2015–16 LEN Euro Cup

2015−16 LEN Euro Cup
League	LEN Euro Cup
Sport	Water Polo
Duration	30 September 2015 to 30 April 2016
Season champions	AN Brescia

The 2015–16 LEN Euro Cup is the second tier of European competition in water polo. It ran from 30 September 2015 to 30 April 2016.

Overview

Team allocation

Qualification round I
Jadran Split	Mornar	SNS Strasbourg	Olympic Nice
Ferencváros	Szeged	Acquachiara	Canottieri Napoli
Sintez Kazan	Kinef Kirishi	SSV Esslingen	Primorac Kotor
GZC Donk
Quarter-finals
Waspo Hannover (CL Q3)	Digi Oradea (CL Q3)	CN Marseille (CL Q3)	AN Brescia (CL Q3)

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows.^[1]

Qualifying rounds

Qualification round I

Thirteen teams took part in the first qualifying round. They were drawn into one group of six and one group of seven teams, who played on 30 September−4 October 2015. The top four teams of each group advanced to the next round.^[2]

Group A

Tournament played in Budapest, Hungary.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Ferencváros 6 5 1 0 84 53 +31 16 Szeged 6 5 0 1 84 49 +35 15 Acquachiara 6 4 1 1 65 44 +21 13 Jadran Split 6 3 0 3 58 60 −2 9 SNS Strasbourg 6 2 0 4 67 66 +1 6 SSV Esslingen 6 1 0 5 56 98 −42 3 Primorac Kotor 6 0 0 6 38 82 −44 0

FTC SZE ACH JAD STRA ESS PRI Ferencváros – 11−10 9−9 11−8 14−12 22−10 17−4 Szeged 10−11 – 10−5 14−9 13−10 23−11 14−3 Acquachiara 9−9 5−10 – 11−4 10−8 15−7 15−6 Jadran Split 8−11 9−14 4−11 – 13−9 15−9 9−6 SNS Strasbourg 12−14 10−13 8−10 9−13 – 14−6 14−10 SSV Esslingen 10−22 11−23 7−15 9−15 6−14 – 13−9 Primorac Kotor 4−17 3−14 6−15 6−9 10−14 9−13 –

Group B

Tournament played in Split, Croatia.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Mornar 5 4 0 1 68 49 +19 12 Sintez Kazan 5 4 0 1 60 35 +25 12 Canottieri Napoli 5 3 0 2 55 49 +6 9 Kinef Kirishi 5 3 0 2 62 47 +15 9 Olympic Nice 5 1 0 4 38 52 −14 3 GZC Donk 5 0 0 5 33 84 −51 0

MOR SIN CCN KIN OLN GZC Mornar – 11−9 15−8 10−15 10−7 22−10 Sintez Kazan 9−11 – 13−9 10−9 10−5 18−1 Canottieri Napoli 8−15 9−13 – 10−8 12−5 16−8 Kinef Kirishi 15−10 9−10 8−10 – 14−9 16−8 Olympic Nice 7−10 5−10 5−12 9−14 – 12−6 Widex GZC Donk 10−22 1−18 8−16 8−16 6−12 –

Qualification round II

Eight teams took part in the second qualifying round. They were drawn into two groups of four teams, which played on 16−18 October 2015. The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarterfinals.^[3]

Group C

Tournament was played in Naples, Italy.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Kinef Kirishi 3 1 2 0 27 25 +2 5 Sintez Kazan 3 1 1 1 29 23 +6 4 Ferencváros 3 1 1 1 21 22 −1 4 Acquachiara 3 0 0 3 22 29 −7 0

KIN SIN FTC ACH Kinef Kirishi – 9−9 8−8 10−8 Sintez Kazan 9−9 – 8−6 12−8 Ferencváros 8−8 6−8 – 7−6 Acquachiara 8−10 8−12 6−7 –

Group D

Tournament was played in Split, Croatia.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Mornar 3 2 1 0 30 28 +2 7 Szeged 3 2 0 1 43 33 +10 6 Canottieri Napoli 3 0 2 1 27 33 −6 2 Jadran Split 3 0 1 2 27 33 −6 1

MOR SZE CCN JAD Mornar – 12−11 7−7 11−10 Szeged 11−12 – 18−12 14−9 Canottieri Napoli 7−7 12−18 – 8−8 Jadran Split 10−11 9−14 8−8 –

Knockout stage

Quarter Finals

CL lossers of QR3	EC first two of QR2
Waspo Hannover	Sintez Kazan
Digi Oradea	Mornar
CN Marseille	Kinef Kirishi
AN Brescia	Szeged

These teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follow:

• In the draw for the quarter finals, the four group winners were seeded, and the four group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.

The first legs were played on 11 November, and the second legs were played on 16 December 2015.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kinef Kirishi	11–26	AN Brescia	5–11	6–15
Mornar	23–22	Digi Oradea	14–9	9–13
CN Marseille	18–20	Sintez Kazan	8–9	10–11
Szeged	17–16	Waspo Hannover	9–3	8–13

Semi Finals

The first legs were played on 3 February, and the second legs were played on 10 February 2016.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AN Brescia	24–18	Szeged	9–8	15–10
Mornar	16–19	Sintez Kazan	9–7	7–12

Final

The first leg were played on 16 April, and the second leg were played on 30 April 2016.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sintez Kazan	10–23	AN Brescia	4–11	6–12

See also

• 2015–16 LEN Champions League

References