2020–21 LEN Euro Cup

The 2020–21 LEN Euro Cup was the 29th edition of the second-tier European tournament for men's water polo clubs.

2020–21 LEN Euro Cup
LeagueLEN Euro Cup
SportWater Polo
Duration13 November 2020 – 8 May 2021
Number of teams30 (from 13 countries)
Finals champions Szolnok (1st title)
  Runners-up OSC Budapest

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[1] The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

Qualification round
Pays d’Aix Natation (CL Q) CN Barcelona (CL Q) Novi Beograd Sintez Kazan (CL Q)
Tourcoing (CL Q) CN Terrassa (CL Q) Crvena zvezda Dynamo Moscow
Noisy-le-Sec CN Sabadell Mladost Zagreb (CL Q) RN Savona
Strasbourg CE Mediterrani Jadran Split (CL Q) Primorac Kotor (CL Q)
OSC Budapest (CL Q) Vouliagmeni (CL Q) OSC Potsdam Triglav Kranj
Szolnok (CL Q) Apollon Smyrni SV Ludwigsburg Carouge Natation
ZF Eger Panionios Steaua Bucharest (CL Q)
BVSC-Zugló Radnički Kragujevac (CL Q) Digi Oradea (CL Q)

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.[2]

Phase Round First leg Second leg
Qualifying Qualification round I 13–15 November 2020
Qualification round II 4–6 December 2020
Knockout phase Eight-finals 27 February 2021 6 March 2021
Quarterfinals 17 March 2021 24 March 2021
Semifinals 3 April 2021 10 April 2021
Final 24 April 2021 8 May 2021

Qualification round

The qualification round is scheduled for 4–6 December 2020.[3]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ENT CNB PAN ZUG
1 Tourcoing 3 2 1 0 42 21 +21 7 Knockout phase — — 20–9 10–0
2 CN Barcelona (H) 3 2 1 0 37 17 +20 7 12–12 — 15–5 10–0
3 Panionios 3 1 0 2 24 35 −11 3 — — — —
4 BVSC-Zugló 3 0 0 3 0 30 −30 0 Disqualified — — 0–10 —
Source: LEN
(H) Host

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CNS DYN JST STE
1 CN Sabadell (H) 3 3 0 0 32 24 +8 9 Knockout phase — 12–7 9–8 11–9
2 Dynamo Moscow 3 2 0 1 28 31 −3 6 — — — 9–8
3 Jadran Split 3 1 0 2 33 32 +1 3 — 11–12 — —
4 Steaua Bucharest 3 0 0 3 28 34 −6 0 — — 11–14 —
Source: LEN
(H) Host

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification OSC CZB NLS TRI
1 OSC Budapest 3 3 0 0 50 17 +33 9 Knockout phase — 15–5 — 21–5
2 Crvena zvezda 3 2 0 1 37 34 +3 6 — — 13–12 19–7
3 Noisy-le-Sec 3 1 0 2 39 36 +3 3 7–14 — — 20–9
4 Triglav Kranj (H) 3 0 0 3 21 60 −39 0 — — — —
Source: LEN
(H) Host

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NCV AIX LUD CAR
1 Vouliagmeni 3 3 0 0 54 22 +32 9 Knockout phase — — 21–6 —
2 Pays d’Aix Natation (H) 3 2 0 1 41 21 +20 6 11–12 — 14–5 16–4
3 SV Ludwigsburg 3 1 0 2 28 41 −13 3 — — — —
4 Carouge Natation 3 0 0 3 15 54 −39 0 5–21 — 6–17 —
Source: LEN
(H) Host

Group E
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RKG CEM RNS POT
1 Radnički Kragujevac 3 3 0 0 42 23 +19 9 Knockout phase — — — 15–7
2 CE Mediterrani 3 2 0 1 35 31 +4 6 9–13 — — —
3 RN Savona (H) 3 1 0 2 30 34 −4 3 7–14 11–12 — 12–8
4 OSC Potsdam 3 0 0 3 22 41 −19 0 — 7–14 —
Source: LEN
(H) Host

Group F
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MZG PRI ZFE
1 Mladost Zagreb (H) 2 2 0 0 26 15 +11 6 Knockout phase — 13–8 13–7
2 Primorac Kotor 2 1 0 1 23 22 +1 3 — — —
3 ZF Eger 2 0 0 2 16 28 −12 0 — 9–15 —
Source: LEN
(H) Host

