2022–23 LEN Euro Cup

The 2022–23 LEN Euro Cup is the 31st edition of the second-tier European tournament for men's water polo clubs. And it is the first year with the expanded format and presence of the LEN Challenger Cup. The winners were A-Híd Vasas Plaket of Hungary, who defeated RN Savona of Italy on aggregate 23-15 in the final.[1][2][3][4]

2022–23 LEN Euro Cup
LeagueLEN Euro Cup
SportWater Polo
Duration13 October 202–29 April 2023
Finals championsHungary A-Híd Vasas Plaket
  Runners-upItaly RN Savona
Euro Cup seasons

Teams edit

Eighth-Finals
  Panionios GSS (CL Q3)   CN Noisy-le-Sec (CL Q3)   A-Híd Vasas Plaket (CL Q3)   CSM Oradea (CL Q3)
Qualification Round II
  Jadran Herceg Novi (CL Q2)   CN Barcelona (CL Q2)   EN Tourcoing (CL Q2)   Steaua Bucharest (CL Q2)
  Primorac Kotor (CL Q2)   RN Savona (CL Q2)   EVK Zaibas (CL Q2)   Vitória Guimares (CL Q2)
  VK Šabac (CL Q2)   HAVK Mladost Zagreb (CL Q2)   ASC Duisburg (CL Q2)
Qualification Round I
  Team Strasbourg   Telimar Palermo   Tenerife Echeyde   ZV De Zaan
  Montpellier WP   CC Ortigia   CN Terrassa   VK Valis
  Pays D'Aix Natation   Pallanuoto Trieste   CE Mediterrani   Partizan Beograd
  Ludwigsburg 08   NC Ydraikos   Szolnoki Dózsa   BVK Crvena Zvezda
  Triglav Kranj   PAOK Thessaloniki   BVSC Zugló   Solaris Šibenik
  SKP Kosice   GS Apollon Smyrnis   Budapesti Honvéd

Schedule edit

The schedule of the competition is as follows.[5]

Phase Round First leg Second leg
Qualifying rounds Qualification round I 13–16 October 2022
Qualification round II 28–30 October 2022
Knockout phase Eighth-finals 30 November 2022 14 December 2022
Quarterfinals 25 January 2023 8 February 2023
Semifinals 1 March 2023 22 March 2023
Finals 15 April 2023 29 April 2023

Qualifying rounds edit

Qualification round I edit

The top four ranked sides from each group advance. The 5th and 6th place teams continue in the LEN Challenger Cup[6][7]

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   SOL   DEZ   PAO   MON   LUD   TEN
1   Solaris Šibenik 5 4 1 0 54 36 +18 13 Round II 9–5 10–9 11–5
2   ZV De Zaan 5 3 1 1 49 42 +7 10[a] 10–10 16–7
3   PAOK Thessaloniki 5 3 1 1 48 37 +11 10[a] 9–9 6–7 13–8 12–6 8–7
4   Montpellier WP 5 2 1 2 50 45 +5 7 15–7
5   Ludwigsburg 08 5 1 0 4 38 60 −22 3 Challenger Cup 5–8 15–13
6   Tenerife Echeyde 5 0 0 5 45 64 −19 0 8–15 10–11
Source: LEN
Notes:
  1. ^ a b PAOK Thessaloniki 6-7 ZV De Zaan

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   ORT   PAR   SZO   PAY   YDR
1   CC Ortigia 4 4 0 0 59 31 +28 12 Round II 12–5
2   Partizan Beograd 4 3 0 1 51 45 +6 9 7–14 20–11
3   Szolnoki Dózsa 4 2 0 2 44 31 +13 6 9–11 8–10
4   Pays D'Aix Natation 4 1 0 3 38 52 −14 3 7–11 15–9
5   NC Ydraikos 4 0 0 4 34 67 −33 0 Challenger Cup 10–22 12–14 3–16
Source: LEN

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   STR   HON   PAL   VAL   TER   KRA
1   Team Strasbourg 5 5 0 0 66 46 +20 15 Round II 12–9
2   Budapesti Honvéd 5 4 0 1 64 39 +25 12 11–6 11–7
3   Telimar Palermo 5 3 0 2 89 67 +22 9 13–16 11–12 24–16 18–15
4   VK Valis 5 2 0 3 51 64 −13 6 10–13
5   CN Terrassa 5 1 0 4 57 57 0 3 Challenger Cup 11–14 10–11
6   Triglav Kranj 5 0 0 5 23 77 −54 0 3–11 3–21 8–23 6–8 3–14
Source: LEN

