LEN Champions League records and statistics explained

This page details statistics of the European Cup, Euroleague and Champions League.

General performances

By club

Performance in the European Cup/Euroleague/LEN Champions League by club

scope=col	Club	scope=col	Winners	scope=col	Runners-up	scope=col	Years won	scope=col	Years runner-up
scope=row	Pro Recco	10	7	1965, 1984, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2021, 2022	1967, 1970, 1972, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2018
scope=row	HAVK Mladost	7	4	1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1990, 1991, 1996	1971, 1993, 1997, 2000
scope=row	Partizan	7	3	1964, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1976, 2011	1965, 1973, 1980
scope=row	Spandau 04	4	4	1983, 1986, 1987, 1989	1981, 1982, 1988, 1990
scope=row	Jug Dubrovnik	4	4	1981, 2001, 2006, 2016	2007, 2008, 2013, 2017
scope=row	Posillipo	3	0	1997, 1998, 2005
scope=row	Olympiacos	2	3	2002, 2018	2001, 2016, 2019
scope=row	Orvosegyetem	2	2	1973, 1979	1974, 1975
scope=row	Vasas	2	1	1980, 1985	1976
scope=row	Jadran Split	2	0	1992, 1993
scope=row	Honvéd	1	3	2004	2002, 2003, 2005
scope=row	CSKA Moscow	1	2	1977	1978, 1985
scope=row	Újpest	1	2	1994	1995, 1996
scope=row	Catalunya	1	2	1995	1989, 1994
scope=row	Canottieri Napoli	1	1	1978	1991
scope=row	Pescara	1	1	1988	1998
scope=row	Bečej	1	1	2000	1999
scope=row	Primorac Kotor	1	1	2009	2010
scope=row	FTC Telekom Budapest	1	1	2019	2021
scope=row	MGU Moscow	1	0	1974
scope=row	Barcelona	1	0	1982
scope=row	POŠK	1	0	1999
scope=row	Crvena zvezda	1	0	2013
scope=row	Atlètic-Barceloneta	1	0	2014
scope=row	Szolnok	1	0	2017
scope=row	Dynamo Moscow	0	3		1964, 1969, 1987
scope=row	Primorje Rijeka	0	2		2012, 2015
scope=row	Magdeburg	0	1		1966
scope=row	Dinamo Bucureşti	0	1		1968
scope=row	Zian	0	1		1977
scope=row	Montjuïc	0	1		1979
scope=row	Dynamo Alma-Ata	0	1		1983
scope=row	Alphen ZC	0	1		1984
scope=row	BVSC	0	1		1986
scope=row	Savona	0	1		1992
scope=row	Jadran Herceg Novi	0	1		2004
scope=row	Radnički Kragujevac	0	1		2014
scope=row	Novi Beograd	0	1		2022

By nation

width=12%	Country	Winners	Runners-up	Winning clubs	Runners-up
	15	10	Pro Recco (10), Posillipo (3), Canottieri Napoli (1), Pescara (1)	Pro Recco (7), Canottieri Napoli (1), Savona (1), Pescara (1)
	14	6	Partizan (6), HAVK Mladost (6), Jug Dubrovnik (1), Bečej (1)	Partizan (3), HAVK Mladost (1), Bečej (1), Jadran Herceg Novi (1)
	8	9	Orvosegyetem (2), Vasas (2), Újpest (1), Honvéd (1), Szolnok (1), FTC (1)	Honvéd (3), Orvosegyetem (2), Újpest (2), Vasas (1), Budapesti VSC (1)
	7	9	Jadran Split (2), Jug Dubrovnik (3), HAVK Mladost (1), POŠK Split (1)	Jug Dubrovnik (4), HAVK Mladost (3), Primorje Rijeka (2)
	4	4	Spandau 04 (4)	Spandau 04 (4)
	2	2	Partizan (1), Crvena zvezda (1)	Radnički Kragujevac (1), Novi Beograd (1)
	3	3	Barcelona (1), Catalunya (1), Atlètic-Barceloneta (1)	Catalunya (2), Montjuïc (1)
	2	6	MGU Moscow (1), CSKA Moscow (1)	Dynamo Moscow (3), CSKA Moscow (2), Dynamo Alma-Ata (1)
	2	3	Olympiacos (2)	Olympiacos (3)
	1	1	Primorac Kotor (1)	Primorac Kotor (1)
	0	2		Zian (1), Alphen (1)
	0	1		Magdeburg (1)
	0	1		Dinamo București (1)

Notes

• Results until the Breakup of Yugoslavia in early 1990s. Clubs from present day Serbia won the title six times and were runners-up additional three times, clubs from present day Croatia won the title seventh and were runners-up once times.
• Results until the Dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Clubs from present day Russia won the title two times and were runners-up additional five times, clubs from present day Kazakhstan were runners-up once times.

