We start talking European volleyball as the Challenge Cup draw, in which Piacenza will take part, will take place on June 30. The Main Phase will begin on October 25 and end on November 24, then there will be the 16th of finals, the 8th of finals and so on. The final will occur between April 12 and April 16. In the picture, there is Piacenza’s triumph in the Challenge Cup 2013. That year, Piacenza won the competition with an incredible 12 consecutive wins without even losing a set.

Here are this year’s teams:

Anorthosis FAMAGUSTA
Barkom-Kazhany
LVIV BATE-BGU BORISOV
Benfica LISBOA
Biogas Volley NÄFEL
ČEZ KARLOVARSKO
CHAUMONT VB 52
City of EDINBURGH
Draisma Dynamo APELDOORN
Fakel NOVY URENGOY
Fino KAPOSVÁR SE
Foinikas SYROS
Fonte Bastardo AZORES FØRDE VBK
Hapoel Yoav KFAR SABA
Hurrikaani LOIMAA
IBB Polonia LONDON
Jihostroj CESKE BUDEJOVICE KV
Luboteni FERIZAJ LAUSANNE UC
Legion OBUHOVO
Levski Ball SOFIA
Loimu RAISIO
LPR Volley PIACENZA
Maccabi TEL-AVIV
MEDIMURJE Centrometal
Mladost ZAGREB
MOK Jedinstvo BRČKO
Nis NIS Nyborg BERGEN
OK Mladost BRČKO
OK NOVI PAZAR
OK SIP ŠEMPETER
Pafiakos PAFOS
Pokka A.E. KARAVA
RSR WALFER
Shakhtior SOLIGORSK
Spartak MYJAVA
Studenti TIRANA
Tricolorul LMV PLOIESTI
Union Raiffeisen WALDVIERTEL
VCA AMSTETTEN NÖ
Vegyész RC KAZINCBARCIKA
Volei Municipal ZALAU
Ziraat Bankasi ANKARA