2017–18 LEN Euro Cup

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2017−18 LEN Euro Cup
League	Water Polo
Duration	27 September 2017 to 18 April 2018
Number of teams	17
Finals champions	Ferencváros (2nd title)
Runners-up	Banco BPM SM Busto
Euro Cup seasons
← 2016–17 2018−19 →

The 2017–18 LEN Euro Cup was the second tier of European competition in water polo. It ran from 27 September 2017 to 18 April 2018.

Overview

Team allocation

Qualification round I
Jadran Split	WS Hannover	SM Verona	Shturm 2002
Montpellier	Ferencvárosi TC	Primorac Kotor	CN Mataró
Pays D’Aix Natation	Miskolci VLC	ZPC Amersfoort	Hornets Košice
OSC Potsdam
Quarter-finals
CN Marseille (CL Q3)	Spartak Volgograd (CL Q3)	Sintez Kazan (CL Q3)	Crvena zvezda (CL Q3)

Phases and rounds dates

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

Phase	Round	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying	Qualification round I	27 September–1 October 2017
	Qualification round II	13–15 October 2017
Knockout stage	Quarter-finals	8 November 2017	9 December 2017
	Semi-finals	24 January 2018	28 February 2018
	Final	31 March 2018	18 April 2018

Qualifying rounds

Qualification round I

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MIS	PRI	SHT	MAT	KOS	WSH
1	Miskolci VLC (H)	5	5	0	0	76	31	+45	15	Round II		—		16–6		15–7	18–4
2	Primorac Kotor	5	3	1	1	53	48	+5	10			6–14	—		12–8
3	Shturm 2002	5	3	1	1	53	52	+1	10				9–9	—			11–5
4	CN Mataró	5	2	0	3	53	53	0	6			8–13		13–14	—
5	Hornets Košice	5	1	0	4	49	60	−11	3				10–12	9–13	10–11	—
6	WS Hannover	5	0	0	5	29	69	−40	0				7–14		4–13	9–13	—

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FTC	VER	JAD	PAY	MON	AME	POT
1	Ferencvárosi TC	6	6	0	0	107	37	+70	18	Round II		—	11–9				25–4
2	SM Verona (H)	6	4	1	1	93	41	+52	13				—	11–11		19–5		17–6
3	Jadran Split	6	4	1	1	77	43	+34	13			5–8		—		16–6	15–6
4	Pays D’Aix Natation	6	3	0	3	70	61	+9	9			10–18	4–13	5–9	—		18–7
5	Montpellier	6	2	0	4	55	91	−36	6			7–23			9–14	—		13–10
6	ZPC Amersfoort	6	1	0	5	40	105	−65	3				4–24			9–15	—
7	OSC Potsdam	6	0	0	6	38	102	−64	0			2–22		7–21	5–19		8–10	—

Qualification round II

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VER	MIS	PAY	SHT
1	SM Verona	3	2	1	0	41	23	+18	7	Quarter-finals		—			16–5
2	Miskolci VLC	3	1	2	0	35	33	+2	5			11–11	—
3	Pays D’Aix Natation (H)	3	1	1	1	31	37	−6	4			7–14	13–13	—	11–10
4	Shturm 2002	3	0	0	3	24	38	−14	0				9–11		—

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FTC	JAD	MAT	PRI
1	Ferencvárosi TC (H)	3	3	0	0	41	17	+24	9	Quarter-finals		—	17–3	11–4	13–10
2	Jadran Split	3	1	1	1	28	34	−6	4				—	8–8
3	CN Mataró	3	1	1	1	21	27	−6	4					—	9–8
4	Primorac Kotor	3	0	0	3	27	39	−12	0				9–17		—

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Sintez Kazan	8	9	17
	Ferencváros	16	12	28
							Ferencváros	13	13	26
							Miskolc	9	8	17
	Miskolc	12	7	19
	Spartak Volgograd	8	10	18
													Ferencváros	9	8	17
													Banco BPM SM Busto	8	5	13
	Jadran Split	10	5	15
	CN Marseille	11	7	18
							CN Marseille	9	10	19
							Banco BPM SM Busto	11	11	22
	Crvena zvezda	5	8	13
	Banco BPM SM Busto	10	15	25

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sintez Kazan	17–28	Ferencváros	8–16	9–12
Jadran Split	15–18	CN Marseille	10–11	5–7
Crvena zvezda	13–25	Banco BPM SM Busto	5–10	8–15
Miskolc	19–18	Spartak Volgograd	12–8	7–10

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ferencváros	26–17	Miskolc	13–9	13–8
CN Marseille	19–22	Banco BPM SM Busto	9–11	10–11

Final

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ferencváros	17–13	Banco BPM SM Busto	9–8	8–5

2017–18 LEN Euro Cup Champions
Ferencvárosi TC 2nd Cup

See also

• 2017–18 LEN Champions League

References

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