The 2016–17 LEN Champions League was the 54th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. It ran from 30 September 2016 to 27 May 2017.
2016–17 LEN Champions League | |
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League | LEN Champions League |
Sport | Water Polo |
Duration | 30 September 2016 to 27 May 2017 |
Number of teams | 12 (preliminary round) 31 (total) |
Season MVP | ![]() |
Top scorer | ![]() |
Final Six | |
Finals champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Finals MVP | ![]() |
Team allocation
edit8 teams are directly qualified for the preliminary round.
Round and draw dates
editThe schedule of the competition is as follows.[1]
Phase | Round | First leg | Second leg |
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Qualifying | Qualification round I | 30 September–2 October 2016 | |
Qualification round II | 14–16 October 2016 | ||
Qualification round III (play-off round) |
26 October 2016 | 9 November 2016 | |
Preliminary round | Matchday 1 | 30 November 2016 | |
Matchday 2 | 10 December 2016 | ||
Matchday 3 | 21 December 2016 | ||
Matchday 4 | 18 January 2017 | ||
Matchday 5 | 8 February 2017 | ||
Matchday 6 | 18 February 2017 | ||
Matchday 7 | 1 March 2017 | ||
Matchday 8 | 22 March 2017 | ||
Matchday 9 | 5 April 2017 | ||
Matchday 10 | 26 April 2017 | ||
Final 6 | Quarter-finals | 25 May 2017 | |
Semi-finals | 26 May 2017 | ||
Final | 27 May 2017 |
Qualifying rounds
editQualification I
editFifteen teams take part in the Qualification round I. They were drawn into three groups of four teams and one group of three teams, whose played on 30 September−2 October 2016. Top 2 teams of each group advance to qualification round II.[2]
Group A
editTournament was played in Oradea, Romania.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ORA | MOR | UTR | GAL | |
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1 | Oradea (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 18 | +17 | 9 | Round II | — | 10–6 | 11–5 | 14–7 | |
2 | Mornar | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 23 | +9 | 6 | — | — | — | 13–7 | ||
3 | Utrecht | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 31 | −11 | 3 | — | 6–13 | — | — | ||
4 | Galatasaray | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 36 | −15 | 0 | — | — | 7–9 | — |
Group B
editTournament was played in Budapest, Hungary.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ORV | WAS | BAR | |
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1 | Orvosegyetem (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 17 | +15 | 6 | Round II | — | 12–11 | 20–6 | |
2 | Waspo 98 Hannover | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 17 | +13 | 3 | — | — | — | ||
3 | Barendrecht | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 39 | −28 | 0 | — | 5–19 | — |
Group C
editTournament was played in Porto, Portugal.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VER | SIN | ENK | POR | |
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1 | Verona | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 17 | +42 | 7 | Round II | — | 10–10 | — | — | |
2 | Sintez Kazan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 15 | +29 | 7 | — | — | 14–3 | — | ||
3 | Enkaspor | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 41 | −24 | 3 | 6–21 | — | — | — | ||
4 | Portuense (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 56 | −47 | 0 | 1–28 | 2–20 | 6–8 | — |
Group D
editTournament was played in Valletta, Malta.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | JAD | STE | VAL | ARK | |
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1 | Jadran | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 11 | +46 | 9 | Round II | — | 9–7 | — | 23–3 | |
2 | Steaua București | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 18 | +25 | 6 | — | — | 19–6 | — | ||
3 | Valletta (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 46 | −27 | 3 | 1–25 | — | — | — | ||
4 | Arkonia Szczecin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 52 | −44 | 0 | — | 3–17 | 2–12 | — |
Qualification II
editSixteen teams take part in the Qualification round II. Eight teams from first round and eight teams with wild cards. They were drawn into four groups of four teams, whose played on 14−16 October 2016. Top 2 teams of each group advance to qualification round III.[3]
Group E
editTournament was played in Eger, Hungary.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VER | EGE | MAR | MOR | |
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1 | Verona | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 24 | +21 | 9 | Round III | — | — | 18–9 | 17–6 | |
2 | Eger (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 23 | +19 | 6 | 9–10 | — | 18–5 | 15–8 | ||
3 | Marseille | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 47 | −20 | 3 | — | — | — | 13–11 | ||
