The 2016–17 LEN Champions League was the 54th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. It ran from 30 September 2016 to 27 May 2017.
Team allocation
8 teams are directly qualified for the preliminary round.
Preliminary round JugTH Spandau 04 Szolnok Partizan Atlètic-Barceloneta Olympiacos Pro Recco Olympic Nice Qualification round II Primorje Duisburg Eger Crvena zvezda Sabadell Vouliagmeni Brescia MarseilleQualification round I Mornar Sintez Kazan Jadran Waspo 98 Hannover Verona Orvosegyetem Portuense Valletta Utrecht Oradea Galatasaray Arkonia Szczecin Barendrecht Steaua București Enkaspor
Round and draw dates The schedule of the competition is as follows. PhaseRoundFirst legSecond legQualifyingQualification round I30 September–2 October 2016Qualification round II14–16 October 2016Qualification round III (play-off round)26 October 20169 November 2016Preliminary roundMatchday 130 November 2016Matchday 210 December 2016Matchday 321 December 2016Matchday 418 January 2017Matchday 58 February 2017Matchday 618 February 2017Matchday 71 March 2017Matchday 822 March 2017Matchday 95 April 2017Matchday 1026 April 2017Final 6Quarter-finals25 May 2017Semi-finals26 May 2017Final27 May 2017
Qualifying rounds Qualification I Fifteen teams take part in the Qualification round I. They were drawn into three groups of four teams and one group of three teams, whose played on 30 September−2 October 2016. Top 2 teams of each group advance to qualification round II.
Group A Tournament was played in Oradea, Romania.
Group B Tournament was played in Budapest, Hungary.
Group C Tournament was played in Porto, Portugal.
Group D Tournament was played in Valletta, Malta.
Qualification II Sixteen teams take part in the Qualification round II. Eight teams from first round and eight teams with wild cards. They were drawn into four groups of four teams, whose played on 14−16 October 2016. Top 2 teams of each group advance to qualification round III.
Group E Tournament was played in Eger, Hungary.
Group F Tournament was played in Brescia, Italy.
Group G Tournament was played in Herceg Novi, Montenegro.
Group H Tournament was played in Rijeka, Croatia.
Qualification III
Eight teams 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. Teams from the same group could not be drawn against each other.
Key to colorsSeeded in qualification round III drawUnseeded in qualification round III draw
GroupWinnersRunners-upE Verona EgerF Brescia OrvosegyetemG Waspo 98 Hannover JadranH Primorje Oradea
1st leg: 26 October 2016 2nd leg: 9 November 2016
Preliminary round
The regular season was played between 30 November 2016 and 26 April 2017. 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 30 November, 10 December, 21 December 2016 and 18 January, 8 February, 18 February, 1 March, 22 March, 5 April, 26 April 2017. The top three teams advanced to the final six.
The Final Six (quarterfinals, semifinals, third place game and final) were played in Budapest, Hungary from 25 to 27 May 2017.
Group A
Group B
Final Six Danube Arena, Budapest, Hungary
Quarterfinals
5th place
Semifinals
Third place
Final
2016–17 LEN Champions LeagueChampionsSzolnok1st title Viktor Nagy, Márton Vámos, Živko Gocić, Tamás Mezei, Aaron Younger, Dénes Varga, Milan Aleksić, Andrija Prlainović, Ugo Crousillat, Gábor Kis, David Jansik, Peter Kotlar, Patrik Bagi, Zlotan Hangay, Istvan Kardos, Zsombor Szeghalmi, Tamas Bodoroczki, Kristof Szatmari, Bence Fulop,Head coachSándor Cseh
Final standings
Team Szolnok Jug Pro Recco Eger Brescia Olympiacos
Awards Player of the Season Top ScorerPlayer of the final SixGoalkeeper of the final Six Felipe Perrone (Jug) Felipe Perrone (Jug) 42 goals Andrija Prlainovic (Szolnok) Viktor Nagy (Szolnok)
Total 7 of the Season LW Andrija Prlainović (Szolnok)CFLuka Lončar (Jug)RW Márton Vámos (Szolnok)LD Felipe Perrone (Jug)CB Aleksandar Ivović (Pro Recco)RD Filip Filipović (Pro Recco)GK Marko Bijač (Jug)
See also 2016–17 LEN Euro Cup 2017 LEN Super Cup
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