2022–23 LEN Champions League

2022–23 LEN Champions League
LeagueLEN Champions League
SportWater Polo
Duration29 September 2022 – 3 June 2023
Season MVP Gergő Zalánki (Pro Recco)
Top scorer Alvaro Granados 43 goals (Novi Beograd)
Final 8
Champions Pro Recco (11th title)
  Runners-up Novi Beograd
Finals MVP Álvaro Granados (Novi Beograd)

The 2022–23 LEN Champions League was the 60th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. The champions were Pro Recco of Italy, who defeated Novi Beograd of Serbia 14–11 in the Final in Belgrade.

Qualified teams

The full list of teams qualified for each stage of the 2022–23 EHF European League was announced on 12 July 2022.

Group stage
Jug AO Dubrovnik CN Marseille Dinamo Tbilisi Waspo'98 Hannover
Spandau 04 Berlin Olympiacos Piraeus FTC-Telekom Budapest Pro Recco CL
Novi Beograd Radnički Kragujevac Zodiac Atlètic-Barceloneta Astrapool Sabadell
Qualification round II
Jadran Split CN Noisy-le-Sec ASC Duisburg NC Vouliagmeni
Genesys OSC-Budapest AN Brescia Šabac Barcelona
Qualification round I
Invictum Sarajevo Banja Luka HAVK Mladost Zagreb KVIK Kastrup
EN Tourcoing Panionios GSS A-Híd VasasPlaket ASA Tel Aviv
RN Savona EVK Žaibas Jadran Herceg Novi Primorac Kotor
ZPC Het Ravijn Vitória Guimarães Steaua Bucharest CSM Oradea
KVP Nováky Galatasaray Enka Istanbul

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.

Phase Round 1st leg 2nd leg
Qualifying rounds Qualification round I 29 September–2 October 2022
Qualification round II 14–16 October 2022
Qualification round III 29 October 2022 5 November 2022
Preliminary round Round 1 15/16 November 2022
Round 2 29/30 November 2022
Round 3 13/14 December 2022
Round 4 20/21 December 2022
Round 5 10/11 January 2023
Round 6 24/25 January 2023
Round 7 7/8 February 2023
Round 8 17/18 February 2023
Round 9 28 February/1 March 2023
Round 10 21/22 March 2023
Round 11 4/5 April 2023
Round 12 25/26 April 2023
Round 13 12/13 May 2023
Round 14 23/24 May 2023
Final 8 Quarterfinals 31 May 2023
Semifinals 1 June 2023
Final 3 June 2023

Qualifying rounds

Qualification round I

The draw took place in Split. The top three ranked sides will advance from both groups.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification VAS PRI STE HET SAR
1 A-Híd VasasPlaket 4 4 0 0 75 21 +54 12 Qualification round II — 13–10 — — 37–2
2 Primorac Kotor 4 3 0 1 76 35 +41 9 — — 14–11 — 36–4
3 Steaua Bucharest 4 2 0 2 58 35 +23 6 3–10 — — — 29–2
4 ZPC Het Ravijn 4 1 0 3 53 49 +4 3 6–15 7–16 10–15 — 31–3
5 Invictum Sarajevo 4 0 0 4 11 133 −122 0 — — — — —
Source: LEN

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ORA RNS GAL ASA
1 CSM Oradea 3 3 0 0 34 18 +16 9 Qualification round II — 10–7 — 12–3
2 RN Savona 3 2 0 1 41 24 +17 6 — — 10–6 —
3 Galatasaray 3 1 0 2 29 25 +4 3 8–12 — — 15–3
4 ASA Tel Aviv 3 0 0 3 14 51 −37 0 — 8–24 — —
Source: LEN

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MLA JHN ŽAI ESK NOV
1 HAVK Mladost Zagreb 4 4 0 0 56 23 +33 12 Qualification round II — — — 16–6 16–3
2 Jadran Herceg Novi 4 3 0 1 54 27 +27 9 7–9 — 12–2 19–8 16–8
3 EVK Žaibas 4 2 0 2 36 42 −6 6 7–15 — — — 14–6
4 Enka Istanbul 4 0 1 3 34 59 −25 1 — — 9–13 — —
5 KVP Nováky 4 0 1 3 28 57 −29 1 — — — 11–11 —
Source: LEN

