2015–16 LEN Euro Cup


The 2015–16 LEN Euro Cup is the second tier of European competition in water polo. It ran from 30 September 2015 to 30 April 2016.

Overview

Team allocation

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows.

Qualifying rounds

Qualification round I

Thirteen teams took part in the first qualifying round. They were drawn into one group of six and one group of seven teams, who played on 30 September−4 October 2015. The top four teams of each group advanced to the next round.

Group A

Tournament played in Budapest, Hungary.

Group B

Tournament played in Split, Croatia.

Qualification round II

Eight teams took part in the second qualifying round. They were drawn into two groups of four teams, which played on 16−18 October 2015. The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarterfinals.

Group C

Tournament was played in Naples, Italy.

Group D

Tournament was played in Split, Croatia.

Knockout stage

Quarter Finals

CL lossers of QR3EC first two of QR2
Waspo Hannover Sintez Kazan
Digi Oradea Mornar
CN Marseille Kinef Kirishi
AN Brescia Szeged

These teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follow:
The first legs were played on 11 November, and the second legs were played on 16 December 2015.

Semi Finals

The first legs were played on 3 February, and the second legs were played on 10 February 2016.

Final

The first leg were played on 16 April, and the second leg were played on 30 April 2016.