# 2016–17 LEN Champions League

The 2016–17 LEN Champions League was the 54th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. It ran from 30 September 2016 to 27 May 2017.

## Team allocation

8 teams are directly qualified for the preliminary round.
Preliminary round :
| Jug | Spandau 04 | Szolnok | Partizan |
| Atlètic-Barceloneta | Olympiacos | Pro Recco | Olympic Nice |
| Qualification round II ||||
| Primorje | Duisburg | Eger | Crvena zvezda |
| Sabadell | Vouliagmeni | Brescia | Marseille |
| Qualification round I ||||
| Mornar | Sintez Kazan | Jadran | Waspo 98 Hannover |
| Verona | Orvosegyetem | Portuense | Valletta |
| Utrecht | Oradea | Galatasaray | Arkonia Szczecin |
| Barendrecht | Steaua București | Enkaspor |

### Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.
| Phase | Round | First leg | Second leg |
| Qualifying | Qualification round I | 30 September–2 October 2016 | 30 September–2 October 2016 |
| Qualifying | Qualification round II | 14–16 October 2016 | 14–16 October 2016 |
| Qualifying | Qualification round III (play-off round) | 26 October 2016 | 9 November 2016 |
| Preliminary round | Matchday 1 | 30 November 2016 | 30 November 2016 |
| Preliminary round | Matchday 2 | 10 December 2016 | 10 December 2016 |
| Preliminary round | Matchday 3 | 21 December 2016 | 21 December 2016 |
| Preliminary round | Matchday 4 | 18 January 2017 | 18 January 2017 |
| Preliminary round | Matchday 5 | 8 February 2017 | 8 February 2017 |
| Preliminary round | Matchday 6 | 18 February 2017 | 18 February 2017 |
| Preliminary round | Matchday 7 | 1 March 2017 | 1 March 2017 |
| Preliminary round | Matchday 8 | 22 March 2017 | 22 March 2017 |
| Preliminary round | Matchday 9 | 5 April 2017 | 5 April 2017 |
| Preliminary round | Matchday 10 | 26 April 2017 | 26 April 2017 |
| Final 6 | Quarter-finals | 25 May 2017 | 25 May 2017 |
| Final 6 | Semi-finals | 26 May 2017 | 26 May 2017 |
| Final 6 | Final | 27 May 2017 | 27 May 2017 |

## Qualifying rounds
### Qualification I

Fifteen teams take part in the Qualification round I. They were drawn into three groups of four teams and one group of three teams, whose played on 30 September−2 October 2016. Top 2 teams of each group advance to qualification round II.

#### Group A

Tournament was played in Oradea, Romania.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ORA | MOR | UTR | GAL |
| 1 | Oradea (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 18 | +17 | 9 | Round II | — | 10–6 | 11–5 | 14–7 |
| 2 | Mornar | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 23 | +9 | 6 | Round II | — | — | — | 13–7 |
| 3 | Utrecht | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 31 | −11 | 3 | | — | 6–13 | — | — |
| 4 | Galatasaray | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 36 | −15 | 0 | | — | — | 7–9 | — |

#### Group B

Tournament was played in Budapest, Hungary.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ORV | WAS | BAR |
| 1 | Orvosegyetem (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 17 | +15 | 6 | Round II | — | 12–11 | 20–6 |
| 2 | Waspo 98 Hannover | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 17 | +13 | 3 | Round II | — | — | — |
| 3 | Barendrecht | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 39 | −28 | 0 | | — | 5–19 | — |

#### Group C

Tournament was played in Porto, Portugal.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VER | SIN | ENK | POR |
| 1 | Verona | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 17 | +42 | 7 | Round II | — | 10–10 | — | — |
| 2 | Sintez Kazan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 15 | +29 | 7 | Round II | — | — | 14–3 | — |
| 3 | Enkaspor | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 41 | −24 | 3 | | 6–21 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Portuense (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 56 | −47 | 0 | | 1–28 | 2–20 | 6–8 | — |

#### Group D

Tournament was played in Valletta, Malta.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | JAD | STE | VAL | ARK |
| 1 | Jadran | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 11 | +46 | 9 | Round II | — | 9–7 | — | 23–3 |
| 2 | Steaua București | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 18 | +25 | 6 | Round II | — | — | 19–6 | — |
| 3 | Valletta (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 46 | −27 | 3 | | 1–25 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Arkonia Szczecin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 52 | −44 | 0 | | — | 3–17 | 2–12 | — |

### Qualification II

Sixteen teams take part in the Qualification round II. Eight teams from first round and eight teams with wild cards. They were drawn into four groups of four teams, whose played on 14−16 October 2016. Top 2 teams of each group advance to qualification round III.

