2017–18 LEN Champions League

2017–18 LEN Champions League
LeagueLEN Champions League
SportWater Polo
Number of teams16 (preliminary round)
Season MVP Josip Pavic (Olympiacos)
Top scorer Darko Brguljan 42 goals (Hannover)
Final Eight
Champions Olympiacos (2nd title)
  Runners-up Pro Recco
Finals MVP Josip Pavic (Olympiacos)

The 2017–18 LEN Champions League was the 55th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs.

Overview

Team allocation

12 teams are directly qualified for the preliminary round (TH: Champions League title holders).

Preliminary Round
Jug CO Waspo 98 Hannover Pro Recco Dynamo Moscow
Olympic Nice
ZF Eger 		Olympiacos AZC Alphen Partizan
Spandau 04 Szolnoki VSCTH Steaua București CNA Barceloneta
Qualification round II
HAVK Mladost NC Vouliagmeni CSM Digi Oradea Crvena zvezda
CN Marseille AN Brescia Spartak Volgograd CN Sabadell
ASC Duisburg UZSC Utrecht
Qualification round I
Banja Luka Orvosegyetem SC Jadran Carine CN Terrassa
Mornar ASA Tel Aviv CF Portuense Enka SK
Strasbourg CC Napoli Sintez Kazan Galatasaray
ANC Glyfada

Phases and rounds dates

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

Phase Round First leg Second leg
Qualifying rounds Qualification round I 14–17 September 2017
Qualification round II 28 September–1 October 2017
Qualification round III 14 October 2017 18 October 2017
Preliminary round Matchday 1 25 October 2017
Matchday 2 8 November 2017
Matchday 3 29 November 2017
Matchday 4 9 December 2017
Matchday 5 20 December 2017
Matchday 6 13 January 2018
Matchday 7 24 January 2018
Matchday 8 7 February 2018
Matchday 9 28 February 2018
Matchday 10 14 March 2018
Matchday 11 31 March 2018
Matchday 12 18 April 2018
Matchday 13 28 April 2018
Matchday 14 9 May 2018
Final Eight Quarterfinals 7 June 2018
Semifinals 8 June 2018
Final 9 June 2018

Qualifying rounds

Qualification round I

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification OSC SIN TER POR BAN
1 Orvosegyetem SC 4 4 0 0 73 16 +57 12 Round II — 10–6 30–2
2 Sintez Kazan 4 3 0 1 58 21 +37 9 — 21–5
3 CN Terrassa 4 2 0 2 46 27 +19 6 5–11 4–6 —
4 CF Portuense 4 1 0 3 21 62 −41 3 3–22 3–14 —
5 Banja Luka (H) 4 0 0 4 16 88 −72 0 2–25 7–23 5–10 —
Source: LEN
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification JAD NAP STR ESK
1 Jadran Carine 3 3 0 0 42 16 +26 9 Round II — 18–7 7–6 17–3
2 CC Napoli 3 2 0 1 33 34 −1 6 — 9–8 17–8
3 Strasbourg (H) 3 1 0 2 28 23 +5 3 —
4 Enka SK 3 0 0 3 18 48 −30 0 7–14 —
Source: LEN
(H) Hosts

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MOR GLY GAL ASA
1 Mornar 3 3 0 0 31 16 +15 9 Round II — 7–5
2 ANC Glyfada 3 2 0 1 35 21 +14 6 9–10 — 8–6
3 Galatasaray 3 1 0 2 24 22 +2 3 —
4 ASA Tel Aviv (H) 3 0 0 3 14 45 −31 0 2–14 5–18 7–13 —
Source: LEN
(H) Hosts

Qualification round II

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SPA JAD MLA DUI
1 Spartak Volgograd 3 2 1 0 27 16 +11 7 Round III — 7–5 14–5
2 Jadran Carine 3 2 0 1 36 19 +17 6 — 19–5
3 HAVK Mladost (H) 3 1 1 1 34 22 +12 4 6–6 7–12 — 21–4
4 ASC Duisburg 3 0 0 3 14 54 −40 0 —
Source: LEN
(H) Hosts

