2017–18 LEN Champions League
2017–18 LEN Champions League | |
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League | LEN Champions League |
Sport | Water Polo |
Number of teams | 16 (preliminary round) |
Season MVP | ![]() |
Top scorer | ![]() |
Final Eight | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Finals MVP | ![]() |
Champions League seasons | |
The 2017–18 LEN Champions League was the 55th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs.
Overview
Team allocation
12 teams are directly qualified for the preliminary round (TH: Champions League title holders).
Preliminary Round | |||
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Qualification round II | |||
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Qualification round I | |||
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Phases and rounds dates
The schedule of the competition is as follows.[1]
Phase | Round | First leg | Second leg |
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Qualifying rounds | Qualification round I | 14–17 September 2017 | |
Qualification round II | 28 September–1 October 2017 | ||
Qualification round III | 14 October 2017 | 18 October 2017 | |
Preliminary round | Matchday 1 | 25 October 2017 | |
Matchday 2 | 8 November 2017 | ||
Matchday 3 | 29 November 2017 | ||
Matchday 4 | 9 December 2017 | ||
Matchday 5 | 20 December 2017 | ||
Matchday 6 | 13 January 2018 | ||
Matchday 7 | 24 January 2018 | ||
Matchday 8 | 7 February 2018 | ||
Matchday 9 | 28 February 2018 | ||
Matchday 10 | 14 March 2018 | ||
Matchday 11 | 31 March 2018 | ||
Matchday 12 | 18 April 2018 | ||
Matchday 13 | 28 April 2018 | ||
Matchday 14 | 9 May 2018 | ||
Final Eight | Quarterfinals | 7 June 2018 | |
Semifinals | 8 June 2018 | ||
Final | 9 June 2018 |
Qualifying rounds
Qualification round I
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 16 | +57 | 12 | Round II | — | 10–6 | 30–2 | |||
2 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 21 | +37 | 9 | — | 21–5 | |||||
3 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 27 | +19 | 6 | 5–11 | 4–6 | — | ||||
4 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 62 | −41 | 3 | 3–22 | 3–14 | — | ||||
5 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 88 | −72 | 0 | 2–25 | 7–23 | 5–10 | — |
(H) Hosts
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 16 | +26 | 9 | Round II | — | 18–7 | 7–6 | 17–3 | |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 6 | — | 9–8 | 17–8 | |||
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 23 | +5 | 3 | — | |||||
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 48 | −30 | 0 | 7–14 | — |
(H) Hosts
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 16 | +15 | 9 | Round II | — | 7–5 | |||
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 21 | +14 | 6 | 9–10 | — | 8–6 | |||
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 22 | +2 | 3 | — | |||||
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 45 | −31 | 0 | 2–14 | 5–18 | 7–13 | — |
(H) Hosts
Qualification round II
Group E
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 16 | +11 | 7 | Round III | — | 7–5 | 14–5 | ||
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 19 | +17 | 6 | — | 19–5 | ||||
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 22 | +12 | 4 | 6–6 | 7–12 | — | 21–4 | ||
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 54 | −40 | 0 | — |
(H) Hosts
Group F
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 16 | +11 | 7 | Round III | — | 13–10 | |||
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 19 | +17 | 6 | 7–8 | — | 19–7 | |||
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 22 | +12 | 4 | 11–11 | 7–11 | — | |||
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 54 | −40 | 0 | 8–11 | — |
(H) Hosts
Group G
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 22 | +24 | 9 | Round III | — | 23–2 | |||
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 23 | +10 | 6 | 12–13 | — | 8–3 | 13–7 | ||
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 25 | −3 | 3 | 8–10 | — | ||||
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 47 | −31 | 0 | 7–11 | — |
(H) Hosts
Group H
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 6[a] | Round III | — | 6–5 | |||
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 6[a] | 8–10 | — | ||||
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 3[b] | 7–10 | — | ||||
4 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 20 | −1 | 3[b] | 6–3 | 8–9 | 5–8 | — |
(H) Hosts
Notes:
- ^ a b Crvena zvezda 10–8 Sintez Kazan
- ^ a b NC Vouliagmeni 8–5 CSM Digi Oradea
Qualification round III
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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CN Marseille ![]() | 13–16 | ![]() | 6–7 | 7–9 |
Spartak Volgograd ![]() | 14–26 | ![]() | 7–14 | 7–12 |
AN Brescia ![]() | 18–17 | ![]() | 11–9 | 7–8 |
Crvena zvezda ![]() | 14–17 | ![]() | 6–6 | 8–11 |
Preliminary round
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The draw for the group stage was held on 29 August 2017 in Budapest.[2] The 16 teams were drawn into two groups of eight.
In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners, runners-ups, third and fourth placed teams advance to the Final 8. The matchdays are 25 October, 8 and 29 November, 9 and 20 December 2017, 13 and 24 January, 7 and 28 February, 14 and 31 March, 18 and 28 April, 9 May 2018.
