1996–97 LEN Champions League

1996-97 LEN Champions League
League LEN Champions League
Sport Water Polo
Duration 1996 to
5 April 1997
Number of teams 8 (Preliminary Round)
Final Four
Finals champions Italy Posillipo (1st title)
  Runners-up Croatia Mladost

The 1996–97 LEN Champions League is the ongoing 34th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. It is scheduled to run from 1996 to 5 April 1997, and it is contested by 8 teams. The Final Four (semifinals, final, and third place game) will take place on April 4 and April 5 in Naples.

Preliminary Round

Nováky
Location of teams of the 1996–97 LEN Champions League group stage.
Blue Group; Red Group.
Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advanced to Final four

Blue Group

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Croatia HAVK Mladost 6 6 0 0 58 35 +23 12
Spain Barcelona 6 3 1 2 39 41 −2 7
Hungary BVSC 6 2 0 4 51 56 −5 4
Slovakia Nováky 6 0 1 5 44 60 −16 1

Red Group

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Italy Posillipo 6 5 0 1 59 43 +16 10
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bečej 6 4 0 2 68 50 +18 8
Greece Olympiacos 6 1 1 4 43 62 −19 3
Germany Spandau 04 6 1 1 4 43 56 −13 3

Final Four (Naples)

Semifinals
4 April 1997
Final
5 April 1997
 Croatia HAVK Mladost  6  
 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bečej  5  
 
     Croatia HAVK Mladost  7
   Italy Posillipo  10
Third place
 Italy Posillipo  8  Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bečej  5
 Spain Barcelona  6    Spain Barcelona  7

Final standings

Team
Italy Posillipo
Croatia HAVK Mladost
Spain Barcelona
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bečej

1996-97 Champions League
Champions

Italy Posillipo
1st Title
Milan Tadić, Paolo Zizza, Dušan Popović, Giuseppe Porzio, Francesco Postiglione, Gianfranco Salvati, Fabio Galasso, Francesco Porzio, Bruno Antonino, Ferdinando Gandolfi, Piero Fiorentino, Carlo Silipo, Fabio Bencivenga
Head Coach
Paolo De Crescenzo

See also

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