The 2008–09 CEV Challenge Cup was the 29th edition of the European

Challenge Cup The Challenge Cup is a knockout rugby league cup competition organised by the Rugby Football League, held annually since 1896, with the exception of 1915–1919 and 1939–1940, due to World War I and World War II respectively. It involves am ...

volleyball club tournament, the former CEV Cup. The Turkish club Arkas İzmir beat Polish club

Jastrzębski Węgiel Jastrzębski Węgiel, is a professional men's volleyball club based in Jastrzębie-Zdrój in southern Poland, founded in 1961. They compete in the Polish PlusLiga. Two–time Polish Champion and one time Polish Cup winner. Since the beginning o ...

in the final and achieved its first CEV Challenge Cup trophy.

Final Four

*Venue:

Karşıyaka Arena Karşıyaka Arena (also known as Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Karşıyaka Sport Hall) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in İzmir, Turkey. It was opened in 2005. It is owned and run by Karşıyaka SK. The 6,500 seating capacity arena is used mostly to ho ...

İzmir İzmir ( , ; ), also spelled Izmir, is a metropolitan city in the western extremity of Anatolia, capital of the province of the same name. It is the third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara and the second largest urban agglo ...

Semifinals

3rd place

Final

Final standing

Awards

*Most valuable player : Paul Duerden ( Arkas İzmir) *Best scorer : Ashley Nemer ( Tomis Constanța) *Best Opposite : Gökhan Öner ( Arkas İzmir) *Best blocker : Radu Began ( Tomis Constanța) *Best server : Gökhan Öner ( Arkas İzmir) *Best receiver : Paweł Rusek (

) *Best setter :

Hüseyin Koç Hüseyin Koç (born July 30, 1979 in Bursa, Turkey) is a Turkish volleyball player. He is tall and plays in the setter position. Since the 2012-13 season, he is a member of Halkbank Ankara. Family life Hüseyin Koç was born on July 30, 1979 in ...

( Arkas İzmir)

References

External links

Official site
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