2016–17 LEN Champions League
The 2016–17 LEN Champions League is the ongoing 54th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. It is scheduled to run from 30 September 2016 to 27 May 2017.
| 2016-17 LEN Champions League | |
|---|---|
| League | LEN Champions League |
| Sport | Water Polo |
| Duration | 30 September 2016 to 27 May 2017 |
| Number of teams | 12 (Preliminary Round) 31 (Total) |
| Final Six | |
| Finals champions |  Szolnok (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Jug |
Team allocation
8 teams are directly qualified for the Preliminary Round.
Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition is as follows.[1]
| Phase | Round | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Qualification I
Fifteen 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
Tournament was played in Oradea, Romania.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  ORA |
MOR |
 UTR |
 GAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Tournament was played in Budapest, Hungary.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ORV |
 WAS |
BAR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Tournament was played in Porto, Portugal.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  VER |
 SIN |
ENK |
 POR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Tournament was played in Valletta, Malta.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  JAD |
STE |
 VAL |
 ARK | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Sixteen 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
Tournament was played in Eger, Hungary.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VER |
EGE |
 MAR |
MOR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Tournament was played in Brescia, Italy.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BRE |
ORV |
SIN |
 CZB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Tournament was played in Herceg Novi, Montenegro.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | WAS |
JAD |
 VOU |
DUI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waspo 98 Hannover |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 22 | +4 | 6[lower-alpha 1] | Round III | — | — | — | 8–5 | |
| 2 | Jadran (H) |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 18 | +9 | 6[lower-alpha 1] | 6–8 | — | 9–6 | 12–4 | ||
| 3 | Vouliagmeni |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 6[lower-alpha 1] | 11–10 | — | — | — | ||
| 4 | Duisburg |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 35 | −17 | 0 | — | — | 9–15 | — |
- Waspo Hannover 18–17, Jadran 15–14, Vouliagmeni 17–19
Group H
Tournament was played in Rijeka, Croatia.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PRI |
ORA |
 SAB |
STE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Primorje (H) |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 28 | −4 | 6[lower-alpha 1] | Round III | — | 9–7 | 5–12 | 10–9 | |
| 2 | Oradea |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 25 | +4 | 6[lower-alpha 1] | — | — | — | — | ||
| 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 | — |
- Primorje–Oradea 9–7
Qualification III
Eight 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 |
|---|
| Seeded in qualification round III draw |
| Unseeded in qualification round III draw |
| Group | Winners | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Red: Group A; 
Blue: Group B.The 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
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | SZO |
OLY |
BRE |
ORV |
SPA |
NIC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | PRO |
EGE |
JUG |
BAR |
PAR |
WAS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Danube 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
| 25 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
| 26 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
| 26 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
| 27 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
| 27 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 Champions League Champions |
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Szolnok 1st title |
