Sports season
The 2009–10 LEN Euroleague was the 47th edition of Europe's premier club water polo competition. It lasted between 9 October 2009 and 15 May 2010.
Format [ ]
The Euroleague is run in five phases:
First qualifying round, played as a single round robin tournament at the site of one of the teams competing (2 groups of 4, 2 groups of 5)
Second qualifying round, played as a single round robin tournament at the site of one of the teams competing (4 groups of 4)
Group (or preliminary) stage, played as a double round robin, home and away (4 groups of 4)
Quarterfinals, played as a knockout round on aggregate, home and away
Final Four, played as a single knockout tournament at a neutral site (Semifinals, 3rd place game, and final)
[1]
Seeding [ ]
Seeded countries
The eight countries with the best placed team in the preliminary rounds, or main group stage, in the previous year's competition, 2008–09 LEN Euroleague are seeded for this year's competition. Each seeded country earns 1 place in the main group stage, 1 place in the second qualifying round, and 1 place in the first qualifying round. These countries are:
Rank
Country
Best team in the group stages of 2008–09 LEN Euroleague
Place in the group stages of 2008–09 LEN Euroleague
1.
Greece
Olympiacos
Group C winner, 16 points
1.
Serbia
VK Partizan
Group D winner, 16 points
3.
Italy
Pro Recco
Group A winner, 12 points
4.
Montenegro
PVK Jadran
Group B winner, 11 points
5.
Hungary
Vasas SC
Second place Group D, 12 points
6.
Croatia
HAVK Mladost
Second place Group B, 10 points
7.
Russia
Spartak Volgograd
Third place Group A, 9 points
8.
Spain
CN Atlètic Barceloneta
Fourth place Group B, 5 points
9.
France
Cercle des Nageurs de Marseille
Fourth place Group D, 2 points
Unseeded countries
All other countries were invited to enter up to two clubs into the first qualifying round.
Entries [ ]
First Qualifying Round (18)
How qualified
Amateur Schwimm Club Duisburg e.V.
Playoff finalist, German Bundesliga 2008/09 [2]
AŠD Vaterpolo Koper Rokava
Slovenian Champions 2008/09 (?)
Brixia Leonessa Nuoto SSD A R.L.
3rd place playoff winner, Serie A1 2008/09 [3]
Cercle des Nageurs de Marseille
Winner, final four playoff, Championnat de France Elite 2008/09 [4]
ČH Hornets Košice
Slovakian Champions 2008/09 (?)
CSM Frigoconti Oradea
Romanian Super League Champions 2008/09 [5]
Galatasaray Men's Water Polo Team
Turkish Premier League Champions 2008/09 [6] [permanent dead link ]
LSTW Lodz
Winner Polish Championship 2009 [7]
Olympic Nice Natation
Runner-up, final four playoff, Championnat de France Elite 2008/09 [8]
Portinado
Portuguese Cup Champions 2009 [9]
PVK Rabotnicki - Skopje
Macedonian Champions 2008/09 (?)
Sintez Kazan
3rd place, Russian League 2008/09 (?) [10]
T-Mobile Honvéd
3rd place playoff winner, Hungarian Championship 2008/09 [11]
Vaterpolo Club Niš
3rd place playoff winner (?) Serbian Championship 2008/09 [12]
Vaterpolo Klub Šibenik
3rd place playoff winner (?) Croatian First Division 2008/09 [13]
Vouliagmeni Nautical Club
3rd place, Greek Division A1 (?) 2008/09 [14]
Wasserball Club Tirol
Austrian Bundesliga Champions 2009 [15]
Wasserfreunde Spandau
Playoff winners, German Bundesliga 2008/09 [16]
Second Qualifying Round (8)
How Qualified
A.S.D. Circolo Nautico Posillipo
Playoff finalist, Serie A1 2008/09 [17]
Havk Mladost
Playoff finalist (?) Croatian First Division 2008/09 [18]
Panionios G.S.S. Athens
Runner-up, Greek Division A1 (?) 2008/09 [19]
Spartak City Volgograd
Runner-up, Russian League 2008/09 (?) [20]
Vaterpolo Klub Budva - M:TEL
Playoff finalist, Montenegrin League 2009 [21] [permanent dead link ]
VK Primorac Kotor [1]
3rd place playoff winners, Montenegrin League 2009 [22] [permanent dead link ]
VK Vojvodina Novi Sad
Playoff finalist (?) Serbian Championship 2008/09 [23]
ZF Eger
Playoff finalist, Hungarian Championship 2008/09 [24]
Group Stage (8)
How qualified
A.S.D. Pro Recco
Playoff winners, Serie A1 2008/09 [25]
Aquatic Sport Club Shturm 2002
