2023–24 LEN Challenger Cup
2023–24 LEN Challenger Cup | |
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League | LEN Challenger Cup |
Sport | Water polo |
Duration | 19 October 2023 – 27 April 2024 |
Number of games | 50 |
Number of teams | 19 |
Finals champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
The 2023–24 LEN Challenger Cup was the 2nd 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. The reigning champions are GS Apollon Smyrnis, but they won't defend their title due to their involvement in this season's Champions League and Euro Cup.
Galatasaray won the competition, beating Slovenian side, Triglav Kranj, in the final. They become the first men's water polo team from Turkey to win a European title.[1][2][3][4][5]
Format
[edit]This is the first season under the new changes made by LEN.[6] 19 teams are grouped into 4 pools, three with five clubs, and one with four clubs. The pools are held by one of the clubs. The top 2 from every pool advances to the quarter-finals, followed by semi-finals and finals.
Rankings
[edit]Only teams below the top 12 can enter the competition.
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Rank[7] | Association | Points | Teams |
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NR | ![]() | 0 | 1 |
NR | ![]() | 0 | |
NR | ![]() | 0 | 1 |
NR | ![]() | 0 | |
NR | ![]() | 0 | 2 |
Teams
[edit]The team were announced on 8 September 2023.[8] Starting this season, no countries ranked in the top 12 of the LEN men's club rankings can take part in this tournament.
- ^ Valletta is actually the Maltese national team, but is playing under the name Valletta.[9]
Schedule
[edit]Rounds and dates
[edit]Phase | Round | Round date |
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Qualification round | 19–22 October 2023 | |
Quarter-finals | First leg | 25 November 2023 |
Second leg | 9 December 2023 | |
Semi-finals | First leg | 9 March 2024 |
Second leg | 23 March 2024 | |
Final | First leg | 6 April 2024 |
Second leg | 27 April 2024 |
Qualification round
[edit]Draw
[edit]The draw was on 11 September 2023. H indicates which club is hosting the groups.[10][11][12][13] Teams in bold advanced to the quarter-finals. The seeding was decided by as follows:
Group A
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 36 | +23 | 12 | Quarter-finals | — | 10–9 | — | — | — | |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 34 | +13 | 6[a] | — | — | 10–8 | — | 18–5 | ||
3 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 45 | +3 | 6[a] | 10–12 | — | — | — | 18–14 | ||
4 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 6[a] | 8–21 | 11–10 | 9–12 | — | 11–8 | ||
5 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 63 | −27 | 0 | 9–16 | — | — | — | — |
Group B
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 34 | +25 | 11 | Quarter-finals | — | — | 11–10 | 20–9 | 20–7 | |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 36 | +33 | 10 | 11–12[a] | — | 16–14 | 20–7 | 25–7 | ||
3 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 42 | +18 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
4 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 69 | −24 | 3 | — | — | 8–13 | — | 21–16 | ||
5 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 37 | 89 | −52 | 0 | — | — | 7–23 | — | — |
- ^ Match ended 8–8, Carouge Natation won 4–3 on penalties
Group C
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 21 | +37 | 9 | Quarter-finals | — | 14–7 | 17–8 | 27–6 | |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 28 | +5 | 6 | — | — | — | 15–6 | ||
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 32 | −7 | 3 | — | 8–11 | — | — | ||
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 51 | −35 | 0 | — | — | 4–9 | — |
Group D
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 35 | +29 | 9[a] | Quarter-finals | — | — | 8–11 | 22–8 | — | |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 33 | +34 | 9[a] | 11–15 | — | 14–10 | 21–5 | 21–3 | ||
3 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 26 | +42 | 9[a] | — | — | — | 22–1 | 25–3 | ||
4 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 74 | −38 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 22–9 | ||
5 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 87 | −67 | 0 | 5–19 | — | — | — | — |
Knockout stage
[edit]Draw
[edit]The draw took place on 24 October in Barcelona.[16] 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 previous round could not be drawn against each other.
Seeded | Unseeded |
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Bracket
[edit]Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||
![]() | 7 | 7 | 14 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 17 | 18 | 35 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 8 | 9 | 17 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 9 | 12 | 21 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 6 | 12 | 18 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 10 | 15 | 25 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 14 | 19 | 33 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 6 | 13 | 19 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 17 | 12 | 29 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 7 | 14 | 21 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 11 | 10 | 21 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 10 | 10 | 20 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 15 | 11 | 26 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 14 | 13 | 27 |
Quarter-finals
[edit]25 November 2023 20:30 | Report | Royal Dauphins Mouscronnois ![]() | 7–17 | ![]() | Mouscron, Belgium Referees: Peter Radic (SVK), Luis Santos (POR) |
Score by quarters: 0–6, 1–1, 2–5, 4–5 | |||||
Croquet 2 | Goals | Bakulo 4 |
9 December 2023 19:00 | Report | EVK Zaibas ![]() | 18–7 | ![]() | Elektrėnai, Lithuania Referees: Massimo Castrilli (SUI), Rok Vehovec (SLO) |
Score by quarters: 3–4, 5–0, 7–1, 3–2 | |||||
Bakulo, Jonkus 4 | Goals | Lukacs 2 |
EVK Zaibas won 35–14 on aggregate.
