2022–23 LEN Champions League

2022–23 LEN Champions League
2022–23 LEN Champions League
League	LEN Champions League
Sport	Water Polo
Duration	29 September 2022 – 3 June 2023
Season MVP	Gergő Zalánki (Pro Recco)
Top scorer	Alvaro Granados 46 goals (Novi Beograd)
Final 8
Champions	Pro Recco (11th title)
Runners-up	Novi Beograd
Finals MVP	Gergő Zalánki (Pro Recco)
Champions League seasons
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 LEN Champions League was the 60th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. The champions were Pro Recco of Italy, who defeated Novi Beograd of Serbia 14–11 in the Final in Belgrade.

Qualified teams

The full list of teams qualified for each stage of the 2022–23 EHF European League was announced on 12 July 2022.^[1]

Group stage
Jug AO Dubrovnik	CN Marseille	Dinamo Tbilisi	Waspo'98 Hannover
Spandau 04 Berlin	Olympiacos Piraeus	FTC-Telekom Budapest	Pro Recco ^CL
Novi Beograd	Radnički Kragujevac	Zodiac Atlètic-Barceloneta	Astrapool Sabadell

Qualification round II
Jadran Split	CN Noisy-le-Sec	ASC Duisburg	NC Vouliagmeni
Genesys OSC-Budapest	AN Brescia	Šabac	Barcelona

Qualification round I
Invictum Sarajevo	Banja Luka	HAVK Mladost Zagreb	KVIK Kastrup
EN Tourcoing	Panionios GSS	A-Híd VasasPlaket	ASA Tel Aviv
RN Savona	EVK Žaibas	Jadran Herceg Novi	Primorac Kotor
ZPC Het Ravijn	Vitória Sport Clube	Steaua Bucharest	CSM Oradea
KVP Nováky	Galatasaray	Enka Istanbul

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.^[2]

Phase	Round	1st leg	2nd leg
Qualifying rounds	Qualification round I	29 September–2 October 2022
	Qualification round II	14–16 October 2022
	Qualification round III	29 October 2022	5 November 2022
Preliminary round	Round 1	15/16 November 2022
	Round 2	29/30 November 2022
	Round 3	13/14 December 2022
	Round 4	20/21 December 2022
	Round 5	10/11 January 2023
	Round 6	24/25 January 2023
	Round 7	7/8 February 2023
	Round 8	17/18 February 2023
	Round 9	28 February/1 March 2023
	Round 10	21/22 March 2023
	Round 11	4/5 April 2023
	Round 12	25/26 April 2023
	Round 13	12/13 May 2023
	Round 14	23/24 May 2023
Final 8	Quarterfinals	31 May 2023
	Semifinals	1 June 2023
	Final	3 June 2023

Qualifying rounds

Qualification round I

The draw took place in Split.^[3] The top three ranked sides will advance from both groups.

Group A

29 September–2 October 2022, Nijverdal, Netherlands.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	VAS	PRI	STE	HET	SAR
1	A-Híd VasasPlaket	4	4	0	75	21	+54	12	Qualification round II	—	13–10	—	—	37–2
2	Primorac Kotor	4	3	1	76	35	+41	9		—	—	14–11	—	36–4
3	Steaua Bucharest	4	2	2	58	35	+23	6		3–10	—	—	—	29–2
4	ZPC Het Ravijn	4	1	3	53	49	+4	3		6–15	7–16	10–15	—	31–3
5	Invictum Sarajevo	4	0	4	11	133	−122	0		—	—	—	—	—

Source: LEN

Group B

30 September–2 October 2022, Oradea, Romania.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ORA	RNS	GAL	ASA
1	CSM Oradea	3	3	0	34	18	+16	9	Qualification round II	—	10–7	—	12–3
2	RN Savona	3	2	1	41	24	+17	6		—	—	10–6	—
3	Galatasaray	3	1	2	29	25	+4	3		8–12	—	—	15–3
4	ASA Tel Aviv	3	0	3	14	51	−37	0		—	8–24	—	—

Source: LEN

Group C

29 September–2 October 2022, Herceg Novi, Montenegro.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MLA	JHN	ŽAI	ESK	NOV
1	HAVK Mladost Zagreb	4	4	0	0	56	23	+33	12	Qualification round II	—	—	—	16–6	16–3
2	Jadran Herceg Novi	4	3	0	1	54	27	+27	9		7–9	—	12–2	19–8	16–8
3	EVK Žaibas	4	2	0	2	36	42	−6	6		7–15	—	—	—	14–6
4	Enka Istanbul	4	0	1	3	34	59	−25	1		—	—	9–13	—	—
5	KVP Nováky	4	0	1	3	28	57	−29	1		—	—	—	11–11	—

