2023–24 LEN Euro Cup
League	LEN Euro Cup
Sport	Water polo
Duration	21 September 2023 – 18 May 2024
Number of games	140
Number of teams	36 (from 10+1 countries)
Finals champions	Jug AO Dubrovnik (2nd title)
Runners-up	Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka
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The 2023–24 LEN Euro Cup is the 32nd edition of the water polo competition organised by the Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN). This is the first season under the new changes made by LEN.^[1]

The defending champions are A-Híd Vasas Plaket, but they were eliminated by Jug AO Dubrovnik in the eight-finals.

The winners were Jug AO Dubrovnik, who defeated Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka 12–6 in an all-Croatian final.^[2]

36 teams (14 from Champions League and 18 starting in this competition) will compete in this tournament. The 36 teams are divided into eight groups, four with five clubs and four with four teams. The groups are held in one country, where the top 2 in every group advances to the group stage. For the first time ever, the group stage will be played in a home and away system. Like the previous round, the top 2 progresses into the knockout stage. The 8 teams left, plus the 8 teams that were eliminated at the Champions League main round, go into the knockout stage. There will be eighth-finals, quarter-finals and a final four competition to decide the champions. ^[3]

Starting this season, LEN also started a club rankings. Excluding the teams eliminated from the Champion League, only countries ranked in the top 12 can enter a maximum of three teams in the Euro Cup.^[4]

Eliminated in Champions League qualification round

Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka	CN Noisy-le-Sec	EN Tourcoing	Waspo'98 Hannover
ASC Duisburg	GS Apollon Smyrnis	OSC Budapest	Endo Plus Service Honvéd
CC Ortigia	Primorac Kotor	CSM Oradea	Dinamo București
Radnički Kragujevac	CN Barcelona

Entering this tournament

HAVK Mladost Zagreb (4th)	Solaris Šibenik (5th)	Pays d'Aix Natation (5th)	Sète Natation (6th)
White Sharks Hannover (4th)	SV Ludwigsburg 08 (5th)	OSC Potsdam (6th)	Panionios GSS (4th)
G.S. Peristeri (5th)	Panathinaikos (6th)	A-Híd Vasas Plaket (4th)	BVSC-Zugló (5th)
Szolnoki Dózsa (6th)	Telimar Palermo (4th)	Pallanuoto Trieste (5th)	RN Savona (6th)
Partizan Beograd (4th)	VK Šabac (5th)	VK Valis (6th)	CN Terrassa (4th)
CN Mataró (5th)	Tenerife Echeyde (6th)

Phase	Round	Round date[5][6]
Qualification round		21–24 September 2023
Main round	Matchday 1	6–7 October 2023
	Matchday 2	19 October 2023
	Matchday 3	2 November 2023
	Matchday 4	16 November 2023
	Matchday 5	23 November 2023
	Matchday 6	9 December 2024
Eighth-finals	First leg	8 March 2024
	Second leg	23 March 2024
Quarter-finals	First leg	6 April 2024
	Second leg	27 April 2024
Final four	Semifinals	17 May 2024
	Final	18 May 2024

The draw was on 11 September 2023. H indicates which club is hosting the groups.^[7][8][9] Teams in bold advanced to the group stage. The seeding was decided by as follows:

• The new LEN club rankings.^[10]
• LEN country club rankings.^[11]
• LEN men's national team rankings (although not applied).^[12]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
Waspo'98 Hannover OSC Budapest CC Ortigia Szolnoki Dózsa RN Savona Radnički Kragujevac CN Barcelona (H) A-Híd Vasas Plaket	HAVK Mladost Zagreb Primorac Kotor (H) VK Šabac (H) Telimar Palermo EN Tourcoing (H) CSM Oradea BVSC-Zugló (H) Panionios GSS (H)	Pallanuoto Trieste CN Terrassa CN Noisy-le-Sec GS Apollon Smyrnis Partizan Beograd Solaris Šibenik SV Ludwigsburg 08 Endo Plus Service Honvéd	Pays d'Aix Natation ASC Duisburg (H) G.S. Peristeri Tenerife Echeyde Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka (H) OSC Potsdam VK Valis CN Mataró	Panathinaikos Sète Natation White Sharks Hannover Dinamo București

