Challenge Cup 2007/08 (men)

The 2007/08 season of the Challenge Cup began with the first round on September 29, 2007 and ended with the final on March 23, 2008. Pallavolo Modena from Italy won the final in Rzeszów against the Russian club Lokomotiv-Izumrud Yekaterinburg .

mode

The first two rounds were played in the knockout system with two legs. 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 in Rzeszów.

Attendees

Albania Teuta Durrës  Azerbaijan Azerneft Baku  Belgium Aquacare Halen  Bulgaria Lukoil Neftohimik Burgas Levski Sofia  Denmark Gentofte volley  Germany SCC Berlin evivo Düren (CEV) Generali Haching  Estonia Selver Tallinn  Finland Pielaveden Sampo Pielavesi (CEV) Perungan Pojat Rovaniemi (CEV) Piivolley Salo Isku Tampere  France Beauvais Oise Stade Poitevin Poitiers (CEV)  Greece GS Lamia PAOK Thessaloniki (CEV)  Israel Maccabi Hod Hasharon  Italy Pallavolo Modena

Croatia HAOK Mladost Zagreb (CEV) OK Varaždin  Latvia Lase-R Riga  North Macedonia October 11th 2005 Prilep (CEV) Rabotnicki Fersped Skopje (CEV)  Montenegro Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje Studentski Centar Podgorica  Netherlands DOC Stap Orion Doetinchem Ortec Rotterdam Nesselande (CEV)  Northern Ireland University of Ulster  Austria Posojilnica Aich / Dob Sokol Schwechat  Poland AZS Olsztyn (CEV) Resovia Rzeszów  Romania Dinamo Bucharest (CEV) Steaua Bucharest VCM LPS Piatra Neamț  Russia Lokomotiv Izumrud Yekaterinburg  Switzerland TV Amriswil (CEV) Chenois Geneva Lausanne UC

Serbia OK Red Star Belgrade Ribnica Kraljevo  Slovakia VKP Bratislava VK Nové Mesto  Slovenia Salonit Anhovo Canal OK Maribor (CEV) Marchiol Prvacina (CEV)  Spain University of Granada Ciudad Medio Ambiente Soria (CEV)  Czech Republic JMP Brno VK Opava  Turkey Halkbank Ankara Fenerbahçe Istanbul  Ukraine Kharkiv locomotive  Hungary Phoenix Mecano Kecskemét (CEV)  Belarus Zapadny Bug Brest GVC Homel Metallurg-Bela Mahiljou  Cyprus Dionysus Paphos Pafiakos Paphos

Balance sheet

Germany was represented by the SCC Berlin and Generali Haching ; in the third round, evivo Düren from the CEV Cup was added. The Austrian teams in the competition were Posojilnica Aich / Dob and Sokol Schwechat . From Switzerland came Chenôis Geneva , Lausanne UC and - as losers in the first round in the CEV Cup - TV Amriswil .

• The SCC Berlin sat down for a bye in the next two rounds with two wins against Doetinchem and Prvačina by. In the round of 16, the Charlottenburg team were eliminated with two defeats against Olsztyn.
• Generali Haching lost the first leg of the first round against Kraljevo and won the decisive set after the 3-0 second leg. In the second round, the decision was made again in the "golden set"; this time Haching lost to Aich / Dob.
• Evivo Düren started in the third round and lost there twice against Beauvais.
• Posojilnica Aich / Dob reached the third round with a bye and victory against Haching. There were two wins against Amriswil. In the second round, the Austrians were eliminated against Rotterdam.
• Sokol Schwechat was eliminated in the first round after two games over five sets against Bratislava.
• Chenôis Geneva lost to Tampere in the first round.
• Lausanne UC also had a bye in the first round and then progressed against Bratislava. In the third round they lost to Pielavesi.
• TV Amriswil came from the CEV Cup in the third round of the Challenge Cup and was eliminated by Aich / Dob.

