1996–97 LEN Champions League

1996-97 LEN Champions League
League LEN Champions League
Sport Water Polo
Duration 1996 to
5 April 1997
Number of teams 8 (Preliminary Round)
Final Four
Finals champions Italy Posillipo (1st title)
  Runners-up Croatia Mladost

The 1996–97 LEN Champions League was the ongoing 34th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. It ran from 1996 to 5 April 1997, and it was contested by 8 teams. The Final Four (semifinals, final, and third place game) took place on April 4 and April 5 in Naples.

Preliminary round

Location of teams of the 1996–97 LEN Champions League group stage.
Blue Group; Red Group.
Key to colors in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advanced to Final four

Blue Group

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Croatia HAVK Mladost 6 6 0 0 58 35 +23 12
Spain Barcelona 6 3 1 2 39 41 −2 7
Hungary BVSC 6 2 0 4 51 56 −5 4
Slovakia Nováky 6 0 1 5 44 60 −16 1

Red Group

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Italy Posillipo 6 5 0 1 59 43 +16 10
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bečej 6 4 0 2 68 50 +18 8
Greece Olympiacos 6 1 1 4 43 62 −19 3
Germany Spandau 04 6 1 1 4 43 56 −13 3

Final Four (Naples)

See also

  • 1996–97 LEN Cup Winners' Cup
  • 1996–97 LEN Cup
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