# 2019–20 LEN Euro League Women

The 2019–20 LEN Euro League Women was the 33rd edition of the major competition for European women's water polo clubs. It is started on 31 October 2019 and it was scheduled to end with the Final 4 on 24 and 25 April 2020.

## Overview
### Calendar

The calendar of the tournament was announced by LEN on 11 June 2019.
| Phase | Round | First leg | Second leg |
| Qualifying phase | Qualification round | 1–3 November 2019 | 1–3 November 2019 |
| Qualifying phase | Preliminary round | 29 November–1 December 2019 | 29 November–1 December 2019 |
| Knockout stage | Quarterfinals | 8 February 2020 | 28 March 2020 |
| Knockout stage | Final 4 | 24–25 April 2020 | 24–25 April 2020 |

### Teams

Qualification round :
| Lille UC | UVSE | ZV De Zaan | CE Mediterrani |
| Spandau 04 | Plebiscito Padova | ZVL-1886 | CN Mataró |
| BVSC | SIS Roma | Dynamo Uralochka | CN Sant Andreu |
| Dunaújváros | Exiles SC | Kinef Kirishi | |
| Ferencváros | UZSC Utrecht | Olympia Košice | |
| Preliminary round ||||
| NC Vouliagmeni | Olympiacos | Orizzonte Catania | CN Sabadell |

## Qualifying stage
### Qualification round
#### Pools composition

The draw was held in Volos (Greece) on 8 September 2019, during the 2019 Women's LEN European Junior Water Polo Championship.
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| Dunaújváros | CN Sant Andreu | BVSC | CN Mataró |
| Exiles SC | Lille UC | CE Mediterrani | Dynamo Uralochka |
| Kinef Kirishi | UVSE (H) | Olympia Košice | Ferencváros |
| SIS Roma (H) | ZVL-1886 | Plebiscito Padova | UZSC Utrecht (H) |
| ZV De Zaan | | Spandau 04 (H) | |

#### Group A

Venue: Polo Natatorio di Ostia, Ostia (Rome), Italy.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Dunaújváros | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 30 | +24 | 10 | Preliminary round |
| 2 | Kinef Kirishi | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 35 | +33 | 9 | Preliminary round |
| 3 | SIS Roma | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 31 | +24 | 7 | Preliminary round |
| 4 | ZV De Zaan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 61 | 45 | +16 | 3 | |
| 5 | Exiles SC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 106 | −95 | 0 | |
| Date | Time$^†$ | | Score | | |
| 31 Oct | 18:00 | ZV De Zaan | 11–19 | Kinef | Report |
| 31 Oct | 19:45 | SIS Roma | 29–2 | Exiles | Report |
| 1 Nov | 10:00 | Dunaújváros | 12–10 | ZV De Zaan | Report |
| 1 Nov | 11:45 | Kinef | 31–3 | Exiles | Report |
| 1 Nov | 18:00 | Kinef | 8–14 | Dunaújváros | Report |
| 1 Nov | 19:45 | SIS Roma | 13–12 | ZV De Zaan | Report |
| 2 Nov | 18:00 | Exiles | 5–21 | Dunaújváros | Report |
| 2 Nov | 19:45 | SIS Roma | 9–10 | Kinef | Report |
| 3 Nov | 10:00 | ZV De Zaan | 28–1 | Exiles | Report |
| 3 Nov | 11:45 | Dunaújváros | 7–7 | SIS Roma | Report |

#### Group B

Venue: Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest, Hungary.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | UVSE | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 25 | +27 | 9 | Preliminary round |
| 2 | CN Sant Andreu | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 24 | +1 | 6 | Preliminary round |
| 3 | ZVL-1886 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 29 | −10 | 3 | Preliminary round |
| 4 | Lille UC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 39 | −18 | 0 | |
| Date | Time$^†$ | | Score | | |
| 1 Nov | 17:00 | Sant Andreu | 7–5 | ZVL | Report |
| 1 Nov | 18:45 | UVSE | 23–9 | Lille | Report |
| 2 Nov | 17:00 | Lille | 7–8 | ZVL | Report |
| 2 Nov | 18:45 | UVSE | 14–10 | Sant Andreu | Report |
| 3 Nov | 11:00 | Sant Andreu | 8–5 | Lille | Report |
| 3 Nov | 12:45 | UVSE | 15–6 | ZVL | Report |

