2024–25 LEN Champions League main round

For the equivalent women's tournament, see 2024–25 LEN Women's Champions League main round.

The 2024–25 LEN Champions League main round is played between 8 October and 4 December 2024 to determine the eight teams advancing to the Quarter-finals round of the 2024–25 LEN Champions League.

Format

The 16 teams were place into four groups of four. In each group, teams will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The top two teams in each group advanced to the Quarter-finals 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. The four teams from the qualifiers were not known at the time of the draw.

Key to colours
Group winners and runners-up advance to Quarter-finals round

Pot 1
Team	Ranking	Points
FTC-Telekom	2	36,680
Novi Beograd	3	32,800
Zodiac Atlètic-Barceloneta	4	32,337.5
Olympiacos Piraeus	5	29,202.5

Pot 2
Team	Ranking	Points
CN Marseille	8	23,975
Jadran Split	11	17,237.5
RN Savona	12	14,825
Waspo'98 Hannover	15	13,195

Pot 3
Team	Ranking	Points
Dinamo Tbilisi	17	12,407.5
A-Híd Vasas Plaket	18	12,345
Steaua București	24	10,165
Primorac Kotor	28	7,145

Pot 4
Team	Ranking	Points
Jadran Herceg Novi	27	7,832.5
Radnički Kragujevac	22	10,565
CSM Oradea	30	6,812.5
Astrapool Sabadell	10	18,740

Groups

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	NOV	ORA	STE	HAN
1	Novi Beograd	6	6	0	0	0	75	51	+24	18	Advance to Quarter-finals	—	12–10	11–7	10–8
2	CSM Oradea	6	2	2	0	2	79	83	−4	10	Advance to Quarter-finals	9–15	—	19–18	10–9
3	Steaua București	6	1	1	2	2	77	86	−9	7	Transfer to Euro Cup	8–15	19–20	—	13–12
4	Waspo'98 Hannover	6	0	0	1	5	57	68	−11	1	Transfer to Euro Cup	9–12	10–11	9–12	—

Source: European Aquatics

Match ended 11–11, CSM Oradea won 8–7 on penalties
Match ended 13–13, CSM Oradea won 7–6 on penalties
Match ended 8–8, Steaua București won 5–4 on penalties

8 October 2024 18:15	Report	Novi Beograd	11–7	Steaua București	11th April Sports and Recreation Center, Belgrade Referees: Rik Evers (NED), Pau Segurana (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–1, 2–2, 5–1
		Skoumpakis 4	Goals	three players 2

8 October 2024 20:00	Report	Waspo'98 Hannover	10–11	CSM Oradea	Magdeburg Dynamo Schwimmhalle, Magdeburg Referees: Xavier F. Buch (ESP), Veselin Miskovic (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 1–2, 5–4, 2–0
		Buha 3	Goals	Gusarov 3

15 October 2024 18:00	Report	Steaua București	13–12	Waspo'98 Hannover	Complexul Sportiv Steaua, Bucharest Referees: David Gomez (ESP), Arnaldo Petronilli (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 4–0, 0–1, 1–3, 3–4 PSO: 5–4
		Georgesku 3	Goals	Strelezkij 3

15 October 2024 18:00	Report	CSM Oradea	9–15	Novi Beograd	Bazinul Olimpic Ioan Alexandrescu, Oradea Referees: Tamas Kovacs-Csatlos (HUN), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–4, 3–5, 2–3
		Gusarov 3	Goals	Martinović 4

29 October 2024 18:00	Report	Steaua București	19–20	CSM Oradea	Complexul Sportiv Steaua, Bucharest
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 1–4, 6–2, 3–5 PSO: 6–7
		Georgesku 3	Goals	Gardašević 6

29 October 2024 18:00	Report	Novi Beograd	10–8	Waspo'98 Hannover	11th April Sports and Recreation Center, Belgrade Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Norbert Ercse (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 5–2, 0–2, 1–0, 4–4
		Vlachopoulos 3	Goals	two players 2

13 November 2024 19:15	Report	Steaua București	8–15	Novi Beograd	Complexul Sportiv Steaua, Bucharest Referees: Gyorgy Kun (HUN), Arnaldo Petronilli (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 3–4, 2–3, 1–3
		Fulea, Georgesku 3	Goals	Lukić, Martinović 3

13 November 2024 21:00	Report	CSM Oradea	10–9	Waspo'98 Hannover	Bazinul Olimpic Ioan Alexandrescu, Oradea Referees: David Gomez (ESP), Božo Ðuraškovic (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 0–2, 3–2, 3–3
		Gardašević, Vancsik 3	Goals	Lozina 3

