2022–23 LEN Challenger Cup

2022–23 LEN Challenger Cup
LeagueLEN Challenger Cup
SportWater Polo
Duration11 November 2022 – 29 April 2023
Number of games35
Number of teams15 (from 11 countries)
Finals champions GS Apollon Smyrnis (1st title)
  Runners-up CN Terrassa

The 2022–23 LEN Challenger Cup was the inaugural edition of a water polo competition organised by the Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN). It acts as the third tier, below the LEN Champions League and the LEN Euro Cup. GS Apollon Smyrnis of Greece became the first champions, defeating CN Terrassa of Spain in the final.[1][2]

Creation

In June 2022, LEN announced the introduction of the LEN Challenger Cup. This tournament was designed to help developing countries and club grow and play more European club games.[3][4]

Format

Fifteen teams, who had been eliminated from the Champions League and Euro Cup, were divided into three groups of four and one group of three. The groups were held in one country. At the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the Knockout Stage. In the Knockout Stage, the ties were played in a home and away format.

Composition of teams

(CL: Eliminated in Champions League; EC: Eliminated in Euro Cup).

Participating teams
VK Banja Luka (CL) VK Invictum Sarajevo (CL) SK KVIK Kastrup (CL) SV Ludwigsburg 08 (EC)
GS Apollon Smyrnis (EC) NC Ydraikos (EC) ASA Tel Aviv (CL) ZPC Het Ravijn (CL)
KVP Nováky (CL) SKP Košice (EC) Triglav Kranj (EC) CN Terrassa (EC)
Tenerife Echeyde (EC) Enka Istanbul (CL) Galatasaray (CL)

Schedule

Rounds and dates

Phase Round Round date
Group Stage Group Stage 11–13 November 2022
Quarter-Finals First Leg 24–25 January 2023
Second Leg 8–18 February 2023
Semi-Finals First leg 1 March 2023
Second leg 22 March 2023
Final First Leg 19 April 2023
Second Leg 29 April 2023

Draw

The draw took place on the 26th of October.[5]

Group Stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TEN GAL YDR NOV
1 Tenerife Echeyde 3 3 0 0 40 30 +10 9 Knockout Stage — 15–11 — —
2 Galatasaray 3 2 0 1 42 30 +12 6 — — — —
3 NC Ydraikos 3 1 0 2 44 49 −5 3 11–14 15–18 — —
4 KVP Nováky (H) 3 0 0 3 33 44 −11 0 9–12 6–13 18–19 —
Source: LEN
(H) Hosts
11 November 2022
17:00 		[1] NC Ydraikos 11–14 Tenerife Echeyde Novaky, Slovakia
Referees:
Ralf Mueller (GER), Ghislain Dehon (FRA)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 3–4, 2–3, 2–2
Suzuki 3 Goals Magana 4
11 November 2022
18:30 		[2] KVP Nováky 6–13 Galatasaray Novaky, Slovakia
Referees:
Lukasz Krol (POL), Blaz Radonjic (SLO)
Score by quarters: 0–1, 1–3, 2–4, 3–5
Tasaj 2 Goals Destici 5
12 November 2022
17:00 		[3] NC Ydraikos 15–18 Galatasaray Novaky, Slovakia
Referees:
Ralf Mueller (GER), Lukasz Krol (POL)
Score by quarters: 4–4, 3–3, 3–8, 5–3
Rompopoulos 7 Goals Senemoglu 5
12 November 2022
18:30 		[4] KVP Nováky 9–12 Tenerife Echeyde Novaky, Slovakia
Referees:
Ghislain Dehon (FRA), Blaz Radonjic (SLO)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–1, 3–5, 1–3
Bielik 3 Goals Lifante 4
13 November 2022
09:30 		[5] Tenerife Echeyde 15–11 Galatasaray Novaky, Slovakia
Referees:
Ralf Mueller (GER), Blaz Radonjic (SLO)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 5–3, 6–3, 2–2
Lifante, Lopez 4 Goals Destici 4
13 November 2022
11:00 		[6] KVP Nováky 18–19 NC Ydraikos Novaky, Slovakia
Referees:
Lukasz Krol (POL), Ghislain Dehon (FRA)
Score by quarters: 4–5, 3–5, 7–5, 4–4
Zatovic 5 Goals Rompopoulos 7

