2024–25 LEN Champions League main round

For the equivalent women's tournament, see 2024–25 LEN Women's Champions League main round.
2024–25 LEN Champions League main round
Tournament information
SportWater polo
Dates8 October–4 December 2024
Teams16
WebsiteOfficial website

The 2024–25 LEN Champions League main round is played between 8 October and 4 December 2024 to determine the eight teams advancing to the Quarter-finals round of the 2024–25 LEN Champions League.

Format

The 16 teams were place into four groups of four. In each group, teams will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The top two teams in each group advanced to the Quarter-finals round.

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.

Draw

The draw took place in Zagreb on 13 August 2024. The seeding was based off the men's club rankings. The only restriction was that clubs from the same country could not be drawn against each other. The four teams from the qualifiers were not known at the time of the draw.[1]

Key to colours
Group winners and runners-up advance to Quarter-finals round

Groups

Group A

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Serbia NOV Romania ORA Romania STE Germany HAN
1 Serbia Novi Beograd 6 6 0 0 0 75 51 +24 18 Advance to Quarter-finals — 12–10 11–7 10–8
2 Romania CSM Oradea 6 2 2 0 2 79 83 −4 10 9–15 — 19–18[a] 10–9
3 Romania Steaua București 6 1 1 2 2 77 86 −9 7 Transfer to Euro Cup 8–15 19–20[b] — 13–12[c]
4 Germany Waspo'98 Hannover 6 0 0 1 5 57 68 −11 1 9–12 10–11 9–12 —
Source: European Aquatics
  1. ^ Match ended 11–11, CSM Oradea won 8–7 on penalties
  2. ^ Match ended 13–13, CSM Oradea won 7–6 on penalties
  3. ^ Match ended 8–8, Steaua București won 5–4 on penalties
8 October 2024
18:15 		Report Novi Beograd Serbia 11–7 Romania Steaua București 11th April Sports and Recreation Center, Belgrade
Referees:
Rik Evers (NED), Pau Segurana (ESP)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–1, 2–2, 5–1
Skoumpakis 4 Goals three players 2
8 October 2024
20:00 		Report Waspo'98 Hannover Germany 10–11 Romania CSM Oradea Magdeburg Dynamo Schwimmhalle, Magdeburg
Referees:
Xavier F. Buch (ESP), Veselin Miskovic (MNE)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 1–2, 5–4, 2–0
Buha 3 Goals Gusarov 3
15 October 2024
18:00 		Report Steaua București Romania 13–12 Germany Waspo'98 Hannover Complexul Sportiv Steaua, Bucharest
Referees:
David Gomez (ESP), Arnaldo Petronilli (ITA)
