2018–19 LEN Champions League

2018–19 LEN Champions League
League	LEN Champions League
Sport	Water Polo
Number of teams	16 (Preliminary round)
Final Eight
Champions	FTC Telekom Budapest (1st title)
Runners-up	Olympiacos
Champions League seasons
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The 2018–19 LEN Champions League was the 56th 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
HAVK Mladost	Waspo 98 Hannover	Pro Recco	Dynamo Moscow
Jug Dubrovnik	ZF Eger	Olympiacos TH	Crvena zvezda
Spandau 04	Szolnoki Dozsa	Steaua București BA	CNA Barceloneta
Qualification round II
Jadran Split	NC Vouliagmeni	CSM Digi Oradea
FTC Telekom Budapest	AN Brescia	Sintez Kazan	CN Sabadell
Qualification round I
		Enka SK
		AZC Alphen
Jadran Carine	CN Terrassa

Phases and rounds dates[]

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

Phase	Round	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying rounds	Qualification round I	13–16 September 2018
	Qualification round II	28–30 September 2018
	Qualification round III	6 October 2018	10 October 2018
Preliminary round	Matchday 1	17 October 2018
	Matchday 2	3 November 2018
	Matchday 3	21 November 2018
	Matchday 4	5 December 2018
	Matchday 5	19 December 2018
	Matchday 6	9 January 2019
	Matchday 7	23 January 2019
	Matchday 8	6 February 2019
	Matchday 9	27 February 2019
	Matchday 10	16 March 2019
	Matchday 11	27 March 2019
	Matchday 12	13 April 2019
	Matchday 13	24 April 2019
	Matchday 14	15 May 2019
Final Eight	Quarterfinals	6 June 2019
	Semifinals	7 June 2019
	Final	8 June 2019

Qualifying rounds[]

Qualification round I[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification					ENK
1		5	5	0	0	72	28	+44	15	Round II		—	13–8		12–2	22–8	14–3
2		5	4	0	1	61	38	+23	12				—			15–9
3	(H)	5	3	0	2	45	40	+5	9			7–11	7–12	—	10–6	9–4	12–7
4	Enka SK	5	2	0	3	32	48	−16	6				5–11		—	9–8	10–7
5		5	1	0	4	39	61	−22	3							—
6		5	0	0	5	27	61	−34	0				4–15			6–10	—

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		JAD		TER	ALP
1	Jadran Carine	4	4	0	0	63	24	+39	12	Round II		—		10–8
2	(H)	4	3	0	1	43	30	+13	9			5–11	—	10–8	12–6	16–5
3	CN Terrassa	4	2	0	2	47	32	+15	6					—	12–9
4	AZC Alphen	4	1	0	3	30	47	−17	3			6–17			—	9–6
5		4	0	0	4	19	69	−50	0			5–25		3–19		—

Qualification round II[]

Group C[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		JAD	VOU	SIN
1	Jadran Carine (H)	3	3	0	0	41	18	+23	9	Round III		—	8–7	18–6	15–5
2	NC Vouliagmeni	3	2	0	1	26	19	+7	6				—		9–3
3	Sintez Kazan	3	1	0	2	27	36	−9	3				8–10	—
4		3	0	0	3	16	37	−21	0					8–13	—

Group D[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification			TER	SAB
1		3	2	1	0	42	28	+14	7	Round III		—	13–13		17–11
2	CN Terrassa	3	1	2	0	36	26	+10	5				—
3	CN Sabadell (H)	3	1	1	1	29	27	+2	4			4–12	7–7	—	18–8
4		3	0	0	3	25	51	−26	0				6–16		—

Group E[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BRE		ORA	ENK
1	AN Brescia	3	3	0	0	43	16	+27	9	Round III		—			12–3
2		3	2	0	1	24	26	−2	6			5–16	—
3	CSM Digi Oradea (H)	3	0	1	2	21	31	−10	1			8–15	6–9	—	7–7
4	Enka SK	3	0	1	2	14	29	−15	1				4–10		—

