2021–22 LEN Champions League

The 2021–22 LEN Champions League is the 59th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs.

2021–22 LEN Champions League
LeagueLEN Champions League
SportWater Polo
Duration22 September 2021–4 June 2022
Final 8

Teams
Preliminary round
Spandau 04 CN Marseille Steaua București
Waspo 98 Hannover Dinamo Tbilisi Zodiac CNA Barceloneta
Novi Beograd Olympiacos
Radnički Kragujevac FTC Telekom
Jug AO Dubrovnik Pro Recco
Qualification round II
Mladost Zagreb Szolnok VSC CN Barcelona
CN Noisy-le-Sec AN Brescia Crvena zvezda
NC Vouliagmeni CSM Oradea
Qualification round I
Jadran Herceg Novi OSC Budapest Sintez Kazan
Primorac Kotor RN Savona CN Terrassa
Jadran Split EVK Žaibas Enka Istanbul
Montpellier AZS Warsaw
Apollon Smyrnis Vitória Guimarães

Schedule

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

Phase Round 1st leg 2nd leg
Qualifying rounds Qualification round I 24–26 September 2021
Qualification round II 8–10 October 2021
Qualification round III 16 October 2021 20 October 2021
Preliminary round Round 1 26/27 October 2021
Round 2 9/10 November 2021
Round 3 19/20 November 2021
Round 4 30 November/1 December 2021
Round 5 14/15 December 2021
Round 6 21/22 December 2021
Round 7 11/12 January 2022
Round 8 25/26 January 2022
Round 9 8/9 February 2022
Round 10 22/23 February 2022
Round 11 29/30 March 2022
Round 12 8/9 April 2022
Round 13 19/20 April 2022
Round 14 10/11 May 2022
Final 8 Quarterfinals 2 June 2022
Semifinals 3 June 2022
Final 4 June 2022

Qualifying rounds

Qualification round I

The draw took place in Šibenik during the women's LEN European Junior Water Polo Championship.[2] The top four ranked sides will advance from both groups.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RNS MON CNT PRI VIT AZS
1 RN Savona 5 4 0 1 88 41 +47 12 Round II — 9–10 13–12 11–9 26–6 29–4
2 Montpellier 5 3 2 0 60 41 +19 11 — — — 11–11 17–9 —
3 CN Terrassa 5 3 1 1 71 38 +33 10 — 12–12 — 11–8 — —
4 Primorac Kotor 5 2 1 2 68 43 +25 7 — — — — 18–6 22–4
5 Vitória Guimarães 5 1 0 4 38 84 −46 3 — — 0–10DSQ — — 17–13
6 AZS Warsaw 5 0 0 5 26 104 −78 0 — 0–10DSQ 5–26 — — —
Source: LEN

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification OSC JST JHN APO SIN ESK ŽAI
1 OSC Budapest 6 6 0 0 94 55 +39 18 Round II — 14–9 — 15–8 15–12 17–11 —
2 Jadran Split 6 5 0 1 97 63 +34 15 — — — — 14–11 — 18–6
3 Jadran Herceg Novi 6 4 0 2 85 55 +30 12 9–12 10–15 — 14–8 12–6 15–5 25–9
4 Apollon Smyrnis 6 3 0 3 78 78 0 9 — 11–19 — — 18–15 — 21–6
5 Sintez Kazan 6 2 0 4 75 72 +3 6 — — — — — 12–6 —
6 Enka Istanbul 6 1 0 5 60 87 −27 3 — 11–22 — 9–12 — — —
7 EVK Žaibas 6 0 0 6 43 122 −79 0 6–21 — — — 7–19 9–18 —
Source: LEN

Qualification round II

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

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SZO RNS NCV JHN
1 Szolnok VSC 3 2 1 0 37 34 +3 7 Round III — 13–13 13–12 11–9
2 RN Savona 3 0 3 0 34 34 0 3 — — — 11–11
3 NC Vouliagmeni 3 0 2 1 33 34 −1 2 — 10–10 — —
4 Jadran Herceg Novi 3 0 2 1 31 33 −2 2 — — 11–11 —
Source: LEN

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CZB MZG APO MON
1 Crvena zvezda 3 2 0 1 33 24 +9 6[lower-alpha 1] Round III — — 14–8 11–7
2 Mladost Zagreb 3 2 0 1 28 25 +3 6[lower-alpha 1] 9–8 — 9–10 10–7
3 Apollon Smyrnis 3 2 0 1 33 37 −4 6[lower-alpha 1] — — — —
4 Montpellier 3 0 0 3 28 36 −8 0 — — 14–15 —
Source: LEN
Notes:
  1. Crvena zvezda 2 Pts, +5 GD; Mladost Zagreb 2 Pts, 0 GD; Apollon Smyrnis 2 Pts, −5 GD

Group E
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BRE OSC NLS CNT
1 AN Brescia 3 2 1 0 35 28 +7 7 Round III — 10–10 — —
2 OSC Budapest 3 2 1 0 28 24 +4 7 — — — 8–7
3 CN Noisy-le-Sec 3 1 0 2 31 32 −1 3 11–16 7–10 — 13–6
4 CN Terrassa 3 0 0 3 20 30 −10 0 7–9 — — —
Source: LEN

