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2024–25 LEN Champions League

For the equivalent women's tournament, see 2024–25 LEN Women's Champions League.

The 2024–25 LEN Champions League is the 62nd edition of the newly renamed European Aquatics's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. FTC-Telekom are the defending champions.

LEN Champions League
2024–25
The National Pool Complex in Valletta will host the final four.
Tournament information
SportWater polo
DatesQualification round:
13–15 September 2024
Main Round:
8 October – 4 December 2024
Quarter-finals round:
4 February – 14 May 2025
Final four:
30 May 2025–1 June 2025
TeamsCompetition proper: 16
Total: 30 (from 13 countries)
WebsiteOfficial website
Tournament statistics
Matches played108

Format

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After one qualification round, sixteen teams will qualify for the group stage. Four groups of four will be played., with the top two in each group will make the quarter-finals round (also a group stage). The team that finish third and fourth will compete in the 2024–25 LEN Euro Cup knockout stage. The remaining eight teams in the quarter-finals round will play a further six matches, with the top two in each group making the final four.[1][2]

Rankings

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The top 11 best ranked countries in the new rankings are allowed to have their national champion go directly into the main round, as long as they meet requirements.[3]

Teams

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Alongside the 11 domestic champions, the defending champions also get a spot in the main round. In the event that the Champions League defending champions won their national league, the runners-up of the national league will take the vacant spot. In this season, as FTC-Telekom are the reigning champions, Hungary's spot was given to the Hungarian runners-up, A-Híd Vasas Plaket. After the abrupt withdrawal of the Italian champions, Pro Recco, due to financial reasons,[4][5] RN Savona, who placed second, takes their place in the Main round.[6] Also, despite finishing fourth, CC Ortigia took Italy's third spot in the tournament.[7] Croatia also saw a team withdrawing with Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka, who placed third, giving up their spot. The replacement was HAVK Mladost Zagreb, who finished fourth.[8]

Main round
  Jadran Split (1st)   CN Marseille (1st)   Dinamo Tbilisi (1st)   Waspo'98 Hannover (1st)
  Olympiacos Piraeus (1st)   FTC-Telekom CL (1st)   A-Híd Vasas Plaket (2nd)   RN Savona (2nd)
  Primorac Kotor (1st)   Steaua București (1st)   Novi Beograd (1st)   Zodiac Atlètic-Barceloneta (1st)
Qualification round
  VK Banja Luka (1st)   Jug AO Dubrovnik (2nd)   HAVK Mladost Zagreb (4th)   Pays d'Aix Natation (3rd)
  Spandau 04 Berlin (1st)   NC Vouliagmeni (2nd)   AC PAOK (3rd)   BVSC-Zugló (3rd)
  AN Brescia (3rd)   CC Ortigia (4th)   Jadran Herceg Novi (2nd)   CSM Oradea (2nd)
  Dinamo București (3rd)   Radnički Kragujevac (2nd)   VK Šabac (3rd)   Astrapool Sabadell (2nd)
  CN Barcelona (3rd)   Enka Istanbul (1st)

Round and draw dates

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Schedule

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Phase Round Round date
Qualification round 13–15 September 2024
Main round Matchday 1 8–9 October 2024
Matchday 2 15–16 October 2024
Matchday 3 29–30 October 2024
Matchday 4 12–13 November 2024
Matchday 5 19–20 November 2024
Matchday 6 3–4 December 2024
Quarter-finals round Matchday 1 4–5 February 2025
Matchday 2 25–26 February 2025
Matchday 3 18–19 March 2025
Matchday 4 1–2 April 2025
Matchday 5 22–23 April 2025
Matchday 6 13–14 May 2025
Final Four Semifinals 30 May 2025
Final 1 June 2025

Qualification round

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The group winners qualify for the main round, while everyone else drops down to the Euro Cup qualifiers.

Draw

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The draw was on 13 August 2024 in Zagreb, Croatia.[9] H indicates which club is hosting the groups. Teams in bold advanced to the main round.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

  AN Brescia
  Jug AO Dubrovnik (H)
  NC Vouliagmeni
  Astrapool Sabadell (H)

  Spandau 04 Berlin
  CC Ortigia
  CN Barcelona
  Radnički Kragujevac (H)

  VK Šabac
  Jadran Herceg Novi
  CSM Oradea (H)
  BVSC-Zugló

  HAVK Mladost Zagreb
  Enka Istanbul
  Pays d'Aix Natation
  VK Banja Luka
  Dinamo București
  AC PAOK

Group A

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13–15 September 2024, Dubrovnik, Croatia

