2007–08 LEN Euroleague

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

The 2007–08 LEN Euroleague is the ongoing 45th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. It is scheduled to run from 26 September 2007 to 10 May 2008, and it is contested by 42 teams. The Final Four (semifinals, final, and third place game) will take place on May 9 and May 10 in Barcelona.

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

Preliminary Round

Olympiacos

Mladost

Sintez

Jadran

Recco

Primorac

Spartak

Marseille

Vasas

Jug

Honvéd

Ethnikos

Partizan

Posillipo

Leonessa

Barceloneta

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 colours 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

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

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

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

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.	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
					Third place
	Vasas	6		HAVK Mladost	6
	Jug Dubrovnik	11			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