2010–11 LEN Euroleague

The 2010–11 LEN Euroleague was the highest-level competition in men's European club water polo. It involved the champions and other top teams from European national leagues and ran from September 2010 to May 2011. The Final Four (semifinals, final, and third place game) took place on 3–4 June at Foro Italico, Rome.

2010–11 LEN Euroleague
LeagueLEN Euroleague
SportWater Polo
Duration23 September 2010 to
4 June 2011
Number of teams16 (preliminary round)
34 (total)
Final Four
Finals championsSerbia Partizan (7th title)
  Runners-upItaly Pro Recco
Finals MVPHungary Tamás Kásás (Pro Recco)

Allocation by federation

Water polo federations are allocated places in accordance with their performances in the preliminary round (group stage) of the 2009–10 LEN Euroleague:[1]

  • Seeded Federations ranked 1–8 in a ranking of the best-placed team from each federation in the preliminary round of the previous year's competition have three teams qualify. In 2009/10, the preliminary round had exactly eight federations represented: Croatia, Greece, Italy, Hungary, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, and Spain
  • All other federations have two teams qualify and are unseeded

Federations do not have to enter their top two teams into the Euroleague. If they do not think their clubs can be competitive, they can enter teams into the second-tier LEN Cup.

Format and Distribution

The LEN Euroleague 2010/11 has a slightly different format to previous years with the addition of a second group stage to replace the two-legged quarterfinals. There are five phases to this competition:

  • First qualifying round (Round-robin tournament) at a single site the weekend ending 26 September 2010
  • Second qualifying round (Round-robin tournament) at a single site the weekend ending 10 October 2010
  • Preliminary round (First Group stage) played home and away from 13 November 2010 to 2 February 2011
  • Quarterfinal round (Second Group stage) played home and away from 16 February to 4 May 2011
  • Final four played as a single knockout tournament on 27–28 May 2011
Teams entering this roundTeams advancing from the previous round
First qualifying round
(no limit on teams)
  • champions from unseeded federations
  • runners-up from unseeded federations
  • 8 third-placed teams from seeded federations
Second qualifying round
(16 teams)[note 1]
  • 8 runners-up from seeded federations
  • 4 tournament winners from the first qualifying round
  • 4 tournament runners-up from the first qualifying round
Preliminary round
(First group stage)
(16 teams)
  • 8 champions from seeded federations
  • 4 tournament winners from the second qualifying round
  • 4 tournament runners-up from the second qualifying round
Quarterfinal round
(Second group stage)
(8 teams)
  • 4 group winners from the preliminary round
  • 4 group runners-up from the preliminary round
Final Four
(4 teams)
  • 2 group winners from the quarterfinal round
  • 2 group runners-up from the quarterfinal round

Teams

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses.

First qualifying round
Croatia Primorje Erste Banka (3rd)[2] Spain CN Terrassa (3rd)[3] Greece Vouliagmeni NC (3rd)[4] Hungary Szeged Beton (3rd)[5]
Italy Brixia Leonessa Brescia (3rd)[6] Montenegro Budva M-Tel (3rd)[7] France CN Marseille (1st)[8] Russia Shturm 2002 Chehov (3rd)[9]
Germany ASC Duisburg (2nd)[10] Germany Spandau 04 Berlin (1st)[10] Netherlands Schurmann BRC (1st)[11] Poland LSTW Łódź (1st)[12]
Romania CSM Digi Oradea (1st)[13] France Montpellier Waterpolo (2nd)[8] Slovakia CH Košice (1st) Turkey Galatasaray Istanbul (1st)[14]
Turkey Yüzme Istanbul (3rd)[14] Ukraine BMK Karkov (1st)
Second qualifying round
Croatia HAVK Mladost (2nd)Spain CN Barcelona (2nd)Greece Panionios GSS Athens (2nd)Hungary ZF Eger (2nd)
Italy RN Savona (2nd)Montenegro Primorac Kotor (2nd)Serbia Vojvodina Novi Sad (2nd)Russia Sintez Kazan (2nd)
Preliminary round (First group stage)
Croatia Jug Dubrovnik (1st)Spain CN Atlètic Barceloneta (1st)Greece Olympiacos Piraeus (1st)Hungary Teva-Vasas Uniqa Budapest (1st)
Italy Pro ReccoTH (1st)Montenegro Jadran Herceg Novi (1st)Serbia Partizan Raiffeisen Belgrade (1st)Russia Spartak Volgograd (1st)

th Title Holder

Tournament phase

First qualifying round
Key to colors in group tables
Progress to the Second Qualifying Round
Progress to the LEN Cup 2nd Qualifying Round

