2023–24 LEN Euro Cup knockout stage

The 2023–24 LEN Euro Cup knockout stage details the matches played to decide the teams that made the final four of the tournament.

Qualified teams

The knockout phase involves 16 teams: the eight teams which qualified as winners and runners-ups of each of the four groups in the group stage, and the eight third and fourth placed teams from the Champions League group stage.

Euro Cup group stage winners and runners-up

Group Winners
 Runners-up
A Spain CN Barcelona France EN Tourcoing
B Italy RN Savona Hungary A-Híd Vasas Plaket
C Croatia Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka Hungary BVSC-Zugló
D Greece Panionios GSS Italy CC Ortigia

Eliminated teams from Champions League

Group Third place
 Fourth place
A Spain Astralpool Sabadell Romania Steaua București
B Croatia Jug AO Dubrovnik Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi
C Serbia Crvena zvezda Montenegro Jadran Herceg Novi
D Germany Spandau 04 Greece NC Vouliagmeni

Draw

The draw took place in Barcelona on 15 December 2023. The teams were split into two draws, one containing the four teams who finished fourth in the Champions League group stage, who would be pitted up against a Euro Cup group winner. The other half of the draw would see the third place teams from the Champions League group stage be drawn against a runner up of the Euro Cup group stage.[1][2]

Fourth in Champions League
Team
Romania Steaua București
Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi
Montenegro Jadran Herceg Novi
Greece NC Vouliagmeni
First in Euro Cup
Team
Spain CN Barcelona
Italy RN Savona
Croatia Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka
Greece Panionios GSS
Third in Champions League
Team
Spain Astralpool Sabadell
Croatia Jug AO Dubrovnik
Serbia Crvena zvezda
Germany Spandau 04
Second in Euro Cup
Team
France EN Tourcoing
Hungary A-Híd Vasas Plaket
Hungary BVSC-Zugló
Italy CC Ortigia

Bracket

 
Eight-finalsQuarter-finals
 
          
 
8 March/23 March
 
 
Italy CC Ortigia 8 12 20
 
6 April/27 April
 
Germany Spandau 04 8 14 22
 
Germany Spandau 04 11 1223
 
8 March/23 March
 
Italy RN Savona 10 10 20
 
Montenegro Jadran Herceg Novi 10 13 23
 
 
Italy RN Savona 16 12 28
 
 
8 March/23 March
 
 
Spain Astralpool Sabadell 18 15 33
 
6 April/27 April
 
France EN Tourcoing 11 12 23
 
Spain Astralpool Sabadell 6 7 13
 
8 March/23 March
 
Romania Steaua București 5 6 11
 
Romania Steaua București 11 20 PS 31
 
 
Greece Panionios GSS 12 18 30
 
 
8 March/23 March
 
 
Serbia Crvena zvezda 11 12 23
 
9 April/27 April
 
Hungary BVSC-Zugló 13 9 22
 
Serbia Crvena zvezda 9 10 19
 
8 March/23 March
 
Croatia Jug AO Dubrovnik 15 14 29
 
Hungary A-Híd Vasas Plaket 118 19
 
 
Croatia Jug AO Dubrovnik 12 9 21
 
 
8 March/23 March
 
 
Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi 7 15 22
 
6 April/27 April
 
Croatia Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka 8 20 28
 
Croatia Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka 9 15 24
 
8 March/23 March
 
Greece NC Vouliagmeni 14 9 23
 
Greece NC Vouliagmeni 17 10 27
 
 
Spain CN Barcelona 13 6 19
 

Eight-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Jug AO Dubrovnik Croatia 21–19 Hungary A-Híd Vasas Plaket 12–11 9–8
BVSC-Zugló Hungary 22–23 Serbia Crvena zvezda 13–11 9–12
Spandau 04 Germany 22–20 Italy CC Ortigia 8–8 14–12
Astralpool Sabadell Spain 33–23 France EN Tourcoing 18–11 15–12
Panionios GSS Greece 30–31 Romania Steaua București 12–11 18–20 PS
Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka Croatia 28–22 Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi 8–7 20–15
RN Savona Italy 28–23 Montenegro Jadran Herceg Novi 16–10 12–13
CN Barcelona Spain 19–27 Greece NC Vouliagmeni 13–17 6–10

