2019–20 LEN Euro Cup

The 2019–20 LEN Euro Cup was the 28th edition of the second-tier European tournament for water polo clubs. It ran from 13 September 2019 to 9 May 2020.^[1]

2019−20 LEN Euro Cup
League	LEN Euro Cup
Sport	Water Polo
Duration	13 September 2019 – 9 May 2020
Number of games	50
Number of teams	20 (from 12 countries)

Overview

Calendar

The calendar of the competition was announced on 3 August 2019.^[2]

Phase	Round	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying phase	Qualification round I	13–15 September 2019
	Qualification round II	27–29 September 2019
Knockout stage	Quarterfinals	30 October 2019	9 November 2019
	Semifinals	22 February 2020	4 March 2020
	Final	22 April 2020	9 May 2020

Participating teams

16 teams participated at the QR1 with half of them advancing to QR2. The four teams eliminated from the Champions League QR3 joined the qualified teams in the Quarterfinals.

Qualification round I
AZSC Antwerp	CN Mataró	Egri VK	Valletta WPC
VK Mornar	CE Mediterrani	MVLC Miskolc	Shturm 2002
VK Solaris	Montpellier	CC Ortigia	VK Radnički Kragujevac
APOEL Nicosia	CN Noisy-le-Sec	CN Posillipo	VK Partizan
Quarter Finals
AN Brescia (CL Q3)	NC Vouliagmeni (CL Q3)	CSM Oradea (CL Q3)	Team Strasbourg (CL Q3)

Qualifying phase

Qualification round I

Pools composition

The draw was held on 4 August 2019.^[3] The cities selected to host the groups were Eger (Hungary), Split (Croatia), Syracuse (Italy) and Valletta (Malta).^[4][5][6][7]

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
AZSC Antwerp	Egri VK (H)	CN Noisy-le-Sec	APOEL Nicosia
CE Mediterrani	Shturm 2002	CN Posillipo	CC Ortigia (H)
CN Mataró	VK Radnički Kragujevac	MVLC Miskolc	Montpellier
VK Mornar (H)	VK Solaris	Valletta WPC (H)	VK Partizan

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
CE Mediterrani	9	3	3	0	0	40	21	+19	QR2
CN Mataró	6	3	2	0	1	39	23	+16	QR2
VK Mornar	3	3	1	0	2	29	24	+5
AZSC Antwerp	0	3	0	0	0	20	60	-40

13 Sep 2019 19:00	Report	AZSC Antwerp	6–19	CE Mediterrani	Bazeni Poljud (Split) Referees: Vogel (HUN), Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 0–3, 3–7, 1–4
		2: Bus, Poelmans, Opacak	Goals	4: Vujović 3: Gorria Puga, Stevenson

13 Sep 2019 20:30	Report	VK Mornar	5–7	CN Mataró	Bazeni Poljud (Split) Referees: Rovida (ITA), Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–0, 1–3, 1–2
		2: Ban 1: D. Akrap, Buzdovačić, Jerković	Goals	3: de Freitas 2: Bertran

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14 Sep 2019 18:30	Report	CE Mediterrani	11–9	CN Mataró	Bazeni Poljud (Split) Referees: Margeta (SLO), Vogel (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–0, 2–3, 2–4
		4: Minguell 2: Gorria Puga, Stevenson	Goals	3: Veich 2: Codina

14 Sep 2019 20:00	Report	VK Mornar	18–7	AZSC Antwerp	Bazeni Poljud (Split) Referees: Stavridis (GRE), Rovida (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 4–0, 5–1, 6–5, 3–1
		3: Kreković, Ćalić 2: Solje, D. Akrap, Rako, Bušelić	Goals	3: Opacak 2: Van Hoey

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15 Sep 2019 10:30	Report	CN Mataró	23–7	AZSC Antwerp	Bazeni Poljud (Split) Referees: Vogel (HUN), Rovida (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 7–2, 7–2, 4–1, 5–2
		6: de Freitas 4: Bertran, Codina	Goals	2: Van Hoey, Poelmans, Opacak 1: Maksymiuk

15 Sep 2019 12:00	Report	VK Mornar	6–10	CE Mediterrani	Bazeni Poljud (Split) Referees: Stavridis (GRE), Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–3, 1–1, 3–2
		2: Krolo 1: R. Akrap, Ćalić, D. Akrap, Jerković	Goals	3: Urzáinqui 2: Gorria Puga, Roca Barceló

