2023–24 LEN Euro Cup knockout stage

The 2023–24 LEN Euro Cup knockout stage details the matches played to decide the champion of the tournament.

Qualified teams

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The knockout phase involves 16 teams: the eight teams which qualified as winners and runners-ups of each of the four groups in the group stage, and the eight third and fourth placed teams from the Champions League group stage.

Euro Cup group stage winners and runners-up

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Group Winners
Runners-up
A   CN Barcelona   EN Tourcoing
B   RN Savona   A-Híd Vasas Plaket
C   Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka   BVSC-Zugló
D   Panionios GSS   CC Ortigia

Eliminated teams from Champions League

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Group Winners
Runners-up
A   Astralpool Sabadell   Steaua București
B   Jug AO Dubrovnik   Dinamo Tbilisi
C   Crvena zvezda   Jadran Herceg Novi
D   Spandau 04   NC Vouliagmeni

Draw

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The draw took place in Barcelona on 15 December 2023. The teams were split into two draws, one containing the four teams who finished fourth in the Champions League group stage, who would be pitted up against a Euro Cup group winner. The other half of the draw would see the third place teams from the Champions League group stage be drawn against a runner up of the Euro Cup group stage.[1][2]

Fourth in Champions League
Team
  Steaua București
  Dinamo Tbilisi
  Jadran Herceg Novi
  NC Vouliagmeni
First in Euro Cup
Team
  CN Barcelona
  RN Savona
  Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka
  Panionios GSS
Third in Champions League
Team
  Astralpool Sabadell
  Jug AO Dubrovnik
  Crvena zvezda
  Spandau 04
Second in Euro Cup
Team
  EN Tourcoing
  A-Híd Vasas Plaket
  BVSC-Zugló
  CC Ortigia

Bracket

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Eight-finalsQuarter-finals
 
          
 
8 March/23 March
 
 
  CC Ortigia 8 12 20
 
6 April/27 April
 
  Spandau 04 8 14 22
 
  Spandau 04 11 1223
 
8 March/23 March
 
  RN Savona 10 10 20
 
  Jadran Herceg Novi 10 13 23
 
 
  RN Savona 16 12 28
 
 
8 March/23 March
 
 
  Astralpool Sabadell 18 15 33
 
6 April/27 April
 
  EN Tourcoing 11 12 23
 
  Astralpool Sabadell 6 7 13
 
8 March/23 March
 
  Steaua București 5 6 11
 
  Steaua București 11 20 PS 31
 
 
  Panionios GSS 12 18 30
 
 
8 March/23 March
 
 
  Crvena zvezda 11 12 23
 
9 April/27 April
 
  BVSC-Zugló 13 9 22
 
  Crvena zvezda 9 10 19
 
8 March/23 March
 
  Jug AO Dubrovnik 15 14 29
 
  A-Híd Vasas Plaket 118 19
 
 
  Jug AO Dubrovnik 12 9 21
 
 
8 March/23 March
 
 
  Dinamo Tbilisi 7 15 22
 
6 April/27 April
 
  Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka 8 20 28
 
  Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka 9 15 24
 
8 March/23 March
 
  NC Vouliagmeni 14 9 23
 
  NC Vouliagmeni 17 10 27
 
 
  CN Barcelona 13 6 19
 

Eight-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Jug AO Dubrovnik   21–19   A-Híd Vasas Plaket 12–11 9–8
BVSC-Zugló   22–23   Crvena zvezda 13–11 9–12
Spandau 04   22–20   CC Ortigia 8–8 14–12
Astralpool Sabadell   33–23   EN Tourcoing 18–11 15–12
Panionios GSS   30–31   Steaua București 12–11 18–20 PS
Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka   28–22   Dinamo Tbilisi 8–7 20–15
RN Savona   28–23   Jadran Herceg Novi 16–10 12–13
CN Barcelona   19–27   NC Vouliagmeni 13–17 6–10

