# 2015–16 LEN Euro Cup

The 2015–16 LEN Euro Cup was the second tier of European competition in water polo. It ran from 30 September 2015 to 30 April 2016.

## Overview
### Team allocation

Qualification round I :
| Jadran Split | Mornar | SNS Strasbourg | Olympic Nice |
| Ferencváros | Szeged | Acquachiara | Canottieri Napoli |
| Sintez Kazan | Kinef Kirishi | SSV Esslingen | Primorac Kotor |
| GZC Donk |
| Quarter-finals ||||
| Waspo Hannover (CL Q3) | Digi Oradea (CL Q3) | CN Marseille (CL Q3) | AN Brescia (CL Q3) |

### Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows.
| Phase | Round | First leg | Second leg |
| Qualifying | Qualification round I | 30 September–4 October 2015 | 30 September–4 October 2015 |
| Qualifying | Qualification round II | 16−18 October 2015 | 16−18 October 2015 |
| Knockout stage | Quarter-finals | 11 November 2015 | 16 December 2015 |
| Knockout stage | Semi-finals | 3 February 2016 | 10 February 2016 |
| Knockout stage | Final | 16 April 2016 | 30 April 2016 |

## Qualifying rounds
### Qualification round I

Thirteen teams took part in the first qualifying round. They were drawn into one group of six and one group of seven teams, who played on 30 September−4 October 2015. The top four teams of each group advanced to the next round.
* Key to colours in group tables
* Top four advance to next round

#### Group A

Tournament played in Budapest, Hungary.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | FTC | SZE | ACH | JAD | STRA | ESS | PRI |
| Ferencváros | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 84 | 53 | +31 | 16 | — | 11–10 | 9–9 | 11–8 | 14–12 | 22–10 | 17–4 |
| Szeged | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 84 | 49 | +35 | 15 | 10–11 | — | 10–5 | 14–9 | 13–10 | 23–11 | 14–3 |
| Acquachiara | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 65 | 44 | +21 | 13 | 9–9 | 5–10 | — | 11–4 | 10–8 | 15–7 | 15–6 |
| Jadran Split | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 58 | 60 | −2 | 9 | 8–11 | 9–14 | 4–11 | — | 13–9 | 15–9 | 9–6 |
| SNS Strasbourg | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 67 | 66 | +1 | 6 | 12–14 | 10–13 | 8–10 | 9–13 | — | 14–6 | 14–10 |
| SSV Esslingen | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 56 | 98 | −42 | 3 | 10–22 | 11–23 | 7–15 | 9–15 | 6–14 | — | 13–9 |
| Primorac Kotor | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 38 | 82 | −44 | 0 | 4–17 | 3–14 | 6–15 | 6–9 | 10–14 | 9–13 | — |

#### Group B

Tournament played in Split, Croatia.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | MOR | SIN | CCN | KIN | OLN | GZC |
| Mornar | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 49 | +19 | 12 | — | 11–9 | 15–8 | 10–15 | 10–7 | 22–10 |
| Sintez Kazan | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 35 | +25 | 12 | 9–11 | — | 13–9 | 10–9 | 10–5 | 18–1 |
| Canottieri Napoli | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 49 | +6 | 9 | 8–15 | 9–13 | — | 10–8 | 12–5 | 16–8 |
| Kinef Kirishi | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 47 | +15 | 9 | 15–10 | 9–10 | 8–10 | — | 14–9 | 16–8 |
| Olympic Nice | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 3 | 7–10 | 5–10 | 5–12 | 9–14 | — | 12–6 |
| GZC Donk | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 84 | −51 | 0 | 10–22 | 1–18 | 8–16 | 8–16 | 6–12 | — |

### Qualification round II

Eight teams took part in the second qualifying round. They were drawn into two groups of four teams, which played on 16−18 October 2015. The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarterfinals.
* Key to colours in group tables
* Top two advance to next round

#### Group C

Tournament was played in Naples, Italy.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | KIN | SIN | FTC | ACH |
| Kinef Kirishi | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 5 | — | 9–9 | 8–8 | 10–8 |
| Sintez Kazan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 4 | 9–9 | — | 8–6 | 12–8 |
| Ferencváros | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 4 | 8–8 | 6–8 | — | 7–6 |
| Acquachiara | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 29 | −7 | 0 | 8–10 | 8–12 | 6–7 | — |

#### Group D

Tournament was played in Split, Croatia.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | MOR | SZE | CCN | JAD |
| Mornar | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 28 | +2 | 7 | — | 12–11 | 7–7 | 11–10 |
| Szeged | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 6 | 11–12 | — | 18–12 | 14–9 |
| Canottieri Napoli | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 33 | −6 | 2 | 7–7 | 12–18 | — | 8–8 |
| Jadran Split | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 33 | −6 | 1 | 10–11 | 9–14 | 8–8 | — |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Mornar | 14 | 9 | 23 | | | | | | | | |
| CSM Digi Oradea | 9 | 13 | 22 | | | | | | | | |
| CSM Digi Oradea | 9 | 13 | 22 | Mornar | 9 | 7 | 16 | | | | |
| | | | | Sintez Kazan | 7 | 12 | 19 | | | | |
| CN Marseille | 8 | 10 | 18 | Sintez Kazan | 7 | 12 | 19 | | | | |
| Sintez Kazan | 9 | 11 | 20 | | | | | | | | |
| Sintez Kazan | 9 | 11 | 20 | | | | | Sintez Kazan | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| | | | | | | | | AN Brescia | 11 | 12 | 23 |
| Kinef Kirishi | 5 | 6 | 11 | | | | | | | | | AN Brescia | 11 | 12 | 23 |
| AN Brescia | 11 | 15 | 26 | | | | | | | | |
| AN Brescia | 11 | 15 | 26 | AN Brescia | 9 | 15 | 24 | | | | |
| | | | | Szeged | 8 | 10 | 18 | | | | |
| Szeged | 9 | 8 | 17 | Szeged | 8 | 10 | 18 | | | | |
| Waspo Hannover | 3 | 13 | 16 | | | | | | | | |

### Quarter-finals

* Key to colours
* Seeded in quarter finals draw
* Unseeded in quarter finals draw
| CL losers of QR3 | EC first two of QR2 |
| Waspo Hannover | Sintez Kazan |
| Digi Oradea | Mornar |
| CN Marseille | Kinef Kirishi |
| AN Brescia | Szeged |
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 quarter-finals, the four group winners were seeded, and the four group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.
The first legs were played on 11 November, and the second legs were played on 16 December 2015.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Kinef Kirishi | 11–26 | AN Brescia | 5–11 | 6–15 |
| Mornar | 23–22 | Digi Oradea | 14–9 | 9–13 |
| CN Marseille | 18–20 | Sintez Kazan | 8–9 | 10–11 |
| Szeged | 17–16 | Waspo Hannover | 9–3 | 8–13 |

### Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 3 February, and the second legs were played on 10 February 2016.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| AN Brescia | 24–18 | Szeged | 9–8 | 15–10 |
| Mornar | 16–19 | Sintez Kazan | 9–7 | 7–12 |

### Final

The first leg were played on 16 April, and the second leg were played on 30 April 2016.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Sintez Kazan | 10–23 | AN Brescia | 4–11 | 6–12 |
* 2015–16 LEN Euro Cup Champions
* AN Brescia 4th Cup