2021–22 LEN Champions League | |
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League | LEN Champions League |
Sport | Water Polo |
Duration | 22 September 2021–4 June 2022 |
Season MVP | ![]() |
Top scorer | ![]() |
Final 8 | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Finals MVP | ![]() |
The 2021–22 LEN Champions League was the 59th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs.
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Schedule
[edit]The schedule of the competition is as follows.[1]
Phase | Round | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Qualifying rounds | Qualification round I | 24–26 September 2021 | |
Qualification round II | 8–10 October 2021 | ||
Qualification round III | 16 October 2021 | 20 October 2021 | |
Preliminary round | Round 1 | 26/27 October 2021 | |
Round 2 | 9/10 November 2021 | ||
Round 3 | 19/20 November 2021 | ||
Round 4 | 30 November/1 December 2021 | ||
Round 5 | 14/15 December 2021 | ||
Round 6 | 21/22 December 2021 | ||
Round 7 | 11/12 January 2022 | ||
Round 8 | 25/26 January 2022 | ||
Round 9 | 8/9 February 2022 | ||
Round 10 | 22/23 February 2022 | ||
Round 11 | 29/30 March 2022 | ||
Round 12 | 8/9 April 2022 | ||
Round 13 | 19/20 April 2022 | ||
Round 14 | 10/11 May 2022 | ||
Final 8 | Quarterfinals | 2 June 2022 | |
Semifinals | 3 June 2022 | ||
Final | 4 June 2022 |
Qualifying rounds
[edit]Qualification round I
[edit]The draw took place in Šibenik during the women's LEN European Junior Water Polo Championship.[2] The top four ranked sides will advance from both groups.
Group A
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 88 | 41 | +47 | 12 | Round II | — | 9–10 | 13–12 | 11–9 | 26–6 | 29–4 | |
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5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60 | 41 | +19 | 11 | — | — | — | 11–11 | 17–9 | — | ||
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 71 | 38 | +33 | 10 | — | 12–12 | — | 11–8 | — | — | ||
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5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 68 | 43 | +25 | 7 | — | — | — | — | 18–6 | 22–4 | ||
5 | ![]() |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 84 | −46 | 3 | — | — | 0–10DSQ | — | — | 17–13 | ||
6 | ![]() |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 104 | −78 | 0 | — | 0–10DSQ | 5–26 | — | — | — |
Group B
[edit]- 22–26 September 2021, Podgorica, Montenegro.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 55 | +39 | 18 | Round II | — | 14–9 | — | 15–8 | 15–12 | 17–11 | — | |
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 63 | +34 | 15 | — | — | — | — | 14–11 | — | 18–6 | ||
3 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 85 | 55 | +30 | 12 | 9–12 | 10–15 | — | 14–8 | 12–6 | 15–5 | 25–9 | ||
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6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 78 | 78 | 0 | 9 | — | 11–19 | — | — | 18–15 | — | 21–6 | ||
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6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 75 | 72 | +3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 12–6 | — | ||
6 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 60 | 87 | −27 | 3 | — | 11–22 | — | 9–12 | — | — | — | ||
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 43 | 122 | −79 | 0 | 6–21 | — | — | — | 7–19 | 9–18 | — |
Qualification round II
[edit]The top two ranked sides from each group advance.[3][4]
Group C
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 7 | Round III | — | 13–13 | 13–12 | 11–9 | |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 3 | — | — | — | 11–11 | ||
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 2 | — | 10–10 | — | — | ||
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 2 | — | — | 11–11 | — |
Group D
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 24 | +9 | 6[a] | Round III | — | — | 14–8 | 11–7 | |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 25 | +3 | 6[a] | 9–8 | — | 9–10 | 10–7 | ||
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 6[a] | — | — | — | — | ||
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 36 | −8 | 0 | — | — | 14–15 | — |
Notes:
Group E
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 28 | +7 | 7 | Round III | — | 10–10 | — | — | |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 24 | +4 | 7 | — | — | — | 8–7 | ||
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 3 | 11–16 | 7–10 | — | 13–6 | ||
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 30 | −10 | 0 | 7–9 | — | — | — |
Group F
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 19 | +23 | 9 | Round III | — | 8–4 | 16–7 | — | |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 24 | +9 | 6 | — | — | 14–10 | 15–6 | ||
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 36 | −11 | 3 | — | — | — | 8–6 | ||
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 41 | −21 | 0 | 8–18 | — | — | — |
Qualification round III
[edit]The winners in the third round will continue in the preliminary round. The losers in the third round will be transferred in the Euro Cup quarter-finals.[5]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Jadran Split ![]() |
21–10 | ![]() |
14–7 | 7–3 |
Szolnok VSC ![]() |
18–25 | ![]() |
6–15 | 12–10 |
RN Savona ![]() |
19–20 | ![]() |
8–9 | 11–11 |
CN Barcelona ![]() |
26–33 | ![]() |
13–17 | 13–16 |
Preliminary round