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MAR OSC NAP GLY
1 CN Marseille 3 2 1 0 27 16 +11 7 Round III — 13–10
2 Orvosegyetem SC (H) 3 2 0 1 36 19 +17 6 7–8 — 19–7
3 CC Napoli 3 1 1 1 34 22 +12 4 11–11 7–11 —
4 ANC Glyfada 3 0 0 3 14 54 −40 0 8–11 —
Source: LEN
(H) Hosts

Group G

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BRE SAB MOR UTR
1 AN Brescia 3 3 0 0 46 22 +24 9 Round III — 23–2
2 CN Sabadell (H) 3 2 0 1 33 23 +10 6 12–13 — 8–3 13–7
3 Mornar 3 1 0 2 22 25 −3 3 8–10 —
4 UZSC Utrecht 3 0 0 3 16 47 −31 0 7–11 —
Source: LEN
(H) Hosts

Group H

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CZV SIN VOU ORA
1 Crvena zvezda 3 2 0 1 19 19 0 6[a] Round III — 6–5
2 Sintez Kazan 3 2 0 1 27 25 +2 6[a] 8–10 —
3 NC Vouliagmeni 3 1 0 2 20 21 −1 3[b] 7–10 —
4 CSM Digi Oradea (H) 3 1 0 2 19 20 −1 3[b] 6–3 8–9 5–8 —
Source: LEN
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Crvena zvezda 10–8 Sintez Kazan
  2. ^ a b NC Vouliagmeni 8–5 CSM Digi Oradea

Qualification round III

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CN Marseille 13–16 Jadran Carine 6–7 7–9
Spartak Volgograd 14–26 Orvosegyetem SC 7–14 7–12
AN Brescia 18–17 Sintez Kazan 11–9 7–8
Crvena zvezda 14–17 CN Sabadell 6–6 8–11

Preliminary round

Main article: 2017–18 LEN Champions League preliminary round
Location of teams of the 2017–18 LEN Champions League group stage.
Red: Group A; Blue: Group B.

The draw for the group stage was held on 29 August 2017 in Budapest.[2] The 16 teams were drawn into two groups of eight.

In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners, runners-ups, third and fourth placed teams advance to the Final 8. The matchdays are 25 October, 8 and 29 November, 9 and 20 December 2017, 13 and 24 January, 7 and 28 February, 14 and 31 March, 18 and 28 April, 9 May 2018.

A total of 11 national associations are represented in the group stage.

Key to colors
Advance to the Final Eight Home team win Draw Away team win

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification OLY JUG BAR BRE DYN HAN OSC PAR
1 Olympiacos 14 12 1 1 153 102 +51 37 Final Eight — 8–6 14–10 13–6 17–9 11–7 10–7 16–8
2 Jug CO 14 9 1 4 147 113 +34 28 10–8 — 9–9 10–7 15–10 14–9 12–10 16–5
3 CNA Barceloneta 14 8 3 3 137 102 +35 27 7–7 8–6 — 5–7 7–7 13–12 12–6 16–5
4 AN Brescia 14 8 2 4 114 106 +8 26 6–7 9–8 6–5 — 9–9 11–9 9–5 13–9
5 Dynamo Moscow 14 6 4 4 141 133 +8 22 9–13 12–11 5–9 9–9 — 9–6 7–7 16–4
6 Waspo 98 Hannover 14 4 0 10 133 150 −17 12 7–12 6–13 7–13 8–6 11–15 — 13–8 16–6
7 Orvosegyetem SC 14 3 1 10 103 126 −23 10 6–10 4–7 6–8 6–8 5–10 8–7 — 14–6
8 Partizan 14 0 0 14 91 187 −96 0 4–7 8–10 5–15 3–8 10–14 11–15 7–11 —
Source: LEN

