2024–25 LEN Champions League qualification round

The 2024–25 LEN Champions League qualification round is played between 12 and 15 September 2024 to determine the four teams advancing to the Main round of the 2024–25 LEN Champions League.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Format

The 18 teams were place into four groups, two with four teams and 2 with five teams. In each group, teams will play against each other once in a round-robin format. The group winners in each group advanced to the Main round.

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.

Draw

The draw took place in Zagreb on 13 August 2024. The seeding was based off the men's club rankings. The only restriction was that clubs from the same country could not be drawn against each other. H indicates which clubs is hosting a group. Teams in bold advanced to the Main round.^[5]

Key to colours
Group winners advance to Main round

Pot 1
Team	Ranking	Points
AN Brescia	6	26,682.5
Jug AO Dubrovnik (H)	7	23,975
NC Vouliagmeni	9	19,802.5
Astrapool Sabadell (H)	10	18,740

Pot 2
Team	Ranking	Points
Spandau 04	13	14,742.5
CC Ortigia	19	12,112.5
CN Barcelona	21	11,112.5
Radnički Kragujevac (H)	22	10,565

Pot 3
Team	Ranking	Points
VK Šabac	26	7,925
Jadran Herceg Novi	27	7,832.5
CSM Oradea (H)	30	6,812.5
HAVK Mladost Zagreb	33	6,120
BVSC-Zugló	34	5,990

Pot 4
Team	Ranking	Points
Enka Istanbul	40	3,375
Pays d'Aix Natation	47	2,475
VK Banja Luka	68	930
Dinamo București	90	110
AC PAOK	N/A	0

Groups

Group A

12–15 September 2024, Dubrovnik, Croatia

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	JAD	JUG	BAR	DIN	BAN
1	Jadran Herceg Novi	4	4	0	78	33	+45	12	Main round	—	—	14–10	15–8	35–3
2	Jug AO Dubrovnik (H)	4	3	1	65	32	+33	9		12–14	—	14–9	15–8	24–1
3	CN Barcelona	4	2	2	70	44	+26	6		—	—	—	18–12	33–4
4	Dinamo București	4	1	3	58	55	+3	3		—	—	—	—	—
5	VK Banja Luka	4	0	4	15	122	−107	0		—	—	—	7–30	—

Source: LEN
(H) Host

12 September 18:30	Report	Jug AO Dubrovnik	15–8	Dinamo București	Bazen u Gružu, Dubrovnik Referees: Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE), Sebastien Dervieux (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 6–0, 3–1, 3–4
		Kržić, Joković 3	Goals	Cubranic 3

12 September 20:30	Report	Jadran Herceg Novi	35–3	VK Banja Luka	Bazen u Gružu, Dubrovnik Referees: Tamas Kovacs-Csatlos (HUN), Rik Evers (NED)
		Score by quarters: 10–0, 7–1, 9–2, 9–0
		Gojkovic, Obradovic 7	Goals	three players 1

13 September 18:30	Report	Jug AO Dubrovnik	12–14	Jadran Herceg Novi	Bazen u Gružu, Dubrovnik Referees: Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Tamas Kovacs-Csatlos (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 5–3, 1–5, 3–4, 3–2
		Burić 3	Goals	Kohlod 4

13 September 20:30	Report	CN Barcelona	18–12	Dinamo București	Bazen u Gružu, Dubrovnik Referees: Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE), Rik Evers (NED)
		Score by quarters: 5–5, 3–3, 5–2, 5–2
		Gorria Puga 4	Goals	Prioteasa, Vranceanu 3

14 September 10:30	Report	CN Barcelona	33–4	VK Banja Luka	Bazen u Gružu, Dubrovnik Referees: Rik Evers (NED), Sebastien Dervieux (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 10–2, 8–1, 9–1, 6–0
		Angelescu 6	Goals	Kojcinovic 2

14 September 12:30	Report	Jadran Herceg Novi	15–8	Dinamo București	Bazen u Gružu, Dubrovnik Referees: Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE), Paul Kovac (AUT)
		Score by quarters: 5–2, 2–1, 5–2, 3–3
		Kohlod 4	Goals	Čubranić 3

14 September 18:30	Report	Jug AO Dubrovnik	14–9	CN Barcelona	Bazen u Gružu, Dubrovnik Referees: Tamas Kovacs-Csatlos (HUN), Rik Evers (NED)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 5–4, 6–2, 1–2
		Burić 3	Goals	Daura Gomez 4

14 September 20:30	Report	VK Banja Luka	7–30	Dinamo București	Bazen u Gružu, Dubrovnik Referees: Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 0–8, 3–8, 2–7, 2–7
		Vujković 5	Goals	Kovats, Lutescu 5

15 September 10:30	Report	Jadran Herceg Novi	14–10	CN Barcelona	Bazen u Gružu, Dubrovnik Referees: Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Rik Evers (NED)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 4–3, 5–1, 1–3
		three players 3	Goals	Ramon Sesen, Te Riele 3

