# 2020–21 LEN Euro Cup

The 2020–21 LEN Euro Cup was the 29th edition of the second-tier European tournament for men's water polo clubs.

## Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round: The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
* CL: Transferred from the LEN Champions League
** Q: Losers from the qualifying round
Qualification round :
| Pays d’Aix Natation (CL Q) | CN Barcelona (CL Q) | Novi Beograd | Sintez Kazan (CL Q) |
| Tourcoing (CL Q) | CN Terrassa (CL Q) | Crvena zvezda | Dynamo Moscow |
| Noisy-le-Sec | CN Sabadell | Mladost Zagreb (CL Q) | RN Savona |
| Strasbourg | CE Mediterrani | Jadran Split (CL Q) | Primorac Kotor (CL Q) |
| OSC Budapest (CL Q) | Vouliagmeni (CL Q) | OSC Potsdam | Triglav Kranj |
| Szolnok (CL Q) | Apollon Smyrni | SV Ludwigsburg | Carouge Natation |
| ZF Eger | Panionios | Steaua Bucharest (CL Q) |
| BVSC-Zugló | Radnički Kragujevac (CL Q) | Digi Oradea (CL Q) |

## Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.
| Phase | Round | First leg | Second leg |
| Qualifying | Qualification round I | 13–15 November 2020 | 13–15 November 2020 |
| Qualifying | Qualification round II | 4–6 December 2020 | 4–6 December 2020 |
| Knockout phase | Eight-finals | 27 February 2021 | 6 March 2021 |
| Knockout phase | Quarterfinals | 17 March 2021 | 24 March 2021 |
| Knockout phase | Semifinals | 3 April 2021 | 10 April 2021 |
| Knockout phase | Final | 24 April 2021 | 8 May 2021 |

## Qualification round

The qualification round is scheduled for 4–6 December 2020.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ENT | CNB | PAN | ZUG |
| 1 | Tourcoing | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 21 | +21 | 7 | Knockout phase | — | — | 20–9 | 10–0 |
| 2 | CN Barcelona (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 17 | +20 | 7 | Knockout phase | 12–12 | — | 15–5 | 10–0 |
| 3 | Panionios | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 35 | −11 | 3 | | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | BVSC-Zugló | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 | −30 | 0 | Disqualified | — | — | 0–10 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CNS | DYN | JST | STE |
| 1 | CN Sabadell (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 24 | +8 | 9 | Knockout phase | — | 12–7 | 9–8 | 11–9 |
| 2 | Dynamo Moscow | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 31 | −3 | 6 | Knockout phase | — | — | — | 9–8 |
| 3 | Jadran Split | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 32 | +1 | 3 | | — | 11–12 | — | — |
| 4 | Steaua Bucharest | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 0 | | — | — | 11–14 | — |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | OSC | CZB | NLS | TRI |
| 1 | OSC Budapest | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 17 | +33 | 9 | Knockout phase | — | 15–5 | — | 21–5 |
| 2 | Crvena zvezda | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 6 | Knockout phase | — | — | 13–12 | 19–7 |
| 3 | Noisy-le-Sec | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 36 | +3 | 3 | | 7–14 | — | — | 20–9 |
| 4 | Triglav Kranj (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 60 | −39 | 0 | | — | — | — | — |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | NCV | AIX | LUD | CAR |
| 1 | Vouliagmeni | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 22 | +32 | 9 | Knockout phase | — | — | 21–6 | — |
| 2 | Pays d’Aix Natation (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 21 | +20 | 6 | Knockout phase | 11–12 | — | 14–5 | 16–4 |
| 3 | SV Ludwigsburg | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 41 | −13 | 3 | | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Carouge Natation | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 54 | −39 | 0 | | 5–21 | — | 6–17 | — |

### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RKG | CEM | RNS | POT |
| 1 | Radnički Kragujevac | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 23 | +19 | 9 | Knockout phase | — | — | — | 15–7 |
| 2 | CE Mediterrani | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 6 | Knockout phase | 9–13 | — | — | — |
| 3 | RN Savona (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 34 | −4 | 3 | | 7–14 | 11–12 | — | 12–8 |
| 4 | OSC Potsdam | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 41 | −19 | 0 | | — | 7–14 | | — |

### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MZG | PRI | ZFE |
| 1 | Mladost Zagreb (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 15 | +11 | 6 | Knockout phase | — | 13–8 | 13–7 |
| 2 | Primorac Kotor | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 22 | +1 | 3 | Knockout phase | — | — | — |
| 3 | ZF Eger | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 28 | −12 | 0 | | — | 9–15 | — |

### Group G

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SZO | STR | APO | CNT |
| 1 | Szolnok (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 30 | +18 | 9 | Knockout phase | — | 15–5 | 13–11 | 20–14 |
| 2 | Strasbourg | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 31 | −8 | 6 | Knockout phase | — | — | 8–7 | — |
| 3 | Apollon Smyrni | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 34 | −2 | 3 | | — | — | — | 14–13 |
| 4 | CN Terrassa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 0 | | — | 9–10 | — | — |

### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SIN | NBG | ORA |
| 1 | Sintez Kazan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 17 | +7 | 6 | Knockout phase | — | — | — |
| 2 | Novi Beograd (H) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 20 | +2 | 3 | Knockout phase | 10–11 | — | 12–9 |
| 3 | Digi Oradea | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 25 | −9 | 0 | | 7–13 | — | — |

## Knockout phase
### Bracket

| Eight-finals | Eight-finals | Eight-finals | Eight-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Sintez Kazan | 12 | 6 | 18 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dynamo Moscow | 14 | 9 | 23 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dynamo Moscow | 14 | 9 | 23 | Dynamo Moscow | 8 | 9 | 17 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Crvena zvezda | 11 | 9 | 20 | | | | | | | | | |
| Tourcoing | 9 | 6 | 15 | Crvena zvezda | 11 | 9 | 20 | | | | | | | | | |
| Crvena zvezda | 12 | 7 | 19 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Crvena zvezda | 12 | 7 | 19 | | | | | Crvena zvezda | 12 | 8 | 20 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Szolnok | 20 | 15 | 35 | | | | | |
| Radnički Kragujevac (w/o) | 11 | | 11 | | | | | | | | | Szolnok | 20 | 15 | 35 | | | | | |
| Strasbourg | 10 | | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Strasbourg | 10 | | 10 | Radnički Kragujevac | 12 | 10 | 22 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Szolnok | 14 | 10 | 24 | | | | | | | | | |
| Primorac Kotor | 8 | 16 | 24 | Szolnok | 14 | 10 | 24 | | | | | | | | | |
| Szolnok | 18 | 17 | 35 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Szolnok | 18 | 17 | 35 | | | | | | | | | | Szolnok | 14 | 8 | 22 (3) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | OSC Budapest | 11 | 11 | 22 (0) |
| Pays d’Aix Natation | 6 | 9 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | OSC Budapest | 11 | 11 | 22 (0) |
| OSC Budapest | 22 | 20 | 42 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| OSC Budapest | 22 | 20 | 42 | OSC Budapest | 17 | 10 | 27 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Sabadell | 11 | 12 | 23 | | | | | | | | | |
| Sabadell | 9 | 17 | 26 | Sabadell | 11 | 12 | 23 | | | | | | | | | |
| Mediterrani | 9 | 6 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mediterrani | 9 | 6 | 15 | | | | | OSC Budapest | 10 | 11 | 21 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Vouliagmeni | 7 | 9 | 16 | | | | | |
| Barcelona | 9 | 6 | 15 | | | | | | | | | Vouliagmeni | 7 | 9 | 16 | | | | | |
| Mladost Zagreb | 11 | 7 | 18 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mladost Zagreb | 11 | 7 | 18 | Mladost Zagreb | 11 | 10 | 21 (8) | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Vouliagmeni (p) | 10 | 11 | 21 (9) | | | | | | | | | |
| Novi Beograd | 7 | 8 | 15 | Vouliagmeni (p) | 10 | 11 | 21 (9) | | | | | | | | | |
| Vouliagmeni | 7 | 9 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Eight Finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Radnički Kragujevac | 11–10 | Strasbourg | 11–10 | Suspended |
| Pays d’Aix Natation | 15–42 | OSC Budapest | 6–22 | 9–20 |
| Tourcoing | 15–19 | Crvena zvezda | 9–12 | 6–7 |
| Primorac Kotor | 24–35 | Szolnok | 8–18 | 16–17 |
| Sabadell | 26–15 | Mediterrani | 9–9 | 17–6 |
| Novi Beograd | 15–16 | Vouliagmeni | 7–7 | 8–9 |
| Sintez Kazan | 18–23 | Dynamo Moscow | 12–14 | 6–9 |
| Barcelona | 15–18 | Mladost Zagreb | 9–11 | 6–7 |

### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Dynamo Moscow | 17–20 | Crvena zvezda | 8–11 | 9–9 |
| Radnički Kragujevac | 22–24 | Szolnok | 12–14 | 10–10 |
| Mladost Zagreb | 21–21(8–9 p) | Vouliagmeni | 11–10 | 10–11 |
| OSC Budapest | 27–23 | Sabadell | 17–11 | 10–12 |

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| OSC Budapest | 21–16 | Vouliagmeni | 10–7 | 11–9 |
| Crvena zvezda | 20–35 | Szolnok | 12–20 | 8–15 |

### Finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Szolnok | 22–22(0–3 p) | OSC Budapest | 14–11 | 8–11 |
* 2020–21 LEN Euro Cup Champions
* Szolnok 1st Cup