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Sport
  
Water Polo

Runners-up
  
Primorac Kotor

Finals champion
  
Pro Recco

Finals champions
  
Pro Recco (6th title)

Start date
  
October 9, 2009

2009–10 LEN Euroleague

Duration
  
9 October 2009 to 15 May 2010

Number of teams
  
16 (Preliminary Round) 34 (Total)

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The LEN Euroleague 2009-2010 is the 47th edition of Europe's premier club water polo competition. It began on October 9 and ended on May 15.

Contents

Format

The Euroleague is run in five phases:

  • First qualifying round, played as a single round robin tournament at the site of one of the teams competing (2 groups of 4, 2 groups of 5)
  • Second qualifying round, played as a single round robin tournament at the site of one of the teams competing (4 groups of 4)
  • Group (or preliminary) stage, played as a double round robin, home and away (4 groups of 4)
  • Quarterfinals, played as a knockout round on aggregrate, home and away
  • Final Four, played as a single knockout tournament at a neutral site (Semifinals, 3rd place game, and final)

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    Seeding

    Seeded countries
    The eight countries with the best placed team in the preliminary rounds, or main group stage, in the previous year's competition, LEN Euroleague 2008–09 are seeded for this year's competition. Each seeded country earns 1 place in the main group stage, 1 place in the second qualifying round, and 1 place in the first qualifying round. These countries are:

    Unseeded countries
    All other countries were invited to enter up to two clubs into the first qualifying round.

    Quarter-finals

    The first legs were played on 24 March, and the second legs were played on 14 April 2010.

    References

    2009–10 LEN Euroleague Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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