BVA Cup

Last updated
BVA Cup
Sport Volleyball
Founded2007;17 years ago (2007)
Administrator BVA
CountryBVA members
Continent Europe
Most recent
champion(s)
Men:
Flag of Serbia.svg Spartak Subotica
(1st title)
Women:
Flag of Turkey.svg Galatasaray
(2nd title)
Most titlesMen:
Flag of Turkey.svg Fenerbahçe &
Flag of Turkey.svg İBB Spor Kulübü &
Flag of Turkey.svg Halkbank
(2 titles)
Women:
Flag of Turkey.svg 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.

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Winners (men)

YearWinnersRunners-upThird place
2008 Flag of Turkey.svg İBB Spor Kulübü Flag of Greece.svg AOP Kifisiás Flag of Romania.svg Știința Explorări Baia Mare
2009 Flag of Turkey.svg Fenerbahçe Flag of Greece.svg Aris Flag of Serbia.svg Partizan
2010 Flag of Serbia.svg Ribnica Flag of Romania.svg Știința Explorări Baia Mare Flag of Albania.svg Teuta Durrës
2011 Flag of Romania.svg Universitatea Cluj Flag of Serbia.svg Ribnica Flag of North Macedonia.svg Shkëndija Tetovo
2012 Flag of Turkey.svg İBB Spor Kulübü Flag of Serbia.svg Partizan Flag of Romania.svg Știința Explorări Baia Mare
2013 Flag of Turkey.svg Fenerbahçe Flag of Albania.svg Studenti Flag of Serbia.svg Vojvodina
2014 Flag of Turkey.svg Spor Toto Spor Kulübü Flag of Romania.svg Știința Explorări Baia Mare Flag of Greece.svg PAOK
2015 Flag of Serbia.svg Spartak Ljig Flag of Romania.svg CSM București Flag of Turkey.svg Beşiktaş
2016 Flag of Turkey.svg Galatasaray Istanbul Flag of Serbia.svg Spartak Ljig Flag of Romania.svg CSM București
2017 Flag of Turkey.svg İnegöl Belediyesi [2] Flag of Romania.svg CSM București Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Radnik Bijeljina
2018 Flag of Turkey.svg Ziraat Bankası Flag of Bulgaria.svg Hebar Pazardzhik Flag of Romania.svg CSM București
2019 Flag of Turkey.svg Tokat Belediye Plevnespor [3] Flag of North Macedonia.svg Strumica Nikob Flag of Kosovo.svg Prishtina Volley
2020 Flag of Turkey.svg Halkbank Flag of Kosovo.svg Luboteni Ferizaj
2021 Flag of Turkey.svg Halkbank Flag of Serbia.svg Radnički Kragujevac Flag of Greece.svg AOP Kifisiás
2022 Flag of Turkey.svg Cizre Belediyesi Flag of Moldova.svg Dor Chișinău Flag of Kosovo.svg KV Peja
2023 Flag of Serbia.svg Spartak Subotica Flag of Turkey.svg Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyespor Flag of Greece.svg Pigasos Polichnis

Winners (women)

YearWinnersRunners-upThird place
2008 Flag of Turkey.svg Beşiktaş Flag of Serbia.svg Tent Flag of Bulgaria.svg Levski Sofia
2009 Flag of Turkey.svg Beşiktaş Flag of Serbia.svg Zrenjanin Flag of Romania.svg CSU Medicina Tîrgu Mureş
2010 Flag of Romania.svg VC Unic LPS Piatra Neamț Flag of Turkey.svg İlbank Flag of Serbia.svg Zrenjanin
2011 Flag of Turkey.svg Nilüfer Belediyespor Flag of Romania.svg CSM Lugoj Flag of Serbia.svg Kolubara
2012 Flag of Turkey.svg İlbank Flag of Romania.svg VC Unic LPS Piatra Neamț
2013 Flag of Turkey.svg Beşiktaş Flag of Romania.svg CSM Lugoj Flag of Serbia.svg Železničar Lajkovac
2014 Flag of Turkey.svg Beşiktaş Flag of Romania.svg CSM Târgoviște Flag of Bulgaria.svg Maritza
2015 Flag of Turkey.svg İdmanocağı SK Flag of Serbia.svg Železničar Lajkovac Flag of Romania.svg CSU Medicina Târgu Mureș
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Gacko
2016 Flag of Turkey.svg Çanakkale Belediyespor Flag of Bulgaria.svg Kazanlak Volley Flag of Montenegro.svg Rudar Pljevlja
2017 Flag of Serbia.svg Železničar Lajkovac [4] Flag of Turkey.svg Çanakkale Belediyespor Flag of Romania.svg Dinamo București
2018 Flag of Turkey.svg Beşiktaş Flag of Kosovo.svg KV Drita Gjilan Flag of Romania.svg CSM Lugoj
2019 Flag of Turkey.svg Türk Hava Yolları SK [5] Flag of Romania.svg Dinamo București Flag of Serbia.svg Železničar Lajkovac
2020 Flag of Turkey.svg Türk Hava Yolları SK [6] Flag of Serbia.svg Železničar Lajkovac
2021 Flag of Turkey.svg Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor Flag of Serbia.svg Jedinstvo Stara Pazova Flag of Romania.svg CSO Voluntari
2022 Flag of Turkey.svg PTT Spor Flag of Romania.svg Dinamo București Flag of Serbia.svg Partizan
2023 Flag of Turkey.svg Galatasaray Flag of Greece.svg AO Markopoulo Flag of Albania.svg Skënderbeu
2024 Flag of Turkey.svg Galatasaray Flag of Greece.svg P.A.O.K. V.C. Flag of Kosovo.svg ZOK Igman

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References

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  2. "İnegöl claim top honours at BVA Cup – Men". Archived from the original on 2017-10-25. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
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