2015–16 LEN Champions League

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2015–16 LEN Champions League
League	LEN Champions League
Sport	Water Polo
Duration	4 September 2015 to 4 June 2016
Number of teams	12 (preliminary round) 27 (total)
Season MVP	Serbia Filip Filipović (Pro Recco)
Top scorer	Hungary Denes Varga 33 goals (Szolnok)
Final Six
Finals champions	Croatia Jug Dubrovnik (4th Title)
Runners-up	Greece Olympiacos
Finals MVP	Spain Felipe Perrone (Jug Dubrovnik)
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The 2015–16 LEN Champions League was the 53rd edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. It ran from 4 September 2015 to 4 June 2016, and was contested by 27 teams from 13 countries. The Final Six (quarterfinals, semifinals, final, and third place game) took place on 2, 3 & 4 June in Budapest.

8 teams are directly qualified for the preliminary round.

Preliminary round
Croatia Jug	Germany Spandau 04	Hungary Eger	Serbia Partizan
Spain Atlètic-Barceloneta	Greece Olympiacos	Italy Pro Recco TH	Turkey Galatasaray
Qualification round II
Croatia Primorje	Hungary Szolnok	Serbia Radnički Kragujevac	Greece Vouliagmeni
Germany Duisburg	Italy Brescia	Spain Sabadell
Qualification round I
Croatia Mladost	Russia Spartak Volgograd	Montenegro Jadran	France Montpellier
Italy Verona	Romania Oradea	Montenegro Budva	Malta Valletta
France Marseille	Hungary Orvosegyetem	Germany Waspo 98 Hannover	Georgia (country) Lokomotiv Tbilisi

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

Phase	Round	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying	Qualification round I	4–6 September 2015
	Qualification round II	18–20 September 2015
	Qualification round III (play-off round)	3 October 2015	17 October 2015
Preliminary round	Matchday 1	28 October 2015
	Matchday 2	11 November 2015
	Matchday 3	28 November 2015
	Matchday 4	16 December 2015
	Matchday 5	3 February 2016
	Matchday 6	10 February 2016
	Matchday 7	30 March 2016
	Matchday 8	16 April 2016
	Matchday 9	30 April 2016
	Matchday 10	18 May 2016
Final 6 (Budapest)	Quarter-finals	2 June 2016
	Semi-finals	3 June 2016
	Final	4 June 2016

• 4-6 September

Twelve teams took part in the Qualification round I. They were drawn into three groups of four teams, whose played on 4–6 September 2015. Top 3 teams of each group advance to qualification round II.^[2]

Key to colours in group tables
Progress to the Round II

Tournament was played in Herceg Novi, Montenegro.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Russia SPA	Montenegro JAD	France MON	Croatia HAVK
Russia Spartak Volgograd	3	3	0	0	46	30	+16	9	18–12	15–7
Montenegro Jadran Carine	3	2	0	1	29	25	+4	6	11–13	11–7	7–5
France Montpellier	3	1	0	2	27	35	−8	3	8–6
Croatia HAVK Mladost	3	0	0	3	18	30	−12	0

Tournament was played in Valletta, Malta.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Italy VER	Romania ORA	Montenegro BUD	Malta VAL
Italy Verona	3	2	1	0	41	22	+19	7	11–6
Romania Oradea	3	1	2	0	36	29	+7	5	11–11	18–11
Montenegro Budva	3	1	1	1	22	23	−1	4	7–7
Malta Valletta	3	0	0	3	21	46	−25	0	5–19	5–9

Tournament was played in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Germany WAS	Hungary OSC	France CNM	Georgia (country) LOK
Germany Waspo Hannover	3	2	1	0	28	24	+4	7	10–8
Hungary OSC Budapest	3	1	2	0	32	20	+12	5	7–7
France CN Marseille	3	1	1	1	35	29	+6	4	10–10
Georgia (country) Lokomotiv Tbilisi	3	0	0	3	21	43	−22	0	9–11	3–15	9–17

• 18–20 September

Sixteen teams took part in the Qualification round II. Nine teams from first round and seven teams with wild cards. These clubs formed four groups of four and had round robin tournaments at four host cities on 18–20 October. Top 2 of these groups advance to play-off (qualification round 3).^[3]

Key to colours in group tables
Progress to the Qualification Round III

Tournament was played in Athens, Greece.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Hungary OSC	Italy BRE	Greece VOU	France MON
Hungary OSC Budapest	3	2	1	0	29	17	+12	7	10–6
Italy AN Brescia	3	2	1	0	27	22	+5	7	8–8
Greece NC Vouliagmeni	3	1	0	2	21	26	−5	3	6–10	9–6
France Montpellier	3	0	0	3	17	29	−12	0	3–11	8–9

Tournament was played in Hannover, Germany.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Hungary SZO	Germany WAS	Serbia RAD	Montenegro BUD
Hungary Szolnoki VSK	3	3	0	0	51	17	+34	9	11–10
Germany Waspo Hannover	3	2	0	1	36	24	+12	6	10–11	14–7	12–6
Serbia VK Radnički	3	1	0	2	17	42	−25	3	2–21	8–7
Montenegro VK Budva	3	0	0	3	18	39	−21	0

Tournament was played in Rijeka, Croatia.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Croatia PRI	France CNM	Russia SPA	Germany DUI
Croatia VK Primorje	3	3	0	0	45	27	+18	9	13–12	14–7	18–8
France CN Marseille	3	2	0	1	38	30	+8	6	14–9
Russia Spartak Volgograd	3	0	1	2	30	42	−12	1
Germany ASC Duisburg	3	0	1	2	30	44	−14	1	8–12	14–14

