# 2011–12 LEN Champions League

The 2011–12 LEN Champions League is the 49th edition of the Europe men's premier water polo competition. This also would become the first season with the new name of the LEN Champions League with the former name being called the Euroleague which had been the name of the competition since 2003.
29 teams competed in the edition with three quarters of those playing in qualifying as they joined the eight teams in the group stage. From there, the top two teams of each group qualified to the knockout stage with the final four round being played in Oradea. In the final, Pro Recco from Italy took out their seventh title defeating Croatian club, VK Primorje 11–8. Third place was fellow Croatian club HAVK Mladost who defeated Vasas SC from Hungary in the bronze medal playoff.

## Group stage

* Key to colors in group tables
* To progress to the Quarterfinal Round
* To be eliminated

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | VK Primorje EB Rijeka | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 46 | +15 | 15 |
| 2 | VK Budva M:Tel | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 55 | −9 | 9 |
| 3 | Olympiacos Piraeus | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 50 | 48 | +2 | 6 |
| 4 | Vouliagmeni NC | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 54 | 62 | −8 | 6 |
| Matchday One 22/23 Oct 2011 |||
| VK Primorje EB | 12–8 | Budva M:tel |
| Olympiacos Piraeus | 9–8 | Vouliagmeni NC |
| Matchday Two 9 Nov 2011 |||
| Vouliagmeni NC | 8–10 | VK Primorje EB |
| Budva M:tel | 8–5 | Olympiacos Piraeus |
| Matchday Three 26/27 Nov 2011 |||
| Olympiacos Piraeus | 9–12 | VK Primorje EB |
| Budva M:tel | 8–9 | Vouliagmeni NC |
| Matchday Four 14 Dec 2011 |||
| VK Primorje EB | 6–5 | Olympiacos Piraeus |
| Vouliagmeni NC | 10–11 | Budva M:tel |
| Matchday Five 8 Feb 2012 |||
| Olympiacos Piraeus | 11–2 | Budva M:tel |
| VK Primorje EB | 13–7 | Vouliagmeni NC |
| Matchday Six 25/26 Feb 2012 |||
| Vouliagmeni NC | 12–11 | Olympiacos Piraeus |
| Budva M:tel | 11–10 | VK Primorje EB |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | VK Jug CO Dubrovnik | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 41 | +21 | 18 |
| 2 | HAVK Mladost Zagreb | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 45 | +14 | 12 |
| 3 | Spandau 04 Berlin | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 38 | 59 | −21 | 4 |
| 4 | VK Vojvodina Novi Sad | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 46 | 60 | −14 | 1 |
| Matchday One 22/23 Oct 2011 |||
| Spandau 04 | 8–9 | VK Jug CO |
| HAVK Mladost | 14–9 | VK Vojvodina Novi Sad |
| Matchday Two 9 Nov 2011 |||
| VK Vojvodina Novi Sad | 6–6 | Spandau 04 |
| VK Jug CO | 10–8 | HAVK Mladost |
| Matchday Three 26/27 Nov 2011 |||
| HAVK Mladost | 11–6 | Spandau 04 |
| VK Jug CO | 9–6 | VK Vojvodina Novi Sad |
| Matchday Four 14 Dec 2011 |||
| Spandau 04 | 3–9 | HAVK Mladost |
| VK Vojvodina Novi Sad | 7–11 | VK Jug CO |
| Matchday Five 8 Feb 2012 |||
| HAVK Mladost | 6–7 | VK Jug CO |
| Spandau 04 | 9–8 | VK Vojvodina Novi Sad |
| Matchday Six 25/26 Feb 2012 |||
| VK Vojvodina Novi Sad | 10–11 | HAVK Mladost |
| VK Jug CO | 16–6 | Spandau 04 |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Szeged Beton VE | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 52 | +3 | 13 |
| 2 | TEVA Vasas Uniqa | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 60 | 54 | +6 | 11 |
| 3 | VK Partizan Raiffeisen | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 52 | 51 | +1 | 7 |
| 4 | ZF-Eger | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 44 | 54 | −10 | 3 |
| Matchday One 22/23 Oct 2011 |||
| VK Partizan Raiffeisen | 8–9 | Szeged Beton VE |
| ZF-Eger | 5–8 | TEVA-Vasas Uniqa |
| Matchday Two 9 Nov 2011 |||
| TEVA-Vasas Uniqa | 10–10 | VK Partizan Raiffeisen |
| Szeged Beton VE | 6–3 | ZF-Eger |
| Matchday Three 26/27 Nov 2011 |||
| VK Partizan Raiffeisen | 9 – 6 | ZF-Eger |
| TEVA-Vasas Uniqa | 12 –9 | Szeged Beton VE |
| Matchday Four 14 Dec 2011 |||
| ZF-Eger | 12–8 | VK Partizan Raiffeisen |
| Szeged Beton VE | 12–12 | TEVA-Vasas Uniqa |
| Matchday Five 8 Feb 2012 |||
| VK Partizan Raiffeisen | 9–5 | TEVA-Vasas Uniqa |
| ZF-Eger | 9–10 | Szeged Beton VE |
| Matchday Six 25/26 Feb 2012 |||
| Szeged Beton VE | 9–8 | VK Partizan Raiffeisen |
| TEVA-Vasas Uniqa | 13–9 | ZF-Eger |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Ferla Pro Recco | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 40 | +43 | 18 |
| 2 | VK Jadran Herceg Novi | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 67 | 62 | +5 | 10 |
| 3 | Spartak Volgograd | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 61 | 74 | −13 | 7 |
| 4 | CN Marseille | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 50 | 72 | −22 | 0 |
| Matchday One 22/23 Oct 2011 |||
| Ferla Pro Recco | 13–5 | Spartak Volgograd |
| VK Jadran HN | 13–7 | CN Marseille |
| Matchday Two 9 Nov 2011 |||
| CN Marseille | 4–13 | Ferla Pro Recco |
| Spartak Volgograd | 11–11 | VK Jadran HN |
| Matchday Three 26/27 Nov 2011 |||
| Ferla Pro Recco | 10–8 | VK Jadran HN |
| CN Marseille | 12–13 | Spartak Volgograd |
| Matchday Four 14 Dec 2011 |||
| VK Jadran HN | 9–14 | Ferla Pro Recco |
| Spartak Volgograd | 15–10 | CN Marseille |
| Matchday Five 8 Feb 2012 |||
| Ferla Pro Recco | 15–7 | CN Marseille |
| VK Jadran HN | 13–10 | Spartak Volgograd |
| Matchday Six 25/26 Feb 2012 |||
| Spartak Volgograd | 7–18 | Ferla Pro Recco |
| CN Marseille | 10–13 | VK Jadran HN |

