2020–21 LEN Champions League preliminary round

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This article describes the group stage of the 2020–21 LEN Champions League.

The LEN (European Swimming League) Champions League preliminary round began on 12 December 2020 and concluded on 24 April 2021.

Draw

The draw for the group phase took place in Rome on 19 October 2020.

Format

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.

Groups

The matchdays were 3 phase. The first phase of matches were played between 14 and 17 December, the second were played between 1–5 March 2021, the third were played between 19 and 22 April 2021. The matches in the Group B were started one day later.

Times were CET/CEST, as listed by LEN (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	REC	JUG	OLY	CNM	S04	CCO
1	Pro Recco	10	10	0	0	127	68	+59	30	Final 8	—	18–3	13–6	11–9	19–6	10–3
2	Jug CO Dubrovnik	10	6	1	3	102	106	−4	19		11–12	—	11–11	11–10	12–10	8–6
3	Olympiacos	10	4	2	4	89	92	−3	14		8–14	8–9	—	11–7	8–8	6–4
4	CN Marseille	10	4	1	5	93	94	−1	13		8–10	15–13	9–8	—	8–5	10–11
5	Spandau 04	10	1	3	6	79	104	−25	6		7–10	7–13	9–13	7–7	—	12–6
6	Ortigia Siracusa	10	1	1	8	69	95	−26	4		7–10	9–11	8–10	7–10	8–8	—

Source: LEN

14 December 2020 (2020-12-14) 15:15	Report	Olympiacos	6–4	Ortigia Siracusa	Rome Referees: Margeta (SLO), Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–0, 2–1, 1–1
		six players 1	Goals	four players 1

14 December 2020 (2020-12-14) 17:45	Report	Spandau 04	7–13	Jug CO Dubrovnik	Rome Referees: Kun (HUN), Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–5, 2-2, 2–2
		Kholod 3	Goals	Lončar, Merkulov 3

14 December 2020 (2020-12-14) 20:15	Report	Pro Recco	11–9	CN Marseille	Rome Referees: Berishvili (GEO), Ortega (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–3, 4–2, 3–1
		Di Fulvio, Mandić 3	Goals	Prlainović, Camarasa 2

15 December 2020 (2020-12-15) 15:15	Report	Jug CO Dubrovnik	11–10	CN Marseille	Rome Referees: Ortega (ESP), Petronilli (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 4–2, 1–3, 2–4
		Fatović 3	Goals	Crousillat 3

15 December 2020 (2020-12-15) 17:45	Report	Spandau 04	9–13	Olympiacos	Rome Referees: Berishvili (GEO), Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–5, 2-2, 3–3
		Kholod 4	Goals	Argyropoulos 3

15 December 2020 (2020-12-15) 20:15	Report	Ortigia Siracusa	7–10	Pro Recco	Rome Referees: Kun (HUN), Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–2, 4–2, 0–2
		Giacoppo 3	Goals	Mandić 3

16 December 2020 (2020-12-16) 15:15	Report	CN Marseille	10–11	Ortigia Siracusa	Rome Referees: Margeta (SLO), Ortega (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–2, 4–3, 2–3
		three players 2	Goals	Gallo, Napolitano 3

16 December 2020 (2020-12-16) 17:45	Report	Olympiacos	8–9	Jug CO Dubrovnik	Rome Referees: Berishvili (GEO), Petronilli (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 1–0, 4–2, 0-3, 3–4
		Kapotsis 3	Goals	Obradović 4

16 December 2020 (2020-12-16) 20:15	Report	Pro Recco	19–6	Spandau 04	Rome Referees: Putniković (SRB), Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 4–0, 5–3, 5–0, 5–3
		Younger 4	Goals	Kholod 3

1 March 2021 (2021-03-01) 15:15	Report	Spandau 04	7–7	CN Marseille	Rome Referees: Margeta (SLO), Severo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–2, 1–2, 1–2
		Kholod 3	Goals	seven players 1

1 March 2021 (2021-03-01) 17:45	Report	Jug CO Dubrovnik	8–6	Ortigia Siracusa	Rome Referees: Voevodin (RUS), Koryzna (POL)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–1, 2-4, 1–0
		Fatović 2	Goals	six players 1

1 March 2021 (2021-03-01) 20:15	Report	Olympiacos	8–14	Pro Recco	Rome Referees: Periš (CRO), Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 0–1, 3–4, 3–5, 2–4
		Daube, Argyropoulos 3	Goals	Velotto, Luongo 3

