2004–05 LEN Euroleague

The 2004–05 LEN Euroleague was the 42nd edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. It ran from 29 September 2004 to 21 May 2005, and it was contested by thirty five teams from fifteen countries. CN Posillipo defeated defending champion Budapest Honvéd in the final to win its third title, while Pro Recco was third and Jug Dubrovnik fourth.[1]

2004-05 LEN Euroleague
LeagueLEN Euroleague
SportWater Polo
Duration29 September 2004 to
21 May 2005
Number of teams16 (Preliminary Round)
35 (Total)
Final Four
Finals champions Posillipo (3rd title)
  Runners-up Honvéd

First Qualifying Round
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Brixia Leonessa 5 5 0 0 60 27 +33 15
2 Ferencvárosi 5 4 0 1 39 24 +15 12
3 Galatasaray 5 3 0 2 44 37 +7 9
4 Patras 5 2 0 3 28 36 −8 6
5 Triglav Kranj 5 1 0 4 35 42 −7 3
6 Alphen 5 0 0 5 19 59 −40 0
Source:
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Pro Recco 5 5 0 0 58 17 +41 15
2 Primorac Kotor 4 3 0 1 43 22 +21 9
3 Lodz 5 3 0 2 44 37 +7 9
4 Polar Bears Ede 6 2 0 4 33 36 −3 6
5 Illichivets Mariupol 4 1 0 3 24 43 −19 3
6 Tirol Innsbruck 4 1 0 3 20 147 −127 3
7 ASA Tel Aviv 4 0 0 4 26 46 −20 0
Source:
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Mladost Zagreb 5 5 0 0 81 24 +57 15
2 Yüzme 5 4 0 1 42 44 −2 12
3 CSKA Moscow 5 3 0 2 44 44 0 9
4 Bayer Uerdingen 5 2 0 3 43 54 −11 6
5 Taverny 95 5 1 0 4 40 59 −19 3
6 Koper 5 0 0 5 23 48 −25 0
Source:

Second Qualifying Round
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Shturm Chekhov 5 5 0 0 66 23 +43 15
2 Mladost Zagreb 5 4 0 1 54 26 +28 12
3 Patras 5 2 0 3 36 41 −5 6
4 Duisburg 5 2 0 3 26 44 −18 6
5 Taverny 95 5 1 0 4 30 61 −31 3
6 Lodz 5 1 0 4 29 46 −17 3
Source:
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Vasas Budapest 5 5 0 0 47 28 +19 15
2 Brixia Leonessa 5 4 0 1 57 24 +33 12
3 Primorac Kotor 5 3 0 2 50 32 +18 9
4 Marseille 5 2 0 3 50 37 +13 6
5 CSKA Moscow 5 1 0 4 30 42 −12 3
6 Tirol Innsbruck 5 0 0 5 12 80 −68 0
Source:
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Posillipo 5 5 0 0 68 20 +48 15
2 Nis 5 4 0 1 35 30 +5 12
3 Ferencvárosi 5 3 0 2 44 32 +12 9
4 Polar Bears Ede 5 2 0 3 35 48 −13 6
5 Illichivets Mariupol 5 1 0 4 22 48 −26 3
6 Yüzme 5 0 0 5 29 58 −29 0
Source:
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Pro Recco 5 5 0 0 54 18 +36 15
2 Primorje Rijeka 5 4 0 1 62 38 +24 12
3 Triglav Kranj 5 3 0 2 40 52 −12 9
4 Vouliagmeni 5 2 0 3 37 43 −6 6
5 Galatasaray 5 1 0 4 37 43 −6 3
6 Bayer Uerdingen 5 0 0 5 25 56 −31 0
Source:

Preliminary round
Location of teams of the 2004–05 LEN Euroleague group stage.
Red: Group A; Green: Group B; Blue: Group C; Yellow: Group D.
Key to colors in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advanced to the Quarter-finals

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Jug Dubrovnik 6 5 1 0 65 43 +22 11
Vasas 6 4 1 1 52 46 +6 9
Olympic Nice 6 1 0 5 53 49 +4 2
VK Nis 6 1 0 5 37 53 −16 2
Source:

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Pro Recco 6 3 3 0 46 38 +8 9
Jadran Herceg Novi 6 3 1 2 49 40 +9 7
HAVK Mladost 6 2 1 3 38 48 −10 5
Atlètic-Barceloneta 6 1 1 4 39 46 −7 3
Source:

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Posillipo 6 5 0 1 59 39 +20 10
Spartak Volgograd 6 2 1 3 41 47 −6 5
Primorje 6 2 1 3 40 46 −6 5
Spandau 04 6 2 0 4 44 50 −6 4
Source:

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Honvéd 6 5 0 1 60 42 +18 10
Leonessa 6 4 0 2 46 44 +2 8
Šturm 2002 6 2 1 3 51 55 −4 5
Olympiacos 6 0 1 5 34 50 −16 1
Source:

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 30 March, and the second legs were played on 20 April 2005.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Honvéd 25–14 Spartak Volgograd 13–6 12–8
Jadran Herceg Novi 16–17 Jug Dubrovnik 8–8 8–9
Leonessa 11–12 Posillipo 8–8 3–4
Vasas 14–19 Pro Recco 6–10 8–9
 2004-05 Euroleague
Champions 
Posillipo
3rd title
Fabio Violetti, Francesco Postiglione, Giancarlo Agrillo, Fabrizio Buonocore, Christos Afroudakis, Maurizio Felugo, Andrea Scotti Galletta, Valentino Gallo, Boris Zloković, Ratko Štritof, Luigi Di Costanzo, Carlo Silipo, Fabio Bencivenga
Head Coach
Giuseppe Porzio

See also
  • 2004–05 LEN Cup

References
  1. Results in cnposillipohistory.net
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