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ENT PAN VIT KAS BAN
1 EN Tourcoing 4 4 0 0 108 16 +92 12 Qualification round II — 10–5 28–5 29–4 41–2
2 Panionios GSS 4 3 0 1 102 20 +82 9 — — 21–6 34–2 —
3 Vitória Guimarães 4 2 0 2 51 64 −13 6 — — — — —
4 KVIK Kastrup 4 1 0 3 35 82 −47 3 — — 6–11 — 23–8
5 Banja Luka 4 0 0 4 21 135 −114 0 — 2–42 9–29 — —
Source: LEN

Qualification round II

The top two ranked sides from each group advance.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification JST VSC RNS ŠAB STE
1 Jadran Split 4 4 0 0 57 36 +21 12 Round III — 13–11 — 14–13 —
2 A-Híd VasasPlaket 4 3 0 1 51 38 +13 9 — — 9–8 — —
3 RN Savona 4 2 0 2 38 35 +3 6 5–13 — — 10–8 —
4 Šabac 4 1 0 3 42 47 −5 3 — 4–13 — — 17–10
5 Steaua Bucharest 4 0 0 4 35 67 −32 0 7–17 13–18 5–15 — —
Source: LEN

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CER ORA JHN CNB VIT
1 CN Noisy-le-Sec 4 4 0 0 58 36 +22 12 Round III — — 14–12 — 17–4
2 CSM Oradea 4 2 0 2 48 31 +17 6 7–11 — — — —
3 Jadran Herceg Novi 4 2 0 2 56 42 +14 6 — 9–8 — — 23–7
4 Barcelona 4 2 0 2 54 46 +8 6 13–16 6–12 13–12 — 22–6
5 Vitória Guimarães 4 0 0 4 22 83 −61 0 — 5–21 — — —
Source: LEN

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification OSC NCV ENT PRI
1 Genesys OSC-Budapest 3 2 0 1 34 27 +7 6 Round III — — 7–10 —
2 NC Vouliagmeni 3 2 0 1 38 28 +10 6 9–13 — — —
3 EN Tourcoing 3 1 1 1 33 31 +2 4 — 13–14 — —
4 Primorac Kotor 3 0 1 2 20 39 −19 1 8–14 2–15 10–10 —
Source: LEN

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BRE PAN MLA ŽAI DUI
1 AN Brescia 4 4 0 0 65 23 +42 12 Round III — — — — —
2 Panionios GSS 4 3 0 1 41 32 +9 9 4–9 — 7–6 — 14–8
3 HAVK Mladost Zagreb 4 2 0 2 45 37 +8 6 9–13 — — — —
4 EVK Žaibas 4 1 0 3 40 70 −30 3 4–25 9–16 10–14 — 17–15
5 ASC Duisburg 4 0 0 4 36 65 −29 0 6–18 — 7–16 — —
Source: LEN

Qualification round III

The winners in the third round will continue in the preliminary round.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Genesys OSC-Budapest 29–18 Panionios GSS 17–7 12–11
CN Noisy-le-Sec 23–26 NC Vouliagmeni 11–17 12–9
A-Híd VasasPlaket 18–23 AN Brescia 10–12 8–11
Jadran Split 21–14 CSM Oradea 9–3 12–11

Preliminary round

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, Novi Beograd will participate in the Final 8 as the host of the tournament. The matchdays will be from 15 November 2022 to 24 May 2023.

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 Qualification BAR REC OLY NCV JST RKG DTB HAN
1 Zodiac Atlètic-Barceloneta 14 13 0 1 169 100 +69 39 Final 8 — 5–11 10–5 13–6 8–6 18–9 13–6 20–5
2 Pro Recco 14 12 0 2 192 102 +90 36 8–9 — 10–9 14–7 14–7 21–12 20–5 21–4
3 Olympiacos Piraeus 14 10 1 3 175 114 +61 31 7–9 9–7 — 14–6 10–7 13–7 19–10 15–8
4 NC Vouliagmeni 14 5 2 7 130 156 −26 17 7–11 7–13 6–14 — 13–12 9–10 12–7 10–9
5 Jadran Split 14 5 2 7 142 141 +1 17 5–9 9–13 8–13 10–10 — 10–10 21–7 12–8
6 Radnički Kragujevac 14 4 3 7 140 175 −35 15 10–14 8–16 10–10 9–9 11–13 — 11–10 13–12
7 Dinamo Tbilisi 14 2 0 12 115 200 −85 6 8–14 3–13 9–21 9–14 7–12 13–8 — 11–14
8 Waspo'98 Hannover 14 1 0 13 116 191 −75 3 7–16 8–11 7–16 11–14 8–10 7–12 8–10 —
Source: LEN