A total of 11 national associations are represented in the group stage.
Advance to the Final Eight | Home team win | Draw | Away team win |
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 153 | 102 | +51 | 37 | Final Eight | — | 8–6 | 14–10 | 13–6 | 17–9 | 11–7 | 10–7 | 16–8 | |
2 | ![]() | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 147 | 113 | +34 | 28 | 10–8 | — | 9–9 | 10–7 | 15–10 | 14–9 | 12–10 | 16–5 | ||
3 | ![]() | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 137 | 102 | +35 | 27 | 7–7 | 8–6 | — | 5–7 | 7–7 | 13–12 | 12–6 | 16–5 | ||
4 | ![]() | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 114 | 106 | +8 | 26 | 6–7 | 9–8 | 6–5 | — | 9–9 | 11–9 | 9–5 | 13–9 | ||
5 | ![]() | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 141 | 133 | +8 | 22 | 9–13 | 12–11 | 5–9 | 9–9 | — | 9–6 | 7–7 | 16–4 | ||
6 | ![]() | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 133 | 150 | −17 | 12 | 7–12 | 6–13 | 7–13 | 8–6 | 11–15 | — | 13–8 | 16–6 | ||
7 | ![]() | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 103 | 126 | −23 | 10 | 6–10 | 4–7 | 6–8 | 6–8 | 5–10 | 8–7 | — | 14–6 | ||
8 | ![]() | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 91 | 187 | −96 | 0 | 4–7 | 8–10 | 5–15 | 3–8 | 10–14 | 11–15 | 7–11 | — |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 186 | 80 | +106 | 39 | Final Eight | — | 14–6 | 8–5 | 12–4 | 10–5 | 15–6 | 13–5 | 19–1 | |
2 | ![]() | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 134 | 87 | +47 | 31 | 4–6 | — | 6–3 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 12–9 | 14–5 | 15–4 | ||
3 | ![]() | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 169 | 99 | +70 | 30 | 10–9 | 10–11 | — | 9–8 | 13–10 | 15–3 | 14–4 | 17–4 | ||
4 | ![]() | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 133 | 125 | +8 | 25 | 9–10 | 10–9 | 10–9 | — | 13–13 | 11–9 | 11–8 | 14–8 | ||
5 | ![]() | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 128 | 126 | +2 | 20 | 5–15 | 4–4 | 6–14 | 11–5 | — | 16–10 | 7–8 | 15–7 | ||
6 | ![]() | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 109 | 152 | −43 | 12 | 6–13 | 3–8 | 9–17 | 5–6 | 4–8 | — | 10–9 | 9–8 | ||
7 | ![]() | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 115 | 174 | −59 | 9 | 9–18 | 7–15 | 5–16 | 9–11 | 8–10 | 10–11 | — | 12–10 | ||
8 | ![]() | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 87 | 218 | −131 | 0 | 5–24 | 4–14 | 6–17 | 5–17 | 7–14 | 4–15 | 14–16 | — |
Final Eight
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
7 June | ||||||||||
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8 June | ||||||||||
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7 June | ||||||||||
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9 June | ||||||||||
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7 June | ||||||||||
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8 June | ||||||||||
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7 June | ||||||||||
![]() | 8 | Third place game | ||||||||
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9 June | ||||||||||
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- 5th–8th place bracket
5th–8th place semifinals | Fifth place game | |||||
8 June | ||||||
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9 June | ||||||
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8 June | ||||||
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Seventh place game | ||||||
9 June | ||||||
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2017–18 LEN Champions League Champions |
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![]() Olympiacos (2nd title) |
Final standings
Team | |
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Awards
Player of the Season | Top Scorer | Player of the Final Eight | Goalkeeper of the Final Eight |
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Total 7 of the Season | ||||||
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[4] | LW | ![]() (Pro Recco) | CF | ![]() Josip Vrlić (Barceloneta) | RW | ![]() Maro Joković (Jug) |
LD | ![]() | CB | ![]() | RD | ![]() | |
GK | ![]() |
See also
References
- ^ "LEN Club Competition Programme Season 2017–2018" (PDF). LEN.com.
- ^ "Preliminary round draw". LEN.com.
- ^ "Ο ένας καλύτερος από τον άλλον!". gavros.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2022-03-08.
- ^ Curcic, Ivan (2023-06-05). "LEN Champions League "Team of the Tournament"". Total Waterpolo. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
External links
- v
- t
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- Olympiacos Men's Water Polo
- 2017–18 LEN Champions League champions
- 1 Pavić (c) (Final Eight MVP)
- 2 Mylonakis
- 3 Delakas
- 4 Genidounias
- 5 Fountoulis
- 6 Nikolaidis
- 7 Dervisis
- 8 Bušlje
- 9 Mourikis
- 10 Gounas
- 11 Argyropoulos
- 12 Obradović
- 13 Galanopoulos
- 15 Prekas
- Head coach: Vlachos
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