Rank [3] Association Points Teams 1 Italy 118,765 3 2 Hungary 91,047.5 3 Spain 75,387.5 4 Serbia 68,902.5 5 Greece 64,375 6 Croatia 56,065 7 France 47,207.5 8 Germany 41,660 9 Romania 19,800 10 Montenegro 17,700 2 11 Georgia 11,245 1 12 Russia 10,490 0 13 Netherlands 5,005

Rank Association Points Teams 14 Turkey 4,807.5 0 15 Slovakia 1,870 16 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,415 17 Portugal 1,385 18 Switzerland 1,210 19 Slovenia 1,160 20 Israel 860 21 Poland 635 22 Denmark 560 23 Lithuania 515 24 Malta 435 24 Ukraine 435

Teams

Alongside the 11 domestic champions, the defending champions also get a spot in the main round. In the event that the Champions League defending champions won their national league, the runners-up of the national league will take the vacant spot. Although, the Italian runners-up, AN Brescia, declined the spot because they didn't want to pay the wildcard fee (which was 25,000 Euros), their spot went to the Spanish runners-up, Astrapool Sabadell).

Main round

Jadran Split (1st)	CN Marseille ( 1st)	Dinamo Tbilisi (1st)	Spandau 04 Berlin (1st)
Olympiacos Piraeus ( 1st)	FTC-Telekom ( 1st)	Pro Recco CL ( 1st)	Jadran Herceg Novi (1st)
Steaua București (1st)	Novi Beograd ( 1st)	Zodiac Atlètic-Barceloneta ( 1st)	Astrapool Sabadell ( 2nd)

Qualification round

Jug AO Dubrovnik (2nd)	Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka (3rd)	CN Noisy-le-Sec ( 2nd)	EN Tourcoing ( 3rd)
Waspo'98 Hannover (2nd)	ASC Duisburg (3rd)	NC Vouliagmeni ( 2nd)	GS Apollon Smyrnis ( 3rd)
OSC Budapest ( 2nd)	Endo Plus Service Honvéd ( 3rd)	AN Brescia ( 2nd)	CC Ortigia ( 3rd)
Primorac Kotor (2nd)	CSM Oradea (2nd)	Dinamo București (3rd)	Crvena zvezda ( 2nd)
Radnički Kragujevac ( 3rd)	CN Barcelona ( 3rd)

Round and draw dates

Schedule

Qualification round

The group winners qualify for the main round, while everyone else drops down to the Euro Cup qualifiers.

Draw

The draw was on 10 August 2023. ^[5] The seeding was decided by the new LEN club rankings. ^[6] H indicates which club is hosting the groups. Teams in bold advanced to the main round.

Group A

7–10 September 2023, Hannover, Germany

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CRV	BAR	HAN	APO	HON
1	Crvena zvezda	4	4	0	0	0	50	32	+18	12	Main round		—	—	—	12–10	—
2	CN Barcelona	4	3	0	0	1	41	42	−1	9			9–14	—	—	12–11	9–8
3	Waspo'98 Hannover (H)	4	2	0	0	2	39	47	−8	6			6–14	9–11	—	11–10	13–12
4	GS Apollon Smyrnis	4	1	0	0	3	42	45	−3	3			—	—	—	—	11–10
5	Endo Plus Service Honvéd	4	0	0	0	4	37	43	−6	0			7–10	—	—	—	—

Group B

7–10 September 2023, Kragujevac, Serbia

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BRE	RAD	NOI	KOT	DUI
1	AN Brescia	4	4	0	0	0	47	24	+23	12	Main round		—	—	—	11–3	11–4
2	Radnički Kragujevac (H)	4	2	1	0	1	46	45	+1	8			8–15	—	13–10	17–16 [a]	—
3	CN Noisy-le-Sec	4	2	0	0	2	52	41	+11	6			9–10	—	—	—	—
4	Primorac Kotor	4	1	0	1	2	41	49	−8	4			—	—	10–16	—	16–10
5	ASC Duisburg	4	0	0	0	4	30	57	−27	0			—	8–13	8–17	—	—

Group C

8–10 September 2023, Oradea, Romania

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VOU	ORT	RIJ	ORA
1	NC Vouliagmeni	3	3	0	0	0	40	25	+15	9	Main round		—	12–8	—	—
2	CC Ortigia	3	2	0	0	1	38	33	+5	6			—	—	16–14	—
3	Primorje Erste Bank Rijeka	3	1	0	0	2	36	37	−1	3			12–14	—	—	—
4	CSM Oradea (H)	3	0	0	0	3	19	38	−19	0			5–14	7–14	7–10	—

Group D

8–10 September 2023, Dubrovnik, Croatia

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		JUG	TOU	OSC	DIN
1	Jug AO Dubrovnik (H)	3	3	0	0	0	47	22	+25	9	Main round		—	17–8	14–10	16–4
2	EN Tourcoing	3	2	0	0	1	32	30	+2	6			—	—	—	—
3	OSC Budapest	3	1	0	0	2	35	33	+2	3			—	5–10	—	20–9
4	Dinamo București	3	0	0	0	3	21	50	−29	0			—	8–14	—	—

Main round

Jadran Split

Jug

Marseille

Dinamo Tbilisi

Spandau

Olympiacos

Vouliagmeni

FTC

Pro Recco

Brescia

Jadran HN

Steaua București

Belgrade

Barceloneta

Sabadell

Belgrade teams
Crvena zvezda
Novi Beograd

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Location of teams of the 2023–24 LEN Champions League group stage.
Red: Group A; Blue: Group B; Yellow: Group C; Green: Group D

The top two from each group make the quarter-finals round. The bottom two from each group drops down to the Euro Cup eighth-finals.

