The CEV Women's Challenge Cup, formerly (from 1980 to 2007) known as CEV Women's Cup is the third official competition for women's
volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...
clubs of
Europe
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and takes place every year. It is organized by the
Confédération Européenne de Volleyball
The European Volleyball Confederation (french: Confédération Européenne de Volleyball or ''CEV'') is the continental governing body for the sports of indoor volleyball, beach volleyball, and snow volleyball in Europe. Its headquarters is loc ...
(CEV) and was created as in 1980 to allow more clubs to participate in European competitions. In 2007 it was renamed following a CEV decision to rename its second official competition (known as Top Teams Cup) to
CEV Cup
The CEV Cup is the second tier official competition for men's Volleyball clubs of Europe. The competition takes place every year.
Until 2000, it was the CEV Cup Winners' Cup. In 2000 it was renamed CEV Top Teams Cup and in 2007 it was renamed CE ...
.
Results summary
CEV Cup
CEV Challenge Cup
Note: The third place match was abolished in 2010. The table's column "Third place" display the losing semifinalists from the 2010–11 season onwards.
Titles by club
Titles by country
Notes:
:1. For the purpose of keeping historical event accuracy, historical countries names are used in this table.
:2. The column "Third place" includes results until 2010 as the third place match was abolished since then.
MVP
In team sports, a most valuable player award, abbreviated 'MVP award', is an honor typically bestowed upon an individual (or individuals, in the instance of a tie) whose individual performance is the greatest in an entire league, for a particu ...
by edition
*2000–01 –
*2001–02 –
*2002–03 –
*2003–04 –
*2004–05 –
*2005–06 –
*2006–07 –
*2007–08 –
*2008–09 –
*2009–10 –
*2010–11 –
*2011–12 –
*2012–13 –
*2013–14 –
*2014–15 –
*2015–16 –
*2016–17 –
*2017–18 –
*2018–19 –
*2019–20 – event cancelled due to pandemic
*2020–21 –
*2021–22 –
All-time team records
Winners and finalists by city since 1980/1981
Various statistics since 2006/2007
(Based on W=2 pts and D=1 pts)
References
* European Cups
* CEV 40th Anniversary Book - European Cups
Citations
External links
CEV Website
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European volleyball records and statistics
Recurring sporting events established in 1980
1980 establishments in Europe
National cup competitions
Multi-national professional sports leagues