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2016–17 LEN Champions League
The 2016–17 LEN Champions League was the 54th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. It ran from 30 September 2016 to 27 May 2017. Team allocation 8 teams are directly qualified for the preliminary round. Round and draw dates The schedule of the competition is as follows. Qualifying rounds Qualification I Fifteen teams take part in the Qualification round I. They were drawn into three groups of four teams and one group of three teams, whose played on 30 September−2 October 2016. Top 2 teams of each group advance to qualification round II. Group A Tournament was played in Oradea, Romania. Group B Tournament was played in Budapest, Hungary. Group C Tournament was played in Porto, Portugal. Group D Tournament was played in Valletta, Malta. Qualification II Sixteen teams take part in the Qualification round II. Eight teams from first round and eight teams with wild cards. They were drawn into four groups of four teams, whose played on 14−16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LEN Champions League
The LEN Champions League is the top-tier European professional water polo club competition with teams from up to 18 countries. It is organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The competition started in 1963 as European Cup. A change of name and format occurred in 1996, with the competition being renamed Champions League and the final four system being established as the format of choice, for the first time during the 1996–97 LEN Champions League. From 2003 to 2011 the competition was named LEN Euroleague (with the change of name being simply a re-branding) and from 2011 and on LEN Champions League, its current name. LEN Champions League is the most popular water polo league in the European continent. It has been won by 24 clubs, 10 of which have won the title more than once. The most successful club in the competition is Pro Recco, with nine titles. The current European champion is Pro Recco, who won their ninth title after defeating FTC Telekom Budapest in the 2020 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egri VK
Egri Vízilabda Klub ( en, Water Polo Club of Eger) is a Hungarian water polo club based in Eger. One of the dominant teams in the country since the late 2000s, Eger won the national championship in 2011,2013,2014 and came in second in 2012. They also collected the gold medal in the Hungarian cup in 1972 and 2007. Beside the domestic successes they also finished runners-up in the LEN Cup in 2008. Starting from summer 2010 the club is known as ZF Eger after its main sponsor ZF Friedrichshafen. Naming history * Egri TE: (1910 – 1943) ** MOVE Egri SE: (1920 – 1945) * Egri Barátság SE: (1945 – 1947) * Egri SZTK: (1948 – 1949) * Egri ÁVESZ: (1950) * Egri Fáklya SK: (1951 – 1954) * Egri Bástya SE: (1955 – 1956) * Eger SE: (1957) * Egri SC: (1958 – 1959) * Egri Vasas SK: (1960) * Egri Dózsa SC: (1961 – 1976) * Eger SE: (1977 – 1992/93) * ÚVK-Eger: (1993/94) * ÚVMK Eger: (1993/94 – 1995/96) * ÚVMK Eger-Egervin: (1996/97 – 1998/99) * ÚVMK BauSystem-Eger: (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valletta United Water Polo Club
Valletta (, mt, il-Belt Valletta, ) is an administrative unit and capital of Malta. Located on the main island, between Marsamxett Harbour to the west and the Grand Harbour to the east, its population within administrative limits in 2014 was 6,444. According to the data from 2020 by Eurostat, the Functional Urban Area and metropolitan region covered the whole island and has a population of 480,134. Valletta is the southernmost capital of Europe, and at just , it is the European Union's smallest capital city. Valletta's 16th-century buildings were constructed by the Knights Hospitaller. The city was named after Jean Parisot de Valette, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion during the Great Siege of Malta. The city is Baroque in character, with elements of Mannerist, Neo-Classical and Modern architecture, though the Second World War left major scars on the city, particularly the destruction of the Royal Opera House. The city was officially recognised a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orvosegyetem SC
Orvosegyetem Sport Club is a Hungarian water polo club from Budapest established in 1957 in the Semmelweis University. The club's peak was the 1970s. Orvosegyetem won six national championships in a row between 1969 and 1974, and in 1973 it won the European Cup, beating 4-times champion Partizan Belgrade in the final. In 1974 and 1975 also reached the European Cup's final, but lost to MGU Moscow and Partizan respectively. In 1976 it played its fourth European final, losing the Cup Winners' Cup to Mladost Zagreb. In 1978 and 1979 the team culminated its golden era winning its seventh national championship and its second European Cup. The team declined in subsequent years, but it still played in the Hungarian First Championship. However, with the team moving to XI. district in Budapest, and with the new title sponsor, A-HÍD Zrt. from the 2014-15 season was a very successful one, winning silver medal in both the Hungarian Cup and the Hungarian Championship, whilst also going th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SG Waspo'98 Hannover