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   BVK   TRI   ZUG   CEM   APO   KOS
1   BVK Crvena Zvezda 5 5 0 0 66 30 +36 15 Round II 11–8 13–3 24–4
2   Pallanuoto Trieste 5 4 0 1 69 42 +27 12 10–7 9–6 29–10
3   BVSC-Zugló 5 3 0 2 69 48 +21 9 7–8
4   CE Mediterrani 5 2 0 3 49 54 −5 6 13–14 17–9
5   GS Apollon Smyrnis 5 1 0 4 71 54 +17 3 Challenger Cup 8–10 8–13 13–15 9–10 34–10
6   SKP Kosice 5 0 0 5 34 130 −96 0 5–26
Source: LEN

Qualification round II edit

The qualified teams from Qualification Round I and the eliminated teams from the 2022-23 LEN Champions League Qualification Round I & II. The top two ranked sides from each group advance to the eighth-finals.[8]

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   ŠAB   TRI   JAD   SOL   PAY
1   VK Šabac 4 4 0 0 46 25 +21 12 Eighth-Final 10–9 16–6
2   Pallanuoto Trieste 4 3 0 1 52 31 +21 9 16–6 16–6
3   Jadran Herceg Novi 4 2 0 2 39 29 +10 6 5–9 9–11
4   VK Solaris Sibenik 4 1 0 3 28 57 −29 3 2–15 14–10
5   Pays D'Aix Natation 4 0 0 4 28 51 −23 0 5–11 7–10
Source: LEN

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   SAV   PAR   STR   DEZ
1   RN Savona 3 2 1 0 34 27 +7 7 Eighth-Final 14–10
2   Partizan Beograd 3 2 0 1 40 34 +6 6 11–14
3   Team Strasbourg 3 1 1 1 27 27 0 4 6–6 9–12 12–9
4   ZV De Zaan 3 0 0 3 30 43 −13 0 11–17
Source: LEN

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   TOU   BAR   PAL   DUI
1   EN Tourcoing 3 3 0 0 49 34 +15 9 Eighth-Final 14–11 14–12 21–11
2   CN Barcelona 3 2 0 1 39 39 0 6 16–14
3   Telimar Palermo 3 1 0 2 34 36 −2 3 11–12 11–10
4   ASC Duisburg 3 0 0 3 35 48 −13 0
Source: LEN

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   HON   PRI   CEM   PAO   ZAG
1   Budapesti Honvéd 4 3 0 1 43 33 +10 9 Eighth-Final 10–9
2   Primorac Kotor 4 2 0 2 40 35 +5 6 6–7
3   CE Mediterrani 4 1 2 1 37 45 −8 5 6–15 12–11 9–9
4   PAOK Thessaloniki 4 1 1 2 36 41 −5 4[a] 7–13
5   HVAK Mladost Zagreb 4 1 1 2 40 42 −2 4[a] 12–11 9–10 10–10 9–11
Source: LEN
Notes:
  1. ^ a b PAOK Thessaloniki 11-9 HVAK Mladost Zagreb

Group E edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   SZO   BVK   MON   ZAI
1   Szolnoki Dózsa 3 3 0 0 46 21 +25 9 Eighth-Final 10–6 15–7 21–8
2   BVK Crvena Zvezda 3 2 0 1 27 21 +6 6
3   Montpellier WP 3 1 0 2 27 35 −8 3 7–12 13–8
4   EVK Zaibas 3 0 0 3 20 43 −23 0 4–9
Source: LEN

Group F edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   ORT   BUC   ZUG   VAL   GUI
1   CC Ortigia 4 4 0 0 58 26 +32 12 Eighth-Final 10–8 9–8 25–1
2   Steaua Bucharest 4 3 0 1 42 33 +9 9 8–7 12–11 14–5
3   BVSC-Zugló 4 2 0 2 56 28 +28 6 18–8 23–3
4   VK Valis 4 1 0 3 49 52 −3 3 9–14 21–8
5   Vitória Guimares 4 0 0 4 17 83 −66 0
Source: LEN

