2019–20 LEN Euro Cup

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2019−20 LEN Euro Cup
LeagueLEN Euro Cup
SportWater Polo
Duration13 September 2019 – 9 May 2020
Number of games50
Number of teams20 (from 12 countries)
Euro Cup seasons

The 2019–20 LEN Euro Cup was the 28th edition of the second-tier European tournament for water polo clubs. It ran from 13 September 2019 to 9 May 2020.[1]

Overview[]

Calendar[]

The calendar of the competition was announced on 3 August 2019.[2]

Phase Round First leg Second leg
Qualifying
phase
Qualification round I 13–15 September 2019
Qualification round II 27–29 September 2019
Knockout stage Quarterfinals 30 October 2019 9 November 2019
Semifinals 22 February 2020 4 March 2020
Final 22 April 2020 9 May 2020

Participating teams[]

16 teams participated at the QR1 with half of them advancing to QR2. The four teams eliminated from the Champions League QR3 joined the qualified teams in the Quarterfinals.

Qualification round I
Belgium Spain CN Mataró Hungary Egri VK Malta Valletta WPC
Croatia VK Mornar Spain CE Mediterrani Hungary MVLC Miskolc Russia Shturm 2002
Croatia VK Solaris France Italy CC Ortigia Serbia VK Radnički Kragujevac
Cyprus APOEL Nicosia France Italy CN Posillipo Serbia VK Partizan
Quarter Finals
Italy AN Brescia (CL Q3) Greece NC Vouliagmeni (CL Q3) Romania CSM Oradea (CL Q3) France (CL Q3)

Qualifying phase[]

Qualification round I[]

Pools composition[]

The draw was held on 4 August 2019.[3] The cities selected to host the groups were Eger (Hungary), Split (Croatia), Syracuse (Italy) and Valletta (Malta).[4][5][6][7]

Group A Group B Group C Group D
Belgium Hungary Egri VK (H) France Cyprus APOEL Nicosia
Spain CE Mediterrani Russia Shturm 2002 Italy CN Posillipo Italy CC Ortigia (H)
Spain CN Mataró Serbia VK Radnički Kragujevac Hungary MVLC Miskolc France
Croatia VK Mornar (H) Croatia VK Solaris Malta Valletta WPC (H) Serbia VK Partizan

Group A[]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Qualification
Spain CE Mediterrani 9 3 3 0 0 40 21 +19 QR2
Spain CN Mataró 6 3 2 0 1 39 23 +16 QR2
Croatia VK Mornar 3 3 1 0 2 29 24 +5
Belgium 0 3 0 0 0 20 60 -40
13 Sep 2019
19:00
Report Belgium 6–19 Spain CE Mediterrani (Split)
Referees:
Vogel (HUN), Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 0–3, 3–7, 1–4
2: , , Goals 4:
3: ,
13 Sep 2019
20:30
Report VK Mornar Croatia 5–7 Spain CN Mataró (Split)
Referees:
Rovida (ITA), Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–0, 1–3, 1–2
2:
1: , ,
Goals 3:
2:

14 Sep 2019
18:30
Report CE Mediterrani Spain 11–9 Spain CN Mataró (Split)
Referees:
Margeta (SLO), Vogel (HUN)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–0, 2–3, 2–4
4: Minguell
2: ,
Goals 3:
2:
14 Sep 2019
20:00
Report VK Mornar Croatia 18–7 Belgium (Split)
Referees:
Stavridis (GRE), Rovida (ITA)
Score by quarters: 4–0, 5–1, 6–5, 3–1
3: Kreković,
2: , , , Bušelić
Goals 3:
2:

15 Sep 2019
10:30
Report CN Mataró Spain 23–7 Belgium (Split)
Referees:
Vogel (HUN), Rovida (ITA)
Score by quarters: 7–2, 7–2, 4–1, 5–2
6:
4: ,
Goals 2: , ,
1:
15 Sep 2019
12:00
Report VK Mornar Croatia 6–10 Spain CE Mediterrani (Split)
Referees:
Stavridis (GRE), Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–3, 1–1, 3–2
2:
1: , , ,
Goals 3:
2: , Roca Barceló

Group B[]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Qualification
Hungary Egri VK 9 3 3 0 0 44 19 +25 QR2
Croatia VK Solaris 6 3 2 0 1 32 30 +2 QR2
Serbia VK Radnički Kragujevac 3 3 1 0 2 23 27 -4
Russia Shturm 2002 0 3 0 0 3 22 45 -23
13 Sep 2019
18:30
Report Egri VK Hungary 14–6 Croatia VK Solaris (Eger)
Referees:
Dervieux (FRA), Castagnola (ITA)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 5–1, 4–1, 4–3
4:
3: Rašović, Hosnyánszky
Goals 2: , Bulat
1: ,
13 Sep 2019
20:15
Report VK Radnički Kragujevac Serbia 9–7 Russia Shturm 2002 (Eger)
Referees:
Koryzna (POL), Teixido (ESP)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–4, 2–1, 1–1
2: , ,
1: , ,
Goals 2: ,
1: , ,