game schedule

First and second round

	First round 29./30. September 6./7. October					Second round 18. – 21. October 26-28 October
		Rzeszów
		bye
							Rzeszów	3 2
							Riga	0 3
		Riga	3 3
		Ulster	0 0
		Piatra Neamț
		bye
							Piatra Neamț	3 3
							channel	0 2
		channel
		bye
		Bijelo Polje
		bye
							Bijelo Polje	0 0
							Pafos	3 3
		Nové Mesto	2 0
		P. Paphos	3 3
		Kraljevo	3 0
		Haching	0 3
							Haching	3 1
							Aich / Dob	1 3
		Aich / Dob
		bye
		Modena
		bye
							Modena	3 1
							Kharkiv	1 3
		Kharkiv	3 3
		Hod Hasharon	0 1
		Berlin
		bye
							Berlin	3 3
							Doetinchem	1 1
		Doetinchem
		bye
		Salo
		bye
							Salo	3 2
							Mahiljou	0 3
		Mahiljou	3 3
		Baku	0 1
		St. Bucharest	3 3
		Brno	2 2
							Bucharest	1 0
							Halen	3 3
		Halen
		bye
		Granada
		bye
							Granada	0 3
							Tampere	3 0
		Tampere	3 3
		Geneva	2 1
		Schwechat	2 2
		Bratislava	3 3
							Bratislava	0 2
							Lausanne	3 3
		Lausanne
		bye
		Istanbul
		bye
							Istanbul	2 0
							Ankara	3 3
		Ankara	3 3
		Durrës	0 0
		Famagusta	3 3
		Podgorica	0 0
							Famagusta	0 0
							Ekaterinburg	3 3
		Ekaterinburg
		bye
		Beauvais
		bye
							Beauvais	3 3
							Homel	0 0
		D. Paphos	3 1
		Homel	0 3
		Varaždin	3 3
		Gentofte	0 0
							Varaždin	3 1
							Belgrade	2 3
		Belgrade
		bye
		Opava
		bye
							Opava	3 0
							Burgas	1 3
		Burgas	3 0
		Brest	0 3
		Tallinn	3 3
		Sofia	0 2
							Tallinn	3 3
							Lamia	0 2
		Lamia
		bye

Decision set
First round	Second round
Gomel - Paphos 15:13 Brest - Burgas 9:15 am Haching - Kraljevo 15:12	Riga - Rzeszów 10:15 Aich / Dob - Haching 16:14 Kharkiv - Modena 17:19 Mahiljou - Salo 15: 9 Tampere - Granada 15:13 Belgrade - Varaždin 17:15 Burgas - Opava 15:11

Third round to final

	third round 11-13 December 18th - 20th December					Round of 16 23./24. January 29./30. January					Quarter-finals 12-14 February 19./20. February					Semi-finals March 22nd in Rzeszów					Final March 23rd in Rzeszów
		Kecskemét	0 0
		Modena	3 3
							Modena	3 2
							Ankara	2 3
		Thessaloniki	0 0
		Ankara	3 3
												Modena	3 3
												Olsztyn	1 2
		Prvacina	1 2
		Berlin	3 3
							Berlin	2 1
							Olsztyn	3 3
		Olsztyn	3 3
		P. Pafos	0 0
																	Modena	3
																	Rzeszów	2
		Amriswil	1 2
		Aich / Dob	3 3
							Aich / Dob	1 1
							Rotterdam	3 3
		Rotterdam	3 1
		Halen	2 3
												Rotterdam	3 0
												Rzeszów	0 3
		Maribor	0 0
		Rzeszów	3 3
							Rzeszów	3 2
							Burgas	1 3
		Skopje	1 0
		Burgas	3 3
																						Modena	3
																						Ekaterinburg	1
		D. Bucharest	3 0
		Piatra Neamț	0 3
							Piatra Neamț	0 0
							Pielavesi	3 3
		Pielavesi	3 3
		Lausanne	0 2
												Pielavesi	2 0
												Ekaterinburg	3 3								3rd place match
		Rovaniemi	3 2
																						Rzeszów	0
		Tampere	0 3
							Rovaniemi	3 0														Poitiers	3
							Ekaterinburg	1 3
		Zagreb	1 0
		Ekaterinburg	3 3
																	Ekaterinburg	3
																	Poitiers	0
		Prilep	0 0
		Tallinn	3 3
							Tallinn	3 0
							Belgrade	0 3
		Soria	3 0
		Belgrade	0 3
												Tallinn	0 1
												Poitiers	3 3
		Düren	1 2
		Beauvais	3 3
							Beauvais	1 0
							Poitiers	3 3
		Poitiers	3 3
			0 0

Decision Set (Golden Set)

3rd round	Round of 16	Quarter finals
Halen - Rotterdam 13:15 Piatra Neamț - Bucharest 15:13 Tampere - Rovaniemi 6:15 Belgrade - Soria 15:10	Ankara - Modena 14:16 Ekaterinburg - Rovaniemi 15:10 Belgrade - Tallinn 10:15	Rzeszów - Rotterdam 18:16

Web links

• Challenge Cup 2007/08 (English)