2 March 2021 (2021-03-02) 15:15	Report	Spandau 04	12–6	Ortigia Siracusa	Rome Referees: Periš (CRO), Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–1, 2–3, 2–0
		four players 2	Goals	Giacoppo, Gallo 2

2 March 2021 (2021-03-02) 17:45	Report	CN Marseille	9–8	Olympiacos	Rome Referees: Koryzna (POL), Severo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 0–0, 4–3, 3–4, 2–1
		Spaić, Vukičević 2	Goals	Irving 3

2 March 2021 (2021-03-02) 20:15	Report	Pro Recco	18–3	Jug CO Dubrovnik	Rome Referees: Margeta (SLO), Teixido (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 4–0, 4–1, 6–0, 4–2
		Figlioli 3	Goals	Fatović 2

3 March 2021 (2021-03-03) 15:15	Report	CN Marseille	8–10	Pro Recco	Rome Referees: Periš (CRO), Voevodin (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–3, 2–2, 3–1
		Crousillat 4	Goals	four players 2

3 March 2021 (2021-03-03) 17:45	Report	Jug CO Dubrovnik	12–10	Spandau 04	Rome Referees: Putniković (SRB), Severo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–2, 3-2, 3–3
		Fatović, Papanastasiou 4	Goals	Kholod 3

3 March 2021 (2021-03-03) 20:15	Report	Ortigia Siracusa	8–10	Olympiacos	Rome Referees: Teixido (ESP), Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 2–3, 2–2
		Ferrero, Gallo 2	Goals	three players 2

4 March 2021 (2021-03-04) 15:15	Report	CN Marseille	15–13	Jug CO Dubrovnik	Rome Referees: Teixido (ESP), Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 5–3, 4–4, 2–3, 4–3
		three players 3	Goals	Fatović 3

4 March 2021 (2021-03-04) 17:45	Report	Olympiacos	8–8	Spandau 04	Rome Referees: Margeta (SLO), Periš (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 0–3, 4–2, 1–1
		Argyropoulos 3	Goals	Dedović 4

4 March 2021 (2021-03-04) 20:15	Report	Pro Recco	10–3	Ortigia Siracusa	Rome Referees: Voevodin (RUS), Koryzna (POL)
		Score by quarters: 2–0, 3–0, 3–3, 2–0
		Di Fulvio 3	Goals	three players 1

19 April 2021 (2021-04-19) 15:15	Report	Spandau 04	7–10	Pro Recco	Rome Referees: Mišković (MNE), Franulović (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–4, 2–1, 1–3
		Chiru, Dedović 2	Goals	Figari, Mandić 2

19 April 2021 (2021-04-19) 17:45	Report	Jug CO Dubrovnik	11–11	Olympiacos	Rome Referees: Buch (ESP), Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 0–3, 4–4, 3–1
		Merkulov 4	Goals	Genidounias 5

19 April 2021 (2021-04-19) 20:15	Report	Ortigia Siracusa	7–10	CN Marseille	Rome Referees: Stavridis (GRE), Koryzna (POL)
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 4–2, 1–3, 2–2
		Napolitano 2	Goals	three players 2

20 April 2021 (2021-04-20) 15:15	Report	Ortigia Siracusa	9–11	Jug CO Dubrovnik	Rome Referees: Marjay (HUN), Mišković (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 4–5, 2–4, 2–1, 1–1
		three players 2	Goals	Benić 3

20 April 2021 (2021-04-20) 17:45	Report	CN Marseille	8–5	Spandau 04	Rome Referees: Franulović (CRO), Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–1, 3–1, 2–2
		Marion-Vernoux, Vukičević 2	Goals	Kholod 2

20 April 2021 (2021-04-20) 20:15	Report	Pro Recco	13–6	Olympiacos	Rome Referees: Koryzna (POL), Buch (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 5–3, 5–0, 1–2
		Di Fulvio 5	Goals	Argyropoulos, Daube 2

21 April 2021 (2021-04-21) 15:15	Report	Ortigia Siracusa	8–8	Spandau 04	Rome Referees: Zwart (NED), Buch (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–1, 4–3, 0–1
		Napolitano 3	Goals	Kholod 4

21 April 2021 (2021-04-21) 17:45	Report	Olympiacos	11–7	CN Marseille	Rome Referees: Franulović (CRO), Mišković (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–2, 3–1, 3–2
		Genidounias, Mourikis 3	Goals	Crousillat 4

