# 2017–18 LEN Euro Cup

The 2017–18 LEN Euro Cup was the second tier of European competition in water polo. It ran from 27 September 2017 to 18 April 2018.

## Overview
### Team allocation

Qualification round I :
| Jadran Split | WS Hannover | SM Verona | Shturm 2002 |
| Montpellier | Ferencvárosi TC | Primorac Kotor | CN Mataró |
| Pays D’Aix Natation | Miskolci VLC | ZPC Amersfoort | Hornets Košice |
| OSC Potsdam | | | |
| Quarter-finals ||||
| CN Marseille (CL Q3) | Spartak Volgograd (CL Q3) | Sintez Kazan (CL Q3) | Crvena zvezda (CL Q3) |

### Phases and rounds dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.
| Phase | Round | First leg | Second leg |
| Qualifying | Qualification round I | 27 September–1 October 2017 | 27 September–1 October 2017 |
| Qualifying | Qualification round II | 13–15 October 2017 | 13–15 October 2017 |
| Knockout stage | Quarter-finals | 8 November 2017 | 9 December 2017 |
| Knockout stage | Semi-finals | 24 January 2018 | 28 February 2018 |
| Knockout stage | Final | 31 March 2018 | 18 April 2018 |

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MIS | PRI | SHT | MAT | KOS | WSH |
| 1 | Miskolci VLC (H) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 31 | +45 | 15 | Round II | — | | 16–6 | | 15–7 | 18–4 |
| 2 | Primorac Kotor | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 48 | +5 | 10 | Round II | 6–14 | — | | 12–8 | | |
| 3 | Shturm 2002 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 52 | +1 | 10 | Round II | | 9–9 | — | | | 11–5 |
| 4 | CN Mataró | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 6 | Round II | 8–13 | | 13–14 | — | | |
| 5 | Hornets Košice | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 49 | 60 | −11 | 3 | | | 10–12 | 9–13 | 10–11 | — | |
| 6 | WS Hannover | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 69 | −40 | 0 | | | 7–14 | | 4–13 | 9–13 | — |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FTC | VER | JAD | PAY | MON | AME | POT |
| 1 | Ferencvárosi TC | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 37 | +70 | 18 | Round II | — | 11–9 | | | | 25–4 | |
| 2 | SM Verona (H) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 93 | 41 | +52 | 13 | Round II | | — | 11–11 | | 19–5 | | 17–6 |
| 3 | Jadran Split | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 77 | 43 | +34 | 13 | Round II | 5–8 | | — | | 16–6 | 15–6 | |
| 4 | Pays D’Aix Natation | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 70 | 61 | +9 | 9 | Round II | 10–18 | 4–13 | 5–9 | — | | 18–7 | |
| 5 | Montpellier | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 55 | 91 | −36 | 6 | | 7–23 | | | 9–14 | — | | 13–10 |
| 6 | ZPC Amersfoort | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 40 | 105 | −65 | 3 | | | 4–24 | | | 9–15 | — | |
| 7 | OSC Potsdam | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 38 | 102 | −64 | 0 | | 2–22 | | 7–21 | 5–19 | | 8–10 | — |

### Qualification round II
#### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VER | MIS | PAY | SHT |
| 1 | SM Verona | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 23 | +18 | 7 | Quarter-finals | — | | | 16–5 |
| 2 | Miskolci VLC | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 5 | Quarter-finals | 11–11 | — | | |
| 3 | Pays D’Aix Natation (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 4 | | 7–14 | 13–13 | — | 11–10 |
| 4 | Shturm 2002 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 38 | −14 | 0 | | | 9–11 | | — |

#### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FTC | JAD | MAT | PRI |
| 1 | Ferencvárosi TC (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 17 | +24 | 9 | Quarter-finals | — | 17–3 | 11–4 | 13–10 |
| 2 | Jadran Split | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 4 | Quarter-finals | | — | 8–8 | |
| 3 | CN Mataró | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 27 | −6 | 4 | | | | — | 9–8 |
| 4 | Primorac Kotor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 39 | −12 | 0 | | | 9–17 | | — |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Sintez Kazan | 8 | 9 | 17 | | | | | | | | |
| Ferencváros | 16 | 12 | 28 | | | | | | | | |
| Ferencváros | 16 | 12 | 28 | Ferencváros | 13 | 13 | 26 | | | | |
| | | | | Miskolc | 9 | 8 | 17 | | | | |
| Miskolc | 12 | 7 | 19 | Miskolc | 9 | 8 | 17 | | | | |
| Spartak Volgograd | 8 | 10 | 18 | | | | | | | | |
| Spartak Volgograd | 8 | 10 | 18 | | | | | Ferencváros | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| | | | | | | | | Banco BPM SM Busto | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| Jadran Split | 10 | 5 | 15 | | | | | | | | | Banco BPM SM Busto | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| CN Marseille | 11 | 7 | 18 | | | | | | | | |
| CN Marseille | 11 | 7 | 18 | CN Marseille | 9 | 10 | 19 | | | | |
| | | | | Banco BPM SM Busto | 11 | 11 | 22 | | | | |
| Crvena zvezda | 5 | 8 | 13 | Banco BPM SM Busto | 11 | 11 | 22 | | | | |
| Banco BPM SM Busto | 10 | 15 | 25 | | | | | | | | |

### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Sintez Kazan | 17–28 | Ferencváros | 8–16 | 9–12 |
| Jadran Split | 15–18 | CN Marseille | 10–11 | 5–7 |
| Crvena zvezda | 13–25 | Banco BPM SM Busto | 5–10 | 8–15 |
| Miskolc | 19–18 | Spartak Volgograd | 12–8 | 7–10 |

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Ferencváros | 26–17 | Miskolc | 13–9 | 13–8 |
| CN Marseille | 19–22 | Banco BPM SM Busto | 9–11 | 10–11 |

### Final

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Ferencváros | 17–13 | Banco BPM SM Busto | 9–8 | 8–5 |
* 2017–18 LEN Euro Cup Champions
* Ferencvárosi TC 2nd Cup