4 | Mornar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 45 | −20 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Group F
editTournament was played in Brescia, Italy.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BRE | ORV | SIN | CZB | |
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1 | Brescia (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 7 | Round III | — | 11–11 | 15–11 | 9–5 | |
2 | Orvosegyetem | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 5 | — | — | 11–11 | — | ||
3 | Sintez Kazan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 30 | +3 | 4 | — | — | — | 11–4 | ||
4 | Crvena zvezda | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 28 | −12 | 0 | — | 7–8 | — | — |
Group G
editTournament was played in Herceg Novi, Montenegro.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | WAS | JAD | VOU | DUI | |
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1 | Waspo 98 Hannover | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 22 | +4 | 6[a] | Round III | — | — | — | 8–5 | |
2 | Jadran (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 18 | +9 | 6[a] | 6–8 | — | 9–6 | 12–4 | ||
3 | Vouliagmeni | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 6[a] | 11–10 | — | — | — | ||
4 | Duisburg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 35 | −17 | 0 | — | — | 9–15 | — |
Group H
editTournament was played in Rijeka, Croatia.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PRI | ORA | SAB | STE | |
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1 | Primorje (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 28 | −4 | 6[a] | Round III | — | 9–7 | 5–12 | 10–9 | |
2 | Oradea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 25 | +4 | 6[a] | — | — | — | — | ||
3 | Sabadell | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 25 | +3 | 4 | — | 6–10 | — | — | ||
4 | Steaua București | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 1 | — | 10–12 | 10–10 | — |
Qualification III
editEight teams take part in the Qualification round III. 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 Qualification round III, the four group winners were seeded, and the four group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams. Teams from the same group could not be drawn against each other.[4]
Key to colors |
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Seeded in qualification round III draw |
Unseeded in qualification round III draw |
Group | Winners | Runners-up |
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E | Verona | Eger |
F | Brescia | Orvosegyetem |
G | Waspo 98 Hannover | Jadran |
H | Primorje | Oradea |
- 1st leg: 26 October 2016
- 2nd leg: 9 November 2016
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Waspo 98 Hannover | 23–18 | Oradea | 12–7 | 11–11 |
Brescia | 22–16 | Jadran | 14–5 | 8–11 |
Primorje | 11–23 | Eger | 6–12 | 5–11 |
Orvosegyetem | 21–19 | Verona | 10–6 | 11–13 |
Preliminary round
editThe regular season was played between 30 November 2016 and 26 April 2017. If teams are level on record at the end of the preliminary round, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
- Head-to-head record.
- Head-to-head point differential.
- Point differential during the Regular Season.
- Points scored during the regular season.
- Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular Season match.
In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 30 November, 10 December, 21 December 2016 and 18 January, 8 February, 18 February, 1 March, 22 March, 5 April, 26 April 2017. The top three teams advanced to the final six.
The Final Six (quarterfinals, semifinals, third place game and final) were played in Budapest, Hungary from 25 to 27 May 2017.
Group A
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | SZO | OLY | BRE | ORV | SPA | NIC | |
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1 | Szolnok | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 101 | 62 | +39 | 28 | Semifinals | — | 5–5 | 8–4 | 10–8 | 12–7 | 17–4 | |
2 | Olympiacos | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 90 | 63 | +27 | 22 | Quarterfinals | 4–6 | — | 8–4 | 7–4 | 10–8 | 15–2 | |
3 | Brescia | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 91 | 78 | +13 | 17 | 9–10 | 13–10 | — | 6–6 | 9–6 | 13–4 | ||
4 | Orvosegyetem | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 79 | 74 | +5 | 12 | 8–9 | 7–8 | 7–7 | — | 5–5 | 11–9 | ||
5 | Spandau 04 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 75 | 95 | −20 | 7 | 8–12 | 6–11 | 10–14 | 6–10 | — | 11–6 | ||
6 | Olympic Nice | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 60 | 124 | −64 | 0 | 5–12 | 8–12 | 9–12 | 7–13 | 6–8 | — |
Group B
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | PRO | EGE | JUG | BAR | PAR | WAS | |
