2010–11 LEN Euroleague

2010-11 LEN Euroleague
League LEN Euroleague
Sport Water Polo
Duration 23 September 2010 to
4 June 2011
Number of teams 16 (Preliminary Round)
34 (Total)
Final Four
Finals champions Serbia Partizan (7th title)
  Runners-up Italy Pro Recco

The LEN Euroleague 2010/11 was the highest-level competition in men's European club water polo. It involved the champions and other top teams from European national leagues and ran from September 2010 to May 2011. The Final Four (semifinals, final, and third place game) took place on 3–4 June at Foro Italico, Rome.

Allocation by federation

Water polo federations are allocated places in accordance with their performances in the Preliminary Round (Group Stage) of the LEN Euroleague 2009-10:[1]

  • Seeded Federations ranked 1-8 in a ranking of the best-placed team from each federation in the preliminary round of the previous year's competition have three teams qualify. In 2009/10, the preliminary round had exactly eight federations represented: Croatia, Greece, Italy, Hungary, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, and Spain
  • All other federations have two teams qualify and are unseeded

Federations do not have to enter their top two teams into the Euroleague. If they do not think their clubs can be competitive, they can enter teams into the second-tier LEN Cup.

Format and Distribution

The LEN Euroleague 2010/11 has a slightly different format to previous years with the addition of a second group stage to replace the two-legged quarterfinals. There are five phases to this competition:

  • First qualifying round (Round-robin tournament) at a single site the weekend ending 26 September 2010
  • Second qualifying round (Round-robin tournament) at a single site the weekend ending 10 October 2010
  • Preliminary round (First Group stage) played home and away from 13 November 2010 to 2 February 2011
  • Quarterfinal round (Second Group stage) played home and away from 16 February to 4 May 2011
  • Final four played as a single knockout tournament on 27–28 May 2011
Teams entering this roundTeams advancing from the previous round
First qualifying round
(no limit on teams)
  • champions from unseeded federations
  • runners-up from unseeded federations
  • 8 third-placed teams from seeded federations
Second qualifying round
(16 teams)[note 1]
  • 8 runners-up from seeded federations
  • 4 tournament winners from the first qualifying round
  • 4 tournament runners-up from the first qualifying round
Preliminary round
(First group stage)
(16 teams)
  • 8 champions from seeded federations
  • 4 tournament winners from the second qualifying round
  • 4 tournament runners-up from the second qualifying round
Quarterfinal round
(Second group stage)
(8 teams)
  • 4 group winners from the preliminary round
  • 4 group runners-up from the preliminary round
Final Four
(4 teams)
  • 2 group winners from the quarterfinal round
  • 2 group runners-up from the quarterfinal round

Teams

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses.

First qualifying round
Croatia Primorje Erste Banka (3rd)[2] Spain CN Terrassa (3rd)[3] Greece Vouliagmeni NC (3rd)[4] Hungary Szeged Beton (3rd)[5]
Italy Brixia Leonessa Brescia (3rd)[6] Montenegro Budva M-Tel (3rd)[7] France CN Marseille (1st)[8] Russia Shturm 2002 Chehov (3rd)[9]
Germany ASC Duisburg (2nd)[10] Germany Spandau 04 Berlin (1st)[10] Netherlands Schurmann BRC (1st)[11] Poland LSTW Łódź (1st)[12]
Romania CSM Digi Oradea (1st)[13] France Montpellier Waterpolo (2nd)[8] Slovakia CH Košice (1st) Turkey Galatasaray Istanbul (1st)[14]
Turkey Yüzme Istanbul (3rd)[14] Ukraine BMK Karkov (1st)
Second qualifying round
Croatia HAVK Mladost (2nd)Spain CN Barcelona (2nd)Greece Panionios GSS Athens (2nd)Hungary ZF Eger (2nd)
Italy RN Savona (2nd)Montenegro Primorac Kotor (2nd)Serbia Vojvodina Novi Sad (2nd)Russia Sintez Kazan (2nd)
Preliminary round (First group stage)
Croatia Jug Dubrovnik (1st)Spain CN Atlètic Barceloneta (1st)Greece Olympiacos Piraeus (1st)Hungary Teva-Vasas Uniqa Budapest (1st)
Italy Pro ReccoTH (1st)Montenegro Jadran Herceg Novi (1st)Serbia Partizan Raiffeisen Belgrade (1st)Russia Spartak Volgograd (1st)

