2024–25 LEN Champions League

LEN Champions League

2024–25
The National Pool Complex in Valletta will host the final four.
Tournament information
Sport	Water polo
Dates	Qualification round: 12–15 September 2024 Main Round: 8 October – 4 December 2024 Quarter-finals round: 4 February – 14 May 2025 Final four: 30 May 2025–1 June 2025
Teams	Competition proper: 16 Total: 30 (from 13 countries)
Website	Official website
Tournament statistics
Matches played	108
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The 2024–25 LEN Champions League is the 62nd edition of the newly renamed European Aquatics's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. FTC-Telekom are the defending champions.

After one qualification round, sixteen teams will qualify for the group stage. Four groups of four will be played., with the top two in each group will make the quarter-finals round (also a group stage). The team that finish third and fourth will compete in the 2024–25 LEN Euro Cup knockout stage. The remaining eight teams in the quarter-finals round will play a further six matches, with the top two in each group making the final four.^[1][2]

The top 11 best ranked countries in the new rankings are allowed to have their national champion go directly into the main round, as long as they meet requirements.^[3]

Rank[3] Association Points Teams 1 Italy 110,260 3 2 Hungary 84,492.5 3 Spain 71,732.5 4 Serbia 69,815 5 Greece 68,857.5 6 Croatia 57,210 7 France 45,620 2 8 Germany 33,042.5 9 Romania 17,087.5 3 10 Montenegro 14,977.5 2 11 Georgia 12,407.5 1 12 Turkey 7,245 13 Russia 5,162.5 0 14 Switzerland 3,685 15 Netherlands 3,280

Rank Association Points Teams 16 Slovakia 3,180 0 17 Portugal 2,972.5 18 Slovenia 2,960 19 Lithuania 1,877.5 20 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,790 1 21 Great Britain 1,720 0 22 Belgium 1,310 23 Malta 1,310 24 Israel 860 25 Denmark 560 26 Finland 560 27 Bulgaria 370 28 Cyprus 370 29 Poland 317.5

Alongside the 11 domestic champions, the defending champions also get a spot in the main round. In the event that the Champions League defending champions won their national league, the runners-up of the national league will take the vacant spot. In this season, as FTC-Telekom are the reigning champions, Hungary's spot was given to the Hungarian runners-up, A-Híd Vasas Plaket. After the abrupt withdrawal of the Italian champions, Pro Recco, due to financial reasons,^[4][5] RN Savona, who placed second, takes their place in the Main round.^[6] Also, despite finishing fourth, CC Ortigia took Italy's third spot in the tournament.^[7] Croatia also saw a team withdrawing with Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka, who placed third, giving up their spot. The replacement was HAVK Mladost Zagreb, who finished fourth.^[8]

Main round

Jadran Split (1st)	CN Marseille (1st)	Dinamo Tbilisi (1st)	Waspo'98 Hannover (1st)
Olympiacos Piraeus (1st)	FTC-Telekom CL (1st)	A-Híd Vasas Plaket (2nd)	RN Savona (2nd)
Primorac Kotor (1st)	Steaua București (1st)	Novi Beograd (1st)	Zodiac Atlètic-Barceloneta (1st)

Qualification round

VK Banja Luka (1st)	Jug AO Dubrovnik (2nd)	HAVK Mladost Zagreb (4th)	Pays d'Aix Natation (3rd)
Spandau 04 Berlin (1st)	NC Vouliagmeni (2nd)	AC PAOK (3rd)	BVSC-Zugló (3rd)
AN Brescia (3rd)	CC Ortigia (4th)	Jadran Herceg Novi (2nd)	CSM Oradea (2nd)
Dinamo București (3rd)	Radnički Kragujevac (2nd)	VK Šabac (3rd)	Astrapool Sabadell (2nd)
CN Barcelona (3rd)	Enka Istanbul (1st)

The group winners qualify for the main round, while everyone else drops down to the Euro Cup qualifiers.

The draw was on 13 August 2024 in Zagreb, Croatia.^[9] H indicates which clubs is hosting a group. Teams in bold advanced to the main round.

