The 2007–08 CEV Challenge Cup was the 28th edition of the European
Challenge Cup
The Rugby Football League Challenge Cup, commonly known just as the Challenge Cup is a Single-elimination tournament, knockout rugby league cup competition organised by the Rugby Football League, held annually since 1896, it is the world's old ...
volleyball club tournament, the former CEV Cup.
The Italian club
Cimone Modena beat the Russian club
Lokomotiv Ekaterinburg in the final and achieved its fifth CEV Challenge Cup trophy.
Final Four
*Venue:
Hala Podpromie
Hala Podpromie im. Jana Strzelczyka is an indoor arena based in Rzeszów, Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountain ...
,
Rzeszów
Rzeszów ( , ) is the largest city in southeastern Poland. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River in the heartland of the Sandomierz Basin. Rzeszów is the capital of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship and the county seat, seat of Rzeszów C ...
Semi finals
3rd place
Final
Final standing
Awards
*Most valuable player
:
André Nascimento
André Luiz da Silva Nascimento (born 4 March 1979) is a Brazilian former volleyball player who won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
He was born in São João de Meriti.
Awards
Individ ...
(
Cimone Modena)
*Best scorer
:
André Nascimento
André Luiz da Silva Nascimento (born 4 March 1979) is a Brazilian former volleyball player who won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
He was born in São João de Meriti.
Awards
Individ ...
(
Cimone Modena)
*Best Opposite
:
Paweł Papke (
Asseco Resovia)
*Best blocker
:
André Heller
Franz André Heller (; born 22 March 1947 as Francis Charles Georges Jean André Heller-Hueart) is an Austrian artist, author, poet, singer, songwriter, and actor.
Biography
Heller was born in Vienna into a wealthy Jewish family of sweets manuf ...
(
Cimone Modena)
*Best receiver
:
José Luis Lobato (
Stade Poitevin Poitiers)
*Best setter
:
Denis Ignatyev (
Lokomotiv Ekaterinburg)
*Best server
:
Ángel Dennis
Ángel Dennis (born 13 June 1977) is a Cuban-born Italian volleyball player. Dennis played with the Cuba men's national volleyball team, Cuban men's national volleyball team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he finished in seventh pla ...
(
Cimone Modena)
References
External links
Official site
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CEV Challenge Cup
2007 in volleyball
2008 in volleyball