2022–23 LEN Champions League

The 2022–23 LEN Champions League is the 60th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs.

2022–23 LEN Champions League
LeagueLEN Champions League
SportWater Polo
Duration29 September 2022 – 3 June 2023
Final 8

Qualified teams

The full list of teams qualified for each stage of the 2022–23 EHF European League was announced on 12 July 2022.[1]

Group stage
Croatia Jug AO Dubrovnik France CN Marseille Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi Germany Waspo'98 Hannover
Germany Spandau 04 Berlin Greece Olympiacos Piraeus Hungary FTC-Telekom Budapest Italy Pro Recco CL
Serbia Novi Beograd Serbia Radnički Kragujevac Spain Zodiac Atlètic-Barceloneta Spain Astrapool Sabadell
Qualification round II
Croatia Jadran Split France CN Noisy-le-Sec Germany ASC Duisburg Greece NC Vouliagmeni
Hungary Genesys OSC-Budapest Italy AN Brescia Serbia Šabac Spain Barcelona
Qualification round I
Bosnia and Herzegovina Invictum Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina Banja Luka Croatia HAVK Mladost Zagreb Denmark KVIK Kastrup
France EN Tourcoing Greece Panionios GSS Hungary A-Híd VasasPlaket Israel ASA Tel Aviv
Italy RN Savona Lithuania EVK Žaibas Montenegro Jadran Herceg Novi Montenegro Primorac Kotor
Netherlands ZPC Het Ravijn Portugal Vitória Guimarães Romania Steaua Bucharest Romania CSM Oradea
Slovakia KVP Nováky Turkey Galatasaray Turkey Enka Istanbul

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.[2]

Phase Round 1st leg 2nd leg
Qualifying rounds Qualification round I 29 September–2 October 2022
Qualification round II 14–16 October 2022
Qualification round III 29 October 2022 5 November 2022
Preliminary round Round 1 15/16 November 2022
Round 2 29/30 November 2022
Round 3 13/14 December 2022
Round 4 20/21 December 2022
Round 5 10/11 January 2023
Round 6 24/25 January 2023
Round 7 7/8 February 2023
Round 8 17/18 February 2023
Round 9 28 February/1 March 2023
Round 10 21/22 March 2023
Round 11 4/5 April 2023
Round 12 25/26 April 2023
Round 13 12/13 May 2023
Round 14 23/24 May 2023
Final 8 Quarterfinals 31 May 2023
Semifinals 1 June 2023
Final 3 June 2023

Qualifying rounds

Qualification round I

The draw took place in Split.[3] The top three ranked sides will advance from both groups.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Hungary VAS Montenegro PRI Romania STE Netherlands HET Bosnia and Herzegovina SAR
1 Hungary A-Híd VasasPlaket 4 4 0 0 75 21 +54 12 Qualification round II — 13–10 — — 37–2
2 Montenegro Primorac Kotor 4 3 0 1 76 35 +41 9 — — 14–11 — 36–4
3 Romania Steaua Bucharest 4 2 0 2 58 35 +23 6 3–10 — — — 29–2
4 Netherlands ZPC Het Ravijn 4 1 0 3 53 49 +4 3 6–15 7–16 10–15 — 31–3
5 Bosnia and Herzegovina Invictum Sarajevo 4 0 0 4 11 133 −122 0 — — — — —
Source: LEN

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Romania ORA Italy RNS Turkey GAL Israel ASA
1 Romania CSM Oradea 3 3 0 0 34 18 +16 9 Qualification round II — 10–7 — 12–3
2 Italy RN Savona 3 2 0 1 41 24 +17 6 — — 10–6 —
3 Turkey Galatasaray 3 1 0 2 29 25 +4 3 8–12 — — 15–3
4 Israel ASA Tel Aviv 3 0 0 3 14 51 −37 0 — 8–24 — —
Source: LEN

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Croatia MLA Montenegro JHN Lithuania ŽAI Turkey ESK Slovakia NOV
1 Croatia HAVK Mladost Zagreb 4 4 0 0 56 23 +33 12 Qualification round II — — — 16–6 16–3
2 Montenegro Jadran Herceg Novi 4 3 0 1 54 27 +27 9 7–9 — 12–2 19–8 16–8
3 Lithuania EVK Žaibas 4 2 0 2 36 42 −6 6 7–15 — — — 14–6
4 Turkey Enka Istanbul 4 0 1 3 34 59 −25 1 — — 9–13 — —
5 Slovakia KVP Nováky 4 0 1 3 28 57 −29 1 — — — 11–11 —
Source: LEN