Group A (Košice)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Germany Spandau 04 Berlin 3 3 0 0 28 16 +12 9
2 Slovakia CH Košice 3 1 1 1 25 23 +2 4
3 Spain CN Terrassa 3 1 0 2 25 30 −5 3
4 Turkey Galatasaray Istanbul 3 0 1 2 19 28 −9 1
Source:

Group B (Istanbul)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Italy Brixia Leonessa Brescia 4 4 0 0 47 30 +17 12
2 Greece Vouliagmeni NC 4 3 0 1 39 27 +12 9
3 Germany ASC Duisburg 4 1 0 3 35 31 +4 3
4 Turkey Yumze Istanbul 4 1 0 3 29 45 −16 3
5 Ukraine BMK Karkov 4 1 0 3 22 39 −17 3
Source:

Group C (Szeged)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Croatia Primorje EB 3 3 0 0 31 19 +12 9
2 Hungary Szeged Beton 3 2 0 1 30 18 +12 6
3 France Montpellier Waterpolo 3 1 0 2 19 28 −9 3
4 Romania CSM Digi Oradea 3 0 0 3 17 32 −15 0
Source:

Group D (Budva)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Montenegro Budva M-Tel 4 4 0 0 55 28 +27 12
2 France CN Marseille 4 3 0 1 50 27 +23 9
3 Netherlands Schurmann BRC 4 2 0 2 32 36 −4 6
4 Russia Shturm 2002 Chehov 4 1 0 3 46 40 +6 3
5 Poland LSTW Lodz 4 0 0 4 18 70 −52 0
Source:

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

Group E (Barcelona)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Montenegro Budva M-Tel 3 3 0 0 29 22 +7 9
2 Spain CN Barcelona 3 2 0 1 27 30 −3 6
3 Italy RN Savona 3 1 0 2 27 20 +7 3
4 Greece Vouliagmeni NC 3 0 0 3 19 30 −11 0
Source:
Matchday One
CN Barcelona 7–12 Budva M-Tel
Vouliagmeni NC 2–11 RN Savona
Matchday Two
CN Barcelona 10–9 Vouliagmeni NC
Budva M-Tel 8–7 RN Savona
Matchday Three
Vouliagmeni NC 8–9 Budva M-Tel
CN Barcelona 10–9 RN Savona

Group F (Novi Sad)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Hungary Szeged Beton 3 3 0 0 32 24 +8 9
2 Serbia Vojvodina Novi Sad 3 2 0 1 21 22 −1 6
3 Italy Brixia Leonessa Brescia 3 0 1 2 24 27 −3 1
4 Russia Sintez Kazan 3 0 1 2 23 27 −4 1
Source:
Matchday One
Vojvodina Novi Sad 6–11 Szeged Beton
Brixia Leonessa Brescia 9–9 Sintez Kazan
Matchday Two
Vojvodina Novi Sad 7–5 Brixia Leonessa Brescia
Sintez Kazan 8–10 Szeged Beton
Matchday Three
Vojvodina Novi Sad 8–6 Sintez Kazan
Brixia Leonessa Brescia 10–11 Szeged Beton