Knockout stage edit

Bracket edit

Eighth-finals Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                
  Partizan Beograd 12 8 20
  Panionios GSS 11 12 23
  Panionios GSS (p) 10 8 18 (25)
  CSM Oradea 5 13 18 (24)
  CSM Oradea 8 10 18
  Steaua Bucharest 8 6 14
  Panionios GSS 9 6 15
  A-Híd Vasas Plaket 8 12 20
  A-Híd Vasas Plaket 15 7 22
  BVK Crvena Zvezda 10 11 21
  A-Híd Vasas Plaket 10 9 19
  VK Šabac 9 6 15
  VK Šabac 13 11 24
  CN Barcelona 10 12 22
  A-Híd Vasas Plaket 8 15 23
  RN Savona 8 7 15
  CN Noisy-le-Sec 12 13 25
  Pallanuoto Trieste 20 16 36
  Pallanuoto Trieste 13 11 24
  Szolnoki Dózsa 12 10 22
  Szolnoki Dózsa 11 8 19
  Budapesti Honvéd 12 5 17
  Pallanuoto Trieste 9 12 21
  RN Savona 9 13 22
  RN Savona 7 9 16
  CC Ortigia 2 13 15
  RN Savona 8 13 21
  EN Tourcoing 5 10 15
  EN Tourcoing 7 15 22
  Primorac Kotor 7 11 18

Eighth-finals edit

The twelve best teams from the 2nd qualification round of the Euro Cup and the four eliminated teams from the Champions League 3rd Qualification Round were drawn into 8 pairings, played on a home & away leg.[10]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Partizan Beograd   20–23   Panionios GSS 12–11 8–12
CSM Oradea   18–14   Steaua Bucarest 8–8 10–6
A-Híd Vasas Plaket   22–21   BVK Crvena Zvezda 15–10 7–11
VK Šabac   24–22   CN Barcelona 13–10 11–12
CN Noisy-le-Sec   25–36   Pallanuoto Trieste 12–20 13–16
Szolnoki Dózsa   19–17   Budapesti Honvéd 11–12 8–5
RN Savona   16–15   CC Ortigia 7–2 9–13
EN Tourcoing   22–18   Primorac Kotor 7–7 15–11

Leg 1 edit

30 November 2022 (2022-11-30)
18:00
Report   Partizan Beograd 12–11   Panionios GSS Belgrade, Serbia
Referees:
Pascal Bouchez (FRA), Gyorgy Kun (HUN)
Score by quarters: 5–1, 3–5, 3–3, 1–2
Gounas, Kopeliadis 3 Goals Dimitrijevic, Smiljevic 3
30 November 2022 (2022-11-30)
20:00
Report   Steaua Bucarest 8–8   CSM Oradea Bucharest, Romania
Referees:
Stanko Ivanovski (MNE) , Pau Segurana (SPA)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 4–2, 0–0, 2–2
Gheorghe, Vuskovic 3 Goals Asanovic, Gheorghe 3
30 November 2022 (2022-11-30)
20:00
Report   A-Híd Vasas Plaket 15–10   BVK Crvena Zvezda Budapest, Hungary
Referees:
Jaume Teixido (ESP), Massimo Calabro (ITA)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–4, 4–1, 5–4
three players 3 Goals four players 2
30 November 2022 (2022-11-30)
18:00
Report   VK Šabac 13–10   CN Barcelona Šabac, Serbia
Referees:
Michail Birakis (GRE), Filippo Gomez (ITA)
Score by quarters: 5–3, 3–2, 3–3, 2–2
Stojanovic 4 Goals Guell 5
30 November 2022 (2022-11-30)
20:00
Report   CN Noisy-le-Sec 12–20   Pallanuoto Trieste Noisy-Le-Sec, France
Referees:
Radoslaw Koryzna (POL), Maro Savinovic (CRO)
Score by quarters: 4–5, 2–5, 2–5, 4–5
Bowen, Petkovic 5 Goals Inaba 4
30 November 2022 (2022-11-30)
18:00
Report   Budapesti Honvéd 13–11   Szolnoki Dózsa Budapest, Hungary
Referees:
Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE), Andreja Stanojevic (SRB)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–4, 3–2, 3–3
Pásztor 6 Goals Ekler 5
30 November 2022 (2022-11-30)
15:00
Report   RN Savona 7–2   CC Ortigia Savona, Italy
Referees:
Vuk Milovic (SRB), Andrej Franulovic (CRO)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–1, 1–0, 1–0
Durdic 3 Goals Condemi, Puga 1
30 November 2022 (2022-11-30)
18:00
Report   Primorac Kotor 7–7   EN Tourcoing Kotor, Montenegro
Referees:
Peter De Jong (NED), SCHOPP Hendrik Schopp (GER)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 3–1, 1–0, 1–2
seven players 1 Goals Marzouki 3