Group G
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SZO STR APO CNT
1 Szolnok (H) 3 3 0 0 48 30 +18 9 Knockout phase — 15–5 13–11 20–14
2 Strasbourg 3 2 0 1 23 31 −8 6 — — 8–7 —
3 Apollon Smyrni 3 1 0 2 32 34 −2 3 — — — 14–13
4 CN Terrassa 3 0 0 3 36 44 −8 0 — 9–10 — —
Source: LEN
(H) Host

Group F
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SIN NBG ORA
1 Sintez Kazan 2 2 0 0 24 17 +7 6 Knockout phase — — —
2 Novi Beograd (H) 2 1 0 1 22 20 +2 3 10–11 — 12–9
3 Digi Oradea 2 0 0 2 16 25 −9 0 7–13 — —
Source: LEN
(H) Host

Knockout phase
Main article: 2020–21 LEN Euro Cup knockout phase
Bracket
Eight-finals Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
                
Sintez Kazan 12 6 18
Dynamo Moscow 14 9 23
Dynamo Moscow 8 9 17
Crvena zvezda 11 9 20
Tourcoing 9 6 15
Crvena zvezda 12 7 19
Crvena zvezda 12 8 20
Szolnok 20 15 35
Radnički Kragujevac (w/o) 11 11
Strasbourg 10 10
Radnički Kragujevac 12 10 22
Szolnok 14 10 24
Primorac Kotor 8 16 24
Szolnok 18 17 35
Szolnok 14 8 22 (3)
OSC Budapest 11 11 22 (0)
Pays d’Aix Natation 6 9 15
OSC Budapest 22 20 42
OSC Budapest 17 10 27
Sabadell 11 12 23
Sabadell 9 17 26
Mediterrani 9 6 15
OSC Budapest 10 11 21
Vouliagmeni 7 9 16
Barcelona 9 6 15
Mladost Zagreb 11 7 18
Mladost Zagreb 11 10 21 (8)
Vouliagmeni (p) 10 11 21 (9)
Novi Beograd 7 8 15
Vouliagmeni 7 9 16

Eight Finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Radnički Kragujevac 11–10[note 1] Strasbourg 11–10 Suspended
Pays d’Aix Natation 15–42 OSC Budapest 6–22 9–20
Tourcoing 15–19 Crvena zvezda 9–12 6–7
Primorac Kotor 24–35 Szolnok 8–18 16–17
Sabadell 26–15 Mediterrani 9–9 17–6
Novi Beograd 15–16 Vouliagmeni 7–7 8–9
Sintez Kazan 18–23 Dynamo Moscow 12–14 6–9
Barcelona 15–18 Mladost Zagreb 9–11 6–7

Quarter Finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dynamo Moscow 17–20 Crvena zvezda 8–11 9–9
Radnički Kragujevac 22–24 Szolnok 12–14 10–10
Mladost Zagreb 21–21(8–9 p) Vouliagmeni 11–10 10–11
OSC Budapest 27–23 Sabadell 17–11 10–12

Semi Finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
OSC Budapest 21–16 Vouliagmeni 10–7 11–9
Crvena zvezda 20–35 Szolnok 12–20 8–15

Finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Szolnok 22–22(0–3 p) OSC Budapest 14–11 8–11


2020–21 LEN Euro Cup
Champions

Szolnok
1st Cup

See also

References
  1. "Team Rosters (2020-21 seasons)". len.microplustimig.com. 17 March 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  2. "LEN club competition programme season 2020–2021" (PDF). LEN.com.
  3. "LEN Euro Cup qualification round II – LIVE TV". LEN.com.
  4. "Euro Cup: Two quarterfinalists for Hungary and Serbia". www.total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 2021-03-04.

Notes
    1. Strasbourg could not play for the first leg due to a player testing positive to COVID-19. However, the primary reason for the suspension was a mistake made a few days earlier. Strasbourg did not undergo the mandatory PCR test two days before entering the hotel (the first testing had to be done 72 hours before the match, on Wednesday). As a result, it was decided that the match should be played on one leg, at Serbia, on the original date of the second leg.[4]
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