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The 2020–21 CEV Women's Challenge Cup will be the 40th edition of the European Challenge Cup volleyball club tournament, the former "CEV Cup".

Format

The tournament is played on a knockout format, with 32 teams participating. Initially 24 teams play a qualification round with the 12 winners advancing to the main phase. On 29 June 2018, a drawing of lots in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, determined the team's pairing for each match. Each team plays a home and an away match with result points awarded for each leg (3 points for 3–0 or 3–1 wins, 2 points for 3–2 win, 1 point for 2–3 loss). After two legs, the team with the most result points advances to the next round. In case the teams are tied after two legs, a Golden Set is played immediately at the completion of the second leg. The Golden Set winner is the team that first obtains 15 points, provided that the points difference between the two teams is at least 2 points (thus, the Golden Set is similar to a tiebreak set in a normal match).

Participating teams

The number of participants on the basis of ranking list for European Cup Competitions:

Rank	Country	Number of teams	Teams
1	Turkey
2	Italy
3	Russia
5	Azerbaijan
6	France
7	Switzerland
8	Romania
9	Germany
11	Czech Republic
12	Slovenia
14	Bulgaria
15	Finland
16	Hungary
17	Bosnia and Herzegovina
17	Israel
20	Belgium
20	Ukraine
23	Kosovo
25	Austria
25	Croatia
25	Cyprus
25	Denmark
25	Spain
25	Greece
25	Luxembourg
25	Portugal
25	Slovakia

Qualification phase

2nd round

First leg

Second leg

Main phase

16th finals

First leg

Second leg

8th finals

First leg

Second leg

4th finals

First leg

Second leg

Final phase

Semifinals

First leg

Second leg

Finals

First leg

Second leg

References

1. "2019 CEV Volleyball Challenge Cup - Women - Format". CEV. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
2. "CEV volleyball competitions regulations" (PDF). CEV. 18 August 2017. pp. 13 (section 14.2 'Competition method'). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018.

External links

• 2021 CEV Volleyball Challenge Cup - Women

• CEV Women's Challenge Cup
• 2020 in women's volleyball
• 2021 in women's volleyball