2009–10 LEN Euroleague

2009-10 LEN Euroleague
League	LEN Euroleague
Sport	Water Polo
Duration	9 October 2009 to 15 May 2010
Number of teams	16 (Preliminary Round) 34 (Total)
Final Four
Finals champions	Pro Recco (6th title)
Runners-up	Primorac Kotor

The LEN Euroleague 2009-2010 is the 47th edition of Europe's premier club water polo competition. It began on October 9 and ended on May 15.

Format

The Euroleague is run in five phases:

• First qualifying round, played as a single round robin tournament at the site of one of the teams competing (2 groups of 4, 2 groups of 5)
• Second qualifying round, played as a single round robin tournament at the site of one of the teams competing (4 groups of 4)
• Group (or preliminary) stage, played as a double round robin, home and away (4 groups of 4)
• Quarterfinals, played as a knockout round on aggregrate, home and away
• Final Four, played as a single knockout tournament at a neutral site (Semifinals, 3rd place game, and final)

Seeding

Seeded countries
The eight countries with the best placed team in the preliminary rounds, or main group stage, in the previous year's competition, LEN Euroleague 2008–09 are seeded for this year's competition. Each seeded country earns 1 place in the main group stage, 1 place in the second qualifying round, and 1 place in the first qualifying round. These countries are:

Rank	Country	Best team in the group stages of LEN Euroleague 2008–09	Place in the group stages of LEN Euroleague 2008–09
1.	Greece	Olympiakos CFP	Group C winner, 16 points
1.	Serbia	VK Partizan	Group D winner, 16 points
3.	Italy	Pro Recco	Group A winner, 12 points
4.	Montenegro	PVK Jadran	Group B winner, 11 points
5.	Hungary	Vasas SC	Second place Group D, 12 points
6.	Croatia	HAVK Mladost	Second place Group B, 10 points
7.	Russia	Spartak Volgograd	Third place Group A, 9 points
8.	Spain	CN Atlètic Barceloneta	Fourth place Group B, 5 points
9.	France	Cercle des Nageurs de Marseille	Fourth place Group D, 2 points

Unseeded countries
All other countries are invited to enter one or two clubs into the first qualifying round.

Entries

First Qualifying Round (18)	How qualified
Amateur Schwimm Club Duisburg e.V.	Playoff finalist, German Bundesliga 2008/09
AŠD Vaterpolo Koper Rokava	Slovenian Champions 2008/09 (?)
Brixia Leonessa Nuoto SSD A R.L.	3rd place playoff winner, Serie A1 2008/09
Cercle des Nageurs de Marseille	Winner, final four playoff, Championnat de France Elite 2008/09
ČH Hornets Košice	Slovakian Champions 2008/09 (?)
CSM Frigoconti Oradea	Romanian Super League Champions 2008/09
Galatasaray Men's Water Polo Team	Turkish Premier League Champions 2008/09
LSTW Lodz	Winner Polish Championship 2009
Olympic Nice Natation	Runner-up, final four playoff, Championnat de France Elite 2008/09
Portinado	Portuguese Cup Champions 2009
PVK Rabotnicki - Skopje	Macedonian Champions 2008/09 (?)
Sintez Kazan	3rd place, Russian League 2008/09 (?)
T-Mobile Honvéd	3rd place playoff winner, Hungarian Championship 2008/09
Vaterpolo Club Niš	3rd place playoff winner (?) Serbian Championship 2008/09
Vaterpolo Klub Šibenik	3rd place playoff winner (?) Croatian First Division 2008/09
Vouliagmeni Nautical Club	3rd place, Greek Division A1 (?) 2008/09
Wasserball Club Tirol	Austrian Bundesliga Champions 2009
Wasserfreunde Spandau	Playoff winners, German Bundesliga 2008/09

Second Qualifying Round (8)	How Qualified
A.S.D. Circolo Nautico Posillipo	Playoff finalist, Serie A1 2008/09
Havk Mladost	Playoff finalist (?) Croatian First Division 2008/09
Panionios G.S.S. Athens	Runner-up, Greek Division A1 (?) 2008/09
Spartak City Volgograd	Runner-up, Russian League 2008/09 (?)
Vaterpolo Klub Budva - M:TEL	Playoff finalist, Montenegren League 2009
VK Primorac Kotor [1]	3rd place playoff winners, Montenegren League 2009
VK Vojvodina Novi Sad	Playoff finalist (?) Serbian Championship 2008/09
ZF Eger	Playoff finalist, Hungarian Championship 2008/09

Group Stage (8)	How qualified
A.S.D. Pro Recco	Playoff winners, Serie A1 2008/09
Aquatic Sport Club Shturm 2002	Champions, Russian League 2008/09 (?)
Club Natació Atlètic Barceloneta	Playoff winners, Spanish Premier Division 2008/09
Jug Croatia Osiguranje	Playoff winners (?) Croatian First Division 2008/09
Olympiacos SC	Champions, Greek Division A1 (?) 2008/09
SWC Jadran CBK - Herceg Novi	Playoff winners, Montenegren League 2009
Teva - Vasasplaket Budapest	Playoff winners, Hungarian Championship 2008/09
WPC Partizan Raiffeisen	Playoff winners (?) Serbian Championship 2008/09

First Qualifying Round

Key to colours in group tables
Progress to the 2nd Qualifying Round
Progress to the LEN Cup 2nd Qualifying Round

Group A (Šibenik)