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification France ENT Greece PAN Portugal VIT Denmark KAS Bosnia and Herzegovina BAN
1 France EN Tourcoing 4 4 0 0 108 16 +92 12 Qualification round II — 10–5 28–5 29–4 41–2
2 Greece Panionios GSS 4 3 0 1 102 20 +82 9 — — 21–6 34–2 —
3 Portugal Vitória Guimarães 4 2 0 2 51 64 −13 6 — — — — —
4 Denmark KVIK Kastrup 4 1 0 3 35 82 −47 3 — — 6–11 — 23–8
5 Bosnia and Herzegovina Banja Luka 4 0 0 4 21 135 −114 0 — 2–42 9–29 — —
Source: LEN

Qualification round II

The top two ranked sides from each group advance.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Croatia JST Hungary VSC Italy RNS Serbia ŠAB Romania STE
1 Croatia Jadran Split 4 4 0 0 57 36 +21 12 Round III — 13–11 — 14–13 —
2 Hungary A-Híd VasasPlaket 4 3 0 1 51 38 +13 9 — — 9–8 — —
3 Italy RN Savona 4 2 0 2 38 35 +3 6 5–13 — — 10–8 —
4 Serbia Šabac 4 1 0 3 42 47 −5 3 — 4–13 — — 17–10
5 Romania Steaua Bucharest 4 0 0 4 35 67 −32 0 7–17 13–18 5–15 — —
Source: LEN

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification France CER Romania ORA Montenegro JHN Spain CNB Portugal VIT
1 France CN Noisy-le-Sec 4 4 0 0 58 36 +22 12 Round III — — 14–12 — 17–4
2 Romania CSM Oradea 4 2 0 2 48 31 +17 6 7–11 — — — —
3 Montenegro Jadran Herceg Novi 4 2 0 2 56 42 +14 6 — 9–8 — — 23–7
4 Spain Barcelona 4 2 0 2 54 46 +8 6 13–16 6–12 13–12 — 22–6
5 Portugal Vitória Guimarães 4 0 0 4 22 83 −61 0 — 5–21 — — —
Source: LEN

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Hungary OSC Greece NCV France ENT Montenegro PRI
1 Hungary Genesys OSC-Budapest 3 2 0 1 34 27 +7 6 Round III — — 7–10 —
2 Greece NC Vouliagmeni 3 2 0 1 38 28 +10 6 9–13 — — —
3 France EN Tourcoing 3 1 1 1 33 31 +2 4 — 13–14 — —
4 Montenegro Primorac Kotor 3 0 1 2 20 39 −19 1 8–14 2–15 10–10 —
Source: LEN

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Italy BRE Greece PAN Croatia MLA Lithuania ŽAI Germany DUI
1 Italy AN Brescia 4 4 0 0 65 23 +42 12 Round III — — — — —
2 Greece Panionios GSS 4 3 0 1 41 32 +9 9 4–9 — 7–6 — 14–8
3 Croatia HAVK Mladost Zagreb 4 2 0 2 45 37 +8 6 9–13 — — — —
4 Lithuania EVK Žaibas 4 1 0 3 40 70 −30 3 4–25 9–16 10–14 — 17–15
5 Germany ASC Duisburg 4 0 0 4 36 65 −29 0 6–18 — 7–16 — —
Source: LEN

Qualification round III

The winners in the third round will continue in the preliminary round.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Genesys OSC-Budapest Hungary 29–18 Greece Panionios GSS 17–7 12–11
CN Noisy-le-Sec France 23–26 Greece NC Vouliagmeni 11–17 12–9
A-Híd VasasPlaket Hungary 18–23 Italy AN Brescia 10–12 8–11
Jadran Split Croatia 21–14 Romania CSM Oradea 9–3 12–11

Preliminary round
Location of teams of the 2022–23 LEN Champions League preliminary round.

In the regular season, teams will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The top four teams in group A and the top three 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 15 November 2022 to 24 May 2023.