21 April 2021 (2021-04-21) 20:15	Report	Jug CO Dubrovnik	11–12	Pro Recco	Rome Referees: Stavridis (GRE), Marjay (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–4, 3–1, 3–4
		Merkulov 4	Goals	Figlioli 3

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	FTC	BAR	BRE	HAN	DTB	JHN
1	FTC Telekom	10	8	2	113	73	+40	24	Final 8	—	11–10	7–10	13–9	15–11	12–5
2	Zodiac CNA Barceloneta	10	8	2	119	81	+38	24		7–8	—	10–9	12–8	17–5	13–11
3	AN Brescia	10	7	3	117	80	+37	21		9–6	6–8	—	19–11	14–6	6–7
4	Waspo 98 Hannover	10	3	7	89	122	−33	9		6–19	8–16	10–18	—	10–3	9–4
5	Dinamo Tbilisi	10	2	8	74	121	−47	6		4–11	6–14	9–15	6–7	—	11–8
6	Jadran Herceg Novi	10	2	8	74	109	−35	6		2–11	9–12	6–11	12–11	10–13	—

Source: LEN

15 December 2020 (2020-12-15) 14:00	Report	Dinamo Tbilisi	9–15	AN Brescia	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Scwartz (ISR), Achladiotis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 1–4, 1–6, 3–3
		Jelaca 3	Goals	Vlachopoulos 5

15 December 2020 (2020-12-15) 16:30	Report	Jadran Herceg Novi	2–11	FTC Telekom	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Voevodin (RUS), Schapers (NED)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 0–3, 1-4, 1–2
		Vućurović, Averka 1	Goals	Constantin-Bicari 3

15 December 2020 (2020-12-15) 19:00	Report	Waspo 98 Hannover	8–16	Zodiac CNA Barceloneta	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Tiozzo (CRO), Koryzna (POL)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–5, 1–4, 2–4
		three players 2	Goals	Munarriz 6

16 December 2020 (2020-12-16) 14:00	Report	Zodiac CNA Barceloneta	17–5	Dinamo Tbilisi	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Koryzna (POL), Marjay (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 5–0, 4–2, 5–3, 3–0
		Granados 5	Goals	Jelaca 2

16 December 2020 (2020-12-16) 16:30	Report	FTC Telekom	7–10	AN Brescia	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Achladiotis (GRE), Tiozzo (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–2, 4-4, 1–1
		Fountoulis 2	Goals	Cannella 3

16 December 2020 (2020-12-16) 19:00	Report	Jadran Herceg Novi	12–11	Waspo 98 Hannover	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Scwartz (ISR), Voevodin (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–4, 3–5, 3–1
		Averka 5	Goals	Radović, Nagaev 4

17 December 2020 (2020-12-17) 14:00	Report	Dinamo Tbilisi	11–8	Jadran Herceg Novi	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Marjay (HUN), Schapers (NED)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–3, 3–0, 4–4
		Bitadze, Jelaca 3	Goals	Radović 3

17 December 2020 (2020-12-17) 16:30	Report	Waspo 98 Hannover	6–19	FTC Telekom	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Achladiotis (GRE), Koryzna (POL)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 0–3, 1-4, 1–2
		Kubisch 2	Goals	Vígvári 4

17 December 2020 (2020-12-17) 19:00	Report	AN Brescia	6–8	Zodiac CNA Barceloneta	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Voevodin (RUS), Scwartz (ISR)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–3, 0–2, 3–2
		Cannella, Vlachopoulos 2	Goals	Munarriz 4

2 March 2021 (2021-03-02) 14:00	Report	FTC Telekom	11–10	Zodiac CNA Barceloneta	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Dervieux (FRA), Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–3, 4–3, 2–1
		Zalánki, Fountoulis 3	Goals	Granados, Perrone 3

2 March 2021 (2021-03-02) 16:30	Report	Waspo 98 Hannover	10–3	Dinamo Tbilisi	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Alexandrescu (ROU), Colombo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 2–0, 2–0, 3-1, 3–3
		Radović 3	Goals	three players 1

2 March 2021 (2021-03-02) 19:00	Report	Jadran Herceg Novi	6–11	AN Brescia	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Stavridis (GRE), Gomez (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–1, 0–2, 3–4
		Radović, Averka 2	Goals	Joković 3

3 March 2021 (2021-03-03) 14:00	Report	AN Brescia	19–11	Waspo 98 Hannover	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Stavridis (GRE), Dervieux (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 6–5, 5–3, 6–3
		three players 3	Goals	Nagaev 4