#### Group C

Venue: Schöneberger Schwimmsporthalle, Berlin, Germany.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Plebiscito Padova | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 25 | +35 | 12 | Preliminary round |
| 2 | CE Mediterrani | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 42 | +16 | 9 | Preliminary round |
| 3 | BVSC | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 36 | +19 | 6 | Preliminary round |
| 4 | Spandau 04 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 53 | −17 | 3 | |
| 5 | Olympia Košice | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 74 | −53 | 0 | |
| Date | Time$^†$ | | Score | | |
| 31 Oct | 19:00 | Spandau | 8–17 | Mediterrani | Report |
| 31 Oct | 20:30 | BVSC | 24–1 | Olympia | Report |
| 1 Nov | 19:00 | Spandau | 16–8 | Olympia | Report |
| 1 Nov | 20:30 | Plebiscito | 14–7 | Mediterrani | Report |
| 2 Nov | 10:00 | BVSC | 8–14 | Plebiscito | Report |
| 2 Nov | 11:30 | Mediterrani | 20–7 | Olympia | Report |
| 2 Nov | 18:00 | Spandau | 5–8 | Plebiscito | Report |
| 2 Nov | 19:30 | Mediterrani | 14–13 | BVSC | Report |
| 3 Nov | 10:00 | Olympia | 5–14 | Plebiscito | Report |
| 3 Nov | 11:30 | Spandau | 7–10 | BVSC | Report |

#### Group D

Venue: Zwembad de Krommerijn, Utrecht, Netherlands.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Dynamo Uralochka | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 27 | +9 | 6 | Preliminary round |
| 2 | UZSC Utrecht | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 6 | Preliminary round |
| 3 | CN Mataró | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 31 | −2 | 6 | Preliminary round |
| 4 | Ferencváros | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 40 | −12 | 0 | |
| Date | Time$^†$ | | Score | | |
| 1 Nov | 19:00 | Utrecht | 14–11 | Ferencváros | Report |
| 1 Nov | 20:30 | Mataró | 7–14 | Uralochka | Report |
| 2 Nov | 17:30 | Ferencváros | 10–14 | Mataró | Report |
| 2 Nov | 19:00 | Utrecht | 13–10 | Uralochka | Report |
| 3 Nov | 12:30 | Ferencváros | 7–12 | Uralochka | Report |
| 3 Nov | 14:00 | Utrecht | 7–8 | Mataró | Report |
$^†$ All times are local

### Preliminary round

The draw was held at LEN offices in Nyon, Switzerland, on 5 November 2019.

#### Pools composition

| Group E | Group F | Group G | Group H |
| Dunaújváros | CN Sabadell (H) | Kinef Kirishi (H) | BVSC |
| CE Mediterrani | SIS Roma | NC Vouliagmeni | CN Sant Andreu |
| CN Mataró | UVSE | Plebiscito Padova | Dynamo Uralochka |
| Olympiacos (H) | UZSC Utrecht | ZVL-1886 | Orizzonte Catania (H) |

#### Group E

Venue: Papastratio Petros Kapagerov National Swimming Hall, Piraeus, Greece.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Olympiacos | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 25 | +12 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Dunaújváros | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 28 | +5 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | CN Mataró | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 3 | |
| 4 | CE Mediterrani | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 35 | −11 | 0 | |
| Date | Time$^†$ | | Score | | |
| 29 Nov | 18:30 | Olympiacos | 13–8 | Mediterrani | Report |
| 29 Nov | 20:15 | Dunaújváros | 15–10 | Mataró | Report |
| 30 Nov | 18:30 | Olympiacos | 10–8 | Dunaújváros | Report |
| 30 Nov | 20:15 | Mataró | 12–8 | Mediterrani | Report |
| 1 Dec | 10:30 | Mediterrani | 8–10 | Dunaújváros | Report |
| 1 Dec | 12:15 | Olympiacos | 14–9 | Mataró | Report |

#### Group F

Venue: Centre Can Llong, Sabadell, Spain.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | CN Sabadell | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | UZSC Utrecht | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 31 | +3 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | UVSE | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 4 | |
| 4 | SIS Roma | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 29 | −4 | 3 | |
| Date | Time$^†$ | | Score | | |
| 29 Nov | 19:15 | Sabadell | 7–11 | Utrecht | Report |
| 29 Nov | 20:45 | UVSE | 6–5 | SIS Roma | Report |
| 30 Nov | 11:15 | Utrecht | 13–13 | UVSE | Report |
| 30 Nov | 12:45 | Sabadell | 13–9 | SIS Roma | Report |
| 1 Dec | 11:00 | SIS Roma | 11–10 | Utrecht | Report |
| 1 Dec | 12:30 | Sabadell | 15–10 | UVSE | Report |

