# 2014–15 LEN Champions League

The 2014–15 LEN Champions League was the 52nd edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. It ran from 26 September 2014 to 30 May 2015, and it is contested by 26 teams from 13 countries. The Final Six (quarterfinals, semifinals, final, and third place game) took place on May 28 and May 30 in Barcelona.

## Overview
### Team allocation

8 teams are directly qualified for the preliminary round.
Preliminary round :
| Jug | Spandau 04 | Eger | Partizan |
| Atlètic-Barceloneta | Olympiacos | Brescia | Galatasaray |
| Qualification round II ||||
| Primorje | Szolnok | Crvena Zvezda | İstanbul YİK |
| Duisburg | Pro Recco |
| Qualification round I ||||
| Mladost | Ligamus Tbilisi | Posillipo | Spartak Volgograd |
| Montpellier | Waspo 98 Hannover | Jadran | Sintez Kazan |
| Marseille | Orvosegyetem | Oradea | Radnički Kragujevac |

### Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.
| Phase | Round | First leg | Second leg |
| Qualifying | Qualification round I | 26–28 September 2014 | 26–28 September 2014 |
| Qualifying | Qualification round II | 17–19 October 2014 | 17–19 October 2014 |
| Qualifying | Qualification round III (Play-off round) | 29 October 2014 | 12 November 2014 |
| Preliminary round | Matchday 1 | 29 November 2014 | 29 November 2014 |
| Preliminary round | Matchday 2 | 17 December 2014 | 17 December 2014 |
| Preliminary round | Matchday 3 | 14 January 2015 | 14 January 2015 |
| Preliminary round | Matchday 4 | 28 January 2015 | 28 January 2015 |
| Preliminary round | Matchday 5 | 11 February 2015 | 11 February 2015 |
| Preliminary round | Matchday 6 | 4 March 2015 | 4 March 2015 |
| Preliminary round | Matchday 7 | 25 March 2015 | 25 March 2015 |
| Preliminary round | Matchday 8 | 8 April 2015 | 8 April 2015 |
| Preliminary round | Matchday 9 | 18 April 2015 | 18 April 2015 |
| Preliminary round | Matchday 10 | 2 May 2015 | 2 May 2015 |
| Final 6 (Barcelona) | Quarter-finals | 28 May 2015 at Piscines Picornell | 28 May 2015 at Piscines Picornell |
| Final 6 (Barcelona) | Semi-finals | 29 May 2015 at Piscines Picornell | 29 May 2015 at Piscines Picornell |
| Final 6 (Barcelona) | Final | 30 May 2015 at Piscines Picornell | 30 May 2015 at Piscines Picornell |

## Qualifying rounds
### Qualification round I

* 26-28 September
Twelve teams will take part in the Qualification round I. They will be drawn into two groups of six teams, whose played on 26–28 September 2014. Top 5 teams of each group advance to qualification round II. Teams finishing 6th continue in 2014–15 LEN Euro Cup qualification.
* Key to colors in group tables
* Progress to the Round II

#### Group A

CN Marseille has the right to organize the tournament.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Orvosegyetem | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 29 | +32 | 13 |
| Spartak Volgograd | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 46 | +22 | 13 |
| Radnički Kragujevac | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 37 | +10 | 9 |
| Marseille | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 55 | 51 | +4 | 6 |
| Posillipo | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 40 | 51 | −11 | 3 |
| Ligamus Tbilisi | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 85 | −57 | 0 |

#### Group B

Jadran Herceg Novi has the right to organize the tournament.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Mladost | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 35 | +22 | 15 |
| Sintez Kazan | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 12 |
| Jadran | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 7 |
| Waspo 98 Hannover | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 46 | 56 | −10 | 4 |
| Oradea | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 3 |
| Montpellier | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 40 | 54 | −14 | 1 |

### Qualification round II

* 17–19 October
Sixteen teams will take part in the Qualification round II. These clubs will form four groups of four and will have round robin tournaments at four host cities on 17–19 October. Top 2 of these groups advance to play-off (qualification round 3), Teams finishing 3rd, 4th continue in 2014–15 LEN Euro Cup qualification.
* Key to colors in group tables
* Progress to the Round III

