2010–11 LEN Cup explained

The 2010–11 Men's LEN Trophy was the second tier of European competition in water polo. It ran from October 2010 to April 2011.

Federation team allocation

Each national federation can enter up to two teams into the LEN Trophy. 16 additional teams eliminated from the qualifying rounds of the 2010/11 Euroleague are transferred to the Men's LEN Trophy.

Distribution

	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round	Teams transferred from Euroleague
First Qualifying Round	1 or 2 teams from each federation
Second Qualifying Round (32 teams)		4 tournament winners from the first qualifying round 4 tournament runners-up from the first qualifying round 4 tournament third-placed teams from the first qualifying round 4 tournament fourth-placed teams from the first qualifying round	4 tournament third-placed teams from the first qualifying round 4 tournament fourth-placed teams from the first qualifying round 4 tournament third-placed teams from the second qualifying round 4 tournament fourth-placed teams from the second qualifying round
Knockout Phase (16 teams)		8 tournament winners from the second qualifying round 8 tournament runners-up from the second qualifying round

Teams

First qualifying round
Douai (3rd)^[1]	Olympic Nice (4th)	Ligamus Tbilisi (1st)^[2]	SV Bayer Uerdingen (3rd)^[3]
SSV Esslingen (4th)	NOP Patras (?)^[4]	AC Paok Thessaloniki (?)	FTC Fisher Clima Budapest (4th)^[5]
Honved Groupama Budapest (5th)	Belfast Wolfhounds (1st)	ASA Tel Aviv (1st)	CN Posillipo Naples (4th)^[6]
RN Florentia (5th)	Akademija Cattaro (4th)^[7]	Val Prancj (5th)	Dinamo SHVSM Moscow (4th)
Rokava Koper (1st)	WC Zac (?)	Enka Istanbul (5th)^[8]	Orta Dogu Ankara (6th)
Ilyechevets Mariupol (2nd)
Second qualifying round
CN Terrassa	Galatasaray Istanbul	ASC Duisburg	Yumze Istanbul
Montpellier Waterpolo	CSM Digi Oradea	Schurmann BRC	Shturm 2002 Chehov
RN Savona	Vouliagmeni NC	Brixia Leonessa Brescia	Sintez Kazan
Spandau 04 Berlin	CN Marseille	Panionios GSS Athens	CH Košice

Round and Draw Dates

Tournament Phase	Draw Date	Tournament
First Qualifying Round	6 August 2010	Ends 10 October 2010
Second Qualifying Round		Ends 24 October 2010
Knockout Phase	Draw Date	1st Leg	2nd Leg
Round of 16		13/14 November 2010	18/19 December 2010
Quarterfinals		19 January 2011	2 February 2011
Semifinals		16 February 2011	9 March 2011
Final		13 April 2011	27 April 2011

Tournament Phase

First qualifying round

Group A (Tbilisi)

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1.	CN Posillipo Naples	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2.	Olympic Nice	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3.	Honved Groupama Budapest	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4.	Enka Istanbul	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5.	ASA Tel Aviv	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6.	Ligamus Tbilisi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group B (Kotor)

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1.	Akademija Cattaro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2.	SV Weiden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3.	Douai	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4.	WC Zac	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5.	Ilyechevets Mariupol	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group C (Esslingen)

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1.	SSV Esslingen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2.	FTC Fisher Clima Budapest	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3.	NOP Patras	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4.	Dinamo SHVSM Moscow	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5.	Belfast Wolfhounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group D (Koper)

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1.	RN Florentia	1	1	0	0	12	7	2
2.	Val Prancj	1	1	0	0	9	6	2
3.	AC Paok Thessaloniki	2	0	1	1	19	22	1
4.	Rokava Koper	2	0	1	1	15	20	1
5.	Orta Dogu Ankara	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Second qualifying round

Knockout rounds

Round of 16

....

Final

Notes and References

Web site: Fédération Française de Natation.
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Web site: ΚΟΛΥΜΒΗΤΙΚΗ ΟΜΟΣΠΟΝΔΙΑ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣ - Υδατοσφαίριση . 10 August 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719073440/http://www.koe.org.gr/PoloStats.aspx?fed=2&type=stats . 19 July 2011 . dead.
Web site: Magyar Vízilabda Szövetség. 10 August 2010. 24 February 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100224124614/http://www.waterpolo.hu/5/?n=27&area=509. dead.
Web site: Waterpoloweb.com - la pallanuoto sul web . https://web.archive.org/web/20120310072506/http://www.waterpoloitaly.com/?pagina=nl_playoff.php&serie=A1M&tipo=Play%20off . 2012-03-10 . www.waterpoloitaly.com.
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