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1 | Pro Recco | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 63 | +53 | 30 | Semifinals | — | 9–4 | 9–5 | 8–6 | 12–7 | 18–8 | |
2 | Eger | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 78 | 84 | −6 | 18 | Quarterfinals | 7–11 | — | 6–5 | 10–9 | 8–4 | 10–7 | |
3 | Jug | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 115 | 92 | +23 | 17 | 8–11 | 10–6 | — | 11–10 | 21–9 | 15–15 | ||
4 | Atlètic-Barceloneta | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 89 | 81 | +8 | 14 | 6–11 | 10–6 | 7–7 | — | 12–5 | 12–10 | ||
5 | Partizan | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 76 | 124 | −48 | 4 | 5–17 | 8–9 | 9–16 | 4–8 | — | 13–9 | ||
6 | Waspo 98 Hannover | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 98 | 128 | −30 | 3 | 7–10 | 11–12 | 10–17 | 9–9 | 12–12 | — |
Final Six
editDanube Arena, Budapest, Hungary
Quarterfinals 25 May 2017 | Semifinals 26 May 2017 | Final 27 May 2017 | |||||||||||
A1 | Szolnok | 7 | |||||||||||
B2 | Eger | 6 | B2 | Eger | 5 | ||||||||
A3 | Brescia | 4 | A1 | Szolnok | 10 | ||||||||
B3 | Jug | 5 | |||||||||||
B1 | Pro Recco | 9 | |||||||||||
A2 | Olympiacos | 8 | B3 | Jug | 10 | ||||||||
B3 | Jug | 11 | |||||||||||
5th place | Third place | ||||||||||||
A3 | Brescia | 8 | B2 | Eger | 6 | ||||||||
A2 | Olympiacos | 5 | B1 | Pro Recco | 15 | ||||||||
Quarterfinals
edit25 May 2017 19:00 |
Report | Olympiacos | 8–11 | Jug | Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Xavier Buch Sergey Naumov |
Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–4, 5–3, 1–1 | |||||
Genidounias 4 | Goals | four players 2 |
25 May 2017 20:30 |
Report | Eger | 6–4 | Brescia | Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Vojin Putnikovic Matan Schwartz |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–1, 1–1, 2–0 | |||||
Hárai 3 | Goals | Nora 2 |
5th place
edit26 May 2017 17:30 |
Report | Olympiacos | 5–8 | Brescia | Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Sergey Naumov Matan Schwartz |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 0–3, 1–1, 2–2 | |||||
Fountoulis 2 | Goals | three players 2 |
Semifinals
edit26 May 2017 19:00 |
Report | Jug | 10–9 | Pro Recco | Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Adrian Tiberiu Alexandrescu Xavier Buch |
Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–2, 3–4, 1–1 | |||||
Lončar, García 2 | Goals | Filipović 4 |
26 May 2017 20:30 |
Report | Eger | 5–7 | Szolnok | Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Boris Margeta Vojin Putnikovic |
Score by quarters: 2–1, 0–2, 1–2, 2–2 | |||||
five players 1 | Goals | Younger, Prlainović 3 |
Third place
edit27 May 2017 15:15 |
Report | Pro Recco | 15–6 | Eger | Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Xavier Buch Sergey Naumov |
Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–1, 3–2, 5–2 | |||||
Ivović 4 | Goals | Vapenski 2 |
Final
edit27 May 2017 16:45 |
Report | Jug | 5–10 | Szolnok | Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Adrian Tiberiu Alexandrescu Boris Margeta |
Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–5, 1–2, 0–2 | |||||
Marković 2 | Goals | Aleksić, Prlainović 3 |
2016–17 LEN Champions League Champions |
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Szolnok 1st title |
Final standings
editTeam | |
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Szolnok | |
Jug | |
Pro Recco | |
Eger | |
Brescia | |
Olympiacos |
Awards
editPlayer of the Season | Top Scorer | Player of the final Six | Goalkeeper of the final Six |
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Felipe Perrone (Jug) | Felipe Perrone (Jug) 42 goals | Andrija Prlainovic (Szolnok) | Viktor Nagy (Szolnok) |
Total 7 of the Season | ||||||
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[6] | LW | Andrija Prlainović
(Szolnok) |
CF |
Luka Lončar (Jug) |
RW | Márton Vámos
(Szolnok) |
LD | Felipe Perrone (Jug) | CB | Aleksandar Ivović (Pro Recco) | RD | Filip Filipović (Pro Recco) | |
GK | Marko Bijač (Jug) |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "LEN Club Competition Programme Season 2016/2017" (PDF). LEN. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-04. Retrieved 2016-09-02.
- ^ "LEN Champions League − Draw, Qualification round I". LEN. Archived from the original on 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
- ^ "LEN Champions League − Draw, Qualification round II" (PDF). LEN. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
- ^ "LEN Champions League − Draw, Qualification round III". LEN. Archived from the original on 2016-10-19. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
- ^ "Champions League F6 – Szolnok clinches historical first win in front of 10,000 – LEN.eu | Ligue Européenne de Natation". Retrieved 2022-03-08.
- ^ Curcic, Ivan (2023-06-05). "LEN Champions League "Team of the Tournament"". Total Waterpolo. Retrieved 2023-06-05.