2017–18 LEN Champions League
The 2017–18 LEN Champions League was the 55th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs.
2017–18 LEN Champions League | |
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League | LEN Champions League |
Sport | Water Polo |
Number of teams | 16 (Preliminary round) |
Final Eight | |
Champions | |
Runners-up |
Overview
Team allocation
12 teams are directly qualified for the Preliminary round (TH: Champions League title holders).
Preliminary Round | |||
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Qualification round II | |||
Qualification round I | |||
Phases and rounds dates
The schedule of the competition is as follows.[1]
Phase | Round | First leg | Second leg |
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Qualifying rounds | Qualification round I | 14–17 September 2017 | |
Qualification round II | 28 September–1 October 2017 | ||
Qualification round III | 14 October 2017 | 18 October 2017 | |
Preliminary round | Matchday 1 | 25 October 2017 | |
Matchday 2 | 8 November 2017 | ||
Matchday 3 | 29 November 2017 | ||
Matchday 4 | 9 December 2017 | ||
Matchday 5 | 20 December 2017 | ||
Matchday 6 | 13 January 2018 | ||
Matchday 7 | 24 January 2018 | ||
Matchday 8 | 7 February 2018 | ||
Matchday 9 | 28 February 2018 | ||
Matchday 10 | 14 March 2018 | ||
Matchday 11 | 31 March 2018 | ||
Matchday 12 | 18 April 2018 | ||
Matchday 13 | 28 April 2018 | ||
Matchday 14 | 9 May 2018 | ||
Final Eight | Quarterfinals | 7 June 2018 | |
Semifinals | 8 June 2018 | ||
Final | 9 June 2018 |
Qualifying rounds
Qualification round I
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||
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1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 16 | +57 | 12 | Round II | — | 10–6 | 30–2 | ||||
2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 21 | +37 | 9 | — | 21–5 | ||||||
3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 27 | +19 | 6 | 5–11 | 4–6 | — | |||||
4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 62 | −41 | 3 | 3–22 | 3–14 | — | |||||
5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 88 | −72 | 0 | 2–25 | 7–23 | 5–10 | — |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 16 | +26 | 9 | Round II | — | 18–7 | 7–6 | 17–3 | ||
2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 6 | — | 9–8 | 17–8 | ||||
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 23 | +5 | 3 | — | ||||||
4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 48 | −30 | 0 | 7–14 | — |
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 16 | +15 | 9 | Round II | — | 7–5 | ||||
2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 21 | +14 | 6 | 9–10 | — | 8–6 | ||||
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 22 | +2 | 3 | — | ||||||
4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 45 | −31 | 0 | 2–14 | 5–18 | 7–13 | — |
Qualification round II
Group E
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 16 | +11 | 7 | Round III | — | 7–5 | 14–5 | |||
2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 19 | +17 | 6 | — | 19–5 | |||||
3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 22 | +12 | 4 | 6–6 | 7–12 | — | 21–4 | |||
4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 54 | −40 | 0 | — |
Group F
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 16 | +11 | 7 | Round III | — | 13–10 | ||||
2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 19 | +17 | 6 | 7–8 | — | 19–7 | ||||
3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 22 | +12 | 4 | 11–11 | 7–11 | — | ||||
4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 54 | −40 | 0 | 8–11 | — |
Group G
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 22 | +24 | 9 | Round III | — | 23–2 | ||||
2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 23 | +10 | 6 | 12–13 | — | 8–3 | 13–7 | |||
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 25 | −3 | 3 | 8–10 | — | |||||
4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 47 | −31 | 0 | 7–11 | — |
Group H
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 6[lower-alpha 1] | Round III | — | 6–5 | ||||
2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 6[lower-alpha 1] | 8–10 | — | |||||
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 3[lower-alpha 2] | 7–10 | — | |||||
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 20 | −1 | 3[lower-alpha 2] | 6–3 | 8–9 | 5–8 | — |
- Crvena zvezda 10–8 Sintez Kazan
- NC Vouliagmeni 8–5 CSM Digi Oradea
Qualification round III
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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CN Marseille |
13–16 | 6–7 | 7–9 | |
Spartak Volgograd |
14–26 | 7–14 | 7–12 | |
AN Brescia |
18–17 | 11–9 | 7–8 | |
Crvena zvezda |
14–17 | 6–6 | 8–11 |
Preliminary round
The draw for the group stage was held on 29 August 2017 in Budapest.[2] The 16 teams were drawn into two groups of eight.
