# 2022–23 LEN Champions League

The 2022–23 LEN Champions League was the 60th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. The champions were Pro Recco of Italy, who defeated Novi Beograd of Serbia 14–11 in the Final in Belgrade.

## Qualified teams

The full list of teams qualified for each stage of the 2022–23 EHF European League was announced on 12 July 2022.
Group stage :
| Jug AO Dubrovnik | CN Marseille | Dinamo Tbilisi | Waspo'98 Hannover |
| Spandau 04 Berlin | Olympiacos Piraeus | FTC-Telekom Budapest | Pro Recco |
| Novi Beograd | Radnički Kragujevac | Zodiac Atlètic-Barceloneta | Astrapool Sabadell |
Qualification round II :
| Jadran Split | CN Noisy-le-Sec | ASC Duisburg | NC Vouliagmeni |
| Genesys OSC-Budapest | AN Brescia | Šabac | Barcelona |
Qualification round I :
| Invictum Sarajevo | Banja Luka | HAVK Mladost Zagreb | KVIK Kastrup |
| EN Tourcoing | Panionios GSS | A-Híd VasasPlaket | ASA Tel Aviv |
| RN Savona | EVK Žaibas | Jadran Herceg Novi | Primorac Kotor |
| ZPC Het Ravijn | Vitória Sport Clube | Steaua Bucharest | CSM Oradea |
| KVP Nováky | Galatasaray | Enka Istanbul |

## Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.
| Phase | Round | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Qualifying rounds | Qualification round I | 29 September–2 October 2022 | 29 September–2 October 2022 |
| Qualifying rounds | Qualification round II | 14–16 October 2022 | 14–16 October 2022 |
| Qualifying rounds | Qualification round III | 29 October 2022 | 5 November 2022 |
| Preliminary round | Round 1 | 15/16 November 2022 | 15/16 November 2022 |
| Preliminary round | Round 2 | 29/30 November 2022 | 29/30 November 2022 |
| Preliminary round | Round 3 | 13/14 December 2022 | 13/14 December 2022 |
| Preliminary round | Round 4 | 20/21 December 2022 | 20/21 December 2022 |
| Preliminary round | Round 5 | 10/11 January 2023 | 10/11 January 2023 |
| Preliminary round | Round 6 | 24/25 January 2023 | 24/25 January 2023 |
| Preliminary round | Round 7 | 7/8 February 2023 | 7/8 February 2023 |
| Preliminary round | Round 8 | 17/18 February 2023 | 17/18 February 2023 |
| Preliminary round | Round 9 | 28 February/1 March 2023 | 28 February/1 March 2023 |
| Preliminary round | Round 10 | 21/22 March 2023 | 21/22 March 2023 |
| Preliminary round | Round 11 | 4/5 April 2023 | 4/5 April 2023 |
| Preliminary round | Round 12 | 25/26 April 2023 | 25/26 April 2023 |
| Preliminary round | Round 13 | 12/13 May 2023 | 12/13 May 2023 |
| Preliminary round | Round 14 | 23/24 May 2023 | 23/24 May 2023 |
| Final 8 | Quarterfinals | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2023 |
| Final 8 | Semifinals | 1 June 2023 | 1 June 2023 |
| Final 8 | Final | 3 June 2023 | 3 June 2023 |

## Qualifying rounds
### Qualification round I

The draw took place in Split. The top three ranked sides will advance from both groups.

#### Group A

* 29 September–2 October 2022, Nijverdal, Netherlands.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VAS | PRI | STE | HET | SAR |
| 1 | A-Híd VasasPlaket | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 21 | +54 | 12 | Qualification round II | — | 13–10 | — | — | 37–2 |
| 2 | Primorac Kotor | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 35 | +41 | 9 | Qualification round II | — | — | 14–11 | — | 36–4 |
| 3 | Steaua Bucharest | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 35 | +23 | 6 | Qualification round II | 3–10 | — | — | — | 29–2 |
| 4 | ZPC Het Ravijn | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 49 | +4 | 3 | | 6–15 | 7–16 | 10–15 | — | 31–3 |
| 5 | Invictum Sarajevo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 133 | −122 | 0 | | — | — | — | — | — |

