Challenge Cup 2019/20 (men)

The men's Challenge Cup 2019/20 began with the first round on November 12, 2019 and should end with the finals on April 8 and 15, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the competition was suspended for an indefinite period in March 2020.

Attendees

Albania Erzeni Shijak Partizani Tirana  Belgium BDO Volley Haasrode Leuven  Bulgaria Hebar Pazardzhik  Denmark Gentofte volley  Estonia Pärnu UK Saaremaa UK  France Montpellier UC Rennes Volley 35  Israel Hapoel Kfar Saba  Italy Powervolley Milano  Kosovo KV Luboteni Ferizaj  Croatia Mladost Ribola Kaštela

Luxembourg CHEV Diekirch  Montenegro OK Budućnost Podgorica  Netherlands Abiant Lycurgus Groningen  North Macedonia Vardar Skopje  Austria UVC Graz UVC Ried Union Volleyball Waldviertel  Poland Aluron Virtu Warta Zawiercie  Portugal Fonte Bastardo Azores SC Portugal Lisbon  Romania SCM Craiova Volei Municipal Zalau  Switzerland Lindaren Volley Lucerne Volley Schönenwerd

Sweden Linköping VC  Slovakia VKP SPU Nitra  Slovenia Calcite Volley Kamnik  Spain Unicaja Costa de Almeria  Czech Republic VK ČEZ Karlovarsko Kladno Volejbal  Turkey Maliye Milli Piyango Ankara Tokat Belediye Plevne  Hungary Penzügyör Budapest Fino Kaposvár PRCK Kazincbarcika  Belarus Stroitel Minsk  Cyprus Omonia Nicosia

mode

16 teams competed in the first round. The eight winners made it to the sixteenth finals. From there, the knockout system continues to the finals. All rounds are played back and forth.

game schedule

First round 12th to 14th and 26th to 28th November 2019
Linkoping	Parnu	1: 3, 2: 3
Lucerne	Diekirch	3: 1, 2: 3
Azores	Rennes	0: 3, 1: 3
Kaposvár	reed	3: 1, 3: 1
Waldviertel	Craiova	3: 1, 0: 3 (GS 11:15)
Karlovarsko	Skopje	3-0, 3-1
Tokat	Kazincbarcika	3-0, 3-2
Tirana	Shijak	0: 3, 0: 3

	Sixteenth finals 10.-12. and 17.-19. December 2019					Round of 16 28.-30. January and 11-13 February 2020					Quarter-finals 25-27 February and 3-5. March 2020					Semi-finals March 19 and 26, 2020					Final April 8th and 15th, 2020
		Saaremaa	3 3
		Kfar Saba	1 0
							Saaremaa	2 3
							Almeria	3 1
		Almeria	3 3
		Graz	0 2
												Saaremaa *	0 1
												Milano	3 3
		Parnu	3 1
		Kaštela	1 3
							Kaštela	0 0
							Milano	3 3
		Shijak	0 0
		Milano	3 3
																	Milano
																	Lisbon
		Budapest	3 3
		Nicosia	0 0
							Budapest	3 1
							Leuven	1 3
		Tokat	0 1
		Leuven	3 3
												Budapest	2 0
												Lisbon	3 3
		Craiova	2 0
		Kladno	3 3
							Kladno	0 3
							Lisbon	3 2
		Kamnik	3 0
		Lisbon	1 3
		Podgorica	3 0
		Nitra	2 3
							Nitra	1 0
							Rennes	3 3
		Rennes	3 3
		Schönwerd	0 0
												Rennes	3 3
												Montpellier	0 0
		Lucerne	0 0
		Montpellier	3 3
							Montpellier	3 3
							Groningen	0 1
		Kaposvár	1 0
		Groningen	3 3
																	Rennes
																	Ankara
		Zawiercie	3 3
		Pazardzhik	0 2
							Zawiercie	3 1
							Ankara	0 3
		Ferizaj	0 0
		Ankara	3 3
												Ankara	3 1
												Karlovarsko	0 3
		Karlovarsko	3 3
		Minsk	1 0
							Karlovarsko	3 3
							Zalau	0 1
		Gentofte	3 0
		Zalau	2 3

Decision Sets (Golden Set)
Round of 16
Kaštela - Pärnu 17:15
Quarter finals
Ankara - Karlovarsko 15:12

* The two quarter-finals between Saaremaa and Milano were played in Estonia on March 4th and 5th due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy . The semi-finals between Milan and Lisbon have been postponed indefinitely.

Web links

• Information of the CEV (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ CEV re-schedules CEVChallengeCupM quarterfinal fixture. CEV, February 26, 2020, accessed on February 27, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Postponement of European Cups matches due to COVID-19 outbreak. CEV, March 10, 2020, accessed on March 11, 2020 .