2001 �02 LEN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

2001–02 LEN Champions League
2001–02 LEN Champions League
League	LEN Champions League
Sport	Water Polo
Duration	24 October 2001 to; 25 May 2002
Number of teams	8 (preliminary round); 28 (total)
Final Four
Finals champions	Olympiacos (1st title)
Runners-up	Honvéd
Champions League seasons
	← 2000–01 2002–03 →

The 2001–02 LEN Champions League was the 39th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. It ran from 24 October 2001 to 25 May 2002, and it was contested by 28 teams. The Final Four (semifinals, final, and third place game) took place on May 24 and May 25 in Budapest.

Preliminary round

Jug

Location of teams of the 2001–02 LEN Champions League group stage.

Blue Group;

Red Group.

Key to colors in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advanced to Final four

Blue Group

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Posillipo	6	5	0	1	56	40	+16	10
Olympiacos	6	4	1	1	54	40	+14	9
Olympic Nice	6	1	1	4	44	47	−3	3
Spandau 04	6	1	0	5	38	65	−27	2

Source: ^{[
citation needed]}

Red Group

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Jug Dubrovnik	6	5	0	1	49	40	+9	10
Honvéd	6	4	0	2	61	45	+16	8
Dynamo Moscow	6	1	2	3	38	53	−15	4
Bečej	6	0	2	4	39	49	−10	2

Source: ^{[
citation needed]}

Final Four ( Budapest)

Hajós Alfréd Nemzeti Sportuszoda, Budapest, Hungary

Semifinals^[1] 24 May 2002		Final^[2] 25 May 2002



Posillipo	8

Honvéd	9
		Honvéd	7

		Olympiacos	9
Jug Dubrovnik	5

Olympiacos	8
		Third place



		Posillipo	8

		Jug Dubrovnik	7

Final standings

	Team
	Olympiacos
	Honvéd
	Posillipo
	Jug Dubrovnik

2001–02 Champions League Champions^[3]
Olympiacos 1st title

Themis Khatzis, Theodoros Chatzitheodorou, Nikolaos Deligiannis, Alexandros Gianniotis, Theodoros Kalakonas, Dimitris Kravaritis, Arsenis Maroulis, Athanasios Platanitis, Giorgos Psychos, Ioannis Thomakos, Ilias Lappas, Petar Trbojević, Antonios Vlontakis, Gerasimos Voltirakis

Head coach

Zoltán Kásás

References

^ 2002 LEN Champions League semi-finals. slobodnadalmacija.hr (in Croatian)
^ Olympiacos–Honved 9–7 2002 LEN Champions League final full game. youtube.com
^ Όταν η Ευρώπη υποκλίθηκε στον Ολυμπιακό. onsports.gr, 25 May 2012 (in Greek)

External links

2002 LEN Champions League - Results

[1] 2002 LEN Champions League semi-finals. slobodnadalmacija.hr (in Croatian)

[2] Olympiacos–Honved 9–7 2002 LEN Champions League final full game. youtube.com

[3] Όταν η Ευρώπη υποκλίθηκε στον Ολυμπιακό. onsports.gr, 25 May 2012 (in Greek)

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