#### Group E

Tournament was played in Eger, Hungary.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VER | EGE | MAR | MOR |
| 1 | Verona | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 24 | +21 | 9 | Round III | — | — | 18–9 | 17–6 |
| 2 | Eger (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 23 | +19 | 6 | Round III | 9–10 | — | 18–5 | 15–8 |
| 3 | Marseille | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 47 | −20 | 3 | | — | — | — | 13–11 |
| 4 | Mornar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 45 | −20 | 0 | | — | — | — | — |

#### Group F

Tournament was played in Brescia, Italy.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BRE | ORV | SIN | CZB |
| 1 | Brescia (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 7 | Round III | — | 11–11 | 15–11 | 9–5 |
| 2 | Orvosegyetem | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 5 | Round III | — | — | 11–11 | — |
| 3 | Sintez Kazan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 30 | +3 | 4 | | — | — | — | 11–4 |
| 4 | Crvena zvezda | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 28 | −12 | 0 | | — | 7–8 | — | — |

#### Group G

Tournament was played in Herceg Novi, Montenegro.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | WAS | JAD | VOU | DUI |
| 1 | Waspo 98 Hannover | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 22 | +4 | 6 | Round III | — | — | — | 8–5 |
| 2 | Jadran (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 18 | +9 | 6 | Round III | 6–8 | — | 9–6 | 12–4 |
| 3 | Vouliagmeni | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 6 | | 11–10 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Duisburg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 35 | −17 | 0 | | — | — | 9–15 | — |
* 1 2 3 Waspo Hannover 18–17, Jadran 15–14, Vouliagmeni 17–19

#### Group H

Tournament was played in Rijeka, Croatia.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PRI | ORA | SAB | STE |
| 1 | Primorje (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 28 | −4 | 6 | Round III | — | 9–7 | 5–12 | 10–9 |
| 2 | Oradea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 25 | +4 | 6 | Round III | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Sabadell | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 25 | +3 | 4 | | — | 6–10 | — | — |
| 4 | Steaua București | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 1 | | — | 10–12 | 10–10 | — |
* 1 2 Primorje–Oradea 9–7

### Qualification III

Eight teams take part in the Qualification round III. These teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follow:
* In the draw for the Qualification round III, the four group winners were seeded, and the four group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams. Teams from the same group could not be drawn against each other.
* Key to colors
* Seeded in qualification round III draw
* Unseeded in qualification round III draw
| Group | Winners | Runners-up |
| E | Verona | Eger |
| F | Brescia | Orvosegyetem |
| G | Waspo 98 Hannover | Jadran |
| H | Primorje | Oradea |
* 1st leg: 26 October 2016
* 2nd leg: 9 November 2016
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Waspo 98 Hannover | 23–18 | Oradea | 12–7 | 11–11 |
| Brescia | 22–16 | Jadran | 14–5 | 8–11 |
| Primorje | 11–23 | Eger | 6–12 | 5–11 |
| Orvosegyetem | 21–19 | Verona | 10–6 | 11–13 |

## Preliminary round

The regular season was played between 30 November 2016 and 26 April 2017. If teams are level on record at the end of the preliminary round, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
* Head-to-head record.
* Head-to-head point differential.
* Point differential during the Regular Season.
* Points scored during the regular season.
* Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular Season match.
In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 30 November, 10 December, 21 December 2016 and 18 January, 8 February, 18 February, 1 March, 22 March, 5 April, 26 April 2017. The top three teams advanced to the final six.
The Final Six (quarterfinals, semifinals, third place game and final) were played in Budapest, Hungary from 25 to 27 May 2017.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | SZO | OLY | BRE | ORV | SPA | NIC |
| 1 | Szolnok | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 101 | 62 | +39 | 28 | Semifinals | — | 5–5 | 8–4 | 10–8 | 12–7 | 17–4 |
| 2 | Olympiacos | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 90 | 63 | +27 | 22 | Quarterfinals | 4–6 | — | 8–4 | 7–4 | 10–8 | 15–2 |
| 3 | Brescia | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 91 | 78 | +13 | 17 | Quarterfinals | 9–10 | 13–10 | — | 6–6 | 9–6 | 13–4 |
| 4 | Orvosegyetem | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 79 | 74 | +5 | 12 | | 8–9 | 7–8 | 7–7 | — | 5–5 | 11–9 |
| 5 | Spandau 04 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 75 | 95 | −20 | 7 | | 8–12 | 6–11 | 10–14 | 6–10 | — | 11–6 |
| 6 | Olympic Nice | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 60 | 124 | −64 | 0 | | 5–12 | 8–12 | 9–12 | 7–13 | 6–8 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | PRO | EGE | JUG | BAR | PAR | WAS |
| 1 | Pro Recco | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 63 | +53 | 30 | Semifinals | — | 9–4 | 9–5 | 8–6 | 12–7 | 18–8 |
| 2 | Eger | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 78 | 84 | −6 | 18 | Quarterfinals | 7–11 | — | 6–5 | 10–9 | 8–4 | 10–7 |
| 3 | Jug | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 115 | 92 | +23 | 17 | Quarterfinals | 8–11 | 10–6 | — | 11–10 | 21–9 | 15–15 |
| 4 | Atlètic-Barceloneta | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 89 | 81 | +8 | 14 | | 6–11 | 10–6 | 7–7 | — | 12–5 | 12–10 |
| 5 | Partizan | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 76 | 124 | −48 | 4 | | 5–17 | 8–9 | 9–16 | 4–8 | — | 13–9 |
| 6 | Waspo 98 Hannover | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 98 | 128 | −30 | 3 | | 7–10 | 11–12 | 10–17 | 9–9 | 12–12 | — |