By city

City	Winners	Runners-up	Winning clubs	Runners-up
Recco			Pro Recco (10)	Pro Recco (7)
Belgrade			Partizan (7), Crvena zvezda (1)	Partizan (3), Novi Beograd (1)
Budapest			Orvosegyetem (2), Vasas (2), Újpest (1), Honvéd (1), FTC (1)	Honvéd (3), Orvosegyetem (2), Újpest (2), Vasas (1), Budapesti VSC (1)
Zagreb			HAVK Mladost (7)	HAVK Mladost (4)
Berlin			Spandau 04 (4)	Spandau 04 (4)
Dubrovnik			Jug Dubrovnik (4)	Jug Dubrovnik (4)
Naples			Posillipo (3), Canottieri Napoli (1)	Canottieri Napoli (1)
Barcelona			Barcelona (1), Catalunya (1), Atlètic-Barceloneta (1)	Catalunya (2), Montjuïc (1)
Split			Jadran Split (2), POŠK Split (1)
Moscow			MGU Moscow (1), CSKA Moscow (1)	Dynamo Moscow (3), CSKA Moscow (2)
Piraeus			Olympiacos (2)	Olympiacos (3)
Pescara			Pescara (1)	Pescara (1)
Bečej			Bečej (1)	Bečej (1)
Kotor			Primorac Kotor (1)	Primorac Kotor (1)
Szolnok			Szolnok (1)
Magdeburg				Magdeburg (1)
București				Dinamo București (1)
The Hague				Zian (1)
Almaty				Dynamo Alma-Ata (1)
Alphen aan den Rijn				Alphen (1)
Savona				Savona (1)
Herceg Novi				Jadran Herceg Novi (1)
Kragujevac				Radnički Kragujevac (1)

Clubs

By semi-final appearances (European Cup, Euroleague and LEN Champions League)

Team	No. of Appearances	Years in Semi-finals
Pro Recco		1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1979, 1983, 1984, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Partizan		1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1985, 1988, 1989, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014
HAVK Mladost		1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012
Jug Dubrovnik		1981, 1984, 1986, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Spandau 04		1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 2003
CSKA Moscow		1965, 1966, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1985, 1990, 1991
Vasas		1976, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1990, 2008, 2012
Posillipo		1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006
Olympiacos		2001, 2002, 2007, 2016, 2018, 2019
Dynamo Moscow		1964, 1969, 1971, 1987, 1999
Magdeburg		1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969
Dinamo București		1967, 1968, 1973, 1975, 1988
Orvosegyetem		1970, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1979
Barceloneta		2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019
Barcelona		1970, 1982, 1996, 1997
Canottieri Napoli		1974, 1976, 1978, 1991
Újpest		1987, 1994, 1995, 1996
Bečej		1997, 1999, 2000, 2001
Honvéd		2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Primorje Rijeka		2004, 2012, 2014, 2015
De Robben		1972, 1975, 1976
Würzburg 05		1977, 1978, 1979
Montjuïc		1979, 1980, 1986
Primorac Kotor		1987, 2009, 2010
Catalunya		1989, 1994, 1995
Jadran Split		1992, 1993, 1994
Alphen		1982, 1984
Budapesti VSC		1986, 2000
Pescara		1988, 1998
Savona		1992, 2006
Polar Bears Ede		1992, 1993
POŠK Split		1999, 2000
Szolnok		2016, 2017
Duisburg		1964
SKK Stockholm		1971
MGU Moscow		1974
Zian		1977
Ethnikos		1981
Dynamo Alma-Ata		1983
Ferencváros		1989
Olympic Nice		1993
Spartak Volgograd		1998
Jadran Herceg Novi		2004
Shturm Chekhov		2004
Budva		2011
Crvena zvezda		2013
Radnički Kragujevac		2014
Eger		2017
FTC		2019
Team in Bold:	Finalist team in season

All-time table for semi-finalists and clubs with at least 10 participations in the main tournament

As of the end of 2022/23 season

Wins/Defeats after penalty shootout counted as draws.

SF/F4 appearances in brackets denote finishes in the top 4 out of total, when group stage was played to determine the winner.

Total participations - includes unsuccessful participations in qualifications for the main tournament in addition to participations in the main tournament.

Season 2019/20 in statistic of the 'main tournament' is ONLY included in 'participations' column, because teams did not play an equal number of games in the group stage.

Country	Team	Main tournament												Total					Qualifications
									Wins		Defeats
NED	Alphen	9	0	2(1)	44	10	3	31					1977/78
ESP	Barcelona	20	1	4(1)	81	25	8	48					1963/64
ESP	Barceloneta	22	1	7	202	104	26	72					1970/71
SRB	Bečej	6	1	4	56	35	4	17					1996/97
ITA	Brescia	14	0	2	144	69	16	59					2004/05
MNE	Budva	4	0	1	36	14	2	20					2008/09
HUN	BVSC	8	0	2	53	25	8	20					1966/67
ITA	Canottieri Napoli	5	1	4(3)	31	15	2	14					1963/64
ESP	Catalunya	6	1	3	31	13	7	11					1988/89
SRB	Crvena zvezda	3	1	1	42	11	2	29					2012/13
RUS	CSK VMF Moscow	13	1	10(5)	62	29	14	19					1964/65
NED	De Robben	8	0	3(3)	35	10	1	24					1967/68
ROM	Dinamo București	11	0	5(2)	46	19	3	24					1964/65
GER	Duisburg	2	0	1(1)	8	2	0	6					1963/64
KAZ	Dynamo Alma-Ata	1	0	1(1)	3	2	0	1					1982/83
GER	Dynamo Magdeburg	5	0	5(2)	29	13	4	12					1963/64
RUS	Dynamo Moscow	11	0	5(2)	83	43	7	33					1963/64
HUN	Eger	12	0	1	122	47	14	61					2006/07
GRE	Ethnikos Piraeus	15	0	1(1)	54	8	6	40	+16	19	–17	–24	1963/64	27	156	60	12	84
HUN	Ferencváros	8	1	4	80	47	7	26					1963/64 1965/66
HUN	Honved	8	1	4	70	42	5	23					2001/02
MNE	Jadran Herceg Novi	12	0	1	101	35	15	51					2003/04
CRO	Jadran Split	7	2	3	58	23	4	31					1991/92
CRO	Jug	27	4	16(1)	271	164	30	77					1980/81
SVK	Košice	11	0	0	33	5	2	26					1971/72
FRA	Marseille	18	0	0	105	31	4	70					1968/69
RUS	MGU Moscow	2	1	1(1)	10	7	2	1					1973/74
CRO	Mladost	26	7	18(2)	195	110	22	63					1967/68
ESP	Montjuïc	3	0	3(2)	17	6	4	7					1978/79
SRB	Novi Beograd	2	0	2	34	22	6	6					2021/22
GRE	Olympiakos	29	2	6	246	123	29	94					1969/70
FRA	Olympic Nice	11	0	1	76	17	6	53					1992/93
HUN	OSC	12	2	5(4)	94	41	10	43					1969/70
SRB	Partizan	34	7	21(10)	259	142	29	88					1963/64
ITA	Pescara	4	1	2	18	10	2	6					1987/88
NED	Polar Bears Ede	3	0	2	10	5	1	4					1990/91
ITA	Posillipo	16	3	9	102	62	7	33					1985/86
CRO	POŠK	2	1	2	25	20	1	4					1998/99
MNE	Primorac	6	1	3	47	30	5	12					1986/87
CRO	Primorje	7	0	4	72	41	9	22					2003/04
ITA	Pro Recco	31	11	26(3)	283	223	17	43					1964/65
SRB	Radnički Kragujevac	4	0	1	50	22	4	24					2013/14
ITA	Savona	3	0	2	18	10	0	8					1991/92
GER	Spandau 04	36	4	15(3)	270	91	31	148					1979/80
RUS	Shturm	5	0	1	34	8	6	20					2003/04
SWE	SKK Stockholm	6	0	1(1)	23	4	1	18					1969/70
RUS	Spartak Volgograd	9	0	1	62	27	7	28					1997/98
HUN	Szolnok	7	1	2	71	47	6	18					1964/65
HUN	Újpest	4	1	3	23	11	5	7					1986/87
HUN	Vasas	19	2	9(4)	126	61	20	45					1975/76
GRE	Vouliagmeni	6	0	1	54	23	3	28					1991/92
GER	Würzburg 05	4	0	3(3)	21	10	0	11					1974/75
NED	Zian	1	0	1(1)	6	3	1	2					1976/77

Euroleague and LEN Champions League Final4, Final6, Final8

The history of the LEN Champions League (Euroleague) Final Four system, which was permanently introduced in the 1996–97 season.

