The 2017–18 LEN Champions League was the 55th 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 Jug CO Waspo 98 Hannover Pro Recco Dynamo Moscow Olympic Nice ZF Eger Olympiacos AZC Alphen Partizan Spandau 04 Szolnoki VSCTH Steaua București CNA BarcelonetaQualification round II HAVK Mladost NC Vouliagmeni CSM Digi Oradea Crvena zvezda CN Marseille AN Brescia Spartak Volgograd CN Sabadell ASC Duisburg UZSC UtrechtQualification round I Banja Luka Orvosegyetem SC Jadran Carine CN Terrassa Mornar ASA Tel Aviv CF Portuense Enka SK Strasbourg CC Napoli Sintez Kazan Galatasaray ANC Glyfada
Phases and rounds dates The schedule of the competition is as follows.
PhaseRoundFirst legSecond legQualifying roundsQualification round I14–17 September 2017Qualification round II28 September–1 October 2017Qualification round III 14 October 201718 October 2017Preliminary roundMatchday 125 October 2017Matchday 28 November 2017Matchday 329 November 2017Matchday 49 December 2017Matchday 520 December 2017Matchday 613 January 2018Matchday 724 January 2018Matchday 87 February 2018Matchday 928 February 2018Matchday 1014 March 2018Matchday 1131 March 2018Matchday 1218 April 2018Matchday 1328 April 2018Matchday 149 May 2018Final EightQuarterfinals7 June 2018Semifinals8 June 2018Final9 June 2018
Qualifying rounds
Qualification round I
Group A
Group B
Group C
Qualification round II
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Qualification round III
Preliminary round
The draw for the group stage was held on 29 August 2017 in Budapest. 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, third and fourth placed teams advance to the Final 8. The matchdays are 25 October, 8 and 29 November, 9 and 20 December 2017, 13 and 24 January, 7 and 28 February, 14 and 31 March, 18 and 28 April, 9 May 2018.
A total of 11 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
7–9 June 2018—Genoa, Italy
2017–18 LEN Champions LeagueChampionsOlympiacos(2nd title) Josip Pavić, Emmanouil Mylonakis, Evangelos Delakas, Konstantinos Genidounias, Ioannis Fountoulis, Dimitrios Nikolaidis, Georgios Dervisis, Andro Bušlje, Konstantinos Mourikis, Alexandros Gounas, Stylianos Argyropoulos, Paulo Obradović, Stefanos Galanopoulos, Emmanouil PrekasHead coachThodoris Vlachos
Final standings Team Olympiacos Pro Recco CNA Barceloneta 4 Jug CO 5 Szolnoki VSC 6 ZF Eger 7 AN Brescia 8 Spandau 04 Awards Player of the SeasonTop ScorerPlayer of the Final EightGoalkeeper of the Final Eight Josip Pavić (Olympiacos) Darko Brguljan (Waspo'98 Hannover) 42 goals Josip Pavic (Olympiacos) Josip Pavic (Olympiacos)
Total 7 of the Season LW Francesco Di Fulvio (Pro Recco)CFJosip Vrlić (Barceloneta)RWMaro Joković (Jug)LD Ioannis Fountoulis (Olympiacos)CB Andro Bušlje (Olympiacos)RD Dušan Mandić (Pro Recco)GK Josip Pavić (Olympiacos)
See also 2017–18 LEN Euro Cup
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