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2017–18 LEN Champions League
The 2017–18 LEN Champions League was the 55th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. Overview Team allocation 12 teams are directly qualified for the Preliminary round (TH: Champions League title holders). Phases and rounds dates The schedule of the competition is as follows. Qualifying rounds Qualification round I Group A Group B Group C Qualification round II Group E Group F Group G Group H Qualification round III Preliminary round The draw for the group stage was held on 29 August 2017 in Budapest. The 16 teams were drawn into two groups of eight. In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners, runners-ups, third and fourth placed teams advance to the Final 8. The matchdays are 25 October, 8 and 29 November, 9 and 20 December 2017, 13 and 24 January, 7 and 28 February, 14 and 31 March, 18 and 28 April, 9 May 2018. A total of 11 national associations are represente ... [...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] |
CSA Steaua București
Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua București, commonly known as CSA Steaua București () or simply Steaua, is a major multi-sports club based in Bucharest and run by the Ministry of National Defence. It is one of the most successful clubs in Romania and among the most successful multi-sport clubs in Europe. Founded on 7 June 1947 as ''Asociația Sportivă a Armatei București'' (''Army Sports Association Bucharest''), the club changed its name several times before settling on to ''Steaua'' ( en, The Star) in 1961. The club is probably most known for its football team, also called CSA Steaua București. Other sections belonging to the club are rugby, ice hockey (autonomous – ''Hochei Club Steaua Suki București''), handball, water polo, basketball, volleyball, athletics, swimming, gymnastics, boxing, rowing, canoeing, shooting, weightlifting, fencing, tennis, cycling, and judo. History On 7 June 1947, at the initiative of several officers of the Romanian Army, the first Romani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ASC Duisburg
ASC Duisburg (Amateur-Schwimm-Club Duisburg), or simply Duisburg is a sports club based in the city of Duisburg, in Germany. The water polo team is among the strongest in Germany and also, ASC has a large swimming department. The "amateurs" were a total of six German water polo champions and four German water polo Cup winners. History ASC Duisburg was founded in 1909. Currently the club has approximately 3,700 members, making it one of the largest swimming clubs in Germany. The club facility in Duisburg Sports Park is about two acres. In addition, the club has a heated 50-meter swimming pool. Members can also take advantage of the Barbarasee for swimming. Water polo team ASC Duisburg plays in the German water polo league (Deutsche Wasserball-Liga). In recent years, the "amateurs" were regularly in the top group of the league and were the 2013 league and cup double break the longstanding dominance of Spandau 04. Already in 2010, the Cup win was after a waiting period of more th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CN Sabadell
Club Natació Sabadell is a Spanish aquatic sports club from Sabadell. Founded in 1916, it is best known for its women's water polo team, which has been the most successful team in the national championship in recent years with nine titles since 2000. In 2011 it won the European Cup, becoming the first Spanish team to attain this. The men's team won its third national cup in 2012. Marca The Club brought the most athletes to the Summer Olympics in London 2012, a total of 8. These included six members of the women's water polo team who gained silver medals: |
Spartak Volgograd
Spartak Volgograd (russian: Спартак Волгоград) is a men's and women's water polo club based in the city of Volgograd, Russia. History (men's team) Spartak Volgograd was founded in 1994. However, the water polo department was established two years later. Spartak was succeeding right after its foundation, winning the title of the Russian Championship in 1997 and finishing in second place in 1998. Furthermore, the club became fourth at the LEN Champions League during that period. Spartak won the 2013–14 LEN Euro Cup, a European second-tier club competition. Titles and achievements (men's team) Domestic competitions Russian League * Winners (12): 1996–97, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 European competitions LEN Champions League * 4th place (1): 1997–98 LEN Euro Cup The LEN Euro Cup is the second-tier European water polo club competition run by the Ligue Européenne ... [...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] |
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] |
CSM Digi Oradea
CSM Digi Oradea (Official name: Clubul Sportiv Municipal Digi Oradea) is a Romanian water polo club from Oradea in Bihor County. Currently it plays in Romanian Superliga, LEN Champions League and LEN Euro Cup Titles * Romanian Superliga ** Winners (9): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 ** Runners-up (4): 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 * Romanian Cup ** Winners (3): 2012, 2013, 2016 ** Runners-up (3): 2017, 2018, 2019 Current team * Tic Marius * Tiberiu Negrean * Nichita Ilisie * Luncan Darian * Mateja Asanović * Alex Popoviciu * Vlad Dragomirescu * Mihnea Gheorghe * Colodrovschi Silvian * Levente Vancsik * Czenk Ferenc * Raul Gavris * Bogdan Remeş * István Szabó * Marinescu Andrei * Soponar Ianis * Szilagyi Marcu Famous players * Kálmán Kádár * Gheorghe Dunca Famous coaches * Kalman Kadar * Gheorghe Dunca * Dorin Costrăş * Cornel Gordan * Ioan Alexandrescu Ioan is a variation on the name John found in Romanian, Bulgarian, Russian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NC Vouliagmeni
NO Vouliagmeni or "NOV" (Greek: Ναυτικός Όμιλος Βουλιαγμένης, "NOB" = Nautical Club of Vouliagmeni) is a major aquatic sports club, founded by local sportsmen in 1937 in the seaside resort of Vouliagmeni, Athens, Greece. The club is located on the eastern edge of the Mikro Kavouri peninsula, adjacent to the Astir Palace Hotel and overlooking the bay, town and lake of Vouliagmeni. The club also takes particular pride in being an "extended family" for all its past and present athletes. Almost all its coaches and sports staff are past club athletes, and members are encouraged to involve their children in club sports from the youngest age possible. Activities The club admits members and their guests and operates a marina, a waterskiing school, junior and Olympic competition sailing boats and facilities, an open-air, heated swimming pool, two rocky beaches, members' indoor and outdoor lounges, reading and conference rooms, a first-aid station, a gym, and an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
