2009–10 LEN Euroleague

The 2009–10 LEN Euroleague was the 47th edition of Europe's premier club water polo competition. It lasted between 9 October 2009 and 15 May 2010.

2009–10 LEN Euroleague
League	LEN Euroleague
Sport	Water polo
Duration	9 October 2009 to 15 May 2010
Number of teams	16 (preliminary round) 34 (total)
Final Four
Finals champions	Pro Recco (6th title)
Runners-up	Primorac Kotor
Finals MVP	Vanja Udovičić (Pro Recco)

Format

The Euroleague is run in five phases:

• First qualifying round, played as a single round robin tournament at the site of one of the teams competing (2 groups of 4, 2 groups of 5)
• Second qualifying round, played as a single round robin tournament at the site of one of the teams competing (4 groups of 4)
• Group (or preliminary) stage, played as a double round robin, home and away (4 groups of 4)
• Quarterfinals, played as a knockout round on aggregate, home and away
• Final four, played as a single knockout tournament at a neutral site (semifinals, third-place game, and final)

Seeding

Seeded countries

The eight countries with the best placed team in the preliminary rounds, or main group stage, in the previous year's competition, 2008–09 LEN Euroleague are seeded for this year's competition. Each seeded country earns 1 place in the main group stage, 1 place in the second qualifying round, and 1 place in the first qualifying round. These countries are:

Rank	Country	Best team in the group stages of 2008–09 LEN Euroleague	Place in the group stages of 2008–09 LEN Euroleague
1.	Greece	Olympiacos	Group C winner, 16 points
1.	Serbia	VK Partizan	Group D winner, 16 points
3.	Italy	Pro Recco	Group A winner, 12 points
4.	Montenegro	PVK Jadran	Group B winner, 11 points
5.	Hungary	Vasas SC	Second place Group D, 12 points
6.	Croatia	HAVK Mladost	Second place Group B, 10 points
7.	Russia	Spartak Volgograd	Third place Group A, 9 points
8.	Spain	CN Atlètic Barceloneta	Fourth place Group B, 5 points
9.	France	Cercle des Nageurs de Marseille	Fourth place Group D, 2 points

Unseeded countries

All other countries were invited to enter up to two clubs into the first qualifying round.

Entries

First qualifying round (18)	How qualified
Amateur Schwimm Club Duisburg	Playoff finalist, German Bundesliga 2008/09
AŠD Vaterpolo Koper Rokava	Slovenian Champions 2008/09 (?)
Brixia Leonessa Nuoto SSD A R.L.	3rd place playoff winner, Serie A1 2008/09
Cercle des Nageurs de Marseille	Winner, final four playoff, Championnat de France Elite 2008/09
ČH Hornets Košice	Slovakian Champions 2008/09 (?)
CSM Frigoconti Oradea	Romanian Super League Champions 2008/09
Galatasaray Men's Water Polo Team	Turkish Premier League Champions 2008/09 [permanent dead link]
LSTW Lodz	Winner Polish Championship 2009
Olympic Nice Natation	Runner-up, final four playoff, Championnat de France Elite 2008/09
Portinado	Portuguese Cup Champions 2009
PVK Rabotnicki - Skopje	Macedonian Champions 2008/09 (?)
Sintez Kazan	3rd place, Russian League 2008/09 (?) Archived 2019-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
T-Mobile Honvéd	3rd place playoff winner, Hungarian Championship 2008/09
Vaterpolo Club Niš	3rd place playoff winner (?) Serbian Championship 2008/09
Vaterpolo Klub Šibenik	3rd place playoff winner (?) Croatian First Division 2008/09
Vouliagmeni Nautical Club	3rd place, Greek Division A1 (?) 2008/09
Wasserball Club Tirol	Austrian Bundesliga Champions 2009
Wasserfreunde Spandau	Playoff winners, German Bundesliga 2008/09

Second qualifying round (8)	How qualified
A.S.D. Circolo Nautico Posillipo	Playoff finalist, Serie A1 2008/09
Havk Mladost	Playoff finalist (?) Croatian First Division 2008/09
Panionios G.S.S. Athens	Runner-up, Greek Division A1 (?) 2008/09
Spartak City Volgograd	Runner-up, Russian League 2008/09 (?) Archived 2019-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
Vaterpolo Klub Budva - M:TEL	Playoff finalist, Montenegrin League 2009 [permanent dead link]
VK Primorac Kotor [1]	3rd place playoff winners, Montenegrin League 2009 [permanent dead link]
VK Vojvodina Novi Sad	Playoff finalist (?) Serbian Championship 2008/09
ZF Eger	Playoff finalist, Hungarian Championship 2008/09

Group stage (8)	How qualified
A.S.D. Pro Recco	Playoff winners, Serie A1 2008/09
Aquatic Sport Club Shturm 2002	Champions, Russian League 2008/09 (?) Archived 2019-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
Club Natació Atlètic Barceloneta	Playoff winners, Spanish Premier Division 2008/09
Jug Croatia Osiguranje	Playoff winners (?) Croatian First Division 2008/09
Olympiacos	Champions, Greek Division A1 (?) 2008/09
SWC Jadran CBK - Herceg Novi	Playoff winners, Montenegrin League 2009 [permanent dead link]
Teva - Vasasplaket Budapest	Playoff winners, Hungarian Championship 2008/09
WPC Partizan Raiffeisen	Playoff winners (?) Serbian Championship 2008/09

First qualifying round

Key to colors in group tables
Progress to the 2nd Qualifying Round
Progress to the LEN Cup 2nd Qualifying Round