15 September 12:30	Report	Jug AO Dubrovnik	24–1	VK Banja Luka	Bazen u Gružu, Dubrovnik Referees: Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE), Tamas Kovacs-Csatlos (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 8–0, 6–1, 5–0, 5–0
		Brajovic 5	Goals	Stevandic 1

Group B

13–15 September 2024, Kragujevac, Serbia

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RAD	ZUG	MLA	VOU
1	Radnički Kragujevac (H)	3	3	0	33	30	+3	9	Main round	—	10–9	9–8	14–13
2	BVSC-Zugló	3	2	1	40	32	+8	6		—	—	—	17–9
3	HAVK Mladost Zagreb	3	1	2	32	29	+3	3		—	13–14	—	—
4	NC Vouliagmeni	3	0	3	28	42	−14	0		—	—	6–11	—

Source: LEN
(H) Host

13 September 18:00	Report	NC Vouliagmeni	6–11	HAVK Mladost Zagreb	Sports Center Park, Kragujevac Referees: Gernot Haentschel (GER), Julien Bourges (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–4, 3–2, 1–3
		Kalogeropoulos 3	Goals	Kharkov 5

13 September 20:00	Report	Radnički Kragujevac	10–9	BVSC-Zugló	Sports Center Park, Kragujevac Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), David Gomez (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–3, 2–5, 4–0
		Murišić, Pijetlović 2	Goals	three players 2

14 September 18:00	Report	HAVK Mladost Zagreb	13–14	BVSC-Zugló	Sports Center Park, Kragujevac Referees: Julien Bourges (FRA), Alessandro Severo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 6–5, 2–2, 2–5, 3–2
		Kharkov, Lazić 3	Goals	Zsombor 8

14 September 20:00	Report	Radnički Kragujevac	14–13	NC Vouliagmeni	Sports Center Park, Kragujevac Referees: Gernot Haentschel (GER), David Gomez (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 4–1, 3–4, 3–4
		Rašović 4	Goals	Kalogeropoulos 6

15 September 18:00	Report	BVSC-Zugló	17–9	NC Vouliagmeni	Sports Center Park, Kragujevac Referees: Gernot Haentschel (GER), Alessandro Severo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–3, 4–1, 6–3
		Kovacs 6	Goals	Almyras 4

15 September 20:00	Report	Radnički Kragujevac	9–8	HAVK Mladost Zagreb	Sports Center Park, Kragujevac Referees: David Gomez (ESP), Julien Bourges (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–3, 4–3, 4–0
		Jakšić 4	Goals	Lazić, Vukičević 2

Group C

12–15 September 2024, Oradea, Romania

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ORA	SPA	BRE	PAOK	ENK
1	CSM Oradea (H)	4	3	1	0	0	53	36	+17	11	Main round	—	8–7	14–13^[a]	—	—
2	Spandau 04	4	3	0	0	1	43	36	+7	9		—	—	—	12–10	15–11
3	AN Brescia	4	2	0	1	1	51	36	+15	7		—	7–9	—	15–4	—
4	AC PAOK	4	1	0	0	3	33	48	−15	3		8–11	—	—	—	11–10
5	Enka Istanbul	4	0	0	0	4	38	62	−24	0		8–20	—	9–16	—	—

Source: LEN
(H) Host

^ Match ended 7–7, CSM Oradea won 7–6 on penalties.

12 September 18:30	Report	Enka Istanbul	8–20	CSM Oradea	Bazinul Olimpic Ioan Alexandrescu, Oradea Referees: Ivan Rakovic (SRB), Gyorgy Kun (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–8, 3–4, 1–6
		Dervisis 3	Goals	Belenyesi 5

12 September 20:30	Report	Spandau 04	12–10	AC PAOK	Bazinul Olimpic Ioan Alexandrescu, Oradea Referees: Andrej Franulovic (CRO), Pau Segurana (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–2, 4–2, 3–3
		Tkac, Vukojevic 4	Goals	Delic 4

13 September 18:30	Report	CSM Oradea	8–7	Spandau 04	Bazinul Olimpic Ioan Alexandrescu, Oradea Referees: Andrej Franulovic (CRO), Ivan Rakovic (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 1–1, 3–1, 1–1
		three players 2	Goals	Vukojević 2

13 September 20:30	Report	AN Brescia	15–4	AC PAOK	Bazinul Olimpic Ioan Alexandrescu, Oradea Referees: Pau Segurana (ESP), Gyorgy Kun (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 3–0, 4–2, 4–1
		Ferrero 3	Goals	Delić 2

14 September 09:30	Report	AC PAOK	11–10	Enka Istanbul	Bazinul Olimpic Ioan Alexandrescu, Oradea Referees: Pau Segurana (ESP), Ivan Rakovic (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–1, 4–4, 5–3
		Bitsakos 4	Goals	Dervisis, Kuloğlu 3

14 September 11:30	Report	AN Brescia	7–9	Spandau 04	Bazinul Olimpic Ioan Alexandrescu, Oradea Referees: Gyorgy Kun (HUN), Andrej Franulovic (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 0–3, 1–1, 3–3
		Del Basso, Irving 2	Goals	Caraj 3