## Final Six

Danube Arena, Budapest, Hungary
| Quarterfinals 25 May 2017 | Quarterfinals 25 May 2017 | Quarterfinals 25 May 2017 | Semifinals 26 May 2017 | Semifinals 26 May 2017 | Semifinals 26 May 2017 | Final 27 May 2017 | Final 27 May 2017 | Final 27 May 2017 |
| | | | A1 | Szolnok | 7 | | | |
| B2 | Eger | 6 | B2 | Eger | 5 | | | |
| A3 | Brescia | 4 | | | | A1 | Szolnok | 10 |
| | | | | | | B3 | Jug | 5 |
| | | | B1 | Pro Recco | 9 | | | |
| A2 | Olympiacos | 8 | B3 | Jug | 10 | | | |
| B3 | Jug | 11 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5th place | 5th place | 5th place | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | A3 | Brescia | 8 | B2 | Eger | 6 |
| | | | A2 | Olympiacos | 5 | B1 | Pro Recco | 15 |

### Quarterfinals

| 25 May 2017 19:00 | Report | Olympiacos | 8–11 | Jug | Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Xavier Buch Sergey Naumov |
| Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Xavier Buch Sergey Naumov |||
| 25 May 2017 19:00 | Report | Genidounias 4 | Goals | four players 2 | Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Xavier Buch Sergey Naumov |
| 25 May 2017 20:30 | Report | Eger | 6–4 | Brescia | Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Vojin Putnikovic Matan Schwartz |
| Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Vojin Putnikovic Matan Schwartz |||
| 25 May 2017 20:30 | Report | Hárai 3 | Goals | Nora 2 | Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Vojin Putnikovic Matan Schwartz |

### 5th place

| 26 May 2017 17:30 | Report | Olympiacos | 5–8 | Brescia | Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Sergey Naumov Matan Schwartz |
| Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Sergey Naumov Matan Schwartz |||
| 26 May 2017 17:30 | Report | Fountoulis 2 | Goals | three players 2 | Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Sergey Naumov Matan Schwartz |

### Semifinals

| 26 May 2017 19:00 | Report | Jug | 10–9 | Pro Recco | Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Adrian Tiberiu Alexandrescu Xavier Buch |
| Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Adrian Tiberiu Alexandrescu Xavier Buch |||
| 26 May 2017 19:00 | Report | Lončar, García 2 | Goals | Filipović 4 | Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Adrian Tiberiu Alexandrescu Xavier Buch |
| 26 May 2017 20:30 | Report | Eger | 5–7 | Szolnok | Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Boris Margeta Vojin Putnikovic |
| Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Boris Margeta Vojin Putnikovic |||
| 26 May 2017 20:30 | Report | five players 1 | Goals | Younger, Prlainović 3 | Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Boris Margeta Vojin Putnikovic |

### Third place

| 27 May 2017 15:15 | Report | Pro Recco | 15–6 | Eger | Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Xavier Buch Sergey Naumov |
| Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Xavier Buch Sergey Naumov |||
| 27 May 2017 15:15 | Report | Ivović 4 | Goals | Vapenski 2 | Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Xavier Buch Sergey Naumov |

### Final

| 27 May 2017 16:45 | Report | Jug | 5–10 | Szolnok | Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Adrian Tiberiu Alexandrescu Boris Margeta |
| Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Adrian Tiberiu Alexandrescu Boris Margeta |||
| 27 May 2017 16:45 | Report | Marković 2 | Goals | Aleksić, Prlainović 3 | Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Adrian Tiberiu Alexandrescu Boris Margeta |
* 2016–17 LEN Champions League Champions
* Szolnok 1st title
* Viktor Nagy, Márton Vámos, Živko Gocić, Tamás Mezei, Aaron Younger, Dénes Varga, Milan Aleksić,
* Andrija Prlainović, Ugo Crousillat, Gábor Kis, David Jansik, Peter Kotlar, Patrik Bagi, Zlotan Hangay, Istvan Kardos, Zsombor Szeghalmi, Tamas Bodoroczki, Kristof Szatmari, Bence Fulop,
* Head coach
* Sándor Cseh

### Final standings

* Team
* Szolnok
* Jug
* Pro Recco
* Eger
* Brescia
* Olympiacos

### Awards

| Player of the Season | Top Scorer | Player of the final Six | Goalkeeper of the final Six |
| Felipe Perrone (Jug) | Felipe Perrone (Jug) 42 goals | Andrija Prlainovic (Szolnok) | Viktor Nagy (Szolnok) |
Total 7 of the Season :
| LW | Andrija Prlainović (Szolnok) | CF | Luka Lončar (Jug) | RW | Márton Vámos (Szolnok) |
| LD | Felipe Perrone (Jug) | CB | Aleksandar Ivović (Pro Recco) | RD | Filip Filipović (Pro Recco) |
| GK | Marko Bijač (Jug) | Marko Bijač (Jug) | Marko Bijač (Jug) | Marko Bijač (Jug) | Marko Bijač (Jug) |