th Title Holder

Tournament Phase

First Qualifying Round

Key to colors in group tables
Progress to the Second Qualifying Round
Progress to the LEN Cup 2nd Qualifying Round

Group A (Košice)

Team PL W D L F A Pts
1.Germany Spandau 04 Berlin 330028169
2.Slovakia CH Košice 311125234
3.Spain CN Terrassa 310225303
4.Turkey Galatasaray Istanbul 301219281

Group B (Istanbul)

Team PL W D L F A Pts
1.Italy Brixia Leonessa Brescia 4400473012
2.Greece Vouliagmeni NC 430139279
3.Germany ASC Duisburg 410335313
4.Turkey Yumze Istanbul 410329453
5.Ukraine BMK Karkov 410322393

Group C (Szeged)

Team PL W D L F A Pts
1.Croatia Primorje EB 330031199
2.Hungary Szeged Beton 320130186
3.France Montpellier Waterpolo 310219283
4.Romania CSM Digi Oradea 300317320

Group D (Budva)

Team PL W D L F A Pts
1.Montenegro Budva M-Tel 4400552812
2.France CN Marseille 430150279
3.Netherlands Schurmann BRC 420232366
4.Russia Shturm 2002 Chehov 410346403
5.Poland LSTW Lodz 400418700

Second Qualifying Round

Key to colors in group tables
Progress to the Group Stage
Progress to the LEN Cup 2nd Qualifying Round

Group E (Barcelona)

Team PL W D L F A Pts
1.Montenegro Budva M-Tel 330029229
2.Spain CN Barcelona 320127306
3.Italy RN Savona 310227203
4.Greece Vouliagmeni NC 300319300
Matchday One
CN Barcelona 7–12 Budva M-Tel
Vouliagmeni NC 2–11 RN Savona
Matchday Two
CN Barcelona 10–9 Vouliagmeni NC
Budva M-Tel 8–7 RN Savona
Matchday Three
Vouliagmeni NC 8–9 Budva M-Tel
CN Barcelona 10–9 RN Savona

Group F (Novi Sad)

Team PL W D L F A Pts
1.Hungary Szeged Beton 330032249
2.Serbia Vojvodina Novi Sad 320121226
3.Italy Brixia Leonessa Brescia 301224271
4.Russia Sintez Kazan 301223271
Matchday One
Vojvodina Novi Sad 6–11 Szeged Beton
Brixia Leonessa Brescia 9–9 Sintez Kazan
Matchday Two
Vojvodina Novi Sad 7–5 Brixia Leonessa Brescia
Sintez Kazan 8–10 Szeged Beton
Matchday Three
Vojvodina Novi Sad 8–6 Sintez Kazan
Brixia Leonessa Brescia 10–11 Szeged Beton

Group G (Berlin)

Team PL W D L F A Pts
1.Croatia HAVK Mladost 330038289
2.Hungary ZF Eger 320132266
3.Germany Spandau 04 Berlin 310224293
4.France CN Marseille 300322330
Matchday One
Mladost Zagreb 13–12 ZF Eger
Spandau 04 Berlin 10–7 CN Marseille
Matchday Two
Mladost Zagreb 12–7 CN Marseille
Spandau 04 Berlin 5–9 ZF Eger
Matchday Three
CN Marseille 8–11 ZF Eger
Spandau 04 Berlin 9–13 Mladost Zagreb

Group G (Rijeka)

