# 2010–11 LEN Cup

The 2010–11 Men's LEN Trophy was the second tier of European competition in water polo. It ran from October 2010 to April 2011.

## Federation team allocation

Each national federation can enter up to two teams into the LEN Trophy. 16 additional teams eliminated from the qualifying rounds of the 2010/11 Euroleague are transferred to the Men's LEN Trophy.

### Distribution

| | Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from previous round | Teams transferred from Euroleague |
| First Qualifying Round | 1 or 2 teams from each federation | | |
| Second Qualifying Round (32 teams) | | 4 tournament winners from the first qualifying round 4 tournament runners-up from the first qualifying round 4 tournament third-placed teams from the first qualifying round 4 tournament fourth-placed teams from the first qualifying round | 4 tournament third-placed teams from the first qualifying round 4 tournament fourth-placed teams from the first qualifying round 4 tournament third-placed teams from the second qualifying round 4 tournament fourth-placed teams from the second qualifying round |
| Knockout Phase (16 teams) | | 8 tournament winners from the second qualifying round 8 tournament runners-up from the second qualifying round | |

### Teams

First qualifying round :
| Douai (3rd) | Olympic Nice (4th) | Ligamus Tbilisi (1st) | SV Bayer Uerdingen (3rd) |
| SSV Esslingen (4th) | NOP Patras (?) | AC Paok Thessaloniki (?) | FTC Fisher Clima Budapest (4th) |
| Honved Groupama Budapest (5th) | Belfast Wolfhounds (1st) | ASA Tel Aviv (1st) | CN Posillipo Naples (4th) |
| RN Florentia (5th) | Akademija Cattaro (4th) | Val Prancj (5th) | Dinamo SHVSM Moscow (4th) |
| Rokava Koper (1st) | WC Zac (?) | Enka Istanbul (5th) | Orta Dogu Ankara (6th) |
| Ilyechevets Mariupol (2nd) | | | |
| Second qualifying round ||||
| CN Terrassa | Galatasaray Istanbul | ASC Duisburg | Yumze Istanbul |
| Montpellier Waterpolo | CSM Digi Oradea | Schurmann BRC | Shturm 2002 Chehov |
| RN Savona | Vouliagmeni NC | Brixia Leonessa Brescia | Sintez Kazan |
| Spandau 04 Berlin | CN Marseille | Panionios GSS Athens | CH Košice |

## Round and Draw Dates

| Tournament Phase | Draw Date | Tournament | Tournament |
| First Qualifying Round | 6 August 2010 | Ends 10 October 2010 | Ends 10 October 2010 |
| Second Qualifying Round | | Ends 24 October 2010 | Ends 24 October 2010 |
| Knockout Phase | Draw Date | 1st Leg | 2nd Leg |
| Round of 16 | | 13/14 November 2010 | 18/19 December 2010 |
| Quarterfinals | | 19 January 2011 | 2 February 2011 |
| Semifinals | | 16 February 2011 | 9 March 2011 |
| Final | | 13 April 2011 | 27 April 2011 |

## Tournament Phase
### First qualifying round

* Key to colours in group tables
* Progress to the Second Qualifying Round

#### Group A (Tbilisi)

| | Team | PL | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| 1. | CN Posillipo Naples | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2. | Olympic Nice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3. | Honved Groupama Budapest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4. | Enka Istanbul | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5. | ASA Tel Aviv | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6. | Ligamus Tbilisi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Group B (Kotor)

| | Team | PL | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| 1. | Akademija Cattaro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2. | SV Weiden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3. | Douai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4. | WC Zac | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5. | Ilyechevets Mariupol | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Group C (Esslingen)

| | Team | PL | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| 1. | SSV Esslingen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2. | FTC Fisher Clima Budapest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3. | NOP Patras | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4. | Dinamo SHVSM Moscow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5. | Belfast Wolfhounds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Group D (Koper)

| | Team | PL | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| 1. | RN Florentia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 2 |
| 2. | Val Prancj | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 2 |
| 3. | AC Paok Thessaloniki | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 22 | 1 |
| 4. | Rokava Koper | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 20 | 1 |
| 5. | Orta Dogu Ankara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |