2008–09 LEN Euroleague

2008-09 LEN Euroleague
League	LEN Euroleague
Sport	Water Polo
Duration	2 October 2008 to 23 May 2009
Number of teams	16 (Preliminary Round) 43 (Total)
Final Four
Finals champions	Primorac Kotor (1st title)
Runners-up	Pro Recco

The LEN Euroleague 2008-09 is the 46th edition of Europe's premier club water polo competition.

1st Qualification Round

Group A (Košice)

	Team	PL	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.	ASD CN Posillipo Napoli	5	4	0	1	80	38	12
2.	Spartak Volgograd	5	4	0	1	74	37	12
3.	Dinamo Bucureşti	5	3	1	1	66	39	10
4.	ČH Hornets Košice	5	2	1	2	68	48	7
5.	WC Tirol Innsbruck	5	1	0	4	28	89	3
6.	Arkonia Szczecin	5	0	0	5	27	92	0

Group B (Porto)

	Team	PL	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.	Panionios GSS Athens	6	5	1	0	78	29	16
2.	CSM Leonardo Oradea	6	4	2	0	78	31	14
3.	PSV-BA Eindhoven	6	4	1	1	85	44	13
4.	Olympique GC Nice Natation	6	3	0	3	62	39	9
5.	BMK Kharkiv Ukraine	6	2	0	4	37	46	6
6.	SC Salgueiros Porto	6	1	0	5	25	97	3
7.	SWPC West London Penguins	6	0	0	6	27	106	0

Group C (Koper)

	Team	PL	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.	Budapest Honvéd	5	5	0	0	68	28	15
2.	VK Budvanska Rijiveka	5	4	0	1	76	31	12
3.	WF Spandau 04	5	3	0	2	42	41	9
4.	AŠD Koper Rokava	5	2	0	3	41	56	6
5.	Widex GZC Donk Gouda	5	1	0	4	41	65	3
6.	Rotherham Metro	5	0	0	5	35	82	0

Group D (Šibenik)

	Team	PL	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.	VK Šibenik NCP	5	5	0	0	78	28	15
2.	Cercle des Nageurs de Marseille	5	4	0	1	75	30	12
3.	ASC Duisburg eV	5	3	0	2	67	41	9
4.	Illichivets Mariupol	5	2	0	3	48	48	6
5.	Łódźi STW	5	1	0	4	40	76	3
6.	Portinado	5	0	0	5	16	101	0

2nd Qualification Round

Group E (Marseille)

	Team	PL	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.	Cercle des Nageurs de Marseille	5	4	1	0	40	11	13
2.	Brixia Leonessa Nuoto	5	4	0	1	57	41	12
3.	Panionios GSS	5	2	1	2	48	45	7
4.	VK Vojvodina Novi Sad	5	2	0	3	40	40	6
5.	AŠDV Koper Rokava	5	1	1	3	48	63	3
6.	Dinamo Bucureşti	5	0	1	4	46	61	1

Group F (Herceg Novi)

	Team	PL	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.	PVK Jadran CKB Herceg Novi	5	5	0	0	75	30	13
2.	Spartak Volgograd	5	4	0	1	61	30	12
3.	Budapest Honvéd	5	3	0	2	67	38	9
4.	PSV Eindhoven	5	2	0	3	29	60	4
5.	Ethnikos Piraeus OFPF	5	1	1	3	29	67	4
6.	Illichivets Mariupol	5	0	0	5	26	62	0

Group G (Duisburg)

	Team	PL	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.	VK Jug Dubrovnik	5	5	0	0	78	34	15
2.	PVK Budvanska Rivijera	5	4	0	1	66	51	12
3.	Sintez Kazan	5	2	1	2	52	51	7
4.	ASD CN Posillipo Napoli	5	1	2	2	62	65	5
5.	ASC Duisburg eV	5	1	1	3	56	65	4
6.	Olympique GC Nice Natation	5	0	0	5	32	80	0

Group H (Eger)

	Team	PL	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.	VK Šibenik NCP	5	5	0	0	48	32	15
2.	ZF Eger	5	3	1	1	46	32	10
3.	CS Leonardo Oradea	5	1	2	2	37	39	5
4.	CN Barcelona	5	1	2	2	29	33	5
5.	WS Spandau 04	5	1	1	3	40	38	4
6.	ČH Hornets Košice	5	1	0	4	22	48	3

Preliminary Round

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advanced to the Quarter-finals

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pro Recco 6 4 0 2 67 48 +19 12 Jug Dubrovnik 6 3 1 2 64 43 +21 10 Spartak Volgograd 6 3 0 3 43 62 −19 9 Šturm 2002 6 1 1 4 42 63 −21 4