14 Sep 2019
18:30
Report Egri VK Hungary 19–7 Russia Shturm 2002 (Eger)
Referees:
Teixido (ESP), Castagnola (ITA)
Score by quarters: 6–0, 5–3, 3–1, 5–3
4: Rašović, Hosnyánszky
3: , Vlachopoulos
Goals 2: ,
1: , ,
14 Sep 2019
20:15
Report VK Solaris Croatia 9–8 Serbia VK Radnički Kragujevac (Eger)
Referees:
Dervieux (FRA), Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–2, 3–2, 2–2
3: , Vlahović
1: , Koprčina,
Goals 2: ,
1: , , ,

15 Sep 2019
09:45
Report Shturm 2002 Russia 8–17 Croatia VK Solaris (Eger)
Referees:
Teixido (ESP), Dervieux (FRA)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–5, 1–3, 3–4
3:
2:
Goals 4:
3:
15 Sep 2019
11:30
Report Egri VK Hungary 11–6 Serbia VK Radnički Kragujevac (Eger)
Referees:
Castagnola (ITA), Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 1–0, 1–1, 4–2, 5–3
3: Rašović
2: , Vlachopoulos
Goals 2: , ,

Group C[]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Qualification
Hungary MVLC Miskolc 9 3 3 0 0 47 27 +20 QR2
France 6 3 2 0 1 39 32 +7 QR2
Italy CN Posillipo 3 3 1 0 2 28 36 -8
Malta Valletta WPC 0 3 0 0 3 27 46 -19
13 Sep 2019
18:00
Report France 10–15 Hungary MVLC Miskolc (Valletta)
Referees:
Boudramis (GRE), Tiozzo (CRO)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–5, 2–4, 3–5
3: Petković
2: Marzouki,
Goals 4:
3:
13 Sep 2019
19:15
Report Valletta WPC Malta 8–13 Italy CN Posillipo (Valletta)
Referees:
Santos (POR), Jimenez (ESP)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–3, 2–3, 3–4
3: ,
1: ,
Goals 2: , ,
,

14 Sep 2019
17:00
Report MVLC Miskolc Hungary 15–8 Italy CN Posillipo (Valletta)
Referees:
Jimenez (ESP), Boudramis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–4, 6–3, 2–0
4:
2: , , ,
Goals 3:
2: ,
14 Sep 2019
18:15
Report France 16–10 Malta Valletta WPC (Valletta)
Referees:
Tiozzo (CRO), Santos (POR)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 5–2, 5–3, 5–4
6: Petković
3: Marzouki
Goals 3:
1:

15 Sep 2019
09:00
Report CN Posillipo Italy 7–13 France (Valletta)
Referees:
Santos (POR), Tiozzo (CRO)
Score by quarters: 2��3, 3–3, 1–3, 1–4
3:
2:
Goals 3: , Marzouki
2: Petković
15 Sep 2019
10:15
Report Valletta WPC Malta 9–17 Hungary MVLC Miskolc (Valletta)
Referees:
Boudramis (GRE), Jimenez (ESP)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–6, 2–5, 1–4
3:
2:
Goals 3: , , Mišić,
2:

Group D[]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Qualification
France 9 3 3 0 0 41 26 +15 QR2
Italy CC Ortigia 6 3 2 0 1 45 21 +24 QR2
Serbia VK Partizan 3 3 1 0 2 49 35 +14
Cyprus APOEL Nicosia 0 3 0 0 3 20 73 -53
13 Sep 2019
18:00
Report VK Partizan Serbia 30–9 Cyprus APOEL Nicosia (Syracuse)
Referees:
Peris (CRO), Naumov (RUS)
Score by quarters: 7–2, 6–3, 8–3, 9–1
5: , ,
4:
Goals 6:
2:
13 Sep 2019
19:30
Report France 9–8 Italy CC Ortigia (Syracuse)
Referees:
Kun (HUN), Zwart (NED)
Score by quarters: 2–0, 1–2, 3–3, 3–3
3:
2:
Goals 2: Giacoppo, Gallo, Vidović
1: ,

14 Sep 2019
18:00
Report APOEL Nicosia Cyprus 8–18 France (Syracuse)
Referees:
Zwart (NED), Peris (CRO)
Score by quarters: 0–4, 2–3, 3–6, 3–5
3:
2: ,
Goals 3: ,
2: , , ,
14 Sep 2019
19:30
Report CC Ortigia Italy 12–9 Serbia VK Partizan (Syracuse)
Referees:
Kun (HUN), Naumov (RUS)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–2, 1–3, 4–3
4: Gallo
3: Vidović
Goals 3: ,
2:

