2014–15 LEN Euro Cup

2014-15 LEN Euro Cup
League	LEN Euro Cup
Sport	Water Polo
Duration	30 October 2014 to 11 April 2015
Season champions	Posillipo

The 2014–15 LEN Euro Cup is the second tier of European competition in water polo. It ran from 30 October 2014 to 11 April 2015, and it is contested by twenty one teams from twelve countries.

Overview

Team allocation

• CL: Transferred from the Champions League
  • Q2: Third and fourth-placed teams from the QR2
  • Q1: Sixth-placed teams from the QR1

Qualification round II
Mornar	Savona	Dinamo Astrachan	Waspo Hannover (CL Q2)
Sète	Acquachiara	Kinef Kirishi	Ligamus Tbilisi (CL Q1)
Olympic Nice	Valletta	Vojvodina	Montpellier (CL Q1)
Esslingen	Primorac Kotor	Sintez Kazan (CL Q2)
White Sharks	Utrecht	Jadran Herceg Novi (CL Q2)
Vouliagmeni	Steaua București	Posillipo (CL Q2)

Round and draw dates

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

Phase	Round	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying	Qualification round I	10–12 October 2014
	Qualification round II	30 October–2 November 2014
Knockout stage	Quarter Finals	29 November 2014	17 December 2014
	Semi Finals	11 February 2015	4 March 2015
	Final	28 March 2015	11 April 2015

Qualifying rounds

Qualification round I

• 10-12 October

Qualification round II

• 30 October-2 November

Twelve teams will take part in the quarter finals. They will be drawn into five groups of five or six teams, whose played on 30 October–2 November 2014. Group winners and runners-up teams of each group advance to quarter finals.

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to quarter finals

Group A

Vouliagmeni has the right to organize the tournament.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Sintez Kazan 5 4 0 1 67 45 +22 12 Acquachiara 5 3 1 1 74 47 +27 10 Vouliagmeni 5 3 1 1 52 38 +14 10 Jadran Herceg Novi 5 2 2 1 58 38 +20 8 Utrecht 5 1 0 4 37 62 −25 3 Esslingen 5 0 0 5 36 94 −58 0 Group B Valletta has the right to organize the tournament. Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Mornar 4 4 0 0 64 27 +37 12 Steaua București 4 3 0 1 44 30 +14 9 Montpellier 4 2 0 2 46 30 +16 6 Primorac Kotor 4 1 0 3 30 47 −17 3 Valletta 4 0 0 4 24 74 −50 0 Group C Olympic Nice has the right to organize the tournament. Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Olympic Nice 4 3 1 0 46 27 +19 10 Posillipo 4 3 1 0 48 34 +14 10 Kinef Kirishi 4 2 0 2 48 33 +15 6 Sète 4 0 1 3 32 52 −20 1 White Sharks 4 0 1 3 33 61 −28 1 Group D Savona has the right to organize the tournament. Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Waspo Hannover 4 3 1 0 47 24 +23 10 Savona 4 3 1 0 42 31 +11 10 Dinamo Astrachan 4 1 1 2 32 34 −2 4 Vojvodina 4 1 1 2 22 35 −13 4 Ligamus Tbilisi 4 0 0 4 30 49 −19 0 Knockout stage Quarter Finals 29 November 2014 1st match 17 December 2014 2nd match Key to colours Seeded in quarter finals draw Unseeded in quarter finals draw Group Winners Runners-up A Sintez Kazan Acquachiara B Mornar Steaua București C Olympic Nice Posillipo D Waspo Hannover Savona 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 quarter finals, 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 or the same association could not be drawn against each other. The first legs were played on 29 November, and the second legs were played on 17 December 2014. Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Sintez Kazan 16–18 Posillipo 9–6 7–12 Mornar 14–13 Savona 10–5 4–8 Steaua București 18–16 Waspo Hannover 9–7 9–9 Acquachiara 23–17 Olympic Nice 13–7 10–10 Semi Finals The draw was held on 10 January 2015 in Belgrade, Serbia. The first legs were played on 11 February, and the second legs were played on 4 March 2015. Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Steaua București 11–16 Posillipo 6–8 5–8 Acquachiara 22–18 Mornar 15–11 7–7 Finals The first leg were played on 28 March, and the second leg were played on 11 April 2015. Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Posillipo 17–16 Acquachiara 6–6 11–10 2014–15 LEN Euro Cup Champions Posillipo 1st Cup See also 2014–15 LEN Champions League References "LEN Club Competition Programme Season 2014/2015" (PDF). External links LEN Euro Cup (official website)