Leg 2 edit

14 December 2022 (2022-12-14)
20:00
Report   Panionios GSS 12–8   Partizan Beograd Athens, Greece
Referees:
Paoletti Paoletti (ITA), Philip Uhlig (GER)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–2, 5–3, 2–2
Gounas 6 Goals Smiljevic 3
14 December 2022 (2022-12-14)
18:00
Report   CSM Oradea 10–6   Steaua Bucarest Oradea, Romania
Referees:
Christos Kourtidis (GRE), Laza Andjelic (SRB)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 2–1, 1–0, 3–2
four players 2 Goals Iudean, Vuskovic 2
14 December 2022 (2022-12-14)
20:00
Report   BVK Crvena Zvezda 11–7   A-Híd Vasas Plaket Belgrade, Serbia
Referees:
Julien Bourges (FRA), Veselin Miskovic (MNE)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–2, 2–1, 4–2
Subotic, Vasic 2 Goals Randelovic 2
14 December 2022 (2022-12-14)
18:00
Report   CN Barcelona 12–11   VK Šabac Barcelona, Spain
Referees:
Matan Schwartz (ISR), Erwin Schapers (NED)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 4–3, 3–4, 4–1
Ferrer 5 Goals Sulc 4
14 December 2022 (2022-12-14)
18:00
Report   Pallanuoto Trieste 16–13   CN Noisy-le-Sec Trieste, Italy
Referees:
David Gomez (SPA), Ivan Rakovic (SRB)
Score by quarters: 4–6, 3–3, 6–0, 3–4
Inaba 4 Goals three players 3
14 December 2022 (2022-12-14)
18:30
Report   Szolnoki Dózsa 8–5   Budapesti Honvéd Szolnok, Hungary
Referees:
Robert Tiozzo (CRO), Oriol Jaumandreu (SPA)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–0, 3–1, 0–1
Pásztor, Szeghalmi 3 Goals five players 1
14 December 2022 (2022-12-14)
18:00
Report   CC Ortigia 13–9   RN Savona Siracusa, Italy
Referees:
Tamas Kovacs Csatlos (HUN), Gernot Haentschel (GER)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 3–2, 2–1, 4–3
Vidovic 4 Goals Durdic 3
14 December 2022 (2022-12-14)
19:00
Report   EN Tourcoing 15–11   Primorac Kotor Tourcoing, France
Referees:
Daniele Bianco (ITA), Georgios Konst. Polychronopoulos (GRE)
'Score by quarters: 4–3, 6–3, 4–2, 1–3
Marzouki 5 Goals Mrsic 3

Quarter-finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Panionios GSS   18–18
(25–24 p)
  CSM Oradea 10–5 8–13
A-Híd Vasas Plaket   19–15   VK Šabac 10–9 9–6
Szolnoki Dózsa   22–24   Pallanuoto Trieste 12–13 10–11
EN Tourcoing   15–21   RN Savona 5–8 10–13

Leg 1 edit

25 January 2023 (2023-01-25)
20:00 (EET)
Report   Panionios GSS 10–5   CSM Oradea Athens, Greece
Referees:
R. Colombo (ITA), J. Teixido (ESP)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–2, 2–0, 3–2
Papakos 3 Goals Negregan, Szabó 2
25 January 2023 (2023-01-25)
18:30 (CET)
Report   A-Híd Vasas Plaket 10–4   VK Šabac Budapest, Hungary
Referees:
D. Bianco (ITA), T. Copic (CRO)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 4–3, 2–0, 1–1
Negaev 3 Goals Repanovic 2
25 January 2023 (2023-01-25)
19:00 (CET)
Report   Szolnoki Dózsa 12–13   Pallanuoto Trieste Szolnok, Hungary
Referees:
G. Hanetschel (GER), A. Stanojevic (SRB)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–4, 4–4, 1–3
Pásztor 3 Goals Inaba 5
25 January 2023 (2023-01-25)
20:00 (CET)
Report   EN Tourcoing 5–8   RN Savona Tourcoing, France
Score by quarters: 0–3, 0–1, 2–2, 3–2
Marzouki 3 Goals Rizzo, Durdic 2

