2015–16 LEN Champions League

The 2015–16 LEN Champions League was the 53rd edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. It ran from 4 September 2015 to 4 June 2016, and was contested by 27 teams from 13 countries. The Final Six (quarterfinals, semifinals, final, and third place game) took place on 2, 3 & 4 June in Budapest.

2015–16 LEN Champions League
LeagueLEN Champions League
SportWater Polo
Duration4 September 2015 to
4 June 2016
Number of teams12 (preliminary round)
27 (total)
Season MVPSerbia Filip Filipović (Pro Recco)
Top scorerHungary Denes Varga 33 goals (Szolnok)
Final Six
Finals championsCroatia Jug Dubrovnik (4th Title)
  Runners-upGreece Olympiacos
Finals MVPSpain Felipe Perrone (Jug Dubrovnik)

Overview

Team allocation
See also: 2015–16 LEN Champions League squads

8 teams are directly qualified for the preliminary round.

Preliminary round
Croatia Jug Germany Spandau 04 Hungary Eger Serbia Partizan
Spain Atlètic-Barceloneta Greece Olympiacos Italy Pro ReccoTH Turkey Galatasaray
Qualification round II
Croatia Primorje Hungary Szolnok Serbia Radnički Kragujevac Greece Vouliagmeni
Germany Duisburg Italy Brescia Spain Sabadell
Qualification round I
Croatia Mladost Russia Spartak Volgograd Montenegro Jadran France Montpellier
Italy Verona Romania Oradea Montenegro Budva Malta Valletta
France Marseille Hungary Orvosegyetem Germany Waspo 98 Hannover Georgia (country) Lokomotiv Tbilisi

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.[1]

Phase Round First leg Second leg
Qualifying Qualification round I 4–6 September 2015
Qualification round II 18–20 September 2015
Qualification round III
(play-off round)		 3 October 2015 17 October 2015
Preliminary round Matchday 1 28 October 2015
Matchday 2 11 November 2015
Matchday 3 28 November 2015
Matchday 4 16 December 2015
Matchday 5 3 February 2016
Matchday 6 10 February 2016
Matchday 7 30 March 2016
Matchday 8 16 April 2016
Matchday 9 30 April 2016
Matchday 10 18 May 2016
Final 6
(Budapest)		 Quarter-finals 2 June 2016
Semi-finals 3 June 2016
Final 4 June 2016

Qualifying rounds

Qualification I
  • 4-6 September

Twelve teams took part in the Qualification round I. They were drawn into three groups of four teams, whose played on 4–6 September 2015. Top 3 teams of each group advance to qualification round II.[2]

Key to colours in group tables
Progress to the Round II

Group A

Tournament was played in Herceg Novi, Montenegro.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Russia SPA Montenegro JAD France MON Croatia HAVK
Russia Spartak Volgograd 3 3 0 0 46 30 +16 9 18–12 15–7
Montenegro Jadran Carine 3 2 0 1 29 25 +4 6 11–13 11–7 7–5
France Montpellier 3 1 0 2 27 35 −8 3 8–6
Croatia HAVK Mladost 3 0 0 3 18 30 −12 0
Source:

Group B

Tournament was played in Valletta, Malta.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Italy VER Romania ORA Montenegro BUD Malta VAL
Italy Verona 3 2 1 0 41 22 +19 7 11–6
Romania Oradea 3 1 2 0 36 29 +7 5 11–11 18–11
Montenegro Budva 3 1 1 1 22 23 −1 4 7–7
Malta Valletta 3 0 0 3 21 46 −25 0 5–19 5–9
Source:

Group C

Tournament was played in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Germany WAS Hungary OSC France CNM Georgia (country) LOK
Germany Waspo Hannover 3 2 1 0 28 24 +4 7 10–8
Hungary OSC Budapest 3 1 2 0 32 20 +12 5 7–7
France CN Marseille 3 1 1 1 35 29 +6 4 10–10
Georgia (country) Lokomotiv Tbilisi 3 0 0 3 21 43 −22 0 9–11 3–15 9–17
Source:

Qualification II
  • 18–20 September

Sixteen teams took part in the Qualification round II. Nine teams from first round and seven teams with wild cards. These clubs formed four groups of four and had round robin tournaments at four host cities on 18–20 October. Top 2 of these groups advance to play-off (qualification round 3).[3]

Key to colours in group tables
Progress to the Qualification Round III

Group D

Tournament was played in Athens, Greece.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Hungary OSC Italy BRE Greece VOU France MON
Hungary OSC Budapest 3 2 1 0 29 17 +12 7 10–6
Italy AN Brescia 3 2 1 0 27 22 +5 7 8–8
Greece NC Vouliagmeni 3 1 0 2 21 26 −5 3 6–10 9–6
France Montpellier 3 0 0 3 17 29 −12 0 3–11 8–9
Source:

Group E

Tournament was played in Hannover, Germany.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Hungary SZO Germany WAS Serbia RAD Montenegro BUD
Hungary Szolnoki VSK 3 3 0 0 51 17 +34 9 11–10
Germany Waspo Hannover 3 2 0 1 36 24 +12 6 10–11 14–7 12–6
Serbia VK Radnički 3 1 0 2 17 42 −25 3 2–21 8–7
Montenegro VK Budva 3 0 0 3 18 39 −21 0
Source:

Group F

Tournament was played in Rijeka, Croatia.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Croatia PRI France CNM Russia SPA Germany DUI
Croatia VK Primorje 3 3 0 0 45 27 +18 9 13–12 14–7 18–8
France CN Marseille 3 2 0 1 38 30 +8 6 14–9
Russia Spartak Volgograd 3 0 1 2 30 42 −12 1
Germany ASC Duisburg 3 0 1 2 30 44 −14 1 8–12 14–14
Source:

Group G

Tournament was played in Busto Arsizio, Italy.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Montenegro JAD Romania ORA Italy VER Spain SAB
Montenegro Jadran Carine 3 3 0 0 24 21 +3 9 10–9
Romania Digi Oradea 3 2 0 1 29 21 +8 6 6–7 13–6
Italy SM Verona 3 1 0 2 27 29 −2 3 8–10 10–9
Spain CN Sabadell 3 0 0 3 21 30 −9 0 6–7
Source:

Qualification III
  • 3 October 2015: 1st match
  • 17 October 2015: 2nd match
Key to colors
Seeded in qualification round III draw
Unseeded in qualification round III draw
Group Winners Runners-up
D Hungary OSC Budapest Italy AN Brescia
E Hungary Szolnoki VSK Germany Waspo Hannover
F Croatia VK Primorje France CN Marseille
G Montenegro Jadran Carine Romania Digi Oradea

Eight teams took part in the Qualification round III. These teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follow:

  • In the draw for the Qualification round III, the four group winners were seeded, and the four group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group could not be drawn against each other.

The first legs were played on 3 October, and the second legs were played on 17 October 2015.[4]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
VK Primorje Croatia 29–12 Germany Waspo Hannover 19–6 10–6
Digi Oradea Romania 10–19 Hungary OSC Budapest 7–9 3–10
CN Marseille France 12–20 Hungary Szolnoki VSK 6–7 6–13
Jadran Carine Montenegro 22–18 Italy AN Brescia 14–6 8–12

Preliminary round
Location of teams of the 2015–16 LEN Champions League group stage.
Red: Group A; Blue: Group B.

Main article: 2015–16 LEN Champions League preliminary round

The regular season was played between 28 October 2015 and 18 May 2016. If teams are level on record at the end of the preliminary round, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

  1. Head-to-head record.
  2. Head-to-head point differential.
  3. Point differential during the Regular Season.
  4. Points scored during the regular season.
  5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular Season match.

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 28 October, 11 November, 28 November, 16 December 2015, 3 February, 10 February, 30 March, 16 April, 30 April, and 18 May 2016. The top three teams advanced to the final six.