Matches

8 March 2024
19:00 		Report Jug AO Dubrovnik Croatia 12–11 Hungary A-Híd Vasas Plaket Dubrovnik, Croatia
Referees:
Adrian Tiberiu Alexandrescu (ROU), Julien Bourges (FRA)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 5–3, 2–2, 3–4
Cabañas 4 Goals Gergely 4
23 March 2024
20:30 		Report A-Híd Vasas Plaket Hungary 8–9 Croatia Jug AO Dubrovnik Budapest, Hungary
Referees:
Xavier Buch (ESP), Alessandro Severo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–2, 3–1, 2–2
Dedović, Ákos 2 Goals Lazic 3

Jug AO Dubrovnik won 21–19 on aggregate

8 March 2024
20:00 		Report BVSC-Zugló Hungary 13–11 Serbia Crvena zvezda Budapest, Hungary
Referees:
Raffaele Colombo (ITA), Pau Segurana (ESP)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–3, 3–2, 4–4
Miklós 4 Goals Subotić 5
23 March 2024
20:15 		Report Crvena zvezda Serbia 12–9 Hungary BVSC-Zugló Belgrade, Serbia
Referees:
Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Konstantinos Vasileiou (GRE)
Score by quarters: 4–4, 3–2, 3–2, 2–1
Vasić 3 Goals Dávid 4

Crvena zvezda won 23–22 on aggregate

8 March 2024
19:30 		Report Spandau 04 Germany 8–8 Italy CC Ortigia Berlin, Germany
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Sinisa Matijasevic (MNE)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–2, 1–3, 4–1
Tkáč 2 Goals Inaba 3
23 March 2024
19:00 		Report CC Ortigia Italy 12–14 Germany Spandau 04 Milan, Italy
Referees:
Tamas Kovacs-Csatlos (HUN), Juan Carlos Colominas (ESP)
Score by quarters: 1–6, 2–3, 2–3, 7–2
Cassia, Ferrero 3 Goals Ćuk 4

Spandau 04 won 22–20 on aggregate

8 March 2024
19:30 		Report Astralpool Sabadell Spain 18–11 France EN Tourcoing Sabadell, Spain
Referees:
Andrej Franulovic (CRO), Axel Bender (GER)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 4–2, 6–4, 4–2
Macarro 6 Goals Živković 4
23 March 2024
21:15 		Report EN Tourcoing France 12–15 Spain Astralpool Sabadell Tourcoing, France
Referees:
Spyridon Achladiotis (GRE), Ivan Rakovic (SRB)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 5–6, 2–4, 3–3
Kujacic 3 Goals Macarro, Mallarach 3

Astralpool Sabadell won 33–23 on aggregate

8 March 2024
20:00 		Report Panionios GSS Greece 12–11 Romania Steaua București Athens, Greece
Referees:
Andreja Stanojevic (SRB), Radoslaw Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–2, 3–1, 5–5
Gounas, Moskov 4 Goals Georgescu 6
23 March 2024
19:00 		Report Steaua București Romania 20–18 Greece Panionios GSS Bucharest, Romania
Referees:
Raffaele Colombo (ITA), Hendrik Schopp (GER)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–2, 2–4, 4–2  PSO: 9–8
Georgescu 6 Goals Gounas, Kopeliadis 5

Steaua București won 31–30 on aggregate

8 March 2024
20:00 		Report Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka Croatia 8–7 Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi Rijeka, Croatia
Referees:
Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE), Jaume Teixido (ESP)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 1–1, 3–2, 1–2
Brubnjak, Cubranic 2 Goals Magrakvelidze 2
23 March 2024
19:00 		Report Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country) 15–20 Croatia Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka Tbilisi, Georgia
Referees:
Veselin Miskovic (MNE), Peter de Jong (NED)
Score by quarters: 4–6, 3–3, 3–6, 5–5
three players 3 Goals Te Riele 5

Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka won 28–22 on aggregate

8 March 2024
19:00 		Report RN Savona Italy 16–10 Montenegro Jadran Herceg Novi Savona, Italy
Referees:
Michiel Zwart (NED), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–3, 3–3, 6–2
Rizzo 4 Goals Radovic 4
23 March 2024
18:00 		Report Jadran Herceg Novi Montenegro 13–12 Italy RN Savona Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina[A]
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Pau Segurana (ESP)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–2, 5–3, 3–3
Nagaev 4 Goals Bruni 3

