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 2021–2 July 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 18/19 March 2022
Round 12 29/30 March 2022
Round 13 7/8 June 2022
Round 14 14/15 June 2022
Final 8 Quarterfinals 30 June 2022
Semifinals 1 July 2022
Final 2 July 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 OLY BRE BAR NBG FTC JST RKG DTB
1 Olympiacos 5 4 1 0 61 41 +20 13 Final 8 — 9 Feb 8–4 8 Jun 30 Mar 12–10 11 Jan 20–9
2 AN Brescia 5 3 2 0 66 50 +16 11 21 Dec — 14–12 23 Feb 8–8 11 Jan 30 Mar 19 Mar
3 Zodiac CNA Barceloneta 5 2 1 2 59 47 +12 7 19 Mar 8 Jun — 11 Jan 12–12 11–6 21 Dec 30 Mar
4 Novi Beograd[lower-alpha 1] 5 2 1 2 63 56 +7 7 9–12 11–11 26 Jan — 19 Mar 30 Mar 16–10 9 Feb
5 FTC Telekom 5 1 4 0 51 50 +1 7 9–9 15 Jun 23 Feb 11–10 — 21 Dec 8 Jun 26 Jan
6 Jadran Split 5 2 0 3 52 61 −9 6 23 Feb 26 Jan 15 Jun 12–17 9 Feb — 9–8 15–13
7 Radnički Kragujevac 5 1 1 3 51 57 −6 4 26 Jan 8–14 9 Feb 15 Jun 11–11 19 Mar — 14–7
8 Dinamo Tbilisi 5 0 0 5 47 88 −41 0 15 Jun 11–19 7–20 21 Dec 11 Jan 8 Jun 23 Feb —
Updated to match(es) played on 14 December 2021. Source: LEN
Notes:
  1. Novi Beograd qualified as the host team of the Final 8.

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification REC JUG CNM OSC HAN BER CZB STE
1 Pro Recco 5 5 0 0 77 36 +41 15 Final 8 — 25 Jan 14 Jun 22 Feb 8 Feb 14–9 13–7 23–5
2 Jug AO Dubrovnik 5 4 0 1 67 50 +17 12 12 Jan — 9–14 22 Dec 13–7 29 Mar 22 Feb 18 Mar
3 CN Marseille 5 4 0 1 62 47 +15 12 7–13 7 Jun — 18 Mar 13–10 22 Dec 12 Jan 29 Mar
4 OSC Budapest 5 2 1 2 54 56 −2 7 8–14 8 Feb 9–14 — 29 Mar 12 Jan 7 Jun 14–8
5 Waspo 98 Hannover 5 1 2 2 55 61 −6 5 22 Dec 14 Jun 22 Feb 12–12 — 7 Jun 18 Mar 25 Jan
6 Spandau 04 5 1 1 3 47 61 −14 4 18 Mar 8–16 8 Feb 25 Jan 11–11 — 14 Jun 10–8
7 Crvena zvezda 5 1 0 4 52 67 −15 3 29 Mar 13–19 25 Jan 8–11 12–15 12–9 — 8 Feb
8 Steaua București 5 0 0 5 35 71 −36 0 7 Jun 8–10 6–14 14 Jun 12 Jan 22 Feb 22 Dec —
Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2021. Source: LEN

Final 8

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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