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2022–23 LEN Champions League

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.

2022–23 LEN Champions League
LeagueLEN Champions League
SportWater Polo
Duration29 September 2022 – 3 June 2023
Season MVPHungary Gergő Zalánki (Pro Recco)
Top scorerSpain Alvaro Granados 46 goals (Novi Beograd)
Final 8
ChampionsItaly Pro Recco (11th title)
  Runners-upSerbia Novi Beograd
Finals MVPHungary Gergő Zalánki (Pro Recco)
Champions League seasons

Qualified teams

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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
  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 Sport Clube   Steaua Bucharest   CSM Oradea
  KVP Nováky   Galatasaray   Enka Istanbul

Schedule

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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

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Qualification round I

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The draw took place in Split.[3] The top three ranked sides will advance from both groups.

Group A

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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

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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

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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

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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 Sport Clube 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

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The top two ranked sides from each group advance.

Group A

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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

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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 Sport Clube 4 0 0 4 22 83 −61 0 — 5–21 — — —
Source: LEN

Group C

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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[a] 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

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31 May–3 June 2023, Belgrade, Serbia.

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Location of the 2022–23 LEN Champions League Final 8

Qualified teams

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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

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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

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

(Novi Beograd)

CF  

Dimitrios Nikolaidis (Vouliagmeni)

RW  

Gergő Zalánki (Pro Recco)

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

See also

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References

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  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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