The 2015–16 CEV Women's Challenge Cup was the 36th edition of the European Challenge Cup volleyball club tournament, the former "CEV Cup".

Format

The tournament was played on a knockout format, with a total of 46 teams participating. Initially 30 teams were allocated vacancies to enter the competition at the 'Qualification phase', with another 16 teams joining from the Women's CEV Cup entering the competition at the 'Main phase' stage (as per 'Round composition' below). On 5 June 2015, a drawing of lots in

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, determined the team's pairing for each match. Each team played 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 advanced to the next round. In case the teams were tied after two legs, a was 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). ;Round composition * 2nd Round: 30 teams * 16th Final: 2nd Round winners (16 teams) + 16 teams from

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* 8th Final onwards: winners

Participating teams

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entering the 16th Final.

Qualification phase

2nd round

*1st leg (Team #1 home) 10–12 November 2015 *2nd leg (Team #2 home) 24–26 November 2015 *Note: Stod Volley Steinkjer withdrew from the competition. The CEV awarded Wovo Rovaniemi both matches by 3–0.match report second leg
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Main phase

In this stage of the competition, the sixteen qualified teams of the Qualification phase were joined by the sixteen losing teams from the 2015–16 Women's CEV Cup.

16th final

*1st leg (Team #1 home) 8–10 December 2015 *2nd leg (Team #2 home) 15–17 December 2015

8th final

*1st leg (Team #1 home) 19–21 January 2016 *2nd leg (Team #2 home) 26–28 January 2016

4th final

*1st leg (Team #1 home) 9–11 February 2016 *2nd leg (Team #2 home) 23–25 February 2016

Final phase

Semi-finals

*1st leg (Team #1 home) 9 March 2016 *2nd leg (Team #2 home) 13 March 2016

Finals

*1st leg (Team #1 home) 30 March 2016 *2nd leg (Team #2 home) 3 April 2016

Awards

References

External links

Challenge Cup 15-16
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CEV Women's Challenge Cup 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 clubs of Europe and takes place every year. It is organized by the Confédération Européenne de Volle ...