Source: LEN

Group D

29 September–2 October 2022, Tourcoing, France.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ENT	PAN	VIT	KAS	BAN
1	EN Tourcoing	4	4	0	108	16	+92	12	Qualification round II	—	10–5	28–5	29–4	41–2
2	Panionios GSS	4	3	1	102	20	+82	9		—	—	21–6	34–2	—
3	Vitória Sport Clube	4	2	2	51	64	−13	6		—	—	—	—	—
4	KVIK Kastrup	4	1	3	35	82	−47	3		—	—	6–11	—	23–8
5	Banja Luka	4	0	4	21	135	−114	0		—	2–42	9–29	—	—

Source: LEN

Qualification round II

The top two ranked sides from each group advance.

Group A

13–16 October 2022, Split, Croatia.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	JST	VSC	RNS	ŠAB	STE
1	Jadran Split	4	4	0	57	36	+21	12	Round III	—	13–11	—	14–13	—
2	A-Híd VasasPlaket	4	3	1	51	38	+13	9	Round III	—	—	9–8	—	—
3	RN Savona	4	2	2	38	35	+3	6		5–13	—	—	10–8	—
4	Šabac	4	1	3	42	47	−5	3		—	4–13	—	—	17–10
5	Steaua Bucharest	4	0	4	35	67	−32	0		7–17	13–18	5–15	—	—

Source: LEN

Group B

13–16 October 2022, Barcelona, Spain.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	CER	ORA	JHN	CNB	VIT
1	CN Noisy-le-Sec	4	4	0	58	36	+22	12	Round III	—	—	14–12	—	17–4
2	CSM Oradea	4	2	2	48	31	+17	6	Round III	7–11	—	—	—	—
3	Jadran Herceg Novi	4	2	2	56	42	+14	6		—	9–8	—	—	23–7
4	Barcelona	4	2	2	54	46	+8	6		13–16	6–12	13–12	—	22–6
5	Vitória Sport Clube	4	0	4	22	83	−61	0		—	5–21	—	—	—

Source: LEN

Group C

14–16 October 2022, Kotor, Montenegro.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	OSC	NCV	ENT	PRI
1	Genesys OSC-Budapest	3	2	0	1	34	27	+7	6	Round III	—	—	7–10	—
2	NC Vouliagmeni	3	2	0	1	38	28	+10	6	Round III	9–13	—	—	—
3	EN Tourcoing	3	1	1	1	33	31	+2	4		—	13–14	—	—
4	Primorac Kotor	3	0	1	2	20	39	−19	1		8–14	2–15	10–10	—

Source: LEN

Group D

13–16 October 2022, Athens, Greece.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BRE	PAN	MLA	ŽAI	DUI
1	AN Brescia	4	4	0	65	23	+42	12	Round III	—	—	—	—	—
2	Panionios GSS	4	3	1	41	32	+9	9	Round III	4–9	—	7–6	—	14–8
3	HAVK Mladost Zagreb	4	2	2	45	37	+8	6		9–13	—	—	—	—
4	EVK Žaibas	4	1	3	40	70	−30	3		4–25	9–16	10–14	—	17–15
5	ASC Duisburg	4	0	4	36	65	−29	0		6–18	—	7–16	—	—

Source: LEN

Qualification round III

The winners in the third round will continue in the preliminary round.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Genesys OSC-Budapest	29–18	Panionios GSS	17–7	12–11
CN Noisy-le-Sec	23–26	NC Vouliagmeni	11–17	12–9
A-Híd VasasPlaket	18–23	AN Brescia	10–12	8–11
Jadran Split	21–14	CSM Oradea	9–3	12–11

Preliminary round

Budapest

Barcelona Province

Vouliagmeni

Budapest teams

FTC Telekom

OSC Budapest
Barcelona Province teams

Barceloneta

Sabadell

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Location of teams of the 2022–23 LEN Champions League preliminary round.

In the regular season, teams will play against each other home and away in a round-robin format. The top four teams in group A and the top three teams in Group B will advance to the Final 8. Also, Novi Beograd will participate in the Final 8 as the host of the tournament. The matchdays will be from 15 November 2022 to 24 May 2023.

