2024–25 LEN Euro Cup group stage

The 2024–25 LEN Euro Cup group stage is played between 10 October and 5 December 2024 to determine the eight teams advancing to the Eighth finals of the 2024–25 LEN Euro Cup.

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 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.

Draw

The draw took place on the 30 September 2024 in Zagreb, Croatia. The eight teams in pot 1 won their group in the qualification round, while the 8 runners-up in the qualification round are in pot 2. Teams in bold indicate who advanced.

Pot 1	Pot 2
VK Šabac AN Brescia CN Barcelona HAVK Mladost Zagreb Szolnoki Dozsa-Praktiker Jug AO Dubrovnik CC Ortigia BVSC-Manna ABC	Team Strasbourg Endo Plus Service Honvéd NC Vouliagmeni GS Apollon Smyrnis Panionios GSS Panathinaikos ASC Duisburg Recco Waterpolo

Groups

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BRE	JUG	APO	STR
1	AN Brescia	6	4	1	0	1	72	67	+5	14	Eighth-finals	—	12–10	16–15	11–9
2	Jug AO Dubrovnik	6	3	0	0	3	79	73	+6	9	Eighth-finals	15–11	—	14–10	15–11
3	GS Apollon Smyrnis	6	2	0	1	3	70	71	−1	7		9–11	13–12	—	17–11
4	Team Strasbourg	6	2	0	0	4	72	82	−10	6		13–16	16–13	12–10	—

Source: European Aquatics

Match ended 11–11. AN Brescia won 5–4 on penalties.

10 October 2024 19:00	Report	Jug AO Dubrovnik	14–10	GS Apollon Smyrnis	Bazen u Gružu, Dubrovnik Referees: Rajmund Fodor (HUN), Ruben Sap (NED)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–2, 6–2, 2–5
		Herceg, Krzic 3	Goals	Bogdanovic 5

10 October 2024 20:00	Report	AN Brescia	11–9	Team Strasbourg	Mompiano Swimming Center, Brescia Referees: Alexandru-Andrei Mustata (ROU), Peter de Jong (NED)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–4, 3–2, 3–1
		Balzarini 4	Goals	Misic, Popadic 3

17 October 2024 20:00	Report	Team Strasbourg	16–13	Jug AO Dubrovnik	Piscine de la Kibitzenau, Strasbourg Referees: Andreja Stanojevic (SRB), Philip Uhlig (GER)
		Score by quarters: 5–5, 2–3, 5–2, 4–3
		Popadic 8	Goals	Krzic, Žuvela 4

17 October 2024 21:00	Report	GS Apollon Smyrnis	9–11	AN Brescia	Athens, Greece Referees: Jaume Teixido (ESP), Norbert Ercse (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–0, 3–4, 2–3
		Bogdanovic 3	Goals	Ferrero, Irving 3

31 October 2024 20:00	Report	AN Brescia	12–10	Jug AO Dubrovnik	Mompiano Swimming Center, Brescia Referees: Gyorgy Kun (HUN), Carlos Juan Colominas (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–2, 4–2, 3–4
		Balzarini 4	Goals	Jokovic, Pavlic 3

31 October 2024 20:00	Report	Team Strasbourg	12–10	GS Apollon Smyrnis	Piscine de la Kibitzenau, Strasbourg Referees: Rajmund Fodor (HUN), Veselin Miskovic (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–2, 2–3, 4–2
		Popadic 3	Goals	Troulos 3

14 November 2024 19:30	Report	GS Apollon Smyrnis	13–12	Jug AO Dubrovnik	Athens, Greece Referees: Pau Segurana (ESP), Norbert Ercse (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 5–2, 3–3, 1–3, 4–4
		Bogdanovic 4	Goals	Žuvela 3

14 November 2024 20:00	Report	Team Strasbourg	13–16	AN Brescia	Piscine de la Kibitzenau, Strasbourg Referees: Jaume Teixido (ESP), Tamas Kovacs-Csatlos (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 3–5, 5–5, 2–4, 3–2
		Popadic 3	Goals	Balzarini 4

21 November 2024 19:00	Report	Jug AO Dubrovnik	15–11	Team Strasbourg	Bazen u Gružu, Dubrovnik Referees: Xavier F. Buch (ESP), Rajmund Fodor (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 5–2, 3–1, 3–3, 4–5
		Žuvela 4	Goals	Popadic 4