Group G (Berlin)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Croatia HAVK Mladost 3 3 0 0 38 28 +10 9
2 Hungary ZF Eger 3 2 0 1 32 26 +6 6
3 Germany Spandau 04 Berlin 3 1 0 2 24 29 −5 3
4 France CN Marseille 3 0 0 3 22 33 −11 0
Source:
Matchday One
Mladost Zagreb 13–12 ZF Eger
Spandau 04 Berlin 10–7 CN Marseille
Matchday Two
Mladost Zagreb 12–7 CN Marseille
Spandau 04 Berlin 5–9 ZF Eger
Matchday Three
CN Marseille 8–11 ZF Eger
Spandau 04 Berlin 9–13 Mladost Zagreb

Group G (Rijeka)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Croatia Primorje EB 3 3 0 0 40 23 +17 9
2 Montenegro Primorac Kotor 3 2 0 1 30 19 +11 6
3 Greece Panionios GSS Athens 3 1 0 2 20 29 −9 3
4 Slovakia CH Košice 3 0 0 3 19 38 −19 0
Source:
Matchday One
Primorje EB 19–8 CH Košice
Panionios GSS Athens 4–12 Primorac Kotor
Matchday Two
Primorje EB 12–9 Primorac Kotor
CH Košice 8–10 Panionios GSS Athens
Matchday Three
CH Košice 3–9 Primorac Kotor
Primorje EB 9–6 Panionios GSS Athens

Group stage
Key to colors in group tables
Progress to the Quarterfinal Round
Eliminated

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Montenegro Jadran Herceg Novi 6 4 0 2 61 57 +4 12
2 Hungary Teva-Vasas Uniqa Budapest 6 3 1 2 54 56 −2 10[lower-alpha 1]
3 Montenegro Primorac Kotor 6 3 1 2 58 48 +10 10[lower-alpha 2]
4 Hungary Szeged Beton 6 0 2 4 52 64 −12 2
Source:
Notes:
  1. Tiebreaker: 2–0
  2. Tiebreaker: 0–2
Matchday One
Szeged Beton 9–9 Teva-Vasas Uniqa Budapest
Primorac Kotor 12–7 Jadran Herceg Novi
Matchday Two
Jadran Herceg Novi 13–10 Szeged Beton
Teva-Vasas Uniqa Budapest 7–6 Primorac Kotor
Matchday Three
Szeged Beton 7–13 Primorac Kotor
Jadran Herceg Novi 11–10 Teva-Vasas Uniqa Budapest
Matchday Four
Primorac Kotor 9–9 Szeged Beton
Teva-Vasas Uniqa Budapest 8–12 Jadran Herceg Novi
Matchday Five
Primorac Kotor 8–9 Teva-Vasas Uniqa Budapest
Szeged Beton 7–9 Jadran Herceg Novi
Matchday Six
Teva-Vasas Uniqa Budapest 11–10 Szeged Beton
Jadran Herceg Novi 9–10 Primorac Kotor

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Italy Pro Recco 6 6 0 0 73 32 +41 18
2 Montenegro Budva M-Tel 6 3 0 3 44 40 +4 9
3 Russia Spartak Volgograd 6 1 1 4 35 56 −21 4
4 Serbia Vojvodina Novi Sad 6 1 1 4 41 65 −24 4
Source:
Matchday One
Budva M-Tel 9–7 Vojvodina Novi Sad
Pro Recco 16–5 Spartak Volgograd
Matchday Two
Vojvodina Novi Sad 8–15 Pro Recco
Spartak Volgograd 6–5 Budva M-Tel
Matchday Three
Pro Recco 12–7 Budva M-Tel
Vojvodina Novi Sad 10–10 Spartak Volgograd
Matchday Four
Spartak Volgograd 6–8 Vojvodina Novi Sad
Budva M-Tel 5–6 Pro Recco
Matchday Five
Pro Recco 16–2 Vojvodina Novi Sad
Budva M-Tel 9–3 Spartak Volgograd
Matchday Six
Vojvodina Novi Sad 6–9 Budva M-Tel
Spartak Volgograd 5–8 Pro Recco

