2010–11 LEN Women's Champions' Cup
The 2010–11 LEN Women's Champions' Cup was the 24th edition of the highest-level competition in women's European club water polo. It involved the champions and other top teams from European national leagues and ran from December 2010 to April 2011. The Final Four took place in Sabadell, Spain.
Final Four host CN Sabadell became the first Spanish team to win the competition beating Orizzonte Catania in the final. Olympiacos CFP and Kinef Kirishi also reached the Final Four, with Olympiacos ranking third, while defending champion Vouliagmeni OC was defeated by Orizzonte in the quarter-finals.
Federation team allocation
Each national federation can enter up to two teams into the Women's Champions' Cup.- Seeded Federations are the federations who placed a team in the Final Four of the previous' year's competition. In 2009/10, these countries were: Greece, Italy, and Russia
- All other federations are unseeded
Format and Changes
The original format for the Champions' Cup was to have four phases:- A qualification round of 4 groups of any size played as a Round-robin tournament at the site of a host team
- A preliminary round of 4 groups of 4 played as a Round-robin tournament at the site of a host team
- A quarterfinal round played as a Two-legged tie
- The Final Four played as a Knockout tournament at a pre-selected site
Distribution
Teams
There were 13 entries from 7 countries. Each of the draw pots were organised according to the previous year's results:Bold indicates countries that entered teams
Pot 1 | Final Four qualifiers | Greece, Italy, Russia |
Pot 2 | Losing quarterfinalists | Italy, Russia, Spain |
Pot 3 | 3rd placed in preliminary round | Germany, Hungary, Netherlands |
Pot 4 | 4th placed in preliminary round | France, Great Britain, Switzerland |
Note: The Netherlands only entered one team, so the two available places in Pot 3 were taken by a second German team and a French team elevated from Pot 4.
Draw | Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
Pot 1 | Orizzonte Catania | Kinef Kirishi | Olympiacos CFP | Vouliagmeni OC |
Pot 2 | CN Sabadell | CE Mediterrani | Shturm Ruza | Fiorentina WP |
Pot 3 | Blau-Weiss Bochum | Bayer Uerdingen | Olympic Nice | Polar Bears Ede |
Pot 4 | ASPTT Nancy |
Round and Draw Dates
Tournament Phase
First Qualifying Round
Key to colours in group tables |
Progress to the Quarterfinal Round |
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Quarter-finals
Final four
- Piscina Can Llong, Sabadell
2011 LEN Women's Champions' Cup Champions |
CN Sabadell First title |