On Thursday, the European Water Sports Federation prepared the draw for the men’s and women’s water polo Champions League.
In the men’s field, the Hungarian championship silver medalist Genesys OSC Újbuda and the third EPS-Honvéd will be interested in the qualifiers. Sept. 8-10. In the qualifying round between 2018 and 2019, the people of Novi Buda will play a mini-tournament in Croatia with the host JUG Dubrovnik, the French Turkwing and the Romanian Dynamo, while Honved will play in the home of the German Waspo Hannover with the host. CN Barcelona of Spain, Serbian Crvena zvezda and Greek Apollon Szmirnisz. It will be an achievement for both Hungarian teams to advance, as only the teams that finished first in the groups reach the main table.
The Champions League draw is closed on 🤽♂️
the # winchell The preliminary stage and qualifying tournament will be decided after the draw ends in Manisa, Türkiye. Who do you support? 🤔#Championship_League | #Water polo #waterpolo # palanuto pic.twitter.com/idoQWWEoT0
– LEN Champions League (LENChampions) August 10, 2023
FTC-Telekom Waterpolo were in Round 8 of the last four announcements of the series – Green and White won the Cup in 2019, were finalists in 2021, were last year’s Bronze Medalists – Champion of Hungary and winner of the Cup between September 26 and December 6 in a stage In the next groups, new champions Croatian Jadran Split and Montenegro Jadran Herceg Novi will fight against opponent from the qualifiers for one of the first two places to advance.
Among the teams of Hungarian interest are Italian champions Pro Recco, which employs world champions left-handed Hungarian classics, Gergő Zalánki and Márton Vámos, and Greek Olympics, while the new team of Krisztián Manhercz and Dániel Angyal, Marseille, will play twice against Spain’s Barcelona.
According to the new arrangement, the first two places from the four groups will advance, and after that, the league matches will be organized in two additional groups, and from here the fourth field will now be formed.
For the women, UVSE and Ferencváros, who faced each other in last season’s European Cup final, are drawn into the same qualifying group. Both Hungarian teams have a good chance of fighting for promotion in their home environment, as two of the groups comprising Greece’s Glyfada and Germany’s Spandau 04 as well as Greece’s Alemós will qualify for the main draw.
Who will make it to the main draw? 🤔
Lot #LENCHLWomen The qualification tournament is confirmed as the big names compete to advance to the next stage 🤽♀️#Water polo #waterpolo # palanuto pic.twitter.com/zylNStxyUB
– LEN Water Polo (LEN_waterpolo) August 10, 2023
In Rome, Donagváros, who reached the quarter-finals last season, will struggle to advance in the company of the host SIS Roma, the French Lille and Grand Nancy, as well as the Spanish Saint Andrew, while in Spain BVSC-Zugló, the host Mataro with Keszthelyi Rita and the Greek Vuliagmeni and the Spaniards jump into the pool against Terrassa and Dutch ZV De Zaan.
Eiger, the defending hero, is on the main table by subject’s right.
Cover Photo:
Belgrade, May 31, 2023. FTC players Gergo Vecchetti, Vindel Vejvari and Tony Nem (BJ) before the start of the Pro Recco – FTC-Telekom Waterpolo match played in the quarter-finals of the Men’s Water Polo Champions League in Belgrade on May 31, 2023. MTI / Koszticsák Solid