Matches

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8 March 2024
19:00
Report Jug AO Dubrovnik   12–11   A-Híd Vasas Plaket Dubrovnik, Croatia
Referees:
Adrian Tiberiu Alexandrescu (ROU), Julien Bourges (FRA)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 5–3, 2–2, 3–4
Cabañas 4 Goals Gergely 4
23 March 2024
20:30
Report A-Híd Vasas Plaket   8–9   Jug AO Dubrovnik Budapest, Hungary
Referees:
Xavier Buch (ESP), Alessandro Severo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–2, 3–1, 2–2
Dedović, Ákos 2 Goals Lazic 3

Jug AO Dubrovnik won 21–19 on aggregate


8 March 2024
20:00
Report BVSC-Zugló   13–11   Crvena zvezda Budapest, Hungary
Referees:
Raffaele Colombo (ITA), Pau Segurana (ESP)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–3, 3–2, 4–4
Miklós 4 Goals Subotić 5
23 March 2024
20:15
Report Crvena zvezda   12–9   BVSC-Zugló Belgrade, Serbia
Referees:
Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Konstantinos Vasileiou (GRE)
Score by quarters: 4–4, 3–2, 3–2, 2–1
Vasić 3 Goals Dávid 4

Crvena zvezda won 23–22 on aggregate


8 March 2024
19:30
Report Spandau 04   8–8   CC Ortigia Berlin, Germany
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Sinisa Matijasevic (MNE)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–2, 1–3, 4–1
Tkáč 2 Goals Inaba 3
23 March 2024
19:00
Report CC Ortigia   12–14   Spandau 04 Milan, Italy
Referees:
Tamas Kovacs-Csatlos (HUN), Juan Carlos Colominas (ESP)
Score by quarters: 1–6, 2–3, 2–3, 7–2
Cassia, Ferrero 3 Goals Ćuk 4

Spandau 04 won 22–20 on aggregate


8 March 2024
19:30
Report Astralpool Sabadell   18–11   EN Tourcoing Sabadell, Spain
Referees:
Andrej Franulovic (CRO), Axel Bender (GER)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 4–2, 6–4, 4–2
Macarro 6 Goals Živković 4
23 March 2024
21:15
Report EN Tourcoing   12–15   Astralpool Sabadell Tourcoing, France
Referees:
Spyridon Achladiotis (GRE), Ivan Rakovic (SRB)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 5–6, 2–4, 3–3
Kujacic 3 Goals Macarro, Mallarach 3

Astralpool Sabadell won 33–23 on aggregate


8 March 2024
20:00
Report Panionios GSS   12–11   Steaua București Athens, Greece
Referees:
Andreja Stanojevic (SRB), Radoslaw Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–2, 3–1, 5–5
Gounas, Moskov 4 Goals Georgescu 6
23 March 2024
19:00
Report Steaua București   20–18   Panionios GSS Bucharest, Romania
Referees:
Raffaele Colombo (ITA), Hendrik Schopp (GER)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–2, 2–4, 4–2  PSO: 9–8
Georgescu 6 Goals Gounas, Kopeliadis 5

Steaua București won 31–30 on aggregate


8 March 2024
20:00
Report Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka   8–7   Dinamo Tbilisi Rijeka, Croatia
Referees:
Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE), Jaume Teixido (ESP)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 1–1, 3–2, 1–2
Brubnjak, Cubranic 2 Goals Magrakvelidze 2
23 March 2024
19:00
Report Dinamo Tbilisi   15–20   Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka Tbilisi, Georgia
Referees:
Veselin Miskovic (MNE), Peter de Jong (NED)
Score by quarters: 4–6, 3–3, 3–6, 5–5
three players 3 Goals Te Riele 5

Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka won 28–22 on aggregate


8 March 2024
19:00
Report RN Savona   16–10   Jadran Herceg Novi Savona, Italy
Referees:
Michiel Zwart (NED), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–3, 3–3, 6–2
Rizzo 4 Goals Radovic 4
23 March 2024
18:00
Report Jadran Herceg Novi   13–12   RN Savona Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina[A]
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Pau Segurana (ESP)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–2, 5–3, 3–3
Nagaev 4 Goals Bruni 3