21 November 2024 20:00	Report	AN Brescia	16–15	GS Apollon Smyrnis	Mompiano Swimming Center, Brescia Referees: Sinisa Matijasevic (MNE), Peter de Jong (NED)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 2–3, 2–2, 3–3 PSO: 5–4
		Bogdanovic 4	Goals	Dolce, Irving 3

5 December 2024 19:00	Report	Jug AO Dubrovnik	15–11	AN Brescia	Bazen u Gružu, Dubrovnik Referees: Tamas Kovacs-Csatlos (HUN), David Gomez (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 5–5, 2–4, 3–1, 5–1
		Žuvela 5	Goals	Gianazza, Irving 3

5 December 2024 21:00	Report	GS Apollon Smyrnis	17–11	Team Strasbourg	Athens, Greece Referees: Ivan Rakovic (SRB), Norbert Ercse (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–3, 3–6, 8–1
		Radovic 4	Goals	Petkovic 5

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BVSC	ORT	VOU	PAN
1	BVSC-Manna ABC	6	5	1	84	67	+17	15	Eighth-finals	—	17–11	12–10	15–9
2	CC Ortigia	6	4	2	70	74	−4	12	Eighth-finals	10–9	—	16–15	14–11
3	NC Vouliagmeni	6	2	4	70	69	+1	6		14–15	11–6	—	9–10
4	Panionios GSS	6	1	5	64	78	−14	3		13–16	11–13	10–11	—

Source: European Aquatics

10 October 2024 19:30	Report	CC Ortigia	16–15	NC Vouliagmeni	Paolo Caldarella Swimming Pool, Siracusa Referees: Jaume Teixido (ESP), Ante Bura (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 5–5, 3–2, 5–3, 3–5
		six players 2	Goals	Kalogeropoulos 4

10 October 2024 20:30	Report	Panionios GSS	13–16	BVSC-Manna ABC	Nea Smyrni Swimming Pool, Athens Referees: David Gomez (ESP), Andreja Stanojevic (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 3–4, 4–4, 4–3
		Gounas 4	Goals	Konarik 5

17 October 2024 17:00	Report	NC Vouliagmeni	9–10	Panionios GSS	"Cyprus" Swimming Pool, Vari Referees: Xavier F. Buch (ESP), Jakov Blaskovic (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–1, 1–3, 2–4
		Kalogeropoulos 3	Goals	Gkiouvetsis 4

17 October 2024 18:30	Report	BVSC-Manna ABC	17–11	CC Ortigia	Budapest, Hungary Referees: Rik Evers (NED), Gernot Haentschel (GER)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 6–1, 4–3, 3–3
		Csapo, Konarik 4	Goals	Cassia, Inaba 4

31 October 2024 18:30	Report	BVSC-Manna ABC	12–10	NC Vouliagmeni	Budapest, Hungary Referees: Julien Bourges (FRA), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–4, 3–2, 4–2
		Ekler 4	Goals	Kalogeropoulos, Ubović 3

31 October 2024 20:30	Report	Panionios GSS	11–13	CC Ortigia	Nea Smyrni Swimming Pool, Athens Referees: Ivan Rakovic (SRB), Vlaho Radicevic (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 3–4, 3–1, 2–4
		Gounas 3	Goals	Inaba 7

14 November 2024 16:00	Report	NC Vouliagmeni	11–6	CC Ortigia	"Cyprus" Swimming Pool, Vari Referees: Vojin Putnikovic (SRB), Rik Evers (NED)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–3, 4–1, 2–0
		Kalogeropoulos 3	Goals	six players 1

14 November 2024 18:30	Report	BVSC-Manna ABC	15–9	Panionios GSS	Budapest, Hungary Referees: Veselin Miskovic (MNE), Tomislav Copic (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 5–1, 4–3, 3–2
		Dávid 4	Goals	Gkiouvetsis 5

21 November 2024 15:00	Report	CC Ortigia	10–9	BVSC-Manna ABC	Paolo Caldarella Swimming Pool, Siracusa Referees: David Gomez (ESP), Vuk Milovic (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–2, 3–4, 1–1
		Cassia, Inaba 3	Goals	Meszaros, Szeghalmi 3

21 November 2024 20:30	Report	Panionios GSS	10–11	NC Vouliagmeni	Nea Smyrni Swimming Pool, Athens Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Andreja Stanojevic (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–4, 2–3, 5–1
		Mourikis 4	Goals	four players 2

5 December 2024 15:00	Report	CC Ortigia	14–11	Panionios GSS	Paolo Caldarella Swimming Pool, Siracusa Referees: Andrej Franulovic (CRO), Sinisa Matijasevic (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–4, 6–1, 3–4
		Cassia 4	Goals	Gkiouvetsis 4

