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2022–23 LEN Challenger Cup

2022–23 LEN Challenger Cup

Sports season

The 2022–23 LEN Challenger Cup was the inaugural edition of a water polo competition organised by the Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN). It acts as the third tier, below the LEN Champions League and the LEN Euro Cup. GS Apollon Smyrnis of Greece became the first champions, defeating CN Terrassa of Spain in the final.[1][2]

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Creation

In June 2022, LEN announced the introduction of the LEN Challenger Cup. This tournament was designed to help developing countries and club grow and play more European club games.[3][4]

Format

Fifteen teams, who had been eliminated from the Champions League and Euro Cup, were divided into three groups of four and one group of three. The groups were held in one country. At the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the Knockout Stage. In the Knockout Stage, the ties were played in a home and away format.

Composition of teams

(CL: Eliminated in Champions League; EC: Eliminated in Euro Cup).

Participating teams
Bosnia and Herzegovina VK Banja Luka (CL) Bosnia and Herzegovina VK Invictum Sarajevo (CL) Denmark SK KVIK Kastrup (CL) Germany SV Ludwigsburg 08 (EC)
Greece GS Apollon Smyrnis (EC) Greece NC Ydraikos (EC) Israel ASA Tel Aviv (CL) Netherlands ZPC Het Ravijn (CL)
Slovakia KVP Nováky (CL) Slovakia SKP Kosice (EC) Slovenia Triglav Kranj (EC) Spain CN Terrassa (EC)
Spain Tenerife Echeyde (EC) Turkey Enka Istanbul (CL) Turkey Galatasaray (CL)

Schedule

Rounds and dates

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Draw

The draw took place on the 26th of October.[5]

Group Stage

Group A

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Source: LEN
(H) Hosts
11 November 2022
17:00		 NC Ydraikos Greece 11–14 Spain Tenerife Echeyde Novaky, Slovakia
Referees:
Ralf Mueller (GER), Ghislain Dehon (FRA)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 3–4, 2–3, 2–2
Suzuki 3 Goals Magana 4
11 November 2022
18:30		 KVP Nováky Slovakia 6–13 Turkey Galatasaray Novaky, Slovakia
Referees:
Lukasz Krol (POL), Blaz Radonjic (SLO)
Score by quarters: 0–1, 1–3, 2–4, 3–5
Tasaj 2 Goals Destici 5
12 November 2022
17:00		 NC Ydraikos Greece 15–18 Turkey Galatasaray Novaky, Slovakia
Referees:
Ralf Mueller (GER), Lukasz Krol (POL)
Score by quarters: 4–4, 3–3, 3–8, 5–3
Rompopoulos 7 Goals Senemoglu 5
12 November 2022
18:30		 KVP Nováky Slovakia 9–12 Spain Tenerife Echeyde Novaky, Slovakia
Referees:
Ghislain Dehon (FRA), Blaz Radonjic (SLO)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–1, 3–5, 1–3
Bielik 3 Goals Lifante 4
13 November 2022
09:30		 Tenerife Echeyde Spain 15–11 Turkey Galatasaray Novaky, Slovakia
Referees:
Ralf Mueller (GER), Blaz Radonjic (SLO)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 5–3, 6–3, 2–2
Lifante, Lopez 4 Goals Destici 4
13 November 2022
11:00		 KVP Nováky Slovakia 18–19 Greece NC Ydraikos Novaky, Slovakia
Referees:
Lukasz Krol (POL), Ghislain Dehon (FRA)
Score by quarters: 4–5, 3–5, 7–5, 4–4
Zatovic 5 Goals Rompopoulos 7

Group B

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Source: LEN
(H) Hosts
12 November 2022
10:00		 CN Terrassa Spain 12–4 Israel ASA Tel Aviv Terrassa, Spain
Referees:
Karel Dvoracek (CZE), Alexandros Chatzigoulas (GRE)
Score by quarters: 2–0, 4–1, 4–2, 2–1
Baches 4 Goals four players 1
12 November 2022
18:00		 CN Terrassa Spain 16–13 Netherlands ZPC Het Ravijn Terrassa, Spain
Referees:
Robert Prelovsky (SVK), Karel Dvoracek (CZE)
Score by quarters: 6–3, 3–3, 4–3, 3–4
Baches 5 Goals Gottmaker 3
13 November 2022
10:30		 ASA Tel Aviv Israel 4–14 Netherlands ZPC Het Ravijn Terrassa, Spain
Referees:
Robert Prelovsky (SVK), Alexandros Chatzigoulas (GRE)
Score by quarters: 1–6, 1–4, 1–2, 1–2
Schlein 2 Goals Wouters 5

