2015–16 LEN Champions League

2015-16 LEN Champions League
League	LEN Champions League
Sport	Water Polo
Duration	4 September 2015 to 4 June 2016
Number of teams	12 (Preliminary Round) 27 (total)
Final Six

The 2015–16 LEN Champions League is the ongoing 53rd edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. It is scheduled to run from 4 September 2015 to 4 June 2016, and it is contested by 27 teams from 13 countries. The Final Six (quarterfinals, semifinals, final, and third place game) will take place on 2, 3 & 4 June in Budapest.

Overview

Team allocation

See also: 2015–16 LEN Champions League squads

8 teams are directly qualified for the Preliminary Round.

Preliminary Round
Jug	Spandau 04	Eger	Partizan
Atlètic-Barceloneta	Olympiacos	Pro ReccoTH	Galatasaray
Qualification round II
Primorje	Szolnok	Radnički Kragujevac	Vouliagmeni
Duisburg	Brescia	Sabadell
Qualification round I
Mladost	Spartak Volgograd	Jadran	Montpellier
Verona	Oradea	Budva	Valletta
Marseille	Orvosegyetem	Waspo Hannover	Lokomotiv Tbilisi

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.

Phase	Round	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying	Qualification round I	4–6 September 2015
	Qualification round II	18–20 September 2015
	Qualification round III (Play-off round)	3 October 2015	17 October 2015
Preliminary Round	Matchday 1	28 October 2015
	Matchday 2	11 November 2015
	Matchday 3	28 November 2015
	Matchday 4	16 Decamber 2015
	Matchday 5	3 February 2016
	Matchday 6	10 February 2016
	Matchday 7	30 March 2016
	Matchday 8	16 April 2016
	Matchday 9	30 April 2016
	Matchday 10	18 May 2016
Final 6 (Budapest)	Quarter-finals	2 June 2016
	Semi-finals	3 June 2016
	Final	4 June 2016

Qualifying rounds

Qualification I

• 4-6 September

Twelve teams will take part in the Qualification round I. They will be drawn into three groups of four teams, whose played on 4–6 September 2015. Top 3 teams of each group advance to qualification round II.

Key to colours in group tables
Progress to the Round II

Group A

Tournament will be played in Herceg Novi, Montenegro.

SPA JAD MON HAVK Spartak Volgograd – 18–12 15–7 Jadran Carine 11–13 – 11–7 7–5 Montpellier − 8–6 HAVK Mladost –

Group B

Tournament will be played in Valletta, Malta.

BUD ORA VAL VER Budva – 7–7 Oradea – 18–11 11−11 Valletta 5–9 – 5–19 Verona 11–6 –

Group C

Tournament will be played in Tbilisi, Georgia.

WAS OSC CNM LOK Waspo Hannover – 10–8 OSC Budapest 7–7 – CN Marseille 10–10 – Lokomotiv Tbilisi 9–11 3–15 9–17 –

Qualification II

• 18–20 September

Sixteen teams will take part in the Qualification round II. Nine teams from first round and seven teams with wild cards. These clubs will form four groups of four and will have round robin tournaments at four host cities on 18–20 October. Top 2 of these groups advance to play-off (qualification round 3).

Key to colours in group tables
Progress to the Qualification Round III

Group D

Tournament will be played in Athens, Greece.

OSC BRE VOU MON OSC Budapest – 10–6 AN Brescia 8−8 – NC Vouliagmeni 6–10 – 9–6 Montpellier 3–11 8–9 –

Group E

Tournament will be played in Hannover, Germany.

SZO WAS RAD BUD Szolnoki VSK – 11–10 Waspo Hannover 10–11 – 14–7 12–6 VK Radnički 2–21 – 8–7 VK Budva –

Group F

Tournament will be played in Rijeka, Croatia.

PRI CNM SPA DUI VK Primorje – 13–12 14–7 18–8 CN Marseille – 14–9 Spartak Volgograd – ASC Duisburg 8–12 14–14 –

Group G

Tournament will be played in Busto Arsizio, Italy.

