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 Sète Acquachiara Kinef Kirishi Ligamus Tbilisi Olympic Nice Valletta Vojvodina Montpellier Esslingen Primorac Kotor Sintez Kazan White Sharks Utrecht Jadran Herceg Novi Vouliagmeni Steaua București Posillipo

Round and draw dates The schedule of the competition is as follows.

PhaseRoundFirst legSecond legQualifyingQualification round I10–12 October 2014Qualification round II30 October–2 November 2014Knockout stageQuarter-finals29 November 201417 December 2014Semi-finals11 February 20154 March 2015Final28 March 201511 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 tablesGroup winners and runners-up advance to quarter finals Group A Vouliagmeni has the right to organize the tournament.

Group B Valletta has the right to organize the tournament.

Group C Olympic Nice has the right to organize the tournament.

Group D Savona has the right to organize the tournament.

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals 29 November 2014 1st match 17 December 2014 2nd match Key to colorsSeeded in quarter finals drawUnseeded in quarter finals draw GroupWinnersRunners-upA Sintez Kazan AcquachiaraB Mornar Steaua BucureștiC Olympic Nice PosillipoD 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.

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.

Finals The first leg were played on 28 March, and the second leg were played on 11 April 2015.

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