5 December 2024 16:00	Report	NC Vouliagmeni	14–15	BVSC-Manna ABC	"Cyprus" Swimming Pool, Vari Referees: Hendrik Schopp (GER), Ante Bura (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 1–5, 5–5, 4–2
		Chalyvopoulos 5	Goals	three players 3

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	REC	MLA	SZO	DUI
1	Recco Waterpolo	6	6	0	0	0	92	53	+39	18	Eighth-finals	—	7–4	17–11	19–8
2	HAVK Mladost Zagreb	6	3	0	1	2	79	63	+16	10	Eighth-finals	13–16	—	16–14	16–7
3	Szolnoki Dozsa-Praktiker	6	2	1	0	3	81	82	−1	8		10–15	18–17	—	16–12
4	ASC Duisburg	6	0	0	0	6	49	103	−54	0		7–18	6–17	9–17	—

Source: European Aquatics

Match finished 10–10. Szolnoki Dozsa-Praktiker won 8–7 on penalties.

10 October 2024 18:00	Report	Szolnoki Dozsa-Praktiker	18–17	HAVK Mladost Zagreb	Szolnok Water Polo Arena, Szolnok Referees: Christos Kourtidis (GRE), Juan Carlos Colominas (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–2, 4–4, 2–4 PSO: 8–7
		Cseh, Schmölcz 3	Goals	Bukić 3

10 October 2024 20:00	Report	Recco Waterpolo	19–8	ASC Duisburg	Municipal Swimming Pool, Sori
		Score by quarters: 6–1, 2–2, 5–3, 6–2
		Echenique, Hallock 4	Goals	Gusakov 3

17 October 2024 19:15	Report	ASC Duisburg	9–17	Szolnoki Dozsa-Praktiker	Schwimmstadion, Duisburg Referees: Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE), Bozo Duraskovic (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–8, 4–4, 2–2
		Gusakov 2	Goals	Zerinváry 4

17 October 2024 20:45	Report	HAVK Mladost Zagreb	13–16	Recco Waterpolo	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Spyridon Achladiotis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 5–5, 3–5, 2–3, 3–3
		Busic 5	Goals	Di Fulvio, Hallock 3

31 October 2024 19:15	Report	ASC Duisburg	6–17	HAVK Mladost Zagreb	Schwimmstadion, Duisburg Referees: Alex Marquez (ESP), Peter de Jong (NED)
		Score by quarters: 3–6, 1–2, 2–5, 0–4
		three players 2	Goals	Busic 5

31 October 2024 20:45	Report	Recco Waterpolo	17–11	Szolnoki Dozsa-Praktiker	Municipal Swimming Pool, Sori
		Score by quarters: 5–3, 4–3, 5–3, 3–2
		Cannella 5	Goals	Bedo 4

14 November 2024 19:15	Report	ASC Duisburg	7–18	Recco Waterpolo	Schwimmstadion, Duisburg Referees: Spyridon Achladiotis (GRE), Rastko Prlic (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 2–6, 1–4, 2–5, 2–3
		Gusakov, Metten 2	Goals	Di Fulvio 4

14 November 2024 20:45	Report	HAVK Mladost Zagreb	16–14	Szolnoki Dozsa-Praktiker	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Konstantinos Vasileiou (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 4–4, 6–5, 2–2
		Bukic 6	Goals	Schmölcz 5

21 November 2024 18:00	Report	Szolnoki Dozsa-Praktiker	16–12	ASC Duisburg	Szolnok Water Polo Arena, Szolnok Referees: Georgios K. Polychronopoulos (GRE), Gregory Courbin (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 5–3, 6–1, 2–3, 3–5
		Bedo, Vamosi 3	Goals	Metten, Simic 3

21 November 2024 20:30	Report	Recco Waterpolo	7–4	HAVK Mladost Zagreb	Municipal Swimming Pool, Sori
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 1–0, 2–1, 1–1
		Cannella, Gratta 2	Goals	Kharkov 2

5 December 2024 18:00	Report	Szolnoki Dozsa-Praktiker	10–15	Recco Waterpolo	Szolnok Water Polo Arena, Szolnok Referees: Xavier F. Buch (ESP), Tomi Kavcic (SLO
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 5–4, 1–4, 1–3
		Bedo, Schmölcz 3	Goals	Condemi 5

