2011–12 LEN Champions League

2011–12 LEN Champions League
LeagueLEN Champions League
SportWater Polo
Duration6 September 2011 to
12 May 2012
Number of teams16 (preliminary round)
26 (total)
Final Four
Finals championsItaly Pro Recco (7th title)
  Runners-upCroatia Primorje
Finals MVPHungary Denes Varga (Primorje Rijeka)
Champions League seasons

The 2011–12 LEN Champions League is the 49th edition of the Europe men's premier water polo competition. This also would become the first season with the new name of the LEN Champions League with the former name being called the Euroleague which had been the name of the competition since 2003.

29 teams competed in the edition with three quarters of those playing in qualifying as they joined the eight teams in the group stage. From there, the top two teams of each group qualified to the knockout stage with the final four round being played in Oradea. In the final, Pro Recco from Italy took out their seventh title defeating Croatian club, VK Primorje 11–8. Third place was fellow Croatian club HAVK Mladost who defeated Vasas SC from Hungary in the bronze medal playoff.

Group stage

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Key to colors in group tables
To progress to the Quarterfinal Round
To be eliminated

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Croatia VK Primorje EB Rijeka 6 5 0 1 61 46 +15 15
2 Montenegro VK Budva M:Tel 6 3 0 3 46 55 −9 9
3 Greece Olympiacos Piraeus 6 2 0 4 50 48 +2 6
4 Greece Vouliagmeni NC 6 2 0 4 54 62 −8 6
Source: [citation needed]
Matchday One 22/23 Oct 2011
VK Primorje EB 12–8 Budva M:tel
Olympiacos Piraeus 9–8 Vouliagmeni NC
Matchday Two 9 Nov 2011
Vouliagmeni NC 8–10 VK Primorje EB
Budva M:tel 8–5 Olympiacos Piraeus
Matchday Three 26/27 Nov 2011
Olympiacos Piraeus 9–12 VK Primorje EB
Budva M:tel 8–9 Vouliagmeni NC
Matchday Four 14 Dec 2011
VK Primorje EB 6–5 Olympiacos Piraeus
Vouliagmeni NC 10–11 Budva M:tel
Matchday Five 8 Feb 2012
Olympiacos Piraeus 11–2 Budva M:tel
VK Primorje EB 13–7 Vouliagmeni NC
Matchday Six 25/26 Feb 2012
Vouliagmeni NC 12–11 Olympiacos Piraeus
Budva M:tel 11–10 VK Primorje EB

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Croatia VK Jug CO Dubrovnik 6 6 0 0 62 41 +21 18
2 Croatia HAVK Mladost Zagreb 6 4 0 2 59 45 +14 12
3 Germany Spandau 04 Berlin 6 1 1 4 38 59 −21 4
4 Serbia VK Vojvodina Novi Sad 6 0 1 5 46 60 −14 1
Source: [citation needed]
Matchday One 22/23 Oct 2011
Spandau 04 8–9 VK Jug CO
HAVK Mladost 14–9 VK Vojvodina Novi Sad
Matchday Two 9 Nov 2011
VK Vojvodina Novi Sad 6–6 Spandau 04
VK Jug CO 10–8 HAVK Mladost
Matchday Three 26/27 Nov 2011
HAVK Mladost 11–6 Spandau 04
VK Jug CO 9–6 VK Vojvodina Novi Sad
Matchday Four 14 Dec 2011
Spandau 04 3–9 HAVK Mladost
VK Vojvodina Novi Sad 7–11 VK Jug CO
Matchday Five 8 Feb 2012
HAVK Mladost 6–7 VK Jug CO
Spandau 04 9–8 VK Vojvodina Novi Sad
Matchday Six 25/26 Feb 2012
VK Vojvodina Novi Sad 10–11 HAVK Mladost
VK Jug CO 16–6 Spandau 04

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Hungary Szeged Beton VE 6 4 1 1 55 52 +3 13
2 Hungary TEVA Vasas Uniqa 6 3 2 1 60 54 +6 11
3 Serbia VK Partizan Raiffeisen 6 2 1 3 52 51 +1 7
4 Hungary ZF-Eger 6 1 0 5 44 54 −10 3
Source: [citation needed]
Matchday One 22/23 Oct 2011
VK Partizan Raiffeisen 8–9 Szeged Beton VE
ZF-Eger 5–8 TEVA-Vasas Uniqa
Matchday Two 9 Nov 2011
TEVA-Vasas Uniqa 10–10 VK Partizan Raiffeisen
Szeged Beton VE 6–3 ZF-Eger
Matchday Three 26/27 Nov 2011
VK Partizan Raiffeisen 9 – 6 ZF-Eger
TEVA-Vasas Uniqa 12 –9 Szeged Beton VE
Matchday Four 14 Dec 2011
ZF-Eger 12–8 VK Partizan Raiffeisen
Szeged Beton VE 12–12 TEVA-Vasas Uniqa
Matchday Five 8 Feb 2012
VK Partizan Raiffeisen 9–5 TEVA-Vasas Uniqa
ZF-Eger 9–10 Szeged Beton VE
Matchday Six 25/26 Feb 2012
Szeged Beton VE 9–8 VK Partizan Raiffeisen
TEVA-Vasas Uniqa 13–9 ZF-Eger

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Italy Ferla Pro Recco 6 6 0 0 83 40 +43 18
2 Montenegro VK Jadran Herceg Novi 6 3 1 2 67 62 +5 10
3 Russia Spartak Volgograd 6 2 1 3 61 74 −13 7
4 France CN Marseille 6 0 0 6 50 72 −22 0
Source: [citation needed]
Matchday One 22/23 Oct 2011
Ferla Pro Recco 13–5 Spartak Volgograd
VK Jadran HN 13–7 CN Marseille
Matchday Two 9 Nov 2011
CN Marseille 4–13 Ferla Pro Recco
Spartak Volgograd 11–11 VK Jadran HN
Matchday Three 26/27 Nov 2011
Ferla Pro Recco 10–8 VK Jadran HN
CN Marseille 12–13 Spartak Volgograd
Matchday Four 14 Dec 2011
VK Jadran HN 9–14 Ferla Pro Recco
Spartak Volgograd 15–10 CN Marseille
Matchday Five 8 Feb 2012
Ferla Pro Recco 15–7 CN Marseille
VK Jadran HN 13–10 Spartak Volgograd
Matchday Six 25/26 Feb 2012
Spartak Volgograd 7–18 Ferla Pro Recco
CN Marseille 10–13 VK Jadran HN

Quarterfinal round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
VK Primorje EB Rijeka Croatia 23–22 Montenegro VK Jadran Herceg Novi 12–11 11–11
VK Budva M:Tel Montenegro 11–32 Italy Ferla Pro Recco 5–13 6–19
HAVK Mladost Zagreb Croatia 18–13 Hungary Szeged Beton VE 8–6 10–7
VK Jug CO Dubrovnik Croatia 21–24 Hungary TEVA Vasas Uniqa 12–8 9–16

Final Four (Oradea)

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Semifinals
11 May 2012
Final
12 May 2012
 
      
 
 
 
 
Italy Pro Recco12
 
 
 
Hungary Vasas5
 
Italy Pro Recco11
 
 
 
Croatia Primorje8
 
Croatia HAVK Mladost6
 
 
Croatia Primorje10
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
Hungary Vasas7
 
 
Croatia HAVK Mladost11

Semi-finals

11 May
18:00
[ Report] Pro Recco Italy 125 Hungary Vasas Bazinul "Ion Alexandrescu", Oradea
Referees:
Alexandrescu, Borrell
Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–0, 4–2, 2–2
five players 2 Goals five players 1

11 May
20:00
[ Report] HAVK Mladost Croatia 610 Croatia Primorje Bazinul "Ion Alexandrescu", Oradea
Referees:
Margeta, Brguljan
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–2, 2–3, 3–4
six players 1 Goals Dé. Varga, Jelača, Dá. Varga 2

Third place

12 May 2012
18:00
[ Report] Vasas Hungary 711 Croatia HAVK Mladost Bazinul "Ion Alexandrescu", Oradea
Referees:
Margeta, Alexandrescu
Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–5, 1–2, 2–3
Katonás, Vámos 2 Goals four players 2

Final

12 May 2012
20:00
[ Report] Pro Recco Italy 118 Croatia Primorje Bazinul "Ion Alexandrescu", Oradea
Referees:
Borrell, Brguljan
Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–3, 3–3, 2–1
Ivović 3 Goals Dé. Varga, Šetka, García 2


 2011–12 Champions League
Champions 
Italy Pro Recco
7th title
Stefano Tempesti, Damir Burić, Norbert Madaras, Sandro Sukno, Tamás Kásás, Maurizio Felugo, Filip Filipović, Felipe Perrone, Duško Pijetlović, Boris Zloković, Aleksandar Ivović, Guillermo Molina, Andrija Prlainović
Head coach
Giuseppe Porzio

Final standings

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Team
Italy Pro Recco
Croatia Primorje
Croatia HAVK Mladost
Hungary Vasas

Awards

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Final four MVP
Hungary Denes Varga (Primorje Rijeka)

References

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