Team PL W D L F A Pts
1.Croatia Primorje EB 330040239
2.Montenegro Primorac Kotor 320130196
3.Greece Panionios GSS Athens 310220293
4.Slovakia CH Košice 300319380
Matchday One
Primorje EB 19–8 CH Košice
Panionios GSS Athens 4–12 Primorac Kotor
Matchday Two
Primorje EB 12–9 Primorac Kotor
CH Košice 8–10 Panionios GSS Athens
Matchday Three
CH Košice 3–9 Primorac Kotor
Primorje EB 9–6 Panionios GSS Athens

Group stage

Key to colors in group tables
Progress to the Quarterfinal Round
Eliminated

Group A

Team PL W D L F A Dif Pts Tie
1.Montenegro Jadran Herceg Novi 64026157412
2.Hungary Teva-Vasas Uniqa Budapest 63125456-2102-0
3.Montenegro Primorac Kotor 6312584810100-2
4.Hungary Szeged Beton 60235264-122
Matchday One
Szeged Beton 9–9 Teva-Vasas Uniqa Budapest
Primorac Kotor 12–7 Jadran Herceg Novi
Matchday Two
Jadran Herceg Novi 13–10 Szeged Beton
Teva-Vasas Uniqa Budapest 7–6 Primorac Kotor
Matchday Three
Szeged Beton 7–13 Primorac Kotor
Jadran Herceg Novi 11–10 Teva-Vasas Uniqa Budapest
Matchday Four
Primorac Kotor 9–9 Szeged Beton
Teva-Vasas Uniqa Budapest 8–12 Jadran Herceg Novi
Matchday Five
Primorac Kotor 8–9 Teva-Vasas Uniqa Budapest
Szeged Beton 7–9 Jadran Herceg Novi
Matchday Six
Teva-Vasas Uniqa Budapest 11–10 Szeged Beton
Jadran Herceg Novi 9–10 Primorac Kotor

Group B

Team PL W D L F A Dif Pts
1.Italy Pro Recco 660073324118
2.Montenegro Budva M-Tel 6303444049
3.Russia Spartak Volgograd 61143556-214
4.Serbia Vojvodina Novi Sad 61144165-244
Matchday One
Budva M-Tel 9–7 Vojvodina Novi Sad
Pro Recco 16–5 Spartak Volgograd
Matchday Two
Vojvodina Novi Sad 8–15 Pro Recco
Spartak Volgograd 6–5 Budva M-Tel
Matchday Three
Pro Recco 12–7 Budva M-Tel
Vojvodina Novi Sad 10–10 Spartak Volgograd
Matchday Four
Spartak Volgograd 6–8 Vojvodina Novi Sad
Budva M-Tel 5–6 Pro Recco
Matchday Five
Pro Recco 16–2 Vojvodina Novi Sad
Budva M-Tel 9–3 Spartak Volgograd
Matchday Six
Vojvodina Novi Sad 6–9 Budva M-Tel
Spartak Volgograd 5–8 Pro Recco

Group C

Team PL W D L F A Dif Pts
1.Croatia HAVK Mladost 650162491315
2.Serbia Partizan Raiffeisen Belgrade 641157401713
3.Spain CN Barcelona 61144159-184
4.Greece Olympiacos Piraeus 61054557-123
Matchday One
CN Barcelona 10–8 Olympiacos Piraeus
HAVK Mladost 10–8 Partizan Raiffeisen Belgrade
Matchday Two
Olympiacos Piraeus 8–9 HAVK Mladost
Partizan Raiffeisen Belgrade 6–6 CN Barcelona
Matchday Three
Olympiacos Piraeus 7–9 Partizan Raiffeisen Belgrade
HAVK Mladost 10–4 CN Barcelona
Matchday Four
Partizan Raiffeisen Belgrade 7–1 Olympiacos Piraeus
CN Barcelona 5–11 HAVK Mladost
Matchday Five
HAVK Mladost 15–10 Olympiacos Piraeus
CN Barcelona 9–13 Partizan Raiffeisen Belgrade
Matchday Six
Partizan Raiffeisen Belgrade 14–7 HAVK Mladost
Olympiacos Piraeus 11–7 CN Barcelona