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BRE NBG FTC JUG SAB OSC CNM S04
1 AN Brescia 14 11 1 2 169 124 +45 34 Final 8 — 12–9 8–4 14–10 7–4 14–6 15–13 14–10
2 Novi Beograd 14 10 2 2 178 136 +42 32 11–9 — 14–13 12–12 16–11 17–9 11–4 13–8
3 FTC-Telekom Budapest 14 8 1 5 148 141 +7 25 10–6 14–12 — 9–7 10–12 12–11 9–8 12–8
4 Jug AO Dubrovnik 14 4 4 6 156 161 −5 16 8–13 11–11 12–12 — 14–10 13–8 14–9 11–13
5 Astrapool Sabadell 14 5 1 8 131 147 −16 16 10–14 6–8 7–10 15–12 — 9–8 13–11 9–9
6 Genesys OSC-Budapest 14 3 4 7 143 162 −19 13 14–14 9–11 12–16 9–9 9–8 — 18–13 9–9
7 CN Marseille 14 4 1 9 146 162 −16 13 5–13 13–17 13–7 15–11 9–6 10–10 — 14–7
8 Spandau 04 Berlin 14 3 2 9 129 167 −38 11 10–16 5–16 11–10 11–12 10–11 7–11 11–9 —
Source: LEN
Notes:
  1. Novi Beograd is already qualified as the Final 8 host.

Final 8

31 May–3 June 2023, Belgrade, Serbia.

Qualified teams

Group Winners Runners-up Third Fourth
A Zodiac Atlètic-Barceloneta Pro Recco Olympiacos Piraeus NC Vouliagmeni
B AN Brescia Novi Beograd FTC-Telekom Budapest Jug AO Dubrovnik

Bracket

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
31 May
 
 
 Zodiac CNAB11
 
1 June
 
 Jug AO9
 
 Zodiac CNAB10
 
31 May
 
 Novi Beograd (PSO)12
 
 Novi Beograd13
 
3 June
 
 Olympiacos11
 
 Novi Beograd11
 
31 May
 
 Pro Recco14
 
 AN Brescia10
 
1 June
 
 NC Vouliagmeni11
 
 NC Vouliagmeni8
 
31 May
 
 Pro Recco12 Third place game
 
 Pro Recco8
 
3 June
 
 FTC-Telekom4
 
 Zodiac CNAB (PSO)14
 
 
 NC Vouliagmeni13
 


5th–8th place bracket
 
5th–8th place semifinalsFifth place game
 
      
 
1 June
 
 
 Jug AO5
 
2 June
 
 Olympiacos14
 
 Olympiacos9
 
1 June
 
 FTC-Telekom4
 
 AN Brescia8
 
 
 FTC-Telekom9
 
Seventh place game
 
 
2 June
 
 
 Jug AO14
 
 
 AN Brescia10
2022–23 LEN Champions League
Champions

Pro Recco
11th title

Individual awards

Season MVP Top Scorer Finals MVP
Gergő Zalánki (Pro Recco) Alvaro Granados 43 goals (Novi Beograd) Alvaro Granados (Novi Beograd)
Total 7 of the Season (Team of the Tournament)
Pos. Alvaro Granados

(Novi Beograd)

Pos.

Dimitrios Nikolaidis (Vouliagmeni)

Pos.

Gergő Zalánki (Pro Recco)

LW CF RW
LD Felipe Perrone (Atlètic-Barceloneta) CB Marko Zuvela (Jug) RD Edoardo Di Soma (Brescia)
GK Marco Del Lungo (Pro Recco)

See also