The draw for the group stage of the Champions League will be held in Rome on Monday. It will start at noon.
The ten clubs that hold wild-cards will be drawn into two groups of six teams (two teams will join them from the qualifications which will be played in November).
According to the plan, the Main Round of the Champions League will be played in three stages in “bubble format”. The hosts of all six tournaments (three in each group) haven’t been confirmed yet.
Budapest and the Aquatic center of the Italian Swimming Federation in Ostia (near Rome) are the proposed venues for the first “bubble events”, LEN announced today. The first stage is scheduled for mid-December
Ten wildcard-holders that are awaiting Monday’s draw: Ferencvaros Telekom (Hungary), Olympiacos Piraeus (Greece), Pro Recco (Italy), CNA Barceloneta (Spain), Jug AO Dubrovnik (Croatia), CN Marseille (France), Jadran Herceg Novi (Montenegro).Spandau 04 (Germany), Dinamo Tbilisi (Georgia), Waspo 98 Hannover (Germany).
Champions League Group Phase
Round 1 (1st – 3rd match)
Group A: December 14 – 17, 2020
Group B: December 15 – 18, 2020
Round 2 (4th – 7th match)
Group A: March 1 – 5, 2021
Group B: March 1 – 5, 2021
Round 3 (8th – 10th match)
Group A: April 19 – 22, 2021
Group B: April, 20 – 23, 2021
FINAL EIGHT
June 3 – 5, 2021 (Hannover)
Qualifications (November 11 – 15)
Group A (Syracuse, Italy)
Group A1: Ortigia Syracuse (Italy), Barcelona (Spain), Steaua Bucharest (Romania), Jadran Split (Croatia), Primorac Kotor (Montenegro).
Group A2: Szolnok (Hungary), Mladost Zagreb (Croatia), Pays d’Aix (France), Ydriakos (Greece).
Group B (Budapest, Hungary)
Group B1: OSC Budapest (Hungary), Sintez Kazan (Russia), KVK Radnicki (Serbia), Terrassa (Spain), Tourcoing (France).
Group B2: Vouliagmeni (Greece), Brescia (Italy), ENKA Istanbul (Turkey), Oradea (Romania).