2018–19 LEN Euro Cup

The 2018–19 LEN Euro Cup was the second tier of European competition in water polo. It ran from 28 September 2018 to 13 April 2019.

2018−19 LEN Euro Cup
League	LEN Euro Cup
Sport	Water Polo
Duration	28 September 2018 to 13 April 2019
Number of teams	19
Finals champions	CN Marseille (1st title)
Runners-up	PVK Jadran

Overview

Team allocation

Qualification round I
VK Partizan	SG Neukölln Berlin	CC Ortigia	NC Ydraikos
VK Nais	ASC Duisburg	RN Savona	Primorac Kotor
CN Marseille	BVSC-Zuglo	VK Primorje	CN Barcelona
Olympic Nice	OSC Budapest	VK Mornar
Quarter-finals
Strasbourg (CL Q3)	NC Vouliagmeni (CL Q3)	Jadran Carine (CL Q3)	CN Terrassa (CL Q3)

Phases and rounds dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.

Phase	Round	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying	Qualification round I	28–30 September 2018
	Qualification round II	12–14 October 2018
Knockout stage	Quarter-finals	21 November 2018	5 December 2018
	Semi-finals	23 January 2019	27 February 2019
	Final	30 March 2019	13 April 2019

Qualifying rounds

Qualification round I

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BUD	PRI	PAR	DUI
1	OSC Budapest	3	3	0	0	53	18	+35	9	Round II		—		17–7
2	VK Primorje (H)	3	2	0	1	29	26	+3	6			7–15	—	13–6	9–5
3	VK Partizan	3	1	0	2	26	38	−12	3					—	13–8
4	ASC Duisburg	3	0	0	3	17	43	−26	0			4–21			—

Source: LEN
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MAR	MOR	SAV	BER
1	CN Marseille	3	3	0	0	37	12	+25	9	Round II		—			15–0
2	VK Mornar	3	2	0	1	29	19	+10	6			8–10	—
3	RN Savona (H)	3	1	0	2	19	24	−5	3			4–12	5–6	—	10–6
4	SG Neukölln Berlin	3	0	0	3	10	40	−30	0				4–15		—

Source: LEN
(H) Hosts

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAR	BVS	NIC
1	CN Barcelona (H)	2	2	0	0	19	16	+3	6	Round II		—
2	BVSC-Zuglo	2	1	0	1	26	18	+8	3			8–9	—
3	Olympic Nice	3	1	0	2	17	28	−11	3			8–10	9–18	—

Source: LEN
(H) Hosts

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PRI	ORT	YDR	NAI
1	Primorac Kotor	3	3	0	0	33	21	+12	9	Round II		—	9–5		15–8
2	CC Ortigia	3	2	0	1	22	19	+3	6				—
3	NC Ydraikos (H)	3	1	0	2	21	19	+2	3			8–9	5–6	—	8–4
4	VK Nais	3	0	0	3	17	34	−17	0				5–11		—

Source: LEN
(H) Hosts

Qualification round II

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BUD	ORT	BAR	MOR
1	OSC Budapest	3	3	0	0	41	17	+24	9	Quarter-finals		—		13–6
2	CC Ortigia (H)	3	2	0	1	27	29	−2	6			8–14	—		10–9
3	CN Barcelona	3	1	0	2	23	30	−7	3				6–9	—	11–8
4	VK Mornar	3	0	0	3	20	35	−15	0			3–14			—

Source: LEN
(H) Hosts

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MAR	KOT	BVS	PRI
1	CN Marseille (H)	3	3	0	0	36	19	+17	9	Quarter-finals		—	10–7	12–6	14–6
2	Primorac Kotor	3	2	0	1	32	27	+5	6				—		16–11
3	BVSC-Zuglo	3	1	0	2	24	28	−4	3				6–9	—
4	VK Primorje	3	0	0	3	24	42	−18	0					7–12	—

Source: LEN
(H) Hosts

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Strasbourg	9	6	15
	CN Marseille	7	12	19
							CN Marseille	7	10	17
							Ortigia Siracusa	4	4	8
	Ortigia Siracusa	7	9	16
	Vouliagmeni	8	6	14
													CN Marseille	9	7	16
													Jadran Carine	8	7	15
	Primorac Kotor	9	6	15
	Jadran Carine	11	15	26
							Jadran Carine	11	13	24
							OSC Budapest	10	12	22
	CN Terrassa	9	7	16
	OSC Budapest	9	10	19

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Strasbourg	15–19	CN Marseille	9–7	6–12
Ortigia Siracusa	16–14	Vouliagmeni	7–8	9–6
Primorac Kotor	15–26	Jadran Carine	9–11	6–15
CN Terrassa	16–19	OSC Budapest	9–9	7–10

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Jadran Carine	24–22	OSC Budapest	11–10	13–12
CN Marseille	17–8	Ortigia Siracusa	7–4	10–4

Final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CN Marseille	16–15	Jadran Carine	9–8	7–7

2018–19 LEN Euro Cup Champions
CN Marseille 1st Cup

See also

• 2018–19 LEN Champions League