2009–10 LEN Euroleague

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The 2009–10 LEN Euroleague was the 47th edition of Europe's premier club water polo competition. It lasted between 9 October 2009 and 15 May 2010.

2009–10 LEN Euroleague
LeagueLEN Euroleague
SportWater polo
Duration9 October 2009 to
15 May 2010
Number of teams16 (preliminary round)
34 (total)
Final Four
Finals championsItaly Pro Recco (6th title)
  Runners-upMontenegro Primorac Kotor
Finals MVPSerbia Vanja Udovičić (Pro Recco)
Euroleague seasons

Format

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The Euroleague is run in five phases:

  • First qualifying round, played as a single round robin tournament at the site of one of the teams competing (2 groups of 4, 2 groups of 5)
  • Second qualifying round, played as a single round robin tournament at the site of one of the teams competing (4 groups of 4)
  • Group (or preliminary) stage, played as a double round robin, home and away (4 groups of 4)
  • Quarterfinals, played as a knockout round on aggregate, home and away
  • Final four, played as a single knockout tournament at a neutral site (semifinals, third-place game, and final)

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Seeding

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Seeded countries

The eight countries with the best placed team in the preliminary rounds, or main group stage, in the previous year's competition, 2008–09 LEN Euroleague are seeded for this year's competition. Each seeded country earns 1 place in the main group stage, 1 place in the second qualifying round, and 1 place in the first qualifying round. These countries are:

Rank Country Best team in the group stages of 2008–09 LEN Euroleague Place in the group stages of 2008–09 LEN Euroleague
1. Greece Olympiacos Group C winner, 16 points
1. Serbia VK Partizan Group D winner, 16 points
3. Italy Pro Recco Group A winner, 12 points
4. Montenegro PVK Jadran Group B winner, 11 points
5. Hungary Vasas SC Second place Group D, 12 points
6. Croatia HAVK Mladost Second place Group B, 10 points
7. Russia Spartak Volgograd Third place Group A, 9 points
8. Spain CN Atlètic Barceloneta Fourth place Group B, 5 points
9. France Cercle des Nageurs de Marseille Fourth place Group D, 2 points

Unseeded countries

All other countries were invited to enter up to two clubs into the first qualifying round.

Entries

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First qualifying round (18) How qualified
  Amateur Schwimm Club Duisburg Playoff finalist, German Bundesliga 2008/09 [2]
  AŠD Vaterpolo Koper Rokava Slovenian Champions 2008/09 (?)
  Brixia Leonessa Nuoto SSD A R.L. 3rd place playoff winner, Serie A1 2008/09 [3]
  Cercle des Nageurs de Marseille Winner, final four playoff, Championnat de France Elite 2008/09 [4]
  ČH Hornets Košice Slovakian Champions 2008/09 (?)
  CSM Frigoconti Oradea Romanian Super League Champions 2008/09 [5]
  Galatasaray Men's Water Polo Team Turkish Premier League Champions 2008/09 [6][permanent dead link]
  LSTW Lodz Winner Polish Championship 2009 [7]
  Olympic Nice Natation Runner-up, final four playoff, Championnat de France Elite 2008/09 [8]
  Portinado Portuguese Cup Champions 2009 [9]
  PVK Rabotnicki - Skopje Macedonian Champions 2008/09 (?)
  Sintez Kazan 3rd place, Russian League 2008/09 (?) [10] Archived 2019-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
  T-Mobile Honvéd 3rd place playoff winner, Hungarian Championship 2008/09 [11]
  Vaterpolo Club Niš 3rd place playoff winner (?) Serbian Championship 2008/09 [12]
  Vaterpolo Klub Šibenik 3rd place playoff winner (?) Croatian First Division 2008/09 [13]
  Vouliagmeni Nautical Club 3rd place, Greek Division A1 (?) 2008/09 [14]
  Wasserball Club Tirol Austrian Bundesliga Champions 2009 [15]
  Wasserfreunde Spandau Playoff winners, German Bundesliga 2008/09 [16]
Second qualifying round (8) How qualified
  A.S.D. Circolo Nautico Posillipo Playoff finalist, Serie A1 2008/09 [17]
  Havk Mladost Playoff finalist (?) Croatian First Division 2008/09 [18]
  Panionios G.S.S. Athens Runner-up, Greek Division A1 (?) 2008/09 [19]
  Spartak City Volgograd Runner-up, Russian League 2008/09 (?) [20] Archived 2019-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
  Vaterpolo Klub Budva - M:TEL Playoff finalist, Montenegrin League 2009 [21][permanent dead link]
  VK Primorac Kotor [1] 3rd place playoff winners, Montenegrin League 2009 [22][permanent dead link]
  VK Vojvodina Novi Sad Playoff finalist (?) Serbian Championship 2008/09 [23]
  ZF Eger Playoff finalist, Hungarian Championship 2008/09 [24]
Group stage (8) How qualified
  A.S.D. Pro Recco Playoff winners, Serie A1 2008/09 [25]
  Aquatic Sport Club Shturm 2002 Champions, Russian League 2008/09 (?) [26] Archived 2019-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
  Club Natació Atlètic Barceloneta Playoff winners, Spanish Premier Division 2008/09 [27]
  Jug Croatia Osiguranje Playoff winners (?) Croatian First Division 2008/09 [28]
  Olympiacos Champions, Greek Division A1 (?) 2008/09 [29]
  SWC Jadran CBK - Herceg Novi Playoff winners, Montenegrin League 2009 [30][permanent dead link]
  Teva - Vasasplaket Budapest Playoff winners, Hungarian Championship 2008/09 [31]
  WPC Partizan Raiffeisen Playoff winners (?) Serbian Championship 2008/09 [32]