JAD ORA VER SAB Jadran Carine – 10–9 Digi Oradea 6–7 – 13–6 SM Verona 8–10 – 10–9 CN Sabadell 6–7 –

Qualification III

• 3 October 2015: 1st match
• 17 October 2015: 2nd match

Key to colours
Seeded in qualification round III draw
Unseeded in qualification round III draw

Group	Winners	Runners-up
D	OSC Budapest	AN Brescia
E	Szolnoki VSK	Waspo Hannover
F	VK Primorje	CN Marseille
G	Jadran Carine	Digi Oradea

Eight teams will 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, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group could not be drawn against each other.

The first legs were played on 3 October, and the second legs were played on 17 October 2015.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
VK Primorje	29–12	Waspo Hannover	19–6	10–6
Digi Oradea	10–19	OSC Budapest	7–9	3–10
CN Marseille	12–20	Szolnoki VSK	6–7	6–13
Jadran Carine	22–18	AN Brescia	14–6	8–12

Preliminary Round

Barceloneta

Eger

Olympiacos

Spandau

Primorje

Jadran HN

Pro Recco

Partizan

Jug

Galatasaray

OSC

Szolnok

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Location of teams of the 2015–16 LEN Champions League group stage.
Red: Group A; Blue: Group B.

Main article: 2015–16 LEN Champions League preliminary round

The regular season was played between 28 October 2015 and 18 May 2016. 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 will be 28 October, 11 November, 28 November, 16 December 2015, 3 February, 10 February, 30 March, 16 April, 30 April, and 18 May 2016. The top three teams advanced to the final six.

The Final Six (quarterfinals, semifinals, third place game and final) will be played in Budapest, Hungary from 2 to 4 June 2016.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		OLY	EGE	BAR	PRI	SPA	JAD
1	Olympiacos	10	7	3	0	95	59	+36	24	Advance to semifinals		—	8–7	9–5	7–4	12–3	10–4
2	ZF Eger	10	4	4	2	90	80	+10	16	Advance to quarter-finals		8–8	—	6–5	12–12	10–7	8–7
3	CNA Barceloneta	10	4	4	2	79	74	+5	16			7–7	6–6	—	9–7	9–7	15–10
4	VK Primorje	10	4	3	3	91	83	+8	15	Eliminated		4–10	8–7	9–9	—	14–4	13–7
5	Spandau 04	10	0	5	5	75	106	−31	5			11–11	8–15	8–8	9–9	—	9–9
6	Jadran Carine	10	0	3	7	77	105	−28	3			6–13	11–11	5–6	9–11	9–9	—

Source: LEN

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		REC	SZO	JUG	BUD	PAR	GAL
1	Pro Recco	10	8	1	1	130	67	+63	25	Advance to semifinals		—	14–11	14–6	7–2	15–3	15–4
2	Szolnoki VSK	10	8	0	2	121	90	+31	24	Advance to quarter-finals		12–11	—	13–10	8–7	12–9	16–7
3	Jug Dubrovnik	10	7	1	2	105	83	+22	22			5–5	10–9	—	10–7	12–4	17–8
4	OSC Budapest	10	3	0	7	75	84	−9	9	Eliminated		7–12	6–12	7–9	—	10–8	13–4
5	Partizan	10	2	1	7	69	112	−43	7			7–18	9–14	6–10	5–4	—	9–8
6	Galatasaray	10	0	1	9	76	140	−64	1			10–19	7–14	10–16	9–12	9–9	—

Source: LEN

Final Six

Hajós Alfréd Nemzeti Sportuszoda, Budapest, Hungary

Quarterfinals 2 June 2016

Semifinals 3 June 2016

Final 4 June 2016

A1

Olympiacos

8

B2

Szolnoki VSK

7

B2

Szolnoki VSK

7

A3

CNA Barceloneta

5

A1

Olympiacos

4

B3

Jug Dubrovnik

6

B1

Pro Recco

10(4)

A2

ZF Eger

6

B3

Jug Dubrovnik

10(5)

B3

Jug Dubrovnik

8

5th place

Third place

A3

CNA Barceloneta

10

B2

Szolnoki VSK

11

A2

ZF Eger

6

B1

Pro Recco

7

See also

• 2015–16 LEN Euro Cup

External links

• LEN Champions League (official website)