Key to colors
Advance to the Final 8	Home team win	Tie	Away team win

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BAR	REC	OLY	NCV	JST	RKG	DTB	HAN
1	Zodiac Atlètic-Barceloneta	14	13	0	1	169	100	+69	39	Final 8	—	5–11	10–5	13–6	8–6	18–9	13–6	20–5
2	Pro Recco	14	12	0	2	192	102	+90	36		8–9	—	10–9	14–7	14–7	21–12	20–5	21–4
3	Olympiacos Piraeus	14	10	1	3	175	114	+61	31		7–9	9–7	—	14–6	10–7	13–7	19–10	15–8
4	NC Vouliagmeni	14	5	2	7	130	156	−26	17		7–11	7–13	6–14	—	13–12	9–10	12–7	10–9
5	Jadran Split	14	5	2	7	142	141	+1	17		5–9	9–13	8–13	10–10	—	10–10	21–7	12–8
6	Radnički Kragujevac	14	4	3	7	140	175	−35	15		10–14	8–16	10–10	9–9	11–13	—	11–10	13–12
7	Dinamo Tbilisi	14	2	0	12	115	200	−85	6		8–14	3–13	9–21	9–14	7–12	13–8	—	11–14
8	Waspo'98 Hannover	14	1	0	13	116	191	−75	3		7–16	8–11	7–16	11–14	8–10	7–12	8–10	—

Source: LEN

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BRE	NBG	FTC	JUG	SAB	OSC	CNM	S04
1	AN Brescia	14	11	1	2	169	124	+45	34	Final 8	—	12–9	8–4	14–10	7–4	14–6	15–13	14–10
2	Novi Beograd^[a]	14	10	2	2	178	136	+42	32		11–9	—	14–13	12–12	16–11	17–9	11–4	13–8
3	FTC-Telekom Budapest	14	8	1	5	148	141	+7	25		10–6	14–12	—	9–7	10–12	12–11	9–8	12–8
4	Jug AO Dubrovnik	14	4	4	6	156	161	−5	16		8–13	11–11	12–12	—	14–10	13–8	14–9	11–13
5	Astrapool Sabadell	14	5	1	8	131	147	−16	16		10–14	6–8	7–10	15–12	—	9–8	13–11	9–9
6	Genesys OSC-Budapest	14	3	4	7	143	162	−19	13		14–14	9–11	12–16	9–9	9–8	—	18–13	9–9
7	CN Marseille	14	4	1	9	146	162	−16	13		5–13	13–17	13–7	15–11	9–6	10–10	—	14–7
8	Spandau 04 Berlin	14	3	2	9	129	167	−38	11		10–16	5–16	11–10	11–12	10–11	7–11	11–9	—

Source: LEN
Notes:

^ Novi Beograd is already qualified as the Final 8 host.

Final 8

31 May–3 June 2023, Belgrade, Serbia.

Belgrade

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Location of the 2022–23 LEN Champions League Final 8

Qualified teams

Group	Winners	Runners-up	Third	Fourth
A	Zodiac Atlètic-Barceloneta	Pro Recco	Olympiacos Piraeus	NC Vouliagmeni
B	AN Brescia	Novi Beograd	FTC-Telekom Budapest	Jug AO Dubrovnik

Bracket

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

31 May

Zodiac CNAB	11
		1 June
Jug AO	9
		Zodiac CNAB	10
31 May
		Novi Beograd (PSO)	12
Novi Beograd	13
				3 June
Olympiacos	11
				Novi Beograd	11
31 May
				Pro Recco	14
AN Brescia	10
		1 June
NC Vouliagmeni	11
		NC Vouliagmeni	8
31 May
		Pro Recco	12	Third place game
Pro Recco	8
				3 June
FTC-Telekom	4
				Zodiac CNAB (PSO)	14

				NC Vouliagmeni	13

5th–8th place bracket

5th–8th place semifinals		Fifth place game

1 June

Jug AO	5
		2 June
Olympiacos	14
		Olympiacos	9
1 June
		FTC-Telekom	4
AN Brescia	8

FTC-Telekom	9
		Seventh place game

		2 June

		Jug AO	14

		AN Brescia	10

2022–23 LEN Champions League Champions
Pro Recco 11th title

Individual awards

Season MVP	Top Scorer	Finals MVP
Gergő Zalánki (Pro Recco)	Alvaro Granados 46 goals (Novi Beograd)	Gergő Zalánki (Pro Recco)

Total 7 of the Season
^[4]	LW	Alvaro Granados (Novi Beograd)	CF	Dimitrios Nikolaidis (Vouliagmeni)	RW	Gergő Zalánki (Pro Recco)
	LD	Felipe Perrone (Atlètic-Barceloneta)	CB	Marko Zuvela (Jug)	RD	Edoardo Di Soma (Brescia)
	GK	Marco Del Lungo (Pro Recco)