Group C

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(H) Hosts
11 November 2022
19:00		 VK Invictum Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina 17–12 Bosnia and Herzegovina VK Banja Luka Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Referees:
Oriol Jaumandreu (ESP), Tomas Kaseta (LTU)
Score by quarters: 7–5, 3–2, 4–3, 3–2
Hadzic 7 Goals Djugum, Cosic 3
11 November 2022
21:00		 Enka Istanbul Turkey 22–10 Slovakia SKP Kosice Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Referees:
Martin Sand Kristensen (DEN), Maxim Gerasimov (GBR)
Score by quarters: 6–2, 6–5, 6–2, 4–1
Baskaya, Obradovic 4 Goals Motyl 4
12 November 2022
18:00		 VK Invictum Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina 6–19 Turkey Enka Istanbul Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Referees:
Maxim Gerasimov (GBR), Tomas Kaseta (LTU)
Score by quarters: 1–7, 0–3, 2–5, 3–4
Hadzic 2 Goals Alkan, Kaner 4
12 November 2022
20:00		 SKP Kosice Slovakia 28–8 Bosnia and Herzegovina VK Banja Luka Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Referees:
Oriol Jaumandreu (ESP), Martin Sand Kristensen (DEN)
Score by quarters: 7–1, 4–3, 7–1, 10–0
Orem 6 Goals Ganic 3
13 November 2022
09:00		 Enka Istanbul Turkey 33–6 Bosnia and Herzegovina VK Banja Luka Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Referees:
Martin Sand Kristensen (DEN), Tomas Kaseta (LTU)
Score by quarters: 9–1, 4–1, 11–2, 9–2
Albayrak, Duzenli 7 Goals Kojcinovic, Vujkovic 2
13 November 2022
11:00		 VK Invictum Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina 6–21 Slovakia SKP Kosice Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Referees:
Oriol Jaumandreu (ESP), Maxim Gerasimov (GBR)
Score by quarters: 4–5, 2–7, 0–5, 0–4
Hadzic 2 Goals Dily, Orem 4


Group D

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Source: LEN
(H) Hosts
11 November 2022
18:30		 GS Apollon Smyrnis Greece 11–10 Germany SV Ludwigsburg 08 Kranj, Slovenia
Referees:
Robert Horvath (SVK), Eurico Silva (POR)
Score by quarters: 5–2, 2–2, 2–5, 2–1
Hernandez 4 Goals four players 2
11 November 2022
20:15		 Triglav Kranj Slovenia 13–9 Denmark SK KVIK Kastrup Kranj, Slovenia
Referees:
Alper Ozerengin (TUR), Sander Ransjean (NED)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–4, 3–3, 4–1
Troppan 5 Goals Koska 5
12 November 2022
18:00		 GS Apollon Smyrnis Greece 37–4 Denmark SK KVIK Kastrup Kranj, Slovenia
Referees:
Eurico Silva (POR), Sander Ransjean (NED)
Score by quarters: 8–1, 11–2, 9–2, 9–0
Myrilos 9 Goals Koska 2
12 November 2022
20:15		 Triglav Kranj Slovenia 11–13 Germany SV Ludwigsburg 08 Kranj, Slovenia
Referees:
Alper Ozerengin (TUR), Robert Horvath (SVK)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 0–5, 4–1, 4–5
Justin 4 Goals Hernandez 4
13 November 2022
10:00		 SK KVIK Kastrup Denmark 6–18 Germany SV Ludwigsburg 08 Kranj, Slovenia
Referees:
Eurico Silva (POR), Alper Ozerengin (TUR)
Score by quarters: 1–5, 2–2, 2–4, 2–7
Lange 4 Goals Andelic, Dzaja 3
13 November 2022
11:45		 Triglav Kranj Slovenia 6–20 Greece GS Apollon Smyrnis Kranj, Slovenia
Referees:
Robert Horvath (SVK), Sander Ransjean (NED)
Score by quarters: 5–4, 1–5, 0–5, 0–6
Justin, Lah 2 Goals Bogdanovic, Goniotakis Korderas 4

Knockout Stage

The draw for the Knockout Stage was made on the 20 November 2022.[6]

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
Spain Tenerife Echeyde 22 13 35
Slovakia SKP Kosice 8 8 16
Spain Tenerife Echeyde 11 8 19
Greece GS Apollon Smyrnis 10 18 28
Greece GS Apollon Smyrnis 9 16 25
Turkey Galatasaray 5 8 13
Greece GS Apollon Smyrnis 12 18 30
Spain CN Terrassa 11 14 25
Spain CN Terrassa 16 15 31
Germany Ludwigsburg 08 7 12 19
Spain CN Terrassa 15 12 27
Turkey Enka Istanbul 12 8 20
Turkey Enka Istanbul 14 15 29
Netherlands ZPC Het Ravijn 8 16 24


