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 Digi Oradea CN Marseille AN Brescia

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

PhaseRoundFirst legSecond legQualifyingQualification round I30 September–4 October 2015Qualification round II16−18 October 2015Knockout stageQuarter-finals11 November 201516 December 2015Semi-finals3 February 201610 February 2016Final16 April 201630 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 tablesTop four advance to next round

Group A Tournament played in Budapest, Hungary.

Group B Tournament played in Split, Croatia.

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 tablesTop two advance to next round

Group C Tournament was played in Naples, Italy.

Group D Tournament was played in Split, Croatia.

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Key to coloursSeeded in quarter finals drawUnseeded 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.

Semi-finals The first legs were played on 3 February, and the second legs were played on 10 February 2016.

Final The first leg were played on 16 April, and the second leg were played on 30 April 2016.

2015–16 LEN Euro CupChampions AN Brescia4th Cup

See also 2015–16 LEN Champions League

References