2007–08 LEN Euroleague

The 2007–08 LEN Euroleague was the 45th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. It ran from 26 September 2007 to 10 May 2008, and was contested by 42 teams. The Final Four (semifinals, final, and third place game) took place on May 9 and May 10 in Barcelona. The winning team was Pro Recco from Italy.

2007–08 LEN Euroleague
League	LEN Euroleague
Sport	Water Polo
Duration	26 September 2007 to 10 May 2008
Number of teams	16 (preliminary round) 42 (total)
Final Four
Finals champions	Pro Recco (5th title)
Runners-up	Jug Dubrovnik
Euroleague seasons
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Qualifying round 1

Group A (Istanbul)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
VK Primorac Kotor	6	6	0	0	95	26	+69	18
Lukoil Spartak Volgograd	6	5	0	1	67	40	+27	15
N.C. Chios	6	4	0	2	62	46	+16	12
CH Hornets Košice	6	3	0	3	51	49	+2	9
PSV Eindhoven	6	1	1	4	54	68	−14	4
Yuzme Istanbul	6	1	1	4	49	71	−22	4
Lugano Pallanouto	6	0	0	6	25	103	−78	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Preliminary round

 

 

Olympiacos

 

Mladost

 

Sintez

 

Jadran

 

Recco

 

Primorac

 

Spartak

 

Marseille

 

Vasas

 

Jug

 

Honvéd

 

Ethnikos

 

Partizan

 

Posillipo

 

Leonessa

 

Barceloneta

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Location of teams of the 2007–08 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
Olympiacos	6	4	1	1	54	47	+7	13
HAVK Mladost	6	4	0	2	54	42	+12	12
Sintez Kazan	6	2	1	3	52	50	+2	7
Jadran Herceg Novi	6	1	0	5	45	66	−21	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Pro Recco	6	5	0	1	78	49	+29	15
Primorac Kotor	6	3	1	2	52	55	−3	10
Spartak Volgograd	6	2	1	3	55	66	−11	7
Marseille	6	1	0	5	57	72	−15	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Vasas	6	4	1	1	55	45	+10	13
Jug Dubrovnik	6	4	0	2	57	50	+7	12
Honvéd	6	3	1	2	50	46	+4	10
Ethnikos Piraeus	6	0	0	6	44	65	−21	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Partizan	6	5	0	1	61	42	+19	15
Posillipo	6	3	1	2	62	57	+5	10
Brixia Leonessa	6	2	0	4	51	60	−9	6
Atlètic-Barceloneta	6	1	1	4	50	65	−15	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 26 March, and the second legs were played on 9 April 2008.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Jug Dubrovnik	18–17	Olympiacos	10–5	8–12
Partizan	19–22	HAVK Mladost	9–9	10–13 (p)
Primorac Kotor	13–14	Vasas	6–8	7–6
Pro Recco	25–18	Posillipo	13–10	12–8

Final Four (Barcelona)

Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc, Barcelona, Spain

Semifinals 9 May 2008 Final 10 May 2008                         HAVK Mladost 6         Pro Recco 9     Pro Recco (aet) 13         Jug Dubrovnik 12     Vasas 6       Jug Dubrovnik 11   Third place             HAVK Mladost 6       Vasas 8 Final standings Team     Pro Recco     Jug Dubrovnik     Vasas   HAVK Mladost

2007-08 Euroleague Champions    Pro Recco 5th title Stefano Tempesti, Massimo Giacoppo, Norbert Madaras, Andrea Mangiante, Tamás Kásás, Vladimir Vujasinović, Maurizio Felugo, Alberto Angelini, Tibor Benedek, Alessandro Calcaterra, Vanja Udovičić, Arnaldo Deserti, Goran Fiorentini Head coach Giuseppe Porzio