# 2014–15 LEN Euro Cup

The 2014–15 LEN Euro Cup was the second tier of European competition in water polo. It ran from 30 October 2014 to 11 April 2015, and it was contested by twenty one teams from twelve countries.

## Overview
### Team allocation

* CL: Transferred from the Champions League
** Q2: Third and fourth-placed teams from the QR2
** Q1: Sixth-placed teams from the QR1
Qualification round II :
| Mornar | Savona | Dinamo Astrachan | Waspo Hannover (CL Q2) |
| Sète | Acquachiara | Kinef Kirishi | Ligamus Tbilisi (CL Q1) |
| Olympic Nice | Valletta | Vojvodina | Montpellier (CL Q1) |
| Esslingen | Primorac Kotor | Sintez Kazan (CL Q2) |
| White Sharks | Utrecht | Jadran Herceg Novi (CL Q2) |
| Vouliagmeni | Steaua București | Posillipo (CL Q2) |

## Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.
| Phase | Round | First leg | Second leg |
| Qualifying | Qualification round I | 10–12 October 2014 | 10–12 October 2014 |
| Qualifying | Qualification round II | 30 October–2 November 2014 | 30 October–2 November 2014 |
| Knockout stage | Quarter-finals | 29 November 2014 | 17 December 2014 |
| Knockout stage | Semi-finals | 11 February 2015 | 4 March 2015 |
| Knockout stage | Final | 28 March 2015 | 11 April 2015 |

## Qualifying rounds
### Qualification round I

* 10–12 October

### Qualification round II

* 30 October-2 November
Twelve teams will take part in the quarter-finals. They will be drawn into five groups of five or six teams, whose played on 30 October–2 November 2014. Group winners and runners-up teams of each group advance to quarter finals.
* Key to colors in group tables
* Group winners and runners-up advance to quarter finals

#### Group A

Vouliagmeni has the right to organize the tournament.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Sintez Kazan | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 45 | +22 | 12 |
| Acquachiara | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 74 | 47 | +27 | 10 |
| Vouliagmeni | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 38 | +14 | 10 |
| Jadran Herceg Novi | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 58 | 38 | +20 | 8 |
| Utrecht | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 37 | 62 | −25 | 3 |
| Esslingen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 36 | 94 | −58 | 0 |

#### Group B

Valletta has the right to organize the tournament.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Mornar | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 27 | +37 | 12 |
| Steaua București | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 30 | +14 | 9 |
| Montpellier | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 30 | +16 | 6 |
| Primorac Kotor | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 47 | −17 | 3 |
| Valletta | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 74 | −50 | 0 |

#### Group C

Olympic Nice has the right to organize the tournament.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Olympic Nice | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 27 | +19 | 10 |
| Posillipo | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 34 | +14 | 10 |
| Kinef Kirishi | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 33 | +15 | 6 |
| Sète | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 52 | −20 | 1 |
| White Sharks | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 61 | −28 | 1 |

#### Group D

Savona has the right to organize the tournament.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Waspo Hannover | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 24 | +23 | 10 |
| Savona | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 31 | +11 | 10 |
| Dinamo Astrachan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 34 | −2 | 4 |
| Vojvodina | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 35 | −13 | 4 |
| Ligamus Tbilisi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 49 | −19 | 0 |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Steaua București | 9 | 9 | 18 | | | | | | | | |
| Waspo Hannover | 7 | 9 | 16 | | | | | | | | |
| Waspo Hannover | 7 | 9 | 16 | Steaua București | 6 | 5 | 11 | | | | |
| | | | | Posillipo | 8 | 8 | 16 | | | | |
| Sintez Kazan | 9 | 7 | 16 | Posillipo | 8 | 8 | 16 | | | | |
| Posillipo | 6 | 12 | 18 | | | | | | | | |
| Posillipo | 6 | 12 | 18 | | | | | Posillipo | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| | | | | | | | | Acquachiara | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| Acquachiara | 13 | 10 | 23 | | | | | | | | | Acquachiara | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| Olympic Nice | 7 | 10 | 17 | | | | | | | | |
| Olympic Nice | 7 | 10 | 17 | Acquachiara | 15 | 7 | 22 | | | | |
| | | | | Mornar | 11 | 7 | 18 | | | | |
| Mornar | 10 | 4 | 14 | Mornar | 11 | 7 | 18 | | | | |
| Savona | 5 | 8 | 13 | | | | | | | | |

### Quarter-finals

* 29 November 2014 1st match
* 17 December 2014 2nd match
* Key to colors
* Seeded in quarter finals draw
* Unseeded in quarter finals draw
| Group | Winners | Runners-up |
| A | Sintez Kazan | Acquachiara |
| B | Mornar | Steaua București |
| C | Olympic Nice | Posillipo |
| D | Waspo Hannover | Savona |
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 group or the same association could not be drawn against each other.
The first legs were played on 29 November, and the second legs were played on 17 December 2014.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Sintez Kazan | 16–18 | Posillipo | 9–6 | 7–12 |
| Mornar | 14–13 | Savona | 10–5 | 4–8 |
| Steaua București | 18–16 | Waspo Hannover | 9–7 | 9–9 |
| Acquachiara | 23–17 | Olympic Nice | 13–7 | 10–10 |

### Semi-finals

The draw was held on 10 January 2015 in Belgrade, Serbia. The first legs were played on 11 February, and the second legs were played on 4 March 2015.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Steaua București | 11–16 | Posillipo | 6–8 | 5–8 |
| Acquachiara | 22–18 | Mornar | 15–11 | 7–7 |

### Finals

The first leg were played on 28 March, and the second leg were played on 11 April 2015.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Posillipo | 17–16 | Acquachiara | 6–6 | 11–10 |
* 2015–16 LEN Euro Cup Champions
* Posillipo 1st Cup