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
Egri VK	9	3	3	0	0	44	19	+25	QR2
VK Solaris	6	3	2	0	1	32	30	+2	QR2
VK Radnički Kragujevac	3	3	1	0	2	23	27	-4
Shturm 2002	0	3	0	0	3	22	45	-23

13 Sep 2019 18:30	Report	Egri VK	14–6	VK Solaris	Bitskey Aladár Uszoda (Eger) Referees: Dervieux (FRA), Castagnola (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 5–1, 4–1, 4–3
		4: Gyárfás 3: Rašović, Hosnyánszky	Goals	2: Strkalj, Bulat 1: Herceg, Kovačić

13 Sep 2019 20:15	Report	VK Radnički Kragujevac	9–7	Shturm 2002	Bitskey Aladár Uszoda (Eger) Referees: Koryzna (POL), Teixido (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–4, 2–1, 1–1
		2: Janković, Toholj, Dino 1: Branković, Frolov, Lobov	Goals	2: Kovalenko, Rulhov 1: Kuzmenkov, Pronin, Fedotov

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14 Sep 2019 18:30	Report	Egri VK	19–7	Shturm 2002	Bitskey Aladár Uszoda (Eger) Referees: Teixido (ESP), Castagnola (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 6–0, 5–3, 3–1, 5–3
		4: Rašović, Hosnyánszky 3: Murišić, Vlachopoulos	Goals	2: Mano, Maksim 1: Bukov, Pronin, Fedotov

14 Sep 2019 20:15	Report	VK Solaris	9–8	VK Radnički Kragujevac	Bitskey Aladár Uszoda (Eger) Referees: Dervieux (FRA), Koryzna (POL)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–2, 3–2, 2–2
		3: Herceg, Vlahović 1: Mudražija, Koprčina, Kovačić	Goals	2: Frolov, Lukić 1: Branković, Toholj, Lobov, Dino

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15 Sep 2019 09:45	Report	Shturm 2002	8–17	VK Solaris	Bitskey Aladár Uszoda (Eger) Referees: Teixido (ESP), Dervieux (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–5, 1–3, 3–4
		3: Emelianov 2: Fedotov	Goals	4: Strkalj 3: Sabioni

15 Sep 2019 11:30	Report	Egri VK	11–6	VK Radnički Kragujevac	Bitskey Aladár Uszoda (Eger) Referees: Castagnola (ITA), Koryzna (POL)
		Score by quarters: 1–0, 1–1, 4–2, 5–3
		3: Rašović 2: Gyárfás, Vlachopoulos	Goals	2: Janković, Frolov, Dino

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
MVLC Miskolc	9	3	3	0	0	47	27	+20	QR2
CN Noisy-le-Sec	6	3	2	0	1	39	32	+7	QR2
CN Posillipo	3	3	1	0	2	28	36	-8
Valletta WPC	0	3	0	0	3	27	46	-19

13 Sep 2019 18:00	Report	CN Noisy-le-Sec	10–15	MVLC Miskolc	National Swimming Pool (Valletta) Referees: Boudramis (GRE), Tiozzo (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–5, 2–4, 3–5
		3: Petković 2: Marzouki, Pešterić	Goals	4: Nagy 3: Miličić

13 Sep 2019 19:15	Report	Valletta WPC	8–13	CN Posillipo	National Swimming Pool (Valletta) Referees: Santos (POR), Jimenez (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–3, 2–3, 3–4
		3: Gabarretta, J. Camileri 1: N. Zammit, Muscat	Goals	2: M. Di Martire, Mattiello, Parrella G. Di Martire, Ricci

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14 Sep 2019 17:00	Report	MVLC Miskolc	15–8	CN Posillipo	National Swimming Pool (Valletta) Referees: Jimenez (ESP), Boudramis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–4, 6–3, 2–0
		4: Nagy 2: Kriještorac, Vadovics, Bedő, Stojanović	Goals	3: M. Di Martire 2: Marziali, G. Di Martire

14 Sep 2019 18:15	Report	CN Noisy-le-Sec	16–10	Valletta WPC	National Swimming Pool (Valletta) Referees: Tiozzo (CRO), Santos (POR)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 5–2, 5–3, 5–4
		6: Petković 3: Marzouki	Goals	3: J. Camileri 1: D. Zammit