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Croatia HAVK Mladost 6 5 0 1 62 49 +13 15
2 Serbia Partizan Raiffeisen Belgrade 6 4 1 1 57 40 +17 13
3 Spain CN Barcelona 6 1 1 4 41 59 −18 4
4 Greece Olympiacos Piraeus 6 1 0 5 45 57 −12 3
Source:
Matchday One
CN Barcelona 10–8 Olympiacos Piraeus
HAVK Mladost 10–8 Partizan Raiffeisen Belgrade
Matchday Two
Olympiacos Piraeus 8–9 HAVK Mladost
Partizan Raiffeisen Belgrade 6–6 CN Barcelona
Matchday Three
Olympiacos Piraeus 7–9 Partizan Raiffeisen Belgrade
HAVK Mladost 10–4 CN Barcelona
Matchday Four
Partizan Raiffeisen Belgrade 7–1 Olympiacos Piraeus
CN Barcelona 5–11 HAVK Mladost
Matchday Five
HAVK Mladost 15–10 Olympiacos Piraeus
CN Barcelona 9–13 Partizan Raiffeisen Belgrade
Matchday Six
Partizan Raiffeisen Belgrade 14–7 HAVK Mladost
Olympiacos Piraeus 11–7 CN Barcelona

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Croatia Jug Dubrovnik 6 6 0 0 77 52 +25 18
2 Croatia Primorje Erste Banka 6 3 0 3 47 45 +2 9[lower-alpha 1]
3 Spain CN Atlètic Barceloneta 6 3 0 3 55 65 −10 9[lower-alpha 2]
4 Hungary ZF Eger 6 0 0 6 46 63 −17 0
Source:
Notes:
  1. Tiebreaker: 1–1,+1
  2. Tiebreaker: 1–1,-1
Matchday One
CN Atlètic Barceloneta 10–9 ZF Eger
Jug Dubrovnik 12–7 Primorje Erste Banka
Matchday Two
ZF Eger 9–10 Jug Dubrovnik
Primorje Erste Banka 8–6 CN Atlètic Barceloneta
Matchday Three
Jug Dubrovnik 14–9 CN Atlètic Barceloneta
ZF Eger 6–11 Primorje Erste Banka
Matchday Four
Primorje Erste Banka 7–4 ZF Eger
CN Atlètic Barceloneta 11–18 Jug Dubrovnik
Matchday Five
Jug Dubrovnik 15–10 ZF Eger
CN Atlètic Barceloneta 9–8 Primorje Erste Banka
Matchday Six
Primorje Erste Banka 6–8 Jug Dubrovnik
ZF Eger 8–10 CN Atlètic Barceloneta

Quarterfinal Round (Second Group Stage)
Key to colors in group tables
Progress to the Final Four
Eliminated

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Serbia Partizan Raiffeisen Belgrade 6 6 0 0 69 43 +26 18
2 Montenegro Budva M-Tel 6 3 0 3 37 48 −11 9
3 Croatia Jug Dubrovnik 6 2 1 3 57 52 +5 7
4 Montenegro Jadran Herceg Novi 6 0 1 5 42 62 −20 1
Source:
Matchday One
Jug Dubrovnik Croatia 10–6 Montenegro Budva M-Tel
Jadran Herceg NoviMontenegro 8–13 Serbia Partizan Raiffeisen Belgrade
Matchday Two
Budva M-Tel Montenegro 6–5 Montenegro Jadran Herceg Novi
Partizan Raiffeisen Belgrade Serbia 11–10 Croatia Jug Dubrovnik
Matchday Three
Jug Dubrovnik Croatia 13–6 Montenegro Jadran Herceg Novi
Partizan Raiffeisen Belgrade Serbia 10–2 Montenegro Budva M-Tel
Matchday Four
Budva M-Tel Montenegro 5–8 Serbia Partizan Raiffeisen Belgrade
Jadran Herceg Novi Montenegro 7–7 Croatia Jug Dubrovnik
Matchday Five
Jug Dubrovnik Croatia 10–13 Serbia Partizan Raiffeisen Belgrade
Jadran Herceg Novi Montenegro 5–6 Montenegro Budva M-Tel
Matchday Six
Partizan Raiffeisen Belgrade Serbia 14–8 Montenegro Jadran Herceg Novi
Budva M-Tel Montenegro 9–7 Croatia Jug Dubrovnik