14 September 18:30	Report	AC PAOK	8–11	CSM Oradea	Bazinul Olimpic Ioan Alexandrescu, Oradea Referees: Andrej Franulovic (CRO), Gyorgy Kun (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–5, 3–2, 3–2
		Bitsakos 3	Goals	Gardašević 5

14 September 20:30	Report	Enka Istanbul	9–16	AN Brescia	Bazinul Olimpic Ioan Alexandrescu, Oradea Referees: Pau Segurana (ESP), Ivan Rakovic (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–4, 2–7, 3–2
		Dervisis 3	Goals	Alesiani, Balzarini 4

15 September 10:00	Report	Spandau 04	15–11	Enka Istanbul	Bazinul Olimpic Ioan Alexandrescu, Oradea Referees: Gyorgy Kun (HUN), Pau Segurana (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 6–2, 5–3, 2–2
		Culina 3	Goals	Dervisis 3

15 September 12:00	Report	CSM Oradea	14–13	AN Brescia	Bazinul Olimpic Ioan Alexandrescu, Oradea Referees: Ivan Rakovic (SRB), Andrej Franulovic (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–2, 2–2, 1–1 PSO: 7–6
		Gardašević 5	Goals	Faraglia 3

Group D

13–15 September 2024, Sabadell, Spain

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	AST	SAB	ORT	PAY
1	Astrapool Sabadell (H)	3	3	0	48	25	+23	9	Main round	—	14–9	17–11	17–5
2	VK Šabac	3	2	1	39	35	+4	6		—	—	14–13	—
3	CC Ortigia	3	1	2	39	43	−4	3		—	—	—	15–12
4	Pays d'Aix Natation	3	0	3	25	48	−23	0		—	8–16	—	—

Source: LEN
(H) Host

13 September 19:00	Report	Astrapool Sabadell	17–5	Pays d'Aix Natation	Can Llong pool, Sabadell Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Sinisa Matijasevic (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 5–0, 5–0, 4–0, 3–5
		four players 3	Goals	Watanabe 3

13 September 21:00	Report	VK Šabac	14–13	CC Ortigia	Can Llong pool, Sabadell Referees: Hendrik Schopp (GER), Konstantinos Vasileiou (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 6–4, 2–2, 2–5
		Barac 4	Goals	Cassia 4

14 September 17:30	Report	Astrapool Sabadell	14–9	VK Šabac	Can Llong pool, Sabadell Referees: Hendrik Schopp (GER), Nenad Peris (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 3–3, 5–1, 2–2
		Bowen 5	Goals	Korac 2

14 September 19:15	Report	CC Ortigia	15–12	Pays d'Aix Natation	Can Llong pool, Sabadell Referees: Sinisa Matijasevic (MNE), Konstantinos Vasileiou (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 5–5, 3–3, 2–2, 5–2
		Napolitano 4	Goals	Watanabe 4

15 September 11:30	Report	Pays d'Aix Natation	8–16	VK Šabac	Can Llong pool, Sabadell Referees: Konstantinos Vasileiou (GRE), Hendrik Schopp (GER)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–5, 2–4, 2–3
		Drahe 4	Goals	Dragovic, Toholj 3

15 September 13:15	Report	Astrapool Sabadell	17–11	CC Ortigia	Can Llong pool, Sabadell Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Sinisa Matijasevic (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 5–3, 2–1, 6–4
		Bowen 5	Goals	Inaba 5

References

^ Lazarević, Igor (September 12, 2024). "Spektakl u Kragujevcu: Radnički kreće u pohod na Ligu šampiona".
^ "РТС :: Ватерполо :: Стевановић: Надамо се да ћемо изборити пласман у Лигу шампиона". www.rts.rs.
^ Agustí, X. "El Sabadell i el valor de jugar a casa". L'Esportiu de Catalunya.
^ "Jug Adriatic osiguranje domaćin kvalifikacijskog turnira za Ligu prvaka: početak u četvrtak 12. eujna – VK Jug Adriatic osiguranje".
^ "Champions League draw – excitements guaranteed - European Aquatics®". www.len.eu. August 13, 2024.

External links

[6] Match ended 7–7, CSM Oradea won 7–6 on penalties.

[1] Lazarević, Igor (September 12, 2024). "Spektakl u Kragujevcu: Radnički kreće u pohod na Ligu šampiona".

[2] "РТС :: Ватерполо :: Стевановић: Надамо се да ћемо изборити пласман у Лигу шампиона". www.rts.rs.

[3] Agustí, X. "El Sabadell i el valor de jugar a casa". L'Esportiu de Catalunya.

[4] "Jug Adriatic osiguranje domaćin kvalifikacijskog turnira za Ligu prvaka: početak u četvrtak 12. eujna – VK Jug Adriatic osiguranje".

[5] "Champions League draw – excitements guaranteed - European Aquatics®". www.len.eu. August 13, 2024.

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