2019–20 LEN Champions League

The 2019–20 LEN Champions League was the 57th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. The season started on 30 September 2019 and played its last games on 4 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019–20 LEN Champions League
League	LEN Champions League
Sport	Water Polo
Duration	30 August 2019 – 4 March 2020 (canc.)
Number of teams	32 (from 14 countries)
Final Eight

Teams

Preliminary round

Jug Dubrovnik	Spandau 04	Ferencváros
Mladost Zagreb	Waspo 98 Hannover	Pro Recco
CN Marseille	Olympiacos	Jadran Herceg Novi
Dinamo Tbilisi	Szolnok	CNA Barceloneta

Qualification round II

Jadran Split	OSC Potsdam	AN Brescia
Strasbourg	NC Vouliagmeni	CN Terrassa
Locomotive Tbilisi	OSC Budapest

Qualification round I

Banja Luka	Steaua Bucharest	Crvena zvezda
Paix d’Aix Natation	Dynamo Moscow	CN Barcelona
Apollon Smyrni	Sintez Kazan	Galatasaray
Oradea	Šabac	Enka

Schedule

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

Phase	Round	1st leg	2nd leg
Qualifying rounds	Qualification round I	30 August–1 September 2019
	Qualification round II	13–15 September 2019
	Qualification round III	21 September 2019	25 September 2019
Preliminary round	Round 1	8/9 October 2019
	Round 2	18/19 October 2019
	Round 3	29/30 October 2019
	Round 4	8/9 November 2019
	Round 5	19/20 November 2019
	Round 6	3/4 December 2019
	Round 7	13/14 December 2019
	Round 8	4/5 February 2020
	Round 9	21/22 February 2020
	Round 10	3/4 March 2020
	Round 11	13/14 March 2020
	Round 12	21/22 April 2020
	Round 13	8/9 May 2020
	Round 14	19/20 May 2020
Final 8	Quarterfinals	5 June 2020
	Semifinals	6 June 2020
	Final	7 June 2020

Qualifying rounds

Qualification round I

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CZB	ŠAB	DYN	ORA	APO	GSK
1	Crvena zvezda	5	5	0	0	54	35	+19	15	Round II		—	—	12–10	7–6	11–7	13–2
2	Šabac (H)	5	4	0	1	53	42	+11	12			10–11	—	9–8	10–8	10–9	14–6
3	Dynamo Moscow	5	3	0	2	54	50	+4	9			—	—	—	—	16–15	11–6
4	Oradea	5	2	0	3	42	37	+5	6			—	—	8–9	—	7–6	—
5	Apollon Smyrni	5	1	0	4	54	52	+2	3			—	—	—	—	—	17–8
6	Galatasaray	6	0	0	6	27	68	−41	0			—	—	—	5–13	—	—

Source: LEN
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CNB	SIN	AIX	STE	ESK	BAN
1	CN Barcelona (H)	5	4	0	1	73	39	+34	12	Round II		—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Sintez Kazan	5	4	0	1	92	43	+49	12			9–11	—	—	—	—	39–1
3	Pays d’Aix Natation	5	3	0	2	78	38	+40	9			11–12	10–12	—	8–4	11–8	38–2
4	Steaua Bucharest	5	3	0	2	64	40	+24	9			8–7	9–17	—	—	12–7	31–1
5	Enka	5	1	0	4	57	54	+3	3			9–14	12–15	—	—	—	—
6	Banja Luka	5	0	0	5	8	158	−150	0			2–29	—	—	—	2–21	—

Source: LEN
(H) Hosts

Qualification round II

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BRE	ORA	CNB	LTB
1	AN Brescia	3	3	0	0	46	11	+35	9	Round III		—	—	12–6	—
2	Oradea (H)	3	2	0	1	38	30	+8	6			4–16	—	9–8	25–6
3	CN Barcelona	3	1	0	2	39	27	+12	3			—	—	—	25–6
4	Locomotive Tbilisi	3	0	0	3	13	68	−55	0			1–18	—	—	—

Source: LEN
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		OSC	SIN	DYN	POT
1	OSC Budapest (H)	3	3	0	0	54	17	+37	9	Round III		—	14–6	—	26–4
2	Sintez Kazan	3	2	0	1	42	33	+9	6			—	—	—	—
3	Dynamo Moscow	3	1	0	2	35	37	−2	3			7–14	11–14	—	—
4	OSC Potsdam	3	0	0	3	21	65	−44	0			—	8–22	9–17	—

Source: LEN
(H) Hosts

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CNT	STR	STE	ŠAB
1	CN Terrassa (H)	3	3	0	0	39	20	+19	9	Round III		—	13–6	12–9	12–5
2	Strasbourg	3	2	0	1	27	29	−2	6			—	—	9–7	—
3	Steaua Bucharest	3	1	0	2	33	34	−1	3			—	—	—	17–13
4	Šabac	3	0	0	3	27	41	−14	0			—	9–12	—	—

Source: LEN
(H) Hosts

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		JST	NCV	AIX	CZB
1	Jadran Split	3	3	0	0	40	27	+13	9	Round III		—	—	16–9	—
2	NC Vouliagmeni	3	2	0	1	30	23	+7	6			9–10	—	—	—
3	Pays d’Aix Natation	3	1	0	2	32	37	−5	3			—	10–13	—	—
4	Crvena zvezda (H)	3	0	0	3	20	35	−15	0			9–14	3–8	8–13	—

Source: LEN
(H) Hosts

Qualification round III

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Jadran Split	29–12	Strasbourg	13–5	16–7
AN Brescia	20–22	Sintez Kazan	13–12	7–10
CN Terrassa	16–12	Oradea	10–7	6–5
OSC Budapest	18–9	NC Vouliagmeni	11–3	7–6

Preliminary round

Jug

Mladost

Barcelona

Spandau 04

Hannover

Olympiacos

Budapest

Szolnok

Pro Recco

Marseille

Jadran HN

Dinamo

Jadran ST

Sintez

Barcelona teams
Barceloneta
Terrassa

Budapest teams
Ferencváros
OSC

Location of teams of the 2019–20 LEN Champions League preliminary round.