3 March 2021 (2021-03-03) 16:30	Report	Dinamo Tbilisi	4–11	FTC Telekom	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Alexandrescu (ROU), Gomez (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 0–5, 1–3, 2-1, 1–2
		Vapenski 2	Goals	four players 2

3 March 2021 (2021-03-03) 19:00	Report	Jadran Herceg Novi	9–12	Zodiac CNA Barceloneta	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Kun (HUN), Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–2, 2–3, 3–5
		Averka 4	Goals	Granados 4

4 March 2021 (2021-03-04) 14:00	Report	AN Brescia	14–6	Dinamo Tbilisi	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Kun (HUN), Dervieux (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 5–3, 2–0, 3–2
		Joković 3	Goals	Jelaca 2

4 March 2021 (2021-03-04) 16:30	Report	Zodiac CNA Barceloneta	12–8	Waspo 98 Hannover	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Alexandrescu (ROU), Colombo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–3, 2-3, 3–1
		Munarriz 3	Goals	three players 2

4 March 2021 (2021-03-04) 19:00	Report	FTC Telekom	12–5	Jadran Herceg Novi	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Stavridis (GRE), Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–2, 3–1, 3–1
		Vígvári 4	Goals	Radović 2

5 March 2021 (2021-03-05) 14:00	Report	Dinamo Tbilisi	6–14	Zodiac CNA Barceloneta	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Colombo (ITA), Dervieux (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 0–4, 3–4, 3–3
		Vapenski 2	Goals	Bodegas, Aleksić 4

5 March 2021 (2021-03-05) 16:30	Report	AN Brescia	9–6	FTC Telekom	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Alexandrescu (ROU), Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–0, 1–2, 2–1
		three players 2	Goals	three players 2

5 March 2021 (2021-03-05) 19:00	Report	Waspo 98 Hannover	9–4	Jadran Herceg Novi	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Kun (HUN), Gomez (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–1, 3–1, 2–1
		Radović 3	Goals	Averka 2

20 April 2021 (2021-04-20) 14:00	Report	FTC Telekom	13–9	Waspo 98 Hannover	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Putniković (SRB), Voevodin (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 2–1, 3–4, 4–1
		Varga 6	Goals	Ćorušić, Nagaev 2

20 April 2021 (2021-04-20) 16:30	Report	Jadran Herceg Novi	10–13	Dinamo Tbilisi	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Colombo (ITA), Peris (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 1–2, 2–4, 4–3
		Averka 4	Goals	six players 2

20 April 2021 (2021-04-20) 19:00	Report	Zodiac CNA Barceloneta	10–9	AN Brescia	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Margeta (SLO), Dervieux (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–4, 5–2, 1–0
		Mallarach 3	Goals	Cannella 3

21 April 2021 (2021-04-21) 14:00	Report	Dinamo Tbilisi	6–7	Waspo 98 Hannover	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Margeta (SLO), Kun (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–2, 3–1, 0–3
		Sarić 3	Goals	Muslim 4

21 April 2021 (2021-04-21) 16:30	Report	AN Brescia	6–7	Jadran Herceg Novi	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Dervieux (FRA), Voevodin (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 0–0, 1–3, 3–2
		six players 1	Goals	Radović 2

21 April 2021 (2021-04-21) 19:00	Report	Zodiac CNA Barceloneta	7–8	FTC Telekom	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Peris (CRO), Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–2, 2–3, 3–1
		Bodegas 3	Goals	Fountoulis 4

22 April 2021 (2021-04-22) 14:00	Report	Zodiac CNA Barceloneta	13–11	Jadran Herceg Novi	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Margeta (SLO), Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 5–2, 3–3, 3–3, 2–3
		Granados 5	Goals	Averka 4

22 April 2021 (2021-04-22) 16:30	Report	FTC Telekom	15–11	Dinamo Tbilisi	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Dervieux (FRA), Colombo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 5–3, 4–2, 2–2, 4–4
		Vámos, Vigvári 3	Goals	four players 2

22 April 2021 (2021-04-22) 19:00	Report	Waspo 98 Hannover	10–18	AN Brescia	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Peris (CRO), Kun (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 3–5, 2–3, 2–6, 3–4
		Schuetze 4	Goals	Vlachopoulos 4

Notes

CET (UTC+1) for dates up to 27 March 2021 (matchday 1–7), and CEST (UTC+2) for dates thereafter (matchdays 8–10).

References

"LEN Champions League Draw sets up non-stop thrilling in Group A". len.eu. 19 October 2020.

External links

Official website, len.microplustiming.com

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