Group A (Šibenik)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sintez Kazan	3	2	1	0	38	20	+18	7
2	VK Šibenik	3	2	1	0	35	24	+11	7
3	Olympique Nice	3	1	0	2	32	42	−10	3
4	LSTW Lodz	3	0	0	3	23	42	−19	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B (Marseille)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Budapest Honved	3	3	0	0	45	20	+25	9
2	Cercle des Nageurs de Marseille	3	2	0	1	36	28	+8	6
3	ASC Duisburg	3	1	0	2	40	34	+6	3
4	WC Tirol	3	0	0	3	18	57	−39	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group C (Berlin)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Brixia Leonessa Nuoto	4	4	0	0	55	29	+26	12
2	Wasserfreunde Spandau 04	4	3	0	1	59	24	+35	9
3	CSM Oradea	4	2	0	2	59	35	+24	6
4	ASDVC Koper Rokava	4	1	0	3	40	44	−4	3
5	Rabotnički Skopje	4	0	0	4	12	93	−81	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group D (Košice)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CH Hornets Košice	4	4	0	0	51	24	+27	12
2	Vouliagmeni NC	4	3	0	1	54	23	+31	9
3	Galatasaray Istanbul	4	2	0	2	45	34	+11	6
4	VK Niš	4	1	0	3	35	36	−1	3
5	Portinado	4	0	0	4	11	79	−68	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Second qualifying round

Key to colors in group tables
Progress to the Group Stage
Progress to the LEN Cup 2nd Qualifying Round

Group E (Eger)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	ZF Eger	3	3	0	0	22	9	+13	9
2	Panionios GSS	3	1	1	1	28	27	+1	4
3	VK Šibenik	3	1	1	1	31	34	−3	4
4	Brixia Leonessa Nuoto	3	0	0	3	23	30	−7	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group F (Budva)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Mladost Zagreb	3	2	1	0	34	24	+10	7
2	Budvanska Rivijera	3	2	1	0	24	17	+7	7
3	WF Spandau 04	3	1	0	2	18	26	−8	3
4	Hornets Košice	3	0	0	3	19	28	−9	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group G (Naples)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Primorac Kotor	3	3	0	0	41	19	+22	9
2	Sintez Kazan	3	2	0	1	26	25	+1	6
3	CN Posillipo Naples	3	1	0	2	19	26	−7	3
4	CN Marseille	3	0	0	3	18	24	−6	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group G (Athens)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Budapest Honved	3	2	1	0	21	18	+3	7
2	Vojvodina Novi Sad	3	2	1	0	27	25	+2	7
3	Spartak Volgograd	3	0	2	1	23	24	−1	2
4	Vouliagmeni NC	3	0	1	2	20	24	−4	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Preliminary round

Barceloneta

Jadran

Mladost

Vojvodina

Primorac

Jug

Vasas

Panionios

Partizan

Budva

Olympiacos

Honvéd

Recco

Eger

Sintez

Šturm

Location of teams of the 2009–10 LEN Euroleague group stage.
Red: Group A; Green: Group B; Blue: Group C; Yellow: Group D.

Key to colors in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advanced to the Quarter-finals

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Atlètic-Barceloneta	6	4	1	1	60	53	+7	13
Jadran Herceg Novi	6	4	0	2	55	42	+13	12
HAVK Mladost	6	1	2	3	45	46	−1	5
Vojvodina	6	1	1	4	44	63	−19	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Primorac Kotor	6	5	1	0	62	48	+14	16
Jug Dubrovnik	6	2	2	2	60	57	+3	8
Vasas	6	2	1	3	58	54	+4	7
Panionios	6	1	0	5	47	68	−21	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Partizan	6	6	0	0	60	34	+26	18
Budva	6	3	0	3	48	52	−4	9
Olympiacos	6	2	0	4	51	51	0	6
Honvéd	6	1	0	5	43	65	−22	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Pro Recco	6	5	1	0	68	43	+25	16
Eger	6	2	2	2	47	47	0	8
Sintez Kazan	6	2	0	4	45	55	−10	6
Šturm 2002	6	1	1	4	39	54	−15	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 24 March, and the second legs were played on 14 April 2010.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlètic-Barceloneta	16–19	Jug Dubrovnik	7–9	9–10
Eger	9–22	Partizan	4–12	5–10
Jadran Herceg Novi	15–24	Primorac Kotor	9–14	6–10
Pro Recco	21–15	Budva	9–5	12–10

Final Four (Naples)

Semifinals 14 May 2010 Final 15 May 2010                       Pro Recco (aet) 8       Partizan 7   Pro Recco 9       Primorac Kotor 3   Primorac Kotor 11     Jug Dubrovnik 10   Third place           Partizan (pen) 16     Jug Dubrovnik 15 Final standings Team Pro Recco Primorac Kotor Partizan Jug Dubrovnik

2009–10 Euroleague Champions  Pro Recco 6th title Stefano Tempesti, Damir Burić, Norbert Madaras, Andrea Mangiante, Tamás Kásás, Maurizio Felugo, Filip Filipović, Pietro Figlioli, Tibor Benedek, Alessandro Calcaterra, Vanja Udovičić, Guillermo Molina, Slobodan Nikić Head coach Giuseppe Porzio

Awards

Final four MVP
Vanja Udovičić (Pro Recco)

External links

• "European Water Polo Cups for Club Teams" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2009-10-21., Ligue européenne de natation, 5 August 2008.

Notes

1. Spain was a seeded country, but only entered one team into the 2009/10 Euroleague. The third placed Montenegrin side was elevated to the second qualifying round, but there is no explanation for this choice by LEN available. However, Kotor did win the 2008/09 Euroleague.