#### Group B

* 30 September–2 October 2022, Oradea, Romania.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ORA | RNS | GAL | ASA |
| 1 | CSM Oradea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 18 | +16 | 9 | Qualification round II | — | 10–7 | — | 12–3 |
| 2 | RN Savona | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 24 | +17 | 6 | Qualification round II | — | — | 10–6 | — |
| 3 | Galatasaray | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 25 | +4 | 3 | Qualification round II | 8–12 | — | — | 15–3 |
| 4 | ASA Tel Aviv | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 51 | −37 | 0 | | — | 8–24 | — | — |

#### Group C

* 29 September–2 October 2022, Herceg Novi, Montenegro.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MLA | JHN | ŽAI | ESK | NOV |
| 1 | HAVK Mladost Zagreb | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 23 | +33 | 12 | Qualification round II | — | — | — | 16–6 | 16–3 |
| 2 | Jadran Herceg Novi | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 27 | +27 | 9 | Qualification round II | 7–9 | — | 12–2 | 19–8 | 16–8 |
| 3 | EVK Žaibas | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 6 | Qualification round II | 7–15 | — | — | — | 14–6 |
| 4 | Enka Istanbul | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 59 | −25 | 1 | | — | — | 9–13 | — | — |
| 5 | KVP Nováky | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 57 | −29 | 1 | | — | — | — | 11–11 | — |

#### Group D

* 29 September–2 October 2022, Tourcoing, France.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ENT | PAN | VIT | KAS | BAN |
| 1 | EN Tourcoing | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 16 | +92 | 12 | Qualification round II | — | 10–5 | 28–5 | 29–4 | 41–2 |
| 2 | Panionios GSS | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 102 | 20 | +82 | 9 | Qualification round II | — | — | 21–6 | 34–2 | — |
| 3 | Vitória Sport Clube | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 64 | −13 | 6 | Qualification round II | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | KVIK Kastrup | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 82 | −47 | 3 | | — | — | 6–11 | — | 23–8 |
| 5 | Banja Luka | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 135 | −114 | 0 | | — | 2–42 | 9–29 | — | — |

### Qualification round II

The top two ranked sides from each group advance.

#### Group A

* 13–16 October 2022, Split, Croatia.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | JST | VSC | RNS | ŠAB | STE |
| 1 | Jadran Split | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 36 | +21 | 12 | Round III | — | 13–11 | — | 14–13 | — |
| 2 | A-Híd VasasPlaket | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 9 | Round III | — | — | 9–8 | — | — |
| 3 | RN Savona | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 35 | +3 | 6 | | 5–13 | — | — | 10–8 | — |
| 4 | Šabac | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 47 | −5 | 3 | | — | 4–13 | — | — | 17–10 |
| 5 | Steaua Bucharest | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 35 | 67 | −32 | 0 | | 7–17 | 13–18 | 5–15 | — | — |

#### Group B

* 13–16 October 2022, Barcelona, Spain.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CER | ORA | JHN | CNB | VIT |
| 1 | CN Noisy-le-Sec | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 36 | +22 | 12 | Round III | — | — | 14–12 | — | 17–4 |
| 2 | CSM Oradea | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 31 | +17 | 6 | Round III | 7–11 | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Jadran Herceg Novi | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 42 | +14 | 6 | | — | 9–8 | — | — | 23–7 |
| 4 | Barcelona | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 6 | | 13–16 | 6–12 | 13–12 | — | 22–6 |
| 5 | Vitória Sport Clube | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 83 | −61 | 0 | | — | 5–21 | — | — | — |

#### Group C

* 14–16 October 2022, Kotor, Montenegro.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | OSC | NCV | ENT | PRI |
| 1 | Genesys OSC-Budapest | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 6 | Round III | — | — | 7–10 | — |
| 2 | NC Vouliagmeni | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 28 | +10 | 6 | Round III | 9–13 | — | — | — |
| 3 | EN Tourcoing | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 4 | | — | 13–14 | — | — |
| 4 | Primorac Kotor | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 39 | −19 | 1 | | 8–14 | 2–15 | 10–10 | — |

