Bene Scandicci	6–0	RC Cannes	3–1	3–0

First leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Jan	18:30	CS Medgidia	1–3	TENT Obrenovac	21–25	22–25	25–23	18–25		86–98	Report
27 Jan	20:00	Panathinaikos AC Athens	2–3	Sanaya Libby’s La Laguna	16–25	25–12	29–27	21–25	12–15	103–104	Report
25 Jan	19:00	Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	3–2	CSM Lugoj	26–28	25–16	25–16	22–25	15–10	113–95	Report
26 Jan	18:00	Savino Del Bene Scandicci	3–1	RC Cannes	25–14	24–26	25–22	25–19		99–81	Report

Second leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Feb	19:00	TENT Obrenovac	3–0	CS Medgidia	25–16	25–23	25–21			75–60	Report
2 Feb	18:00	Sanaya Libby’s La Laguna	3–0	Panathinaikos AC Athens	25–21	25–23	25–19			75–63	Report
1 Feb	18:30	CSM Lugoj	2–3	Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	25–23	24–26	25–22	20–25	9–15	103–111	Report
2 Feb	20:00	RC Cannes	0–3	Savino Del Bene Scandicci	26–28	18–25	25–27			69–80	Report

Final phase

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
TENT Obrenovac	0–6	Sanaya Libby’s La Laguna	1–3	0–3
Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	1–5	Savino Del Bene Scandicci	2–3	0–3

First leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Feb	19:00	TENT Obrenovac	1–3	Sanaya Libby’s La Laguna	16–25	22–25	25–19	20–25		83–94	Report
24 Feb	19:00	Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	2–3	Savino Del Bene Scandicci	21–25	25–23	25–22	18–25	10–15	99–110	Report

Second leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Mar	20:00	Sanaya Libby’s La Laguna	3–0	TENT Obrenovac	25–22	25–16	25–16			75–54	Report
2 Mar	19:00	Savino Del Bene Scandicci	3–0	Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	25–14	25–15	25–22			75–51	Report

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sanaya Libby’s La Laguna	0–6	Savino Del Bene Scandicci	0–3	0–3

First leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Mar	20:00	Sanaya Libby’s La Laguna	0–3	Savino Del Bene Scandicci	20–25	22–25	15–25			57–75	Report

Second leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Mar	20:30	Savino Del Bene Scandicci	3–0	Sanaya Libby’s La Laguna	25–12	25–12	25–10			75–34	Report

References

^ "2019 CEV Volleyball Challenge Cup - Women - Format". CEV. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
^ "CEV volleyball competitions regulations" (PDF). CEV. 18 August 2017. pp. 13 (section 14.2 'Competition method'). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
^ ^a ^b Forfeit
^ Withdraw from competition due to mandatory self-quarantine.
^ "Hermes Oostende staat dit weekend voor topper tegen Gent en straks wellicht tegen Griekse Panathinaikos Athene in CEV Challenge Cup: "Vergiftigd geschenk"" (in Dutch). 25 November 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
^ Withdraw from competition after COVID-19 positive cases in squad.
^ "EUROPA CUP SPIEL AM MITTWOCH ABGESAGT" (in German). 23 November 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2022.