2020–21 LEN Champions League

2020–21 LEN Champions League
LeagueLEN Champions League
SportWater Polo
Duration11 November 2020 – 5 June 2021
Number of teams28 (from 13 countries)
Qualification round: 18
Preliminary round: 10
Season MVP Dusan Mandic (Pro Recco)
Top scorer Angelos Vlachopoulos (AN Brescia) 41 goals
Final 8
Champions Pro Recco (9th title)
  Runners-up FTC Telekom Budapest
Finals MVP Dusan Mandic (Pro Recco)

The 2020–21 LEN Champions League was the 58th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs.

Teams

Preliminary round
Jug CO Dubrovnik Spandau 04 FTC Telekom Jadran Herceg Novi
CN Marseille Waspo 98 Hannover Pro Recco Zodiac CNA Barceloneta
Dinamo Tbilisi Olympiacos
Qualification round
Mladost Zagreb Ydraikos Primorac Kotor Radnički Kragujevac
Jadran Split OSC Budapest Steaua Bucharest CN Barcelona
Pays d’Aix Natation Szolnok Digi Oradea CN Terrassa
Tourcoing AN Brescia Sintez Kazan Enka Istanbul
Vouliagmeni Ortigia Siracusa

Schedule

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

Phase Round Date
Qualification round 11–15 November 2020
Preliminary round Round 1 14–18 December 2020
Round 2 1–5 March 2021
Round 3 19–23 April 2021
Final 8 3–5 June 2021

Qualification round

The qualification round is scheduled for 11–15 November 2020.[2]

Group A

A1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CCO CNB JST PRI STE
1 Ortigia Siracusa (H) 4 3 1 0 33 21 +12 10 Final — 5–3 11–7 8–8 9–3
2 CN Barcelona 4 2 1 1 34 20 +14 7 — — 8–8 12–3 11–4
3 Jadran Split 4 2 1 1 45 42 +3 7 — — — 16–11 14–12
4 Primorac Kotor 4 1 1 2 33 44 −11 4 — — — — 11–8
5 Steaua Bucharest 4 0 0 4 27 45 −18 0 — — — — —
Source: LEN
(H) Hosts

A2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MZG SZO AIX YDR
1 Mladost Zagreb 3 2 1 0 44 31 +13 7 Final — 18–18 16–13 10–0
2 Szolnok 3 2 1 0 39 27 +12 7 — — 11–9 10–0
3 Pays d’Aix Natation 3 1 0 2 32 27 +5 3 — — — 10–0
4 Ydraikos 3 0 0 3 0 30 −30 0 Disqualified — — — —
Source: LEN

Final

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Ortigia Siracusa 9–8 Mladost Zagreb

Group B

B1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RKG OSC SIN CNT ENT
1 Radnički Kragujevac 4 2 2 0 45 38 +7 8 Final — 9–9 16–14 13–8 —
2 OSC Budapest (H) 4 2 1 1 48 45 +3 7 — — — 15–16 12–9
3 Sintez Kazan 4 2 0 2 54 47 +7 6 — 11–12 — — —
4 CN Terrassa 4 1 1 2 45 56 −11 4 — — 12–9 — 11–11
5 Tourcoing 4 0 2 2 36 42 −6 2 7–7 — 9–12 — —
Source: LEN
(H) Hosts

B2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BRE NCV ORA ESK
1 AN Brescia 3 3 0 0 38 7 +31 9 Final — 10–6 — 10–0
2 Vouliagmeni 3 2 0 1 32 19 +13 6 — — 16–9 —
3 Digi Oradea 3 1 0 2 20 34 −14 3 1–18 — — 10–0
4 Enka Istanbul 3 0 0 3 0 30 −30 0 Disqualified — 0–10 — —
Source: LEN

Final

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Radnički Kragujevac 9–13 AN Brescia

Preliminary round

Location of teams of the 2020–21 LEN Champions League preliminary round.
Main article: 2020–21 LEN Champions League preliminary round