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Italy Ferla Pro Recco 6 6 0 0 68 42 +26 18
2 Croatia HAVK Mladost 6 3 0 3 46 52 −6 9
3 Croatia Primorje Erste Banka 6 2 1 3 58 61 −3 7
4 Hungary Teva-Vasas Uniqa Budapest 6 0 1 5 46 63 −17 1
Source:
Matchday One
HAVK Mladost Croatia 5–9 Italy Ferla Pro Recco
Primorje Erste Banka Croatia 13–6 Hungary Teva-Vasas Uniqa Budapest
Matchday Two
Teva-Vasas Uniqa Budapest Hungary 8–9 Croatia HAVK Mladost
Ferla Pro Recco Italy 15–9 Croatia Primorje Erste Banka
Matchday Three
Primorje Erste Banka Croatia 8–6 Croatia HAVK Mladost
Ferla Pro Recco Italy 12–6 Hungary Teva-Vasas Uniqa Budapest
Matchday Four
HAVK Mladost Croatia 10–9 Croatia Primorje Erste Banka
Teva-Vasas Uniqa Budapest Hungary 7–9 Italy Ferla Pro Recco
Matchday Five
HAVK Mladost Croatia 8–7 Hungary Teva-Vasas Uniqa Budapest
Primorje Erste Banka Croatia 7–12 Italy Ferla Pro Recco
Matchday Six
Teva-Vasas Uniqa Budapest Hungary 12–12 Croatia Primorje Erste Banka
Ferla Pro Recco Italy 11–8 Croatia HAVK Mladost

Final Four (Rome)

Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto, Rome, Italy

The end of the final match.
 
Semifinals
3 June 2011		Final
4 June 2011
 
      
 
 
 
 
Serbia Partizan12
 
 
 
Croatia HAVK Mladost9
 
Serbia Partizan11
 
 
 
Italy Pro Recco7
 
Italy Pro Recco9
 
 
Montenegro Budva4
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
Croatia HAVK Mladost (pen)14
 
 
Montenegro Budva12

Semi-finals

3 June
19:30		 [ Report] Partizan Serbia 12–9 Croatia HAVK Mladost Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto, Rome
Referees:
Tulga, Spiegel
Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–1, 3–3, 4–4
Radović, Mitrović 3 Goals Udovičić, Muslim 2
3 June
21:00		 [ Report] Pro Recco Italy 9–4 Montenegro Budva Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto, Rome
Referees:
Alexandrescu, Borrel Sanchez
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–0, 1–1, 3–2
Benedek, Zloković 2 Goals Danilović 2

Third place

4 June 2011
19:30		 [ Report] HAVK Mladost Croatia 14–12 Montenegro Budva Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto, Rome
Referees:
Stavropuolos, Alexandrescu
Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–4, 1–2, 4–1  OT: 2–1, 0–1; pen. 4–2
Udovičić, Karač 4 Goals Pasković 3

Final

4 June 2011
21:00		 [ Report] Partizan Serbia 11–7 Italy Pro Recco Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto, Rome
Referees:
Tulga, Borrel Sanchez
Score by quarters: 2–1, 5–4, 2–1, 2–1
Korolija 3 Goals Madaras 3
 2010–11 Euroleague
champions 
Serbia Partizan
7th title
Slobodan Soro, Theodoros Chatzitheodorou, Nikola Rađen, Miloš Korolija, Milan Aleksić, Duško Pijetlović, Andrija Prlainović, Aleksandar Radović, Dušan Mandić, Stefan Mitrović, Vladimir Vujasinović, Miloš Ćuk, Nikola Dedović, Stefan Živojinović
Head coach
Igor Milanović

Final standings
Team
Serbia Partizan
Italy Pro Recco
Croatia HAVK Mladost
Montenegro Budva

Awards
Final four MVP
Hungary Tamás Kásás (Pro Recco)

Notes
  1. The rules state that there should be 24 teams in the second qualifying round. Due to a lack of teams entered, this has been reduced to 16 teams.

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