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SAB	ORT	NOI	VAL	DIN
1	VK Šabac (H)	4	4	0	0	0	53	27	+26	12	Group stage		—	11–9	13–9	14–5	15–4
2	CC Ortigia	4	3	0	0	1	55	42	+13	9			—	—	—	17–10	—
3	CN Noisy-le-Sec	4	2	0	0	2	51	48	+3	6			—	11–16	—	—	—
4	VK Valis	4	1	0	0	3	43	52	−9	3			—	—	11–14	—	17–7
5	Dinamo București	4	0	0	0	4	29	62	−33	0			—	10–13	8–17	—	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VAS	ZUG	MAT	LUD
1	A-Híd Vasas Plaket	3	3	0	0	0	54	34	+20	9	Group stage		—	—	18–11	20–8
2	BVSC-Zugló (H)	3	2	0	0	1	48	33	+15	6			15–16	—	16–5	17–12
3	CN Mataró	3	1	0	0	2	28	43	−15	3			—	—	—	12–9
4	SV Ludwigsburg 08	3	0	0	0	3	29	49	−20	0			—	—	—	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		TRI	TOU	SZO	PAY
1	Pallanuoto Trieste	3	3	0	0	0	46	28	+18	9	Group stage		—	—	15–11	—
2	EN Tourcoing (H)	3	2	0	0	1	34	32	+2	6			11–12	—	—	11–10
3	Szolnoki Dózsa	3	1	0	0	2	43	37	+6	3			—	10–12	—	22–10
4	Pays d'Aix Natation	3	0	0	0	3	26	52	−26	0			6–19	—	—	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PRI	SOL	ORA	RAD
1	Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka (H)	3	3	0	0	0	39	20	+19	9	Group stage		—	—	11–8	8–6
2	Solaris Šibenik	3	2	0	0	1	29	41	−12	6			6–20	—	13–12	—
3	CSM Oradea	3	1	0	0	2	29	31	−2	3			—	—	—	9–7
4	Radnički Kragujevac	3	0	0	0	3	22	27	−5	0			—	9–10	—	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		HON	PAN	OSC	TEN	HAN
1	Endo Plus Service Honvéd	4	4	0	0	0	56	36	+20	12	Group stage		—	15–12	—	18–9	—
2	Panionios GSS (H)	4	3	0	0	1	64	38	+26	9			—	—	14–11	—	23–7
3	OSC Budapest	4	2	0	0	2	57	40	+17	6			9–10	—	—	20–11	—
4	Tenerife Echeyde	4	0	1	0	3	34	63	−29	2			—	5–15	—	—	13–11[a]
5	White Sharks Hannover	4	0	0	1	3	28	62	−34	1			6–13	—	5–17	—	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		TEL	SAV	PAR	SET	DUI
1	Telimar Palermo	4	3	0	1	0	53	37	+16	10	Group stage		—	—	—	15–7	—
2	RN Savona	4	3	0	0	1	57	42	+15	9			10–12	—	—	—	—
3	Partizan Beograd	4	2	1	0	1	53	45	+8	8			17–15[a]	10–15	—	16–7	—
4	Sète Natation	4	1	0	0	3	32	57	−25	3			—	8–16	—	—	—
5	ASC Duisburg (H)	4	0	0	0	4	40	54	−14	0			8–14	9–13	11–14	9–10	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAR	APO	MLA	POT
1	CN Barcelona (H)	3	3	0	0	0	47	23	+24	9	Group stage		—	13–6	12–11	23–6
2	GS Apollon Smyrnis	3	2	0	0	1	40	31	+9	6			—	—	—	—
3	HAVK Mladost Zagreb	3	1	0	0	2	41	36	+5	3			—	7–15	—	—
4	OSC Potsdam	3	0	0	0	3	26	64	−38	0			—	11–19	9–23	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		KOT	HAN	PER	TER	PAN
1	Primorac Kotor (H)	4	3	1	0	0	40	29	+11	11	Group stage		—	11–7	12–6	14–12[a]	8–7
2	Waspo'98 Hannover	4	3	0	0	1	43	37	+6	9			—	—	15–9	7–6	—
3	G.S. Peristeri	4	1	1	0	2	37	48	−11	5			—	—	—	14–13	12–10[b]
4	CN Terrassa	4	1	0	1	2	46	42	+4	4			—	—	—	—	18–12
5	Panathinaikos	4	0	0	1	3	38	48	−10	1			—	11–14	—	—	—

The draw took place on 26 September 2023 in Barcelona, Spain.^[13] The top 2 from every group advances to the eighth-finals.

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 2 points for a penalty shootout win, 1 point for a penalty shootout loss, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:

• Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
• Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
• Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
• Goal difference in all group matches;
• Goals scored in all group matches.

This is the first time that this round is being held in a home and away format. Nine countries are being represented, with Italy boasting the most clubs with four.

The eight teams in pot 1 won their group in the qualification round, while the 8 runners-up in the qualification round are in pot 2.

Pot 1	Pot 2
VK Šabac A-Híd Vasas Plaket Pallanuoto Trieste Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka Endo Plus Service Honvéd Telimar Palermo CN Barcelona Primorac Kotor	CC Ortigia BVSC-Zugló EN Tourcoing Solaris Šibenik Panionios GSS RN Savona GS Apollon Smyrnis Waspo'98 Hannover

