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
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| Group winners and runners-up advanced to Final four
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Blue Group
| Team
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Pld
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W
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D
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L
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GF
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GA
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GD
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Pts
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| HAVK Mladost
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6
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6
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0
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0
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58
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35
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+23
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12
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| Barcelona
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6
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3
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1
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2
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39
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41
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−2
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7
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| BVSC
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6
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2
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0
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4
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51
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56
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−5
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4
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| Nováky
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6
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0
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1
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5
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44
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60
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−16
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1
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Source:
Red Group
Source:
Final standings
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| Milan Tadić, Paolo Zizza, Dušan Popović, Giuseppe Porzio, Francesco Postiglione, Gianfranco Salvati, Fabio Galasso, Francesco Porzio, Bruno Antonino, Ferdinando Gandolfi, Piero Fiorentino, Carlo Silipo, Fabio Bencivenga
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| Head coach
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| Paolo De Crescenzo
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See also
- 1996–97 LEN Cup Winners' Cup
- 1996–97 LEN Cup
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