Key to colors
Advance to the Final 8Home team winTieAway team win

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Spain BAR Italy REC Greece OLY Greece NCV Croatia JST Serbia RKG Georgia (country) DTB Germany HAN
1 Spain Zodiac Atlètic-Barceloneta (A) 13 12 0 1 156 94 +62 36 Final 8 — 5–11 10–5 13–6 8–6 18–9 24 May 20–5
2 Italy Pro Recco (A) 13 11 0 2 182 93 +89 33 8–9 — 24 May 14–7 14–7 21–12 20–5 21–4
3 Greece Olympiacos Piraeus (A) 13 10 1 2 166 104 +62 31 7–9 9–7 — 14–6 10–7 13–7 19–10 15–8
4 Greece NC Vouliagmeni (A) 13 5 2 6 121 146 −25 17 7–11 7–13 6–14 — 13–12 24 May 12–7 10–9
5 Croatia Jadran Split 13 4 2 7 130 133 −3 14 5–9 9–13 8–13 10–10 — 10–10 21–7 24 May
6 Serbia Radnički Kragujevac 13 3 3 7 130 166 −36 12 10–14 8–16 10–10 9–9 11–13 — 11–10 13–12
7 Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi 13 2 0 11 109 187 −78 6 8–14 3–13 9–21 9–14 7–12 13–8 — 11–14
8 Germany Waspo'98 Hannover 13 1 0 12 108 179 −71 3 7–16 8–11 7–16 11–14 8–10 7–12 8–10 —
Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2023. Source: LEN
(A) Advance to a further round

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Italy BRE Serbia NBG Hungary FTC Croatia JUG France CNM Spain SAB Germany S04 Hungary OSC
1 Italy AN Brescia (A) 13 10 1 2 155 114 +41 31 Final 8 — 12–9 8–4 23 May 15–13 7–4 14–10 14–6
2 Serbia Novi Beograd[lower-alpha 1] (A) 13 9 2 2 165 128 +37 29 11–9 — 14–13 12–12 11–4 16–11 23 May 17–9
3 Hungary FTC-Telekom Budapest (A) 13 8 1 4 138 129 +9 25 10–6 14–12 — 9–7 9–8 23 May 12–8 12–11
4 Croatia Jug AO Dubrovnik (A) 13 4 4 5 146 147 −1 16 8–13 11–11 12–12 — 14–9 14–10 11–13 13–8
5 France CN Marseille 13 4 1 8 133 144 −11 13 5–13 13–17 13–7 15–11 — 9–6 14–7 10–10
6 Spain Astrapool Sabadell 13 4 1 8 119 137 −18 13 10–14 6–8 7–10 15–12 13–11 — 9–9 9–8
7 Germany Spandau 04 Berlin 13 3 2 8 121 154 −33 11 10–16 5–16 11–10 11–12 11–9 10–11 — 7–11
8 Hungary Genesys OSC-Budapest 13 2 4 7 125 149 −24 10 14–14 9–11 12–16 9–9 23 May 9–8 9–9 —
Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2023. Source: LEN
(A) Advance to a further round
Notes:
  1. Novi Beograd is already qualified as the Final 8 host.

Final 8

31 May–3 June 2023, Belgrade, Serbia.

Location of the 2022–23 LEN Champions League Final 8

Qualified teams
Group Winners Runners-up Third Fourth
A
B

Bracket
 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
31 May
 
 
 
 
1 June
 
 
 
 
 
31 May
 
 
 
 
 
3 June
 
 
 
 
 
31 May
 
 
 
 
 
1 June
 
 
 
 
 
31 May
 
 Third place game
 
 
 
3 June
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


5th–8th place bracket
 
5th–8th place semifinalsFifth place game
 
      
 
1 June
 
 
 
 
3 June
 
 
 
 
 
1 June
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Seventh place game
 
 
3 June
 
 
 
 
 
 

See also
  • 2022–23 LEN Euro Cup
  • 2022–23 LEN Challenger Cup

References
  1. "Rosters 2022/23 - TEAM ROSTERS". LEN. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  2. "MEN LEN CLUB COMPETITION PROGRAMME SEASON 2022 – 2023". wwpra.org.
  3. "Champions League 2022-2023 Draw – updated". LEN.com.
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