| 2015–16 LEN Champions League | |
| League: | LEN Champions League |
| Sport: | Water Polo |
| Duration: | 4 September 2015 to 4 June 2016 |
| No Of Teams: | 12 (preliminary round) 27 (total) |
| Mvp: |  Filip Filipović (Pro Recco) |
| Top Scorer: |  Denes Varga 33 goals (Szolnok) |
| Playoffs: | Final Six |
| Finals Champ: | Jug Dubrovnik (4th Title) |
| Finals Runner-Up: | Olympiacos |
| Finals Mvp: |  Felipe Perrone (Jug Dubrovnik) |
| Seasonslist: | LEN Champions League |
| Seasonslistnames: | Champions League |
| Prevseason Link: | 2014–15 LEN Champions League |
| Prevseason Year: | 2014–15 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2016–17 LEN Champions League |
| Nextseason Year: | 2016–17 |
The 2015–16 LEN Champions League was the 53rd edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. It ran from 4 September 2015 to 4 June 2016, and was contested by 27 teams from 13 countries. The Final Six (quarterfinals, semifinals, final, and third place game) took place on 2, 3 & 4 June in Budapest.
See also: 2015–16 LEN Champions League squads.
8 teams are directly qualified for the preliminary round.
| Preliminary round | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Jug | Spandau 04 | Eger | Partizan |
| Atlètic-Barceloneta | Olympiacos |  Pro ReccoTH |  Galatasaray |
| Qualification round II | |||
| Primorje | Szolnok | Radnički Kragujevac | Vouliagmeni |
| Duisburg | Brescia | Sabadell | |
| Qualification round I | |||
| Mladost |  Spartak Volgograd |  Jadran |  Montpellier |
| Verona |  Oradea | Budva |  Valletta |
| Marseille | Orvosegyetem | Waspo 98 Hannover |  Lokomotiv Tbilisi |
The schedule of the competition is as follows.[1]
| Phase | Round | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifying | Qualification round I | 4–6 September 2015 | |
| Qualification round II | 18–20 September 2015 | ||
| Qualification round III (play-off round) | 3 October 2015 | 17 October 2015 | |
| Preliminary round | Matchday 1 | 28 October 2015 | |
| Matchday 2 | 11 November 2015 | ||
| Matchday 3 | 28 November 2015 | ||
| Matchday 4 | 16 December 2015 | ||
| Matchday 5 | 3 February 2016 | ||
| Matchday 6 | 10 February 2016 | ||
| Matchday 7 | 30 March 2016 | ||
| Matchday 8 | 16 April 2016 | ||
| Matchday 9 | 30 April 2016 | ||
| Matchday 10 | 18 May 2016 | ||
| Final 6 (Budapest) | Quarter-finals | 2 June 2016 | |
| Semi-finals | 3 June 2016 | ||
| Final | 4 June 2016 | ||
Twelve teams took part in the Qualification round I. They were drawn into three groups of four teams, whose played on 4–6 September 2015. Top 3 teams of each group advance to qualification round II.[2]
Tournament was played in Herceg Novi, Montenegro.
Tournament was played in Valletta, Malta.
Tournament was played in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Sixteen teams took part in the Qualification round II. Nine teams from first round and seven teams with wild cards. These clubs formed four groups of four and had round robin tournaments at four host cities on 18–20 October. Top 2 of these groups advance to play-off (qualification round 3).[3]
Tournament was played in Athens, Greece.
Tournament was played in Hannover, Germany.
Tournament was played in Rijeka, Croatia.
Tournament was played in Busto Arsizio, Italy.
| Key to colors | |
|---|---|
| Seeded in qualification round III draw | |
| Unseeded in qualification round III draw |
| Group | width=175 | Winners | width=175 | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | OSC Budapest | AN Brescia | ||
| E | Szolnoki VSK | Waspo Hannover | ||
| F | VK Primorje | CN Marseille | ||
| G | Jadran Carine | Digi Oradea |
Eight teams took part in the Qualification round III. These teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follow:
The first legs were played on 3 October, and the second legs were played on 17 October 2015.[4]
Main article: 2015–16 LEN Champions League preliminary round
The regular season was played between 28 October 2015 and 18 May 2016.If teams are level on record at the end of the preliminary round, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 28 October, 11 November, 28 November, 16 December 2015, 3 February, 10 February, 30 March, 16 April, 30 April, and 18 May 2016. The top three teams advanced to the final six.
The Final Six (quarterfinals, semifinals, third place game and final) were played in Budapest, Hungary from 2 to 4 June 2016.[5]
Hajós Alfréd Nemzeti Sportuszoda, Budapest, Hungary
| 2015–16 LEN Champions League Champions | |
|---|---|
Jug Dubrovnik 4st title | |
| Marko Bijac, Marko Bautovic, Hrvonje Benic, Ivo Brailo, Cristijan Kulina, Loren Fatović, Javier García, Toni Jarak, Maro Jokovic, Filip Krzic, Luka Lončar, Marko Ivankovic, Marko Macan, Jacob Mercep, Paulo Obradovic, Nikola Pavlicevic, Pavo Markovic, Toni Popadic, Josip Vrlic, Felipe Perrone | |
| Head coach | |
| Vjekoslav Kobešćak |
| width=25 | width=220 | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jug Dubrovnik | |||
| Olympiacos | |||
| Szolnok | |||
| 4 | Pro Recco | ||
| 5 | CNA Barceloneta | ||
| 6 | ZF Eger |
| Total 7 of the Season | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [7] | LW | Ioannis Fountoulis (Olympiacos) | CF | Luka Lončar(Jug) | RW | Maro Joković(Szolnok) |
| LD | Felipe Perrone (Jug Dubrovik) | CB | Milan Aleksić (Szolnok) | RD | Filip Filipović (Pro Recco) | |
| GK | Marko Bijač (Jug Dubrovik) | |||||