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2016–17 LEN Champions League

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2016–17 LEN Champions League
LeagueLEN Champions League
SportWater Polo
Duration30 September 2016 to
27 May 2017
Number of teams12 (preliminary round)
31 (total)
Season MVPSpain Felipe Perrone (Jug Dubrovnik)
Top scorerSpain Felipe Perrone 42 goals (Jug Dubrovnik)
Final Six
Finals championsHungary Szolnok (1st title)
  Runners-upCroatia Jug
Finals MVPSerbia Andrija Prlainovic (Szolnok)
Champions League seasons

The 2016–17 LEN Champions League was the 54th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. It ran from 30 September 2016 to 27 May 2017.

Team allocation

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See also: 2016–17 LEN Champions League squads

8 teams are directly qualified for the preliminary round.

Preliminary round
Croatia JugTH Germany Spandau 04 Hungary Szolnok Serbia Partizan
Spain Atlètic-Barceloneta Greece Olympiacos Italy Pro Recco France Olympic Nice
Qualification round II
Croatia Primorje Germany Duisburg Hungary Eger Serbia Crvena zvezda
Spain Sabadell Greece Vouliagmeni Italy Brescia France Marseille
Qualification round I
Croatia Mornar Russia Sintez Kazan Montenegro Jadran Germany Waspo 98 Hannover
Italy Verona Hungary Orvosegyetem Portugal Portuense Malta Valletta
Netherlands Utrecht Romania Oradea Turkey Galatasaray Poland Arkonia Szczecin
Netherlands Barendrecht Romania Steaua București Turkey Enkaspor

Round and draw dates

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

Phase Round First leg Second leg
Qualifying Qualification round I 30 September–2 October 2016
Qualification round II 14–16 October 2016
Qualification round III
(play-off round) 		26 October 2016 9 November 2016
Preliminary round Matchday 1 30 November 2016
Matchday 2 10 December 2016
Matchday 3 21 December 2016
Matchday 4 18 January 2017
Matchday 5 8 February 2017
Matchday 6 18 February 2017
Matchday 7 1 March 2017
Matchday 8 22 March 2017
Matchday 9 5 April 2017
Matchday 10 26 April 2017
Final 6 Quarter-finals 25 May 2017
Semi-finals 26 May 2017
Final 27 May 2017

Qualifying rounds

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Qualification I

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Fifteen teams take part in the Qualification round I. They were drawn into three groups of four teams and one group of three teams, whose played on 30 September−2 October 2016. Top 2 teams of each group advance to qualification round II.[2]

Group A

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Tournament was played in Oradea, Romania.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Romania ORA Croatia MOR Netherlands UTR Turkey GAL
1 Romania Oradea (H) 3 3 0 0 35 18 +17 9 Round II — 10–6 11–5 14–7
2 Croatia Mornar 3 2 0 1 32 23 +9 6 — — — 13–7
3 Netherlands Utrecht 3 1 0 2 20 31 −11 3 — 6–13 — —
4 Turkey Galatasaray 3 0 0 3 21 36 −15 0 — — 7–9 —
Source: LEN
(H) Hosts

Group B

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Tournament was played in Budapest, Hungary.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Hungary ORV Germany WAS Netherlands BAR
1 Hungary Orvosegyetem (H) 2 2 0 0 32 17 +15 6 Round II — 12–11 20–6
2 Germany Waspo 98 Hannover 2 1 0 1 30 17 +13 3 — — —
3 Netherlands Barendrecht 2 0 0 2 11 39 −28 0 — 5–19 —
Source: LEN
(H) Hosts

Group C

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Tournament was played in Porto, Portugal.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Italy VER Russia SIN Turkey ENK Portugal POR
1 Italy Verona 3 2 1 0 59 17 +42 7 Round II — 10–10 — —
2 Russia Sintez Kazan 3 2 1 0 44 15 +29 7 — — 14–3 —
3 Turkey Enkaspor 3 1 0 2 17 41 −24 3 6–21 — — —
4 Portugal Portuense (H) 3 0 0 3 9 56 −47 0 1–28 2–20 6–8 —
Source: LEN
(H) Hosts

Group D

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Tournament was played in Valletta, Malta.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Montenegro JAD Romania STE Malta VAL Poland ARK
1 Montenegro Jadran 3 3 0 0 57 11 +46 9 Round II — 9–7 — 23–3
2 Romania Steaua București 3 2 0 1 43 18 +25 6 — — 19–6 —
3 Malta Valletta (H) 3 1 0 2 19 46 −27 3 1–25 — — —
4 Poland Arkonia Szczecin 3 0 0 3 8 52 −44 0 — 3–17 2–12 —
Source: LEN
(H) Hosts

Qualification II

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Sixteen teams take part in the Qualification round II. Eight teams from first round and eight teams with wild cards. They were drawn into four groups of four teams, whose played on 14−16 October 2016. Top 2 teams of each group advance to qualification round III.[3]

