1996–97 LEN Champions League

The 1996–97 LEN Champions League was the ongoing 34th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. It ran from 1996 to 5 April 1997, and it was contested by 8 teams. The Final Four (semifinals, final, and third place game) took place on April 4 and April 5 in Naples.

1996–97 LEN Champions League
League	LEN Champions League
Sport	Water Polo
Duration	1996 to 5 April 1997
Number of teams	8 (preliminary round)
Final Four
Finals champions	Posillipo (1st title)
Runners-up	Mladost

Preliminary round

Mladost

Barcelona

BVSC

Nováky

Posillipo

Bečej

Olympiacos

Spandau

Location of teams of the 1996–97 LEN Champions League group stage.
Blue Group; Red Group.

Key to colors in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advanced to Final four

Blue Group

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
HAVK Mladost	6	6	0	0	58	35	+23	12
Barcelona	6	3	1	2	39	41	−2	7
BVSC	6	2	0	4	51	56	−5	4
Nováky	6	0	1	5	44	60	−16	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Red Group

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Posillipo	6	5	0	1	59	43	+16	10
Bečej	6	4	0	2	68	50	+18	8
Olympiacos	6	1	1	4	43	62	−19	3
Spandau 04	6	1	1	4	43	56	−13	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Final Four (Naples)

	Semifinals 4 April 1997				Final 5 April 1997
	HAVK Mladost	6
	Bečej	5
					HAVK Mladost	7
					Posillipo	10
	Posillipo	8
	Barcelona	6
					Third place
					Bečej	5
					Barcelona	7

Final standings

Team Posillipo HAVK Mladost Barcelona Bečej

1996-97 Champions League Champions  Posillipo 1st title Milan Tadić, Paolo Zizza, Dušan Popović, Giuseppe Porzio, Francesco Postiglione, Gianfranco Salvati, Fabio Galasso, Francesco Porzio, Bruno Antonino, Ferdinando Gandolfi, Piero Fiorentino, Carlo Silipo, Fabio Bencivenga Head coach Paolo De Crescenzo

See also

• 1996–97 LEN Cup Winners' Cup
• 1996–97 LEN Cup