The 2014–15
LEN Euro Cup
The European Aquatics Euro Cup is the second-tier European water polo club competition run by the European Aquatics for those clubs who did not qualify for the European Aquatics Champions League. The cup was inaugurated in 1992. From 2024, afte ...
was the second tier of European competition in water polo. It ran from 30 October 2014 to 11 April 2015, and it was contested by twenty one teams from twelve countries.
Overview
Team allocation
*CL: Transferred from the Champions League
**Q2: Third and fourth-placed teams from the QR2
**Q1: Sixth-placed teams from the QR1
Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition is as follows.
Qualifying rounds
Qualification round I
*10–12 October
Qualification round II
*30 October-2 November
Twelve teams will take part in the quarter-finals. They will be drawn into five groups of five or six teams, whose played on 30 October–2 November 2014. Group winners and runners-up teams of each group advance to quarter finals.
Group A
Vouliagmeni
Vouliagmeni (, meaning "sunken") is a seaside suburb and former municipality 20 km south of Athens city centre. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni, of which it is a municipal unit. The ...
has the right to organize the tournament.
Group B
Valletta
Valletta ( ; , ) is the capital city of Malta and one of its 68 Local councils of Malta, council areas. Located between the Grand Harbour to the east and Marsamxett Harbour to the west, its population as of 2021 was 5,157. As Malta’s capital ...
has the right to organize the tournament.
Group C
Olympic Nice
Olympic Nice Natation is a French water polo and swimming club from Nice, founded in 1989.
Its men's team won eight national championships in a row between 1997 and 2004, while its women's team has been successful in recent years, with four cham ...
has the right to organize the tournament.
Group D
Savona
Savona (; ) is a seaport and (municipality) in the west part of the northern Italian region of Liguria, and the capital of the Province of Savona. Facing the Ligurian Sea, Savona is the main center of the Riviera di Ponente (the western se ...
has the right to organize the tournament.
Knockout stage
Bracket
Quarter-finals
*29 November 2014 1st match
*17 December 2014 2nd match
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:
*In the draw for the quarter-finals, the four group winners were seeded, and the four group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association could not be drawn against each other.
The first legs were played on 29 November, and the second legs were played on 17 December 2014.
Semi-finals
The draw was held on 10 January 2015 in
Belgrade
Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. T ...
,
Serbia
, image_flag = Flag of Serbia.svg
, national_motto =
, image_coat = Coat of arms of Serbia.svg
, national_anthem = ()
, image_map =
, map_caption = Location of Serbia (gree ...
. The first legs were played on 11 February, and the second legs were played on 4 March 2015.
Finals
The first leg were played on 28 March, and the second leg were played on 11 April 2015.
See also
*
2014–15 LEN Champions League
The 2014–15 LEN Champions League was the 52nd edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. It ran from 26 September 2014 to 30 May 2015, and it is contested by 26 teams from 13 countries. The Final Six (quarterfinals, semifi ...
References
External links
LEN Euro Cup(official website)
{{DEFAULTSORT:2014-15 LEN Euro Cup
LEN Euro Cup seasons
Euro Cup
The UEFA European Football Championship, less formally the European Championship and informally the Euro or Euros, is the primary association football tournament organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). The competition ...
2014 in men's water polo
2015 in men's water polo