Group E

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Tournament was played in Eger, Hungary.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Italy VER Hungary EGE France MAR Croatia MOR
1 Italy Verona 3 3 0 0 45 24 +21 9 Round III — — 18–9 17–6
2 Hungary Eger (H) 3 2 0 1 42 23 +19 6 9–10 — 18–5 15–8
3 France Marseille 3 1 0 2 27 47 −20 3 — — — 13–11
4 Croatia Mornar 3 0 0 3 25 45 −20 0 — — — —
Source: LEN
(H) Hosts

Group F

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Tournament was played in Brescia, Italy.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Italy BRE Hungary ORV Russia SIN Serbia CZB
1 Italy Brescia (H) 3 2 1 0 35 27 +8 7 Round III — 11–11 15–11 9–5
2 Hungary Orvosegyetem 3 1 2 0 30 29 +1 5 — — 11–11 —
3 Russia Sintez Kazan 3 1 1 1 33 30 +3 4 — — — 11–4
4 Serbia Crvena zvezda 3 0 0 3 16 28 −12 0 — 7–8 — —
Source: LEN
(H) Hosts

Group G

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Tournament was played in Herceg Novi, Montenegro.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Germany WAS Montenegro JAD Greece VOU Germany DUI
1 Germany Waspo 98 Hannover 3 2 0 1 26 22 +4 6[a] Round III — — — 8–5
2 Montenegro Jadran (H) 3 2 0 1 27 18 +9 6[a] 6–8 — 9–6 12–4
3 Greece Vouliagmeni 3 2 0 1 32 28 +4 6[a] 11–10 — — —
4 Germany Duisburg 3 0 0 3 18 35 −17 0 — — 9–15 —
Source: LEN
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Waspo Hannover 18–17, Jadran 15–14, Vouliagmeni 17–19

Group H

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Tournament was played in Rijeka, Croatia.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Croatia PRI Romania ORA Spain SAB Romania STE
1 Croatia Primorje (H) 3 2 0 1 24 28 −4 6[a] Round III — 9–7 5–12 10–9
2 Romania Oradea 3 2 0 1 29 25 +4 6[a] — — — —
3 Spain Sabadell 3 1 1 1 28 25 +3 4 — 6–10 — —
4 Romania Steaua București 3 0 1 2 29 32 −3 1 — 10–12 10–10 —
Source: LEN
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Primorje–Oradea 9–7

Qualification III

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Eight teams take part in the Qualification round III. 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 Qualification round III, the four group winners were seeded, and the four group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams. Teams from the same group could not be drawn against each other.[4]
Key to colors
Seeded in qualification round III draw
Unseeded in qualification round III draw
Group Winners Runners-up
E Italy Verona Hungary Eger
F Italy Brescia Hungary Orvosegyetem
G Germany Waspo 98 Hannover Montenegro Jadran
H Croatia Primorje Romania Oradea
  • 1st leg: 26 October 2016
  • 2nd leg: 9 November 2016
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Waspo 98 Hannover Germany 23–18 Romania Oradea 12–7 11–11
Brescia Italy 22–16 Montenegro Jadran 14–5 8–11
Primorje Croatia 11–23 Hungary Eger 6–12 5–11
Orvosegyetem Hungary 21–19 Italy Verona 10–6 11–13

Preliminary round

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Location of teams of the 2016–17 LEN Champions League group stage.
Red: Group A; Blue: Group B.

The regular season was played between 30 November 2016 and 26 April 2017. If teams are level on record at the end of the preliminary round, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

  1. Head-to-head record.
  2. Head-to-head point differential.
  3. Point differential during the Regular Season.
  4. Points scored during the regular season.
  5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular Season match.

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 30 November, 10 December, 21 December 2016 and 18 January, 8 February, 18 February, 1 March, 22 March, 5 April, 26 April 2017. The top three teams advanced to the final six.

The Final Six (quarterfinals, semifinals, third place game and final) were played in Budapest, Hungary from 25 to 27 May 2017.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification Hungary SZO Greece OLY Italy BRE Hungary ORV Germany SPA France NIC
1 Hungary Szolnok 10 9 1 0 101 62 +39 28 Semifinals — 5–5 8–4 10–8 12–7 17–4
2 Greece Olympiacos 10 7 1 2 90 63 +27 22 Quarterfinals 4–6 — 8–4 7–4 10–8 15–2
3 Italy Brescia 10 5 2 3 91 78 +13 17 9–10 13–10 — 6–6 9–6 13–4
4 Hungary Orvosegyetem 10 3 3 4 79 74 +5 12 8–9 7–8 7–7 — 5–5 11–9
5 Germany Spandau 04 10 2 1 7 75 95 −20 7 8–12 6–11 10–14 6–10 — 11–6
6 France Olympic Nice 10 0 0 10 60 124 −64 0 5–12 8–12 9–12 7–13 6–8 —
Source: LEN

