The 2018–19
LEN Champions League
The European Aquatics 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 ...
was the 56th edition of
LEN's premier competition for men's
water polo
Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...
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
Qualification round II
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Qualification round III
Preliminary round
The draw for the group stage was held on 5 September 2018 in
Barcelona
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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 and third placed teams advance to the
Final 8. They are joined by the host of the tournament and the fourth placed team from a group other than one the host plays in. The matchdays are 17 October, 3 and 21 November, 5 and 19 December 2018, 9 and 23 January, 6 and 27 February, 16 and 27 March, 13 and 24 April, 15 May 2019.
A total of 9 national associations are represented in the group stage.
Group A
Group B
Final eight
6–8 June 2018—
Hannover
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,
Germany
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Qualified teams
Bracket
;5th–8th place bracket
Quarterfinals
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5th–8th place semifinals
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Semifinals
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Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final standings
Awards
See also
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2018–19 LEN Euro Cup
References
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:2018-19 LEN Champions League
LEN Champions League seasons
Champions League
2018 in men's water polo
2019 in men's water polo