Group F[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FTC	SPL		ALP
1	FTC Telekom Budapest	3	3	0	0	41	18	+23	9	Round III		—	17–7		14–7
2	Jadran Split	3	2	0	1	37	35	+2	6				—
3	(H)	3	1	0	2	32	29	+3	3			4–10	11–12	—	17–7
4	AZC Alphen	3	0	0	3	21	49	−28	0				7–18		—

Qualification round III[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FTC Telekom Budapest	22–11	NC Vouliagmeni	10–4	12–7
Jadran Split	17–15	Jadran Carine	11–9	6–6
AN Brescia	16–13	CN Terrassa	8–4	8–9
	10–26		4–10	6–16

Preliminary round[]

The draw for the group stage was held on 5 September 2018 in Barcelona.^[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 and third placed teams advance to the Final 8. They are joined by the host of the tournament and the fourth placed team from a group other than one the host plays in. The matchdays are 17 October, 3 and 21 November, 5 and 19 December 2018, 9 and 23 January, 6 and 27 February, 16 and 27 March, 13 and 24 April, 15 May 2019.

A total of 9 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		PRO	BAR	BRE	FTC	MOS	EGR	BUC	CRV
1	Pro Recco	14	14	0	0	197	91	+106	42	Final 8		—	8–3	12–6	9–6	11–6	17–7	19–7	21–6
2	CNA Barceloneta	14	10	1	3	154	120	+34	31			11–15	—	8–8	8–5	13–9	12–7	11–8	14–3
3	AN Brescia	14	9	2	3	133	107	+26	29			8–9	14–8	—	10–5	10–8	11–6	13–9	7–2
4	FTC Telekom Budapest	14	8	1	5	146	117	+29	25			7–13	8–9	8–8	—	13–6	16–9	12–4	17–9
5	Dynamo Moscow	14	6	0	8	153	145	+8	18			5–14	12–13	10–6	11–13	—	15–13	16–4	14–4
6	ZF Eger	14	5	0	9	144	179	−35	15			7–16	10–16	8–11	9–12	12–10	—	13–9	17–11
7	Steaua București BA	14	2	0	12	109	168	−59	6			8–16	10–14	5–8	6–9	11–14	11–13	—	8–3
8	Crvena zvezda	14	0	0	14	87	196	−109	0			4–17	3–14	9–13	6–15	8–17	12–13	7–9	—

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		JUG	OLY		SZO	SPL	HAN	ZAG	SPA
1	Jug Dubrovnik	14	10	2	2	152	110	+42	32	Final 8		—	10–6	9–8	8–7	6–7	18–7	14–11	14–9
2	Olympiacos	14	9	3	2	149	98	+51	30			10–10	—	11–5	11–10	13–7	17–7	13–8	11–4
3		14	8	3	3	125	115	+10	27			11–11	7–6	—	7–5	9–8	12–7	12–9	8–6
4	Szolnoki Dozsa	14	6	4	4	135	122	+13	22			10–7	9–9	6–6	—	10–9	10–10	11–8	14–6
5	Jadran Split	14	6	0	8	137	140	−3	18			6–13	3–8	12–9	15–10	—	15–10	10–12	14–8
6	Waspo 98 Hannover[a]	14	3	3	8	130	169	−39	12	Final 8		7–14	9–9	10–11	9–13	9–8	—	14–9	11–7
7	HAVK Mladost Zagreb	14	3	2	9	129	161	−32	11			5–11	6–14	7–7	8–11	11–12	11–11	—	9–7
8	Spandau 04	14	2	1	11	114	156	−42	7			6–7	3–11	8–13	9–9	12–11	15–9	14–15	—

Final Eight[]

6–8 June 2018—Hannover, Germany

Qualified teams[]

Group	Winners	Runners-up	Third	Fourth	Host
A	Pro Recco	CNA Barceloneta	AN Brescia	FTC Telekom Budapest
B	Jug Dubrovnik	Olympiacos			Waspo 98 Hannover

Bracket[]

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	6 June
	Pro Recco	14
					7 June
	Waspo 98 Hannover	10
					Pro Recco	11
	6 June
					Olympiacos	12
	Olympiacos	8
									8 June
	AN Brescia	7
									Olympiacos	10 (3)
	6 June
									FTC Telekom	10 (4)
	Jug Dubrovnik	9
					7 June
	FTC Telekom	10
					FTC Telekom	9
	6 June
					CNA Barceloneta	7			Third place game
	CNA Barceloneta	12
									8 June
		7
									Pro Recco	8
									CNA Barceloneta	7