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification Italy PRO Hungary EGE Croatia JUG Spain BAR Serbia PAR Germany WAS
1 Italy Pro Recco 10 10 0 0 116 63 +53 30 Semifinals — 9–4 9–5 8–6 12–7 18–8
2 Hungary Eger 10 6 0 4 78 84 −6 18 Quarterfinals 7–11 — 6–5 10–9 8–4 10–7
3 Croatia Jug 10 5 2 3 115 92 +23 17 8–11 10–6 — 11–10 21–9 15–15
4 Spain Atlètic-Barceloneta 10 4 2 4 89 81 +8 14 6–11 10–6 7–7 — 12–5 12–10
5 Serbia Partizan 10 1 1 8 76 124 −48 4 5–17 8–9 9–16 4–8 — 13–9
6 Germany Waspo 98 Hannover 10 0 3 7 98 128 −30 3 7–10 11–12 10–17 9–9 12–12 —
Source: LEN

Final Six

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Danube Arena, Budapest, Hungary

Quarterfinals
25 May 2017		Semifinals
26 May 2017		Final
27 May 2017
A1Hungary Szolnok7
B2Hungary Eger6B2Hungary Eger5
A3Italy Brescia4A1Hungary Szolnok10
B3Croatia Jug5
B1Italy Pro Recco9
A2Greece Olympiacos8B3Croatia Jug10
B3Croatia Jug11
5th placeThird place
A3Italy Brescia8B2Hungary Eger6
A2Greece Olympiacos5B1Italy Pro Recco15

Quarterfinals

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25 May 2017
19:00 		Report Olympiacos Greece 8–11 Croatia Jug Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Spain Xavier Buch
Russia Sergey Naumov
Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–4, 5–3, 1–1
Genidounias 4 Goals four players 2
25 May 2017
20:30 		Report Eger Hungary 6–4 Italy Brescia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Serbia Vojin Putnikovic
Israel Matan Schwartz
Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–1, 1–1, 2–0
Hárai 3 Goals Nora 2

5th place

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26 May 2017
17:30 		Report Olympiacos Greece 5–8 Italy Brescia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Russia Sergey Naumov
Israel Matan Schwartz
Score by quarters: 2–2, 0–3, 1–1, 2–2
Fountoulis 2 Goals three players 2

Semifinals

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26 May 2017
19:00 		Report Jug Croatia 10–9 Italy Pro Recco Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Romania Adrian Tiberiu Alexandrescu
Spain Xavier Buch
Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–2, 3–4, 1–1
Lončar, García 2 Goals Filipović 4
26 May 2017
20:30 		Report Eger Hungary 5–7 Hungary Szolnok Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Slovenia Boris Margeta
Serbia Vojin Putnikovic
Score by quarters: 2–1, 0–2, 1–2, 2–2
five players 1 Goals Younger, Prlainović 3

Third place

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27 May 2017
15:15 		Report Pro Recco Italy 15–6 Hungary Eger Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Spain Xavier Buch
Russia Sergey Naumov
Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–1, 3–2, 5–2
Ivović 4 Goals Vapenski 2

Final

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27 May 2017
16:45 		Report Jug Croatia 5–10 Hungary Szolnok Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Romania Adrian Tiberiu Alexandrescu
Slovenia Boris Margeta
Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–5, 1–2, 0–2
Marković 2 Goals Aleksić, Prlainović 3
2016–17 LEN Champions League
Champions
Hungary
Szolnok
1st title

Viktor Nagy, Márton Vámos, Živko Gocić, Tamás Mezei, Aaron Younger, Dénes Varga, Milan Aleksić, Andrija Prlainović, Ugo Crousillat, Gábor Kis, David Jansik, Peter Kotlar, Patrik Bagi, Zlotan Hangay, Istvan Kardos, Zsombor Szeghalmi, Tamas Bodoroczki, Kristof Szatmari, Bence Fulop,

Head coach
Sándor Cseh

Final standings

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Team
Hungary Szolnok
Croatia Jug
Italy Pro Recco
Hungary Eger
Italy Brescia
Greece Olympiacos

Awards

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Player of the Season Top Scorer Player of the final Six Goalkeeper of the final Six
Spain Felipe Perrone (Jug) Spain Felipe Perrone (Jug) 42 goals Serbia Andrija Prlainovic (Szolnok) Hungary Viktor Nagy (Szolnok)

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Total 7 of the Season
[6] LW Serbia Andrija Prlainović

(Szolnok)

CF Croatia

Luka Lončar (Jug)

RW Hungary Márton Vámos

(Szolnok)

LD Spain Felipe Perrone (Jug) CB Montenegro Aleksandar Ivović (Pro Recco) RD Serbia Filip Filipović (Pro Recco)
GK Croatia Marko Bijač (Jug)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "LEN Club Competition Programme Season 2016/2017" (PDF). LEN. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-04. Retrieved 2016-09-02.
  2. ^ "LEN Champions League − Draw, Qualification round I". LEN. Archived from the original on 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
  3. ^ "LEN Champions League − Draw, Qualification round II" (PDF). LEN. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
  4. ^ "LEN Champions League − Draw, Qualification round III". LEN. Archived from the original on 2016-10-19. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
  5. ^ "Champions League F6 – Szolnok clinches historical first win in front of 10,000 – LEN.eu | Ligue Européenne de Natation". Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  6. ^ Curcic, Ivan (2023-06-05). "LEN Champions League "Team of the Tournament"". Total Waterpolo. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
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