2004–05 LEN Euroleague

The 2004–05 LEN Euroleague was the 42nd edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. It ran from 29 September 2004 to 21 May 2005, and it was contested by thirty five teams from fifteen countries. CN Posillipo defeated defending champion Budapest Honvéd in the final to win its third title, while Pro Recco was third and Jug Dubrovnik fourth.^[1]

2004–05 LEN Euroleague
League	LEN Euroleague
Sport	Water Polo
Duration	29 September 2004 to 21 May 2005
Number of teams	16 (preliminary round) 35 (total)
Final Four
Finals champions	Posillipo (3rd title)
Runners-up	Bp. Honvéd
Euroleague seasons
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

First qualifying round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Brixia Leonessa	5	5	0	0	60	27	+33	15
2	Ferencvárosi	5	4	0	1	39	24	+15	12
3	Galatasaray	5	3	0	2	44	37	+7	9
4	Patras	5	2	0	3	28	36	−8	6
5	Triglav Kranj	5	1	0	4	35	42	−7	3
6	Alphen	5	0	0	5	19	59	−40	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Pro Recco	5	5	0	0	58	17	+41	15
2	Primorac Kotor	4	3	0	1	43	22	+21	9
3	Lodz	5	3	0	2	44	37	+7	9
4	Polar Bears Ede	6	2	0	4	33	36	−3	6
5	Illichivets Mariupol	4	1	0	3	24	43	−19	3
6	Tirol Innsbruck	4	1	0	3	20	147	−127	3
7	ASA Tel Aviv	4	0	0	4	26	46	−20	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Mladost Zagreb	5	5	0	0	81	24	+57	15
2	Yüzme	5	4	0	1	42	44	−2	12
3	CSKA Moscow	5	3	0	2	44	44	0	9
4	Bayer Uerdingen	5	2	0	3	43	54	−11	6
5	Taverny 95	5	1	0	4	40	59	−19	3
6	Koper	5	0	0	5	23	48	−25	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Second qualifying round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Shturm Chekhov	5	5	0	0	66	23	+43	15
2	Mladost Zagreb	5	4	0	1	54	26	+28	12
3	Patras	5	2	0	3	36	41	−5	6
4	Duisburg	5	2	0	3	26	44	−18	6
5	Taverny 95	5	1	0	4	30	61	−31	3
6	Lodz	5	1	0	4	29	46	−17	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Vasas Budapest	5	5	0	0	47	28	+19	15
2	Brixia Leonessa	5	4	0	1	57	24	+33	12
3	Primorac Kotor	5	3	0	2	50	32	+18	9
4	Marseille	5	2	0	3	50	37	+13	6
5	CSKA Moscow	5	1	0	4	30	42	−12	3
6	Tirol Innsbruck	5	0	0	5	12	80	−68	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Posillipo	5	5	0	0	68	20	+48	15
2	Niš	5	4	0	1	35	30	+5	12
3	Ferencvárosi	5	3	0	2	44	32	+12	9
4	Polar Bears Ede	5	2	0	3	35	48	−13	6
5	Illichivets Mariupol	5	1	0	4	22	48	−26	3
6	Yüzme	5	0	0	5	29	58	−29	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Pro Recco	5	5	0	0	54	18	+36	15
2	Primorje Rijeka	5	4	0	1	62	38	+24	12
3	Triglav Kranj	5	3	0	2	40	52	−12	9
4	Vouliagmeni	5	2	0	3	37	43	−6	6
5	Galatasaray	5	1	0	4	37	43	−6	3
6	Bayer Uerdingen	5	0	0	5	25	56	−31	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Preliminary round

 

 

Jug

 

Vasas

 

Nice

 

Niš

 

Recco

 

Jadran

 

Mladost

 

Barceloneta

 

Posillipo

 

Spartak

 

Primorje

 

Spandau

 

Honvéd

 

Leonessa

 

Šturm

 

Olympiacos

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Location of teams of the 2004–05 LEN Euroleague group stage.
  Red: Group A;   Green: Group B;   Blue: Group C;   Yellow: Group D.

Key to colors in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advanced to the Quarter-finals

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Jug Dubrovnik	6	5	1	0	65	43	+22	11
Vasas	6	4	1	1	52	46	+6	9
Olympic Nice	6	1	0	5	53	49	+4	2
Niš	6	1	0	5	37	53	−16	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Pro Recco	6	3	3	0	46	38	+8	9
Jadran Herceg Novi	6	3	1	2	49	40	+9	7
HAVK Mladost	6	2	1	3	38	48	−10	5
Atlètic-Barceloneta	6	1	1	4	39	46	−7	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Posillipo	6	5	0	1	59	39	+20	10
Spartak Volgograd	6	2	1	3	41	47	−6	5
Primorje	6	2	1	3	40	46	−6	5
Spandau 04	6	2	0	4	44	50	−6	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Honvéd	6	5	0	1	60	42	+18	10
Leonessa	6	4	0	2	46	44	+2	8
Šturm 2002	6	2	1	3	51	55	−4	5
Olympiacos	6	0	1	5	34	50	−16	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 30 March, and the second legs were played on 20 April 2005.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bp. Honvéd	25–14	Spartak Volgograd	13–6	12–8
Jadran Herceg Novi	16–17	Jug Dubrovnik	8–8	8–9
Leonessa	11–12	Posillipo	8–8	3–4
Vasas	14–19	Pro Recco	6–10	8–9

Final Four

Piscina Felice Scandone, Naples, Italy.

Semifinals 20 May 2005 Final 21 May 2005                         Jug Dubrovnik 9         Bp. Honvéd (aet) 10     Bp. Honvéd 8         Posillipo (aet) 9     Pro Recco 6       Posillipo 7   Third place             Jug Dubrovnik 7       Pro Recco 11

Final standings Team     Posillipo     Bp. Honvéd     Pro Recco   Jug Dubrovnik

2004–05 LEN Euroleague Champions
Posillipo 3rd Cup

See also

• 2004–05 LEN Trophy

References

1. Results in cnposillipohistory.net