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   JUG   BAR   JAD   DIN   BAN
1   Jug AO Dubrovnik (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Main round —
2   CN Barcelona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
3   Jadran Herceg Novi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
4   Dinamo București 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
5   VK Banja Luka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
Source: LEN
(H) Host

Group B

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13–15 September 2024, Kragujevac, Serbia

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   VOU   RAD   ZUG   MLA
1   NC Vouliagmeni 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Main round —
2   Radnički Kragujevac (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
3   BVSC-Zugló 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
4   HAVK Mladost Zagreb 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
Source: LEN
(H) Host

Group C

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13–15 September 2024, Oradea, Romania

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   BRE   SPA   ORA   ENK   PAOK
1   AN Brescia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Main round —
2   Spandau 04 Berlin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
3   CSM Oradea (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
4   Enka Istanbul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
5   AC PAOK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
Source: LEN
(H) Host

Group D

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13–15 September 2024, Sabadell, Spain

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   AST   ORT   SAB   PAY
1   Astrapool Sabadell (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Main round —
2   CC Ortigia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
3   VK Šabac 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
4   Pays d'Aix Natation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
Source: LEN
(H) Host

Main round

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Main article: 2024–25 LEN Champions League main round
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Location of teams of the 2024–25 LEN Champions League group stage.
  Red: Group A;   Blue: Group B;   Yellow: Group C;   Green: Group D

The top two from each group make the quarter-finals round. The bottom two from each group drops down to the Euro Cup eighth-finals.

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 2 points for a penalty shootout win, 1 point for a penalty shootout loss, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:


  • Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  • Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  • Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  • Goal difference in all group matches;
  • Goals scored in all group matches.


This season, RN Savona return to the Champions League for the first time in 18 years. For the first time since 2010–11, Primorac Kotor will participate. Waspo'98 Hannover comes back after a one season absence.

Group A

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Pos Team
 Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   NOV   HAN   STE PAY
1   Novi Beograd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Quarter-finals —
2   Waspo'98 Hannover 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
3   Steaua București 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Transfer to Euro Cup —
4 Group C winner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
Source: LEN

Group B

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Pos Team
 Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   FTC   JAD   DIN PAY
1   FTC-Telekom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Quarter-finals —
2   Jadran Split 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
3   Dinamo Tbilisi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Transfer to Euro Cup —
4 Group B winner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
Source: LEN

Group C

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Pos Team
 Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   BAR   MAR   VAS PAY
1   Zodiac Atlètic-Barceloneta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Quarter-finals —
2   CN Marseille 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
3   A-Híd Vasas Plaket 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Transfer to Euro Cup —
4 Group A winner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
Source: LEN

Group D

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Pos Team
 Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   OLY   SAV   KOT PAY
1   Olympiacos Piraeus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Quarter-finals —
2   RN Savona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
3   Primorac Kotor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Transfer to Euro Cup —
4 Group D winner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
Source: LEN

Final Four

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Main article: 2024–25 LEN Champions League Final four

On 18 January 2024, the final four was held in the capital of Malta, Valletta, at the National Pool Complex.[10][11]


References

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  1. ^ Spencer-Boyce, James (June 2, 2023). "Changes to European competitions reinforced in Belgrade".
  2. ^ https://www.len.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/REGULATIONS-EUROPEAN-AQUATICS-WATER-POLO-CLUB-COMPETITIONS-1.pdf
  3. ^ a b "Men Clubs Country Ranking - LEN - European Aquatics". www.len.eu. August 18, 2024.
  4. ^ https://www.wpdworld.com/news/pro-recco-giocatori-liberi-addio-champions-lobiettivo-la-salvezza/
  5. ^ https://www.ilpost.it/2024/07/17/pro-recco-crisi-vendita-volpi/
  6. ^ https://www.rarinantes.sv.it/17818/primo-piano/pallanuoto-la-bper-rari-nantes-savona-ottiene-la-wild-card-e-accedera-direttamente-ai-gironi-di-champions-league
  7. ^ https://www.canottieriortigia.it/lortigia-partecipera-alla-champions-league-2024-25-sorteggio-domani-alle-ore-14.html
  8. ^ https://havk-mladost.hr/zapci-u-kvalifikacije-za-ligu-prvaka-u-kragujevac/
  9. ^ https://www.len.eu/champions-league-draw-excitements-guaranteed/
  10. ^ "Malta will host European Aquatics Men's Champions League Final Four the next three years - LEN - European Aquatics". www.len.eu. January 18, 2024.
  11. ^ Spencer-Boyce, James (January 18, 2024). "Malta to host the next three Champions League finales".
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