Challenge Cup 2009/10 (women)

The 2009/10 season of the Challenge Cup began with the first round on October 17, 2009 and ended with the final in Dresden on March 21, 2010. For the first time, the women of the Dresdner SC won the competition and thus also won their first international title. Second place went to Asterix Kieldrecht, ahead of the third-placed women from Galatasaray Istanbul .

mode

The first two rounds were played in the knockout system with home and away 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 quarter-finals, the knockout system continued with home and return legs. The winners of the quarterfinals qualified for the Final Four .

Attendees

 Albania

• Tirana Volejboll

 Azerbaijan

• Igtisadchi Baku
• Baku locomotive

 Belgium

• Asterix Kieldrecht
• Hermes Ostend

 Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Jedinstvo Brčko

 Bulgaria

• Levski Siconco Sofia

 Germany

• Dresdner SC
• Red ravens Vilsbiburg

 Finland

• Oriveden Ponnistus Orivesi
• LP Salo

 France

• Istres Ouest Provence
• SES Calais

 Greece

• Olympiacos SFP Piraeus
• Iraklis Thessaloniki

 Israel

• Raanana VBC

 Croatia

• HAOK Mladost Zagreb

 Montenegro

• Luka Bar

 Austria

• Hawo Dornbirn
• ASKÖ Linz footbridge

 Poland

• Impel Gwardia Wrocław

 Portugal

• CK Ponta Delgada

 Romania

• Știința Bacau
• Unic LPS Piatra Neamţ

 Russia

• Samorodok Khabarovsk

 Switzerland

• Volley Köniz

 Serbia

• Tent Obrenovac
• Spartak Subotica

 Slovakia

• Doprastav Bratislava
• Slavia UK Bratislava
• SK TO Žilina

 Slovenia

• Calcite Kamnik
• Vital Ljubljana

 Spain

• CV Tenerife

 Czech Republic

• VK Královo Pole Brno
• SK UP Olomouc

 Turkey

• Galatasaray Istanbul

 Belarus

• Minchanka Minsk

 Cyprus

• Anorthosis Famagusta
• Apollon Limassol

game schedule

1st and 2nd round

	First round 17./18. October 24./25. October					Second round 1st – 3rd December 8-10 December
		Zagreb
		bye
							Zagreb	1 0
							Vilsbiburg	3 3
		Vilsbiburg
		bye
		Ponta Delgada
		bye
							Ponta Delgada	3 0
							Brčko	0 3
		Brčko	3 3
		Ljubljana	0 1
		Piraeus
		bye
							Piraeus	3 3
							East End	0 0
		East End
		bye
		Piatra Neamţ
		bye
							Piatra Neamţ	3 2
							Tenerife	1 3
		Tenerife
		bye
		Obrenovac
		bye
							Obrenovac	3 0
							D. Bratislava	0 3
		D. Bratislava
		bye
		Koeniz	3 3
		Tirana	0 0
							Koeniz	3 0
							Calais	1 3
		Calais
		bye
		Brno
		bye
							Brno	3 3
							Linz footbridge	0 2
		Linz footbridge
		bye
		Bacau
		bye
							Bacau	1 3
							Salo	3 2
		Salo
		bye
		Subotica
		bye
							Subotica	3 3
							Dornbirn	1 0
		Dornbirn
		bye
		Thessaloniki
		bye
							Thessaloniki	3 3
							Kamnik	1 0
		Kamnik
		bye
		Dresden	3 3
		bar	0 0
							Dresden	3 3
							Famagusta	0 1
		Famagusta
		bye
		Olomouc	3 3
		Žilina	0 0
							Olomouc	2 0
							Kieldrecht	3 3
		Kieldrecht
		bye
		Istanbul
		bye
							Istanbul	3 3
							I. Baku	0 0
		I. Baku
		bye
		Limassol	0 0
		Raanana	3 3
							Raanana	3 0
							L. Baku	2 3
		L. Baku
		bye
		L. Bratislava
		bye
							S. Bratislava 1	1 0
							Khabarovsk	3 3
		Khabarovsk
		bye
		Minsk
		bye
							Minsk	3 3
							Orivesi	0 0
		Orivesi	3 0
		Sofia	0 3

Decision set
First round	Second round
Orivesi - Sofia 17:15	Ponta Delgada - Brčko 11:15

¹ Both games will take place in Bratislava

3rd round to final

	third round 5-7 January 12-14 January					Round of 16 26./27. January 2-4 February					Quarterfinals 16./17. February 23./24. February					Semi-finals March 20th					Final March 21st
		Thessaloniki
							Thessaloniki	0 0
							Severodonec	3 3
		Severodonec	3 3
		Calais	0 0
												Severodonec	0 0
												Istanbul	3 3
		Zurich	3 1
		Istanbul	2 3
							Istanbul	3 3
							Brno	0 0
		Sliedrecht	0 0
		Brno	3 3
																	Istanbul	2
																	Kieldrecht	3
		Maribor	3 3
		Brčko	1 2
							Maribor	1 0
							Athens	3 3
		Athens	3 3
		Piraeus	0 1
												Athens	3 0
												Kieldrecht	2 3
		Split	0 0
		Vilsbiburg	3 3
							Vilsbiburg	3 1
							Kieldrecht	1 3
		Velika Gorica	1 0
		Kieldrecht	3 3
																						Kieldrecht	1
																						Dresden	3
		Schwechat	2 0
		Dresden	3 3
							Dresden	3 3
							Khabarovsk	0 0
		Ribeirense	0 1
		Khabarovsk	3 3
												Dresden	3 3
												Istres	0 1								3rd place match
		Weert	3 1
																						Istanbul	3
		Subotica	1 3
							Subotica	3 1														Wroclaw	0
							Istres	1 3
		Istres	3 1
		D. Bratislava	0 3
																	Dresden	3
																	Wroclaw	0
		Schaffhausen	3 2
		Piatra Neamţ	1 3
							Schaffhausen	1 0
							Wroclaw	3 3
		Wroclaw	3 2
		L. Baku	1 3
												Wroclaw	2 3
												Minsk	3 1
		Limassol	1 0
		Minsk	3 3
							Minsk	3 2
							Salo	0 3
		Madeira	0 0
		Salo	3 3

Decision set
Third round	Round of 16
Weert - Subotica 15:12	Kieldrecht - Vilsbiburg 15:10 Istres - Subotica 15:12

Web links

• Information of the CEV (English)