RN Savona won 28–23 on aggregate


8 March 2024
20:45
Report CN Barcelona   13–17   NC Vouliagmeni Barcelona, Spain
Referees:
Alessandro Severo (ITA), Paul Kovac (AUT)
Score by quarters: 3–5, 2–6, 3–4, 5–2
Ferrer 5 Goals Chalyvopoulos, Kalogeropoulos 3
23 March 2024
18:00
Report NC Vouliagmeni   10–6   CN Barcelona Athens, Greece
Referees:
Nenad Peris (CRO), Vojin Putnikovic (SRB)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–1, 3–1, 2–2
four players 2 Goals Veich 4

NC Vouliagmeni won 27–19 on aggregate

Quarter-finals

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The draw took place in Barcelona on 26 March 2024.[3][4] There was no seeding.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
RN Savona   20–23   Spandau 04 10–11 10–12
Steaua București   11–13   Astralpool Sabadell 5–6 6–7
Jug AO Dubrovnik   29–19   Crvena zvezda 15–9 14–10
NC Vouliagmeni   23–24   Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka 14–9 9–15

Matches

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6 April 2024
19:00
Report RN Savona   10–11   Spandau 04 Savona, Italy
Referees:
Pau Segurana (ESP), Tamas Kovacs-Csatlos (HUN)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–6, 2–0, 4–3
Figlioli 4 Goals Sedlmayer, Tomasović 2
27 April 2024
19:30
Report Spandau 04   12–10   RN Savona Berlin, Germany
Referees:
Adrian Tiberiu Alexandrescu (ROU), Vojin Putnikovic (SRB)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–2, 4–3, 2–3
Tomasović 4 Goals Figlioli 3

Spandau 04 won 23–20 on aggregate


6 April 2024
18:00
Report Steaua București   5–6   Astralpool Sabadell Bucharest, Romania
Referees:
Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Christos Kourtidis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 0–3, 1–0, 1–2
Georgescu, Iudean 2 Goals Macarro, Mallarach 3
27 April 2024
12:30
Report Astralpool Sabadell   7–6   Steaua București Sabadell, Spain
Referees:
Raffaele Colombo (ITA), Veselin Miskovic (MNE)
Score by quarters: 2–0, 2–2, 2–2, 1–2
Macarro, Valera 3 Goals Georgescu 3

Astralpool Sabadell won 13–11 on aggregate


9 April 2024
19:00
Report Jug AO Dubrovnik   15–9   Crvena zvezda Dubrovnik, Croatia
Score by quarters: 5–1, 5–3, 1–2, 4–3
three players 3 Goals three players 2
27 April 2024
20:00
Report Crvena zvezda   10–14   Jug AO Dubrovnik Belgrade, Serbia
Referees:
Frank Ohme (GER), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 3–3, 1–3, 4–4
Gogov, Seman 3 Goals Daube, Žuvela 3

Jug AO Dubrovnik won 29–19 on aggregate


6 April 2024
18:00
Report NC Vouliagmeni   14–9   Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka Athens, Greece
Referees:
Ivan Rakovic (SRB), Julien Bourges (FRA)
Score by quarters: 5–2, 2–3, 2–2, 5–2
Kalogeropoulos 5 Goals Te Riele 4
27 April 2024
20:00
Report Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka   15–9   NC Vouliagmeni Rijeka, Croatia
Referees:
David Gomez (ESP), Gyorgy Kun (HUN)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 5–4, 4–3, 4–1
Crippa 3 Goals Kalogeropoulos, Kapotsis 2

Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka won 24–23 on aggregate

Notes

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  1. ^ The game was played in Trebinje due to Jadran Herceg Novi's home venue not meeting requirements.

References

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  1. ^ Curcic, Ivan (December 15, 2023). "Novi Beograd - winner of Champions League draw?".
  2. ^ Sicco, Laura (December 15, 2023). "Pallanuoto: Len Euro Cup – Ottavi di Finale – La BPER R.N. Savona giocherà la prima partita venerdì 8 marzo a Savona con lo Jadran Herceg Novi".
  3. ^ "Water polo draw marathon set to commence in Barcelona - European Aquatics®". www.len.eu. March 25, 2024.
  4. ^ "Draw marathon sets up exciting showdowns - European Aquatics®". www.len.eu. March 26, 2024.
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