Score by quarters: 4–0, 0–1, 1–3, 3–4  PSO: 5–4
Georgesku 3 Goals Strelezkij 3
15 October 2024
18:00 		Report CSM Oradea Romania 9–15 Serbia Novi Beograd Bazinul Olimpic Ioan Alexandrescu, Oradea
Referees:
Tamas Kovacs-Csatlos (HUN), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–4, 3–5, 2–3
Gusarov 3 Goals Martinović 4
29 October 2024
18:00 		Report Steaua București Romania 19–20 Romania CSM Oradea Complexul Sportiv Steaua, Bucharest
Score by quarters: 3–2, 1–4, 6–2, 3–5  PSO: 6–7
Georgesku 3 Goals Gardašević 6
29 October 2024
18:00 		Report Novi Beograd Serbia 10–8 Germany Waspo'98 Hannover 11th April Sports and Recreation Center, Belgrade
Referees:
Alessandro Severo (ITA), Norbert Ercse (HUN)
Score by quarters: 5–2, 0–2, 1–0, 4–4
Vlachopoulos 3 Goals two players 2
13 November 2024
19:15 		Report Steaua București Romania 8–15 Serbia Novi Beograd Complexul Sportiv Steaua, Bucharest
Referees:
Gyorgy Kun (HUN), Arnaldo Petronilli (ITA)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 3–4, 2–3, 1–3
Fulea, Georgesku 3 Goals Lukić, Martinović 3
13 November 2024
21:00 		Report CSM Oradea Romania 10–9 Germany Waspo'98 Hannover Bazinul Olimpic Ioan Alexandrescu, Oradea
Referees:
David Gomez (ESP), Božo Ðuraškovic (MNE)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 0–2, 3–2, 3–3
Gardašević, Vancsik 3 Goals Lozina 3
20 November 2024
18:15 		Report Novi Beograd Serbia 12–10 Romania CSM Oradea 11th April Sports and Recreation Center, Belgrade
Referees:
Spyridon Achladiotis (GRE), Tomi Kavcic (SLO)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 3–2, 4–5, 1–1
Martinovic 5 Goals Gardasevic 4
20 November 2024
20:00 		Report Waspo'98 Hannover Germany 9–12 Romania Steaua București Magdeburg Dynamo Schwimmhalle, Magdeburg
Referees:
Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE), Norbert Ercse (HUN)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–2, 2–5, 2–2
Buha 3 Goals Fulea 3
3 December 2024
19:00 		Report CSM Oradea Romania 19–18 Romania Steaua București Bazinul Olimpic Ioan Alexandrescu, Oradea
Referees:
Jaume Teixido (ESP), Veselin Miskovic (MNE)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–3, 3–1, 4–4  PSO: 8–7
Vancsik 4 Goals Colodrovschi 3
4 December 2024
20:00 		Report Waspo'98 Hannover Germany 9–12 Serbia Novi Beograd Magdeburg Dynamo Schwimmhalle, Magdeburg
Referees:
Peter De Jong (NED), Levan Berishvili (GEO)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–3, 1–4, 4–2
Milardovic 4 Goals Martinovic 3