#### Group G

Venue: Neftyanik Sports Complex, Kirishi, Russia.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Kinef Kirishi | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 26 | +24 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | NC Vouliagmeni | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Plebiscito Padova | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 28 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | ZVL-1886 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 46 | −28 | 0 | |
| Date | Time$^†$ | | Score | | |
| 29 Nov | 16:15 | Plebiscito | 6–9 | Vouliagmeni | Report |
| 29 Nov | 18:00 | Kinef | 25–5 | ZVL | Report |
| 30 Nov | 16:15 | Plebiscito | 8–5 | ZVL | Report |
| 30 Nov | 18:00 | Vouliagmeni | 10–11 | Kinef | Report |
| 1 Dec | 11:00 | Vouliagmeni | 13–8 | ZVL | Report |
| 1 Dec | 12:45 | Kinef | 14–11 | Plebiscito | Report |

#### Group H

Venue: Piscina Francesco Scuderi, Catania, Italy.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Dynamo Uralochka | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 34 | +16 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Orizzonte Catania | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 30 | +11 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | BVSC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 40 | −11 | 3 | |
| 4 | CN Sant Andreu | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 41 | −16 | 0 | |
| Date | Time$^†$ | | Score | | |
| 29 Nov | 18:30 | Orizzonte | 14–7 | Sant Andreu | Report |
| 29 Nov | 20:15 | BVSC | 11–18 | Uralochka | Report |
| 30 Nov | 17:00 | Orizzonte | 14–16 | Uralochka | Report |
| 30 Nov | 18:45 | BVSC | 11–9 | Sant Andreu | Report |
| 1 Dec | 11:00 | Uralochka | 16–9 | Sant Andreu | Report |
| 1 Dec | 13:00 | Orizzonte | 13–7 | BVSC | Report |
$^†$ All times are local

## Knockout stage
### Quarterfinals

The draw for the quarterfinals took place on 2 December 2019 at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland, before the 2019 European Short Course Swimming Championships.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Dunaújváros | – | Dynamo Uralochka | 11–11 | 28 Mar |
| CN Sabadell | – | Orizzonte Catania | 12–13 | 28 mar |
| Kinef Kirishi | – | UZSC Utrecht | 20–6 | 28 Mar |
| NC Vouliagmeni | – | Olympiacos | 8–10 | 28 Mar |

#### First leg

| 8 Feb 2020 12:30 (UTC+1) | Report | CN Sabadell | 12–13 | Orizzonte Catania | Centre Can Llong (Sabadell) Referees: Boudramis (GRE), Wengenroth (SUI) |
| Centre Can Llong (Sabadell) Referees: Boudramis (GRE), Wengenroth (SUI) |||
| 8 Feb 2020 12:30 (UTC+1) | Report | 5: Forca 2: Cordobés, Eggens | Goals | 5: Garibotti 2: Viacava, Aiello, Emmolo | Centre Can Llong (Sabadell) Referees: Boudramis (GRE), Wengenroth (SUI) |
| 8 Feb 2020 17:00 (UTC+1) | Report | Dunaújváros | 11–11 | Dynamo Uralochka | Fabó Éva Sportuszoda (Dunaújváros) Referees: Franulović (CRO), Rovida (ITA) |
| Fabó Éva Sportuszoda (Dunaújváros) Referees: Franulović (CRO), Rovida (ITA) |||
| 8 Feb 2020 17:00 (UTC+1) | Report | 5: Mahieu 4: Garda | Goals | 3: Karimova, Bersneva 2: Panfilova | Fabó Éva Sportuszoda (Dunaújváros) Referees: Franulović (CRO), Rovida (ITA) |
| 8 Feb 2020 17:00 (UTC+3) | Report | Kinef Kirishi | 20–6 | UZSC Utrecht | Neftyanik Sports Complex (Kirishi) Referees: Schwartz (ISR) |
| Neftyanik Sports Complex (Kirishi) Referees: Schwartz (ISR) |||
| 8 Feb 2020 17:00 (UTC+3) | Report | 5: Krimer 3: Prokofyeva, Glyzina, Ivanova | Goals | 3: van der Weijden 1: three players | Neftyanik Sports Complex (Kirishi) Referees: Schwartz (ISR) |
| 8 Feb 2020 18:00 (UTC+2) | Report | NC Vouliagmeni | 8–10 | Olympiacos | Halandri Municipal Swimming Center (Chalandri) Referees: Dreval (RUS), Bianco (ITA) |
| Halandri Municipal Swimming Center (Chalandri) Referees: Dreval (RUS), Bianco (ITA) |||
| 8 Feb 2020 18:00 (UTC+2) | Report | 2: Protopapas, Ninou 1: four players | Goals | 4: Christmas 2: Plevritou | Halandri Municipal Swimming Center (Chalandri) Referees: Dreval (RUS), Bianco (ITA) |