Group D

Team PL W D L F A Dif Pts Tie
1.Croatia Jug Dubrovnik 660077522515
2.Croatia Primorje Erste Banka 63034745291-1,+1
3.Spain CN Atlètic Barceloneta 63035565-1091-1,-1
4.Hungary ZF Eger 60064663-170
Matchday One
CN Atlètic Barceloneta 10–9 ZF Eger
Jug Dubrovnik 12–7 Primorje Erste Banka
Matchday Two
ZF Eger 9–10 Jug Dubrovnik
Primorje Erste Banka 8–6 CN Atlètic Barceloneta
Matchday Three
Jug Dubrovnik 14–9 CN Atlètic Barceloneta
ZF Eger 6–11 Primorje Erste Banka
Matchday Four
Primorje Erste Banka 7–4 ZF Eger
CN Atlètic Barceloneta 11–18 Jug Dubrovnik
Matchday Five
Jug Dubrovnik 15–10 ZF Eger
CN Atlètic Barceloneta 9–8 Primorje Erste Banka
Matchday Six
Primorje Erste Banka 6–8 Jug Dubrovnik
ZF Eger 8–10 CN Atlètic Barceloneta

Quarterfinal Round (Second Group Stage)

Key to colors in group tables
Progress to the Final Four
Eliminated

Group A

Team PL W D L F A Dif Pts Tie
1.Serbia Partizan Raiffeisen Belgrade 660069432618
2.Montenegro Budva M-Tel 63033748-119
3.Croatia Jug Dubrovnik 6213575257
4.Montenegro Jadran Herceg Novi 60154262-201
Matchday One
Jug Dubrovnik Croatia 10–6 Montenegro Budva M-Tel
Jadran Herceg NoviMontenegro 8–13 Serbia Partizan Raiffeisen Belgrade
Matchday Two
Budva M-Tel Montenegro 6–5 Montenegro Jadran Herceg Novi
Partizan Raiffeisen Belgrade Serbia 11–10 Croatia Jug Dubrovnik
Matchday Three
Jug Dubrovnik Croatia 13–6 Montenegro Jadran Herceg Novi
Partizan Raiffeisen Belgrade Serbia 10–2 Montenegro Budva M-Tel
Matchday Four
Budva M-Tel Montenegro 5–8 Serbia Partizan Raiffeisen Belgrade
Jadran Herceg Novi Montenegro 7–7 Croatia Jug Dubrovnik
Matchday Five
Jug Dubrovnik Croatia 10–13 Serbia Partizan Raiffeisen Belgrade
Jadran Herceg Novi Montenegro 5–6 Montenegro Budva M-Tel
Matchday Six
Partizan Raiffeisen Belgrade Serbia 14–8 Montenegro Jadran Herceg Novi
Budva M-Tel Montenegro 9–7 Croatia Jug Dubrovnik

Group B

Team PL W D L F A Dif Pts
1.Italy Ferla Pro Recco 660068422618
2.Croatia HAVK Mladost 63034652-69
3.Croatia Primorje Erste Banka 62135861-37
4.Hungary Teva-Vasas Uniqa Budapest 60154663-171
Matchday One
HAVK Mladost Croatia 5–9 Italy Ferla Pro Recco
Primorje Erste Banka Croatia 13–6 Hungary Teva-Vasas Uniqa Budapest
Matchday Two
Teva-Vasas Uniqa Budapest Hungary 8–9 Croatia HAVK Mladost
Ferla Pro Recco Italy 15–9 Croatia Primorje Erste Banka
Matchday Three
Primorje Erste Banka Croatia 8–6 Croatia HAVK Mladost
Ferla Pro Recco Italy 12–6 Hungary Teva-Vasas Uniqa Budapest
Matchday Four
HAVK Mladost Croatia 10–9 Croatia Primorje Erste Banka
Teva-Vasas Uniqa Budapest Hungary 7–9 Italy Ferla Pro Recco
Matchday Five
HAVK Mladost Croatia 8–7 Hungary Teva-Vasas Uniqa Budapest
Primorje Erste Banka Croatia 7–12 Italy Ferla Pro Recco
Matchday Six
Teva-Vasas Uniqa Budapest Hungary 12–12 Croatia Primorje Erste Banka
Ferla Pro Recco Italy 11–8 Croatia HAVK Mladost

Final Four (Rome)

Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto, Rome, Italy

The end of the final match.
 