Tournament was played in Busto Arsizio, Italy.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Montenegro JAD	Romania ORA	Italy VER	Spain SAB
Montenegro Jadran Carine	3	3	0	0	24	21	+3	9	10–9
Romania Digi Oradea	3	2	0	1	29	21	+8	6	6–7	13–6
Italy SM Verona	3	1	0	2	27	29	−2	3	8–10	10–9
Spain CN Sabadell	3	0	0	3	21	30	−9	0	6–7

• 3 October 2015: 1st match
• 17 October 2015: 2nd match

Key to colors
Seeded in qualification round III draw
Unseeded in qualification round III draw

Group	Winners	Runners-up
D	Hungary OSC Budapest	Italy AN Brescia
E	Hungary Szolnoki VSK	Germany Waspo Hannover
F	Croatia VK Primorje	France CN Marseille
G	Montenegro Jadran Carine	Romania Digi Oradea

Eight teams took 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, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group could not be drawn against each other.

The first legs were played on 3 October, and the second legs were played on 17 October 2015.^[4]

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
VK Primorje Croatia	29–12	Germany Waspo Hannover	19–6	10–6
Digi Oradea Romania	10–19	Hungary OSC Budapest	7–9	3–10
CN Marseille France	12–20	Hungary Szolnoki VSK	6–7	6–13
Jadran Carine Montenegro	22–18	Italy AN Brescia	14–6	8–12

Main article: 2015–16 LEN Champions League preliminary round

The regular season was played between 28 October 2015 and 18 May 2016. If teams are level on record at the end of the preliminary round, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

1. Head-to-head record.
2. Head-to-head point differential.
3. Point differential during the Regular Season.
4. Points scored during the regular season.
5. 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 28 October, 11 November, 28 November, 16 December 2015, 3 February, 10 February, 30 March, 16 April, 30 April, and 18 May 2016. 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 2 to 4 June 2016.^[5]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	OLY	EGE	BAR	PRI	SPA	JAD
1	Greece Olympiacos	10	7	3	0	95	59	+36	24	Advance to semifinals	—	8–7	9–5	7–4	12–3	10–4
2	Hungary ZF Eger	10	4	4	2	90	80	+10	16	Advance to quarter-finals	8–8	—	6–5	12–12	10–7	8–7
3	Spain CNA Barceloneta	10	4	4	2	79	74	+5	16		7–7	6–6	—	9–7	9–7	15–10
4	Croatia VK Primorje	10	4	3	3	91	83	+8	15	Eliminated	4–10	8–7	9–9	—	14–4	13–7
5	Germany Spandau 04	10	0	5	5	75	106	−31	5		11–11	8–15	8–8	9–9	—	9–9
6	Montenegro Jadran Carine	10	0	3	7	77	105	−28	3		6–13	11–11	5–6	9–11	9–9	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	REC	SZO	JUG	BUD	PAR	GAL
1	Italy Pro Recco	10	8	1	1	130	67	+63	25	Advance to semifinals	—	14–11	14–6	7–2	15–3	15–4
2	Hungary Szolnoki VSK	10	8	0	2	121	90	+31	24	Advance to quarter-finals	12–11	—	13–10	8–7	12–9	16–7
3	Croatia Jug Dubrovnik	10	7	1	2	105	83	+22	22		5–5	10–9	—	10–7	12–4	17–8
4	Hungary OSC Budapest	10	3	0	7	75	84	−9	9	Eliminated	7–12	6–12	7–9	—	10–8	13–4
5	Serbia Partizan	10	2	1	7	69	112	−43	7		7–18	9–14	6–10	5–4	—	9–8
6	Turkey Galatasaray	10	0	1	9	76	140	−64	1		10–19	7–14	10–16	9–12	9–9	—

Hajós Alfréd Nemzeti Sportuszoda, Budapest, Hungary

2015–16 LEN Champions League Champions
Croatia Jug Dubrovnik 4st title
Marko Bijac, Marko Bautovic, Hrvonje Benic, Ivo Brailo, Cristijan Kulina, Loren Fatović, Javier García, Toni Jarak, Maro Jokovic, Filip Krzic, Luka Lončar, Marko Ivankovic, Marko Macan, Jacob Mercep, Paulo Obradovic, Nikola Pavlicevic, Pavo Markovic, Toni Popadic, Josip Vrlic, Felipe Perrone
Head coach
Vjekoslav Kobešćak

Team
	Croatia Jug Dubrovnik
	Greece Olympiacos
	Hungary Szolnok
4	Italy Pro Recco
5	Spain CNA Barceloneta
6	Hungary ZF Eger

Player of the Season	Top Scorer	Player of the Final Six	Goalkeeper of the Final Six
Serbia Filip Filipović (Pro Recco)	Hungary Denes Varga (Szolnok) 33 goals	Spain Felipe Perrone (Jug Dubrovnik)	Croatia Marko Bijac (Jug Dubrovnik)

^[6]

Total 7 of the Season
[7]	LW	Greece Ioannis Fountoulis (Olympiacos)	CF	Croatia Luka Lončar (Jug)	RW	Croatia Maro Joković (Szolnok)
	LD	Spain Felipe Perrone (Jug Dubrovik)	CB	Serbia Milan Aleksić (Szolnok)	RD	Serbia Filip Filipović (Pro Recco)
	GK	Croatia Marko Bijač (Jug Dubrovik)

• 2015–16 LEN Euro Cup

• LEN Champions League (official website)

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