#### Group C

Waspo Hannover has the right to organize the tournament.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Pro Recco | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 19 | +26 | 9 |
| Crvena Zvezda | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 3 |
| Spartak Volgograd | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 38 | −12 | 3 |
| Waspo Hannover | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 38 | −12 | 3 |

#### Group D

Orvosegyetem SC has the right to organize the tournament.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Orvosegyetem | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 27 | +9 | 9 |
| Oradea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 6 |
| Sintez Kazan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 37 | +1 | 3 |
| Duisburg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 0 |

#### Group E

HAVK Mladost has the right to organize the tournament.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Primorje | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 18 | +17 | 9 |
| Mladost | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 4 |
| Jadran | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 24 | −4 | 4 |
| Marseille | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 37 | −13 | 0 |

#### Group F

Radnički Kragujevac has the right to organize the tournament.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Radnički Kragujevac | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 18 | +21 | 9 |
| Szolnok | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 27 | +14 | 6 |
| Posillipo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 29 | −6 | 3 |
| İstanbul YİK | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 49 | −29 | 0 |

### Qualification round III

* 29 October 2014 1st match
* 12 November 2014 2nd match
* Key to colors
* Seeded in qualification round III draw
* Unseeded in qualification round III draw
| Group | Winners | Runners-up |
| C | Pro Recco | Crvena Zvezda |
| D | Orvosegyetem | Oradea |
| E | Primorje | Mladost |
| F | Radnički Kragujevac | Szolnok |
Eight teams will take part in the Qualification round III. 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 Qualification round III, 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 group could not be drawn against each other.
The first legs were played on 29 October, and the second legs were played on 12 November 2014.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Orvosegyetem | 20–22 | Szolnok | 11–11 | 9–11 |
| Pro Recco | 22–14 | Mladost | 13–9 | 9–5 |
| Crvena Zvezda | 19–29 | Primorje | 11–14 | 8–15 |
| Radnički Kragujevac | 22–18 | Oradea | 13–8 | 9–10 |

## Preliminary round

The regular season was played between 29 November 2014 and 2 May 2015. If teams are level on record at the end of the preliminary round, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
* Head-to-head record.
* Head-to-head point differential.
* Point differential during the Regular Season.
* Points scored during the regular season.
* Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular Season match.
In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 29 November, 17 December 2014, 14 January, 28 January, 11 February, 4 March, 25 March, 8 April, 18 April, and 2 May 2015. The top three teams advanced to the final six.
The Final Six (quarterfinals, semifinals, third place game and final) will be played in Barcelona, Spain from 28 to 30 May 2015.
Key to colors :
* Top three places in each group advance to Final Six

### Group A

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | REC | EGE | OLY | BAR | RAD | BRE |
| Pro Recco | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 68 | +61 | 30 | — | 11–9 | 17–12 | 17−7 | 19–6 | 8–5 |
| Eger | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 82 | 79 | +3 | 16 | 4–12 | — | 10–9 | 11–6 | 7–6 | 10–5 |
| Olympiacos | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 90 | 95 | −5 | 13 | 8–12 | 8−6 | — | 7–9 | 13–7 | 8–6 |
| Atlètic-Barceloneta (H) | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 75 | 103 | −28 | 11 | 7–15 | 7–7 | 12–8 | — | 9–7 | 7–7 |
| Radnički Kragujevac | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 81 | 105 | −24 | 9 | 5–12 | 12–11 | 7–8 | 12−7 | — | 13−10 |
| Brescia | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 71 | 78 | −7 | 8 | 5–6 | 3−7 | 9–9 | 12–4 | 9–6 | — |

### Group B

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PRI | SZO | JUG | PAR | SPA | GAL |
| Primorje | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 114 | 74 | +40 | 24 | — | 9–7 | 10–5 | 14−8 | 11−5 | 16–11 |
| Szolnok | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 122 | 90 | +32 | 24 | 13–12 | — | 8−7 | 12–7 | 11–7 | 15–11 |
| Jug | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 94 | 73 | +21 | 22 | 9–6 | 11–9 | — | 13–6 | 12–6 | 11−5 |
| Partizan | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 76 | 100 | −24 | 9 | 7–11 | 7–13 | 3–5 | — | 8–6 | 10–7 |
| Spandau 04 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 70 | 109 | −39 | 6 | 5–15 | 7–17 | 8–9 | 8–6 | — | 10−9 |
| Galatasaray | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 93 | 123 | −30 | 4 | 4–10 | 12–17 | 12–12 | 11–14 | 11–8 | — |

