2014–15 LEN Champions League

The 2014–15 LEN Champions League was the 52nd edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. It ran from 26 September 2014 to 30 May 2015, and it is contested by 26 teams from 13 countries. The Final Six (quarterfinals, semifinals, final, and third place game) took place on May 28 and May 30 in Barcelona.

2014–15 LEN Champions League
League	LEN Champions League
Sport	Water Polo
Duration	26 September 2014 to 30 May 2015
Number of teams	12 (preliminary round) 26 (total)
Season MVP	Sandro Sukno (Primorje Rijeka)
Top scorer	Sandro Sukno 34 goals (Primorje Rijeka)
Final Six
Finals champions	Pro Recco (8th title)
Runners-up	Primorje
Finals MVP	Felipe Perrone (CN Atlètic-Barceloneta)

Overview

Team allocation

See also: 2014–15 LEN Champions League squads

8 teams are directly qualified for the preliminary round.

Preliminary round
Jug	Spandau 04	Eger	Partizan
Atlètic-BarcelonetaTH	Olympiacos	Brescia	Galatasaray
Qualification round II
Primorje	Szolnok	Crvena Zvezda	İstanbul YİK
Duisburg	Pro Recco
Qualification round I
Mladost	Ligamus Tbilisi	Posillipo	Spartak Volgograd
Montpellier	Waspo 98 Hannover	Jadran	Sintez Kazan
Marseille	Orvosegyetem	Oradea	Radnički Kragujevac

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.^[1]

Phase	Round	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying	Qualification round I	26–28 September 2014
	Qualification round II	17–19 October 2014
	Qualification round III (Play-off round)	29 October 2014	12 November 2014
Preliminary round	Matchday 1	29 November 2014
	Matchday 2	17 December 2014
	Matchday 3	14 January 2015
	Matchday 4	28 January 2015
	Matchday 5	11 February 2015
	Matchday 6	4 March 2015
	Matchday 7	25 March 2015
	Matchday 8	8 April 2015
	Matchday 9	18 April 2015
	Matchday 10	2 May 2015
Final 6 (Barcelona)	Quarter-finals	28 May 2015 at Piscines Picornell
	Semi-finals	29 May 2015 at Piscines Picornell
	Final	30 May 2015 at Piscines Picornell

Qualifying rounds

Qualification round I

• 26-28 September

Twelve teams will take part in the Qualification round I. They will be drawn into two groups of six teams, whose played on 26–28 September 2014. Top 5 teams of each group advance to qualification round II. Teams finishing 6th continue in 2014–15 LEN Euro Cup qualification.

Key to colors in group tables
Progress to the Round II

Group A

CN Marseille has the right to organize the tournament.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Orvosegyetem	5	4	1	0	61	29	+32	13
Spartak Volgograd	5	4	1	0	68	46	+22	13
Radnički Kragujevac	5	3	0	2	47	37	+10	9
Marseille	5	2	0	3	55	51	+4	6
Posillipo	5	1	0	4	40	51	−11	3
Ligamus Tbilisi	5	0	0	5	28	85	−57	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Jadran Herceg Novi has the right to organize the tournament.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mladost	5	5	0	0	57	35	+22	15
Sintez Kazan	5	4	0	1	53	43	+10	12
Jadran	5	2	1	2	40	40	0	7
Waspo 98 Hannover	5	1	1	3	46	56	−10	4
Oradea	5	0	3	2	36	44	−8	3
Montpellier	5	0	1	4	40	54	−14	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Qualification round II

• 17–19 October

Sixteen teams will take part in the Qualification round II. These clubs will form four groups of four and will have round robin tournaments at four host cities on 17–19 October. Top 2 of these groups advance to play-off (qualification round 3), Teams finishing 3rd, 4th continue in 2014–15 LEN Euro Cup qualification.

Key to colors in group tables
Progress to the Round III

Group C

Waspo Hannover has the right to organize the tournament.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Pro Recco	3	3	0	0	45	19	+26	9
Crvena Zvezda	3	1	0	2	30	32	−2	3
Spartak Volgograd	3	1	0	2	26	38	−12	3
Waspo Hannover	3	1	0	2	26	38	−12	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group D

Orvosegyetem SC has the right to organize the tournament.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Orvosegyetem	3	3	0	0	36	27	+9	9
Oradea	3	2	0	1	36	32	+4	6
Sintez Kazan	3	1	0	2	38	37	+1	3
Duisburg	3	0	0	3	29	43	−14	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group E

HAVK Mladost has the right to organize the tournament.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Primorje	3	3	0	0	35	18	+17	9
Mladost	3	1	1	1	24	24	0	4
Jadran	3	1	1	1	20	24	−4	4
Marseille	3	0	0	3	24	37	−13	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group F

Radnički Kragujevac has the right to organize the tournament.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Radnički Kragujevac	3	3	0	0	39	18	+21	9
Szolnok	3	2	0	1	41	27	+14	6
Posillipo	3	1	0	2	23	29	−6	3
İstanbul YİK	3	0	0	3	20	49	−29	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Qualification round III

• 29 October 2014 1st match
• 12 November 2014 2nd match

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

Group	Winners	Runners-up
C	Pro Recco	Crvena Zvezda
D	Orvosegyetem	Oradea
E	Primorje	Mladost
F	Radnički Kragujevac	Szolnok

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 29 October, and the second legs were played on 12 November 2014.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Orvosegyetem	20–22	Szolnok	11–11	9–11
Pro Recco	22–14	Mladost	13–9	9–5
Crvena Zvezda	19–29	Primorje	11–14	8–15
Radnički Kragujevac	22–18	Oradea	13–8	9–10

Preliminary round

Barceloneta

Brescia

Olympiacos

Eger

Radnički

Pro Recco

Partizan

Jug

Spandau

Galatasaray

Szolnok

Primorje

Location of teams of the 2014–15 LEN Champions League group stage.
Red: Group A; Blue: Group B.

