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2023–24 LEN Euro Cup

For the equivalent women's tournament, see 2023–24 LEN Women's Euro Cup.

The 2023–24 LEN Euro Cup is the 32nd edition of the water polo competition organised by the Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN). This is the first season under the new changes made by LEN.[1]

2023–24 LEN Euro Cup
LeagueLEN Euro Cup
SportWater polo
Duration21 September 2023 – 18 May 2024
Number of games140
Number of teams36 (from 10+1 countries)
Finals championsCroatia Jug AO Dubrovnik (2nd title)
  Runners-upCroatia Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka
LEN Euro Cup seasons

The defending champions are A-Híd Vasas Plaket, but they were eliminated by Jug AO Dubrovnik in the eight-finals.

The winners were Jug AO Dubrovnik, who defeated Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka 12–6 in an all-Croatian final.[2]

Format

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36 teams (14 from Champions League and 18 starting in this competition) will compete in this tournament. The 36 teams are divided into eight groups, four with five clubs and four with four teams. The groups are held in one country, where the top 2 in every group advances to the group stage. For the first time ever, the group stage will be played in a home and away system. Like the previous round, the top 2 progresses into the knockout stage. The 8 teams left, plus the 8 teams that were eliminated at the Champions League main round, go into the knockout stage. There will be eighth-finals, quarter-finals and a final four competition to decide the champions. [3]

Rankings

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Starting this season, LEN also started a club rankings. Excluding the teams eliminated from the Champion League, only countries ranked in the top 12 can enter a maximum of three teams in the Euro Cup.[4]

Teams

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Eliminated in Champions League qualification round
  Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka   CN Noisy-le-Sec   EN Tourcoing   Waspo'98 Hannover
  ASC Duisburg   GS Apollon Smyrnis   OSC Budapest   Endo Plus Service Honvéd
  CC Ortigia   Primorac Kotor   CSM Oradea   Dinamo București
  Radnički Kragujevac   CN Barcelona
Entering this tournament
  HAVK Mladost Zagreb (4th)   Solaris Šibenik (5th)   Pays d'Aix Natation (5th)   Sète Natation (6th)
  White Sharks Hannover (4th)   SV Ludwigsburg 08 (5th)   OSC Potsdam (6th)   Panionios GSS (4th)
  G.S. Peristeri (5th)   Panathinaikos (6th)   A-Híd Vasas Plaket (4th)   BVSC-Zugló (5th)
  Szolnoki Dózsa (6th)   Telimar Palermo (4th)   Pallanuoto Trieste (5th)   RN Savona (6th)
  Partizan Beograd (4th)   VK Šabac (5th)   VK Valis (6th)   CN Terrassa (4th)
  CN Mataró (5th)   Tenerife Echeyde (6th)

Round and draw dates

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Schedule

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Phase Round Round date[5][6]
Qualification round 21–24 September 2023
Main round Matchday 1 6–7 October 2023
Matchday 2 19 October 2023
Matchday 3 2 November 2023
Matchday 4 16 November 2023
Matchday 5 23 November 2023
Matchday 6 9 December 2024
Eighth-finals First leg 8 March 2024
Second leg 23 March 2024
Quarter-finals First leg 6 April 2024
Second leg 27 April 2024
Final four Semifinals 17 May 2024
Final 18 May 2024

Qualification round

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Draw

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The draw was on 11 September 2023. H indicates which club is hosting the groups.[7][8][9] Teams in bold advanced to the group stage. The seeding was decided by as follows:

  • The new LEN club rankings.[10]
  • LEN country club rankings.[11]
  • LEN men's national team rankings (although not applied).[12]
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5

  Waspo'98 Hannover
  OSC Budapest
  CC Ortigia
  Szolnoki Dózsa
  RN Savona
  Radnički Kragujevac
  CN Barcelona (H)
  A-Híd Vasas Plaket

