2014–15 LEN Euro Cup

The 2014–15 LEN Euro Cup was the second tier of European competition in water polo. It ran from 30 October 2014 to 11 April 2015, and it was contested by twenty one teams from twelve countries.

2014–15 LEN Euro Cup
LeagueLEN Euro Cup
SportWater Polo
Duration30 October 2014 to 11 April 2015
Number of teams24
Finals championsItaly Posillipo (1st title)
  Runners-upItaly Acquachiara
Euro Cup seasons
← 2013–14

Overview edit

Team allocation edit

  • CL: Transferred from the Champions League
    • Q2: Third and fourth-placed teams from the QR2
    • Q1: Sixth-placed teams from the QR1
Qualification round II
  Mornar   Savona   Dinamo Astrachan   Waspo Hannover (CL Q2)
  Sète   Acquachiara   Kinef Kirishi   Ligamus Tbilisi (CL Q1)
  Olympic Nice   Valletta   Vojvodina   Montpellier (CL Q1)
  Esslingen   Primorac Kotor   Sintez Kazan (CL Q2)
  White Sharks   Utrecht   Jadran Herceg Novi (CL Q2)
  Vouliagmeni   Steaua București   Posillipo (CL Q2)

Round and draw dates edit

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

Phase Round First leg Second leg
Qualifying Qualification round I 10–12 October 2014
Qualification round II 30 October–2 November 2014
Knockout stage Quarter-finals 29 November 2014 17 December 2014
Semi-finals 11 February 2015 4 March 2015
Final 28 March 2015 11 April 2015

Qualifying rounds edit

Qualification round I edit

  • 10–12 October

Qualification round II edit

  • 30 October-2 November

Twelve teams will take part in the quarter-finals. They will be drawn into five groups of five or six teams, whose played on 30 October–2 November 2014. Group winners and runners-up teams of each group advance to quarter finals.

Key to colors in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to quarter finals

Group A edit

Vouliagmeni has the right to organize the tournament.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Sintez Kazan 5 4 0 1 67 45 +22 12
  Acquachiara 5 3 1 1 74 47 +27 10
  Vouliagmeni 5 3 1 1 52 38 +14 10
  Jadran Herceg Novi 5 2 2 1 58 38 +20 8
  Utrecht 5 1 0 4 37 62 −25 3
  Esslingen 5 0 0 5 36 94 −58 0
Source: [citation needed]

Group B edit

Valletta has the right to organize the tournament.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Mornar 4 4 0 0 64 27 +37 12
  Steaua București 4 3 0 1 44 30 +14 9
  Montpellier 4 2 0 2 46 30 +16 6
  Primorac Kotor 4 1 0 3 30 47 −17 3
  Valletta 4 0 0 4 24 74 −50 0
Source: [citation needed]

Group C edit

Olympic Nice has the right to organize the tournament.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Olympic Nice 4 3 1 0 46 27 +19 10
  Posillipo 4 3 1 0 48 34 +14 10
  Kinef Kirishi 4 2 0 2 48 33 +15 6
  Sète 4 0 1 3 32 52 −20 1
  White Sharks 4 0 1 3 33 61 −28 1
Source: [citation needed]

Group D edit

Savona has the right to organize the tournament.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Waspo Hannover 4 3 1 0 47 24 +23 10
  Savona 4 3 1 0 42 31 +11 10
  Dinamo Astrachan 4 1 1 2 32 34 −2 4
  Vojvodina 4 1 1 2 22 35 −13 4
  Ligamus Tbilisi 4 0 0 4 30 49 −19 0
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage edit

Bracket edit

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
  Steaua București 9 9 18
  Waspo Hannover 7 9 16
  Steaua București 6 5 11
  Posillipo 8 8 16
  Sintez Kazan 9 7 16
  Posillipo 6 12 18
  Posillipo 6 11 17
  Acquachiara 6 10 16
  Acquachiara 13 10 23
  Olympic Nice 7 10 17
  Acquachiara 15 7 22
  Mornar 11 7 18
  Mornar 10 4 14
  Savona 5 8 13

Quarter-finals edit

  • 29 November 2014 1st match
  • 17 December 2014 2nd match
Key to colors
Seeded in quarter finals draw
Unseeded in quarter finals draw
Group Winners Runners-up
A   Sintez Kazan   Acquachiara
B   Mornar   Steaua București
C   Olympic Nice   Posillipo
D   Waspo Hannover   Savona

These teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follow:

  • In the draw for the quarter-finals, the four group winners were seeded, and the four group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association could not be drawn against each other.

The first legs were played on 29 November, and the second legs were played on 17 December 2014.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sintez Kazan   16–18   Posillipo 9–6 7–12
Mornar   14–13   Savona 10–5 4–8
Steaua București   18–16   Waspo Hannover 9–7 9–9
Acquachiara   23–17   Olympic Nice 13–7 10–10

Semi-finals edit

The draw was held on 10 January 2015 in Belgrade, Serbia. The first legs were played on 11 February, and the second legs were played on 4 March 2015.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Steaua București   11–16   Posillipo 6–8 5–8
Acquachiara   22–18   Mornar 15–11 7–7

Finals edit

The first leg were played on 28 March, and the second leg were played on 11 April 2015.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Posillipo   17–16   Acquachiara 6–6 11–10


2015–16 LEN Euro Cup
Champions
 
Posillipo
1st Cup

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "LEN Club Competition Programme Season 2014/2015" (PDF).[permanent dead link]

External links edit