CEV Challenge Cup
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023–24 CEV Challenge Cup
FormerlyCEV Cup
(1980–2007)
SportVolleyball
Founded1980 (1980)
AdministratorCEV
No. of teams32 (Main phase)
CountryCEV members
ContinentEurope
Most recent
champion(s)
Greece Olympiacos
(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.

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

History

Title holders

Finals

CEV Cup

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
Star Lift 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
Belgium
Kruikenburg Ternat
Belgium
Hormann Gand
1985–86
Details
Italy
Kutiba Falconara
Group Stage Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Bosna
Italy
Bistefani Torino
Belgium
Kruikenburg Ternat
1986–87
Details
Italy
Ener–Mix Milano
Group Stage Italy
Santal Parma
Czechoslovakia
Červená Hvězda Bratislava
Belgium
Euphony Asse-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
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

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
3–2 Poland
Jastrzębski Węgiel
Romania
Tomis Constanța
Greece
EAP
2009–10
Details
Italy
RPA–LuigiBacchi.it Perugia
3–0 Croatia
Mladost
Germany
Berlin Recycling Volleys
Czech Republic
Dukla Liberec
2010–11
Details
Italy
Lube Banca Marche Macerata
3–0, 3–2 Turkey
Arkas
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 Grundig
2–3, 3–0 Italy
Andreoli Latina
2014–15
Details
Serbia
Vojvodina
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
2021–22
Details
France
Narbonne Volley
0–3, 3–1
(GS 21–19)
Turkey
Halkbank
2022–23
Details
Greece
Olympiacos
3–0, 3–0 Israel
Maccabi Tel Aviv

Titles by club

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 1 1 2009
- Russia Belogorie Belgorod 1 1 2019
- Greece Olympiacos 1 1 2023
15. France AS Cannes 1 1981
- Netherlands Star Lift 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 1 2015
- Italy Calzedonia Verona 1 2016
- Italy Porto Robur Costa 1 2018
- Italy Power Volley Milano 1 2021
- France Narbonne Volley 1 2022
29. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 2
- Belgium Knack Roeselare 2
31. Italy Amare più Loreto 1
- Italy Toseroni Roma 1
- Netherlands Orion Doetinchem 1
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bosna 1
- Soviet Union Elektrotechnika Riga 1
- Russia Samotlor 1
- Greece AS Orestiada 1
- Turkey Netaş Istanbul 1
- Spain CV Pòrtol 1
- Russia Iskra Odintsovo 1
- Russia Lokomotiv Ekaterinburg 1
- Poland Jastrzębski Węgiel 1
- Croatia Mladost 1
- Poland AZS Politechnika Warszawska 1
- Russia Ural Ufa 1
- Italy Top Volley Latina 1
- Portugal Benfica 1
- France Chaumont VB 52 1
- Italy Volley Milano 1
- Turkey Ziraat Bankası 1
- Turkey Halkbank 1
- Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 1

Titles by country

Rank Country Won Runner–up Total
1 Italy281644
2 Russia369
3 Turkey246
4 France213
 Soviet Union213
6 Greece123
 Poland123
8 Netherlands112
9 Serbia11
 West Germany11
11 Yugoslavia33
12 Belgium22
13 Croatia11
 Israel11
 Portugal11
 Spain11

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