The 2019–20 LEN Euro Cup was the 28th edition of the second-tier European tournament for water polo clubs. It ran from 13 September 2019 to 9 May 2020.
Overview Calendar The calendar of the competition was announced on 3 August 2019. PhaseRoundFirst legSecond legQualifyingphaseQualification round I13–15 September 2019Qualification round II27–29 September 2019Knockout stageQuarterfinals30 October 20199 November 2019Semifinals22 February 20204 March 2020Final22 April 20209 May 2020
Participating teams 16 teams participated at the QR1 with half of them advancing to QR2. The four teams eliminated from the Champions League QR3 joined the qualified teams in the Quarterfinals. Qualification round I AZSC Antwerp CN Mataró Egri VK Valletta WPC VK Mornar CE Mediterrani MVLC Miskolc Shturm 2002 VK Solaris Montpellier CC Ortigia VK Radnički Kragujevac APOEL Nicosia CN Noisy-le-Sec CN Posillipo VK Partizan Quarter Finals AN Brescia NC Vouliagmeni CSM Oradea Team Strasbourg
Qualifying phase Qualification round I Pools composition The draw was held on 4 August 2019. The cities selected to host the groups were Eger (Hungary), Split (Croatia), Syracuse (Italy) and Valletta (Malta). Group A Group B Group C Group D AZSC Antwerp Egri VK (H) CN Noisy-le-Sec APOEL Nicosia CE Mediterrani Shturm 2002 CN Posillipo CC Ortigia (H) CN Mataró VK Radnički Kragujevac MVLC Miskolc Montpellier VK Mornar (H) VK Solaris Valletta WPC (H) VK Partizan
Group A Team Qualification CE Mediterrani 9 3 3 0 0 40 21 +19 QR2 CN Mataró 6 3 2 0 1 39 23 +16 QR2 VK Mornar 3 3 1 0 2 29 24 +5 AZSC Antwerp 0 3 0 0 0 20 60 -40
Group B Team Qualification Egri VK 9 3 3 0 0 44 19 +25 QR2 VK Solaris 6 3 2 0 1 32 30 +2 QR2 VK Radnički Kragujevac 3 3 1 0 2 23 27 -4 Shturm 2002 0 3 0 0 3 22 45 -23
Group C Team Qualification MVLC Miskolc 9 3 3 0 0 47 27 +20 QR2 CN Noisy-le-Sec 6 3 2 0 1 39 32 +7 QR2 CN Posillipo 3 3 1 0 2 28 36 -8 Valletta WPC 0 3 0 0 3 27 46 -19
Group D Team Qualification Montpellier 9 3 3 0 0 41 26 +15 QR2 CC Ortigia 6 3 2 0 1 45 21 +24 QR2 VK Partizan 3 3 1 0 2 49 35 +14 APOEL Nicosia 0 3 0 0 3 20 73 -53
Qualification round II Pools composition The draw for this stage of the competition was held at LEN headquarters in Nyon (Switzerland) on 17 September 2019. The hosts of the two groups were Mataró (Spain) and Šibenik (Croatia). Group E Group F CC Ortigia CN Mataró (H) CE Mediterrani CN Noisy-le-Sec MVLC Miskolc Egri VK VK Solaris (H) Montpellier
Group E Team Qualification MVLC Miskolc 9 3 3 0 0 38 28 +10 Quarterfinals CC Ortigia 6 3 2 0 1 35 29 +6 Quarterfinals CE Mediterrani 1 3 0 1 2 27 35 -8 VK Solaris 1 3 0 1 2 23 31 -8
Group F Team Qualification Egri VK 9 3 3 0 0 41 20 +21 Quarterfinals CN Mataró 6 3 2 0 1 26 27 -1 Quarterfinals Montpellier 3 3 1 0 2 23 32 -9 CN Noisy-le-Sec 0 3 0 0 3 25 36 -11
Knockout stage Quarterfinals The draw was held in Nyon (Switzerland), at LEN offices, on 1 October 2019.
First leg
Second leg
Semifinals The draw for the semifinals took place on 12 November 2019.
First leg
Second leg
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See also 2019–20 LEN Champions League 2019 LEN Super Cup
References
External links Official LEN website Microplustiming (Official results website)