2021–22 LEN Euro Cup

2021–22 LEN Euro Cup
League	LEN Euro Cup
Sport	Water Polo
Duration	30 September 2021–26 March 2022
Finals champions	Astralpool Sabadell (1st title)
Runners-up	Telimar Palermo

The 2021–22 LEN Euro Cup was the 30th edition of the second-tier European tournament for men's water polo clubs.

Teams

Quarterfinals

Mladost Zagreb (CL Q3)

Szolnok VSC (CL Q3)

RN Savona (CL Q3)

CN Barcelona (CL Q3)

Qualification round I

Team Strasbourg	GS Peristeri	St Andreu	UZSC Utrecht
EN Tourcoing	Vasas Budapest	Astralpool Sabadell	Shturm 2002 Ruza
ASC Duisburg	BVSC Zugló	Šabac	Carouge Natation
Ludwigsburg 08	CC Ortigia	Vojvodina Novi Sad
AEK Athens	Telimar Palermo	Solaris Šibenik

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.[1]

Phase	Round	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying rounds	Qualification round I	1–4 October 2021
	Qualification round II	8–10 October 2021
Knockout phase	Quarterfinals	27 October 2021	10 November 2021
	Semifinals	12 January 2022	9 February 2022
	Finals	5 March 2022	26 March 2022

Qualifying rounds

Qualification round I

The top two ranked sides from each group advance.[2]

Group A

• 30 September–3 October 2021, Šibenik, Croatia.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PAL	SOL	STA	SHT	CAR
1	Telimar Palermo	4	4	0	0	75	27	+48	12	Round II		—	—	—	—	33–1
2	Solaris Šibenik	4	3	0	1	57	24	+33	9			9–10	—	13–6	—	23–6
3	St Andreu	4	2	0	2	50	39	+11	6			13–14	—	—	17–7	—
4	Shturm 2002 Ruza	4	1	0	3	24	55	−31	3			4–18	2–12	—	—	—
5	Carouge Natation	4	0	0	4	20	81	−61	0			—	—	5–14	8–11	—

Source: LEN

Group B

• 1–3 October 2021, Syracuse, Sicily, Italy.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CCO	STR	GSP	LUD
1	CC Ortigia	3	3	0	0	40	23	+17	9	Round II		—	13–7	11–8	16–8
2	Team Strasbourg	3	2	0	1	31	28	+3	6			—	—	—	16–8
3	GS Peristeri	3	1	0	2	26	25	+1	3			—	7–8	—	—
4	Ludwigsburg 08	3	0	0	3	22	43	−21	0			—	—	6–11	—

Source: LEN

Group C

• 30 September–3 October 2021, Utrecht, Netherlands.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VSC	ŠAB	UTR	ENT	DUI
1	Vasas Budapest	4	4	0	0	50	22	+28	12	Round II		—	9–5	—	11–7	16–3
2	Šabac	4	1	2	1	32	34	−2	5			—	—	—	6–6	—
3	UZSC Utrecht	4	1	1	2	34	47	−13	4[a]			7–14	8–8	—	9–8	10–17
4	EN Tourcoing	4	1	1	2	34	37	−3	4[a]			—	—	—	—	13–11
5	ASC Duisburg	4	1	0	3	42	52	−10	3			—	11–13	—	—	—

Source: LEN
Notes:

1. UZSC Utrecht 9–8 EN Tourcoing

Group D

• 1–3 October 2021, Novi Sad, Serbia.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ZUG	CNS	AEK	VOJ
1	BVSC Zugló	3	3	0	0	39	26	+13	9	Round II		—	—	13–6	—
2	Astralpool Sabadell	3	2	0	1	31	25	+6	6			9–12	—	—	—
3	AEK Athens	3	0	1	2	23	32	−9	1			—	8–10	—	—
4	Vojvodina Novi Sad	3	0	1	2	25	35	−10	1			11–14	5–12	9–9	—

Source: LEN

Qualification round II

The top two ranked sides from each group advance.[3][4]

Group E

• 8–10 October 2021, Palermo, Italy.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PAL	ZUG	ŠAB	STR
1	Telimar Palermo	3	2	1	0	45	35	+10	7	Quarterfinals		—	17–17	—	14–10
2	BVSC Zugló	3	2	1	0	39	34	+5	7			—	—	—	—
3	Šabac	3	0	1	2	25	32	−7	1			8–14	7–8	—	10–10
4	Team Strasbourg	3	0	1	2	30	38	−8	1			—	10–14	—	—

Source: LEN

Group F

• 8–10 October 2021, Budapest, Hungary.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CNS	CCO	VSC	SOL
1	Astralpool Sabadell	3	2	0	1	25	23	+2	6[a]	Quarterfinals		—	—	—	10–9
2	CC Ortigia	3	2	0	1	28	24	+4	6[a]			10–9	—	—	—
3	Vasas Budapest	3	2	0	1	24	18	+6	6[a]			4–6	8–7	—	12–5
4	Solaris Šibenik	3	0	0	3	21	33	−12	0			—	7–11	—	—

Source: LEN
Notes:

1. Astralpool Sabadell 2 Pts, +1 GD; CC Ortigia 2 Pts, 0 GD; Vasas Budapest 2 Pts, −1 GD

Knockout phase

Bracket

	Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	HAVK Mladost	7	7	24
	Telimar Palermo	11	16	27
							Telimar Palermo	10 (w/o)	6	16
							Ortigia	0	7	7
	Ortigia	9	15	24
	Szolnok	4	10	14
													Telimar Palermo	9	5	14
													Sabadell	7	11	18
	Barcelona	6	12	18
	BVSC-Zugló	6	9	15
							Barcelona	10	9	19
							Sabadell	12	8	20
	Sabadell (p)	13	10	23 (16)
	Savona	13	10	23 (15)

Quarter-finals

The four best teams from the Euro Cup qualifications and the four losing sides of the Champions League Qualification Round III have been paired in the quarter-finals.[5]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sabadell	23–23 (16–15 p)	Savona	13–13	10–10
Ortigia	24–14	Szolnok	9–4	15–10
HAVK Mladost	14–27	Telimar Palermo	7–11	7–16
Barcelona	18–15	BVSC-Zugló	6–6	12–9

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CN Barcelona	19–20	Sabadell	10–12	9–8
Telimar Palermo	16–7	Ortigia	10–0^w/o	6–7

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Telimar Palermo	14–18	Sabadell	9–7	5–11

See also

• 2021–22 LEN Champions League

References

1. "LEN club competition programme season 2021–2022" (PDF). LEN.com.
2. "Champions League, Euro Cup – Qualification Round 1". LEN.com.
3. "LEN Water Polo Euro Cup – Qualification Round II". LEN.com.
4. "Men's Euro Cup, Qualification Round 1 – summary". LEN.com.
5. "Water Polo Euro Cup – Quarter Finals, draw". LEN.com.

Notes

External links

• Official website, len.microplustiming.com