5 December 2024 20:45	Report	HAVK Mladost Zagreb	16–7	ASC Duisburg	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Vojin Putnikovic (SRB), Ruben Garcia (SUI)
		Score by quarters: 6–2, 4–2, 4–0, 2–3
		Bukić 3	Goals	Gusakov 4

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BAR	SAB	PAN	HON
1	CN Barcelona	6	4	2	69	61	+8	12	Eighth-finals	—	14–9	13–10	10–9
2	VK Šabac	6	4	2	60	62	−2	12	Eighth-finals	12–10	—	10–8	12–8
3	Panathinaikos	6	3	3	64	60	+4	9		8–10	12–5	—	14–11
4	Endo Plus Service Honvéd	6	1	5	62	72	−10	3		13–12	10–12	11–12	—

Source: European Aquatics
Notes:

^ CN Barcelona 24–21 VK Šabac

10 October 2024 18:00	Report	Panathinaikos	8–10	CN Barcelona	Goudi Swimming Pool, Athens Referees: Massimo Calabro (ITA), Sinisa Matijasevic (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–1, 3–4, 2–2
		Papasifakis 3	Goals	te Riele 4

10 October 2024 20:00	Report	VK Šabac	12–8	Endo Plus Service Honvéd	Šabac City Swimming Pool, Šabac Referees: Riccardo Carmignani (ITA), Julien Bourges (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 1–2, 5–2, 2–1
		Stojanović 4	Goals	Hessels 2

17 October 2024 19:30	Report	Endo Plus Service Honvéd	11–12	Panathinaikos	Kőér Sports Swimming Pool, Budapest Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Tomislav Copic (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–3, 3–4, 2–2
		Ekler, Vadovics 3	Goals	Papanikolaou, Papasifakis 4

17 October 2024 20:45	Report	CN Barcelona	14–9	VK Šabac	Nova Escullera Sport Center, Barcelona
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–2, 3–4, 7–1
		Gorria Puga 4	Goals	Pljevančić 3

31 October 2024 20:45	Report	CN Barcelona	10–9	Endo Plus Service Honvéd	Nova Escullera Sport Center, Barcelona Referees: Hendrik Schopp (GER), Ante Bura (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–6, 1–1, 4–0
		four players 2	Goals	Ekler, Hessels 2

31 October 2024 21:00	Report	Panathinaikos	12–5	VK Šabac	Goudi Swimming Pool, Athens Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Arnaldo Petronilli (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–1, 3–2, 2–1
		Georgaras 3	Goals	Toholj 2

14 November 2024 19:30	Report	Endo Plus Service Honvéd	10–12	VK Šabac	Kőér Sports Swimming Pool, Budapest Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Levan Berishvili (GEO)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 0–3, 3–3, 3–4
		Ekler 4	Goals	Stojanović 5

14 November 2024 20:45	Report	CN Barcelona	13–10	Panathinaikos	Nova Escullera Sport Center, Barcelona Referees: Raffaele Colombo (ITA), Tomi Kavcic (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–3, 3–3, 5–3
		Daura Gomez 4	Goals	Papasifakis, Rasovic 3

21 November 2024 20:00	Report	VK Šabac	12–10	CN Barcelona	Šabac City Swimming Pool, Šabac Referees: Massimo Calabro (ITA), Philip Uhlig (GER)
		Score by quarters: 3–5, 1–1, 5–3, 3–1
		Stojanović 6	Goals	Goma Esforzado 4

21 November 2024 21:00	Report	Panathinaikos	14–11	Endo Plus Service Honvéd	Goudi Swimming Pool, Athens Referees: Vlaho Radicevic (CRO), Mihnea Ioan Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–3, 5–2, 4–3
		Sgouridis, Papanikolaou 4	Goals	Ekler 4

5 December 2024 19:30	Report	Endo Plus Service Honvéd	13–12	CN Barcelona	Kőér Sports Swimming Pool, Budapest Referees: Bozo Duraskovic (MNE), Daniele Bianco (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 3–1, 2–2, 4–6
		Ekler 6	Goals	Daura Gomez, van der Weijden 3

5 December 2024 20:00	Report	VK Šabac	10–8	Panathinaikos	Šabac City Swimming Pool, Šabac Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Ruben Sap (NED)
		Score by quarters: 6–1, 2–2, 0–4, 2–1
		Novakovic 3	Goals	Papasifakis 3

References

LEN, Juliana (September 30, 2024). "Outstanding Clashes Confirmed for Euro Cup Men Group Stage - European Aquatics®". www.len.eu.

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