15 Sep 2019
10:30
Report France 14–10 Serbia VK Partizan (Syracuse)
Referees:
Kun (HUN), Peris (CRO)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–4, 5–4, 2–0
4:
3:
Goals 4:
2: ,
15 Sep 2019
12:00
Report CC Ortigia Italy 25–3 Cyprus APOEL Nicosia (Syracuse)
Referees:
Naumov (RUS), Zwart (NED)
Score by quarters: 6–1, 8–1, 5–0, 6–1
3: , , Giacoppo,
Gallo,
Goals 1: , ,

Qualification round II[]

Pools composition[]

The draw for this stage of the competition was held at LEN headquarters in Nyon (Switzerland) on 17 September 2019.[8][9] The hosts of the two groups were Mataró (Spain) and Šibenik (Croatia).[10][11]

Group E Group F
Italy CC Ortigia Spain CN Mataró (H)
Spain CE Mediterrani France
Hungary MVLC Miskolc Hungary Egri VK
Croatia VK Solaris (H) France

Group E[]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Qualification
Hungary MVLC Miskolc 9 3 3 0 0 38 28 +10 Quarterfinals
Italy CC Ortigia 6 3 2 0 1 35 29 +6 Quarterfinals
Spain CE Mediterrani 1 3 0 1 2 27 35 -8
Croatia VK Solaris 1 3 0 1 2 23 31 -8
27 Sep 2019
18:45
Report VK Solaris Croatia 10–12 Italy CC Ortigia (Šibenik)
Referees:
Schwartz (ISR), Shopp (GER)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–2, 1–4, 4–3
3: , Vlahović
2: Koprčina
Goals 5: Gallo
3:
27 Sep 2019
20:30
Report CE Mediterrani Spain 12–15 Hungary MVLC Miskolc (Šibenik)
Referees:
Birakis (GRE), de Jong (NED)
Score by quarters: 6–4, 3–2, 1–3, 2–6
3: Minguell, Roca
2: ,
Goals 7:
2: , ,

28 Sep 2019
18:45
Report VK Solaris Croatia 5–11 Hungary MVLC Miskolc (Šibenik)
Referees:
de Jong (NED), Birakis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 0–3, 1–4, 3–3, 1–1
1: Erak, Štrkalj, ,
Vlahović, Sabioni
Goals 4: Mišić
3:
28 Sep 2019
20:30
Report CC Ortigia Italy 12–7 Spain CE Mediterrani (Šibenik)
Referees:
Shopp (GER), Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters: 4–0, 3–2, 4–1, 1–4
6: Giacoppo
2: ,
Goals 3: ,
1:

29 Sep 2019
09:45
Report MVLC Miskolc Hungary 12–11 Italy CC Ortigia (Šibenik)
Referees:
Schwartz (ISR), Shopp (GER)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 4–2, 3–4, 3–1
4:
2: , , Mišić
Goals 3:
2: Giacoppo, Vidović
29 Sep 2019
11:30
Report VK Solaris Croatia 8–8 Spain CE Mediterrani (Šibenik)
Referees:
Birakis (GRE), de Jong (NED)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–3, 4–3, 1–0
3: Koprčina
2: Vlahović
Goals 4: Minguell
1: , , ,

Group F[]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Qualification
Hungary Egri VK 9 3 3 0 0 41 20 +21 Quarterfinals
Spain CN Mataró 6 3 2 0 1 26 27 -1 Quarterfinals
France 3 3 1 0 2 23 32 -9
France 0 3 0 0 3 25 36 -11
27 Sep 2019
16:00
Report Egri VK Hungary 14–7 France (Mataró)
Referees:
Petronilli (ITA), Milović (SRB)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–3, 5–2, 3–0
4: Rašović, Hosnyánszky
2: ,
Goals 3:
2: Peisson
27 Sep 2019
17:30
Report CN Mataró Spain 8–6 France (Mataró)
Referees:
Štampalija (CRO), Türkkan (TUR)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–1, 1–2, 5–2
3:
2: ,
Goals 3:
1: , ,

28 Sep 2019
16:00
Report France 5–16 Hungary Egri VK (Mataró)
Referees:
Türkkan (TUR), Petronilli (ITA)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 1–4, 2–3, 0–4
2: ,
1:
Goals 3: Hosnyánszky, Vlachopoulos,
2:
28 Sep 2019
17:30
Report CN Mataró Spain 10–9 France (Mataró)
Referees:
Štampalija (CRO), Milović (SRB)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–2, 3–2, 1–2
4:
2:
Goals 2: Petković, Marzouki,
1: , , Peisson