The draw for the 2019–20 LEN Champions League preliminary round has been conducted in Barcelona. 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, Pro Recco will participate in the Final 8 as the host of tournament. The matchdays will be from 8 October 2019 to 20 May 2020.^[2] Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:

• Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
• Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
• Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
• Goal difference in all group matches;
• Goals scored in all group matches.

Key to colors

Advance to the Final 8	Home team win	Tie	Away team win

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		BAR	JUG	OLY	JHN	SZO	S04	JST	SIN
1	CNA Barceloneta	10	8	1	1	138	100	+38	25		—	(canc.)	11–11	12–6	14–10	(canc.)	16–12	(canc.)
2	Jug Dubrovnik	10	8	0	2	130	97	+33	24		15–13	—	13–9	(canc.)	14–11	12–7	(canc.)	18–10
3	Olympiacos	10	7	1	2	102	89	+13	22		9–15	6–5	—	8–7	(canc.)	13–8	(canc.)	10–8
4	Jadran Herceg Novi	10	4	1	5	106	105	+1	13		12–13	7–12	(canc.)	—	12–14	(canc.)	14–11	12–9
5	Szolnok	10	4	0	6	102	109	−7	12		(canc.)	12–16	7–8	(canc.)	—	7–8	5–4	13–10
6	Spandau 04	10	3	2	5	96	108	−12	11		8–11	(canc.)	7–11	9–9	10–14	—	(canc.)	15–8
7	Jadran Split	10	2	1	7	94	125	−31	7		5–13	12–11	8–17	6–12	13–9	12–12	—	(canc.)
8	Sintez Kazan	10	1	0	9	105	140	−35	3		12–20	10–14	(canc.)	11–15	(canc.)	11–12	16–11	—

Updated to match(es) played on 4 March 2020. Source: LEN

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		OSC	REC	FTC	MLA	CNT	CNM	HAN	DTB
1	OSC Budapest	10	7	1	2	135	96	+39	22		—	10–14	10–10	13–10	21–4	10–13	19–10	(canc.)
2	Pro Recco	9	6	2	1	133	85	+48	20		9–12	—	13–13	(canc.)	15–5	(canc.)	(canc.)	24–9
3	Ferencváros	9	6	2	1	114	85	+29	20		8–11	3 Mar[lower-alpha 1]	—	14–5	17–11	13–7	15–12	(canc.)
4	Mladost Zagreb	10	6	1	3	126	116	+10	19		(canc.)	11–11	6–9	—	(canc.)	12–11	15–13	21–11
5	CN Terrassa	10	4	1	5	91	125	−34	13		10–15	(canc.)	(canc.)	11–14	—	11–11	11–10	9–5
6	CN Marseille	10	3	1	6	108	112	−4	10		(canc.)	9–13	(canc.)	11–14	9–10	—	8–7	17–7
7	Waspo 98 Hannover	10	2	0	8	114	140	−26	6		(canc.)	13–21	(canc.)	12–18	8–9	(canc.)	—	18–14
8	Dinamo Tbilisi	10	1	0	9	92	154	−62	3		8–14	3–13	10–15	(canc.)	(canc.)	15–12	10–11	—

Updated to match(es) played on 3 March 2020. Source: LEN

Final 8

5–7 June 2020, Recco, Italy.^[3][4]

Recco

Location of the 2019–20 LEN Champions League Final 8

Qualified teams

Group	Winners	Runners-up	Third	Fourth
A
B

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	5 June
					6 June
	5 June
									7 June
	5 June
					6 June
	5 June
									Third place game
									7 June

5th–8th place bracket

	5th–8th place semifinals				Fifth place game
	6 June
					7 June
	6 June
					Seventh place game
					7 June

Quarterfinals

5 June 2020

Cancelled

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Recco

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5 June 2020

Cancelled

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Recco

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5 June 2020

Cancelled

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Recco

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5 June 2020

Cancelled

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Recco

5th–8th place semifinals

6 June 2020

Cancelled

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Recco

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6 June 2020

Cancelled

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Recco

Semifinals

6 June 2020

Cancelled

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Recco

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6 June 2020

Cancelled

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Recco

Seventh place game

7 June 2020

Cancelled

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Recco

Fifth place game

7 June 2020

Cancelled

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Recco

Third place game

7 June 2020

Cancelled

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Recco

Final

7 June 2020

Cancelled

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Recco

Final ranking

	Team
4
5
6
7
8

See also

• 2019–20 LEN Euro Cup
• 2019 LEN Super Cup

References

1. "LEN club competition programme season 2019–2020" (PDF). LEN.com.
2. "Preliminary round calendar season 2019-20" (PDF). LEN.com.
3. Vanda Orosz (31 January 2020). "A Historical Place Will Be the Home of the Final Eight". wpnews.eu. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
4. Fabrizio Napoli (31 January 2020). "Finali Champions a Punta Sant'Anna: sì della Len" [Champions' Finals at the Punta Sant'Anna: LEN says yes]. wpdworld.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2 February 2020.

Notes

1. Match postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak in various European countries. The new dates shall be decided after consulting with the clubs.

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