## Quarterfinal round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| VK Primorje EB Rijeka | 23–22 | VK Jadran Herceg Novi | 12–11 | 11–11 |
| VK Budva M:Tel | 11–32 | Ferla Pro Recco | 5–13 | 6–19 |
| HAVK Mladost Zagreb | 18–13 | Szeged Beton VE | 8–6 | 10–7 |
| VK Jug CO Dubrovnik | 21–24 | TEVA Vasas Uniqa | 12–8 | 9–16 |

## Final Four (Oradea)

| Semifinals 11 May 2012 | Semifinals 11 May 2012 | Final 12 May 2012 | Final 12 May 2012 |
| Pro Recco | 12 |
| Vasas | 5 | | |
| Vasas | 5 | Pro Recco | 11 |
| | | Primorje | 8 |
| HAVK Mladost | 6 | Primorje | 8 |
| Primorje | 10 | | |
| Primorje | 10 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Vasas | 7 |
| | | HAVK Mladost | 11 |
Semi-finals
| 11 May 18:00 | [ Report] | Pro Recco | 12–5 | Vasas | Bazinul "Ion Alexandrescu", Oradea Referees: Alexandrescu, Borrell |
| Bazinul "Ion Alexandrescu", Oradea Referees: Alexandrescu, Borrell |||
| 11 May 18:00 | [ Report] | five players 2 | Goals | five players 1 | Bazinul "Ion Alexandrescu", Oradea Referees: Alexandrescu, Borrell |
| 11 May 20:00 | [ Report] | HAVK Mladost | 6–10 | Primorje | Bazinul "Ion Alexandrescu", Oradea Referees: Margeta, Brguljan |
| Bazinul "Ion Alexandrescu", Oradea Referees: Margeta, Brguljan |||
| 11 May 20:00 | [ Report] | six players 1 | Goals | Dé. Varga, Jelača, Dá. Varga 2 | Bazinul "Ion Alexandrescu", Oradea Referees: Margeta, Brguljan |
Third place
| 12 May 2012 18:00 | [ Report] | Vasas | 7–11 | HAVK Mladost | Bazinul "Ion Alexandrescu", Oradea Referees: Margeta, Alexandrescu |
| Bazinul "Ion Alexandrescu", Oradea Referees: Margeta, Alexandrescu |||
| 12 May 2012 18:00 | [ Report] | Katonás, Vámos 2 | Goals | four players 2 | Bazinul "Ion Alexandrescu", Oradea Referees: Margeta, Alexandrescu |
Final
| 12 May 2012 20:00 | [ Report] | Pro Recco | 11–8 | Primorje | Bazinul "Ion Alexandrescu", Oradea Referees: Borrell, Brguljan |
| Bazinul "Ion Alexandrescu", Oradea Referees: Borrell, Brguljan |||
| 12 May 2012 20:00 | [ Report] | Ivović 3 | Goals | Dé. Varga, Šetka, García 2 | Bazinul "Ion Alexandrescu", Oradea Referees: Borrell, Brguljan |
* 2011–12 Champions League Champions
* Pro Recco 7th title
* Stefano Tempesti, Damir Burić, Norbert Madaras, Sandro Sukno, Tamás Kásás, Maurizio Felugo, Filip Filipović, Felipe Perrone, Duško Pijetlović, Boris Zloković, Aleksandar Ivović, Guillermo Molina, Andrija Prlainović
* Head coach
* Giuseppe Porzio

## Final standings

* Team
* Pro Recco
* Primorje
* HAVK Mladost
* Vasas

## Awards

* Final four MVP
* Denes Varga (Primorje Rijeka)