Sports season
2021–22 LEN Champions League |
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League | LEN Champions League |
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Sport | Water Polo |
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Duration | 22 September 2021–4 June 2022 |
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Season MVP | Francesco Di Fulvio (Pro Recco) |
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Top scorer | Gergő Zalánki 42 goals (Pro Recco) |
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Final 8 |
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Champions | Pro Recco (10th title) |
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Runners-up | Novi Beograd |
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Finals MVP | Giacomo Cannella (Pro Recco) |
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Champions League seasons |
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The 2021–22 LEN Champions League was the 59th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs.
Teams
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
Source: LEN
Group D
Source: LEN
Notes:
- ^ a b c 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
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]
Preliminary round
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Location of teams of the
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
Source: LEN
Notes:
- ^ Novi Beograd is already qualified as the Final 8 host.
- ^ a b Novi Beograd 23–21 (Agg.) Zodiac CNA Barceloneta
Group B
Source: LEN
Final 8
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Location of the 2021–22 LEN Champions League Final 8
- 5th–8th place bracket
Marco Del Lungo, Francesco Di Fulvio, Luka Loncar, Gergő Zalánki, Aaron Younger, Alessandro Velotto, Nicholas Presciutti, Gonzalo Echenique, Aleksandar Ivović, Benjamin Thomas, Matteo Aicardi, Stefano Luongo, Tommaso Negri
Head coach Sandro Sukno
Awards
See also
References
- ^ "LEN club competition programme season 2021–2022" (PDF). LEN.com.
- ^ "Champions League, Euro Cup – Qualification Round 1". LEN.com.
- ^ "Water Polo Champions League – Qualification Round II". LEN.com.
- ^ "Champions League, Qualification Round II". LEN.com.
- ^ "Water Polo Champions League – Qualification Round III , Draw". LEN.com.
- ^ "Champions League 2021-2022 Draw Main Round". LEN.com. Archived from the original on 2021-10-08. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
- ^ "LEN Champions League preliminary round calendar season 2021-2022" (PDF). LEN.com.
Notes
External links
- Official website, len.microplustiming.com
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