The 2019–20 Women's CEV Cup is the 48th edition of the European

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 to CEV Top Teams Cup and in 2007 to CEV Cup. T ...

volleyball club tournament, the former "Top Teams Cup".

Format

The tournament is played on a knockout format, with 32 teams participating. Initially 27 teams were allocated direct vacancies to enter the competition, with another 5 teams joining the competition via Champions League qualification. On 26 June 2019, a drawing of lots in

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, 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 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).

Participating teams

*Drawing of lots for the 32 participating teams was held in

on 26 June 2019. *27 teams allocated vacancies spots and 5 teams qualified as Champions League qualification losers. The number of participants on the basis of ranking list for European Cup Competitions:

Main phase

16th Finals

*The match between Voléro Le Cannet and

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has been cancelled as a result of

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First leg

Second leg

8th Finals

First leg

Second leg

4th Finals

First leg

Second leg

*The match between Unet e-work Busto Arsizio and Dinamo Kazan has been postponed due to the

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Final phase

Semifinals

First leg

Second leg

Finals

First leg

Second leg

References

External links

2020 CEV Volleyball Cup - Women
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