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TER HET ASA
1 CN Terrassa (H) 2 2 0 0 28 17 +11 6 Knockout Stage — 16–13 12–4
2 ZPC Het Ravijn 2 1 0 1 26 20 +6 3 — — —
3 ASA Tel Aviv 2 0 0 2 8 26 −18 0 — 4–14 —
Source: LEN
(H) Hosts
12 November 2022
10:00 		[7] CN Terrassa 12–4 ASA Tel Aviv Terrassa, Spain
Referees:
Karel Dvoracek (CZE), Alexandros Chatzigoulas (GRE)
Score by quarters: 2–0, 4–1, 4–2, 2–1
Baches 4 Goals four players 1
12 November 2022
18:00 		[8] CN Terrassa 16–13 ZPC Het Ravijn Terrassa, Spain
Referees:
Robert Prelovsky (SVK), Karel Dvoracek (CZE)
Score by quarters: 6–3, 3–3, 4–3, 3–4
Baches 5 Goals Gottmaker 3
13 November 2022
10:30 		[9] ASA Tel Aviv 4–14 ZPC Het Ravijn Terrassa, Spain
Referees:
Robert Prelovsky (SVK), Alexandros Chatzigoulas (GRE)
Score by quarters: 1–6, 1–4, 1–2, 1–2
Schlein 2 Goals Wouters 5

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ESK KOS SAR BAN
1 Enka Istanbul 3 3 0 0 74 22 +52 9 Knockout Stage — 22–10 19–6 33–6
2 SKP Košice 3 2 0 1 59 36 +23 6 — — 21–6 28–8
3 VK Invictum Sarajevo (H) 3 1 0 2 29 52 −23 3 — — — 17–12
4 VK Banja Luka 3 0 0 3 26 78 −52 0 — — — —
Source: LEN
(H) Hosts
11 November 2022
19:00 		[10] VK Invictum Sarajevo 17–12 VK Banja Luka Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Referees:
Oriol Jaumandreu (ESP), Tomas Kaseta (LTU)
Score by quarters: 7–5, 3–2, 4–3, 3–2
Hadzic 7 Goals Djugum, Cosic 3
11 November 2022
21:00 		[11] Enka Istanbul 22–10 SKP Košice Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Referees:
Martin Sand Kristensen (DEN), Maxim Gerasimov (GBR)
Score by quarters: 6–2, 6–5, 6–2, 4–1
Baskaya, Obradovic 4 Goals Motyl 4
12 November 2022
18:00 		[12] VK Invictum Sarajevo 6–19 Enka Istanbul Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Referees:
Maxim Gerasimov (GBR), Tomas Kaseta (LTU)
Score by quarters: 1–7, 0–3, 2–5, 3–4
Hadzic 2 Goals Alkan, Kaner 4
12 November 2022
20:00 		[13] SKP Košice 28–8 VK Banja Luka Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Referees:
Oriol Jaumandreu (ESP), Martin Sand Kristensen (DEN)
Score by quarters: 7–1, 4–3, 7–1, 10–0
Orem 6 Goals Ganic 3
13 November 2022
09:00 		[14] Enka Istanbul 33–6 VK Banja Luka Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Referees:
Martin Sand Kristensen (DEN), Tomas Kaseta (LTU)
Score by quarters: 9–1, 4–1, 11–2, 9–2
Albayrak, Duzenli 7 Goals Kojcinovic, Vujkovic 2
13 November 2022
11:00 		[15] VK Invictum Sarajevo 6–21 SKP Košice Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Referees:
Oriol Jaumandreu (ESP), Maxim Gerasimov (GBR)
Score by quarters: 4–5, 2–7, 0–5, 0–4
Hadzic 2 Goals Dily, Orem 4


Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification APO LUD KRA KAS
1 GS Apollon Smyrnis 3 3 0 0 68 20 +48 9 Knockout Stage — 11–10 — 37–4
2 SV Ludwigsburg 08 3 2 0 1 41 28 +13 6 — — — —
3 Triglav Kranj (H) 3 1 0 2 30 42 −12 3 6–20 11–13 — 13–9
4 SK KVIK Kastrup 3 0 0 3 19 68 −49 0 — 6–18 — —
Source: LEN
(H) Hosts
11 November 2022
18:30 		[16] GS Apollon Smyrnis 11–10 SV Ludwigsburg 08 Kranj, Slovenia
Referees:
Robert Horvath (SVK), Eurico Silva (POR)
Score by quarters: 5–2, 2–2, 2–5, 2–1
Hernandez 4 Goals four players 2
11 November 2022
20:15 		[17] Triglav Kranj 13–9 SK KVIK Kastrup Kranj, Slovenia
Referees:
Alper Ozerengin (TUR), Sander Ransjean (NED)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–4, 3–3, 4–1
Troppan 5 Goals Koska 5
12 November 2022
18:00 		[18] GS Apollon Smyrnis 37–4 SK KVIK Kastrup Kranj, Slovenia
Referees:
Eurico Silva (POR), Sander Ransjean (NED)
Score by quarters: 8–1, 11–2, 9–2, 9–0
Myrilos 9 Goals Koska 2
12 November 2022
20:15 		[19] Triglav Kranj 11–13 SV Ludwigsburg 08 Kranj, Slovenia
Referees:
Alper Ozerengin (TUR), Robert Horvath (SVK)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 0–5, 4–1, 4–5
Justin 4 Goals Hernandez 4
13 November 2022
10:00 		[20] SK KVIK Kastrup 6–18 SV Ludwigsburg 08 Kranj, Slovenia
Referees:
Eurico Silva (POR), Alper Ozerengin (TUR)
Score by quarters: 1–5, 2–2, 2–4, 2–7
Lange 4 Goals Andelic, Dzaja 3
13 November 2022
11:45 		[21] Triglav Kranj 6–20 GS Apollon Smyrnis Kranj, Slovenia
Referees:
Robert Horvath (SVK), Sander Ransjean (NED)
Score by quarters: 5–4, 1–5, 0–5, 0–6
Justin, Lah 2 Goals Bogdanovic, Goniotakis Korderas 4

Knockout Stage

The draw for the Knockout Stage was made on the 20 November 2022.[6]

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
Tenerife Echeyde 22 13 35
SKP Košice 8 8 16
Tenerife Echeyde 11 8 19
GS Apollon Smyrnis 10 18 28
GS Apollon Smyrnis 9 16 25
Galatasaray 5 8 13
GS Apollon Smyrnis 12 18 30
CN Terrassa 11 14 25
CN Terrassa 16 15 31
Ludwigsburg 08 7 12 19
CN Terrassa 15 12 27
Enka Istanbul 12 8 20
Enka Istanbul 14 15 29
ZPC Het Ravijn 8 16 24


Quarter-Finals

25 January 2023
20:15 		[22] Tenerife Echeyde 22–8 SKP Košice Tenerife, Spain
Referees:
Erkan Turkkan (TUR), Philip Uhlig (GER)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 8–1, 3–2, 7–4
Lifante 7 Goals three players 2
8 February 2023
20:00 		[23] SKP Košice 8–13 Tenerife Echeyde Košice, Slovakia
Referees:
Spyridon Achladiotis (GRE), Tomi Kavcic (SLO)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 3–3, 2–5, 4–3
Haluska, Muzhychuk 3 Goals Lopez 5

