2001–02 LEN Champions League

The 2001–02 LEN Champions League was the 39th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. It ran from 24 October 2001 to 25 May 2002, and it was contested by 28 teams. The Final Four (semifinals, final, and third place game) took place on May 24 and May 25 in Budapest.

2001–02 LEN Champions League
League	LEN Champions League
Sport	Water Polo
Duration	24 October 2001 to 25 May 2002
Number of teams	8 (preliminary round) 28 (total)
Final Four
Finals champions	Olympiacos (1st title)
Runners-up	Honvéd

Preliminary round

Posillipo

Olympiacos

Nice

Spandau

Jug

Honvéd

Dynamo

Bečej

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Location of teams of the 2001–02 LEN Champions League group stage.
Blue Group; Red Group.

Key to colors in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advanced to Final four

Blue Group

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Posillipo	6	5	0	1	56	40	+16	10
Olympiacos	6	4	1	1	54	40	+14	9
Olympic Nice	6	1	1	4	44	47	−3	3
Spandau 04	6	1	0	5	38	65	−27	2

Source:

Red Group

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Jug Dubrovnik	6	5	0	1	49	40	+9	10
Honvéd	6	4	0	2	61	45	+16	8
Dynamo Moscow	6	1	2	3	38	53	−15	4
Bečej	6	0	2	4	39	49	−10	2

Source:

Final Four (Budapest)

Hajós Alfréd Nemzeti Sportuszoda, Budapest, Hungary

	Semifinals 24 May 2002				Final 25 May 2002
	Posillipo	8
	Honvéd	9
					Honvéd	7
					Olympiacos	9
	Jug Dubrovnik	5
	Olympiacos	8
					Third place
					Posillipo	8
					Jug Dubrovnik	7

Final standings

	Team
	Olympiacos
	Honvéd
	Posillipo
	Jug Dubrovnik

2001–02 Champions League Champions
Olympiacos 1st title

Themis Khatzis, Theodoros Chatzitheodorou, Nikolaos Deligiannis, Alexandros Gianniotis, Theodoros Kalakonas, Dimitris Kravaritis, Arsenis Maroulis, Athanasios Platanitis, Giorgos Psychos, Ioannis Thomakos, Ilias Lappas, Petar Trbojević, Antonios Vlontakis, Gerasimos Voltirakis

Head coach

Zoltán Kásás

See also

• 2001–02 LEN Cup Winners' Cup
• 2001–02 LEN Cup

External links

• 2002 LEN Champions League - Results