Sports season
The 2011–12 CEV Challenge Cup was the 32nd edition of the European Challenge Cup volleyball club tournament, the former CEV Cup .
The final of 2011–12 CEV Challenge Cup became Polish derby, because of Tytan AZS Częstochowa and AZS Politechnika Warszawska meetings.[ 1] Tytan AZS Częstochowa won the first match and lost the next one after tie-break, but their victory was decided by the golden set.[ 2] [ 3] The Most Valuable Player of final matches was chosen captain of winner team, Polish player Dawid Murek .
Participating teams [ edit ] Country Number of teams Teams Albania 1 VC Teuta Durrës Austria 3 hotVolleys Vienna , Hypo No Amstetten , SK Posojilnica Aich/Dob Belarus 3 Metallurg Zhlobin , Kommunalnik Grodno , Stroitel Minsk Belgium 1 Prefaxis Menen Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 MOK Brčko-Jedinstvo , OK Kakanj Bulgaria 1 CVC Gabrovo Croatia 2 OK Mladost Marina Kaštela , Mladost Zagreb Cyprus 3 Pokka A.E. Karava , Nea Salamis Famagusta , Anorthosis Famagusta Czech Republic 1 VK Dukla Liberec Estonia 1 Selver Tallinn Finland 4 Sampo Pielavesi , Etta Oulu , Isku Volley Tampere , Lakkapää Rovaniemi France 1 Rennes Volley 35 , Germany 1 Evivo Düren Greece 1 Olympiacos Piraeus Israel 1 Hapoel Kfar Saba , Maccabi Tel Aviv Italy 1 Casa Modena Luxembourg 1 VC Strassen Netherlands 2 Langhenkel Doetinchem , Abiant Groningen Norway 1 Nyborg Bergen Poland 2 AZS Politechnika Warszawska , Tytan AZS Częstochowa Portugal 1 Fonte Bastardo Açores Romania 4 Universitatea Cluj , Tomis Constanța , Dinamo București , Stiinta Explorari Baia Mare Russia 1 Dinamo Krasnodar Spain 1 Unicaja Almería Serbia 2 Radnički Kragujevac , Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad Slovakia 1 Chemes Humenné Slovenia 1 Calcit Kamnik Switzerland 3 Volley Amriswil , Chênois Genève , Lausanne UC Turkey 1 Galatasaray Yurtici Istanbul Ukraine 1 Lokomotyv Kharkiv
Qualification phase [ edit ] 1st leg 22–23 October 2011 2nd leg 29–30 October 2011 1st leg 13–15 December 2011 2nd leg 20–22 December 2011 1st leg 10–12 January 2012 2nd leg 17–19 January 2012 1st leg 31 January – 2 February 2012 2nd leg 7–9 February 2012 1st leg 21–23 February 2012 2nd leg 28 February – 1 March 2012 Krzysztof Gierczyński , Michał Kamiński , Michał Kaczyński , Dawid Murek , Fabian Drzyzga , Bartosz Janeczek , Łukasz Wiśniewski , Adrian Hunek , Wojciech Sobala , Miłosz Hebda , Jakub Oczko , Adrian Stańczak Head coach Marek Kardoš
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