12–15 September 2024, Dubrovnik, Croatia

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		JAD	JUG	BAR	DIN	BAN
1	Jadran Herceg Novi	1	1	0	0	0	35	3	+32	3	Main round		—	—	–	–	35–3
2	Jug AO Dubrovnik (H)	1	1	0	0	0	15	8	+7	3			–	—	–	15–8	–
3	CN Barcelona	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			—	—	—	–	–
4	Dinamo București	1	0	0	0	1	8	15	−7	0			—	—	—	—	—
5	VK Banja Luka	1	0	0	0	1	3	35	−32	0			—	—	—	–	—

13–15 September 2024, Kragujevac, Serbia

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VOU	RAD	ZUG	MLA
1	NC Vouliagmeni	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Main round		—	—	—	–
2	Radnički Kragujevac (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			–	—	–	–
3	BVSC-Zugló	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			–	—	—	—
4	HAVK Mladost Zagreb	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			—	—	–	—

12–15 September 2024, Oradea, Romania

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ORA	SPA	BRE	PAOK	ENK
1	CSM Oradea (H)	1	1	0	0	0	20	8	+12	3	Main round		—	–	–	—	—
2	Spandau 04 Berlin	1	1	0	0	0	12	10	+2	3			—	—	—	12–10	–
3	AN Brescia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			—	–	—	–	—
4	AC PAOK	1	0	0	0	1	10	12	−2	0			–	—	—	—	–
5	Enka Istanbul	1	0	0	0	1	8	20	−12	0			8–20	—	–	—	—

13–15 September 2024, Sabadell, Spain

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AST	ORT	SAB	PAY
1	Astrapool Sabadell (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Main round		—	–	–	–
2	CC Ortigia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			—	—	—	–
3	VK Šabac	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			—	–	—	—
4	Pays d'Aix Natation	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			—	—	–	—

Jadran Split

Marseille

Dinamo Tbilisi

Waspo'98 Hannover

Olympiacos

Budapest

Savona

Kotor

Steaua București

Novi Beograd

Barceloneta

Budapest teams
FTC-Telekom
Vasas

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Location of teams of the 2024–25 LEN Champions League group stage.
Red: Group A; Blue: Group B; Yellow: Group C; Green: Group D

The top two from each group make the quarter-finals round. The bottom two from each group drops down to the Euro Cup eighth-finals.

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 2 points for a penalty shootout win, 1 point for a penalty shootout loss, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:

• Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
• Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
• Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
• Goal difference in all group matches;
• Goals scored in all group matches.

This season, RN Savona return to the Champions League for the first time in 18 years. For the first time since 2010–11, Primorac Kotor will participate. Waspo'98 Hannover comes back after a one season absence.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		NOV	HAN	STE	PAY
1	Novi Beograd	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to Quarter-finals		—
2	Waspo'98 Hannover	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				—
3	Steaua București	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Transfer to Euro Cup				—
4	Group C winner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FTC	JAD	DIN	PAY
1	FTC-Telekom	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to Quarter-finals		—
2	Jadran Split	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				—
3	Dinamo Tbilisi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Transfer to Euro Cup				—
4	Group B winner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAR	MAR	VAS	PAY
1	Zodiac Atlètic-Barceloneta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to Quarter-finals		—
2	CN Marseille	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				—
3	A-Híd Vasas Plaket	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Transfer to Euro Cup				—
4	Group A winner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		OLY	SAV	KOT	PAY
1	Olympiacos Piraeus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to Quarter-finals		—
2	RN Savona	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				—
3	Primorac Kotor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Transfer to Euro Cup				—
4	Group D winner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						—

On 18 January 2024, the final four was held in the capital of Malta, Valletta, at the National Pool Complex.^[10][11]

• Official website
• Official playlist
• 2023–24 Croatian League Table
• 2023–24 German League Table
• 2023–24 Hungarian League Table
• 2023–24 Montenegrin League Table
• 2023–24 Serbian League Table