The 2020–21 LEN Champions League was the 58th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs.
Teams +Preliminary round Jug CO Dubrovnik Spandau 04 FTC Telekom Jadran Herceg Novi CN Marseille Waspo 98 Hannover Pro Recco Zodiac CNA Barceloneta Dinamo Tbilisi Olympiacos
+Qualification round Mladost Zagreb Ydraikos Primorac Kotor Radnički Kragujevac Jadran Split OSC Budapest Steaua Bucharest CN Barcelona Pays d’Aix Natation Szolnok Digi Oradea CN Terrassa Tourcoing AN Brescia Sintez Kazan Enka Istanbul Vouliagmeni Ortigia Siracusa
Schedule The schedule of the competition is as follows. PhaseRoundDateQualification round11–15 November 2020Preliminary roundRound 114–18 December 2020Round 21–5 March 2021Round 319–23 April 2021Final 83–5 June 2021
Qualification round
The qualification round is scheduled for 11–15 November 2020. Group A
A1
A2
Final
Group B
B1
B2
Final
Preliminary round
LEN decided to play the 10 match-days of the 2020–21 LEN Champions League preliminary round in bubble format in three rounds, using two venues at each occasion. The ten match-days will be played in three rounds at two venues each time. Teams of the same group will contest three match-days, one time four, where the participants will be isolated for the entire duration of event because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The draw for the group phase took place in Rome on 19 October 2020.
Group A
Group B
Final 8 3–5 June 2021, Belgrade, Serbia.
Qualified teams GroupWinnersRunners-upThirdFourthA Pro Recco Jug AO Dubrovnik Olympiacos CN MarseilleB FTC Telekom Zodiac CNAB AN Brescia Waspo 98 Hannover
Bracket
5th–8th place bracket
All times are local (UTC+2).
Quarterfinals
5th–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
2020–21 LEN Champions LeagueChampionsPro Recco9th title Marko Bijač, Francesco Di Fulvio, Dušan Mandić, Pietro Figlioli, Aaron Younger, Alessandro Velotto, Nicholas Presciutti, Gonzalo Echenique, Aleksandar Ivović, Benjamin Thomas, Matteo Aicardi, Stefano Luongo, Tommaso NegriHead coachGabriel Hernández
Final ranking Team Pro Recco FTC Telekom Budapest AN Brescia 4 Zodiac CNA Barceloneta 5 Jug AO Dubrovnik 6 Waspo 98 Hannover 7 Olympiacos 8 CN Marseille Awards Season MVPTop Scorer Final Eight MVP Final Eight Best Goalkeeper Dušan Mandić (Pro Recco) Angelos Vlachopoulos (AN Brescia) 31 goals Dusan Mandic (Pro Recco) Marko Bijac (Pro Recco) Total 7 of the Season LW Dénes Varga (Ferecvaros)CFBen Hallock (Pro Recco)RW Gergő Zalánki (Ferecvaros)LD Angelos Vlachopoulos (AN Brescia)CB Nikola Jakšić (Ferecvaros)RD Dušan Mandić (Pro Recco)GK Marko Bijač (Pro Recco)
See also 2020–21 LEN Euro Cup
References
Notes
External links , len.microplustiming.com