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15 Sep 2019 09:00	Report	CN Posillipo	7–13	CN Noisy-le-Sec	National Swimming Pool (Valletta) Referees: Santos (POR), Tiozzo (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–3, 1–3, 1–4
		3: G. Di Martire 2: M. Di Martire	Goals	3: Pliskevich, Marzouki 2: Petković

15 Sep 2019 10:15	Report	Valletta WPC	9–17	MVLC Miskolc	National Swimming Pool (Valletta) Referees: Boudramis (GRE), Jimenez (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–6, 2–5, 1–4
		3: J. Camileri 2: D. Zammit	Goals	3: Baničević, Vadovics, Mišić, Stojanović 2: Lőrincz

Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
Montpellier	9	3	3	0	0	41	26	+15	QR2
CC Ortigia	6	3	2	0	1	45	21	+24	QR2
VK Partizan	3	3	1	0	2	49	35	+14
APOEL Nicosia	0	3	0	0	3	20	73	-53

13 Sep 2019 18:00	Report	VK Partizan	30–9	APOEL Nicosia	Piscina Paolo Caldarella (Syracuse) Referees: Peris (CRO), Naumov (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 7–2, 6–3, 8–3, 9–1
		5: Radulović, Mitrović, Smiljević 4: Barać	Goals	6: Chatzitheodoru 2: Prodromou

13 Sep 2019 19:30	Report	Montpellier	9–8	CC Ortigia	Piscina Paolo Caldarella (Syracuse) Referees: Kun (HUN), Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 2–0, 1–2, 3–3, 3–3
		3: Ivanković 2: Kalinić	Goals	2: Giacoppo, Gallo, Vidović 1: Cassia, Rossi

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14 Sep 2019 18:00	Report	APOEL Nicosia	8–18	Montpellier	Piscina Paolo Caldarella (Syracuse) Referees: Zwart (NED), Peris (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 2–3, 3–6, 3–5
		3: Nicolau 2: Chatzitheodoru, Prodromou	Goals	3: Piot, Mustur 2: Vilcot, Delaš, Kalinić, I. Živković

14 Sep 2019 19:30	Report	CC Ortigia	12–9	VK Partizan	Piscina Paolo Caldarella (Syracuse) Referees: Kun (HUN), Naumov (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–2, 1–3, 4–3
		4: Gallo 3: Vidović	Goals	3: Radanović, Smiljević 2: Vicković

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15 Sep 2019 10:30	Report	Montpellier	14–10	VK Partizan	Piscina Paolo Caldarella (Syracuse) Referees: Kun (HUN), Peris (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–4, 5–4, 2–0
		4: Ivanković 3: Kalinić	Goals	4: Barac 2: Vicković, Smiljević

15 Sep 2019 12:00	Report	CC Ortigia	25–3	APOEL Nicosia	Piscina Paolo Caldarella (Syracuse) Referees: Naumov (RUS), Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 6–1, 8–1, 5–0, 6–1
		3: Cassia, Di Luciano, Giacoppo, Gallo, Condemi	Goals	1: Chatzitheodoru, Nikolau, Prodromou

Qualification round II

Pools composition

The draw for this stage of the competition was held at LEN headquarters in Nyon (Switzerland) on 17 September 2019.^[8][9] The hosts of the two groups were Mataró (Spain) and Šibenik (Croatia).^[10][11]

Group E	Group F
CC Ortigia	CN Mataró (H)
CE Mediterrani	CN Noisy-le-Sec
MVLC Miskolc	Egri VK
VK Solaris (H)	Montpellier

Group E

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
MVLC Miskolc	9	3	3	0	0	38	28	+10	Quarterfinals
CC Ortigia	6	3	2	0	1	35	29	+6	Quarterfinals
CE Mediterrani	1	3	0	1	2	27	35	-8
VK Solaris	1	3	0	1	2	23	31	-8

27 Sep 2019 18:45	Report	VK Solaris	10–12	CC Ortigia	Bazeni Crnica (Šibenik) Referees: Schwartz (ISR), Shopp (GER)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–2, 1–4, 4–3
		3: Herceg, Vlahović 2: Koprčina	Goals	5: Gallo 3: Rossi

27 Sep 2019 20:30	Report	CE Mediterrani	12–15	MVLC Miskolc	Bazeni Crnica (Šibenik) Referees: Birakis (GRE), de Jong (NED)
		Score by quarters: 6–4, 3–2, 1–3, 2–6
		3: Minguell, Roca 2: Galeev, Stevenson	Goals	7: Manzi 2: Nagy, Lőrincz, Stojanović