The Final Six (quarterfinals, semifinals, third place game and final) were played in Budapest, Hungary from 2 to 4 June 2016.[5]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification OLY EGE BAR PRI SPA JAD
1 Greece Olympiacos 10 7 3 0 95 59 +36 24 Advance to semifinals — 8–7 9–5 7–4 12–3 10–4
2 Hungary ZF Eger 10 4 4 2 90 80 +10 16 Advance to quarter-finals 8–8 — 6–5 12–12 10–7 8–7
3 Spain CNA Barceloneta 10 4 4 2 79 74 +5 16 7–7 6–6 — 9–7 9–7 15–10
4 Croatia VK Primorje 10 4 3 3 91 83 +8 15 Eliminated 4–10 8–7 9–9 — 14–4 13–7
5 Germany Spandau 04 10 0 5 5 75 106 −31 5 11–11 8–15 8–8 9–9 — 9–9
6 Montenegro Jadran Carine 10 0 3 7 77 105 −28 3 6–13 11–11 5–6 9–11 9–9 —
Source: LEN

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification REC SZO JUG BUD PAR GAL
1 Italy Pro Recco 10 8 1 1 130 67 +63 25 Advance to semifinals — 14–11 14–6 7–2 15–3 15–4
2 Hungary Szolnoki VSK 10 8 0 2 121 90 +31 24 Advance to quarter-finals 12–11 — 13–10 8–7 12–9 16–7
3 Croatia Jug Dubrovnik 10 7 1 2 105 83 +22 22 5–5 10–9 — 10–7 12–4 17–8
4 Hungary OSC Budapest 10 3 0 7 75 84 −9 9 Eliminated 7–12 6–12 7–9 — 10–8 13–4
5 Serbia Partizan 10 2 1 7 69 112 −43 7 7–18 9–14 6–10 5–4 — 9–8
6 Turkey Galatasaray 10 0 1 9 76 140 −64 1 10–19 7–14 10–16 9–12 9–9 —
Source: LEN

Final Six

Hajós Alfréd Nemzeti Sportuszoda, Budapest, Hungary

Quarterfinals
2 June 2016		Semifinals
3 June 2016		Final
4 June 2016
A1Greece Olympiacos8
B2Hungary Szolnoki VSK7B2Hungary Szolnoki VSK7
A3Spain CNA Barceloneta5A1Greece Olympiacos4
B3Croatia Jug Dubrovnik6
B1Italy Pro Recco10(4)
A2Hungary ZF Eger6B3Croatia Jug Dubrovnik10(5)
B3Croatia Jug Dubrovnik8
5th placeThird place
A3Spain CNA Barceloneta10B2Hungary Szolnoki VSK11
A2Hungary ZF Eger6B1Italy Pro Recco7
2015–16 LEN Champions League
Champions
Croatia
Jug Dubrovnik
4st title
Marko Bijac, Marko Bautovic, Hrvonje Benic, Ivo Brailo, Cristijan Kulina, Loren Fatović, Javier García, Toni Jarak, Maro Jokovic, Filip Krzic, Luka Lončar, Marko Ivankovic, Marko Macan, Jacob Mercep, Paulo Obradovic, Nikola Pavlicevic, Pavo Markovic, Toni Popadic, Josip Vrlic, Felipe Perrone
Head coach
Vjekoslav Kobešćak

Final standings
Team
Croatia Jug Dubrovnik
Greece Olympiacos
Hungary Szolnok
4Italy Pro Recco
5Spain CNA Barceloneta
6Hungary ZF Eger

Awards
Player of the Season Top Scorer Player of the Final Six Goalkeeper of the Final Six
Serbia Filip Filipović (Pro Recco) Hungary Denes Varga (Szolnok) 33 goals Spain Felipe Perrone (Jug Dubrovnik) Croatia Marko Bijac (Jug Dubrovnik)

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See also

References
  1. "LEN Club Competition Programme Season 2015/2016" (PDF). LEN.
  2. "LEN Champions League − Draw, Qualification round I". LEN. Archived from the original on 2015-09-29. Retrieved 2015-08-08.
  3. "LEN Champions League − Draw, Qualification round II". LEN. Archived from the original on 2015-10-07. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
  4. "LEN Champions League − Draw, Qualification round III". LEN. Archived from the original on 2015-10-07. Retrieved 2019-04-22.
  5. "LEN Champions League − Draw, Prelimininary Round". LEN. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-09-22.
  6. "Jug Dubrovnik stuns everyone, FINAL6 – LEN.eu | Ligue Européenne de Natation". Retrieved 2022-03-08.
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