Matchday One
Jug Dubrovnik	10–9	Pro Recco
Spartak Volgograd	8–6	Shturm Chekhovo
Matchday Two
Shturm Chekhovo	8–8	Jug Dubrovnik
Pro Recco	15–7	Spartak Volgograd
Matchday Three
Jug Dubrovnik	16–5	Spartak Volgograd
Shturm Chekhov	13–12	Pro Recco
Matchday Four
Pro Recco	10–3	Shturm Chekhovo
Spartak Volgograd	7–6	Jug Dubrovnik
Matchday Five
Jug Dubrovnik	16–5	Shturm Chekhovo
Spartak Volgograd	7–12	Pro Recco
Matchday Six
Pro Recco	9–8	Jug Dubrovnik
Shturm Chekhovo	7–9	Spartak Volgograd

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Jadran Herceg Novi 6 3 2 1 62 53 +9 11 HAVK Mladost 6 2 3 1 44 49 −5 9 Budva 6 2 1 3 53 55 −2 7 Atlètic-Barceloneta 6 1 2 3 52 54 −2 5

Matchday One
Mladost Zagreb	7–6	Budvanska Rijivera
Jadran Herceg Novi	7–6	Atlètic Barceloneta
Matchday Two
Atlètic Barceloneta	7–7	Mladost Zagreb
Shturm Chekhov	14–10	Jadran Herceg Novi
Matchday Three
Jadran Herceg Novi	11–4	Mladost Zagreb
Budvanska Rivijera	13–10	Atlètic Barceloneta
Matchday Four
Atlètic Barceloneta	9–6	Budvanska Rivijera
Mladost Zagreb	10–10	Jadran Herceg Novi
Matchday Five
Mladost Zagreb	10–9	Atlètic Barceloneta
Jadran Herceg Novi	13–8	Budvanska Rivijera
Matchday Six
Atlètic Barceloneta	11–11	Jadran Herceg Novi
Budvanska Rivijera	6–6	Mladost Zagreb

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Olympiacos 6 5 1 0 61 45 +16 16 Primorac Kotor 6 4 0 2 73 47 +26 12 Šibenik 6 2 1 3 48 65 −17 7 Brixia Leonessa 6 0 0 6 46 71 −25 0

Matchday One
Olympiacos Peiraios	10–7	Brixia Leonessa
Primorac Kotor	13–6	Šibenik NCP
Matchday Two
Šibenik NCP	9–9	Olympiacos Peiraios
Brixia Leonessa	9–13	Primorac Kotor
Matchday Three
Brixia Leonessa	7–8	Šibenik NCP
Primorac Kotor	7–9	Olympiacos Peiraios
Matchday Four
Olympiacos Peiraios	9–8	Primorac Kotor
Šibenik NCP	12–8	Brixia Leonessa
Matchday Five
Primorac Kotor	15–7	Brixia Leonessa
Olympiacos Peiraios	11–6	Šibenik NCP
Matchday Six
Šibenik NCP	7–17	Primorac Kotor
Brixia Leonessa	8–13	Olympiacos Peiraios

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Partizan 6 5 1 0 72 49 +23 16 Vasas 6 4 0 2 60 46 +14 12 Eger 6 0 3 3 51 56 −5 3 Marseille 6 0 2 4 49 81 −32 2

Matchday One
ZF Eger	7–9	Vasas SC Budapest
Partizan Belgrade	22–5	Nageurs de Marseille
Matchday Two
Vasas SC Budapest	7–8	Partizan Belgrade
Nageurs de Marseille	9–9	ZF Eger
Matchday Three
Nageurs de Marseille	6–10	Vasas SC Budapest
ZF Eger	7–7	Partizan Belgrade
Matchday Four
Vasas SC Budapest	16–6	Nageurs de Marseille
Partizan Belgrade	11–9	ZF Eger
Matchday Five
Partizan Belgrade	9–7	Vasas SC Budapest
ZF Eger	9–9	Nageurs de Marseille
Matchday Six
Vasas SC Budapest	11–10	ZF Eger
Nageurs de Marseille	14–15	Partizan Belgrade

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 4 April, and the second legs were played on 22 April 2009.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Olympiacos	14–16	HAVK Mladost	8–5	6–11
Partizan	18–20	Jug Dubrovnik	11–9	7–11
Primorac Kotor	21–20	Jadran Herceg Novi	12–12	9–8
Vasas	18–20	Pro Recco	8–11	10–9

Final Four (Rijeka)

	Semifinals 22 May 2009				Final 23 May 2009
	Jug Dubrovnik	6
	Pro Recco	9
					Pro Recco	7
					Primorac Kotor (aet)	8
					Third place
	HAVK Mladost	9		Jug Dubrovnik	14
	Primorac Kotor	11			HAVK Mladost	13

Final standings

	Team
	Primorac Kotor
	Pro Recco
	Jug Dubrovnik
	HAVK Mladost

2008-09 Euroleague Champions
Primorac Kotor 1st Title

Zdravko Radić, Draško Brguljan, Damir Crepulja, Antonio Petrović, Darko Brguljan, Juraj Zatović, Gergely Kiss, Vjekoslav Pasković, Boris Pavlović, Bojan Milošević, Ádám Steinmetz, Uroš Čučković, Uglješa Brguljan

Head Coach

Ranko Perović