Challenge Cup 2008/09 (women)

The 2008/09 season of the Challenge Cup began on October 11, 2008 with the first round and ended with the final on March 15, 2009. The Italian club Monte Schiavo Jesi won the final in its own hall against the Greek representative Panathinaikos Athens .

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 .

Attendees

Albania Tirana Volejboll  Azerbaijan Igtisadchi Baku Rabita Baku  Bosnia and Herzegovina Jedinstvo Brčko Imzit Dobrinja Sarajevo  Bulgaria CSKA Sofia  Germany Dresdner SC  Finland Konecranes Hämeenlinna Viesti Salo  France Istres Ouest Provence  Greece AO Markopoulo Olympiacos SFP Piraeus

Italy Monte Schiavo Jesi  Croatia ZOK Vukovar  North Macedonia Forza Skopje  Montenegro Luka Bar  Netherlands Heutink-Pollux Oldenzaal  Austria Fabasoft Linz footbridge  Romania Unic LPS Piatra Neamț CSU Târgu Mureș  Russia Leningradka Saint Petersburg  Scotland Troon Prestwick & Ayr  Serbia Radnički NIS Petrol Belgrade

Slovenia Nova KBM Branik Maribor Hit Nova Gorica TPV Novo Mesto  Spain University of Burgos  Czech Republic VK Královo Pole Brno SK UP Olomouc  Ukraine Severodonchanka Severodonetsk Zlatogor Zolotonosha Cherkassy  Hungary Vasas Budapest Betonut-NRK Nyíregyháza  Belarus Kommunalnik Mahiljou Minchanka Minsk  Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta AEK Larnaka AEL Limassol

game schedule

First and second round

	First round 11./12. October 18./19. October					Second round 4-6 November 11-13 November
		Jesi
		bye
							Jesi	3 3
							Brčko	0 0
		bar	0 0
		Brčko	3 3
		Nova Gorica
		bye
							Nova Gorica	3 3
							Tirana	0 0
		Tirana
		bye
		Oldenzaal
		bye
							Oldenzaal	3 0
							Dresden	2 3
		Maribor	0 0
		Dresden	3 3
		Linz footbridge
		bye
							Linz footbridge	3 3
							Novo Mesto	1 0
		Novo Mesto
		bye
		Burgos
		bye
							Burgos	3 3
							Troon	0 0
		Troon
		bye
		Istres
		bye
							Istres	3 2
							Brno	1 3
		Brno	3 3
		Olomouc	1 0
		Vukovar
		bye
							Vukovar	3 3
							Sarajevo	1 1
		Sarajevo
		bye
		Budapest
		bye
							Budapest	1 3
							Nyíregyháza	3 2
		Nyíregyháza
		bye
		Hämeenlinna	1 1
		Sofia	3 3
							Sofia	2 1
							Mahiljou	3 3
		Mahiljou
		bye
		Târgu Mureș	3 3
		Minsk	2 0
							Târgu Mureș	3 1
							Cherkassy	0 3
		Cherkassy
		bye
		Skopje
		bye
							Skopje	1 0
							St. Petersburg	3 3
		St. Petersburg
		bye
		I. Baku
		bye
							I. Baku	0 0
							Limassol	3 3
		Limassol
		bye
		Larnaka
		bye
							Larnaka	0 0
							Piatra Neamț	3 3
		Piatra Neamț
		bye
		Markopoulo	3 3
		Famagusta	0 2
							Markopoulo	3 3
							Belgrade	0 0
		Belgrade
		bye
		Levjerodonetsk
		bye
							Levjerodonetsk	3 2
							Piraeus	0 3
		Piraeus
		bye
		Salo
		bye
							Salo	3 0
							R. Baku	2 3
		R. Baku
		bye

Third round to final

	Third round 9-11 December 16-18 December					Round of 16 13. – 15. January 20-22 January					Quarter-finals 11/12 February 17th / 18th February					Semi-finals March 14th in Jesi					Final March 15th in Jesi
		Kieldrecht	0 1
		St. Petersburg	3 3
							St. Petersburg	3 3
							Limassol	0 0
		Cherkassy	0 0
		Limassol	3 3
												St. Petersburg	3 1
												Le Cannet	0 3
		Bratislava	1 0
		Istres	3 3
							Istres	3 0
							Le Cannet	2 3
		Le Cannet	3 2
		Târgu Mureș	1 3
																	St. Petersburg	1
																	Jesi	3
		Bucharest	3 1
		Mahiljou	1 3
							Bucharest	0 0
							Jesi	3 3
		Bratislava	0 0
		Jesi	3 3
												Jesi	3 3
												Albi	0 0
		Albi	3 1
		Piatra Neamț	0 3
							Albi	3 3
							Levjerodonetsk	0 0
		Tongeren	0 0
		Levjerodonetsk	3 3
																						Jesi	3
																						Athens	0
		Pula	0 0
		Dresden	3 3
							Dresden	3 0
							R. Baku	1 3
		Izmir	0 0
		R. Baku	3 3
												R. Baku	1 1
												Albacete	3 3								3rd place match
		A. Baku	3 1
																						St. Petersburg	3
		Nyíregyháza	2 3
							Nyíregyháza	2 1														Albacete	2
							Albacete	3 3
		Albacete	3 3
		Nova Gorica	2 2
																	Albacete	0
																	Athens	3
		Klagenfurt	0 1
		Markopoulo	3 3
							Markopoulo	3 1
							Burgos	0 3
		Madeira	2 0
		Burgos	3 3
												Markopoulo	1 0
												Athens	3 3
		Osijek	1 2
		Linz footbridge	3 3
							Linz footbridge	0 0
							Athens	3 3
		Athens	3 3
		Vukovar	0 0

Web links

• Challenge Cup 2008/09 (English)