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28 Sep 2019 18:45	Report	VK Solaris	5–11	MVLC Miskolc	Bazeni Crnica (Šibenik) Referees: de Jong (NED), Birakis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 1–4, 3–3, 1–1
		1: Erak, Štrkalj, Herceg, Vlahović, Sabioni	Goals	4: Mišić 3: Stojanović

28 Sep 2019 20:30	Report	CC Ortigia	12–7	CE Mediterrani	Bazeni Crnica (Šibenik) Referees: Shopp (GER), Schwartz (ISR)
		Score by quarters: 4–0, 3–2, 4–1, 1–4
		6: Giacoppo 2: Di Luciano, Napolitano	Goals	3: Frigola, Pérez 1: Gorria

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29 Sep 2019 09:45	Report	MVLC Miskolc	12–11	CC Ortigia	Bazeni Crnica (Šibenik) Referees: Schwartz (ISR), Shopp (GER)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 4–2, 3–4, 3–1
		4: Nagy 2: Vadovics, Lőrincz, Mišić	Goals	3: Napolitano 2: Giacoppo, Vidović

29 Sep 2019 11:30	Report	VK Solaris	8–8	CE Mediterrani	Bazeni Crnica (Šibenik) Referees: Birakis (GRE), de Jong (NED)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–3, 4–3, 1–0
		3: Koprčina 2: Vlahović	Goals	4: Minguell 1: Gorria, Vujović, García U., Stevenson

Group F

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
Egri VK	9	3	3	0	0	41	20	+21	Quarterfinals
CN Mataró	6	3	2	0	1	26	27	-1	Quarterfinals
Montpellier	3	3	1	0	2	23	32	-9
CN Noisy-le-Sec	0	3	0	0	3	25	36	-11

27 Sep 2019 16:00	Report	Egri VK	14–7	CN Noisy-le-Sec	Piscina Joan Serra (Mataró) Referees: Petronilli (ITA), Milović (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–3, 5–2, 3–0
		4: Rašović, Hosnyánszky 2: Baksa, Murisić	Goals	3: Pešterić 2: Peisson

27 Sep 2019 17:30	Report	CN Mataró	8–6	Montpellier	Piscina Joan Serra (Mataró) Referees: Štampalija (CRO), Türkkan (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–1, 1–2, 5–2
		3: Yañez 2: Bertran, Codina	Goals	3: Mustur 1: Ivanković, Kalinić, Živković

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28 Sep 2019 16:00	Report	Montpellier	5–16	Egri VK	Piscina Joan Serra (Mataró) Referees: Türkkan (TUR), Petronilli (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 1–4, 2–3, 0–4
		2: Ivanković, Živković 1: Mustur	Goals	3: Hosnyánszky, Vlachopoulos, Magyar 2: Baksa

28 Sep 2019 17:30	Report	CN Mataró	10–9	CN Noisy-le-Sec	Piscina Joan Serra (Mataró) Referees: Štampalija (CRO), Milović (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–2, 3–2, 1–2
		4: Minguez 2: Bertran	Goals	2: Petković, Marzouki, Pešterić 1: Pliskevich, Kolarik, Peisson

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29 Sep 2019 11:00	Report	CN Noisy-le-Sec	9–12	Montpellier	Piscina Joan Serra (Mataró) Referees: Štampalija (CRO), Petronilli (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–3, 4–1, 1–5
		2: Kolarik, Petković, Marzouki 1: Pliskevich, Sterling, Peisson	Goals	4: Živković 2: Ivanković, Kalinić

29 Sep 2019 12:30	Report	CN Mataró	8–12	Egri VK	Piscina Joan Serra (Mataró) Referees: Türkkan (TUR), Milović (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 0–3, 4–3, 2–4
		2: Fernández, Yañez 1: Cobalan, Bertran, Barbena, de Freitas	Goals	3: Vlachopoulos 2: Baksa, Murisić, Magyar

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

The draw was held in Nyon (Switzerland), at LEN offices, on 1 October 2019.^[12][13]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AN Brescia	28–20	MVLC Miskolc	17–10	11–10
CSM Oradea	20–19	CN Mataró	12–9	8–10
CC Ortigia	16–15	NC Vouliagmeni	9–9	7–6
Egri VK	22–21 (p)	Team Strasbourg	12–8	10–13 (p)