Semifinals
3 June 2011		Final
4 June 2011
 
      
 
 
 
 
Serbia Partizan12
 
 
 
Croatia HAVK Mladost9
 
Serbia Partizan11
 
 
 
Italy Pro Recco7
 
Italy Pro Recco9
 
 
Montenegro Budva4
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
Croatia HAVK Mladost (pen)14
 
 
Montenegro Budva12

Semi-finals

3 June
19:30		 [ Report] Partizan Serbia 12–9 Croatia HAVK Mladost Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto, Rome
Referees:
Tulga, Spiegel
Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–1, 3–3, 4–4
Radović, Mitrović 3 Goals Udovičić, Muslim 2
3 June
21:00		 [ Report] Pro Recco Italy 9–4 Montenegro Budva Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto, Rome
Referees:
Alexandrescu, Borrel Sanchez
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–0, 1–1, 3–2
Benedek, Zloković 2 Goals Danilović 2

Third place

4 June 2011
19:30		 [ Report] HAVK Mladost Croatia 14–12 Montenegro Budva Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto, Rome
Referees:
Stavropuolos, Alexandrescu
Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–4, 1–2, 4–1  OT: 2–1, 0–1; pen. 4–2
Udovičić, Karač 4 Goals Pasković 3

Final

4 June 2011
21:00		 [ Report] Partizan Serbia 11–7 Italy Pro Recco Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto, Rome
Referees:
Tulga, Borrel Sanchez
Score by quarters: 2–1, 5–4, 2–1, 2–1
Korolija 3 Goals Madaras 3
2010-11 Euroleague
Champions

Serbia Partizan
7th Title
Slobodan Soro, Theodoros Chatzitheodorou, Nikola Rađen, Miloš Korolija, Milan Aleksić, Duško Pijetlović, Andrija Prlainović, Aleksandar Radović, Dušan Mandić, Stefan Mitrović, Vladimir Vujasinović, Miloš Ćuk, Nikola Dedović, Stefan Živojinović
Head Coach
Igor Milanović

Final standings

Team
Serbia Partizan
Italy Pro Recco
Croatia HAVK Mladost
Montenegro Budva

Notes

  1. ↑ The rules state that there should be 24 teams in the second qualifying round. Due to a lack of teams entered, this has been reduced to 16 teams.

References

  1. ↑ "European Water Polo Cups for Club Teams" (PDF). 29 May 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2011.
  2. ↑ "PH". hvs.hr. Archived from the original on 2 November 2009. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
  3. ↑ http://www.rfen.es/publicacion/waterpolo/asp/clasificacion.asp?c=145&g=230
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
  5. ↑ "Magyar Vízilabda Szövetség". waterpolo.hu.
  6. ↑ http://www.waterpoloitaly.com/?pagina=nl_playoff.php&serie=A1M&tipo=Play%20off
  7. ↑ http://www.wpolomne.org/kategorija.php?rubrika=10%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  8. 1 2 Olivier Dupas. "Fédération Française de Natation". ffnatation.fr.
  9. ↑ http://www.waterpolo.ru/xml/t/default.xml?lang=ru
  10. 1 2 "Deutsche Wasserballliga - Ergebnisse". waba-dwl.de.
  11. ↑ "Koninklijke Nederlandse Zwembond". knzb.nl.
  12. ↑ "MISTRZOSTWA POLSKI SENIORÓW 2010". interia.pl.
  13. ↑ "FR Polo - Campionat National Superliga 2010". frpolo.ro.
  14. 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 May 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
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