The Waspo 98 Hannover is a swimming and water polo club in Hannover, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe .... The club was founded in 2003 by the fusion of the former German champions Waspo Hannover-Linden 1913 and Wasserfreunde 98 Hannover. Bibliography Wolfgang Philipps: Vergangenheit und Zukunft. 100 Jahre Waspo Hannover-Linden. 1913 – 2013, Hannover 2013 References Water polo clubs in Germany {{Germany-waterpolo-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PVK Jadran
PVK Jadran is a professional water polo club based in Herceg Novi, Montenegro. As of 2021–22 season, the club competes in the Montenegrin League and Regional League A1. PVK Jadran is a 16-time winner of the National league (10 Montenegro, 2 SFR Yugoslavia, 4 Serbia & Montenegro), 13-time winner of the National cup (10 Montenegro, 3 SFR Yugoslavia), 2-time winner of the Regional Water Polo League, and 1-time runner-up of the LEN Champions League. History PVK Jadran was founded in the summer of 1922 as a merger between two water polo clubs, Bijela Vila and Spjaža. It was then registered at the Swimming Federation of Yugoslavia. It was the only water club in the Bay of Kotor region and played against teams from Dubrovnik. PVK Jadran's first win was when they had beaten VK Građani, the best clubs in Yugoslavia at the time after VK Jug and VK Jadran. After World War II in 1945, the national championship was held in Ljubljana and Jadran went, representing Montenegro, and won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sintez Kazan
Sintez is a Russian professional water polo club from Kazan, Russia. The club was formed in 1974 and plays in Russia's highest division since 1993. Former Russian centar forward Andrey Belofastov is head coach. Accomplishments * Russian Water Polo Championship ** (4) — 2006-07, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22; ** (8) — 2005-06, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2015-16, 2016-17; ** (4) — 2004-05, 2009-09, 2010–11, 2017-18; * Russian Cup ** (4) — 2005, 2010, 2021, 2022; * LEN Cup ** (1) — 2006-07; ** (2) — 2005-06, 2015-16; Prominent players * Andrey Belofastov — 2004–09; * Irek Zinnourov — 2004–09; * Marat Zakirov — 2005–10; * Nikolay Maksimov — 2005–11; * Dejan Savić — 2005–10; * Danilo Ikodinović Danilo “Dača” Ikodinović ( sr-cyrl, Данило Дача Икодиновић, born 4 October 1976) is a Serbian former professional water polo player who played on the bronze medal squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VK Mornar
Vaterpolski klub Mornar is a professional water polo club based in Split, Croatia. As of 2021–22 season, it competes in the Croatian League and Regional League A1. History The club founded in 1949 under the name "''Plivačko-vaterpolski klub Mornar''" and the golden age for this team has coincided with the period between 1950 and 1961, when it won 5 times the Yugoslav League. The Mornar was regularly found at the top of the standings. In 1987 Mornar won the first international title in its history, the LEN Cup Winners' Cup, defeating in the final the Spanish nautical club Catalunya. thanks to the playing quality that had the following roster: Deni Marinković, Renco Posinković, Vojko Šegvić, Branimir Bucan, Branislav Zovko, Boris Katić, Nenad Matosic, Zoran Filipović, Mladen Hraste, Tonko Bezina, Teo Novaković, Rino Katunaric, Josko Krekovic, Srdjan Trgo. Coach of that team was Dragan Matutinović and Damir Kotrulja was his vice. However, in the Croatian league intro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CN Marseille
The Cercle des nageurs de Marseille (Circle of Marseille's swimmers) is an elite swim club based in Marseille, France, founded in 1921. It is best known for its water polo team which is the most decorated in France, and also for training many of the French Olympic swimmers, including Frédérick Bousquet, Fabien Gilot, Camille Lacourt, Florent Manaudou, Laure Manaudou and others. Facilities Located at the east of the city, next to the sea, the club has 3 pool, 2 covered (one long course, one short course) and one outside short course. Waterpolo Honours Domestic competitions *National Championship (38): 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021 *National Cup (11): 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012. *League Cup (2): 2015, 2018. European competitions *LEN Euro Cup :Winners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AN Brescia
Associazione Nuotatori Brescia (Swimmers Association Brescia) is an Italian sports club based in Brescia, that is interested exclusively in water sports like swimming and water polo. History The club founded in 1973 under the name ''"AN Brescia"'' and in 1995 took the name ''"Leonessa Nuoto Pallanuoto"''. In 2007 the name changed again becoming ''"Brixia Leonessa Nuoto"''. Finally in 2011, following a corporate crisis, summarizes the old name of ''"AN Brescia"''. In the swimming area now experienced its greatest splendor between the eighties and the nineties thanks to the extraordinary victories of Giorgio Lamberti, who won the title in the 100, 200 and 400m freestyle at the Italian and European championships. To remember the world title in Perth and conquered the world record in Berlin in the 200 with a time of 1 min. 46 sec. and 69, remained unbeaten for ten years. In the water polo department, the successes of the club have a recent history, came following the entry of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