20 November 2024 18:15	Report	Novi Beograd	12–10	CSM Oradea	11th April Sports and Recreation Center, Belgrade Referees: Spyridon Achladiotis (GRE), Tomi Kavcic (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 3–2, 4–5, 1–1
		Martinovic 5	Goals	Gardasevic 4

20 November 2024 20:00	Report	Waspo'98 Hannover	9–12	Steaua București	Magdeburg Dynamo Schwimmhalle, Magdeburg Referees: Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE), Norbert Ercse (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–2, 2–5, 2–2
		Buha 3	Goals	Fulea 3

3 December 2024 19:00	Report	CSM Oradea	19–18	Steaua București	Bazinul Olimpic Ioan Alexandrescu, Oradea Referees: Jaume Teixido (ESP), Veselin Miskovic (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–3, 3–1, 4–4 PSO: 8–7
		Vancsik 4	Goals	Colodrovschi 3

4 December 2024 20:00	Report	Waspo'98 Hannover	9–12	Novi Beograd	Magdeburg Dynamo Schwimmhalle, Magdeburg Referees: Peter De Jong (NED), Levan Berishvili (GEO)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–3, 1–4, 4–2
		Milardovic 4	Goals	Martinovic 3

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	FTC	JAD	RAD	DIN
1	FTC-Telekom	6	6	0	0	0	92	42	+50	18	Advance to Quarter-finals	—	18–9	16–4	16–7
2	Jadran Split	6	3	1	0	2	76	69	+7	11	Advance to Quarter-finals	10–12	—	15–13	12–5
3	Radnički Kragujevac	6	2	0	1	3	51	72	−21	7	Transfer to Euro Cup	5–12	11–14	—	8–6
4	Dinamo Tbilisi	6	0	0	0	6	44	80	−36	0	Transfer to Euro Cup	7–18	10–16	9–10	—

Source: European Aquatics

Match ended 10–10, Jadran Split won 5–3 on penalties

8 October 2024 18:00	Report	FTC-Telekom	16–7	Dinamo Tbilisi	Császár-Komjádi Béla Sport Swimming Pool, Budapest Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Hendrik Schopp (GER)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 5–1, 4–0, 3–2
		Argyropoulos 5	Goals	seven players 1

8 October 2024 18:00	Report	Jadran Split	15–13	Radnički Kragujevac	Sports Center Poljud, Split Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–0, 2–3, 3–2, 3–5 PSO: 5–3
		Fatović 5	Goals	Vićković 3

15 October 2024 18:15	Report	Dinamo Tbilisi	10–16	Jadran Split	Olympic Swimming Pool, Tbilisi Referees: Alex Marquez (ESP), Mihai George Balanescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 3–5, 3–2, 1–5, 3–4
		three players 2	Goals	Marinić Kragić 4

15 October 2024 18:00	Report	Radnički Kragujevac	5–12	FTC-Telekom	Sports Center Park, Kragujevac Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–3, 0–3, 2–4
		Drašović 2	Goals	Mandić 4

29 October 2024 19:15	Report	Dinamo Tbilisi	9–10	Radnički Kragujevac	Olympic Swimming Pool, Tbilisi Referees: Christos Courtidis (GRE), Alexandru-Andrei Mustata (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 2–0, 3–3, 1–2, 3–5
		three players 2	Goals	two players 3

29 October 2024 20:00	Report	FTC-Telekom	18–9	Jadran Split	Császár-Komjádi Béla Sport Swimming Pool, Budapest Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Xavier F. Buch (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–3, 6–0, 6–4
		Argyropoulos 5	Goals	Butić 3

12 November 2024 19:15	Report	Dinamo Tbilisi	7–18	FTC-Telekom	Olympic Swimming Pool, Tbilisi Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Mihnea Ioan Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 1–5, 3–4, 1–4
		Tankosić 2	Goals	Manhercz 4

12 November 2024 20:00	Report	Radnički Kragujevac	11–14	Jadran Split	Sports Center Park, Kragujevac Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Alessandro Severo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 4–5, 3–2, 2–5, 2–2
		Jaksic 4	Goals	five players 2

20 November 2024 18:15	Report	Jadran Split	12–5	Dinamo Tbilisi	Sports Center Poljud, Split Referees: Jaume Teixido (ESP), Veselin Miskovic (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 3–0, 4–1, 2–3, 3–1
		Banićević 3	Goals	Akhvlediani 2

20 November 2024 20:00	Report	FTC-Telekom	16–4	Radnički Kragujevac	Császár-Komjádi Béla Sport Swimming Pool, Budapest Referees: Pau Segurana (ESP), Hendrik Schopp (GER)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 3–0, 5–2, 4–1
		Mandić, Manhercz 4	Goals	four players 1