By season

Final4

width=6%	Season	width=16%	1st Place	width=16%	2nd Place	width=16%	3rd Place	width=16%	4th Place
	Posillipo	HAVK Mladost	Barcelona	Bečej
	Posillipo	Pescara	HAVK Mladost	Spartak Volgograd
	POŠK Split	Bečej	Dynamo Moscow	Posillipo
	Bečej	HAVK Mladost	Budapesti VSC	POŠK Split
	Jug Dubrovnik	Olympiacos	Posillipo	Bečej
	Olympiacos	Honvéd	Posillipo	Jug Dubrovnik
	Pro Recco	Honvéd	HAVK Mladost	Spandau 04
	Honvéd	Jadran Herceg Novi	Primorje Rijeka	Shturm Chekhov
	Posillipo	Honvéd	Pro Recco	Jug Dubrovnik
	Jug Dubrovnik	Pro Recco	Posillipo	Savona
	Pro Recco	Jug Dubrovnik	Partizan	Olympiacos
	Pro Recco	Jug Dubrovnik	Vasas	HAVK Mladost
	Primorac Kotor	Pro Recco	Jug Dubrovnik	HAVK Mladost
	Pro Recco	Primorac Kotor	Partizan	Jug Dubrovnik
	Partizan	Pro Recco	HAVK Mladost	Budva
	Pro Recco	Primorje Rijeka	HAVK Mladost	Vasas
	Crvena zvezda	Jug Dubrovnik	CNA Barceloneta	Partizan

Final6

width=6%	Season	width=14%	1st Place	width=14%	2nd Place	width=14%	3rd Place	width=14%	4th Place	width=14%	5th Place	width=14%	6th Place
	CNA Barceloneta	Radnički Kragujevac	Primorje Rijeka	Partizan	Brescia	Pro Recco
	Pro Recco	Primorje Rijeka	CNA Barceloneta	Jug Dubrovnik	Egrer	Szolnok
	Jug Dubrovnik	Olympiacos	Szolnok	Pro Recco	CNA Barceloneta	Egrer
	Szolnok	Jug Dubrovnik	Pro Recco	Egrer	Brescia	Olympiacos

Final8

width=6%	Season	width=12%	1st Place	width=12%	2nd Place	width=12%	3rd Place	width=12%	4th Place	width=12%	5th Place	width=12%	6th Place	width=12%	7th Place	width=12%	8th Place
	Olympiacos	Pro Recco	CNA Barceloneta	Jug CO	Szolnoki VSC	ZF Eger	AN Brescia	Spandau 04
	FTC Telekom Budapest	Olympiacos	Pro Recco	CNA Barceloneta	AN Brescia	Jug CO	BPM Sport Management	Waspo 98 Hannover

Countries

• Only on three occasions has the final of the tournament involved two teams from the same country:
  • 1971 Yugoslavia: Partizan vs HAVK Mladost 4–4
  • 1993 Croatia: Jadran Split vs HAVK Mladost 13–12 (7–8, 6–4)
  • 1998 Italy: Posillipo vs Pescara 8–6
• The country providing the highest number of wins is Yugoslavia with 13 victories, shared by two teams, Partizan (6), HAVK Mladost (6) and Jug Dubrovnik (1)

Country representation in the main tournament

Qualifications not included.

Country	Debut	<	--no. of seasons that a country had a club in the main stage -->	Clubs
			No.	List with debut ssn
AUT	1963/64
BLR	2012/13
BEL	1963/64
BUL	1963/64
CRO	1967/68
DEN	1979/80
FRA	1963/64
GEO	2012/13
GER	1963/64
GBR	1971/72
GRE	1963/64
HUN	1964/65
ITA	1963/64
KAZ	1982/83
MLT	2001/02
MNE	1986/87
NED	1963/64
POL	1963/64
ROM	1963/64
RUS	1963/64
SRB	1963/64
SVK	1971/72
SLO	1998/99
ESP	1964/65
SWE	1966/67
SUI	1977/78
TUR	1975/76
UKR	1998/99

External links

• http://www.len.eu
• https://web.archive.org/web/20150513034438/http://www.len.eu/Disciplines/water-polo/clubs-pages/champions-league.aspx