#### Group D

* 13–16 October 2022, Athens, Greece.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BRE | PAN | MLA | ŽAI | DUI |
| 1 | AN Brescia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 23 | +42 | 12 | Round III | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Panionios GSS | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 32 | +9 | 9 | Round III | 4–9 | — | 7–6 | — | 14–8 |
| 3 | HAVK Mladost Zagreb | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 37 | +8 | 6 | | 9–13 | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | EVK Žaibas | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 70 | −30 | 3 | | 4–25 | 9–16 | 10–14 | — | 17–15 |
| 5 | ASC Duisburg | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 65 | −29 | 0 | | 6–18 | — | 7–16 | — | — |

### Qualification round III

The winners in the third round will continue in the preliminary round.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Genesys OSC-Budapest | 29–18 | Panionios GSS | 17–7 | 12–11 |
| CN Noisy-le-Sec | 23–26 | NC Vouliagmeni | 11–17 | 12–9 |
| A-Híd VasasPlaket | 18–23 | AN Brescia | 10–12 | 8–11 |
| Jadran Split | 21–14 | CSM Oradea | 9–3 | 12–11 |

## Preliminary round

In the regular season, teams will play against each other home and away in a round-robin format. The top four teams in group A and the top three teams in Group B will advance to the Final 8. Also, Novi Beograd will participate in the Final 8 as the host of the tournament. The matchdays will be from 15 November 2022 to 24 May 2023.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAR | REC | OLY | NCV | JST | RKG | DTB | HAN |
| 1 | Zodiac Atlètic-Barceloneta | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 169 | 100 | +69 | 39 | Final 8 | — | 5–11 | 10–5 | 13–6 | 8–6 | 18–9 | 13–6 | 20–5 |
| 2 | Pro Recco | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 192 | 102 | +90 | 36 | Final 8 | 8–9 | — | 10–9 | 14–7 | 14–7 | 21–12 | 20–5 | 21–4 |
| 3 | Olympiacos Piraeus | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 175 | 114 | +61 | 31 | Final 8 | 7–9 | 9–7 | — | 14–6 | 10–7 | 13–7 | 19–10 | 15–8 |
| 4 | NC Vouliagmeni | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 130 | 156 | −26 | 17 | Final 8 | 7–11 | 7–13 | 6–14 | — | 13–12 | 9–10 | 12–7 | 10–9 |
| 5 | Jadran Split | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 142 | 141 | +1 | 17 | | 5–9 | 9–13 | 8–13 | 10–10 | — | 10–10 | 21–7 | 12–8 |
| 6 | Radnički Kragujevac | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 140 | 175 | −35 | 15 | | 10–14 | 8–16 | 10–10 | 9–9 | 11–13 | — | 11–10 | 13–12 |
| 7 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 115 | 200 | −85 | 6 | | 8–14 | 3–13 | 9–21 | 9–14 | 7–12 | 13–8 | — | 11–14 |
| 8 | Waspo'98 Hannover | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 116 | 191 | −75 | 3 | | 7–16 | 8–11 | 7–16 | 11–14 | 8–10 | 7–12 | 8–10 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BRE | NBG | FTC | JUG | SAB | OSC | CNM | S04 |
| 1 | AN Brescia | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 169 | 124 | +45 | 34 | Final 8 | — | 12–9 | 8–4 | 14–10 | 7–4 | 14–6 | 15–13 | 14–10 |
| 2 | Novi Beograd | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 178 | 136 | +42 | 32 | Final 8 | 11–9 | — | 14–13 | 12–12 | 16–11 | 17–9 | 11–4 | 13–8 |
| 3 | FTC-Telekom Budapest | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 148 | 141 | +7 | 25 | Final 8 | 10–6 | 14–12 | — | 9–7 | 10–12 | 12–11 | 9–8 | 12–8 |
| 4 | Jug AO Dubrovnik | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 156 | 161 | −5 | 16 | Final 8 | 8–13 | 11–11 | 12–12 | — | 14–10 | 13–8 | 14–9 | 11–13 |
| 5 | Astrapool Sabadell | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 131 | 147 | −16 | 16 | | 10–14 | 6–8 | 7–10 | 15–12 | — | 9–8 | 13–11 | 9–9 |
| 6 | Genesys OSC-Budapest | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 143 | 162 | −19 | 13 | | 14–14 | 9–11 | 12–16 | 9–9 | 9–8 | — | 18–13 | 9–9 |
| 7 | CN Marseille | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 146 | 162 | −16 | 13 | | 5–13 | 13–17 | 13–7 | 15–11 | 9–6 | 10–10 | — | 14–7 |
| 8 | Spandau 04 Berlin | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 129 | 167 | −38 | 11 | | 10–16 | 5–16 | 11–10 | 11–12 | 10–11 | 7–11 | 11–9 | — |
* ↑ Novi Beograd is already qualified as the Final 8 host.