In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners, runners-ups, third and fourth placed teams advance to the Final 8. The matchdays are 25 October, 8 and 29 November, 9 and 20 December 2017, 13 and 24 January, 7 and 28 February, 14 and 31 March, 18 and 28 April, 9 May 2018.
A total of 11 national associations are represented in the group stage.
Advance to the Final Eight | Home team win | Draw | Away team win |
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||||||
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1 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 153 | 102 | +51 | 37 | Final Eight | — | 8–6 | 14–10 | 13–6 | 17–9 | 11–7 | 10–7 | 16–8 | ||
2 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 147 | 113 | +34 | 28 | 10–8 | — | 9–9 | 10–7 | 15–10 | 14–9 | 12–10 | 16–5 | |||
3 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 137 | 102 | +35 | 27 | 7–7 | 8–6 | — | 5–7 | 7–7 | 13–12 | 12–6 | 16–5 | |||
4 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 114 | 106 | +8 | 26 | 6–7 | 9–8 | 6–5 | — | 9–9 | 11–9 | 9–5 | 13–9 | |||
5 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 141 | 133 | +8 | 22 | 9–13 | 12–11 | 5–9 | 9–9 | — | 9–6 | 7–7 | 16–4 | |||
6 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 133 | 150 | −17 | 12 | 7–12 | 6–13 | 7–13 | 8–6 | 11–15 | — | 13–8 | 16–6 | |||
7 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 103 | 126 | −23 | 10 | 6–10 | 4–7 | 6–8 | 6–8 | 5–10 | 8–7 | — | 14–6 | |||
8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 91 | 187 | −96 | 0 | 4–7 | 8–10 | 5–15 | 3–8 | 10–14 | 11–15 | 7–11 | — |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||||||
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1 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 186 | 80 | +106 | 39 | Final Eight | — | 14–6 | 8–5 | 12–4 | 10–5 | 15–6 | 13–5 | 19–1 | ||
2 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 134 | 87 | +47 | 31 | 4–6 | — | 6–3 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 12–9 | 14–5 | 15–4 | |||
3 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 169 | 99 | +70 | 30 | 10–9 | 10–11 | — | 9–8 | 13–10 | 15–3 | 14–4 | 17–4 | |||
4 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 133 | 125 | +8 | 25 | 9–10 | 10–9 | 10–9 | — | 13–13 | 11–9 | 11–8 | 14–8 | |||
5 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 128 | 126 | +2 | 20 | 5–15 | 4–4 | 6–14 | 11–5 | — | 16–10 | 7–8 | 15–7 | |||
6 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 109 | 152 | −43 | 12 | 6–13 | 3–8 | 9–17 | 5–6 | 4–8 | — | 10–9 | 9–8 | |||
7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 115 | 174 | −59 | 9 | 9–18 | 7–15 | 5–16 | 9–11 | 8–10 | 10–11 | — | 12–10 | |||
8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 87 | 218 | −131 | 0 | 5–24 | 4–14 | 6–17 | 5–17 | 7–14 | 4–15 | 14–16 | — |
Final Eight
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
7 June | ||||||||||
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8 June | ||||||||||
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9 June | ||||||||||
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7 June | ||||||||||
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12 | ||||||||||
8 June | ||||||||||
10 | ||||||||||
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7 June | ||||||||||
8 | Third place game | |||||||||
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9 June | ||||||||||
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- 5th–8th place bracket
5th–8th place semifinals | Fifth place game | |||||
8 June | ||||||
6 | ||||||
9 June | ||||||
10 | ||||||
6 | ||||||
8 June | ||||||
10 | ||||||
7 | ||||||
8 | ||||||
Seventh place game | ||||||
9 June | ||||||
10 | ||||||
14 |
2017–18 LEN Champions League Champions |
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Olympiacos (2nd title) |
Final standings
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See also
References
- "LEN Club Competition Programme Season 2017–2018" (PDF). LEN.com.
- "Preliminary round draw". LEN.com.