1997–98 LEN Champions League

1997–98 LEN Champions League
League	LEN Champions League
Sport	Water Polo
Duration	1997 to 5 June 1998
Number of teams	8 (preliminary round)
Final Four
Finals champions	Posillipo (2nd title)
Runners-up	Pescara
Champions League seasons
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 LEN Champions League was the 35th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. It ran from 1997 to 6 June 1998, and it was contested by 16 teams. The Final Four (semifinals, final, and third place game) took place on June 5 and June 6 in Zagreb.

Preliminary round

Mladost

Spartak

Bečej

BVSC

Posillipo

Pescara

Vouliagmeni

Nice

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Location of teams of the 1997–98 LEN Champions League group stage.
Blue Group; Red Group.

Blue Group

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
HAVK Mladost	6	4	0	2	46	40	+6	8
Spartak Volgograd	6	3	1	2	37	42	−5	7
Bečej	6	3	0	3	51	44	+7	6
BVSC	6	1	1	4	46	54	−8	3

Red Group

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Posillipo	6	5	1	0	58	45	+13	11
Pescara	6	4	1	1	67	45	+22	9
Olympic Nice	6	1	0	5	46	68	−22	2
Vouliagmeni	6	1	0	5	43	56	−13	2

Final Four (Zagreb)

Semifinals 5 June 1998 Final 6 June 1998                       HAVK Mladost 2       Pescara 4   Pescara 6       Posillipo 8   Posillipo 11     Spartak Volgograd 5   Third place           HAVK Mladost 11     Spartak Volgograd 9 Final standings Team Posillipo Pescara HAVK Mladost Spartak Volgograd

1997–98 Champions League Champions  Posillipo 2nd title Milan Tadić, Marcello De Georgio, Tamás Kásás, Giuseppe Porzio, Francesco Postiglione, Gergely Kiss, Fabio Galasso, Francesco Porzio, Luca Giustolisi, Paolo Zizza, Dušan Popović, Gianfranco Salvati, Fulvio Di Martire, Carlo Silipo, Fabio Bencivenga, Antracite Lignano Head coach Paolo De Crescenzo

See also

• 1997–98 LEN Cup Winners' Cup
• 1997–98 LEN Cup