2001–02 LEN Champions League

Sports season
2001–02 LEN Champions League
LeagueLEN Champions League
SportWater Polo
Duration24 October 2001 to
25 May 2002
Number of teams8 (preliminary round)
28 (total)
Final Four
Finals championsGreece Olympiacos (1st title)
  Runners-upHungary Honvéd
Champions League seasons

The 2001–02 LEN Champions League was the 39th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. It ran from 24 October 2001 to 25 May 2002, and it was contested by 28 teams. The Final Four (semifinals, final, and third place game) took place on May 24 and May 25 in Budapest.

Preliminary round

2001–02 LEN Champions League is located in Europe
Posillipo
Posillipo
Nice
Nice
Spandau
Spandau
Jug
Jug
Honvéd
Honvéd
Dynamo
Dynamo
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Location of teams of the 2001–02 LEN Champions League group stage.
Blue Group; Red Group.
Key to colors in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advanced to Final four

Blue Group

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Italy Posillipo 6 5 0 1 56 40 +16 10
Greece Olympiacos 6 4 1 1 54 40 +14 9
France Olympic Nice 6 1 1 4 44 47 −3 3
Germany Spandau 04 6 1 0 5 38 65 −27 2
Source: [citation needed]

Red Group

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Croatia Jug Dubrovnik 6 5 0 1 49 40 +9 10
Hungary Honvéd 6 4 0 2 61 45 +16 8
Russia Dynamo Moscow 6 1 2 3 38 53 −15 4
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bečej 6 0 2 4 39 49 −10 2
Source: [citation needed]

Final Four (Budapest)

Hajós Alfréd Nemzeti Sportuszoda, Budapest, Hungary

 
Semifinals[1]
24 May 2002
Final[2]
25 May 2002
 
      
 
 
 
 
Italy Posillipo8
 
 
 
Hungary Honvéd9
 
Hungary Honvéd7
 
 
 
Greece Olympiacos9
 
Croatia Jug Dubrovnik5
 
 
Greece Olympiacos8
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
Italy Posillipo8
 
 
Croatia Jug Dubrovnik7

Final standings

Team
Greece Olympiacos
Hungary Honvéd
Italy Posillipo
Croatia Jug Dubrovnik



 2001–02 Champions League
Champions[3] 
Greece Olympiacos
1st title
Themis Khatzis, Theodoros Chatzitheodorou, Nikolaos Deligiannis, Alexandros Gianniotis, Theodoros Kalakonas, Dimitris Kravaritis, Arsenis Maroulis, Athanasios Platanitis, Giorgos Psychos, Ioannis Thomakos, Ilias Lappas, Petar Trbojević, Antonios Vlontakis, Gerasimos Voltirakis
Head coach
Zoltán Kásás

See also

References

  1. ^ 2002 LEN Champions League semi-finals. slobodnadalmacija.hr (in Croatian)
  2. ^ Olympiacos–Honved 9–7 2002 LEN Champions League final full game. youtube.com
  3. ^ Όταν η Ευρώπη υποκλίθηκε στον Ολυμπιακό. onsports.gr, 25 May 2012 (in Greek)

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  • 2002 LEN Champions League - Results
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