2022–23 LEN Champions League

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2022–23 LEN Champions League
League
Alvaro Granados 46 goals (Novi Beograd)
Final 8
ChampionsItaly Pro Recco (11th title)
  Runners-upSerbia Novi Beograd
Finals MVPSpain Álvaro Granados (Novi Beograd)
Champions League seasons

The 2022–23

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.[1]

Group stage
Croatia Jug AO Dubrovnik France CN Marseille Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi Germany Waspo'98 Hannover
Germany Spandau 04 Berlin Greece Olympiacos Piraeus Hungary FTC-Telekom Budapest Italy Pro Recco CL
Serbia Novi Beograd Serbia Radnički Kragujevac Spain Zodiac Atlètic-Barceloneta Spain Astrapool Sabadell
Qualification round II
Croatia Jadran Split France CN Noisy-le-Sec Germany ASC Duisburg Greece NC Vouliagmeni
Hungary Genesys OSC-Budapest Italy AN Brescia Serbia Šabac Spain Barcelona
Qualification round I
Bosnia and Herzegovina Invictum Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina Banja Luka Croatia HAVK Mladost Zagreb Denmark KVIK Kastrup
France EN Tourcoing Greece Panionios GSS Hungary A-Híd VasasPlaket Israel ASA Tel Aviv
Italy RN Savona Lithuania EVK Žaibas Montenegro Jadran Herceg Novi Montenegro Primorac Kotor
Netherlands ZPC Het Ravijn Portugal Vitória Guimarães Romania Steaua Bucharest Romania CSM Oradea
Slovakia KVP Nováky Turkey Galatasaray Turkey Enka Istanbul

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.[2]

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.[3] The top three ranked sides will advance from both groups.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Hungary VAS Montenegro PRI Romania STE Netherlands HET Bosnia and Herzegovina SAR
1 Hungary A-Híd VasasPlaket 4 4 0 0 75 21 +54 12 Qualification round II — 13–10 — — 37–2
2 Montenegro Primorac Kotor 4 3 0 1 76 35 +41 9 — — 14–11 — 36–4
3 Romania Steaua Bucharest 4 2 0 2 58 35 +23 6 3–10 — — — 29–2
4 Netherlands ZPC Het Ravijn 4 1 0 3 53 49 +4 3 6–15 7–16 10–15 — 31–3
5 Bosnia and Herzegovina 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 Romania ORA Italy RNS Turkey GAL Israel ASA
1 Romania CSM Oradea 3 3 0 0 34 18 +16 9 Qualification round II — 10–7 — 12–3
2 Italy RN Savona 3 2 0 1 41 24 +17 6 — — 10–6 —
3 Turkey Galatasaray 3 1 0 2 29 25 +4 3 8–12 — — 15–3
4 Israel 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 Croatia MLA Montenegro JHN Lithuania ŽAI Turkey ESK Slovakia NOV
1 Croatia HAVK Mladost Zagreb 4 4 0 0 56 23 +33 12 Qualification round II — — — 16–6 16–3
2 Montenegro Jadran Herceg Novi 4 3 0 1 54 27 +27 9 7–9 — 12–2 19–8 16–8
3 Lithuania EVK Žaibas 4 2 0 2 36 42 −6 6 7–15 — — — 14–6
4 Turkey Enka Istanbul 4 0 1 3 34 59 −25 1 — — 9–13 — —
5 Slovakia 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 France ENT Greece PAN Portugal VIT Denmark KAS Bosnia and Herzegovina BAN
1 France EN Tourcoing 4 4 0 0 108 16 +92 12 Qualification round II — 10–5 28–5 29–4 41–2
2 Greece Panionios GSS 4 3 0 1 102 20 +82 9 — — 21–6 34–2 —
3 Portugal Vitória Guimarães 4 2 0 2 51 64 −13 6 — — — — —
4 Denmark KVIK Kastrup 4 1 0 3 35 82 −47 3 — — 6–11 — 23–8
5 Bosnia and Herzegovina 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 Croatia JST Hungary VSC Italy RNS Serbia ŠAB Romania STE
1 Croatia Jadran Split 4 4 0 0 57 36 +21 12 Round III — 13–11 — 14–13 —
2 Hungary A-Híd VasasPlaket 4 3 0 1 51 38 +13 9 — — 9–8 — —
3 Italy RN Savona 4 2 0 2 38 35 +3 6 5–13 — — 10–8 —
4 Serbia Šabac 4 1 0 3 42 47 −5 3 — 4–13 — — 17–10
5 Romania 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 France CER Romania ORA Montenegro JHN Spain CNB Portugal VIT
1 France CN Noisy-le-Sec 4 4 0 0 58 36 +22 12 Round III — — 14–12 — 17–4
2 Romania CSM Oradea 4 2 0 2 48 31 +17 6 7–11 — — — —
3 Montenegro Jadran Herceg Novi 4 2 0 2 56 42 +14 6 — 9–8 — — 23–7
4 Spain Barcelona 4 2 0 2 54 46 +8 6 13–16 6–12 13–12 — 22–6
5 Portugal 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 Hungary OSC Greece NCV France ENT Montenegro PRI
1 Hungary Genesys OSC-Budapest 3 2 0 1 34 27 +7 6 Round III — — 7–10 —
2 Greece NC Vouliagmeni 3 2 0 1 38 28 +10 6 9–13 — — —
3 France EN Tourcoing 3 1 1 1 33 31 +2 4 — 13–14 — —
4 Montenegro 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 Italy BRE Greece PAN Croatia MLA Lithuania ŽAI Germany DUI
1 Italy AN Brescia 4 4 0 0 65 23 +42 12 Round III — — — — —
2 Greece Panionios GSS 4 3 0 1 41 32 +9 9 4–9 — 7–6 — 14–8
3 Croatia HAVK Mladost Zagreb 4 2 0 2 45 37 +8 6 9–13 — — — —
4 Lithuania EVK Žaibas 4 1 0 3 40 70 −30 3 4–25 9–16 10–14 — 17–15
5 Germany 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 Hungary 29–18 Greece Panionios GSS 17–7 12–11
CN Noisy-le-Sec France 23–26 Greece NC Vouliagmeni 11–17 12–9
A-Híd VasasPlaket Hungary 18–23 Italy AN Brescia 10–12 8–11
Jadran Split Croatia 21–14 Romania CSM Oradea 9–3 12–11

