The 2018–19 LEN Champions League was the 56th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs.
Overview
Team allocation 12 teams are directly qualified for the preliminary round (TH: Champions League title holders). Preliminary Round HAVK Mladost Waspo 98 Hannover Pro Recco Dynamo Moscow Jug Dubrovnik ZF Eger Olympiacos TH Crvena zvezda Spandau 04 Szolnoki Dozsa Steaua București BA CNA BarcelonetaQualification round II Jadran Split NC Vouliagmeni CSM Digi Oradea OSC Potsdam FTC Telekom Budapest AN Brescia Sintez Kazan CN SabadellQualification round I Pays D’Aix Natation BPM Sport Management Enka SK Valletta Strasbourg Corona Sportul Studențesc AZC Alphen WP Club Tbilisi Jadran Carine CN Terrassa Dynamo Lviv
Phases and rounds dates The schedule of the competition is as follows.
PhaseRoundFirst legSecond legQualifying roundsQualification round I13–16 September 2018Qualification round II28–30 September 2018Qualification round III 6 October 201810 October 2018Preliminary roundMatchday 117 October 2018Matchday 23 November 2018Matchday 321 November 2018Matchday 45 December 2018Matchday 519 December 2018Matchday 69 January 2019Matchday 723 January 2019Matchday 86 February 2019Matchday 927 February 2019Matchday 1016 March 2019Matchday 1127 March 2019Matchday 1213 April 2019Matchday 1324 April 2019Matchday 1415 May 2019Final EightQuarterfinals6 June 2019Semifinals7 June 2019Final8 June 2019
Qualifying rounds
Qualification round I
Group A
Group B
Qualification round II
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Qualification round III
Preliminary round
The draw for the group stage was held on 5 September 2018 in Barcelona. The 16 teams were drawn into two groups of eight.
In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners, runners-ups and third placed teams advance to the Final 8. They are joined by the host of the tournament and the fourth placed team from a group other than one the host plays in. The matchdays are 17 October, 3 and 21 November, 5 and 19 December 2018, 9 and 23 January, 6 and 27 February, 16 and 27 March, 13 and 24 April, 15 May 2019.
A total of 9 national associations are represented in the group stage.
+ Key to colors Advance to the Final Eight Home team win Draw Away team win
Group A
Group B
Final eight 6–8 June 2018—Hannover, Germany
Qualified teams GroupWinnersRunners-upThirdFourthHostA Pro Recco CNA Barceloneta AN Brescia FTC Telekom BudapestB Jug Dubrovnik Olympiacos BPM Sport Management Waspo 98 Hannover
Bracket
5th–8th place bracket
Quarterfinals
5th–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
2018–19 LEN Champions LeagueChampionsFTC Telekom Budapest1st title Andras Gardonyi, Tamás Sedlmayer, Mark Kallay, Zoltan Pohl, Márton Vámos, Tamás Mezei, Slobodan Nikić, Nikola Jakšić, Aaron Younger, Dénes Varga, Szilárd Jansik, Soma Vogel, Stefan Mitrović, Norbert Madaras Head coachZsolt Varga
Final standings Team FTC Telekom Budapest Olympiacos Pro Recco 4 CNA Barceloneta 5 AN Brescia 6 Jug Dubrovnik 7 BPM Sport Management 8 Waspo 98 Hannover Awards
Season MVPTop ScorerPlayer of the Final EightGoalkeeper of the Final Eight Filip Filipović (Pro Recco) Konstantinos Genidounias (Olympiacos) 42 goals Denes Varga (Ferencváros) Soma Vogel (Ferencváros)
Total 7 of the Season LW Dénes Varga (Ferecvaros)CFJosip Vrlić (Barceloneta)RWMárton Vámos (Ferecvaros)LD Konstantinos Genidounias (Olympiacos)CB Andro Bušlje (Olympiacos)RD Filip Filipović (Pro Recco)GK Soma Vogel (Ferecvaros)
See also 2018–19 LEN Euro Cup
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