2002–03 LEN Champions League

2002-03 LEN Champions League
League LEN Champions League
Sport Water Polo
Duration 16 October 2002 to
17 May 2003
Number of teams 8 (Preliminary Round)
29 (Total)
Final Four
Finals champions Italy Pro Recco (3rd title)
  Runners-up Hungary Honvéd

The 2002–03 LEN Champions League is the ongoing 40th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. It is scheduled to run from 16 October 2002 to 17 May 2003, and it is contested by 29 teams. The Final Four (semifinals, final, and third place game) will take place on May 16 and May 17 in Genoa.

Preliminary Round

Location of teams of the 2002–03 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
Italy Pro Recco 6 5 0 1 59 47 +12 10
Germany Spandau 04 6 4 0 2 39 38 +1 8
Spain Barcelona 6 2 1 3 44 44 0 5
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 6 0 1 5 35 46 −11 1

Red Group

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Hungary Honvéd 6 5 1 0 58 44 +14 11
Croatia HAVK Mladost 6 3 1 2 48 44 +4 7
France Olympic Nice 6 1 2 3 38 43 −5 4
Greece Olympiacos 6 0 2 4 33 46 −13 2

Final Four (Genoa)

Semifinals
16 May 2003
Final
17 May 2003
 Italy Pro Recco  5  
 Croatia HAVK Mladost  4  
 
     Italy Pro Recco  9
   Hungary Honvéd  4
Third place
 Hungary Honvéd  11  Croatia HAVK Mladost  6
 Germany Spandau 04  6    Germany Spandau 04  5

Final standings

Team
Italy Pro Recco
Hungary Honvéd
Croatia HAVK Mladost
Germany Spandau 04

2002-03 Champions League
Champions
Italy Pro Recco
3rd Title
Jesús Rollán, Alberto Angelini, Luca Giustolisi, Danilo Ikodinović, Simone Mina, Vladimir Vujasinović, Daniele Bettini, Tibor Benedek, Paolo Petronelli, Alessandro Calcaterra, Massimiliano Ferretti, Alessandro Caliogna, Alberto Ghibellini
Head Coach
Marco Baldineti

See also

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