Tenerife Echeyde won 35–16 on aggregate

25 January 2023
20:00 		[24] GS Apollon Smyrnis 9–5 Galatasaray Athens, Greece
Referees:
Sander Ransjean (NED), Vuk Milovic (SRB)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 2–1, 3–4, 1–0
Gardikas 3 Goals Colak, Destici 2
18 February 2023
20:15 		[25] Galatasaray 8–16 GS Apollon Smyrnis Istanbul, Turkey
Referees:
Mihai George Balanescu (ROU), Boris Obradovic (MNE)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–2, 1–5, 4–5
Acar 3 Goals Bogdanovic 4

GS Apollon Smyrnis won 25–13 on aggregate

24 January 2023
19:30 		[26] SV Ludwigsburg 08 7–16 CN Terrassa Ludwigsburg, Germany
Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–3, 1–4, 2–5
Bauer 3 Goals Alarcon Tevar 4
8 February 2023
20:00 		[27] CN Terrassa 15–12 SV Ludwigsburg 08 Terrassa, Spain
Referees:
Haldun Toygarli (TUR), Rajmund Fodor (HUN)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–3, 6–3, 2–3
Baches, Martinez 4 Goals Blazevic, Hernandez 3

CN Terrassa won 31–19 on aggregate

25 January 2023
18:30 		[28] Enka Istanbul 14–8 ZPC Het Ravijn Istanbul, Turkey
Referees:
Julien Bourges (FRA), Levan Berishvili (GEO)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 4–4, 2–2, 5–2
Obradovic 6 Goals Muller, Wouters 3
8 February 2023
18:00 		[29] ZPC Het Ravijn 16–15 Enka Istanbul Het Ravijn, Netherlands
Referees:
Luca Castagnola (ITA), Alex Marquez (ESP)
Score by quarters: 5–3, 3–4, 3–3, 5–5
Loos 6 Goals Obradovic 5

Enka Istanbul won 29–24 on aggregate

Semi-Finals

1 March 2023
20:15 		[30] Tenerife Echeyde 11–10 GS Apollon Smyrnis Tenerife, Spain
Referees:
Daniele Bianco (ITA), Hajmund Fodor (HUN)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–1, 4–3, 3–3
Lifante, Lopez 4 Goals Gardikas 5
22 March 2023
20:00 		[31] GS Apollon Smyrnis 18–8 Tenerife Echeyde Athens, Greece
Referees:
Peter de Jong (NED), Veselin Miskovic (MNE)
Score by quarters: 6–1, 3–3, 5–2, 4–2
Bogdanovic, Gardikas 4 Goals Magana 3

GS Apollon Smyrnis won 28–19 on aggregate

1 March 2023
20:00 		[32] CN Terrassa 15–12 Enka Istanbul Terrassa, Spain
Referees:
Andreja Stanojevic (SRB), Gernot Haentschel (GER)
Score by quarters: 5–1, 4–6, 2–3, 4–2
Fernandez 5 Goals Ozbek 3
22 March 2023
18:30 		[33] Enka Istanbul 8–10 CN Terrassa Istanbul, Turkey
Referees:
Gabor Vogel (HUN), Julien Bourges (FRA)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 3–3, 1–2
Obradovic, Ozbek 3 Goals Fernandez 5

CN Terrassa won 25–20 on aggregate

Final

19 April 2023
19:45 		[34] GS Apollon Smyrnis 12–11 CN Terrassa Athens, Greece
Referees:
Tamas Kovacs-Csatlos (HUN), Julien Bourges (FRA)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–4, 4–2, 2–3
Bogdanovic, Gardikas 4 Goals Fernandez, Tevar 3
29 April 2023
18:00 		[35] CN Terrassa 14–18 GS Apollon Smyrnis Terrassa, Spain
Referees:
Raffaele Colombo (ITA), Andreja Stanojevic (SRB)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 4–4, 4–7, 3–3
Baches 4 Goals Vickovic 5

GS Apollon Smyrnis won 30–25 on aggregate


2022–23 LEN Challenger Cup
Champions

GS Apollon Smyrnis
1st title

See also

References

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