  HAVK Mladost Zagreb
  Primorac Kotor (H)
  VK Šabac (H)
  Telimar Palermo
  EN Tourcoing (H)
  CSM Oradea
  BVSC-Zugló (H)
  Panionios GSS (H)

  Pallanuoto Trieste
  CN Terrassa
  CN Noisy-le-Sec
  GS Apollon Smyrnis
  Partizan Beograd
  Solaris Šibenik
  SV Ludwigsburg 08
  Endo Plus Service Honvéd

  Pays d'Aix Natation
  ASC Duisburg (H)
  G.S. Peristeri
  Tenerife Echeyde
  Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka (H)
  OSC Potsdam
  VK Valis
  CN Mataró

  Panathinaikos
  Sète Natation
  White Sharks Hannover
  Dinamo București

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   SAB   ORT   NOI   VAL   DIN
1   VK Šabac (H) 4 4 0 0 0 53 27 +26 12 Group stage — 11–9 13–9 14–5 15–4
2   CC Ortigia 4 3 0 0 1 55 42 +13 9 — — — 17–10 —
3   CN Noisy-le-Sec 4 2 0 0 2 51 48 +3 6 — 11–16 — — —
4   VK Valis 4 1 0 0 3 43 52 −9 3 — — 11–14 — 17–7
5   Dinamo București 4 0 0 0 4 29 62 −33 0 — 10–13 8–17 — —
Source: Report
(H) Host

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   VAS   ZUG   MAT   LUD
1   A-Híd Vasas Plaket 3 3 0 0 0 54 34 +20 9 Group stage — — 18–11 20–8
2   BVSC-Zugló (H) 3 2 0 0 1 48 33 +15 6 15–16 — 16–5 17–12
3   CN Mataró 3 1 0 0 2 28 43 −15 3 — — — 12–9
4   SV Ludwigsburg 08 3 0 0 0 3 29 49 −20 0 — — — —
Source: Report
(H) Host

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   TRI   TOU   SZO   PAY
1   Pallanuoto Trieste 3 3 0 0 0 46 28 +18 9 Group stage — — 15–11 —
2   EN Tourcoing (H) 3 2 0 0 1 34 32 +2 6 11–12 — — 11–10
3   Szolnoki Dózsa 3 1 0 0 2 43 37 +6 3 — 10–12 — 22–10
4   Pays d'Aix Natation 3 0 0 0 3 26 52 −26 0 6–19 — — —
Source: Report
(H) Host

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   PRI   SOL   ORA   RAD
1   Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka (H) 3 3 0 0 0 39 20 +19 9 Group stage — — 11–8 8–6
2   Solaris Šibenik 3 2 0 0 1 29 41 −12 6 6–20 — 13–12 —
3   CSM Oradea 3 1 0 0 2 29 31 −2 3 — — — 9–7
4   Radnički Kragujevac 3 0 0 0 3 22 27 −5 0 — 9–10 — —
Source: Report
(H) Host

Group E

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Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   HON   PAN   OSC   TEN   HAN
1   Endo Plus Service Honvéd 4 4 0 0 0 56 36 +20 12 Group stage — 15–12 — 18–9 —
2   Panionios GSS (H) 4 3 0 0 1 64 38 +26 9 — — 14–11 — 23–7
3   OSC Budapest 4 2 0 0 2 57 40 +17 6 9–10 — — 20–11 —
4   Tenerife Echeyde 4 0 1 0 3 34 63 −29 2 — 5–15 — — 13–11[a]
5   White Sharks Hannover 4 0 0 1 3 28 62 −34 1 6–13 — 5–17 — —
Source: Report
(H) Host
  1. ^ Match ended 10–10, Tenerife Echeyde won 3–1 on penalties

