Challenge Cup 2007/08 (women)

The 2007/08 season of the Challenge Cup began on November 24th and ended with the final on March 15th in Bursa . Vakıfbank Güneş Sigorta İstanbul won the final against the Italian club Infoplus Minetti Imola .

mode

Since the first round did not take place, the competition began with the matches of the second round, which were played in the knockout system with home and away games. In the third round, the sixteen winners of the second round were joined by the teams that were eliminated in the first round of the CEV Cup . Up to and including the quarterfinals, the knockout system continued with home and away legs. The winners of the quarterfinals qualified for the Final Four .

Attendees

Albania Teuta Durrës  Azerbaijan Rabita Baku (CEV)  Belgium VDK Gent Dames (CEV)  Bulgaria Slavia Jar Computers Sofia  Denmark Holte IF (CEV)  Germany Dresdner SC  Estonia Viimsi Milstrand / EBS Tallinn  Finland Konecranes Hämmenlinna  France USSP Albi (CEV) Béziers volley ball  Greece Panathinaikos Athens (CEV) Olympiacos SFP Piraeus  Italy Infoplus Minetti Imola

Croatia OK Šibenik HAOK Mladost Zagreb (CEV)  Montenegro Luka Bar  Netherlands PlantinaLonga Lichtenvoorde (CEV)  Austria ATSC Klagenfurt (CEV) ASKÖ Linz footbridge  Poland Muszynianka Fakro Muszyna  Portugal CS Madeira (CEV) Clube Desportivo Ribeirense (CEV)  Romania Știința Bacau Dinamo Bucharest (CEV) Unic LPS Piatra Neamţ  Russia Kazanochka Kazan  Scotland Troon Prestwick & Ayr  Switzerland VFM Franches-Montagnes (CEV) Kanti Schaffhausen

Serbia Radnički NIS Petrol Belgrade  Slovenia Nova KBM Branik Maribor TPV Novo Mesto  Spain Universidad de Burgos (CEV) Hotel Cantur Las Palmas  Czech Republic VK Královo Pole Brno  Turkey Vakıfbank Güneş Sigorta İstanbul Dyo Karsiyaka İzmir (CEV)  Ukraine Orbita Zaporizhia  Hungary Teva Gödöllö Betonut-NRK Nyíregyháza  Belarus Neman Hrodna Kommunalnik Mahiljou  Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta AEK Larnaka (CEV) AEL Limassol

game schedule

Second round

Second round (November 24th / 25th and December 1st / 2nd)
Las Palmas	Tallinn	3-0	3: 2
Brno	Piraeus	1: 3	0: 3
Mahiljou	Troon	3-0	3-0
Nyíregyháza	Istanbul	1: 3	0: 3
Maribor	Zaporizhia	3-0	3-0
Bacau	Famagusta	3-0	3-0
Gödöllö	Schaffhausen	0: 3	1: 3
Muszyna	bar	3-0	3-0
Hämeenlinna	Novo Mesto	0: 3	0: 3
Limassol	Durrës	3: 2	3: 2
Sofia	Linz footbridge	3-0	2: 3
Belgrade	Dresden	2: 3	2: 3
Hrodna	Beziers	0: 3	0: 3
Decision set: Sofia - Linz Steg 15:13
Bye to Imola and Kazan

Third round to final

	Third round 15./16. December 21-23 December					Round of 16 23./24. January 30./31. January					Quarterfinals 13./14. February 20./21. February					Semi-finals March 15th in Bursa					Final March 16 in Bursa
		Ghent	0 0
		Istanbul	3 3
							Istanbul	3 3
							Beziers	0 1
		Zagreb	3 0
		Beziers	0 3
												Istanbul	3 3
												Bucharest	0 1
		Bucharest	3 1
		Schaffhausen	0 3
							Bucharest	3 3
							Mahiljou	0 2
		bye
		Mahiljou
																	Istanbul	3
																	Dresden	0
		İzmir	3 3
		Sofia	0 0
							İzmir	2 1
							Las Palmas	3 3
		Larnaka	0 0
		Las Palmas	3 3
												Las Palmas	3 2
												Dresden	0 3
		Athens	3 3
		Novo Mesto	0 0
							Athens	1 1
							Dresden	3 3
		Burgos	1 0
		Dresden	3 3
																						Istanbul	3
																						Imola	2
		Franches-Montagnes	1 0
		Bacau	3 3
							Bacau	3 3
							Maribor	0 1
		Ribeirense	1 0
		Maribor	3 3
												Bacau	3 2
												Piatra Neamţ	0 3								3rd place match
		Lichtenvoorde	1 1
																						Dresden	3
		Piatra Neamţ	3 3
							Piatra Neamţ	3 2														Bacau	1
							Kazan	1 3
		Fetched	0 0
		Kazan	3 3
																	Bacau	1
																	Imola	3
		Klagenfurt	0 0
		Muszyna	3 3
							Muszyna	2 0
							Imola	3 3
		Albi	1 0
		Imola	3 3
												Imola	3 3
												Piraeus	0 0
		Madeira	0 0
		Piraeus	3 3
							Piraeus	3 3
							Baku	0 0
		Baku	3 3
		Limassol	0 2

Decision Set (Golden Set)

Third round	Round of 16	Quarter finals
Béziers - Zagreb 15:11 Schaffhausen - Bucharest 14:16	Kazan - Piatra Neamţ 10:15	Dresden - Las Palmas 15: 7 Piatra Neamţ - Bacau 12:15

Web links

• Challenge Cup 2007/08 (English)