Group B

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Hungary FTC Croatia JAD Serbia RAD Georgia (country) DIN
1 Hungary FTC-Telekom 6 6 0 0 0 92 42 +50 18 Advance to Quarter-finals — 18–9 16–4 16–7
2 Croatia Jadran Split 6 3 1 0 2 76 69 +7 11 10–12 — 15–13[a] 12–5
3 Serbia Radnički Kragujevac 6 2 0 1 3 51 72 −21 7 Transfer to Euro Cup 5–12 11–14 — 8–6
4 Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi 6 0 0 0 6 44 80 −36 0 7–18 10–16 9–10 —
Source: European Aquatics
  1. ^ Match ended 10–10, Jadran Split won 5–3 on penalties
8 October 2024
18:00 		Report FTC-Telekom Hungary 16–7 Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi Császár-Komjádi Béla Sport Swimming Pool, Budapest
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Hendrik Schopp (GER)
Score by quarters: 4–4, 5–1, 4–0, 3–2
Argyropoulos 5 Goals seven players 1
8 October 2024
18:00 		Report Jadran Split Croatia 15–13 Serbia Radnički Kragujevac Sports Center Poljud, Split
Referees:
Michiel Zwart (NED), Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 2–0, 2–3, 3–2, 3–5  PSO: 5–3
Fatović 5 Goals Vićković 3
15 October 2024
18:15 		Report Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country) 10–16 Croatia Jadran Split Olympic Swimming Pool, Tbilisi
Referees:
Alex Marquez (ESP), Mihai George Balanescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 3–5, 3–2, 1–5, 3–4
three players 2 Goals Marinić Kragić 4
15 October 2024
18:00 		Report Radnički Kragujevac Serbia 5–12 Hungary FTC-Telekom Sports Center Park, Kragujevac
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–3, 0–3, 2–4
Drašović 2 Goals Mandić 4
29 October 2024
19:15 		Report Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country) 9–10 Serbia Radnički Kragujevac Olympic Swimming Pool, Tbilisi
Referees:
Christos Courtidis (GRE), Alexandru-Andrei Mustata (ROU)
Score by quarters: 2–0, 3–3, 1–2, 3–5
three players 2 Goals two players 3
29 October 2024
20:00 		Report FTC-Telekom Hungary 18–9 Croatia Jadran Split Császár-Komjádi Béla Sport Swimming Pool, Budapest
Referees:
Frank Ohme (GER), Xavier F. Buch (ESP)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–3, 6–0, 6–4
Argyropoulos 5 Goals Butić 3
12 November 2024
19:15 		Report Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country) 7–18 Hungary FTC-Telekom Olympic Swimming Pool, Tbilisi
Referees:
Matan Schwartz (ISR), Mihnea Ioan Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 1–5, 3–4, 1–4
Tankosić 2 Goals Manhercz 4
12 November 2024
20:00 		Report Radnički Kragujevac Serbia 11–14 Croatia Jadran Split Sports Center Park, Kragujevac
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Alessandro Severo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 4–5, 3–2, 2–5, 2–2
Jaksic 4 Goals five players 2
20 November 2024
18:15 		Report Jadran Split Croatia 12–5 Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi Sports Center Poljud, Split
Referees:
Jaume Teixido (ESP), Veselin Miskovic (MNE)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 4–1, 2–3, 3–1
Banićević 3 Goals Akhvlediani 2
20 November 2024
20:00 		Report FTC-Telekom Hungary 16–4 Serbia Radnički Kragujevac Császár-Komjádi Béla Sport Swimming Pool, Budapest
Referees:
Pau Segurana (ESP), Hendrik Schopp (GER)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 3–0, 5–2, 4–1
Mandić, Manhercz 4 Goals four players 1
3 December 2024
19:00 		Report Radnički Kragujevac Serbia 8–6 Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi Sports Center Park, Kragujevac
Score by quarters: 2–0, 3–2, 1–1, 2–3
Rašović 3 Goals Vapenski 2
4 December 2024
18:15 		Report Jadran Split Croatia 10–12 Hungary FTC-Telekom Sports Center Poljud, Split
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Gernot Haentschel (GER)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–3, 2–4, 1–4
Berehulak, Kragić 3 Goals Argyropoulos, Varga 3

