1996–97 LEN Champions League

1996-97 LEN Champions League
League	LEN Champions League
Sport	Water Polo
Duration	1996 to 5 April 1997
Number of teams	8 (Preliminary Round)
Final Four
Finals champions	Posillipo (1st title)
Runners-up	Mladost

The 1996–97 LEN Champions League was the ongoing 34th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. It ran from 1996 to 5 April 1997, and it was contested by 8 teams. The Final Four (semifinals, final, and third place game) took place on April 4 and April 5 in Naples.

Preliminary round

Nováky

Location of teams of the 1996–97 LEN Champions League group stage.

Blue Group;

Red Group.

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advanced to Final four

Blue Group

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
HAVK Mladost	6	6	0	0	58	35	+23	12
Barcelona	6	3	1	2	39	41	−2	7
BVSC	6	2	0	4	51	56	−5	4
Nováky	6	0	1	5	44	60	−16	1

Red Group

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Posillipo	6	5	0	1	59	43	+16	10
Bečej	6	4	0	2	68	50	+18	8
Olympiacos	6	1	1	4	43	62	−19	3
Spandau 04	6	1	1	4	43	56	−13	3

Final Four (Naples)

Semifinals 4 April 1997			Final 5 April 1997


HAVK Mladost	6
Bečej	5


			HAVK Mladost	7
			Posillipo	10


			Third place

Posillipo	8	Bečej	5
Barcelona	6		Barcelona	7

Final standings

	Team
	Posillipo
	HAVK Mladost
	Barcelona
	Bečej

1996-97 Champions League Champions
Posillipo 1st Title

Milan Tadić, Paolo Zizza, Dušan Popović, Giuseppe Porzio, Francesco Postiglione, Gianfranco Salvati, Fabio Galasso, Francesco Porzio, Bruno Antonino, Ferdinando Gandolfi, Piero Fiorentino, Carlo Silipo, Fabio Bencivenga

Head Coach

Paolo De Crescenzo

External links

European Cup, Euroleague and LEN Champions League

European Cup era, 1963–1996

Seasons	1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96

Champions League era, 1996–2003

Seasons	1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03

Euroleague era, 2003–2011

Seasons	2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11

Champions League era, 2011–present

Seasons	2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 squads 2015–16 squads 2016–17 squads

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