2014–15 LEN Euro Cup

The 2014–15 LEN Euro Cup is the second tier of European competition in water polo. It ran from 30 October 2014 to 11 April 2015, and it is contested by twenty one teams from twelve countries.

2014-15 LEN Euro Cup
LeagueLEN Euro Cup
SportWater Polo
Duration30 October 2014 to 11 April 2015
Season champions Posillipo

Overview

Team allocation
  • CL: Transferred from the Champions League
    • Q2: Third and fourth-placed teams from the QR2
    • Q1: Sixth-placed teams from the QR1
Qualification round II
Mornar Savona Dinamo Astrachan Waspo Hannover (CL Q2)
Sète Acquachiara Kinef Kirishi Ligamus Tbilisi (CL Q1)
Olympic Nice Valletta Vojvodina Montpellier (CL Q1)
Esslingen Primorac Kotor Sintez Kazan (CL Q2)
White Sharks Utrecht Jadran Herceg Novi (CL Q2)
Vouliagmeni Steaua București Posillipo (CL Q2)

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.[1]

Phase Round First leg Second leg
Qualifying Qualification round I 10–12 October 2014
Qualification round II 30 October–2 November 2014
Knockout stage Quarter Finals 29 November 2014 17 December 2014
Semi Finals 11 February 2015 4 March 2015
Final 28 March 2015 11 April 2015

Qualifying rounds

Qualification round I
  • 10-12 October

Qualification round II
  • 30 October-2 November

Twelve teams will take part in the quarter finals. They will be drawn into five groups of five or six teams, whose played on 30 October–2 November 2014. Group winners and runners-up teams of each group advance to quarter finals.

Key to colors in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to quarter finals

Group A

Vouliagmeni has the right to organize the tournament.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Sintez Kazan 5 4 0 1 67 45 +22 12
Acquachiara 5 3 1 1 74 47 +27 10
Vouliagmeni 5 3 1 1 52 38 +14 10
Jadran Herceg Novi 5 2 2 1 58 38 +20 8
Utrecht 5 1 0 4 37 62 −25 3
Esslingen 5 0 0 5 36 94 −58 0
Source:

Group B

Valletta has the right to organize the tournament.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Mornar 4 4 0 0 64 27 +37 12
Steaua București 4 3 0 1 44 30 +14 9
Montpellier 4 2 0 2 46 30 +16 6
Primorac Kotor 4 1 0 3 30 47 −17 3
Valletta 4 0 0 4 24 74 −50 0
Source:

Group C

Olympic Nice has the right to organize the tournament.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Olympic Nice 4 3 1 0 46 27 +19 10
Posillipo 4 3 1 0 48 34 +14 10
Kinef Kirishi 4 2 0 2 48 33 +15 6
Sète 4 0 1 3 32 52 −20 1
White Sharks 4 0 1 3 33 61 −28 1
Source:

Group D

Savona has the right to organize the tournament.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Waspo Hannover 4 3 1 0 47 24 +23 10
Savona 4 3 1 0 42 31 +11 10
Dinamo Astrachan 4 1 1 2 32 34 −2 4
Vojvodina 4 1 1 2 22 35 −13 4
Ligamus Tbilisi 4 0 0 4 30 49 −19 0
Source:

Knockout stage

Quarter Finals
  • 29 November 2014 1st match
  • 17 December 2014 2nd match
Key to colors
Seeded in quarter finals draw
Unseeded in quarter finals draw
Group Winners Runners-up
A Sintez Kazan Acquachiara
B Mornar Steaua București
C Olympic Nice Posillipo
D Waspo Hannover Savona

These teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follow:

  • In the draw for the quarter finals, the four group winners were seeded, and the four group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association could not be drawn against each other.

The first legs were played on 29 November, and the second legs were played on 17 December 2014.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sintez Kazan 16–18 Posillipo 9–6 7–12
Mornar 14–13 Savona 10–5 4–8
Steaua București 18–16 Waspo Hannover 9–7 9–9
Acquachiara 23–17 Olympic Nice 13–7 10–10

Semi Finals

The draw was held on 10 January 2015 in Belgrade, Serbia. The first legs were played on 11 February, and the second legs were played on 4 March 2015.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Steaua București 11–16 Posillipo 6–8 5–8
Acquachiara 22–18 Mornar 15–11 7–7

Finals

The first leg were played on 28 March, and the second leg were played on 11 April 2015.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Posillipo 17–16 Acquachiara 6–6 11–10
 2014–15 LEN Euro Cup Champions 
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See also

References
  1. "LEN Club Competition Programme Season 2014/2015" (PDF).
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