Group C

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Spain BAR France MAR Montenegro JAD Hungary VAS
1 Spain Zodiac Atlètic-Barceloneta 6 6 0 0 0 100 56 +44 18 Advance to Quarter-finals — 19–14 18–7 18–7
2 France CN Marseille 6 3 0 0 3 69 67 +2 9 9–12 — 13–11 13–9
3 Montenegro Jadran Herceg Novi 6 2 0 0 4 61 73 −12 6 Transfer to Euro Cup 8–16 3–9 — 17–9
4 Hungary A-Híd Vasas Plaket 6 1 0 0 5 54 88 −34 3 10–15 13–11 6–14 —
Source: European Aquatics
9 October 2024
19:00 		Report Zodiac Atlètic-Barceloneta Spain 18–7 Hungary A-Híd Vasas Plaket Piscina Sant Sebastià, Barcelona
Referees:
Nenad Peris (CRO), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 5–1, 4–1, 6–2, 3–3
two players 4 Goals Đurđić 2
9 October 2024
19:00 		Report CN Marseille France 13–11 Montenegro Jadran Herceg Novi Pierre Garsau Pool, Marseille
Score by quarters: 4–4, 4–3, 2–1, 3–3
Vernoux 4 Goals Kholod 3
16 October 2024
18:14 		Report Jadran Herceg Novi Montenegro 8–16 Spain Zodiac Atlètic-Barceloneta Leotar Swimming Club, Trebinje[E]
Referees:
Raffaele Colombo (ITA), Konstantinos Vasileiou (GRE)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–4, 3–5, 1–5
two players 2 Goals Granados 3
16 October 2024
18:15 		Report A-Híd Vasas Plaket Hungary 13–11 France CN Marseille Császár-Komjádi Béla Sport Swimming Pool, Budapest
Referees:
Vojin Putnikovic (SRB), Hendrik Schopp (GER)
Score by quarters: 4–5, 3–1, 4–1, 2–4
Dedović 3 Goals Velotto 3
30 October 2024
18:15 		Report A-Híd Vasas Plaket Hungary 6–14 Montenegro Jadran Herceg Novi Császár-Komjádi Béla Sport Swimming Pool, Budapest
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Nenad Peris (CRO)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–3, 2–1, 2–6
two players 2 Goals Kholod 5
30 October 2024
20:00 		Report Zodiac Atlètic-Barceloneta Spain 19–14 France CN Marseille Piscina Sant Sebastià, Barcelona
Referees:
Andrej Franulovic (CRO), Daniele Bianco (ITA)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 5–5, 5–3, 5–4
Granados 6 Goals Angyal 4
12 November 2024
18:15 		Report A-Híd Vasas Plaket Hungary 10–15 Spain Zodiac Atlètic-Barceloneta Császár-Komjádi Béla Sport Swimming Pool, Budapest
Referees:
Frank Ohme (GER), Christos Kourtidis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 3–5, 2–2, 3–3
Đurđić 3 Goals Granados, Vigvári 4
12 November 2024
18:00 		Report Jadran Herceg Novi Montenegro 3–9 France CN Marseille Leotar Swimming Club, Trebinje[F]
Referees:
Michiel Zwart (NED), Gernot Haentschel (GER)
Score by quarters: 0–4, 1–2, 0–1, 2–2
Ivović 2 Goals Crousillat 3
19 November 2024
20:00 		Report CN Marseille France 13–9 Hungary A-Híd Vasas Plaket Pierre Garsau Pool, Marseille
Referees:
Nenad Peris (CRO), Daniele Bianco (ITA)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 4–1, 4–1, 2–3
Crousillat 4 Goals Durdic 5
19 November 2024
18:00 		Report Zodiac Atlètic-Barceloneta Spain 20–8 Montenegro Jadran Herceg Novi Piscina Sant Sebastià, Barcelona
Referees:
Alessandro Severo (ITA), Vojin Putnikovic (SRB)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 5–1, 7–2, 5–2
Tahull 4 Goals Radovic 3
3 December 2024
18:00 		Report Jadran Herceg Novi Montenegro 17–9 Hungary A-Híd Vasas Plaket Leotar Swimming Club, Trebinje[G]
Referees:
Raffaele Colombo (ITA), Mihai George Balanescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 3–2, 6–3, 4–1
three players 3 Goals three players 2
3 December 2024
18:00 		Report CN Marseille France 9–12 Spain Zodiac Atlètic-Barceloneta Pierre Garsau Pool, Marseille
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–0, 1–2, 4–6
Bouet 3 Goals Granados 4

