2021–22 LEN Euro Cup

The 2021–22 LEN Euro Cup was the 30th edition of the second-tier European tournament for men's water polo clubs.

2021–22 LEN Euro Cup
LeagueLEN Euro Cup
SportWater Polo
Duration30 September 2021–26 March 2022
Finals championsSpain Astralpool Sabadell (1st title)
  Runners-upItaly Telimar Palermo
Euro Cup seasons

Teams edit

Quarterfinals
  Mladost Zagreb (CL Q3)   Szolnok VSC (CL Q3)   RN Savona (CL Q3)   CN Barcelona (CL Q3)
Qualification round I
  Team Strasbourg   GS Peristeri   St Andreu   UZSC Utrecht
  EN Tourcoing   Vasas Budapest   Astralpool Sabadell   Shturm 2002 Ruza
  ASC Duisburg   BVSC Zugló   Šabac   Carouge Natation
  Ludwigsburg 08   CC Ortigia   Vojvodina Novi Sad
  AEK Athens   Telimar Palermo   Solaris Šibenik

Schedule edit

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

Phase Round First leg Second leg
Qualifying rounds Qualification round I 1–4 October 2021
Qualification round II 8–10 October 2021
Knockout phase Quarterfinals 27 October 2021 10 November 2021
Semifinals 12 January 2022 9 February 2022
Finals 5 March 2022 26 March 2022

Qualifying rounds edit

Qualification round I edit

The top two ranked sides from each group advance.[2]

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   PAL   SOL   STA   SHT   CAR
1   Telimar Palermo 4 4 0 0 75 27 +48 12 Round II 33–1
2   Solaris Šibenik 4 3 0 1 57 24 +33 9 9–10 13–6 23–6
3   St Andreu 4 2 0 2 50 39 +11 6 13–14 17–7
4   Shturm 2002 Ruza 4 1 0 3 24 55 −31 3 4–18 2–12
5   Carouge Natation 4 0 0 4 20 81 −61 0 5–14 8–11
Source: LEN

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   CCO   STR   GSP   LUD
1   CC Ortigia 3 3 0 0 40 23 +17 9 Round II 13–7 11–8 16–8
2   Team Strasbourg 3 2 0 1 31 28 +3 6 16–8
3   GS Peristeri 3 1 0 2 26 25 +1 3 7–8
4   Ludwigsburg 08 3 0 0 3 22 43 −21 0 6–11
Source: LEN

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   VSC   ŠAB   UTR   ENT   DUI
1   Vasas Budapest 4 4 0 0 50 22 +28 12 Round II 9–5 11–7 16–3
2   Šabac 4 1 2 1 32 34 −2 5 6–6
3   UZSC Utrecht 4 1 1 2 34 47 −13 4[a] 7–14 8–8 9–8 10–17
4   EN Tourcoing 4 1 1 2 34 37 −3 4[a] 13–11
5   ASC Duisburg 4 1 0 3 42 52 −10 3 11–13
Source: LEN
Notes:
  1. ^ a b UZSC Utrecht 9–8 EN Tourcoing

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   ZUG   CNS   AEK   VOJ
1   BVSC Zugló 3 3 0 0 39 26 +13 9 Round II 13–6
2   Astralpool Sabadell 3 2 0 1 31 25 +6 6 9–12
3   AEK Athens 3 0 1 2 23 32 −9 1 8–10
4   Vojvodina Novi Sad 3 0 1 2 25 35 −10 1 11–14 5–12 9–9
Source: LEN

Qualification round II edit

The top two ranked sides from each group advance.[3][4]

Group E edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   PAL   ZUG   ŠAB   STR
1   Telimar Palermo 3 2 1 0 45 35 +10 7 Quarterfinals 17–17 14–10
2   BVSC Zugló 3 2 1 0 39 34 +5 7
3   Šabac 3 0 1 2 25 32 −7 1 8–14 7–8 10–10
4   Team Strasbourg 3 0 1 2 30 38 −8 1 10–14
Source: LEN

Group F edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   CNS   CCO   VSC   SOL
1   Astralpool Sabadell 3 2 0 1 25 23 +2 6[a] Quarterfinals 10–9
2   CC Ortigia 3 2 0 1 28 24 +4 6[a] 10–9
3   Vasas Budapest 3 2 0 1 24 18 +6 6[a] 4–6 8–7 12–5
4   Solaris Šibenik 3 0 0 3 21 33 −12 0 7–11
Source: LEN
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Astralpool Sabadell 2 Pts, +1 GD; CC Ortigia 2 Pts, 0 GD; Vasas Budapest 2 Pts, −1 GD

Knockout phase edit

Bracket edit

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
  HAVK Mladost 7 7 24
  Telimar Palermo 11 16 27
  Telimar Palermo 10 (w/o) 6 16
  Ortigia 0 7 7
  Ortigia 9 15 24
  Szolnok 4 10 14
  Telimar Palermo 9 5 14
  Sabadell 7 11 18
  Barcelona 6 12 18
  BVSC-Zugló 6 9 15
  Barcelona 10 9 19
  Sabadell 12 8 20
  Sabadell (p) 13 10 23 (16)
  Savona 13 10 23 (15)

Quarter-finals edit

The four best teams from the Euro Cup qualifications and the four losing sides of the Champions League Qualification Round III have been paired in the quarter-finals.[5]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sabadell   23–23
(16–15 p)
  Savona 13–13 10–10
Ortigia   24–14   Szolnok 9–4 15–10
HAVK Mladost   14–27   Telimar Palermo 7–11 7–16
Barcelona   18–15   BVSC-Zugló 6–6 12–9

Semi-finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CN Barcelona   19–20   Sabadell 10–12 9–8
Telimar Palermo   16–7   Ortigia 10–0w/o 6–7

Finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Telimar Palermo   14–18   Sabadell 9–7 5–11

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "LEN club competition programme season 2021–2022" (PDF). LEN.com.
  2. ^ "Champions League, Euro Cup – Qualification Round 1". LEN.com.
  3. ^ "LEN Water Polo Euro Cup – Qualification Round II". LEN.com.
  4. ^ "Men's Euro Cup, Qualification Round 1 – summary". LEN.com.
  5. ^ "Water Polo Euro Cup – Quarter Finals, draw". LEN.com.

Notes edit

External links edit