2018–19 LEN Champions League


The 2018–19 LEN Champions League is the 56th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs.

Overview

Team allocation

12 teams are directly qualified for the Preliminary round.

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. 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.
Advance to the Final EightHome team winDrawAway team win

Group A

Group B

Final Eight

6–8 June 2018—Hannover, Germany

Qualified teams

Bracket


2018–19 LEN Champions League
Champions

FTC Telekom Budapest
1st title

;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