LEN Champions League

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Sport Water polo Continent Europe Most titles Pro Recco (8 titles) President Gianni Lonzi		Country LEN members Most recent champion(s) Jug (4th title) Date founded 1963

No. of teams 18 (preliminary stage) 12 (group stage) Instances 2016–17 LEN Champions League

The LEN Champions League is the premier European water polo club competition with teams from up to 18 different countries. It is run by the Ligue Européenne de Natation.

Names of the competition

1963–1996: Champions Cup

1996–2003: Champions League

2003–2011: LEN Euroleague

2011–present: LEN Champions League

Titles by nation

*^A Results until the breakup of Yugoslavia in early 1990s. Clubs from present day Serbia won the title 6 times and were runners-up additional 3 times, clubs from present day Croatia won the title 7 and were runners-up once time.

*^B The results of West Germany counted with those of Germany.

*^C Results until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Clubs from present day Russia won the title 2 times and were runners-up additional 5 times, clubs from present day Kazakhstan were runners-up once time.

*^D FR Yugoslavia and Serbia & Montenegro was the same State.

Records

Pro Recco has been the most successful club, having won the competition a record eight times.

Mladost is the only club to have won the competition three times in a row (1968, 1969, 1970).

Partizan is the only club to have won the European Championship twice in a row for two times (1966, 1967 & 1975, 1976).

Spandau 04 (1986, 1987), Mladost (1990, 1991), Jadran Split (1992, 1993), Posillipo (1997, 1998) and Pro Recco (2007, 2008) are the other five teams to have won the European Championship twice in a row, only for one time.

References

LEN Champions League Wikipedia

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Contents

Names of the competition

Titles by nation

Records

References