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2015–16 LEN Euro Cup

The 2015–16 LEN Euro Cup was the second tier of European competition in water polo. It ran from 30 September 2015 to 30 April 2016.

2015−16 LEN Euro Cup
LeagueLEN Euro Cup
SportWater Polo
Duration30 September 2015 to 30 April 2016
Number of teams17
Finals championsItaly AN Brescia (4th title)
  Runners-upRussia Sintez Kazan
Euro Cup seasons

Overview edit

Team allocation edit

Qualification round I
  Jadran Split   Mornar   SNS Strasbourg   Olympic Nice
  Ferencváros   Szeged   Acquachiara   Canottieri Napoli
  Sintez Kazan   Kinef Kirishi   SSV Esslingen   Primorac Kotor
  GZC Donk
Quarter-finals
  Waspo Hannover (CL Q3)   Digi Oradea (CL Q3)   CN Marseille (CL Q3)   AN Brescia (CL Q3)

Round and draw dates edit

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

Phase Round First leg Second leg
Qualifying Qualification round I 30 September–4 October 2015
Qualification round II 16−18 October 2015
Knockout stage Quarter-finals 11 November 2015 16 December 2015
Semi-finals 3 February 2016 10 February 2016
Final 16 April 2016 30 April 2016

Qualifying rounds edit

Qualification round I edit

Thirteen teams took part in the first qualifying round. They were drawn into one group of six and one group of seven teams, who played on 30 September−4 October 2015. The top four teams of each group advanced to the next round.[2]

Key to colours in group tables
Top four advance to next round

Group A edit

Tournament played in Budapest, Hungary.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts FTC SZE ACH JAD STRA ESS PRI
  Ferencváros 6 5 1 0 84 53 +31 16 — 11–10 9–9 11–8 14–12 22–10 17–4
  Szeged 6 5 0 1 84 49 +35 15 10–11 — 10–5 14–9 13–10 23–11 14–3
  Acquachiara 6 4 1 1 65 44 +21 13 9–9 5–10 — 11–4 10–8 15–7 15–6
  Jadran Split 6 3 0 3 58 60 −2 9 8–11 9–14 4–11 — 13–9 15–9 9–6
  SNS Strasbourg 6 2 0 4 67 66 +1 6 12–14 10–13 8–10 9–13 — 14–6 14–10
  SSV Esslingen 6 1 0 5 56 98 −42 3 10–22 11–23 7–15 9–15 6–14 — 13–9
  Primorac Kotor 6 0 0 6 38 82 −44 0 4–17 3–14 6–15 6–9 10–14 9–13 —
Source: [citation needed]

Group B edit

Tournament played in Split, Croatia.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts MOR SIN CCN KIN OLN GZC
  Mornar 5 4 0 1 68 49 +19 12 — 11–9 15–8 10–15 10–7 22–10
  Sintez Kazan 5 4 0 1 60 35 +25 12 9–11 — 13–9 10–9 10–5 18–1
  Canottieri Napoli 5 3 0 2 55 49 +6 9 8–15 9–13 — 10–8 12–5 16–8
  Kinef Kirishi 5 3 0 2 62 47 +15 9 15–10 9–10 8–10 — 14–9 16–8
  Olympic Nice 5 1 0 4 38 52 −14 3 7–10 5–10 5–12 9–14 — 12–6
  GZC Donk 5 0 0 5 33 84 −51 0 10–22 1–18 8–16 8–16 6–12 —
Source: [citation needed]

Qualification round II edit

Eight teams took part in the second qualifying round. They were drawn into two groups of four teams, which played on 16−18 October 2015. The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarterfinals.[3]

Key to colours in group tables
Top two advance to next round

Group C edit

Tournament was played in Naples, Italy.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts KIN SIN FTC ACH
  Kinef Kirishi 3 1 2 0 27 25 +2 5 — 9–9 8–8 10–8
  Sintez Kazan 3 1 1 1 29 23 +6 4 9–9 — 8–6 12–8
  Ferencváros 3 1 1 1 21 22 −1 4 8–8 6–8 — 7–6
  Acquachiara 3 0 0 3 22 29 −7 0 8–10 8–12 6–7 —
Source: [citation needed]

Group D edit

Tournament was played in Split, Croatia.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts MOR SZE CCN JAD
  Mornar 3 2 1 0 30 28 +2 7 — 12–11 7–7 11–10
  Szeged 3 2 0 1 43 33 +10 6 11–12 — 18–12 14–9
  Canottieri Napoli 3 0 2 1 27 33 −6 2 7–7 12–18 — 8–8
  Jadran Split 3 0 1 2 27 33 −6 1 10–11 9–14 8–8 —
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage edit

Bracket edit

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
  Mornar 14 9 23
  CSM Digi Oradea 9 13 22
  Mornar 9 7 16
  Sintez Kazan 7 12 19
  CN Marseille 8 10 18
  Sintez Kazan 9 11 20
  Sintez Kazan 4 6 10
  AN Brescia 11 12 23
  Kinef Kirishi 5 6 11
  AN Brescia 11 15 26
  AN Brescia 9 15 24
  Szeged 8 10 18
  Szeged 9 8 17
  Waspo Hannover 3 13 16

Quarter-finals edit

Key to colours
Seeded in quarter finals draw
Unseeded in quarter finals draw
CL losers of QR3 EC first two of QR2
  Waspo Hannover   Sintez Kazan
  Digi Oradea   Mornar
  CN Marseille   Kinef Kirishi
  AN Brescia   Szeged

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 association could not be drawn against each other.

The first legs were played on 11 November, and the second legs were played on 16 December 2015.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kinef Kirishi   11–26   AN Brescia 5–11 6–15
Mornar   23–22   Digi Oradea 14–9 9–13
CN Marseille   18–20   Sintez Kazan 8–9 10–11
Szeged   17–16   Waspo Hannover 9–3 8–13

Semi-finals edit

The first legs were played on 3 February, and the second legs were played on 10 February 2016.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AN Brescia   24–18   Szeged 9–8 15–10
Mornar   16–19   Sintez Kazan 9–7 7–12

Final edit

The first leg were played on 16 April, and the second leg were played on 30 April 2016.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sintez Kazan   10–23   AN Brescia 4–11 6–12


2015–16 LEN Euro Cup
Champions
 
AN Brescia
4th Cup

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "LEN Club Competition Programme Season 2015/2016" (PDF). LEN.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "LEN Euro Cup − Draw, Qualification round I". LEN. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-09-22.
  3. ^ "LEN Euro Cup − Draw, Qualification round II". LEN. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-09-22.
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