	Team	PL	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.	Sintez Kazan	3	2	1	0	38	20	7
2.	VK Šibenik	3	2	1	0	35	24	7
3.	Olympique Nice	3	1	0	2	32	42	3
4.	LSTW Lodz	3	0	0	3	23	42	0

Group B (Marseille)

	Team	PL	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.	Budapest Honved	3	3	0	0	45	20	9
2.	Cercle des Nageurs de Marseille	3	2	0	1	36	28	6
3.	ASC Duisburg	3	1	0	2	40	34	3
4.	WC Tirol	3	0	0	3	18	57	0

Group C (Berlin)

	Team	PL	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.	Brixia Leonessa Nuoto	4	4	0	0	55	29	12
2.	Wasserfreunde Spandau 04	4	3	0	1	59	24	9
3.	CSM Oradea	4	2	0	2	59	35	6
4.	ASDVC Koper Rokava	4	1	0	3	40	44	3
5.	Rabotnički Skopje	4	0	0	4	12	93	0

Group D (Košice)

	Team	PL	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.	CH Hornets Košice	4	4	0	0	51	24	12
2.	Vouliagmeni NC	4	3	0	1	54	23	9
3.	Galatasaray Istanbul	4	2	0	2	45	34	6
4.	VK Niš	4	1	0	3	35	36	3
5.	Portinado	4	0	0	4	11	79	0

Second Qualifying Round

Key to colours in group tables
Progress to the Group Stage
Progress to the LEN Cup 2nd Qualifying Round

Group E (Eger)

	Team	PL	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.	ZF Eger	3	3	0	0	22	9	9
2.	Panionios GSS	3	1	1	1	28	27	4
3.	VK Šibenik	3	1	1	1	31	34	4
4.	Brixia Leonessa Nuoto	3	0	0	3	23	30	0

Group F (Budva)

	Team	PL	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.	Mladost Zagreb	3	2	1	0	34	24	7
2.	Budvanska Rivijera	3	2	1	0	24	17	7
3.	WF Spandau 04	3	1	0	2	18	26	3
4.	Hornets Košice	3	0	0	3	19	28	0

Group G (Naples)

	Team	PL	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.	Primorac Kotor	3	3	0	0	41	19	9
2.	Sintez Kazan	3	2	0	1	26	25	6
3.	CN Posillipo Naples	3	1	0	2	19	26	3
4.	CN Marseille	3	0	0	3	18	24	0

Group G (Athens)

	Team	PL	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.	Budapest Honved	3	2	1	0	21	18	7
2.	Vojvodina Novi Sad	3	2	1	0	27	25	7
3.	Spartak Volgograd	3	0	2	1	23	24	2
4.	Vouliagmeni NC	3	0	1	2	20	24	1

Preliminary Round

Barceloneta

Jadran

Mladost

Vojvodina

Primorac

Jug

Vasas

Panionios

Partizan

Budva

Olympiacos

Honvéd

Recco

Eger

Sintez

Šturm

Location of teams of the 2009–10 LEN Euroleague group stage.
Red: Group A; Green: Group B; Blue: Group C; Yellow: Group D.

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advanced to the Quarter-finals

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Atlètic-Barceloneta 6 4 1 1 60 53 +7 13 Jadran Herceg Novi 6 4 0 2 55 42 +13 12 HAVK Mladost 6 1 2 3 45 46 −1 5 Vojvodina 6 1 1 4 44 63 −19 4

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Primorac Kotor 6 5 1 0 62 48 +14 16 Jug Dubrovnik 6 2 2 2 60 57 +3 8 Vasas 6 2 1 3 58 54 +4 7 Panionios 6 1 0 5 47 68 −21 3

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Partizan 6 6 0 0 60 34 +26 18 Budva 6 3 0 3 48 52 −4 9 Olympiacos 6 2 0 4 51 51 0 6 Honvéd 6 1 0 5 43 65 −22 3

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pro Recco 6 5 1 0 68 43 +25 16 Eger 6 2 2 2 47 47 0 8 Sintez Kazan 6 2 0 4 45 55 −10 6 Šturm 2002 6 1 1 4 39 54 −15 4

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 24 March, and the second legs were played on 14 April 2010.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlètic-Barceloneta	16–19	Jug Dubrovnik	7–9	9–10
Eger	9–22	Partizan	4–12	5–10
Jadran Herceg Novi	15–24	Primorac Kotor	9–14	6–10
Pro Recco	21–15	Budva	9–5	12–10

Final Four (Naples)

Semifinals 14 May 2010 Final 15 May 2010   Pro Recco (aet)  8     Partizan  7           Pro Recco  9     Primorac Kotor  3 Third place   Primorac Kotor  11   Partizan (pen)  16   Jug Dubrovnik  10     Jug Dubrovnik  15 Final standings Team Pro Recco Primorac Kotor Partizan Jug Dubrovnik

2009-10 Euroleague Champions Pro Recco 6th Title Stefano Tempesti, Damir Burić, Norbert Madaras, Andrea Mangiante, Tamás Kásás, Maurizio Felugo, Filip Filipović, Pietro Figlioli, Tibor Benedek, Alessandro Calcaterra, Vanja Udovičić, Guillermo Molina, Slobodan Nikić Head Coach Giuseppe Porzio

External links

• European Water Polo Cups for Club Teams PDF, Ligue européenne de natation, 5 August 2008.

Notes

1. Spain was a seeded country, but only entered one team into the 2009/10 Euroleague. The third placed Montenegren side was elevated to the second qualifying round, but there is no explanation for this choice by LEN available. However, Kotor did win the 2008/09 Euroleague.