# 2016–17 LEN Euro Cup

The 2016–17 LEN Euro Cup was the second tier of European competition in water polo. It ran from 14 October 2016 to 5 April 2017.

## Overview
### Team allocation

Qualification round I :
| POŠK Split | HAVK Mladost | Montpellier | Pays D’Aix Natation |
| Ferencvárosi TC | BVSC-Zugló | CN Posillipo | Canottieri Napoli |
| Shturm 2002 | Kinef Kirishi | OSC Potsdam | Bayer Uerdingen |
| Hornets Košice | Primorac Kotor | CN Terrassa | |
| Quarter-finals ||||
| CSM Digi Oradea (CL Q3) | Jadran Herceg Novi (CL Q3) | Primorje (CL Q3) | SM Verona (CL Q3) |

### Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.
| Phase | Round | First leg | Second leg |
| Qualifying | Qualification round I | 14−16 October 2016 | 14−16 October 2016 |
| Qualifying | Qualification round II | 28−30 October 2016 | 28−30 October 2016 |
| Knockout stage | Quarter-finals | 30 November 2016 | 10 December 2016 |
| Knockout stage | Semi-finals | 18 January 2017 | 18 February 2017 |
| Knockout stage | Final | 22 March 2017 | 5 April 2017 |

## Qualifying rounds
### Qualification round I
#### Group A

Tournament was played in Aix en Provence, France.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MLA | PAY | MON | SHT |
| 1 | HAVK Mladost | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 21 | +12 | 7 | Round II | — | — | — | 15–6 |
| 2 | Pays D’Aix Natation (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 27 | +1 | 4 | Round II | 6–9 | — | 13–9 | 9–9 |
| 3 | Montpellier | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 2 | | 9–9 | — | — | 11–11 |
| 4 | Shturm 2002 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 35 | −9 | 2 | | — | — | — | — |

#### Group B

Tournament was played in Split, Croatia.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FER | SPL | BAY |
| 1 | Ferencvárosi TC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 18 | +12 | 6 | Round II | — | — | — |
| 2 | POŠK Split (H) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 20 | +6 | 3 | Round II | 12–13 | — | 14–7 |
| 3 | Bayer Uerdingen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 31 | −18 | 0 | | 6–17 | — | — |

#### Group C

Tournament was played in Košice, Slovakia.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | NAP | ZUG | PRI | KOS |
| 1 | Canottieri Napoli | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 9 | Round II | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | BVSC-Zugló | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 20 | +10 | 6 | Round II | 8–9 | — | 8–7 | — |
| 3 | Primorac Kotor | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 27 | −1 | 3 | | 7–12 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Hornets Košice (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 39 | −17 | 0 | | 11–13 | 4–14 | 7–12 | — |

#### Group D

Tournament was played in Naples, Italy.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | POS | TER | KIR | PST |
| 1 | CN Posillipo (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 16 | +18 | 9 | Round II | — | 8–7 | 9–6 | 17–3 |
| 2 | CN Terrassa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 23 | +9 | 6 | Round II | — | — | 11–7 | — |
| 3 | Kinef Kirishi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 33 | −5 | 3 | | — | — | — | 15–13 |
| 4 | OSC Potsdam | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 46 | −22 | 0 | | — | 8–14 | — | — |

### Qualification round II
#### Group E

Tournament was played in Zagreb, Croatia.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | POS | ZUG | MLA | SPL |
| 1 | CN Posillipo | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 21 | +12 | 9 | Quarter-finals | — | 12–8 | 8–6 | — |
| 2 | BVSC-Zugló | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 29 | +2 | 6 | Quarter-finals | — | — | — | 13–11 |
| 3 | HAVK Mladost (H) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 26 | −6 | 1 | | — | 6–10 | — | 8–8 |
| 4 | POŠK Split | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 34 | −8 | 1 | | 7–13 | — | — | — |

#### Group F

Tournament was played in Naples, Italy.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FER | NAP | TER | PAY |
| 1 | Ferencvárosi TC | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 23 | +11 | 9 | Quarter-finals | — | — | 8–6 | — |
| 2 | Canottieri Napoli (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 6 | Quarter-finals | 7–10 | — | 7–4 | 13–11 |
| 3 | CN Terrassa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 3 | | — | — | — | 9–3 |
| 4 | Pays D’Aix Natation | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 38 | −14 | 0 | | 10–16 | — | — | — |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| BVSC-Zugló | 13 | 6 | 19 | | | | | | | | |
| SM Verona | 15 | 11 | 25 | | | | | | | | |
| SM Verona | 15 | 11 | 25 | SM Verona | 12 | 3 | 15 (3) | | | | |
| | | | | CSM Digi Oradea (p) | 10 | 5 | 15 (4) | | | | |
| CSM Digi Oradea | 11 | 8 | 19 | CSM Digi Oradea (p) | 10 | 5 | 15 (4) | | | | |
| Canottieri Napoli | 7 | 5 | 12 | | | | | | | | |
| Canottieri Napoli | 7 | 5 | 12 | | | | | CSM Digi Oradea | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| | | | | | | | | Ferencváros | 12 | 7 | 19 |
| Posillipo | 6 | 8 | 14 | | | | | | | | | Ferencváros | 12 | 7 | 19 |
| Jadran Carine | 9 | 7 | 16 | | | | | | | | |
| Jadran Carine | 9 | 7 | 16 | Jadran Carine | 12 | 4 | 16 | | | | |
| | | | | Ferencváros | 11 | 6 | 17 | | | | |
| Primorje Rijeka | 9 | 8 | 17 | Ferencváros | 11 | 6 | 17 | | | | |
| Ferencváros | 13 | 12 | 25 | | | | | | | | |

### Quarter-finals

* Key to colors
* Seeded in quarter finals draw
* Unseeded in quarter finals draw
| CL losers of QR3 | EC first two of QR2 |
| CSM Digi Oradea | CN Posillipo |
| Jadran Herceg Novi | BVSC-Zugló |
| Primorje | Ferencvárosi TC |
| SM Verona | Canottieri Napoli |
* 1st leg: 30 November 2016
* 2nd leg: 10 December 2016
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Digi Oradea | 19–12 | Canottieri Napoli | 11–7 | 8–5 |
| BVSC-Zugló | 19–25 | SM Verona | 13–14 | 6–11 |
| Primorje Rijeka | 17–25 | Ferencváros | 9–13 | 8–12 |
| Posillipo | 14–16 | Jadran Carine | 6–9 | 8–7 |

### Semi-finals

* 1st leg: 18 January 2017
* 2nd leg: 18 February 2017
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Jadran Carine | 16–17 | Ferencváros | 12–11 | 4–6 |
| SM Verona | 15–15(3–4 p) | Digi Oradea | 12–10 | 3–5 |

### Final

* 1st leg: 22 March 2017
* 2nd leg: 5 April 2017
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Digi Oradea | 13–19 | Ferencváros | 6–12 | 7–7 |
* 2016–17 LEN Euro Cup Champions
* Ferencvárosi TC 1st Cup