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   TEL   SAV   PAR   SET   DUI
1   Telimar Palermo 4 3 0 1 0 53 37 +16 10 Group stage — — — 15–7 —
2   RN Savona 4 3 0 0 1 57 42 +15 9 10–12 — — — —
3   Partizan Beograd 4 2 1 0 1 53 45 +8 8 17–15[a] 10–15 — 16–7 —
4   Sète Natation 4 1 0 0 3 32 57 −25 3 — 8–16 — — —
5   ASC Duisburg (H) 4 0 0 0 4 40 54 −14 0 8–14 9–13 11–14 9–10 —
Source: Report
(H) Host
  1. ^ Match ended 12–12, Partizan Beograd won 5–3 on penalties

Group G

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Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   BAR   APO   MLA   POT
1   CN Barcelona (H) 3 3 0 0 0 47 23 +24 9 Group stage — 13–6 12–11 23–6
2   GS Apollon Smyrnis 3 2 0 0 1 40 31 +9 6 — — — —
3   HAVK Mladost Zagreb 3 1 0 0 2 41 36 +5 3 — 7–15 — —
4   OSC Potsdam 3 0 0 0 3 26 64 −38 0 — 11–19 9–23 —
Source: Report
(H) Host

Group H

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Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   KOT   HAN   PER   TER   PAN
1   Primorac Kotor (H) 4 3 1 0 0 40 29 +11 11 Group stage — 11–7 12–6 14–12[a] 8–7
2   Waspo'98 Hannover 4 3 0 0 1 43 37 +6 9 — — 15–9 7–6 —
3   G.S. Peristeri 4 1 1 0 2 37 48 −11 5 — — — 14–13 12–10[b]
4   CN Terrassa 4 1 0 1 2 46 42 +4 4 — — — — 18–12
5   Panathinaikos 4 0 0 1 3 38 48 −10 1 — 11–14 — — —
Source: Report
(H) Host
  1. ^ Match ended 9–9, Primorac Kotor won 5–3 on penalties
  2. ^ Match ended 8–8, G.S. Peristeri won 4–2 on penalties

Group stage

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Location of teams of the 2023–24 LEN Euro Cup group stage.
  Red: Group A;   Blue: Group B;   Yellow: Group C;   Green: Group D.

The draw took place on 26 September 2023 in Barcelona, Spain.[13] The top 2 from every group advances to the eighth-finals.

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 2 points for a penalty shootout win, 1 point for a penalty shootout loss, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:


  • Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  • Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  • Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  • Goal difference in all group matches;
  • Goals scored in all group matches.


This is the first time that this round is being held in a home and away format. Nine countries are being represented, with Italy boasting the most clubs with four.


Seeding

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The eight teams in pot 1 won their group in the qualification round, while the 8 runners-up in the qualification round are in pot 2.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   BAR   TOU   TEL   SOL
1   CN Barcelona 6 5 0 0 1 73 53 +20 15 Eighth-finals — 15–13 11–3 8–7
2   EN Tourcoing 6 3 0 1 2 65 66 −1 10 9–13 — 14–11 17–18[a]
3   Telimar Palermo 6 2 0 0 4 57 68 −11 6 12–11 9–10 — 11–9
4   Solaris Šibenik 6 1 1 0 4 56 64 −8 5 9–15 8–9 13–11 —
Source: LEN
  1. ^ Match ended 10–10, Solaris Šibenik won 8–7 on penalties

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   SAV   VAS   HON   APO
1   RN Savona 6 5 0 0 1 78 64 +14 15 Eighth-finals — 16–13 14–7 13–10
2   A-Híd Vasas Plaket 6 4 0 1 1 86 74 +12 13 18–17 — 16–19[a] 19–15
3   Endo Plus Service Honvéd 6 2 1 0 3 53 67 −14 8 5–6 3–11 — 12–11
4   GS Apollon Smyrnis 6 0 0 0 6 65 77 −12 0 11–12 8–10 10–11 —
Source: LEN
  1. ^ Match ended 15–15, Endo Plus Service Honvéd won 4–1 on penalties