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification REC EGE SZO SPA JAD STE SAB ALP
1 Pro Recco 14 13 0 1 186 80 +106 39 Final Eight — 14–6 8–5 12–4 10–5 15–6 13–5 19–1
2 ZF Eger 14 10 1 3 134 87 +47 31 4–6 — 6–3 8–4 8–4 12–9 14–5 15–4
3 Szolnoki VSC 14 10 0 4 169 99 +70 30 10–9 10–11 — 9–8 13–10 15–3 14–4 17–4
4 Spandau 04 14 8 1 5 133 125 +8 25 9–10 10–9 10–9 — 13–13 11–9 11–8 14–8
5 Jadran Carine 14 6 2 6 128 126 +2 20 5–15 4–4 6–14 11–5 — 16–10 7–8 15–7
6 Steaua București 14 4 0 10 109 152 −43 12 6–13 3–8 9–17 5–6 4–8 — 10–9 9–8
7 CN Sabadell 14 3 0 11 115 174 −59 9 9–18 7–15 5–16 9–11 8–10 10–11 — 12–10
8 AZC Alphen 14 0 0 14 87 218 −131 0 5–24 4–14 6–17 5–17 7–14 4–15 14–16 —
Source: LEN

Final Eight

Main article: 2017–18 LEN Champions League Final Eight

7–9 June 2018—Genoa, Italy

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
7 June
 
 
 Olympiacos6
 
8 June
 
 Spandau 045
 
 Olympiacos6
 
7 June
 
 CNA Barceloneta4
 
 ZF Eger4
 
9 June
 
 CNA Barceloneta9
 
 Olympiacos9
 
7 June
 
 Pro Recco7
 
 Pro Recco (PSO)12
 
8 June
 
 AN Brescia10
 
 Pro Recco9
 
7 June
 
 Jug CO8 Third place game
 
 Jug CO9
 
9 June
 
 Szolnoki VSC8
 
 CNA Barceloneta14
 
 
 Jug CO8
 
5th–8th place bracket
 
5th–8th place semifinalsFifth place game
 
      
 
8 June
 
 
 Spandau 046
 
9 June
 
 ZF Eger10
 
 ZF Eger6
 
8 June
 
 Szolnoki VSC10
 
 AN Brescia7
 
 
 Szolnoki VSC8
 
Seventh place game
 
 
9 June
 
 
 Spandau 0410
 
 
 AN Brescia14


2017–18 LEN Champions League
Champions

Olympiacos
(2nd title)
Josip Pavić, Emmanouil Mylonakis, Evangelos Delakas, Konstantinos Genidounias, Ioannis Fountoulis, Dimitrios Nikolaidis, Georgios Dervisis, Andro Bušlje, Konstantinos Mourikis, Alexandros Gounas, Stylianos Argyropoulos, Paulo Obradović, Stefanos Galanopoulos, Emmanouil Prekas
Head coach
Thodoris Vlachos

Final standings

Team
Olympiacos
Pro Recco
CNA Barceloneta
4 Jug CO
5 Szolnoki VSC
6 ZF Eger
7 AN Brescia
8 Spandau 04

Awards

Player of the Season Top Scorer Player of the Final Eight Goalkeeper of the Final Eight
Josip Pavić (Olympiacos) Darko Brguljan (Waspo'98 Hannover) 42 goals Josip Pavic (Olympiacos) Josip Pavic (Olympiacos)

[3]

Total 7 of the Season
[4] LW Francesco Di Fulvio

(Pro Recco)

CF

Josip Vrlić (Barceloneta)

RW

Maro Joković (Jug)

LD Ioannis Fountoulis (Olympiacos) CB Andro Bušlje (Olympiacos) RD Dušan Mandić (Pro Recco)
GK Josip Pavić (Olympiacos)

See also

References

  1. ^ "LEN Club Competition Programme Season 2017–2018" (PDF). LEN.com.
  2. ^ "Preliminary round draw". LEN.com.
  3. ^ "Ο ένας καλύτερος από τον άλλον!". gavros.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  4. ^ Curcic, Ivan (2023-06-05). "LEN Champions League "Team of the Tournament"". Total Waterpolo. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
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