First leg

30 Oct 2019 15:00	Report	CC Ortigia	9–9	NC Vouliagmeni	Piscina Paolo Caldarella (Syracuse) Referees: Bura (CRO), Dervieux (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–2, 1–3, 3–1
		3: Gallo, Rossi 2: Giacoppo	Goals	3: Pontikeas 2: Kalogeropoulos

30 Oct 2019 18:00	Report	CSM Oradea	12–9	CN Mataró	Bazinul Olimpic Ioan Alexandrescu (Oradea) Referees: Berishvili (GEO), Mišković (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 5–1, 3–3
		4: Inada 3: Georgescu	Goals	5: Yañez 2: de Freitas

30 Oct 2019 18:00	Report	Egri VK	12–8	Team Strasbourg	Bitskey Aladár Uszoda (Eger) Referees: Putniković (SRB), Dutilh-Dumas (NED)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–4, 4–3, 3–0
		4: Rašović 3: Hosnyánszky, Murišić	Goals	4: Marković

30 Oct 2019 20:30	Report	AN Brescia	17–10	MVLC Miskolc	Centro Natatorio di Mompiano (Brescia) Referees: Shopp (GER), Stavdridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 4–2, 6–3, 3–4
		6: Cannella 3: C. Presciutti	Goals	3: Nagy 2: Vadovics

Second leg

9 Nov 2019 12:00	Report	CN Mataró	10–8	CSM Oradea	Piscina Joan Serra (Mataró) Referees: Spanoudis (GRE), Dervieux (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–2, 2–3, 2–2
		3: de Freitas	Goals	2: Dragomirescu, Popoviciu

9 Nov 2019 15:00	Report	NC Vouliagmeni	6–7	CC Ortigia	Vouliagmeni Nautical Club (Vouliagmeni) Referees: Kun (HUN), Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–2, 0–0, 1–2
		2: Gkiouvetsis	Goals	2: Vidović, Napolitano

9 Nov 2019 19:00	Report	MVLC Miskolc	10–11	AN Brescia	Kemény Dénes Városi Sportuszoda (Miskolc) Referees: Buch (ESP), Birakis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–1, 3–5, 4–3
		3: Vadovics 2: Kriještorac, Stojanović	Goals	5: Cannella 2: Alesiani, Nikolaidis

9 Nov 2019 20:30	Report	Team Strasbourg	10–6 (13–10 PSO)	Egri VK	Piscine de la Kibitzenau (Strasbourg) Referees: Stavridis (GRE), Franulović (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–0, 3–3, 2–1  PSO: 3–4
		3: Bratić 2: Babić, Marković	Goals	2: Rašović

Semifinals

The draw for the semifinals took place on 12 November 2019.^[14][15]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AN Brescia	–	Egri VK	6–3	TBD1
CSM Oradea	12–23	CC Ortigia	4–10	8–13

First leg

22 Feb 2020 19:00 (UTC+1)	Report	AN Brescia	6–3	Egri VK	Centro Natatorio di Mompiano (Brescia) Referees: Savinović (CRO), Naumov (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 0–1, 2–0, 0–0, 4–2
		2: Cannella, Nikolaidis 1: Alesiani, Buha	Goals	2: Murisić 1: Hosnyánszky

22 Feb 2020 18:00 (UTC+2)	Report	CSM Oradea	4–10	CC Ortigia	Bazinul Olimpic Ioan Alexandrescu (Oradea) Referees: Margeta (SLO), Vogel (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–4, 1–4, 1–1
		2: Inaba 1: Colodrovschi, Remeș	Goals	3: Napolitano 2: Gallo

Second leg

4 Mar 2020 20:00 (UTC+1)	Report	CC Ortigia	13–8	CSM Oradea	Piscina di Nesima (Catania)2 Referees: Naumov (RUS), Ortega (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 2–0, 5–2, 2–2, 4–4
		4: Gallo 3: Giacoppo	Goals	2: Popoviciu, Colodrovschi 1: four players

TBD1

Report

Egri VK

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AN Brescia

Bitskey Aladár Uszoda (Eger)

¹The second leg of the game was originally scheduled for 4 March 2020 but it was postponed because Hungarian pools were in lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.^[16]
2Ortigia played the home game in the near Catania due to the impossibility of Syracuse's "Paolo Caldarella" swimming pool to host international evening matches during winter time.^[17]

See also

• 2019–20 LEN Champions League
• 2019 LEN Super Cup