First qualifying round

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Key to colors in group tables
Progress to the 2nd Qualifying Round
Progress to the LEN Cup 2nd Qualifying Round

Group A (Šibenik)

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Sintez Kazan 3 2 1 0 38 20 +18 7
2   VK Šibenik 3 2 1 0 35 24 +11 7
3   Olympique Nice 3 1 0 2 32 42 −10 3
4   LSTW Lodz 3 0 0 3 23 42 −19 0
Source: [citation needed]

Group B (Marseille)

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Budapest Honved 3 3 0 0 45 20 +25 9
2   Cercle des Nageurs de Marseille 3 2 0 1 36 28 +8 6
3   ASC Duisburg 3 1 0 2 40 34 +6 3
4   WC Tirol 3 0 0 3 18 57 −39 0
Source: [citation needed]

Group C (Berlin)

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Brixia Leonessa Nuoto 4 4 0 0 55 29 +26 12
2   Wasserfreunde Spandau 04 4 3 0 1 59 24 +35 9
3   CSM Oradea 4 2 0 2 59 35 +24 6
4   ASDVC Koper Rokava 4 1 0 3 40 44 −4 3
5   Rabotnički Skopje 4 0 0 4 12 93 −81 0
Source: [citation needed]

Group D (Košice)

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   CH Hornets Košice 4 4 0 0 51 24 +27 12
2   Vouliagmeni NC 4 3 0 1 54 23 +31 9
3   Galatasaray Istanbul 4 2 0 2 45 34 +11 6
4   VK Niš 4 1 0 3 35 36 −1 3
5   Portinado 4 0 0 4 11 79 −68 0
Source: [citation needed]

Second qualifying round

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Key to colors in group tables
Progress to the Group Stage
Progress to the LEN Cup 2nd Qualifying Round

Group E (Eger)

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   ZF Eger 3 3 0 0 22 9 +13 9
2   Panionios GSS 3 1 1 1 28 27 +1 4
3   VK Šibenik 3 1 1 1 31 34 −3 4
4   Brixia Leonessa Nuoto 3 0 0 3 23 30 −7 0
Source: [citation needed]

Group F (Budva)

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Mladost Zagreb 3 2 1 0 34 24 +10 7
2   Budvanska Rivijera 3 2 1 0 24 17 +7 7
3   WF Spandau 04 3 1 0 2 18 26 −8 3
4   Hornets Košice 3 0 0 3 19 28 −9 0
Source: [citation needed]

Group G (Naples)

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Primorac Kotor 3 3 0 0 41 19 +22 9
2   Sintez Kazan 3 2 0 1 26 25 +1 6
3   CN Posillipo Naples 3 1 0 2 19 26 −7 3
4   CN Marseille 3 0 0 3 18 24 −6 0
Source: [citation needed]

Group G (Athens)

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Budapest Honved 3 2 1 0 21 18 +3 7
2   Vojvodina Novi Sad 3 2 1 0 27 25 +2 7
3   Spartak Volgograd 3 0 2 1 23 24 −1 2
4   Vouliagmeni NC 3 0 1 2 20 24 −4 1
Source: [citation needed]

Preliminary round

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Location of teams of the 2009–10 LEN Euroleague group stage.
  Red: Group A;   Green: Group B;   Blue: Group C;   Yellow: Group D.
Key to colors in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advanced to the Quarter-finals

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Atlètic-Barceloneta 6 4 1 1 60 53 +7 13
  Jadran Herceg Novi 6 4 0 2 55 42 +13 12
  HAVK Mladost 6 1 2 3 45 46 −1 5
  Vojvodina 6 1 1 4 44 63 −19 4
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Primorac Kotor 6 5 1 0 62 48 +14 16
  Jug Dubrovnik 6 2 2 2 60 57 +3 8
  Vasas 6 2 1 3 58 54 +4 7
  Panionios 6 1 0 5 47 68 −21 3
Source: [citation needed]

Group C

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Partizan 6 6 0 0 60 34 +26 18
  Budva 6 3 0 3 48 52 −4 9
  Olympiacos 6 2 0 4 51 51 0 6
  Honvéd 6 1 0 5 43 65 −22 3
Source: [citation needed]

Group D

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Pro Recco 6 5 1 0 68 43 +25 16
  Eger 6 2 2 2 47 47 0 8
  Sintez Kazan 6 2 0 4 45 55 −10 6
  Šturm 2002 6 1 1 4 39 54 −15 4
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage

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Quarter-finals

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The first legs were played on 24 March, and the second legs were played on 14 April 2010.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Atlètic-Barceloneta   16–19   Jug Dubrovnik 7–9 9–10
Eger   9–22   Partizan 4–12 5–10
Jadran Herceg Novi   15–24   Primorac Kotor 9–14 6–10
Pro Recco   21–15   Budva 9–5 12–10

Final Four (Naples)

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Awards

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Final four MVP
  Vanja Udovičić (Pro Recco)
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  • "European Water Polo Cups for Club Teams" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2009-10-21., Ligue européenne de natation, 5 August 2008.

Notes

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  1. ^ Spain was a seeded country, but only entered one team into the 2009/10 Euroleague. The third placed Montenegrin side was elevated to the second qualifying round, but there is no explanation for this choice by LEN available. However, Kotor did win the 2008/09 Euroleague.