Group F
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification JST CNB PRI ORA
1 Jadran Split 3 3 0 0 42 19 +23 9 Round III — 8–4 16–7 —
2 CN Barcelona 3 2 0 1 33 24 +9 6 — — 14–10 15–6
3 Primorac Kotor 3 1 0 2 25 36 −11 3 — — — 8–6
4 CSM Oradea 3 0 0 3 20 41 −21 0 8–18 — — —
Source: LEN

Qualification round III

The winners in the third round will continue in the preliminary round. The losers in the third round will be transferred in the Euro Cup quarter-finals.[5]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Jadran Split 21–10 Mladost Zagreb 14–7 7–3
Szolnok VSC 18–25 OSC Budapest 6–15 12–10
RN Savona 19–20 Crvena zvezda 8–9 11–11
CN Barcelona 26–33 AN Brescia 13–17 13–16

Preliminary round
Location of teams of the 2021–22 LEN Champions League preliminary round.
Main article: 2021–22 LEN Champions League preliminary round

The draw for the 2021–22 LEN Champions League preliminary round took place in Ostia, Italy.[6] The upcoming season is planned with the usual pre-pandemic round-robin format with 14 rounds contested on a home-and-away basis. The top three teams in group A and the top four teams in group B will advance to the Final 8. Also, Novi Beograd will participate in the Final 8 as the host of tournament. The matchdays will be from 26 October 2021 to 15 June 2022.[7]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BRE FTC BAR NBG OLY RKG JST DTB
1 AN Brescia (A) 13 9 3 1 156 125 +31 30 Final 8 — 8–8 14–12 13–16 8–7 12–8 6–5 16–8
2 FTC Telekom (A) 13 7 4 2 146 132 +14 25 11 May — 7–17 11–10 9–9 13–12 14–8 16–10
3 Zodiac CNA Barceloneta (A) 13 7 3 3 158 108 +50 24 12–12 12–12 — 12–12 9–5 13–7 11–6 18–4
4 Novi Beograd[lower-alpha 1] (A) 13 7 3 3 175 138 +37 24 11–11 11–14 11–9 — 9–12 16–10 14–7 19–7
5 Olympiacos (E) 13 6 2 5 133 117 +16 20 5–8 8–10 8–4 12–12 — 11–7 12–10 20–9
6 Radnički Kragujevac (E) 13 4 1 8 128 146 −18 13 8–14 11–11 3–9 11 May 10–8 — 13–10 14–7
7 Jadran Split (E) 13 3 0 10 128 158 −30 9 14–15 9–7 11 May 12–17 12–16 9–8 — 15–13
8 Dinamo Tbilisi (E) 13 1 0 12 116 216 −100 3 11–19 7–14 7–20 8–17 11 May 13–17 12–11 —
Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2022. Source: LEN
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated
Notes:
  1. Novi Beograd is already qualified as the Final 8 host.

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification REC CNM JUG HAN OSC BER CZB STE
1 Pro Recco (A) 13 12 0 1 189 92 +97 36 Final 8 — 10 May 10–0w/o 18–3 17–14 14–9 13–7 23–5
2 CN Marseille (A) 13 11 0 2 162 108 +54 33 7–13 — 12–13 13–10 13–9 12–7 10–0w/o 15–10
3 Jug AO Dubrovnik (A) 13 10 0 3 160 129 +31 30 11–8 9–14 — 13–7 11–12 12–9 17–11 14–7
4 Waspo 98 Hannover (A) 13 6 2 5 136 166 −30 20 7–20 7–14 10 May — 12–12 10–9 14–11 13–12
5 OSC Budapest (E) 13 5 1 7 136 159 −23 16 8–14 9–14 10–15 12–17 — 0–10w/o 13–9 14–8
6 Spandau 04 (E) 13 3 1 9 122 136 −14 10 6–11 7–13 8–16 11–11 11–12 — 10 May 10–8
7 Crvena zvezda (E) 13 1 1 11 121 167 −46 4 12–14 8–11 13–19 12–15 8–11 12–9 — 10–10
8 Steaua București (E) 13 1 1 11 102 171 −69 4 3–14 6–14 8–10 9–10 10 May 5–16 11–8 —
Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2022. Source: LEN
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated

Final 8

Qualified teams
Group Winners Runners-up Third Fourth
A AN Brescia FTC Telekom Zodiac CNAB Novi Beograd
B Pro Recco CN Marseille Jug AO Dubrovnik Waspo 98 Hannover

See also

References
  1. "LEN club competition programme season 2021–2022" (PDF). LEN.com.
  2. "Champions League, Euro Cup – Qualification Round 1". LEN.com.
  3. "Water Polo Champions League – Qualification Round II". LEN.com.
  4. "Champions League, Qualification Round II". LEN.com.
  5. "Water Polo Champions League – Qualification Round III , Draw". LEN.com.
  6. "Champions League 2021-2022 Draw Main Round". LEN.com.
  7. "LEN Champions League preliminary round calendar season 2021-2022" (PDF). LEN.com.

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