Challenge Cup 2008/09 (men)

The 2008/09 season of the Challenge Cup began with the first round on October 11, 2008 and ended with the final on March 22, 2009. Arkasspor İzmir from Turkey won the final in its own hall against the Polish club Jastrzębski Węgiel .

mode

The first two rounds were played in the knockout system with two legs. In the event of a tie there was an additional decision set. 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 quarter-finals, the knockout system continued with a return leg. The winners of the quarterfinals qualified for the Final Four in Izmir .

Attendees

Azerbaijan Azerneft Baku  Belgium Aquacare Halen VC Euphony Asse-Lennik (CEV)  Bosnia and Herzegovina Kakanj Kakanj Napredak Odzak  Bulgaria Lukoil Neftohimik Burgas Marek Union-Ivkoni Dupnitsa  Denmark Marienlyst Odense  Germany SCC Berlin (CEV) Moerser SC Generali Haching  Estonia Selver Tallinn  Finland Isku Tampere Vammalan Vammala  France AS Cannes (CEV) Tourcoing Lille Métropole  Greece EA Patras  Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv  Italy Sisley Treviso  Croatia OK Varaždin HAOK Mladost Zagreb MOK Zagreb	Latvia Elvi Kuldiga Lase-R Riga  Luxembourg VC streets  North Macedonia Rabotnicki Fersped Skopje (CEV)  Montenegro Sutjeska INA Nikšić Studentski Centar Podgorica  Netherlands Abiant Lycurgus Groningen DOC Stap Orion Doetinchem  Norway Forde VBK  Austria Posojilnica Aich / Dob VBK Klagenfurt  Poland Jastrzębski Węgiel (CEV) Mlekpol Olsztyn (CEV) Asseco Resovia SSA Rzeszów  Portugal AJ Fonte Bastardo  Romania Dinamo Bucharest Steaua Bucharest CVM Tomis Constanța (CEV) LPS Piatra Neamț (CEV)  Switzerland TV Amriswil (CEV) Chenois Geneva Lausanne UC (CEV)	Serbia OK Partizan Belgrade NIS Vojvodina Novi Sad  Slovakia VKP Bratislava Chemes Humenné  Slovenia Salonit Anhovo Canal (CEV) OK MTB Maribor  Spain Arona Tenerife Sur (CEV) CAI Teruel  Czech Republic DHL Ostrava  Turkey Galatasaray Istanbul Arkasspor İzmir  Ukraine Kharkiv locomotive Kiev locomotive Impexagro Sport Cherkassy  Hungary Dunaferr Dunaújváros (CEV) Kométa Kaposvár (CEV)  Belarus Kommunalnik Hrodna Metallurg-Bela Mahiljou Metallurgist Schlobin  Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta (CEV) Nea Salamis Famagusta Pafiakos Pafos
(CEV) teams eliminated in the CEV Cup

game schedule

First and second round

	First round 11-13 October 18./19. October					Second round 4-6 November 11-13 November
		Teruel
		bye
							Teruel	3 3
							Groningen	0 1
		Groningen	3 1
		Humenné	1 3
		Doetinchem
		bye
							Doetinchem	3 2
							Kakanj	0 3
		Odense	0 0
		Kakanj	3 3
		Treviso
		bye
							Treviso	3 3
							Tel Aviv	1 1
		Tel Aviv
		Bratislava
		Aich / Dob
		bye
							Aich / Dob	3 2
							Geneva	0 3
		Nikšić	0 0
		Geneva	3 3
		Halen
		bye
							Halen	3 0
							Moers	1 3
		Moers
		Odzak
		Lille
		bye
							Lille	3 3
							Klagenfurt	0 0
		Klagenfurt	3 3
		Streets	0 2
		Haching
		bye
							Haching	3 2
							Mladost Zagreb	0 3
		Varaždin	0 0
		Mladost Zagreb	3 3
		Fonte Bastardo	3 3
		Podgorica	1 0
							Fonte Bastardo	3 2
							MOK Zagreb	0 3
		Forde	0 0
		MOK Zagreb	3 3
		Pafos	0 0
		Cherkassy	3 3
							Cherkassy	2 1
							Dupnitsa	3 3
		Dupnitsa	3 3
		St. Bucharest	0 1
		Vammala	1 0
		Burgas	3 3
							Burgas	3 2
							Kiev	2 3
		Kiev	2 3
		Riga	3 1
		Kharkiv	3 2
		Mahiljou	0 3
							Kharkiv	3 3
							Novi Sad	1 0
		bye
		Novi Sad
		D. Bucharest	3 3
		NS Famagusta	0 0
							D. Bucharest	0 0
							Patras	3 3
		bye
		Patras
		Tampere	3 3
		Belgrade	0 1
							Tampere	0 3
							Ostrava	3 1
		bye
		Ostrava
		Baku	0 0
		Schlobin	3 3
							Schlobin	3 0
							Rzeszów	0 3
		bye
		Rzeszów
		Hrodna	2 1
		Istanbul	3 3
							Istanbul	3 3
							Maribor	0 0
		bye
		Maribor
		Tallinn	0 3
		Kuldiga	3 0
							Tallinn	0 0
							İzmir	3 3
		bye
		İzmir

Decision set

• Burgas - Kiev 16:18
• Schlobin - Rzeszów 15: 9

Moers and Tel Aviv reached the second round without a fight, as their opponents Odzak and Bratislava did not play for the games. In the duels Nikšić - Geneva, Fonte Bastardo - Podgorica and Tampere - Belgrade both games took place in Switzerland, Portugal and Finland respectively.

Third round to final

	Third round 9-11 December 16-18 December					Round of 16 13. – 15. January 20-22 January					Quarter-finals 10-12 February 17th - 19th February					Semi-finals March 21st in İzmir					Final March 22nd in İzmir
		Cannes	0 1
		Patras	3 3
							Patras	3 3
							Kaposvár	0 2
		Kaposvár	3 2
		Ostrava	0 3
												Patras	3 2
												Istanbul	0 3
		Skopje	1 0
		Istanbul	3 3
							Istanbul	3 3
							Teruel	1 2
		Berlin	3 2
		Teruel	2 3
																	Patras	0
																	İzmir	3
		Tenerife	1 0
		Lille	3 3
							Lille	3 3
							channel	2 2
		channel	3 3
		Moers	0 0
												Lille	3 0
												İzmir	0 3
		Dunaújváros	0 0
		Haching	3 3
							Haching	2 0
							İzmir	3 3
		bye
		İzmir
																						İzmir	3
																						Jastrzębski	2
		Constanta	3 2
		Doetinchem	0 3
							Constanta	3 3
							Lennik	0 1
		Lennik	3 2
		Dupnitsa	0 3
												Constanta	3 3
												Schlobin	1 1								3rd place match
		Piatra Neamț	2 0
																						Patras	0
		Schlobin	3 3
							Schlobin	3 3														Constanta	3
							Amriswil	1 2
		Amriswil	3 1
		Aich / Dob	0 3
																	Constanta	1
																	Jastrzębski	3
		Jastrzębski	3 3
		Fonte Bastardo	2 0
							Jastrzębski	3 3
							Kiev	0 1
		Lausanne	0 0
		Kiev	3 3
												Jastrzębski	2 3
												Treviso	3 1
		Famagusta	0 0
		Kharkiv	3 3
							Kharkiv	0 0
							Treviso	3 3
		Olsztyn	0 0
		Treviso	3 3

Decision set: İzmir - Lille 15:10

Web links

• Challenge Cup 2008/09 (English)