## Final Six (Barcelona)

Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona, Spain
| Quarterfinals 28 May 2015 | Quarterfinals 28 May 2015 | Quarterfinals 28 May 2015 | Semifinals 29 May 2015 | Semifinals 29 May 2015 | Semifinals 29 May 2015 | Final 30 May 2015 | Final 30 May 2015 | Final 30 May 2015 |
| | | | B1 | Primorje | 10 | | | |
| A2 | Eger | 8 | B3 | Jug Dubrovnik | 9 | | | |
| B3 | Jug Dubrovnik | 10 | | | | B1 | Primorje | 7 |
| | | | | | | A1 | Pro Recco | 8 |
| | | | A1 | Pro Recco | 12 | | | |
| A3 | Atlètic-Barceloneta (pen) | 10 | A3 | Atlètic-Barceloneta | 11 | | | |
| B2 | Szolnok | 9 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5th place | 5th place | 5th place | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | A2 | Eger | 8 | A3 | Jug Dubrovnik | 12 |
| | | | B2 | Szolnok | 7 | B3 | Atlètic-Barceloneta | 14 |
Quarter-finals
| 28 May 18:00 | Report | Eger | 8–10 | Jug Dubrovnik | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Alexandrescu, Naumov |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Alexandrescu, Naumov |||
| 28 May 18:00 | Report | Szívós, Vapenski 2 | Goals | Bušlje 3 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Alexandrescu, Naumov |
| 28 May 19:30 | Report | Atlètic-Barceloneta | 10–9 | Szolnok | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Margeta, Schwartz |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Margeta, Schwartz |||
| 28 May 19:30 | Report | six players 1 | Goals | Madaras 3 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Margeta, Schwartz |
5th place
| 29 May 16:30 | Report | Eger | 8–7 | Szolnok | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Naumov, Schwartz |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Naumov, Schwartz |||
| 29 May 16:30 | Report | three players 2 | Goals | Dé. Varga 4 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Naumov, Schwartz |
Semi-finals
| 29 May 18:00 | Report | Jug Dubrovnik | 9–10 | Primorje | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Margeta, Alexandrescu |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Margeta, Alexandrescu |||
| 29 May 18:00 | Report | Janović 3 | Goals | Sukno 4 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Margeta, Alexandrescu |
| 29 May 19:30 | Report | Atlètic-Barceloneta | 11–12 | Pro Recco | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Koryzna, Stavridis |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Koryzna, Stavridis |||
| 29 May 19:30 | Report | Perrone 4 | Goals | Filipović 5 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Koryzna, Stavridis |
Third place
| 30 May 18:00 | Report | Jug Dubrovnik | 12–14 | Atlètic-Barceloneta | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Naumov, Alexandrescu |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Naumov, Alexandrescu |||
| 30 May 18:00 | Report | Obradović 4 | Goals | Perrone 4 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Naumov, Alexandrescu |
Final
| 30 May 19:30 | Report | Primorje | 7–8 | Pro Recco | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Margeta, Stavridis |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Margeta, Stavridis |||
| 30 May 19:30 | Report | Sukno 3 | Goals | three players 2 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Margeta, Stavridis |
* 2014-15 Champions League Champions
* Pro Recco 8th title
* Stefano Tempesti, Andrija Prlainović, Maro Joković, Pietro Figlioli, Alex Giorgetti, Duško Pijetlović, Massimo Giacoppo, Matteo Aicardi, Francesco Di Fulvio, Filip Filipović, Aleksandar Ivović, Niccolò Gitto, Giacomo Pastorino
* Head coach
* Igor Milanović

### Final standings

* Team
* Pro Recco
* Primorje
* Atlètic-Barceloneta
* Jug Dubrovnik
* Eger
* Szolnok

### Awards

| Player of the Season | Top Scorer | Player of the Final Six |
| Sandro Sukno (Primorje Rijeka) | Sandro Sukno(Primorje Rijeka) 34 goals | Felipe Perrone(CN Atlètic-Barceloneta) |