3 December 2024 19:00	Report	Radnički Kragujevac	8–6	Dinamo Tbilisi	Sports Center Park, Kragujevac
		Score by quarters: 2–0, 3–2, 1–1, 2–3
		Rašović 3	Goals	Vapenski 2

4 December 2024 18:15	Report	Jadran Split	10–12	FTC-Telekom	Sports Center Poljud, Split Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Gernot Haentschel (GER)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–3, 2–4, 1–4
		Berehulak, Kragić 3	Goals	Argyropoulos, Varga 3

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BAR	MAR	JAD	VAS
1	Zodiac Atlètic-Barceloneta	6	6	0	100	56	+44	18	Advance to Quarter-finals	—	19–14	18–7	18–7
2	CN Marseille	6	3	3	69	67	+2	9	Advance to Quarter-finals	9–12	—	13–11	13–9
3	Jadran Herceg Novi	6	2	4	61	73	−12	6	Transfer to Euro Cup	8–16	3–9	—	17–9
4	A-Híd Vasas Plaket	6	1	5	54	88	−34	3	Transfer to Euro Cup	10–15	13–11	6–14	—

Source: European Aquatics

9 October 2024 19:00	Report	Zodiac Atlètic-Barceloneta	18–7	A-Híd Vasas Plaket	Piscina Sant Sebastià, Barcelona Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 4–1, 6–2, 3–3
		two players 4	Goals	Đurđić 2

9 October 2024 19:00	Report	CN Marseille	13–11	Jadran Herceg Novi	Pierre Garsau Pool, Marseille
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 4–3, 2–1, 3–3
		Vernoux 4	Goals	Kholod 3

16 October 2024 18:14	Report	Jadran Herceg Novi	8–16	Zodiac Atlètic-Barceloneta	Leotar Swimming Club, Trebinje Referees: Raffaele Colombo (ITA), Konstantinos Vasileiou (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–4, 3–5, 1–5
		two players 2	Goals	Granados 3

16 October 2024 18:15	Report	A-Híd Vasas Plaket	13–11	CN Marseille	Császár-Komjádi Béla Sport Swimming Pool, Budapest Referees: Vojin Putnikovic (SRB), Hendrik Schopp (GER)
		Score by quarters: 4–5, 3–1, 4–1, 2–4
		Dedović 3	Goals	Velotto 3

30 October 2024 18:15	Report	A-Híd Vasas Plaket	6–14	Jadran Herceg Novi	Császár-Komjádi Béla Sport Swimming Pool, Budapest Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Nenad Peris (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–3, 2–1, 2–6
		two players 2	Goals	Kholod 5

30 October 2024 20:00	Report	Zodiac Atlètic-Barceloneta	19–14	CN Marseille	Piscina Sant Sebastià, Barcelona Referees: Andrej Franulovic (CRO), Daniele Bianco (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 5–5, 5–3, 5–4
		Granados 6	Goals	Angyal 4

12 November 2024 18:15	Report	A-Híd Vasas Plaket	10–15	Zodiac Atlètic-Barceloneta	Császár-Komjádi Béla Sport Swimming Pool, Budapest Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Christos Kourtidis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 3–5, 2–2, 3–3
		Đurđić 3	Goals	Granados, Vigvári 4

12 November 2024 18:00	Report	Jadran Herceg Novi	3–9	CN Marseille	Leotar Swimming Club, Trebinje Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Gernot Haentschel (GER)
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 1–2, 0–1, 2–2
		Ivović 2	Goals	Crousillat 3

19 November 2024 20:00	Report	CN Marseille	13–9	A-Híd Vasas Plaket	Pierre Garsau Pool, Marseille Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Daniele Bianco (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 4–1, 4–1, 2–3
		Crousillat 4	Goals	Durdic 5

19 November 2024 18:00	Report	Zodiac Atlètic-Barceloneta	20–8	Jadran Herceg Novi	Piscina Sant Sebastià, Barcelona Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Vojin Putnikovic (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 5–1, 7–2, 5–2
		Tahull 4	Goals	Radovic 3

3 December 2024 18:00	Report	Jadran Herceg Novi	17–9	A-Híd Vasas Plaket	Leotar Swimming Club, Trebinje Referees: Raffaele Colombo (ITA), Mihai George Balanescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 3–2, 6–3, 4–1
		three players 3	Goals	three players 2

3 December 2024 18:00	Report	CN Marseille	9–12	Zodiac Atlètic-Barceloneta	Pierre Garsau Pool, Marseille Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–0, 1–2, 4–6
		Bouet 3	Goals	Granados 4

