2010–11 LEN Women's Champions' Cup

Water polo tournament The 2010–11 LEN Women's Champions' Cup was the 24th edition of the highest-level competition in women's European club water polo. It involved the champions and other top teams from European national leagues and ran from December 2010 to April 2011. The Final Four (semifinals, final, and third place game) took place in Sabadell, Spain. Final Four host CN Sabadell became the first Spanish team to win the competition beating Orizzonte Catania in the final.Sabadell becomes the European champion. Marca Olympiacos CFP and Kinef Kirishi also reached the final Four, with Olympiacos ranking third, while defending champion Vouliagmeni OC was defeated by Orizzonte in the quarter-finals. Federation team allocation Each national federation can enter up to two teams into the Women's Champions' Cup. Seeded Federations are the federations who placed a team in the final Four of the previous' year's competition. In 2009/10, these countries were: Greece (2), Italy, and Russia All other federations are unseeded Federations do not have to enter their top two teams into the Champions' Cup. If they do not think their clubs can be competitive, they can enter teams into the second-tier LEN Cup. Format and Changes The original format for the Champions' Cup was to have four phases: A qualification round of 4 groups of any size played as a Round-robin tournament at the site of a host team A preliminary round of 4 groups of 4 played as a Round-robin tournament at the site of a host team A quarterfinal round played as a Two-legged tie The Final Four played as a Knockout tournament at a pre-selected site However, there were only 13 entries, so the qualification round was cancelled, and the preliminary round will be played with 3 groups of 3 and 1 group of 4. Distribution Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round Preliminary Round 1 or 2 teams from each federation Knockout Phase(8 teams) 4 tournament winners from the preliminary round 4 tournament runner-up from the preliminary round Teams There were 13 entries from 7 countries. Each of the draw pots were organised according to the previous year's results: Bold indicates countries that entered teams Pot 1 Final Four qualifiers Greece (2), Italy, Russia Pot 2 Losing quarterfinalists Italy, Russia, Spain (2) Pot 3 3rd placed in preliminary round Germany, Hungary, Netherlands (2) Pot 4 4th placed in preliminary round France, Great Britain (2), Switzerland Note: The Netherlands only entered one team, so the two available places in Pot 3 were taken by a second German team and a French team elevated from Pot 4. Draw Group A Group B Group C Group D Pot 1 ITA Orizzonte Catania RUS Kinef Kirishi GRE Olympiacos CFP GREVouliagmeni OC Pot 2 ESP CN Sabadell ESP CE Mediterrani RUS Shturm Ruza ITA Fiorentina WP Pot 3 GER Blau-Weiss Bochum GER Bayer Uerdingen FRA Olympic Nice NED Polar Bears Ede Pot 4 FRA ASPTT Nancy Round and Draw Dates Tournament Phase Draw Date Tournament Preliminary Round 6 August 2010 Ends 5 December 2010 Knockout Phase Draw Date 1st Leg 2nd Leg Quarterfinals 12–13 February 2011 19–20 March 2011 Final Four Draw Date Round Date Semifinals 22 April 2011 Final 23 April 2011 Tournament Phase First qualifying round Key to colours in group tablesProgress to the Quarterfinal Round Group A TeamPLWDLFAPts 1. ESP Sabadell 2 2 0 0 26 20 6 2. ITA Orizzonte Catania (host) 2 1 0 1 30 25 3 3. GER Blau-Weiss Bochum 2 0 0 2 18 29 0 14 January 2011Sabadell12–7Blau-Weiss Bochum15 January 2011Sabadell14–13Orizzonte Catania16 January 2011Orizzonte Catania17–11Blau-Weiss Bochum Group B TeamPLWDLFAPts 1. RUS Kinef Kirishi (host) 2 2 0 0 42 16 6 2. GER Bayer Uerdingen 2 1 0 1 30 33 0 3. ESP Mediterrani 2 0 0 2 17 40 0 14 January 2011Bayer Uerdingen20–11Mediterrani15 January 2011Kinef Kirishi22–10Bayer Uerdingen16 January 2011Kinef Kirishi20–6Mediterrani Group C TeamPLWDLFAPts 1. GRE Olympiacos 2 2 0 0 25 15 6 2. RUS Shturm Ruza 2 1 0 1 26 19 3 3. FRA Olympic Nice (host) 2 0 0 2 11 28 0 14 January 2011Olympiacos13–4Olympic Nice15 January 2011Olympiacos12–11Shturm Ruza16 January 2011Shturm Ruza15–7Olympic Nice Group D TeamPLWDLFAPts 1. GRE Vouliagmeni 3 3 0 0 43 17 9 2. NED Polar Bears Ede 3 2 0 1 31 30 6 3. ITA Fiorentina (host) 3 1 0 2 24 28 3 4. FRA Nancy 3 0 0 3 19 42 0 14 January 2011Vouliagmeni15–6Polar Bears EdeFiorentina11–6Nancy15 January 2011Vouliagmeni17–6NancyPolar Bears Ede11–8Fiorentina16 January 2011Vouliagmeni11–5FiorentinaPolar Bears Ede14–7Nancy Quarter-finals Team #1Agg.Team #2L #1 L #2Sabadell Spain 22–19 Russia Shturm Ruza 16–8 6–11 Polar Bears Ede Netherlands 18–26 Russia Kinef Kirishi 9–119–15Vouliagmeni Greece 21–23 Italy Orizzonte Catania 13–118–12Bayer Uerdingen Germany 14–35 Greece Olympiacos 8–186–17 Final four Piscina Can Llong, Sabadell 22 April ESP Sabadell 15 RUS Kinef Kirishi 13 22 April ITA Orizzonte Catania 14 GRE Olympiacos 13 23 April ESP Sabadell 13 ITA Orizzonte Catania 8 23 April RUS Kinef Kirishi 12 GRE Olympiacos 14 2011 LEN Women's Champions' Cup Champions CN Sabadell First title References Category:LEN Euro League Women seasons Women, Euro League LEN LEN