5th–8th place bracket

	5th–8th place semifinals				Fifth place game
	7 June
	Waspo 98 Hannover	8
					8 June
	AN Brescia	11
					AN Brescia	12
	7 June
					Jug Dubrovnik	13
	Jug Dubrovnik	11
		8
					Seventh place game
					8 June
					Waspo 98 Hannover	8
						10

Quarterfinals[]

6 June 2019 16:00	Report	Jug Dubrovnik	9–10	FTC Telekom Budapest	Hannover Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu Sergey Naumov
		Score by quarters: 3–5, 2–3, 1–2, 3–0
		Fatović 4	Goals	three players 2

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6 June 2019 17:30	Report	CNA Barceloneta	12–7		Hannover Referees: Levan Berishvili Sebastien Dervieux
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–1, 3-3, 3–2
		Granados, Perrone 3	Goals	4

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6 June 2019 19:00	Report	Pro Recco	14–10	Waspo 98 Hannover	Hannover Referees: Stanko Ivanovski Michiel Zwart
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–3, 4–2, 4–3
		Mandić 3	Goals	Radović 4

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6 June 2019 20:30	Report	Olympiacos	8–7	AN Brescia	Hannover Referees: Boris Margeta Ivan Raković
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–2, 0–1, 2–3
		Mourikis 2	Goals	Presciutti 3

5th–8th place semifinals[]

7 June 2019 15:00	Report	Waspo 98 Hannover	8–11	AN Brescia	Hannover Referees: Sebastian Dervieux Stanko Ivanovski
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–2, 3-3, 3–5
		Brguljan 4	Goals	, Muslim 3

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7 June 2019 16:30	Report	Jug Dubrovnik	11–8		Hannover Referees: Levan Berishvili Michiel Zwart
		Score by quarters: 0–1, 5–3, 1–1, 5–3
		Fatović, Benić 4	Goals	3

Semifinals[]

7 June 2019 19:00	SF3	Pro Recco	11–12	Olympiacos	Hannover Referees: Boris Margeta Sergey Naumov
		Score by quarters: 3–5, 3–3, 2–3, 3–1
		Ivović 3	Goals	Fountoulis 3

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7 June 2019 20:30	SF4	FTC Telekom Budapest	9–7	CNA Barceloneta	Hannover Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu Ivan Raković
		Score by quarters: 2-2, 1-1, 2–3, 4–1
		Varga 3	Goals	Granados 3

Seventh place game[]

8 June 2019 15:00	Waspo 98 Hannover	8–10		Hannover Referees: Stanko Ivanovski Michiel Zwart
	Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–5, 2-2, 3–2
	Brguljan 3	Goals	Fondelli 4

Fifth place game[]

8 June 2019 16:00	AN Brescia	12–13	Jug Dubrovnik	Hannover Referees: Levan Berishvili Sergey Naumov
	Score by quarters: 3–4, 4-4, 2-2, 3-3
	Gallo 4	Goals	Fatović 5

Third place game[]

8 June 2019 19:00	Report	Pro Recco	8–7	CNA Barceloneta	Hannover Referees: Ivan Raković Sebastian Dervieux
		Score by quarters: 3-3, 2–3, 1-1, 2–0
		Filipović 3	Goals	Munarriz 5

Final[]

8 June 2019 20:30	Report	Olympiacos	13–14	FTC Telekom Budapest	Hannover Referees: Boris Margeta Adrian Alexandrescu
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 4–5, 2-2, 3–0  PSO: 3–4
		Genidounias 5	Goals	Mitrović 3

2018–19 LEN Champions League Champions
FTC Telekom Budapest 1st title

, , , , Márton Vámos, Tamás Mezei, Slobodan Nikić, Nikola Jakšić, Aaron Younger, Dénes Varga, Szilárd Jansik, Soma Vogel, Stefan Mitrović, Norbert Madaras

Head Coach

Zsolt Varga

Final standings[]

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

See also[]

• 2018–19 LEN Euro Cup

References[]

External links[]