25 November 2023 19:00 | Report | Valletta ![]() | 6–10 | ![]() | Gzira, Malta Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Tomi Kavcic (SLO) |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–3, 2–4, 1–1 | |||||
Galea, Gialanze 2 | Goals | Caner 3 |
9 December 2023 17:30 | Report | Galatasaray ![]() | 15–12 | ![]() | Istanbul, Turkey Referees: Erik Kolar (SVK), Philip Uhlig (GER) |
Score by quarters: 4–2, 3–2, 4–4, 4–4 | |||||
Caner 4 | Goals | Cachia, Gialanze 3 |
Galatasaray won 25–18 on aggregate.
2 December 2023 20:00 | Report | Triglav Kranj ![]() | 17–7 | ![]() | Kranj, Slovenia Referees: Karel Dvoracek (CZE), Erkan Turkkan (TUR) |
Score by quarters: 3–1, 6–4, 2–2, 6–0 | |||||
Lah 4 | Goals | Blary, Roscio 2 |
9 December 2023 19:15 | Report | Carouge Natation ![]() | 14–12 | ![]() | Carouge, Switzerland Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Boris Margeta (SLO) |
Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–5, 3–5, 5–0 | |||||
Blary 7 | Goals | Justin 4 |
Triglav Kranj won 29–21 on aggregate.
25 November 2023 19:00 | Report | KVP Novaky ![]() | 15–14 | ![]() | Novaky, Slovakia Referees: Massimo Angileri (MLT), Nerijus Papaurelis (LTU) |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–4, 6–2, 4–6 | |||||
Mihal, Tisaj 4 | Goals | Geiser, Pleyer 3 |
9 December 2023 20:00 | Report | SC Kreuzlingen ![]() | 13–11 | ![]() | Kreuzlingen, Switzerland |
Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–1, 3–4, 6–5 | |||||
Pleyer 6 | Goals | Bielik 3 |
SC Kreuzlingen won 27–26 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
[edit]9 March 2024 19:00 | Report | EVK Zaibas ![]() | 8–9 | ![]() | Elektrėnai, Lithuania Referees: Rik Evers (NED), Gernot Haentschel (GER) |
Score by quarters: 0–3, 2–2, 5–2, 1–2 | |||||
Gostautas, Pumputis 2 | Goals | Acar, Naipoglu 2 |
23 March 2024 19:00 | Report | Galatasaray ![]() | 12–9 | ![]() | Istanbul, Turkey Referees: Daniele Bianco (ITA), Tomislav Copic (CRO) |
Score by quarters: 4–1, 3–1, 3–5, 2–2 | |||||
Krstic 4 | Goals | Jelača 5 |
Galatasaray won 21–17 on aggregate
9 March 2024 18:00 | Report | Triglav Kranj ![]() | 11–10 | ![]() | Kranj, Slovenia Referees: Rajmund Fodor (HUN), Jakov Blaskovic (CRO) |
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–2, 3–3, 3–4 | |||||
Paunovic 3 | Goals | Pleyer 3 |
23 March 2024 20:00 | Report | SC Kreuzlingen ![]() | 10–10 | ![]() | Kreuzlingen, Switzerland Referees: David Gomez (ESP), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE) |
Score by quarters: 3–0, 4–3, 2–3, 1–4 | |||||
Herzog, Pleyer 4 | Goals | Cerar, Troppan 3 |
Triglav Kranj won 21–20 on aggregate
Final
[edit]6 April 2024 18:00 | Report | Galatasaray ![]() | 14–6 | ![]() | Istanbul, Turkey Referees: Rik Evers (NED), Sinisa Matijasevic (MNE) |
Score by quarters: 3–2, 5–2, 3–1, 3–1 | |||||
Destici 5 | Goals | Justin 2 |
27 April 2024 20:00 | Report | Triglav Kranj ![]() | 13–19 | ![]() | Kranj, Slovenia Referees: Radoslaw Koryzna (POL), Hendrik Schopp (GER) |
Score by quarters: 3–5, 3–2, 3–5, 4–7 | |||||
Rajlic, Stromajer 3 | Goals | Naipoglu 4 |
Galatasaray won 33–19 on aggregate
2023–24 LEN Challenger Cup Champions |
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![]() Galatasaray First title |
See also
[edit]- 2023–24 LEN Champions League
- 2023–24 LEN Euro 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 LEN Women's Super Cup
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Galatasaray lands historical cup win - European Aquatics®". www.len.eu. April 27, 2024.
- ^ Štamcar, Miha (April 27, 2024). "Pokal Challenger Galatasarayu, Triglavu drugo mesto".
- ^ https://www.galatasaray.org/haber/su-sporlari/sutopu/galatasaray-sutopu-takimimiz-len-challenger-cup-ta-namaglup-sampiyon/55457#:~:text=LEN%20Challenger%20Cup%E2%80%99ta%20%C3%BClkemizi%20temsil%20eden%20Galatasaray%20Sutopu,Kranj%20tak%C4%B1m%C4%B1n%C4%B1%2019-13%20ma%C4%9Flup%20ederek%20nama%C4%9Flup%20%C5%9Fampiyon%20oldu.
- ^ "Galatasaray, Challenger Kupası'nda şampiyon". www.trtspor.com.tr.
- ^ Mađerić, Davor (April 28, 2024). "Pokal Challenger Galatasarayu, Triglavu drugo mesto - Športni portal".
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