2014–15 CEV Women's Challenge Cup
| 2014–15 CEV Women's Challenge Cup | |
|---|---|
| League | CEV Women's Challenge Cup |
| Sport | Volleyball |
| Duration | 25 October 2014 – 12 April 2015 |
| Number of matches | 96 |
| Number of teams | 49 |
| Finals | |
| Champions |
 Bursa BBSK
|
| Runners-up |  Uralochka-NTMK Ekaterinburg |
| Finals MVP |
Meryem Boz
|
The 2014–15 CEV Women's Challenge Cup was the 35th edition of the European Challenge Cup volleyball club tournament, the former "CEV Cup".
The tournament was played on a knockout format, originally a total of 51 teams were to participate, due to withdraws a total of 49 teams participated. Initially 35 teams were allocated vacancies to enter the competition at the 'Qualification phase', with another 14 teams (after 2 teams withdraw) joining from the Women's CEV Cup entering the competition at the 'Main phase' stage (as per 'Round composition' below).
On 12 June 2014, a drawing of lots in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, determined the team's pairing for each match. Each team played 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 advanced to the next round. In case the teams were tied after two legs, a Golden Set was 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).
In this stage of the competition, the sixteen qualified teams of the Qualification phase were joined by the losing teams from the 2014–15 Women's CEV Cup. From the 16 teams expected to join from the CEV Cup, 14 teams entered the competition, after the withdraw of 2 teams. That meant two teams received a 16th Final bye.
Bursa BBSK
ŽOK Bimal-Jedinstvo Brčko
Linamar Békéscsabai RSE
Jedinstvo Stara Pazova
Schweriner SC
Asterix Kieldrecht
Alterno Apeldoorn
ASPTT Mulhouse
Azerrail Baku
Stod Volley Steinkjer
TSV Düdingen Kanti Schaffhausen
Hapoel Kfar Saba
AON Pannaxiakos Naxos İlbank Ankara Uralochka-NTMK Ekaterinburg
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