29 Sep 2019
11:00
Report France 9–12 France (Mataró)
Referees:
Štampalija (CRO), Petronilli (ITA)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–3, 4–1, 1–5
2: , Petković, Marzouki
1: , , Peisson
Goals 4:
2: ,
29 Sep 2019
12:30
Report CN Mataró Spain 8–12 Hungary Egri VK (Mataró)
Referees:
Türkkan (TUR), Milović (SRB)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 0–3, 4–3, 2–4
2: ,
1: , , ,
Goals 3: Vlachopoulos
2: , ,

Knockout stage[]

Quarterfinals[]

The draw was held in Nyon (Switzerland), at LEN offices, on 1 October 2019.[12][13]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AN Brescia Italy 28–20 Hungary MVLC Miskolc 17–10 11–10
CSM Oradea Romania 20–19 Spain CN Mataró 12–9 8–10
CC Ortigia Italy 16–15 Greece NC Vouliagmeni 9–9 7–6
Egri VK Hungary 22–21 (p) France 12–8 10–13 (p)

First leg[]

30 Oct 2019
15:00
Report CC Ortigia Italy 9–9 Greece NC Vouliagmeni (Syracuse)
Referees:
Bura (CRO), Dervieux (FRA)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–2, 1–3, 3–1
3: Gallo,
2: Giacoppo
Goals 3: Pontikeas
2:
30 Oct 2019
18:00
Report CSM Oradea Romania 12–9 Spain CN Mataró Bazinul Olimpic Ioan Alexandrescu (Oradea)
Referees:
Berishvili (GEO), Mišković (MNE)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 5–1, 3–3
4:
3:
Goals 5:
2:
30 Oct 2019
18:00
Report Egri VK Hungary 12–8 France (Eger)
Referees:
Putniković (SRB), Dutilh-Dumas (NED)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–4, 4–3, 3–0
4: Rašović
3: Hosnyánszky,
Goals 4: Marković
30 Oct 2019
20:30
Report AN Brescia Italy 17–10 Hungary MVLC Miskolc (Brescia)
Referees:
Shopp (GER), Stavdridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 4–2, 6–3, 3–4
6:
3: C. Presciutti
Goals 3:
2:

Second leg[]

9 Nov 2019
12:00
Report CN Mataró Spain 10–8 Romania CSM Oradea (Mataró)
Referees:
Spanoudis (GRE), Dervieux (FRA)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–2, 2–3, 2–2
3: Goals 2: ,
9 Nov 2019
15:00
Report NC Vouliagmeni Greece 6–7 Italy CC Ortigia (Vouliagmeni)
Referees:
Kun (HUN), Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–2, 0–0, 1–2
2: Gkiouvetsis Goals 2: Vidović,
9 Nov 2019
19:00
Report MVLC Miskolc Hungary 10–11 Italy AN Brescia (Miskolc)
Referees:
Buch (ESP), Birakis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–1, 3–5, 4–3
3:
2: ,
Goals 5:
2: , Nikolaidis
9 Nov 2019
20:30
Report France 10–6 (13–10 PSO) Hungary Egri VK (Strasbourg)
Referees:
Stavridis (GRE), Franulović (CRO)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–0, 3–3, 2–1  PSO: 3–4
3:
2: , Marković
Goals 2: Rašović

Semifinals[]

The draw for the semifinals took place on 12 November 2019.[14][15]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AN Brescia Italy Hungary Egri VK 6–3 TBD1
CSM Oradea Romania 12–23 Italy CC Ortigia 4–10 8–13

First leg[]

22 Feb 2020
19:00 (UTC+1)
Report AN Brescia Italy 6–3 Hungary Egri VK (Brescia)
Referees:
Savinović (CRO), Naumov (RUS)
Score by quarters: 0–1, 2–0, 0–0, 4–2
2: , Nikolaidis
1: ,
Goals 2:
1: Hosnyánszky
22 Feb 2020
18:00 (UTC+2)
Report CSM Oradea Romania 4–10 Italy CC Ortigia Bazinul Olimpic Ioan Alexandrescu (Oradea)
Referees:
Margeta (SLO), Vogel (HUN)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–4, 1–4, 1–1
2: Inaba
1: ,
Goals 3:
2: Gallo

Second leg[]

4 Mar 2020
20:00 (UTC+1)
Report CC Ortigia Italy 13–8 Romania CSM Oradea (Catania)2
Referees:
Naumov (RUS), Ortega (ESP)
Score by quarters: 2–0, 5–2, 2–2, 4–4
4: Gallo
3: Giacoppo
Goals 2: ,
1: four players
TBD1 Report Egri VK Hungary Italy AN Brescia (Eger)

1The second leg of the game was originally scheduled for 4 March 2020 but it was postponed because Hungarian pools were in lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.[16]
2Ortigia played the home game in the near Catania due to the impossibility of Syracuse's "Paolo Caldarella" swimming pool to host international evening matches during winter time.[17]


See also[]

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