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   RIJ   ZUG   SAB   HAN
1   Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka 6 4 0 0 2 84 71 +13 12[a] Eighth-finals — 19–10 15–10 13–9
2   BVSC-Zugló 6 4 0 0 2 78 72 +6 12[a] 22–13 — 11–9 10–9
3   VK Šabac 6 3 0 0 3 59 58 +1 9 10–8 10–8 — 14–4
4   Waspo'98 Hannover 6 1 0 0 5 56 76 −20 3 10–16 12–17 12–6 —
Source: LEN
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka 32–32 BVSC-Zugló, placements are decided by goal difference

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   PAN   ORT   KOT   TRI
1   Panionios GSS 6 3 1 0 2 67 62 +5 11 Eighth-finals — 13–10 8–5 26–25[a]
2   CC Ortigia 6 3 0 0 3 73 76 −3 9[b] 13–12 — 9–14 11–14
3   Primorac Kotor 6 3 0 0 3 61 63 −2 9[b] 9–10 12–18 — 9–8
4   Pallanuoto Trieste 6 2 0 1 3 68 68 0 7 9–8 11–12 10–12 —
Source: LEN
Notes:
  1. ^ Match ended 16–16, Panionios GSS won 10–9 on penalties
  2. ^ a b CC Ortigia 27–26 Primorac Kotor

Knockout stage

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Main article: 2023–24 LEN Euro Cup knockout stage
 
Eight-finalsQuarter-finals
 
          
 
8 March/23 March
 
 
  CC Ortigia 8 12 20
 
6 April/27 April
 
  Spandau 04 8 14 22
 
  Spandau 04 11 1223
 
8 March/23 March
 
  RN Savona 10 10 20
 
  Jadran Herceg Novi 10 13 23
 
 
  RN Savona 16 12 28
 
 
8 March/23 March
 
 
  Astralpool Sabadell 18 15 33
 
6 April/27 April
 
  EN Tourcoing 11 12 23
 
  Astralpool Sabadell 6 7 13
 
8 March/23 March
 
  Steaua București 5 6 11
 
  Steaua București 11 20 PS 31
 
 
  Panionios GSS 12 18 30
 
 
8 March/23 March
 
 
  Crvena zvezda 11 12 23
 
9 April/27 April
 
  BVSC-Zugló 13 9 22
 
  Crvena zvezda 9 10 19
 
8 March/23 March
 
  Jug AO Dubrovnik 15 14 29
 
  A-Híd Vasas Plaket 118 19
 
 
  Jug AO Dubrovnik 12 9 21
 
 
8 March/23 March
 
 
  Dinamo Tbilisi 7 15 22
 
6 April/27 April
 
  Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka 8 20 28
 
  Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka 9 15 24
 
8 March/23 March
 
  NC Vouliagmeni 14 9 23
 
  NC Vouliagmeni 17 10 27
 
 
  CN Barcelona 13 6 19
 

Eight-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Jug AO Dubrovnik   21–19   A-Híd Vasas Plaket 12–11 9–8
BVSC-Zugló   22–23   Crvena zvezda 13–11 9–12
Spandau 04   22–20   CC Ortigia 8–8 14–12
Astralpool Sabadell   33–23   EN Tourcoing 18–11 15–12
Panionios GSS   30–31   Steaua București 12–11 18–20 PS
Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka   28–22   Dinamo Tbilisi 8–7 20–15
RN Savona   28–23   Jadran Herceg Novi 16–10 12–13
CN Barcelona   19–27   NC Vouliagmeni 13–17 6–10

Quarter-finals

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The draw took place in Barcelona on 26 March 2024.[14][15] There was no seeding.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
RN Savona   20–23   Spandau 04 10–11 10–12
Steaua București   11–13   Astralpool Sabadell 5–6 6–7
Jug AO Dubrovnik   29–19   Crvena zvezda 15–9 14–10
NC Vouliagmeni   23–24   Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka 14–9 9–15

Final four

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The final four was held at the Bazeni Kantrida in the Croatian city, Rijeka. The city was given the hosting rights on 2 May 2024.[16][17] Originally, NC Vouliagmeni won the hosting rights,[18] but after they were eliminated, Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka, backed the Rijeka government, decided to file an application.[19][20] Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka paid LEN 40,000 Euros in order to organise the event.[21]

Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
17 May
 
 
  Spandau 0412
 
18 May
 
  Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka14
 
  Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka6
 
17 May
 
  Jug AO Dubrovnik12
 
  Astralpool Sabadell7
 
 
  Jug AO Dubrovnik11
 
Third place
 
 
18 May
 
 
  Spandau 042
 
 
  Astralpool Sabadell9

Semi-finals

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17 May 2024
17:45 		Report Astralpool Sabadell   7–11   Jug AO Dubrovnik Bazeni Kantrida, Rijeka
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Michiel Zwart (NED)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–3, 3–3, 1–2
Vidović 2 Goals Lazic 5
17 May 2024
20:00 		Report Spandau 04   12–14   Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka Bazeni Kantrida, Rijeka
Referees:
Alessandro Severo (ITA), Tamas Kovacs-Csatlos (HUN)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 3–0, 4–7, 2–3
Strelezkij 5 Goals four players 3

Third place match

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18 May 2024
17:45 		Report Astralpool Sabadell   9–2   Spandau 04 Bazeni Kantrida, Rijeka
Referees:
Vojin Putnikovic (SRB), Michiel Zwart (NED)
Score by quarters: 1–0, 2–1, 3–0, 3–1
Stamm, Tkáč 1 Goals three players 2

Final

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18 May 2024
20:00 		Report Jug AO Dubrovnik   12–6   Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka Bazeni Kantrida, Rijeka
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Alessandro Severo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–1, 6–2, 2–2
Cabañas, Daube 3 Goals Brubnjak, Kadivec 2


2023–24 LEN Euro Cup Champions
 
Jug AO Dubrovnik
Second title

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Spencer-Boyce, James (June 2, 2023). "Changes to European competitions reinforced in Belgrade".
  2. ^ "Rijeka silenced as Jug crowned Euro Cup champions - European Aquatics®". www.len.eu. May 18, 2024.
  3. ^ "Big changes in European water polo club competitions - LEN - European Aquatics". www.len.eu. June 2, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Men Clubs Country Ranking - LEN - European Aquatics". www.len.eu. February 20, 2023.
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  6. ^ "Calendar 2024 - LEN - European Aquatics". www.len.eu. March 31, 2023.
  7. ^ "Draws for Euro Cup and Challenger Cup - LEN - European Aquatics". www.len.eu. September 8, 2023.
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  9. ^ Curcic, Ivan (September 11, 2023). "Plenty of national clashes in Euro Cup qualifications; Vasas starts title defense from Budapest".
  10. ^ "Men Club Ranking - European Aquatics®". www.len.eu. February 20, 2023.
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  13. ^ "Draws for Group Stage in three cup competitions - LEN - European Aquatics". www.len.eu. September 25, 2023.
  14. ^ "Water polo draw marathon set to commence in Barcelona - European Aquatics®". www.len.eu. March 25, 2024.
  15. ^ "Draw marathon sets up exciting showdowns - European Aquatics®". www.len.eu. March 26, 2024.
  16. ^ "Završnica vaterpolskog Eurokupa igrat će se u Rijeci". Sportnet.
  17. ^ "Grad Rijeka postao domaćin Final Foura - SportCom.hr". www.sportcom.hr.
  18. ^ "Rijeka istaknula kandidaturu za domaćinstvo Final 4 vaterpolo turnira". Ofenziva. May 1, 2024.
  19. ^ Volarić, Ivan (May 2, 2024). "Primorje EB dobilo organizaciju Final Four turnira Euro kupa vaterpolista". Novi list.
  20. ^ V, I. "Grad Rijeka prihvatio domaćinstvo za Final Four! - SportCom.hr". mail.sportcom.hr.
  21. ^ Volarić, Ivan (May 4, 2024). "Poznato je koliko će Primorje EB stajati organizacija završnog turnira LEN Euro Kupa". Novi list.
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