Group D

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Greece OLY Italy SAV Spain AST Montenegro KOT
1 Greece Olympiacos Piraeus 6 3 2 0 1 91 68 +23 13 Advance to Quarter-finals — 9–10 15–11 20–19[a]
2 Italy RN Savona 6 3 1 1 1 74 69 +5 12 11–14[b] — 10–12 11–9
3 Spain Astrapool Sabadell 6 1 1 1 3 75 84 −9 6 Transfer to Euro Cup 8–15 13–14[c] — 15–16
4 Montenegro Primorac Kotor 6 1 0 2 3 79 98 −19 5 9–18 12–18 14–16[d] —
Source: European Aquatics
  1. ^ Match ended 12–12, Olympiacos Piraeus won 8–7 on penalties
  2. ^ Match ended 11–11, Olympiacos Piraeus won 3–0 on penalties
  3. ^ Match ended 11–11, RN Savona won 3–2 on penalties
  4. ^ Match ended 11–11, Astrapool Sabadell won 5–3 on penalties
9 October 2024
19:15 		Report Olympiacos Piraeus Greece 20–19 Montenegro Primorac Kotor Papastrateio Swimming Pool, Piraeus
Referees:
Andrej Franulovic (CRO), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 5–3, 2–2, 2–3  PSO: 8–7
Genidounias 4 Goals four players 2
9 October 2024
19:00 		Report RN Savona Italy 10–12 Spain Astrapool Sabadell Piscina Carlo Zanelli, Savona
Referees:
Tamas Kovacs-Csatlos (HUN), Vuk Milovic (SRB)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–2, 2–4, 3–3
Figlioli 3 Goals three players 3
16 October 2024
19:00 		Report Astrapool Sabadell Spain 8–15 Greece Olympiacos Piraeus Can Llong pool, Sabadell
Referees:
Nenad Peris (CRO), Ruben Sap (NED)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 0–4, 3–6, 2–4
Valera 3 Goals Genidounias 5
16 October 2024
19:00 		Report Primorac Kotor Montenegro 12–18 Italy RN Savona Nikša Bućin Swimming Pool, Kotor
Referees:
Gyorgy Kun (HUN), Julien Bourges (FRA)
Score by quarters: 4–4, 4–6, 3–3, 1–5
three players 2 Goals four players 3
30 October 2024
19:15 		Report Olympiacos Piraeus Greece 9–10 Italy RN Savona Papastrateio Swimming Pool, Piraeus
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Vojin Putnikovic (SRB)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 4–2, 1–3, 3–2
Genidounias 4 Goals Merkulov 3
30 October 2024
19:00 		Report Primorac Kotor Montenegro 14–16 Spain Astrapool Sabadell Nikša Bućin Swimming Pool, Kotor
Referees:
Tamas Kovacs-Csatlos (HUN), Gernot Haentschel (GER)
Score by quarters: 5–4, 2–2, 0–2, 4–3  PSO: 3–5
Mršić 3 Goals Averka 3
12 November 2024
18:15 		Report Primorac Kotor Montenegro 9–18 Greece Olympiacos Piraeus Nikša Bućin Swimming Pool, Kotor
Referees:
Rajmund Fodor (HUN), Peter De Jong (NED)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–5, 3–5, 3–4
three players 2 Goals Dimou 5
12 November 2024
18:00 		Report Astrapool Sabadell Spain 13–14 Italy RN Savona Can Llong pool, Sabadell
Referees:
Andrej Franulovic (CRO), Ivan Rakovic (SRB)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–3, 4–4, 3–1  PSO: 2–3
Averka, Macarro 4 Goals Figlioli 5
19 November 2024
19:15 		Report Olympiacos Piraeus Greece 15–11 Spain Astrapool Sabadell Papastrateio Swimming Pool, Piraeus
Referees:
Michiel Zwart (NED), Ante Bura (CRO)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 5–3, 5–3, 2–2
Fountoulis 4 Goals Macarro 4
19 November 2024
18:00 		Report RN Savona Italy 11–9 Montenegro Primorac Kotor Piscina Carlo Zanelli, Savona
Referees:
Tamas Kovacs-Csatlos (HUN), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–3, 2–3, 3–1
Figlioli 5 Goals three players 2
3 December 2024
18:00 		Report RN Savona Italy 11–14 Greece Olympiacos Piraeus Piscina Carlo Zanelli, Savona
Referees:
Nenad Peris (CRO), Gyorgy Kun (HUN)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–3, 4–2, 1–4  PSO: 0–3
Figlioli 3 Goals Dimou 3
3 December 2024
18:00 		Report Astrapool Sabadell Spain 15–16 Montenegro Primorac Kotor Can Llong pool, Sabadell
Referees:
Vuk Milovic (SRB), Rik Evers (NED)
Score by quarters: 5–4, 2–7, 3–2, 5–3
three players 3 Goals Shushiashvili 4

Notes

  1. ^ Team not known at the time of the draw. Was the Group A winner in qualification.
  2. ^ Team not known at the time of the draw. Was the Group B winner in qualification.
  3. ^ Team not known at the time of the draw. Was the Group C winner in qualification.
  4. ^ Team not known at the time of the draw. Was the Group D winner in qualification.
  5. ^ Due to not having a venue that meets requirements, Jadran Herceg Novi plays their home games in Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  6. ^ Due to not having a venue that meets requirements, Jadran Herceg Novi plays their home games in Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  7. ^ Due to not having an venue that meets requirements, Jadran Herceg Novi plays their home games in Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

See also

References

  1. ^ https://www.len.eu/champions-league-draw-excitements-guaranteed/