## Final 8

31 May–3 June 2023, Belgrade, Serbia.

### Qualified teams

| Group | Winners | Runners-up | Third | Fourth |
| A | Zodiac Atlètic-Barceloneta | Pro Recco | Olympiacos Piraeus | NC Vouliagmeni |
| B | AN Brescia | Novi Beograd | FTC-Telekom Budapest | Jug AO Dubrovnik |

### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 31 May | 31 May | | | |
| Zodiac CNAB | 11 | | | |
| Zodiac CNAB | 11 | 1 June | 1 June | | |
| Jug AO | 9 | 1 June | 1 June | |
| Jug AO | 9 | Zodiac CNAB | 10 | |
| 31 May | 31 May | | Zodiac CNAB | 10 | |
| 31 May | 31 May | Novi Beograd (PSO) | 12 | |
| Novi Beograd | 13 | Novi Beograd (PSO) | 12 | |
| Novi Beograd | 13 | | | | 3 June | 3 June |
| Olympiacos | 11 | | | | 3 June | 3 June |
| Olympiacos | 11 | | | | Novi Beograd | 11 |
| 31 May | 31 May | | | | | Novi Beograd | 11 |
| 31 May | 31 May | | | | Pro Recco | 14 |
| AN Brescia | 10 | | | | Pro Recco | 14 |
| AN Brescia | 10 | 1 June | 1 June | | | |
| NC Vouliagmeni | 11 | 1 June | 1 June | | | |
| NC Vouliagmeni | 11 | NC Vouliagmeni | 8 | | | |
| 31 May | 31 May | | NC Vouliagmeni | 8 | | | |
| 31 May | 31 May | Pro Recco | 12 | | Third place game | Third place game |
| Pro Recco | 8 | Pro Recco | 12 | | Third place game | Third place game |
| Pro Recco | 8 | | | | 3 June | 3 June |
| FTC-Telekom | 4 | | | | 3 June | 3 June |
| FTC-Telekom | 4 | | | | Zodiac CNAB (PSO) | 14 |
| | | | | | NC Vouliagmeni | 13 |

#### 5th–8th place bracket

| 5th–8th place semifinals | 5th–8th place semifinals | Fifth place game | Fifth place game |
| 1 June | 1 June |
| Jug AO | 5 |
| Jug AO | 5 | 2 June | 2 June |
| Olympiacos | 14 | 2 June | 2 June |
| Olympiacos | 14 | Olympiacos | 9 |
| 1 June | 1 June | | Olympiacos | 9 |
| 1 June | 1 June | FTC-Telekom | 4 |
| AN Brescia | 8 | FTC-Telekom | 4 |
| FTC-Telekom | 9 | | |
| FTC-Telekom | 9 | Seventh place game | Seventh place game |
| | | 2 June | 2 June |
| | | Jug AO | 14 |
| | | AN Brescia | 10 |
* 2022–23 LEN Champions League Champions
* Pro Recco 11th title

## Individual awards

| Season MVP | Top Scorer | Finals MVP |
| Gergő Zalánki (Pro Recco) | Alvaro Granados 46 goals (Novi Beograd) | Gergő Zalánki (Pro Recco) |
Total 7 of the Season :
| LW | Alvaro Granados (Novi Beograd) | CF | Dimitrios Nikolaidis (Vouliagmeni) | RW | Gergő Zalánki (Pro Recco) |
| LD | Felipe Perrone (Atlètic-Barceloneta) | CB | Marko Zuvela (Jug) | RD | Edoardo Di Soma (Brescia) |
| GK | Marco Del Lungo (Pro Recco) | Marco Del Lungo (Pro Recco) | Marco Del Lungo (Pro Recco) | Marco Del Lungo (Pro Recco) | Marco Del Lungo (Pro Recco) |