# 2018–19 LEN Euro Cup

The 2018–19 LEN Euro Cup was the second tier of European competition in water polo. It ran from 28 September 2018 to 13 April 2019.

## Overview
### Team allocation

Qualification round I :
| VK Partizan | SG Neukölln Berlin | CC Ortigia | NC Ydraikos |
| VK Nais | ASC Duisburg | RN Savona | Primorac Kotor |
| CN Marseille | BVSC-Zuglo | VK Primorje | CN Barcelona |
| Olympic Nice | OSC Budapest | VK Mornar | |
| Quarter-finals ||||
| Strasbourg (CL Q3) | NC Vouliagmeni (CL Q3) | Jadran Carine (CL Q3) | CN Terrassa (CL Q3) |

### Phases and rounds dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.
| Phase | Round | First leg | Second leg |
| Qualifying | Qualification round I | 28–30 September 2018 | 28–30 September 2018 |
| Qualifying | Qualification round II | 12–14 October 2018 | 12–14 October 2018 |
| Knockout stage | Quarter-finals | 21 November 2018 | 5 December 2018 |
| Knockout stage | Semi-finals | 23 January 2019 | 27 February 2019 |
| Knockout stage | Final | 30 March 2019 | 13 April 2019 |

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BUD | PRI | PAR | DUI |
| 1 | OSC Budapest | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 18 | +35 | 9 | Round II | — | | 17–7 | |
| 2 | VK Primorje (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 26 | +3 | 6 | Round II | 7–15 | — | 13–6 | 9–5 |
| 3 | VK Partizan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 38 | −12 | 3 | | | | — | 13–8 |
| 4 | ASC Duisburg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 43 | −26 | 0 | | 4–21 | | | — |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MAR | MOR | SAV | BER |
| 1 | CN Marseille | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 12 | +25 | 9 | Round II | — | | | 15–0 |
| 2 | VK Mornar | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 19 | +10 | 6 | Round II | 8–10 | — | | |
| 3 | RN Savona (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 3 | | 4–12 | 5–6 | — | 10–6 |
| 4 | SG Neukölln Berlin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 40 | −30 | 0 | | | 4–15 | | — |

#### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAR | BVS | NIC |
| 1 | CN Barcelona (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 6 | Round II | — | | |
| 2 | BVSC-Zuglo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 18 | +8 | 3 | Round II | 8–9 | — | |
| 3 | Olympic Nice | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 28 | −11 | 3 | | 8–10 | 9–18 | — |

#### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PRI | ORT | YDR | NAI |
| 1 | Primorac Kotor | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 21 | +12 | 9 | Round II | — | 9–5 | | 15–8 |
| 2 | CC Ortigia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 19 | +3 | 6 | Round II | | — | | |
| 3 | NC Ydraikos (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 19 | +2 | 3 | | 8–9 | 5–6 | — | 8–4 |
| 4 | VK Nais | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 34 | −17 | 0 | | | 5–11 | | — |

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BUD | ORT | BAR | MOR |
| 1 | OSC Budapest | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 17 | +24 | 9 | Quarter-finals | — | | 13–6 | |
| 2 | CC Ortigia (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 29 | −2 | 6 | Quarter-finals | 8–14 | — | | 10–9 |
| 3 | CN Barcelona | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 30 | −7 | 3 | | | 6–9 | — | 11–8 |
| 4 | VK Mornar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 35 | −15 | 0 | | 3–14 | | | — |

#### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MAR | KOT | BVS | PRI |
| 1 | CN Marseille (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 19 | +17 | 9 | Quarter-finals | — | 10–7 | 12–6 | 14–6 |
| 2 | Primorac Kotor | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 6 | Quarter-finals | | — | | 16–11 |
| 3 | BVSC-Zuglo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 28 | −4 | 3 | | | 6–9 | — | |
| 4 | VK Primorje | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 42 | −18 | 0 | | | | 7–12 | — |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Strasbourg | 9 | 6 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| CN Marseille | 7 | 12 | 19 | | | | | | | | |
| CN Marseille | 7 | 12 | 19 | CN Marseille | 7 | 10 | 17 | | | | |
| | | | | Ortigia Siracusa | 4 | 4 | 8 | | | | |
| Ortigia Siracusa | 7 | 9 | 16 | Ortigia Siracusa | 4 | 4 | 8 | | | | |
| Vouliagmeni | 8 | 6 | 14 | | | | | | | | |
| Vouliagmeni | 8 | 6 | 14 | | | | | CN Marseille | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| | | | | | | | | Jadran Carine | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| Primorac Kotor | 9 | 6 | 15 | | | | | | | | | Jadran Carine | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| Jadran Carine | 11 | 15 | 26 | | | | | | | | |
| Jadran Carine | 11 | 15 | 26 | Jadran Carine | 11 | 13 | 24 | | | | |
| | | | | OSC Budapest | 10 | 12 | 22 | | | | |
| CN Terrassa | 9 | 7 | 16 | OSC Budapest | 10 | 12 | 22 | | | | |
| OSC Budapest | 9 | 10 | 19 | | | | | | | | |

### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Strasbourg | 15–19 | CN Marseille | 9–7 | 6–12 |
| Ortigia Siracusa | 16–14 | Vouliagmeni | 7–8 | 9–6 |
| Primorac Kotor | 15–26 | Jadran Carine | 9–11 | 6–15 |
| CN Terrassa | 16–19 | OSC Budapest | 9–9 | 7–10 |

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Jadran Carine | 24–22 | OSC Budapest | 11–10 | 13–12 |
| CN Marseille | 17–8 | Ortigia Siracusa | 7–4 | 10–4 |

### Final

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| CN Marseille | 16–15 | Jadran Carine | 9–8 | 7–7 |
* 2018–19 LEN Euro Cup Champions
* CN Marseille 1st Cup