[edit]The draw for the 2021–22 LEN Champions League preliminary round took place in Ostia, Italy.[6] The upcoming season is planned with the usual pre-pandemic round-robin format with 14 rounds contested on a home-and-away basis. The top three teams in group A and the top four teams in group B will advance to the Final 8. Also, Novi Beograd will participate in the Final 8 as the host of tournament. The matchdays will be from 26 October 2021 to 15 June 2022.[7]
Group A
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BRE | FTC | NBG | BAR | OLY | RKG | JST | DTB | |
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14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 162 | 133 | +29 | 30 | Final 8 | — | 8–8 | 13–16 | 14–12 | 8–7 | 12–8 | 6–5 | 16–8 | |
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14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 154 | 138 | +16 | 28 | 8–6 | — | 11–10 | 7–17 | 9–9 | 13–12 | 14–8 | 16–10 | ||
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14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 188 | 149 | +39 | 27[b] | 11–11 | 11–14 | — | 11–9 | 9–12 | 16–10 | 14–7 | 19–7 | ||
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14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 173 | 121 | +52 | 27[b] | 12–12 | 12–12 | 12–12 | — | 9–5 | 13–7 | 11–6 | 18–4 | ||
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14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 146 | 131 | +15 | 20 | 5–8 | 8–10 | 12–12 | 8–4 | — | 11–7 | 12–10 | 20–9 | ||
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14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 139 | 159 | −20 | 13 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 11–13 | 3–9 | 10–8 | — | 13–10 | 14–7 | ||
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14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 141 | 173 | −32 | 9 | 14–15 | 9–7 | 12–17 | 13–15 | 12–16 | 9–8 | — | 15–13 | ||
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14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 130 | 229 | −99 | 6 | 11–19 | 7–14 | 8–17 | 7–20 | 14–13 | 13–17 | 12–11 | — |
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Group B
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | REC | CNM | JUG | HAN | OSC | BER | CZB | STE | |
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14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 200 | 100 | +100 | 39 | Final 8 | — | 11–8 | 10–0w/o | 18–3 | 17–14 | 14–9 | 13–7 | 23–5 | |
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14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 170 | 119 | +51 | 33 | 7–13 | — | 12–13 | 13–10 | 13–9 | 12–7 | 10–0w/o | 15–10 | ||
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14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 174 | 143 | +31 | 31 | 11–8 | 9–14 | — | 13–7 | 11–12 | 12–9 | 17–11 | 14–7 | ||
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14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 150 | 180 | −30 | 21 | 7–20 | 7–14 | 14–14 | — | 12–12 | 10–9 | 14–11 | 13–12 | ||
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14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 151 | 168 | −17 | 19 | 8–14 | 9–14 | 10–15 | 12–17 | — | 0–10w/o | 13–9 | 14–8 | ||
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14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 133 | 148 | −15 | 10 | 6–11 | 7–13 | 8–16 | 11–11 | 11–12 | — | 11–12 | 10–8 | ||
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14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 133 | 178 | −45 | 7 | 12–14 | 8–11 | 13–19 | 12–15 | 8–11 | 12–9 | — | 10–10 | ||
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14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 111 | 186 | −75 | 4 | 3–14 | 6–14 | 8–10 | 9–10 | 9–15 | 5–16 | 11–8 | — |
Final 8
[edit]Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
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- 5th–8th place bracket
5th–8th place semifinals | Fifth place game | |||||
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Seventh place game | ||||||
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2021–22 LEN Champions League Champions |
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![]() Pro Recco 10th title |
Marco Del Lungo, Francesco Di Fulvio, Luka Loncar, Gergő Zalánki, Aaron Younger, Alessandro Velotto, Nicholas Presciutti, Gonzalo Echenique, Aleksandar Ivović, Benjamin Thomas, Matteo Aicardi, Stefano Luongo, Tommaso Negri
Head coach Sandro Sukno
Awards
[edit]Season MVP | Top Scorer | Finals MVP |
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Total 7 of the Season | ||||||
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[8] | LW | ![]() (Pro Recco) |
CF | ![]() Duško Pijetlović (Novi Beograd) |
RW | ![]() (Pro Recco) |
LD | ![]() |
CB | ![]() |
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GK | ![]() |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "LEN club competition programme season 2021–2022" (PDF). LEN.com.
- ^ "Champions League, Euro Cup – Qualification Round 1". LEN.com.
- ^ "Water Polo Champions League – Qualification Round II". LEN.com.
- ^ "Champions League, Qualification Round II". LEN.com.
- ^ "Water Polo Champions League – Qualification Round III , Draw". LEN.com.
- ^ "Champions League 2021-2022 Draw Main Round". LEN.com. Archived from the original on 2021-10-08. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
- ^ "LEN Champions League preliminary round calendar season 2021-2022" (PDF). LEN.com.
- ^ Curcic, Ivan (2023-06-05). "LEN Champions League "Team of the Tournament"". Total Waterpolo. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
Notes
[edit]External links
[edit]- Official website, len.microplustiming.com