Champions, Russian League 2008/09 (?) [26]
Club Natació Atlètic Barceloneta
Playoff winners, Spanish Premier Division 2008/09 [27]
Jug Croatia Osiguranje
Playoff winners (?) Croatian First Division 2008/09 [28]
Champions, Greek Division A1 (?) 2008/09 [29]
SWC Jadran CBK - Herceg Novi
Playoff winners, Montenegrin League 2009 [30] [permanent dead link ]
Teva - Vasasplaket Budapest
Playoff winners, Hungarian Championship 2008/09 [31]
WPC Partizan Raiffeisen
Playoff winners (?) Serbian Championship 2008/09 [32]
First qualifying round [ ]
Key to colors in group tables
Progress to the 2nd Qualifying Round
Progress to the 2nd Qualifying Round
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Sintez Kazan
3
2
1
0
38
20
+18
7
2
VK Šibenik
3
2
1
0
35
24
+11
7
3
Olympique Nice
3
1
0
2
32
42
−10
3
4
LSTW Lodz
3
0
0
3
23
42
−19
0
Source:[citation needed ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Budapest Honved
3
3
0
0
45
20
+25
9
2
Cercle des Nageurs de Marseille
3
2
0
1
36
28
+8
6
3
ASC Duisburg
3
1
0
2
40
34
+6
3
4
WC Tirol
3
0
0
3
18
57
−39
0
Source:[citation needed ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Brixia Leonessa Nuoto
4
4
0
0
55
29
+26
12
2
Wasserfreunde Spandau 04
4
3
0
1
59
24
+35
9
3
CSM Oradea
4
2
0
2
59
35
+24
6
4
ASDVC Koper Rokava
4
1
0
3
40
44
−4
3
5
Rabotnički Skopje
4
0
0
4
12
93
−81
0
Source:[citation needed ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
CH Hornets Košice
4
4
0
0
51
24
+27
12
2
Vouliagmeni NC
4
3
0
1
54
23
+31
9
3
Galatasaray Istanbul
4
2
0
2
45
34
+11
6
4
VK Niš
4
1
0
3
35
36
−1
3
5
Portinado
4
0
0
4
11
79
−68
0
Source:[citation needed ]
Second qualifying round [ ]
Key to colors in group tables
Progress to the Group Stage
Progress to the 2nd Qualifying Round
Group E (Eger ) [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
ZF Eger
3
3
0
0
22
9
+13
9
2
Panionios GSS
3
1
1
1
28
27
+1
4
3
VK Šibenik
3
1
1
1
31
34
−3
4
4
Brixia Leonessa Nuoto
3
0
0
3
23
30
−7
0
Source:[citation needed ]
Group F (Budva ) [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Mladost Zagreb
3
2
1
0
34
24
+10
7
2
Budvanska Rivijera
3
2
1
0
24
17
+7
7
3
WF Spandau 04
3
1
0
2
18
26
−8
3
4
Hornets Košice
3
0
0
3
19
28
−9
0
Source:[citation needed ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Primorac Kotor
3
3
0
0
41
19
+22
9
2
Sintez Kazan
3
2
0
1
26
25
+1
6
3
CN Posillipo Naples
3
1
0
2
19
26
−7
3
4
CN Marseille
3
0
0
3
18
24
−6
0
Source:[citation needed ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Budapest Honved
3
2
1
0
21
18
+3
7
2
Vojvodina Novi Sad
3
2
1
0
27
25
+2
7
3
Spartak Volgograd
3
0
2
1
23
24
−1
2
4
Vouliagmeni NC
3
0
1
2
20
24
−4
1
Source:[citation needed ]
Preliminary round [ ]
Location of teams of the
2009–10 LEN Euroleague group stage.
Red: Group A;
Green: Group B;
Blue: Group C;
Yellow: Group D.
Key to colors in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advanced to the Quarter-finals
Group A [ ]
Source:[citation needed ]
Group B [ ]
Source:[citation needed ]
Group C [ ]
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Partizan
6
6
0
0
60
34
+26
18
Budva
6
3
0
3
48
52
−4
9
Olympiacos
6
2
0
4
51
51
0
6
Honvéd
6
1
0
5
43
65
−22
3
Source:[citation needed ]
Group D [ ]
Source:[citation needed ]
Knockout stage [ ]
Quarter-finals [ ]
The first legs were played on 24 March, and the second legs were played on 14 April 2010.
Final Four (Naples ) [ ]
Final standings [ ]
Stefano Tempesti , Damir Burić , Norbert Madaras , Andrea Mangiante , Tamás Kásás , Maurizio Felugo , Filip Filipović , Pietro Figlioli , Tibor Benedek , Alessandro Calcaterra , Vanja Udovičić , Guillermo Molina , Slobodan Nikić
Head Coach
Giuseppe Porzio
External links [ ]
Notes [ ]
^ Spain was a seeded country, but only entered one team into the 2009/10 Euroleague. The third placed Montenegrin side was elevated to the second qualifying round, but there is no explanation for this choice by LEN available. However, Kotor did win the 2008/09 Euroleague.
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