Main article: 2014–15 LEN Champions League preliminary round

The regular season was played between 29 November 2014 and 2 May 2015. 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 were 29 November, 17 December 2014, 14 January, 28 January, 11 February, 4 March, 25 March, 8 April, 18 April, and 2 May 2015. The top three teams advanced to the final six.

The Final Six (quarterfinals, semifinals, third place game and final) will be played in Barcelona, Spain from 28 to 30 May 2015.

Key to colors

Top three places in each group advance to Final Six

Group A

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		REC	EGE	OLY	BAR	RAD	BRE
Pro Recco	10	10	0	0	129	68	+61	30		—	11–9	17–12	17−7	19–6	8–5
Eger	10	5	1	4	82	79	+3	16		4–12	—	10–9	11–6	7–6	10–5
Olympiacos	10	4	1	5	90	95	−5	13		8–12	8−6	—	7–9	13–7	8–6
Atlètic-Barceloneta (H)	10	3	2	5	75	103	−28	11		7–15	7–7	12–8	—	9–7	7–7
Radnički Kragujevac	10	3	0	7	81	105	−24	9		5–12	12–11	7–8	12−7	—	13−10
Brescia	10	2	2	6	71	78	−7	8		5–6	3−7	9–9	12–4	9–6	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Host Final Six

Group B

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		PRI	SZO	JUG	PAR	SPA	GAL
Primorje	10	8	0	2	114	74	+40	24		—	9–7	10–5	14−8	11−5	16–11
Szolnok	10	8	0	2	122	90	+32	24		13–12	—	8−7	12–7	11–7	15–11
Jug	10	7	1	2	94	73	+21	22		9–6	11–9	—	13–6	12–6	11−5
Partizan	10	3	0	7	76	100	−24	9		7–11	7–13	3–5	—	8–6	10–7
Spandau 04	10	2	0	8	70	109	−39	6		5–15	7–17	8–9	8–6	—	10−9
Galatasaray	10	1	1	8	93	123	−30	4		4–10	12–17	12–12	11–14	11–8	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Final Six (Barcelona)

Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona, Spain

Quarterfinals 28 May 2015

Semifinals 29 May 2015

Final 30 May 2015

B1

Primorje

10

A2

Eger

8

B3

Jug Dubrovnik

9

B3

Jug Dubrovnik

10

B1

Primorje

7

A1

Pro Recco

8

A1

Pro Recco

12

A3

Atlètic-Barceloneta (pen)

10

A3

Atlètic-Barceloneta

11

B2

Szolnok

9

5th place

Third place

A2

Eger

8

A3

Jug Dubrovnik

12

B2

Szolnok

7

B3

Atlètic-Barceloneta

14

Quarter-finals

28 May 18:00	Report	Eger	8–10	Jug Dubrovnik	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Alexandrescu, Naumov
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–2, 2–3, 3–3
		Szívós, Vapenski 2	Goals	Bušlje 3

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28 May 19:30	Report	Atlètic-Barceloneta	10–9	Szolnok	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Margeta, Schwartz
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–1, 2–1, 0–3  OT: pen. 4–3
		six players 1	Goals	Madaras 3

5th place

29 May 16:30	Report	Eger	8–7	Szolnok	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Naumov, Schwartz
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–3, 3–2, 1–1
		three players 2	Goals	Dé. Varga 4

Semi-finals

29 May 18:00	Report	Jug Dubrovnik	9–10	Primorje	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Margeta, Alexandrescu
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–2, 2–4, 2–2
		Janović 3	Goals	Sukno 4

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29 May 19:30	Report	Atlètic-Barceloneta	11–12	Pro Recco	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Koryzna, Stavridis
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–3, 3–5, 1–2
		Perrone 4	Goals	Filipović 5

Third place

30 May 18:00	Report	Jug Dubrovnik	12–14	Atlètic-Barceloneta	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Naumov, Alexandrescu
		Score by quarters: 5–3, 3–5, 1–3, 3–3
		Obradović 4	Goals	Perrone 4

Final

30 May 19:30	Report	Primorje	7–8	Pro Recco	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Margeta, Stavridis
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 0–2, 2–4, 2–1
		Sukno 3	Goals	three players 2

2014-15 Champions League Champions
Pro Recco 8th title

Stefano Tempesti, Andrija Prlainović, Maro Joković, Pietro Figlioli, Alex Giorgetti, Duško Pijetlović, Massimo Giacoppo, Matteo Aicardi, Francesco Di Fulvio, Filip Filipović, Aleksandar Ivović, Niccolò Gitto, Giacomo Pastorino

Head coach

Igor Milanović

Final standings

	Team
	Pro Recco
	Primorje
	Atlètic-Barceloneta
	Jug Dubrovnik
	Eger
	Szolnok

Awards

Player of the Season	Top Scorer	Player of the Final Six
Sandro Sukno (Primorje Rijeka)	Sandro Sukno(Primorje Rijeka) 34 goals	Felipe Perrone(CN Atlètic-Barceloneta)

See also

• 2014–15 LEN Euro Cup

References

1. "LEN Club Competition Programme Season 2014/2015" (PDF).^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

• LEN Champions League (official website)