The 2020–21
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 58th edition of
LEN's premier competition for men's
water polo
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clubs.
Teams
Schedule
The schedule of the competition is as follows.
Qualification round
The qualification round is scheduled for 11–15 November 2020.
Group A
A1
A2
Final
Group B
B1
B2
Final
Preliminary round
LEN decided to play the 10 match-days of the 2020–21 LEN Champions League preliminary round in bubble format in three rounds, using two venues at each occasion. The ten match-days will be played in three rounds at two venues each time. Teams of the same group will contest three match-days, one time four, where the participants will be isolated for the entire duration of event because of the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
The draw for the group phase took place in
Rome
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on 19 October 2020.
Group A
Group B
Final 8
3–5 June 2021,
Belgrade
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,
Serbia
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.
Qualified teams
Bracket
;5th–8th place bracket
''All times are local (
UTC+2
UTC+02:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2020-11-08T23:41:45+02:00.
As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
).''
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 ranking
Awards
See also
*
2020–21 LEN Euro Cup
References
Notes
External links
*, len.microplustiming.com
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2020
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2020 in men's water polo
2021 in men's water polo
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 ...