The 2017–18
LEN Champions League was the 55th edition of
LEN
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's premier competition for men's
water polo
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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
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.
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 represented in the group stage.
Group A
Group B
Final Eight
7–9 June 2018—
Genoa
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,
Italy
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Final standings
Awards
See also
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2017–18 LEN Euro Cup
References
External links
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LEN Champions League seasons
Champions League
2017 in men's water polo
2018 in men's water polo