2015–16 Women's CEV Cup

The 2015–16 Women's CEV Cup was the 44th edition of the European CEV Cup volleyball club tournament, the former "Top Teams Cup".

2015–16 Women's CEV Cup
League	Women's CEV Cup
Sport	Volleyball
Finals
Champions	Dinamo Krasnodar
Runners-up	Galatasaray Daikin Istanbul
Finals MVP	Natalia Malykh

Participating teams

The number of participants on the basis of ranking list for European Cup Competitions. The list shows the participating teams at the start of the competition, four more teams joined later during the Challenge phase.

Rank	Country	Number of teams	Teams (rankings in 2014–15 national championships)
1	Turkey	1	Galatasaray Daikin Istanbul (4)
2	Russia	1	Dinamo Krasnodar (5)
3	France	2	Nantes VB SF Paris Saint Cloud
4	Azerbaijan	1	Azeryol Baku
5	Poland	1	Polski Cukier Muszyna
6	Germany	2	VBC Wiesbaden Schweriner SC
7	Italy	0
8	Romania	2	Ştiinţa Bacău CSM Targoviste
9	Switzerland	2	Viteos Neuchâtel Université Volley Köniz
10	Czech Republic	2	Královo Pole Brno SK UP Olomouc
11	Serbia	2	Crvena Zvezda Beograd NIS Spartak Subotica
12	Slovenia	1	Nova KBM Branik Maribor
	Belgium	3	VDK Gent Dames Dauphines Charleroi Hermes Oostende
	Finland	3	HPK Hämeenlinna LP Salo LP Kangasala
	Netherlands	2	VC Sneek Eurosped Tvt Almelo
	Bulgaria	1	Maritza Plovdiv
	Cyprus	1	Apollon Prestige Limassol
	Estonia	1	Kohila VC
	Greece	1	Olympiacos Piraeus
	Hungary	1	Linamar Békéscsabai RSE
	Israel	1	Haifa Volleyball
	Ukraine	1	Khimik Yuzhny

Main phase

16th Final

• 1st leg 27–29 October 2015
• 2nd leg 10–12 November 2015

The losing teams of this stage qualified to the CEV Women's Challenge Cup main phase.

Match#	Team #1	Results	Team #2
1	Viteos Neuchâtel Université	2 – 3 0 – 3	Galatasaray Daikin Istanbul
2	VDK Gent Dames	1 – 3 3 – 0 Golden Set: 15–10	VC Sneek
3	Královo Pole Brno	2 – 3 0 – 3	Crvena Zvezda Beograd
4	Volley Köniz	3 – 1 2 – 3	HPK Hämeenlinna
5	VBC Wiesbaden	3 – 2 0 – 3	Polski Cukier Muszyna
6	Kohila VC	0 – 3 0 – 3	Nova KBM Branik Maribor
7	LP Salo	3 – 0 3 – 0	Haifa Volleyball
8	CSM Targoviste	3 – 0 0 – 3 Golden Set: 13–15	Azeryol Baku
9	SF Paris Saint Cloud	2 – 3 3 – 2 Golden Set: 9–15	LP Kangasala
10	Nantes VB	3 – 2 0 – 3	Khimik Yuzhny
11	Dauphines Charleroi	0 – 3 1 – 3	Maritza Plovdiv
12	Schweriner SC	3 – 0 2 – 3	SK UP Olomouc
13	Ştiinţa Bacău	3 – 0 3 – 1	Apollon Prestige Limassol
14	NIS Spartak Subotica	3 – 0 3 – 2	Eurosped Tvt Almelo
15	Linamar Békéscsabai RSE	3 – 1 3 – 1	Olympiacos Piraeus
16	Hermes Oostende	1 – 3 0 – 3	Dinamo Krasnodar

8th Final

• 1st leg 8–10 December 2015
• 2nd leg 15–17 December 2015

Match#	Team #1	Results	Team #2
17	Galatasaray Daikin Istanbul	3 – 0 3 – 1	VDK Gent Dames
18	Volley Köniz	3 – 1 3 – 0	Crvena Zvezda Beograd
19	Polski Cukier Muszyna	3 – 1 3 – 2	Nova KBM Branik Maribor
20	LP Salo	0 – 3 2 – 3	Azeryol Baku
21	LP Kangasala	1 – 3 3 – 1 Golden set: 12–15	Khimik Yuzhny
22	Maritza Plovdiv	1 – 3 0 – 3	Schweriner SC
23	NIS Spartak Subotica	1 – 3 0 – 3	Ştiinţa Bacău
24	Dinamo Krasnodar	3 – 0 3 – 0	Linamar Békéscsabai RSE

4th Final

• 1st leg 19–21 January 2016
• 2nd leg 26–28 January 2016

Match#	Team #1	Results	Team #2
25	Galatasaray Daikin Istanbul	3 – 0 3 – 1	Volley Köniz
26	Polski Cukier Muszyna	3 – 2 0 – 3	Azeryol Baku
27	Khimik Yuzhny	0 – 3 1 – 3	Schweriner SC
28	Ştiinţa Bacău	0 – 3 1 – 3	Dinamo Krasnodar

Challenge phase

In this stage of the competition, the four qualified teams of the Main phase were joined by the four teams with best third-placed finish from the 2015–16 CEV Women's Champions League pool stage. The following teams competed at this stage of the competition.

Qualified via the Main phase	Qualified via Champions League
Galatasaray Daikin Istanbul	Impel Wrocław
Azeryol Baku	Igor Gorgonzola Novara
Schweriner SC	CS Volei Alba Blaj
Dinamo Krasnodar	Allianz MTV Stuttgart

• 1st leg 9–11 February 2016
• 2nd leg 23–25 February 2016

Match#	Team #1	Results	Team #2
29	Galatasaray Daikin Istanbul	3 – 1 3 – 1	Impel Wrocław
30	CS Volei Alba Blaj	0 – 3 0 – 3	Schweriner SC
31	Dinamo Krasnodar	3 – 0 3 – 0	Allianz MTV Stuttgart
32	Azeryol Baku	3 – 1 1 – 3 Golden set: 15–13	Igor Gorgonzola Novara

Final phase

Semifinals

• 1st leg 8 March 2016
• 2nd leg 12 March 2016

Match#	Team #1	Results	Team #2
33	Schweriner SC	0 – 3 0 – 3	Galatasaray Daikin Istanbul
34	Dinamo Krasnodar	3 – 0 3 – 0	Azeryol Baku

Finals

• 1st leg 29 March 2016
• 2nd leg 2 April 2016

Match#	Team #1	Results	Team #2
35	Galatasaray Daikin Istanbul	3 – 2 0 – 3	Dinamo Krasnodar

Awards

Award	Winner	Team
MVP	Natalia Malykh	Dinamo Krasnodar
Spiker	Natalia Malykh	Dinamo Krasnodar
Server	Aslı Kalaç	Galatasaray Daikin Istanbul
Receiver	Alexandra Pasynkova	Dinamo Krasnodar
Blocker	Liubov Shashkova	Dinamo Krasnodar

External links

• CEV Cup 15-16 Archived 2015-10-31 at the Wayback Machine