RN Savona won 28–23 on aggregate

8 March 2024
20:45 		Report CN Barcelona Spain 13–17 Greece NC Vouliagmeni Barcelona, Spain
Referees:
Alessandro Severo (ITA), Paul Kovac (AUT)
Score by quarters: 3–5, 2–6, 3–4, 5–2
Ferrer 5 Goals Chalyvopoulos, Kalogeropoulos 3
23 March 2024
18:00 		Report NC Vouliagmeni Greece 10–6 Spain CN Barcelona Athens, Greece
Referees:
Nenad Peris (CRO), Vojin Putnikovic (SRB)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–1, 3–1, 2–2
four players 2 Goals Veich 4

NC Vouliagmeni won 27–19 on aggregate

Quarter-finals

The draw took place in Barcelona on 26 March 2024.[3][4] There was no seeding.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
RN Savona Italy 20–23 Germany Spandau 04 10–11 10–12
Steaua București Romania 11–13 Spain Astralpool Sabadell 5–6 6–7
Jug AO Dubrovnik Croatia 29–19 Serbia Crvena zvezda 15–9 14–10
NC Vouliagmeni Greece 23–24 Croatia Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka 14–9 9–15

Matches

6 April 2024
19:00 		Report RN Savona Italy 10–11 Germany Spandau 04 Savona, Italy
Referees:
Pau Segurana (ESP), Tamas Kovacs-Csatlos (HUN)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–6, 2–0, 4–3
Figlioli 4 Goals Sedlmayer, Tomasović 2
27 April 2024
19:30 		Report Spandau 04 Germany 12–10 Italy RN Savona Berlin, Germany
Referees:
Adrian Tiberiu Alexandrescu (ROU), Vojin Putnikovic (SRB)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–2, 4–3, 2–3
Tomasović 4 Goals Figlioli 3

Spandau 04 won 23–20 on aggregate

6 April 2024
18:00 		Report Steaua București Romania 5–6 Spain Astralpool Sabadell Bucharest, Romania
Referees:
Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Christos Kourtidis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 0–3, 1–0, 1–2
Georgescu, Iudean 2 Goals Macarro, Mallarach 3
27 April 2024
12:30 		Report Astralpool Sabadell Spain 7–6 Romania Steaua București Sabadell, Spain
Referees:
Raffaele Colombo (ITA), Veselin Miskovic (MNE)
Score by quarters: 2–0, 2–2, 2–2, 1–2
Macarro, Valera 3 Goals Georgescu 3

Astralpool Sabadell won 13–11 on aggregate

9 April 2024
19:00 		Report Jug AO Dubrovnik Croatia 15–9 Serbia Crvena zvezda Dubrovnik, Croatia
Score by quarters: 5–1, 5–3, 1–2, 4–3
three players 3 Goals three players 2
27 April 2024
20:00 		Report Crvena zvezda Serbia 10–14 Croatia Jug AO Dubrovnik Belgrade, Serbia
Referees:
Frank Ohme (GER), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 3–3, 1–3, 4–4
Gogov, Seman 3 Goals Daube, Žuvela 3

Jug AO Dubrovnik won 29–19 on aggregate

6 April 2024
18:00 		Report NC Vouliagmeni Greece 14–9 Croatia Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka Athens, Greece
Referees:
Ivan Rakovic (SRB), Julien Bourges (FRA)
Score by quarters: 5–2, 2–3, 2–2, 5–2
Kalogeropoulos 5 Goals Te Riele 4
27 April 2024
20:00 		Report Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka Croatia 15–9 Greece NC Vouliagmeni Rijeka, Croatia
Referees:
David Gomez (ESP), Gyorgy Kun (HUN)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 5–4, 4–3, 4–1
Crippa 3 Goals Kalogeropoulos, Kapotsis 2

Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka won 24–23 on aggregate

Notes

  1. ^ The game was played in Trebinje due to Jadran Herceg Novi's home venue not meeting requirements.

References

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