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	OLY	SAV	AST	KOT
1	Olympiacos Piraeus	6	3	2	0	1	91	68	+23	13	Advance to Quarter-finals	—	9–10	15–11	20–19
2	RN Savona	6	3	1	1	1	74	69	+5	12	Advance to Quarter-finals	11–14	—	10–12	11–9
3	Astrapool Sabadell	6	1	1	1	3	75	84	−9	6	Transfer to Euro Cup	8–15	13–14	—	15–16
4	Primorac Kotor	6	1	0	2	3	79	98	−19	5	Transfer to Euro Cup	9–18	12–18	14–16	—

Source: European Aquatics

Match ended 12–12, Olympiacos Piraeus won 8–7 on penalties
Match ended 11–11, Olympiacos Piraeus won 3–0 on penalties
Match ended 11–11, RN Savona won 3–2 on penalties
Match ended 11–11, Astrapool Sabadell won 5–3 on penalties

9 October 2024 19:15	Report	Olympiacos Piraeus	20–19	Primorac Kotor	Papastrateio Swimming Pool, Piraeus Referees: Andrej Franulovic (CRO), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 5–3, 2–2, 2–3 PSO: 8–7
		Genidounias 4	Goals	four players 2

9 October 2024 19:00	Report	RN Savona	10–12	Astrapool Sabadell	Piscina Carlo Zanelli, Savona Referees: Tamas Kovacs-Csatlos (HUN), Vuk Milovic (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–2, 2–4, 3–3
		Figlioli 3	Goals	three players 3

16 October 2024 19:00	Report	Astrapool Sabadell	8–15	Olympiacos Piraeus	Can Llong pool, Sabadell Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Ruben Sap (NED)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 0–4, 3–6, 2–4
		Valera 3	Goals	Genidounias 5

16 October 2024 19:00	Report	Primorac Kotor	12–18	RN Savona	Nikša Bućin Swimming Pool, Kotor Referees: Gyorgy Kun (HUN), Julien Bourges (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 4–6, 3–3, 1–5
		three players 2	Goals	four players 3

30 October 2024 19:15	Report	Olympiacos Piraeus	9–10	RN Savona	Papastrateio Swimming Pool, Piraeus Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Vojin Putnikovic (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 4–2, 1–3, 3–2
		Genidounias 4	Goals	Merkulov 3

30 October 2024 19:00	Report	Primorac Kotor	14–16	Astrapool Sabadell	Nikša Bućin Swimming Pool, Kotor Referees: Tamas Kovacs-Csatlos (HUN), Gernot Haentschel (GER)
		Score by quarters: 5–4, 2–2, 0–2, 4–3 PSO: 3–5
		Mršić 3	Goals	Averka 3

12 November 2024 18:15	Report	Primorac Kotor	9–18	Olympiacos Piraeus	Nikša Bućin Swimming Pool, Kotor Referees: Rajmund Fodor (HUN), Peter De Jong (NED)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–5, 3–5, 3–4
		three players 2	Goals	Dimou 5

12 November 2024 18:00	Report	Astrapool Sabadell	13–14	RN Savona	Can Llong pool, Sabadell Referees: Andrej Franulovic (CRO), Ivan Rakovic (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–3, 4–4, 3–1 PSO: 2–3
		Averka, Macarro 4	Goals	Figlioli 5

19 November 2024 19:15	Report	Olympiacos Piraeus	15–11	Astrapool Sabadell	Papastrateio Swimming Pool, Piraeus Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Ante Bura (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 5–3, 5–3, 2–2
		Fountoulis 4	Goals	Macarro 4

19 November 2024 18:00	Report	RN Savona	11–9	Primorac Kotor	Piscina Carlo Zanelli, Savona Referees: Tamas Kovacs-Csatlos (HUN), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–3, 2–3, 3–1
		Figlioli 5	Goals	three players 2

3 December 2024 18:00	Report	RN Savona	11–14	Olympiacos Piraeus	Piscina Carlo Zanelli, Savona Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Gyorgy Kun (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–3, 4–2, 1–4 PSO: 0–3
		Figlioli 3	Goals	Dimou 3

3 December 2024 18:00	Report	Astrapool Sabadell	15–16	Primorac Kotor	Can Llong pool, Sabadell Referees: Vuk Milovic (SRB), Rik Evers (NED)
		Score by quarters: 5–4, 2–7, 3–2, 5–3
		three players 3	Goals	Shushiashvili 4

Notes

Team not known at the time of the draw. Was the Group A winner in qualification.
Team not known at the time of the draw. Was the Group B winner in qualification.
Team not known at the time of the draw. Was the Group C winner in qualification.
Team not known at the time of the draw. Was the Group D winner in qualification.
Due to not having a venue that meets requirements, Jadran Herceg Novi plays their home games in Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Due to not having a venue that meets requirements, Jadran Herceg Novi plays their home games in Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Due to not having an venue that meets requirements, Jadran Herceg Novi plays their home games in Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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