LEN decided to play the 10 match-days of the 2020–21 LEN Champions League preliminary round in bubble format in three rounds, using two venues at each occasion. The ten match-days will be played in three rounds at two venues each time. Teams of the same group will contest three match-days, one time four, where the participants will be isolated for the entire duration of event because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The draw for the group phase took place in Rome on 19 October 2020.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification REC JUG OLY CNM S04 CCO
1 Pro Recco 10 10 0 0 127 68 +59 30 Final 8 — 18–3 13–6 11–9 19–6 10–3
2 Jug CO Dubrovnik 10 6 1 3 102 106 −4 19 11–12 — 11–11 11–10 12–10 8–6
3 Olympiacos 10 4 2 4 89 92 −3 14 8–14 8–9 — 11–7 8–8 6–4
4 CN Marseille 10 4 1 5 93 94 −1 13 8–10 15–13 9–8 — 8–5 10–11
5 Spandau 04 10 1 3 6 79 104 −25 6 7–10 7–13 9–13 7–7 — 12–6
6 Ortigia Siracusa 10 1 1 8 69 95 −26 4 7–10 9–11 8–10 7–10 8–8 —
Source: LEN

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FTC BAR BRE HAN DTB JHN
1 FTC Telekom 10 8 0 2 113 73 +40 24 Final 8 — 11–10 7–10 13–9 15–11 12–5
2 Zodiac CNA Barceloneta 10 8 0 2 119 81 +38 24 7–8 — 10–9 12–8 17–5 13–11
3 AN Brescia 10 7 0 3 117 80 +37 21 9–6 6–8 — 19–11 14–6 6–7
4 Waspo 98 Hannover 10 3 0 7 89 122 −33 9 6–19 8–16 10–18 — 10–3 9–4
5 Dinamo Tbilisi 10 2 0 8 74 121 −47 6 4–11 6–14 9–15 6–7 — 11–8
6 Jadran Herceg Novi 10 2 0 8 74 109 −35 6 2–11 9–12 6–11 12–11 10–13 —
Source: LEN

Final 8

3–5 June 2021, Belgrade, Serbia.[3][4]

Location of the 2020–21 LEN Champions League Final 8

Qualified teams

Group Winners Runners-up Third Fourth
A Pro Recco Jug AO Dubrovnik Olympiacos CN Marseille
B FTC Telekom Zodiac CNAB AN Brescia Waspo 98 Hannover

Bracket

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
3 June
 
 
 Pro Recco16
 
4 June
 
 Waspo 98 Hannover9
 
 Pro Recco12
 
3 June
 
 Zodiac CNAB10
 
 Zodiac CNAB22
 
5 June
 
 Olympiacos9
 
 Pro Recco9
 
3 June
 
 FTC Telekom6
 
 FTC Telekom14
 
4 June
 
 CN Marseille6
 
 FTC Telekom14
 
3 June
 
 AN Brescia12 Third place game
 
 Jug AO Dubrovnik10
 
5 June
 
 AN Brescia12
 
 Zodiac CNAB7
 
 
 AN Brescia13
 


5th–8th place bracket
 
5th–8th place semifinalsFifth place game
 
      
 
4 June
 
 
 Waspo 98 Hannover10
 
5 June
 
 Olympiacos8
 
 Waspo 98 Hannover11
 
4 June
 
 Jug AO Dubrovnik16
 
 CN Marseille13
 
 
 Jug AO Dubrovnik16
 
Seventh place game
 
 
5 June
 
 
 Olympiacos13
 
 
 CN Marseille12

All times are local (UTC+2).

Quarterfinals

3 June 2021
13:00 		Report Pro Recco 16–9 Waspo 98 Hannover Sports Centre April 11th, Belgrade
Referees:
Kun
Schwartz
Score by quarters: 5–2, 4–3, 1–2, 6–2
Ivović 5 Goals Brguljan 3
3 June 2021
15:30 		Report FTC Telekom 14–6 CN Marseille Sports Centre April 11th, Belgrade
Referees:
Alexandrescu
Voevodin
Score by quarters: 3–0, 4–1, 3–3, 4–2
Fountoulis 4 Goals Vukičević 2
3 June 2021
18:00 		Report Jug AO Dubrovnik 10–12 AN Brescia Sports Centre April 11th, Belgrade
Referees:
Stavridis
Zwart
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–3, 3–3, 2–3
Fatović 4 Goals Alesiani 3
3 June 2021
20:30 		Report Zodiac CNA Barceloneta 22–9 Olympiacos Sports Centre April 11th, Belgrade
Referees:
Margeta
Putniković
Score by quarters: 6–0, 7–2, 6–3, 3–4
three players 4 Goals Genidounias 3