Leg 2 edit

8 February 2023 (2023-02-08)
17:00 (EET)
Report   CSM Oradea 19 (6)–15 (7)   Panionios GSS Oradea, Romania
Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–4, 3–2, 3–1  PSO: 6–7
Negrean 5 Goals Gounas 5
8 February 2023 (2023-02-08)
20:00 (CET)
Report   VK Šabac 6–9   A-Híd Vasas Plaket Šabac, Serbia
Referees:
O. Jaumandreu (ESP), H. Schopp (GER)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–3, 0–1, 3–3
Stojanovic 2 Goals Randelovic, Negaev 2
8 February 2023 (2023-02-08)
20:00 (CET)
Report   Pallanuoto Trieste 11–10   Szolnoki Dózsa Trieste, Italy
Referees:
R. Koryzna (POL), M. Savinovic (CRO)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–3, 1–3, 3–2
Mladossich 3 Goals Kovács 3
8 February 2023 (2023-02-08)
19:00 (CET)
Report   RN Savona 13–10   EN Tourcoing Savona, Italy
Referees:
L. Andjelic (SRB), N. Boudramis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–1, 5–4, 3–3
Durdic 6 Goals three players 2

Semi-finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Panionios GSS   15–20   A-Híd Vasas Plaket 9–8 6–12
Pallanuoto Trieste   21–22   RN Savona 9–9 12–13

Leg 1 edit

1 March 2023 (2023-03-01)
20:00 (EET)
Report   Panionios GSS 9–8   A-Híd Vasas Plaket Athens, Greece
Referees:
F. Ohme (GER), O. Jaumandreu (ESP)
Score by quarters: 5–2, 1–2, 1–2, 2–2
Gounas 4 Goals Konarik 3
1 March 2023 (2023-03-01)
20:00 (CET)
Report   Pallanuoto Trieste 9–9   RN Savona Trieste, Italy
Referees:
P. Bouchez (FRA), A. Franulovic (CRO)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–2, 4–2, 2–3
three players 2 Goals Duric 6

Leg 2 edit

22 March 2023 (2023-03-22)
20:00 (CET)
[1]   A-Híd Vasas Plaket 12–6   Panionios GSS Budapest, Hungary
Referees:
Michiel Zwart (NED), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–1, 3–2, 3–2
three players 3 Goals Kopeliadis, Mouratidis 3
22 March 2023 (2023-03-22)
19:00 (CET)
[2]   RN Savona 13–12   Pallanuoto Trieste Savona, Italy
Referees:
Ivan Rakovic (SRB), Radoslaw Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–3, 3–3, 5–4
Panerai 4 Goals Bini, Valentino 3

Finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
A-Híd Vasas Plaket   23–15   RN Savona 8–8 15–7

Leg 1 edit

15 April 2023
19:00 (CET)
[3]   RN Savona 8–8   A-Híd Vasas Plaket Savona, Italy
Attendance: 1,500[11]
Referees:
Jaume Teixido (ESP), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–3, 2–1, 1–2
three players 2 Goals Batori 3

Leg 2 edit

20 April 2023
18:00 (CET)
[4] A-Híd Vasas Plaket   15–7   RN Savona Budapest, Hungary
Attendance: 2,000[12]
Referees:
Nenad Peris (CRO), Spyridon Achladiotis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 5–1, 3–3, 4–0, 3–3
Randelovic 4 Goals Bruni 2

See also edit

References edit

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  12. ^ Lakner, Gábor; Patai, Gergely (29 April 2023). "Férfi vízi Ek: kiütéssel nyert, és kupagyőztes a Vasas! - NSO". NSO.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 21 December 2023.

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