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAR	TOU	TEL	SOL
1	CN Barcelona	6	5	0	0	1	73	53	+20	15	Eighth-finals		—	15–13	11–3	8–7
2	EN Tourcoing	6	3	0	1	2	65	66	−1	10			9–13	—	14–11	17–18[a]
3	Telimar Palermo	6	2	0	0	4	57	68	−11	6			12–11	9–10	—	11–9
4	Solaris Šibenik	6	1	1	0	4	56	64	−8	5			9–15	8–9	13–11	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SAV	VAS	HON	APO
1	RN Savona	6	5	0	0	1	78	64	+14	15	Eighth-finals		—	16–13	14–7	13–10
2	A-Híd Vasas Plaket	6	4	0	1	1	86	74	+12	13			18–17	—	16–19[a]	19–15
3	Endo Plus Service Honvéd	6	2	1	0	3	53	67	−14	8			5–6	3–11	—	12–11
4	GS Apollon Smyrnis	6	0	0	0	6	65	77	−12	0			11–12	8–10	10–11	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RIJ	ZUG	SAB	HAN
1	Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka	6	4	0	0	2	84	71	+13	12[a]	Eighth-finals		—	19–10	15–10	13–9
2	BVSC-Zugló	6	4	0	0	2	78	72	+6	12[a]			22–13	—	11–9	10–9
3	VK Šabac	6	3	0	0	3	59	58	+1	9			10–8	10–8	—	14–4
4	Waspo'98 Hannover	6	1	0	0	5	56	76	−20	3			10–16	12–17	12–6	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PAN	ORT	KOT	TRI
1	Panionios GSS	6	3	1	0	2	67	62	+5	11	Eighth-finals		—	13–10	8–5	26–25[a]
2	CC Ortigia	6	3	0	0	3	73	76	−3	9[b]			13–12	—	9–14	11–14
3	Primorac Kotor	6	3	0	0	3	61	63	−2	9[b]			9–10	12–18	—	9–8
4	Pallanuoto Trieste	6	2	0	1	3	68	68	0	7			9–8	11–12	10–12	—

	Eight-finals						Quarter-finals
	8 March/23 March
	CC Ortigia	8	12	20
							6 April/27 April
	Spandau 04	8	14	22
							Spandau 04	11	12	23
	8 March/23 March
							RN Savona	10	10	20
	Jadran Herceg Novi	10	13	23
	RN Savona	16	12	28
	8 March/23 March
	Astralpool Sabadell	18	15	33
							6 April/27 April
	EN Tourcoing	11	12	23
							Astralpool Sabadell	6	7	13
	8 March/23 March
							Steaua București	5	6	11
	Steaua București	11	20 PS	31
	Panionios GSS	12	18	30
	8 March/23 March
	Crvena zvezda	11	12	23
							9 April/27 April
	BVSC-Zugló	13	9	22
							Crvena zvezda	9	10	19
	8 March/23 March
							Jug AO Dubrovnik	15	14	29
	A-Híd Vasas Plaket	11	8	19
	Jug AO Dubrovnik	12	9	21
	8 March/23 March
	Dinamo Tbilisi	7	15	22
							6 April/27 April
	Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka	8	20	28
							Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka	9	15	24
	8 March/23 March
							NC Vouliagmeni	14	9	23
	NC Vouliagmeni	17	10	27
	CN Barcelona	13	6	19

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

The draw took place in Barcelona on 26 March 2024.^[14][15] There was no seeding.

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

The final four was held at the Bazeni Kantrida in the Croatian city, Rijeka. The city was given the hosting rights on 2 May 2024.^[16][17] Originally, NC Vouliagmeni won the hosting rights,^[18] but after they were eliminated, Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka, backed the Rijeka government, decided to file an application.^[19][20] Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka paid LEN 40,000 Euros in order to organise the event.^[21]

	Semi-finals				Final
	17 May
	Spandau 04	12
					18 May
	Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka	14
					Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka	6
	17 May
					Jug AO Dubrovnik	12
	Astralpool Sabadell	7
	Jug AO Dubrovnik	11
					Third place
					18 May
					Spandau 04	2
					Astralpool Sabadell	9

17 May 2024 17:45	Report	Astralpool Sabadell	7–11	Jug AO Dubrovnik	Bazeni Kantrida, Rijeka Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Michiel Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–3, 3–3, 1–2
		Vidović 2	Goals	Lazic 5

17 May 2024 20:00	Report	Spandau 04	12–14	Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka	Bazeni Kantrida, Rijeka Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Tamas Kovacs-Csatlos (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 3–0, 4–7, 2–3
		Strelezkij 5	Goals	four players 3

18 May 2024 17:45	Report	Astralpool Sabadell	9–2	Spandau 04	Bazeni Kantrida, Rijeka Referees: Vojin Putnikovic (SRB), Michiel Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 1–0, 2–1, 3–0, 3–1
		Stamm, Tkáč 1	Goals	three players 2

18 May 2024 20:00	Report	Jug AO Dubrovnik	12–6	Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka	Bazeni Kantrida, Rijeka Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Alessandro Severo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–1, 6–2, 2–2
		Cabañas, Daube 3	Goals	Brubnjak, Kadivec 2

2023–24 LEN Euro Cup Champions
Jug AO Dubrovnik Second title

• 2023–24 LEN Champions League
• 2023–24 LEN Challenger Cup
• 2023 LEN Super Cup
• 2023–24 LEN Women's Champions League
• 2023–24 LEN Women's Euro Cup
• 2023–24 LEN Women's Challenger Cup
• 2023 LEN Women's Super Cup

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