2002 �03 LEN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

2002–03 LEN Champions League
2002–03 LEN Champions League
League	LEN Champions League
Sport	Water Polo
Duration	16 October 2002 to; 17 May 2003
Number of teams	8 (preliminary round); 29 (total)
Final Four
Finals champions	Pro Recco (3rd title)
Runners-up	Honvéd
Champions League seasons
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 LEN Champions League was the 40th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. It ran from 16 October 2002 to 17 May 2003, and it was contested by 29 teams. The Final Four (semifinals, final, and third place game) took place on May 16 and May 17 in Genoa.

Preliminary round

Location of teams of the 2002–03 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
Pro Recco	6	5	0	1	59	47	+12	10
Spandau 04	6	4	0	2	39	38	+1	8
Barcelona	6	2	1	3	44	44	0	5
Partizan	6	0	1	5	35	46	−11	1

Source: ^{[
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Red Group

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Honvéd	6	5	1	0	58	44	+14	11
HAVK Mladost	6	3	1	2	48	44	+4	7
Olympic Nice	6	1	2	3	38	43	−5	4
Olympiacos	6	0	2	4	33	46	−13	2

Source: ^{[
citation needed]}

Final Four ( Genoa)

Semifinals 16 May 2003		Final 17 May 2003



Pro Recco	5

HAVK Mladost	4
		Pro Recco	9

		Honvéd	4
Honvéd	11

Spandau 04	6
		Third place



		HAVK Mladost	6

		Spandau 04	5

Final standings

	Team
	Pro Recco
	Honvéd
	HAVK Mladost
	Spandau 04

2002–03 Champions League Champions
Pro Recco 3rd title

Jesús Rollán, Alberto Angelini, Luca Giustolisi, Danilo Ikodinović, Simone Mina, Vladimir Vujasinović, Daniele Bettini, Tibor Benedek, Paolo Petronelli, Alessandro Calcaterra, Massimiliano Ferretti, Alessandro Caliogna, Alberto Ghibellini

Head coach

Marco Baldineti

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