LEN determined the schedule of the second and third “bubble” tournaments of the Champions League, which will be played in March and April.
The venues of the tournaments remain the same.
The tournaments of Group A will be played in Ostia (Italy), where the first “bubble” was held. The teams that compete in Group B will continue their battles for the Final Eight in the “Duna Arena” in Budapest.
The order of the matches has been changed comparing to the first version of the schedule. The calendar won’t be like a mirror, as it was in the previous few seasons. In the past seasons, after the first half of the league, the order of the rounds was reversed. The teams that faced in the last round of the first half, played each other in the first round of the second half, etc.
With the changed calendar, LEN avoided the situation in which a team would play against the same two opponents within a few days at the second “bubble” tournament.
Group A (Ostia)
Second “bubble” tournament
March 1
Spandau 04 – Marseille (15:15)
Jug AO Dubrovnik – Ortigia (17:45)
Olympiacos – Pro Recco (20:15
March 2
Marseille – Olympiacos (15:15)
Spandau 04 – Ortigia (17:45)
Pro Recco – Jug (20:15)
March 3
Marseille – Pro Recco (15:15)
Jug – Spandau 04 (17:45)
Ortigia – Olympiacos (20:15)
March 4
Olympiacos – Spandau (15:15)
Marseille – Jug (17:45)
Pro Recco – Ortigia (20:15)
Third “bubble” tournament
April 19
Ortigia – Marseille
Jug AO – Olympiacos
Spandau 04 – Pro Recco
April 20
Ortigia – Jug AO
Marseille – Spandau 04
Pro Recco – Olympiacos
April 21
Jug – Pro Recco
Olympiacos – Marseille
Ortigia – Spandau
| Group A | |||||||
| 1 | Pro Recco | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 127:68 | 30 |
| 2 | Jug AO | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 102:106 | 19 |
| 3 | Olympiacos Piraeus | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 89:92 | 14 |
| 4 | CN Marseille | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 93:94 | 13 |
| 5 | Spandau 04 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 79:104 | 6 |
| 6 | CC Ortigia | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 69:95 | 4 |
Group B (Budapest)
Second “bubble” tournament
March 2
Waspo 98 Hannover – Dinamo Tbilisi (14:00)
Ferencvaros – Barceloneta (16:30)
Jadran Herceg Novi – Brescia (19:00)
March 3
Brescia – Waspo 98 Hannover (14:00)
Dinamo T – Ferencvaros (16:30)
Jadran HN – Barceloneta (19:00)
March 4
Brescia – Dinamo T (14:00)
Ferencvaros – Jadran HN (16:30)
Barceloneta – Waspo Hannover (19:00)
March 5
Dinamo T – Barceloneta (14:00)
Brescia – Ferencvaros (16:30)
Hannover – Jadran HN (19:00)
Third “bubble” tournament
April 20
Barceloneta – Brescia
Ferencvaros – Waspo Hannover
Jadran HN – Dinamo T
April 21
Barceloneta – Ferencvaros
Brescia – Jadran HN
Dinamo T – Waspo Hannover
April 22
Ferencvaros – Dinamo T
Waspo Hannover – Brescia
Barceloneta – Jadran HN
| Group B | |||||||
| 1 | Ferencvaros Telekom | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 113:73 | 24 |
| 2 | Zodiac CNA Barceloneta | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 119:81 | 24 |
| 3 | AN Brescia | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 117:80 | 21 |
| 4 | Waspo 98 Hannover | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 89:122 | 9 |
| 5 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 74:121 | 6 |
| 6 | Jadran Herceg Novi | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 74:109 | 6 |
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