The 2015–16 Women's CEV Cup was the 44th edition of the European CEV Cup volleyball club tournament, the former "Top Teams Cup".
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.
RankCountry Number of teamsTeams (rankings in 2014–15 national championships)11Galatasaray Daikin Istanbul (4)21 Dinamo Krasnodar (5)32 Nantes VB SF Paris Saint Cloud41 Azeryol Baku51 Polski Cukier Muszyna62 VBC Wiesbaden Schweriner SC70 82 Ştiinţa Bacău CSM Targoviste92 Viteos Neuchâtel Université Volley Köniz102 Královo Pole Brno SK UP Olomouc112 Crvena Zvezda Beograd NIS Spartak Subotica121 Nova KBM Branik Maribor 3 VDK Gent Dames Dauphines Charleroi Hermes Oostende 3 HPK Hämeenlinna LP Salo LP Kangasala 2 VC Sneek Eurosped Tvt Almelo 1 Maritza Plovdiv 1 Apollon Prestige Limassol 1 Kohila VC 1 Olympiacos Piraeus 1 Linamar Békéscsabai RSE 1 Haifa Volleyball 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 phaseQualified 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 TeamMVP Natalia Malykh Dinamo KrasnodarSpiker Natalia Malykh Dinamo KrasnodarServer Aslı Kalaç Galatasaray Daikin IstanbulReceiver Alexandra Pasynkova Dinamo KrasnodarBlocker Liubov Shashkova Dinamo Krasnodar
References
External links CEV Cup 15-16