2018–19 LEN Champions League

2018–19 LEN Champions League
2018–19 LEN Champions League
League	LEN Champions League
Sport	Water Polo
Number of teams	16 (preliminary round)
Season MVP	Filip Filipović (Pro Recco)
Top scorer	Konstantinos Genidounias 42 goals (Olympiacos)
Final eight
Champions	FTC Telekom Budapest (1st title)
Runners-up	Olympiacos
Finals MVP	Denes Varga (Ferencváros)
Champions League seasons
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 LEN Champions League was the 56th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs.

Overview edit

Team allocation edit

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	OSC Potsdam
FTC Telekom Budapest	AN Brescia	Sintez Kazan	CN Sabadell
Qualification round I
Pays D’Aix Natation	BPM Sport Management	Enka SK	Valletta
Strasbourg	Corona Sportul Studențesc	AZC Alphen	WP Club Tbilisi
Jadran Carine	CN Terrassa	Dynamo Lviv

Phases and rounds dates edit

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 edit

Qualification round I edit

Group A edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BPM	AIX	BRA	ENK	LVI	TBI
1	BPM Sport Management	5	5	0	72	28	+44	15	Round II	—	13–8		12–2	22–8	14–3
2	Pays D’Aix Natation	5	4	1	61	38	+23	12			—			15–9
3	Corona Sportul Studențesc (H)	5	3	2	45	40	+5	9		7–11	7–12	—	10–6	9–4	12–7
4	Enka SK	5	2	3	32	48	−16	6			5–11		—	9–8	10–7
5	Dynamo Lviv	5	1	4	39	61	−22	3						—
6	WP Club Tbilisi	5	0	5	27	61	−34	0			4–15			6–10	—

Source: LEN
(H) Hosts

Group B edit

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

Source: LEN
(H) Hosts

Qualification round II edit

Group C edit

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

Source: LEN
(H) Hosts

Group D edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	VER	TER	SAB	POT
1	BPM Sport Management	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	Round III		—
3	CN Sabadell (H)	3	1	1	1	29	27	+2	4		4–12	7–7	—	18–8
4	OSC Potsdam	3	0	0	3	25	51	−26	0			6–16		—

Source: LEN
(H) Hosts

Group E edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BRE	STR	ORA	ENK
1	AN Brescia	3	3	0	0	43	16	+27	9	Round III	—			12–3
2	Strasbourg	3	2	0	1	24	26	−2	6	Round III	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		—

Source: LEN
(H) Hosts

Group F edit

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

Source: LEN
(H) Hosts

Qualification round III edit

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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
Strasbourg	10–26	BPM Sport Management	4–10	6–16

Preliminary round edit

Location of teams of the 2018–19 LEN Champions League group stage.
Red: Group A;

Blue: Group B.

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 edit

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	—

Source: LEN

Group B edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	JUG	OLY	VER	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	BPM Sport Management	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	—

Source: LEN
Notes:

^ Hannover qualified for the Final Eight as the host team of the tournament.

Final eight edit

6–8 June 2018—Hannover, Germany

Hannover

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Location of the 2018–19 LEN Champions League Final 8

Qualified teams edit

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

Bracket edit

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
BPM Sport Management	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

BPM Sport Management	8
		Seventh place game

		8 June

		Waspo 98 Hannover	8

		BPM Sport Management	10

Quarterfinals edit

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

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

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

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 edit

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	Rizzo, Muslim 3

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

Semifinals edit

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

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 edit

8 June 2019 15:00	Waspo 98 Hannover	8–10	BPM Sport Management	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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

Andras Gardonyi, Tamás Sedlmayer, Mark Kallay, Zoltan Pohl, 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 edit

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

Awards edit

Season MVP	Top Scorer	Player of the Final Eight	Goalkeeper of the Final Eight
Filip Filipović (Pro Recco)	Konstantinos Genidounias (Olympiacos) 42 goals	Denes Varga (Ferencváros)	Soma Voggel (Ferencváros)

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References edit

^ "LEN Club Competition Programme Season 2018–2019" (PDF). LEN.com.
^ "Preliminary round draw". LEN.com.
^ "Champions League, Final Eight, Facts & Figures – LEN.eu | Ligue Européenne de Natation". Retrieved 2022-03-08.

External links edit

[table_note_HAN0.09610618841653-3] Hannover qualified for the Final Eight as the host team of the tournament.

[1] "LEN Club Competition Programme Season 2018–2019" (PDF). LEN.com.

[drawGS-2] "Preliminary round draw". LEN.com.

[4] "Champions League, Final Eight, Facts & Figures – LEN.eu | Ligue Européenne de Natation". Retrieved 2022-03-08.

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2018–19 LEN Champions League

Contents

Overview edit

Team allocation edit

Phases and rounds dates edit

Qualifying rounds edit

Qualification round I edit

Group A edit

Group B edit

Qualification round II edit

Group C edit

Group D edit

Group E edit

Group F edit

Qualification round III edit

Preliminary round edit

Group A edit

Group B edit

Final eight edit

Qualified teams edit

Bracket edit

Quarterfinals edit

5th–8th place semifinals edit

Semifinals edit

Seventh place game edit

Fifth place game edit

Third place game edit

Final edit

Final standings edit

Awards edit

See also edit

References edit

External links edit