Sport | Volleyball |
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Founded | 2007 |
Administrator | BVA |
Country | BVA members |
Continent | Europe |
Most recent champion(s) | Men: Spartak Subotica (1st title) Women: Galatasaray (2nd title) |
Most titles | Men: Fenerbahçe & İBB Spor Kulübü & Halkbank (2 titles) Women: Beşiktaş (5 titles) |
Official website | Balkan Volleyball |
The BVA Cup (Balkan Volleyball Association Cup) is a volleyball competition contested by the respective national volleyball championship winning teams of nations in the Balkans. The tournament was founded in 2008 under the auspices of the Balkan Volleyball Association. The founders of the Balkan Volleyball Association are the volleyball federations of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Turkey. [1] The winners of the BVA Cup get the right to play in the CEV Challenge Cup. The tournament is held in September and October.
Year | Winners | Runners-up | Third place |
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2008 | İBB Spor Kulübü | AOP Kifisiás | Știința Explorări Baia Mare |
2009 | Fenerbahçe | Aris | Partizan |
2010 | Ribnica | Știința Explorări Baia Mare | Teuta Durrës |
2011 | Universitatea Cluj | Ribnica | Shkëndija Tetovo |
2012 | İBB Spor Kulübü | Partizan | Știința Explorări Baia Mare |
2013 | Fenerbahçe | Studenti | Vojvodina |
2014 | Spor Toto Spor Kulübü | Știința Explorări Baia Mare | PAOK |
2015 | Spartak Ljig | CSM București | Beşiktaş |
2016 | Galatasaray Istanbul | Spartak Ljig | CSM București |
2017 | İnegöl Belediyesi [2] | CSM București | Radnik Bijeljina |
2018 | Ziraat Bankası | Hebar Pazardzhik | CSM București |
2019 | Tokat Belediye Plevnespor [3] | Strumica Nikob | Prishtina Volley |
2020 | Halkbank | Luboteni Ferizaj | — |
2021 | Halkbank | Radnički Kragujevac | AOP Kifisiás |
2022 | Cizre Belediyesi | Dor Chișinău | KV Peja |
2023 | Spartak Subotica | Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyespor | Pigasos Polichnis |
Year | Winners | Runners-up | Third place |
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2008 | Beşiktaş | Tent | Levski Sofia |
2009 | Beşiktaş | Zrenjanin | CSU Medicina Tîrgu Mureş |
2010 | VC Unic LPS Piatra Neamț | İlbank | Zrenjanin |
2011 | Nilüfer Belediyespor | CSM Lugoj | Kolubara |
2012 | İlbank | VC Unic LPS Piatra Neamț | — |
2013 | Beşiktaş | CSM Lugoj | Železničar Lajkovac |
2014 | Beşiktaş | CSM Târgoviște | Maritza |
2015 | İdmanocağı SK | Železničar Lajkovac | CSU Medicina Târgu Mureș Gacko |
2016 | Çanakkale Belediyespor | Kazanlak Volley | Rudar Pljevlja |
2017 | Železničar Lajkovac [4] | Çanakkale Belediyespor | Dinamo București |
2018 | Beşiktaş | KV Drita Gjilan | CSM Lugoj |
2019 | Türk Hava Yolları SK [5] | Dinamo București | Železničar Lajkovac |
2020 | Türk Hava Yolları SK [6] | Železničar Lajkovac | — |
2021 | Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor | Jedinstvo Stara Pazova | CSO Voluntari |
2022 | PTT Spor | Dinamo București | Partizan |
2023 | Galatasaray | AO Markopoulo | Skënderbeu |
2024 | Galatasaray | P.A.O.K. V.C. | ZOK Igman |
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