# 2021–22 LEN Euro Cup

The 2021–22 LEN Euro Cup was the 30th edition of the second-tier European tournament for men's water polo clubs.

## Teams

Quarterfinals :
| Mladost Zagreb (CL Q3) | Szolnok VSC (CL Q3) | RN Savona (CL Q3) | CN Barcelona (CL Q3) |
Qualification round I :
| Team Strasbourg | GS Peristeri | St Andreu | UZSC Utrecht |
| EN Tourcoing | Vasas Budapest | Astralpool Sabadell | Shturm 2002 Ruza |
| ASC Duisburg | BVSC Zugló | Šabac | Carouge Natation |
| Ludwigsburg 08 | CC Ortigia | Vojvodina Novi Sad |
| AEK Athens | Telimar Palermo | Solaris Šibenik |

## Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.
| Phase | Round | First leg | Second leg |
| Qualifying rounds | Qualification round I | 1–4 October 2021 | 1–4 October 2021 |
| Qualifying rounds | Qualification round II | 8–10 October 2021 | 8–10 October 2021 |
| Knockout phase | Quarterfinals | 27 October 2021 | 10 November 2021 |
| Knockout phase | Semifinals | 12 January 2022 | 9 February 2022 |
| Knockout phase | Finals | 5 March 2022 | 26 March 2022 |

## Qualifying rounds
### Qualification round I

The top two ranked sides from each group advance.

#### Group A

* 30 September–3 October 2021, Šibenik, Croatia.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAL | SOL | STA | SHT | CAR |
| 1 | Telimar Palermo | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 27 | +48 | 12 | Round II | — | — | — | — | 33–1 |
| 2 | Solaris Šibenik | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 24 | +33 | 9 | Round II | 9–10 | — | 13–6 | — | 23–6 |
| 3 | St Andreu | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 39 | +11 | 6 | | 13–14 | — | — | 17–7 | — |
| 4 | Shturm 2002 Ruza | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 55 | −31 | 3 | | 4–18 | 2–12 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Carouge Natation | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 81 | −61 | 0 | | — | — | 5–14 | 8–11 | — |

#### Group B

* 1–3 October 2021, Syracuse, Sicily, Italy.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CCO | STR | GSP | LUD |
| 1 | CC Ortigia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 23 | +17 | 9 | Round II | — | 13–7 | 11–8 | 16–8 |
| 2 | Team Strasbourg | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 28 | +3 | 6 | Round II | — | — | — | 16–8 |
| 3 | GS Peristeri | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 3 | | — | 7–8 | — | — |
| 4 | Ludwigsburg 08 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 43 | −21 | 0 | | — | — | 6–11 | — |

#### Group C

* 30 September–3 October 2021, Utrecht, Netherlands.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VSC | ŠAB | UTR | ENT | DUI |
| 1 | Vasas Budapest | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 22 | +28 | 12 | Round II | — | 9–5 | — | 11–7 | 16–3 |
| 2 | Šabac | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 34 | −2 | 5 | Round II | — | — | — | 6–6 | — |
| 3 | UZSC Utrecht | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 47 | −13 | 4 | | 7–14 | 8–8 | — | 9–8 | 10–17 |
| 4 | EN Tourcoing | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 4 | | — | — | — | — | 13–11 |
| 5 | ASC Duisburg | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 52 | −10 | 3 | | — | 11–13 | — | — | — |
* 1 2 UZSC Utrecht 9–8 EN Tourcoing

#### Group D

* 1–3 October 2021, Novi Sad, Serbia.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ZUG | CNS | AEK | VOJ |
| 1 | BVSC Zugló | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 9 | Round II | — | — | 13–6 | — |
| 2 | Astralpool Sabadell | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 25 | +6 | 6 | Round II | 9–12 | — | — | — |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 32 | −9 | 1 | | — | 8–10 | — | — |
| 4 | Vojvodina Novi Sad | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 1 | | 11–14 | 5–12 | 9–9 | — |

### Qualification round II

The top two ranked sides from each group advance.

#### Group E

* 8–10 October 2021, Palermo, Italy.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAL | ZUG | ŠAB | STR |
| 1 | Telimar Palermo | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 7 | Quarterfinals | — | 17–17 | — | 14–10 |
| 2 | BVSC Zugló | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 7 | Quarterfinals | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Šabac | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 32 | −7 | 1 | | 8–14 | 7–8 | — | 10–10 |
| 4 | Team Strasbourg | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 1 | | — | 10–14 | — | — |

#### Group F

* 8–10 October 2021, Budapest, Hungary.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CNS | CCO | VSC | SOL |
| 1 | Astralpool Sabadell | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 23 | +2 | 6 | Quarterfinals | — | — | — | 10–9 |
| 2 | CC Ortigia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 24 | +4 | 6 | Quarterfinals | 10–9 | — | — | — |
| 3 | Vasas Budapest | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 18 | +6 | 6 | | 4–6 | 8–7 | — | 12–5 |
| 4 | Solaris Šibenik | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 33 | −12 | 0 | | — | 7–11 | — | — |
* 1 2 3 Astralpool Sabadell 2 Pts, +1 GD; CC Ortigia 2 Pts, 0 GD; Vasas Budapest 2 Pts, −1 GD

## Knockout phase
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| HAVK Mladost | 7 | 7 | 24 | | | | | | | | |
| Telimar Palermo | 11 | 16 | 27 | | | | | | | | |
| Telimar Palermo | 11 | 16 | 27 | Telimar Palermo | 10 (w/o) | 6 | 16 | | | | |
| | | | | Ortigia | 0 | 7 | 7 | | | | |
| Ortigia | 9 | 15 | 24 | Ortigia | 0 | 7 | 7 | | | | |
| Szolnok | 4 | 10 | 14 | | | | | | | | |
| Szolnok | 4 | 10 | 14 | | | | | Telimar Palermo | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| | | | | | | | | Sabadell | 7 | 11 | 18 |
| Barcelona | 6 | 12 | 18 | | | | | | | | | Sabadell | 7 | 11 | 18 |
| BVSC-Zugló | 6 | 9 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| BVSC-Zugló | 6 | 9 | 15 | Barcelona | 10 | 9 | 19 | | | | |
| | | | | Sabadell | 12 | 8 | 20 | | | | |
| Sabadell (p) | 13 | 10 | 23 (16) | Sabadell | 12 | 8 | 20 | | | | |
| Savona | 13 | 10 | 23 (15) | | | | | | | | |

### Quarter-finals

The four best teams from the Euro Cup qualifications and the four losing sides of the Champions League Qualification Round III have been paired in the quarter-finals.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Sabadell | 23–23 (16–15 p) | Savona | 13–13 | 10–10 |
| Ortigia | 24–14 | Szolnok | 9–4 | 15–10 |
| HAVK Mladost | 14–27 | Telimar Palermo | 7–11 | 7–16 |
| Barcelona | 18–15 | BVSC-Zugló | 6–6 | 12–9 |

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| CN Barcelona | 19–20 | Sabadell | 10–12 | 9–8 |
| Telimar Palermo | 16–7 | Ortigia | 10–0$^{w/o}$ | 6–7 |

### Finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Telimar Palermo | 14–18 | Sabadell | 9–7 | 5–11 |