2016–17 LEN Champions League

2016-17 LEN Champions League
League LEN Champions League
Sport Water Polo
Duration 30 September 2016 to
27 May 2017
Number of teams 12 (Preliminary Round)
31 (Total)
Final Six
Finals champions Hungary Szolnok (1st title)
  Runners-up Croatia Jug

The 2016–17 LEN Champions League is the ongoing 54th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. It is scheduled to run from 30 September 2016 to 27 May 2017.

Team allocation

8 teams are directly qualified for the Preliminary Round.

Preliminary Round
Croatia JugTH Germany Spandau 04 Hungary Szolnok Serbia Partizan
Spain Atlètic-Barceloneta Greece Olympiacos Italy Pro Recco France Olympic Nice
Qualification round II
Croatia Primorje Germany Duisburg Hungary Eger Serbia Crvena zvezda
Spain Sabadell Greece Vouliagmeni Italy Brescia France Marseille
Qualification round I
Croatia Mornar Russia Sintez Kazan Montenegro Jadran Germany Waspo 98 Hannover
Italy Verona Hungary Orvosegyetem Portugal Portuense Malta Valletta
Netherlands Utrecht Romania Oradea Turkey Galatasaray Poland Arkonia Szczecin
Netherlands Barendrecht Romania Steaua București Turkey Enkaspor

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.[1]

Phase Round First leg Second leg
Qualifying Qualification round I 30 September–2 October 2016
Qualification round II 14–16 October 2016
Qualification round III
(Play-off round)		 26 October 2016 9 November 2016
Preliminary Round Matchday 1 30 November 2016
Matchday 2 10 December 2016
Matchday 3 21 December 2016
Matchday 4 18 January 2017
Matchday 5 8 February 2017
Matchday 6 18 February 2017
Matchday 7 1 March 2017
Matchday 8 22 March 2017
Matchday 9 5 April 2017
Matchday 10 26 April 2017
Final 6 Quarter-finals 25 May 2017
Semi-finals 26 May 2017
Final 27 May 2017

Qualifying rounds

Qualification I

Fifteen teams take part in the Qualification round I. They were drawn into three groups of four teams and one group of three teams, whose played on 30 September−2 October 2016. Top 2 teams of each group advance to qualification round II.[2]

Group A

Tournament was played in Oradea, Romania.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Romania ORA Croatia MOR Netherlands UTR Turkey GAL
1 Romania Oradea (H) 3 3 0 0 35 18 +17 9 Round II — 10–6 11–5 14–7
2 Croatia Mornar 3 2 0 1 32 23 +9 6 — — — 13–7
3 Netherlands Utrecht 3 1 0 2 20 31 −11 3 — 6–13 — —
4 Turkey Galatasaray 3 0 0 3 21 36 −15 0 — — 7–9 —
Source: LEN
(H) Host.

Group B

Tournament was played in Budapest, Hungary.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Hungary ORV Germany WAS Netherlands BAR
1 Hungary Orvosegyetem (H) 2 2 0 0 32 17 +15 6 Round II — 12–11 20–6
2 Germany Waspo 98 Hannover 2 1 0 1 30 17 +13 3 — — —
3 Netherlands Barendrecht 2 0 0 2 11 39 −28 0 — 5–19 —
Source: LEN
(H) Host.

Group C

Tournament was played in Porto, Portugal.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Italy VER Russia SIN Turkey ENK Portugal POR
1 Italy Verona 3 2 1 0 59 17 +42 7 Round II — 10–10 — —
2 Russia Sintez Kazan 3 2 1 0 44 15 +29 7 — — 14–3 —
3 Turkey Enkaspor 3 1 0 2 17 41 −24 3 6–21 — — —
4 Portugal Portuense (H) 3 0 0 3 9 56 −47 0 1–28 2–20 6–8 —
Source: LEN
(H) Host.

Group D

Tournament was played in Valletta, Malta.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Montenegro JAD Romania STE Malta VAL Poland ARK
1 Montenegro Jadran 3 3 0 0 57 11 +46 9 Round II — 9–7 — 23–3
2 Romania Steaua București 3 2 0 1 43 18 +25 6 — — 19–6 —
3 Malta Valletta (H) 3 1 0 2 19 46 −27 3 1–25 — — —
4 Poland Arkonia Szczecin 3 0 0 3 8 52 −44 0 — 3–17 2–12 —
Source: LEN
(H) Host.

Qualification II

Sixteen teams take part in the Qualification round II. Eight teams from first round and eight teams with wild cards. They were drawn into four groups of four teams, whose played on 14−16 October 2016. Top 2 teams of each group advance to qualification round III.[3]

Group E

Tournament was played in Eger, Hungary.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Italy VER Hungary EGE France MAR Croatia MOR
1 Italy Verona 3 3 0 0 45 24 +21 9 Round III — — 18–9 17–6
2 Hungary Eger (H) 3 2 0 1 42 23 +19 6 9–10 — 18–5 15–8
3 France Marseille 3 1 0 2 27 47 −20 3 — — — 13–11
4 Croatia Mornar 3 0 0 3 25 45 −20 0 — — — —
Source: LEN
(H) Host.

Group F

Tournament was played in Brescia, Italy.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Italy BRE Hungary ORV Russia SIN Serbia CZB
1 Italy Brescia (H) 3 2 1 0 35 27 +8 7 Round III — 11–11 15–11 9–5
2 Hungary Orvosegyetem 3 1 2 0 30 29 +1 5 — — 11–11 —
3 Russia Sintez Kazan 3 1 1 1 33 30 +3 4 — — — 11–4
4 Serbia Crvena zvezda 3 0 0 3 16 28 −12 0 — 7–8 — —
Source: LEN
(H) Host.

Group G

Tournament was played in Herceg Novi, Montenegro.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Germany WAS Montenegro JAD Greece VOU Germany DUI
1 Germany Waspo 98 Hannover 3 2 0 1 26 22 +4 6[lower-alpha 1] Round III — — — 8–5
2 Montenegro Jadran (H) 3 2 0 1 27 18 +9 6[lower-alpha 1] 6–8 — 9–6 12–4
3 Greece Vouliagmeni 3 2 0 1 32 28 +4 6[lower-alpha 1] 11–10 — — —
4 Germany Duisburg 3 0 0 3 18 35 −17 0 — — 9–15 —
Source: LEN
(H) Host.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Waspo Hannover 18–17, Jadran 15–14, Vouliagmeni 17–19

Group H

Tournament was played in Rijeka, Croatia.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Croatia PRI Romania ORA Spain SAB Romania STE
1 Croatia Primorje (H) 3 2 0 1 24 28 −4 6[lower-alpha 1] Round III — 9–7 5–12 10–9
2 Romania Oradea 3 2 0 1 29 25 +4 6[lower-alpha 1] — — — —
3 Spain Sabadell 3 1 1 1 28 25 +3 4 — 6–10 — —
4 Romania Steaua București 3 0 1 2 29 32 −3 1 — 10–12 10–10 —
Source: LEN
(H) Host.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Primorje–Oradea 9–7

Qualification III

Eight teams take part in the Qualification round III. These teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follow:

  • In the draw for the Qualification round III, the four group winners were seeded, and the four group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams. Teams from the same group could not be drawn against each other.[4]
Key to colors
Seeded in qualification round III draw
Unseeded in qualification round III draw
Group Winners Runners-up
E Italy Verona Hungary Eger
F Italy Brescia Hungary Orvosegyetem
G Germany Waspo 98 Hannover Montenegro Jadran
H Croatia Primorje Romania Oradea
  • 1st leg: 26 October 2016
  • 2nd leg: 9 November 2016
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Waspo 98 Hannover Germany 23–18 Romania Oradea 12–7 11–11
Brescia Italy 22–16 Montenegro Jadran 14–5 8–11
Primorje Croatia 11–23 Hungary Eger 6–12 5–11
Orvosegyetem Hungary 21–19 Italy Verona 10–6 11–13

Preliminary round

Location of teams of the 2016–17 LEN Champions League group stage.
Red: Group A; Blue: Group B.

The regular season was played between 30 November 2016 and 26 April 2017. If teams are level on record at the end of the Preliminary Round, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

  1. Head-to-head record.
  2. Head-to-head point differential.
  3. Point differential during the Regular Season.
  4. Points scored during the regular season.
  5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular Season match.

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 30 November, 10 December, 21 December 2016 and 18 January, 8 February, 18 February, 1 March, 22 March, 5 April, 26 April 2017. The top three teams advanced to the final six.