5th–8th place semifinals

4 June 2021
13:00 		Report Waspo 98 Hannover 10–8 Olympiacos Sports Centre April 11th, Belgrade
Referees:
Putniković
Ivanovski
Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–2, 3–3, 1–2
Radović 6 Goals Genidounias 3
4 June 2021
15:30 		Report CN Marseille 13–16 Jug AO Dubrovnik Sports Centre April 11th, Belgrade
Referees:
Zwart
Kun
Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–6, 5–5, 3–4
Crousillat 4 Goals Papanastasiou 5

Semifinals

4 June 2021
18:00 		Report Pro Recco 12–10 Zodiac CNA Barceloneta Sports Centre April 11th, Belgrade
Referees:
Alexandrescu
Stavridis
Score by quarters: 2–4, 4–3, 4–1, 2–2
Mandić 4 Goals Perrone 3
4 June 2021
20:30 		Report FTC Telekom 14–12 AN Brescia Sports Centre April 11th, Belgrade
Referees:
Martega
Voevodin
Score by quarters: 4–0, 4–6, 3–5, 3–1
Vámos, Varga 4 Goals Joković, Vlachopoulos 3

Seventh place game

5 June 2021
13:00 		Report Olympiacos 13–12 CN Marseille Sports Centre April 11th, Belgrade
Referees:
Schwartz
Ivanovski
Score by quarters: 5–2, 2–4, 4–4, 2–2
Chrysospathis, Genidounias 3 Goals three players 2

Fifth place game

5 June 2021
15:30 		Report Waspo 98 Hannover 11–16 Jug AO Dubrovnik Sports Centre April 11th, Belgrade
Referees:
Stavridis
Kun
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–6, 4–5, 4–2
Macan, Nagaev 3 Goals Merkulov 5

Third place game

5 June 2021
18:00 		Report Zodiac CNA Barceloneta 7–13 AN Brescia Sports Centre April 11th, Belgrade
Referees:
Zwart
Putniković
Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–6, 2–2, 2–2
Granados 3 Goals Vlachopoulos 4

Final

5 June 2021
20:30 		Report Pro Recco 9–6 FTC Telekom Sports Centre April 11th, Belgrade
Referees:
Margeta
Alexandrescu
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–3, 2–0, 2–1
Mandić 3 Goals Constantin-Bicari, Vigvari 2


2020–21 LEN Champions League
Champions

Pro Recco
9th title
Marko Bijač, Francesco Di Fulvio, Dušan Mandić, Pietro Figlioli, Aaron Younger, Alessandro Velotto, Nicholas Presciutti, Gonzalo Echenique, Aleksandar Ivović, Benjamin Thomas, Matteo Aicardi, Stefano Luongo, Tommaso Negri
Head coach
Gabriel Hernández

Final ranking

Team
Pro Recco
FTC Telekom Budapest
AN Brescia
4 Zodiac CNA Barceloneta
5 Jug AO Dubrovnik
6 Waspo 98 Hannover
7 Olympiacos
8 CN Marseille

Awards

Season MVP Top Scorer Final Eight MVP Final Eight Best Goalkeeper
Dušan Mandić (Pro Recco) Angelos Vlachopoulos[5] (AN Brescia) 31 goals Dusan Mandic[6] (Pro Recco) Marko Bijac (Pro Recco)
Total 7 of the Season
[7] LW Dénes Varga

(Ferecvaros)

CF

Ben Hallock (Pro Recco)

RW Gergő Zalánki

(Ferecvaros)

LD Angelos Vlachopoulos (AN Brescia) CB Nikola Jakšić (Ferecvaros) RD Dušan Mandić (Pro Recco)
GK Marko Bijač (Pro Recco)

See also

References

  1. ^ "LEN club competition programme season 2020–2021" (PDF). LEN.com.
  2. ^ "Champions League, Qualification Draw". LEN.com.
  3. ^ Ivan Curcic (24 March 2021). "Confirmed: Champions League F8 will be held in Belgrade in 2021, 2022, and 2023". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Belgrade hosts the Final Eight in 2021-2023". len.eu. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  5. ^ "LEN Champions League 2020/2021 - Results, fixtures, tables and stats - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  6. ^ "PRO REKO JE PRVAK EVROPE, DUŠAN MANDIĆ MVP! Ferencvaroš nije uspeo da odbrani tron u Beogradu! (VIDEO)". espreso.co.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  7. ^ Curcic, Ivan (2023-06-05). "LEN Champions League "Team of the Tournament"". Total Waterpolo. Retrieved 2023-06-05.

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