Preliminary round

Olympiacos
Budapest
Budapest
Pro Recco
Novi Beograd
Radnički
Jadran
Brescia
Barcelona Province
Barcelona Province
Vouliagmeni
Budapest teams FTC Telekom OSC Budapest Barcelona Province teams Barceloneta Sabadell
Budapest teams
FTC Telekom
OSC Budapest
Barcelona Province teams
Barceloneta
Sabadell
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Location of teams of the 2022–23 LEN Champions League 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 Spain BAR Italy REC Greece OLY Greece NCV Croatia JST Serbia RKG Georgia (country) DTB Germany HAN
1 Spain 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 Italy 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 Greece 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 Greece 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 Croatia 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 Serbia 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 Georgia (country) 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 Germany 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 Italy BRE Serbia NBG Hungary FTC Croatia JUG Spain SAB Hungary OSC France CNM Germany S04
1 Italy 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 Serbia Novi Beograd[a] 14 10 2 2 178 136 +42 32 11–9 — 14–13 12–12 16–11 17–9 11–4 13–8
3 Hungary 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 Croatia 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 Spain 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 Hungary 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 France 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 Germany 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.

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Location of the 2022–23 LEN Champions League Final 8

Qualified teams

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

Bracket

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


5th–8th place bracket
 
5th–8th place semifinalsFifth place game
 
      
 
1 June
 
 
Croatia Jug AO5
 
2 June
 
Greece Olympiacos14
 
Greece Olympiacos9
 
1 June
 
Hungary FTC-Telekom4
 
Italy AN Brescia8
 
 
Hungary FTC-Telekom9
 
Seventh place game
 
 
2 June
 
 
Croatia Jug AO14
 
 
Italy AN Brescia10
2022–23 LEN Champions League
Champions
Italy
Pro Recco
11th title

Individual awards

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

(Novi Beograd)

Pos. Greece

Dimitrios Nikolaidis (Vouliagmeni)

Pos. Hungary

Gergő Zalánki (Pro Recco)

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Rosters 2022/23 - TEAM ROSTERS". LEN. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  2. ^ "MEN LEN CLUB COMPETITION PROGRAMME SEASON 2022 – 2023". wwpra.org.
  3. ^ "Champions League 2022-2023 Draw – updated". LEN.com.
  4. ^ Curcic, Ivan (2023-06-05). "LEN Champions League "Team of the Tournament"". Total Waterpolo. Retrieved 2023-06-05.

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