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 2 points for a penalty shootout win, 1 point for a penalty shootout loss, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:

• Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
• Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
• Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
• Goal difference in all group matches;
• Goals scored in all group matches.

Among the teams, 13 return from last season. Steaua București and Crvena zvezda return after a one season absence, while Jadran Herceg Novi return after a two-season absence. They all replaced Waspo'98 Hannover, Radnički Kragujevac and Genesys OSC-Budapest.

In regards to countries, all 9 from last season return, with the inclusion of Romania and Montenegro after one and two-season absences, bringing the number up to 11.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		NOV	BRE	SAB	STE
1	Novi Beograd	6	5	0	0	1	78	44	+34	15	Advance to quarter-finals		—	13–5	10–12	19–7
2	AN Brescia	6	3	1	0	2	62	56	+6	11			8–13	—	11–10	16–7
3	Astralpool Sabadell	6	3	0	1	2	58	51	+7	10	Transfer to Euro Cup		7–11	9–10 [a]	—	13–6
4	Steaua București	6	0	0	0	6	41	88	−47	0			5–12	8–17	8–11	—

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PRO	OLY	JUG	TBI
1	Pro Recco	6	6	0	0	0	81	52	+29	18	Advance to quarter-finals		—	12–11	13–9	15–6
2	Olympiacos Piraeus	6	3	1	0	2	83	54	+29	11			10–11	—	16–15 [a]	16–8
3	Jug AO Dubrovnik	6	2	0	1	3	64	72	−8	7	Transfer to Euro Cup		7–14	5–15	—	19–13
4	Dinamo Tbilisi	6	0	0	0	6	47	97	−50	0			9–16	6–19	5–12	—

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FTC	SPI	CRV	JAD
1	FTC-Telekom	6	5	1	0	0	91	56	+35	17	Advance to quarter-finals		—	13–11	20–6	9–7
2	Jadran Split	6	3	0	1	2	81	78	+3	10			17–20 [a]	—	16–13	16–14
3	Crvena zvezda	6	2	0	1	3	54	77	−23	7	Transfer to Euro Cup		6–16	12–11	—	9–6
4	Jadran Herceg Novi	6	0	1	0	5	55	70	−15	2			10–17	10–11	21–20 [b]	—

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAR	MAR	SPA	VOU
1	Zodiac Atlètic-Barceloneta	6	6	0	0	0	79	52	+27	18	Advance to quarter-finals		—	9–7	16–6	16–10
2	CN Marseille	6	3	0	0	3	69	68	+1	9			12–13	—	13–11	15–13
3	Spandau 04	6	2	0	0	4	56	75	−19	6	Transfer to Euro Cup		6–13	13–10	—	14–13
4	NC Vouliagmeni	6	1	0	0	5	66	75	−9	3			11–12	9–12	10–6	—

Quarter-finals round

The eight group winners and eight group runners-up were drawn into two groups, with each one containing two group winners and two group runners-up. The top two teams in each group advanced to the Final four.

Draw

The draw took place in Barcelona. The seeded and unseeded clubs consist of the teams that finished first and second in the previous round respectively. The only restriction was that clubs from the same group in the Main round could not be drawn against each other. ^{[7] [8]}

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 2 points for a penalty shootout win, 1 point for a penalty shootout loss, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:

• Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
• Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
• Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
• Goal difference in all group matches;
• Goals scored in all group matches.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PRO	NOV	MAR	JAD
1	Pro Recco	3	2	1	0	0	43	32	+11	8	Final four		—	–	15–8	–
2	Novi Beograd	3	2	0	1	0	43	39	+4	7			14–15 PS	—	–	15–11
3	CN Marseille	3	1	0	0	2	35	41	−6	3			–	13–14	—	–
4	Jadran Split	3	0	0	0	3	33	42	−9	0			10–13	–	12–14	—

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FTC	OLY	BAR	BRE
1	FTC-Telekom	3	3	0	0	0	32	26	+6	9	Final four		—	11–9	–	–
2	Olympiacos Piraeus	3	2	0	0	1	32	30	+2	6			–	—	10–7	–
3	Zodiac Atlètic-Barceloneta	3	1	0	0	2	27	28	−1	3			8–10	–	—	12–8
4	AN Brescia	3	0	0	0	3	29	36	−7	0			9–11	12–13	–	—

Final Four

On 18 January 2024, LEN announced that the capital of Malta, Valletta, would host the final four for the next three seasons at the National Pool Complex. ^{[9] [10]} The final four was supposed to be on the dates of 6 to 8 June. However, the schedule was revised in order to start the final four a day earlier due to the European Parliament Elections that will be held in Malta on 8 June. ^{[11] [12]}

Bracket

See also

• 2023–24 LEN Euro Cup
• 2023–24 LEN Challenger Cup
• 2023 LEN Super Cup
• 2023–24 LEN Women's Champions League
• 2023–24 LEN Women's Euro Cup
• 2023–24 LEN Women's Challenger Cup
• 2023 Women's LEN Super Cup

External links

• Official website
• Official playlist

References

External links

• 2022–23 Croatian League Table
• 2022–23 German League Table
• 2022–23 Spanish League Table