The Final Six (quarterfinals, semifinals, third place game and final) were played in Budapest, Hungary from 25 to 27 May 2017.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification Hungary SZO Greece OLY Italy BRE Hungary ORV Germany SPA France NIC
1 Hungary Szolnok 10 9 1 0 101 62 +39 28 Semifinals — 5–5 8–4 10–8 12–7 17–4
2 Greece Olympiacos 10 7 1 2 90 63 +27 22 Quarterfinals 4–6 — 8–4 7–4 10–8 15–2
3 Italy Brescia 10 5 2 3 91 78 +13 17 9–10 13–10 — 6–6 9–6 13–4
4 Hungary Orvosegyetem 10 3 3 4 79 74 +5 12 8–9 7–8 7–7 — 5–5 11–9
5 Germany Spandau 04 10 2 1 7 75 95 −20 7 8–12 6–11 10–14 6–10 — 11–6
6 France Olympic Nice 10 0 0 10 60 124 −64 0 5–12 8–12 9–12 7–13 6–8 —
Source: LEN

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification Italy PRO Hungary EGE Croatia JUG Spain BAR Serbia PAR Germany WAS
1 Italy Pro Recco 10 10 0 0 116 63 +53 30 Semifinals — 9–4 9–5 8–6 12–7 18–8
2 Hungary Eger 10 6 0 4 78 84 −6 18 Quarterfinals 7–11 — 6–5 10–9 8–4 10–7
3 Croatia Jug 10 5 2 3 115 92 +23 17 8–11 10–6 — 11–10 21–9 15–15
4 Spain Atlètic-Barceloneta 10 4 2 4 89 81 +8 14 6–11 10–6 7–7 — 12–5 12–10
5 Serbia Partizan 10 1 1 8 76 124 −48 4 5–17 8–9 9–16 4–8 — 13–9
6 Germany Waspo 98 Hannover 10 0 3 7 98 128 −30 3 7–10 11–12 10–17 9–9 12–12 —
Source: LEN

Final Six

Danube Arena, Budapest, Hungary

  Quarterfinals
25 May 2017		 Semifinals
26 May 2017		 Final
27 May 2017
                           
A1 Hungary Szolnok 7  
B2 Hungary Eger 6  
B2 Hungary Eger 5  
A3 Italy Brescia 4  
  A1 Hungary Szolnok 10
  B3 Croatia Jug 5
B1 Italy Pro Recco 9
A2 Greece Olympiacos 8  
B3 Croatia Jug 10  
B3 Croatia Jug 11  
5th place Third place
A3 Italy Brescia 8 B2 Hungary Eger 6
A2 Greece Olympiacos 5 B1 Italy Pro Recco 15
Quarterfinals
25 May 2017
19:00		 Report Olympiacos Greece 8–11 Croatia Jug Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Spain Xavier Buch
Russia Sergey Naumov
Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–4, 5–3, 1–1
Genidounias 4 Goals four players 2
25 May 2017
20:30		 Report Eger Hungary 6–4 Italy Brescia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Serbia Vojin Putnikovic
Israel Matan Schwartz
Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–1, 1–1, 2–0
Hárai 3 Goals Nora 2
5th place
26 May 2017
17:30		 Report Olympiacos Greece 5–8 Italy Brescia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Russia Sergey Naumov
Israel Matan Schwartz
Score by quarters: 2–2, 0–3, 1–1, 2–2
Fountoulis 2 Goals three players 2
Semifinals
26 May 2017
19:00		 Report Jug Croatia 10–9 Italy Pro Recco Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Romania Adrian Tiberiu Alexandrescu
Spain Xavier Buch
Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–2, 3–4, 1–1
Lončar, García 2 Goals Filipović 4
26 May 2017
20:30		 Report Eger Hungary 5–7 Hungary Szolnok Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Slovenia Boris Margeta
Serbia Vojin Putnikovic
Score by quarters: 2–1, 0–2, 1–2, 2–2
five players 1 Goals Younger, Prlainović 3
Third place
27 May 2017
15:15		 Report Pro Recco Italy 15–6 Hungary Eger Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Spain Xavier Buch
Russia Sergey Naumov
Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–1, 3–2, 5–2
Ivović 4 Goals Vapenski 2
Final
27 May 2017
16:45		 Report Jug Croatia 5–10 Hungary Szolnok Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Romania Adrian Tiberiu Alexandrescu
Slovenia Boris Margeta
Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–5, 1–2, 0–2
Marković 2 Goals Aleksić, Prlainović 3
2016–17 Champions League
Champions
Hungary
Szolnok
1st title

Final standings

Team
Hungary Szolnok
Croatia Jug
Italy Pro Recco
Hungary Eger
Italy Brescia
Greece Olympiacos

See also

References

  1. ↑ "LEN Club Competition Programme Season 2016/2017" (PDF). LEN.
  2. ↑ "LEN Champions League − Draw, Qualification round I". LEN.
  3. ↑ "LEN Champions League − Draw, Qualification round II" (PDF). LEN.
  4. ↑ "LEN Champions League − Draw, Qualification round III". LEN.
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