Quarter-Finals

25 January 2023
20:15		 Tenerife Echeyde Spain 22–8 Slovakia SKP Kosice Tenerife, Spain
Referees:
Erkan Turkkan (TUR), Philip Uhlig (GER)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 8–1, 3–2, 7–4
Lifante 7 Goals three players 2
8 February 2023
20:00		 SKP Kosice Slovakia 8–13 Spain Tenerife Echeyde Kosice, Slovakia
Referees:
Spyridon Achladiotis (GRE), Tomi Kavcic (SLO)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 3–3, 2–5, 4–3
Haluska, Muzhychuk 3 Goals Lopez 5

Tenerife Echeyde won 35–16 on aggregate

25 January 2023
20:00		 GS Apollon Smyrnis Greece 9–5 Turkey Galatasaray Athens, Greece
Referees:
Sander Ransjean (NED), Vuk Milovic (SRB)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 2–1, 3–4, 1–0
Gardikas 3 Goals Colak, Destici 2
18 February 2023
20:15		 Galatasaray Turkey 8–16 Greece GS Apollon Smyrnis Istanbul, Turkey
Referees:
Mihai George Balanescu (ROU), Boris Obradovic (MNE)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–2, 1–5, 4–5
Acar 3 Goals Bogdanovic 4

GS Apollon Smyrnis won 25–13 on aggregate

24 January 2023
19:30		 SV Ludwigsburg 08 Germany 7–16 Spain CN Terrassa Ludwigsburg, Germany
Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–3, 1–4, 2–5
Bauer 3 Goals Alarcon Tevar 4
8 February 2023
20:00		 CN Terrassa Spain 15–12 Germany SV Ludwigsburg 08 Terrassa, Spain
Referees:
Haldun Toygarli (TUR), Rajmund Fodor (HUN)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–3, 6–3, 2–3
Baches, Martinez 4 Goals Blazevic, Hernandez 3

CN Terrassa won 31–19 on aggregate

25 January 2023
18:30		 Enka Istanbul Turkey 14–8 Netherlands ZPC Het Ravijn Istanbul, Turkey
Referees:
Julien Bourges (FRA), Levan Berishvili (GEO)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 4–4, 2–2, 5–2
Obradovic 6 Goals Muller, Wouters 3
8 February 2023
18:00		 ZPC Het Ravijn Netherlands 16–15 Turkey Enka Istanbul Het Ravijn, Netherlands
Referees:
Luca Castagnola (ITA), Alex Marquez (ESP)
Score by quarters: 5–3, 3–4, 3–3, 5–5
Loos 6 Goals Obradovic 5

Enka Istanbul won 29–24 on aggregate

Semi-Finals

1 March 2023
20:15		 Tenerife Echeyde Spain 11–10 Greece GS Apollon Smyrnis Tenerife, Spain
Referees:
Daniele Bianco (ITA), Hajmund Fodor (HUN)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–1, 4–3, 3–3
Lifante, Lopez 4 Goals Gardikas 5
22 March 2023
20:00		 GS Apollon Smyrnis Greece 18–8 Spain Tenerife Echeyde Athens, Greece
Referees:
Peter de Jong (NED), Veselin Miskovic (MNE)
Score by quarters: 6–1, 3–3, 5–2, 4–2
Bogdanovic, Gardikas 4 Goals Magana 3

GS Apollon Smyrnis won 28–19 on aggregate

1 March 2023
20:00		 CN Terrassa Spain 15–12 Turkey Enka Istanbul Terrassa, Spain
Referees:
Andreja Stanojevic (SRB), Gernot Haentschel (GER)
Score by quarters: 5–1, 4–6, 2–3, 4–2
Fernandez 5 Goals Ozbek 3
22 March 2023
18:30		 Enka Istanbul Turkey 8–10 Spain CN Terrassa Istanbul, Turkey
Referees:
Gabor Vogel (HUN), Julien Bourges (FRA)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 3–3, 1–2
Obradovic, Ozbek 3 Goals Fernandez 5

CN Terrassa won 25–20 on aggregate

Final

19 April 2023
19:45		 GS Apollon Smyrnis Greece 12–11 Spain CN Terrassa Athens, Greece
Referees:
Tamas Kovacs-Csatlos (HUN), Julien Bourges (FRA)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–4, 4–2, 2–3
Bogdanovic, Gardikas 4 Goals Fernandez, Tevar 3
29 April 2023
18:00		 CN Terrassa Spain 14–18 Greece GS Apollon Smyrnis Terrassa, Spain
Referees:
Raffaele Colombo (ITA), Andreja Stanojevic (SRB)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 4–4, 4–7, 3–3
Baches 4 Goals Vickovic 5

GS Apollon Smyrnis won 30–25 on aggregate


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See also

References

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    Curcic, Ivan (November 20, 2022). "LEN Challenger Cup, quarterfinals draw: Greek-Turkish derby - Total Waterpolo".
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