2023–24 LEN Women's Champions League
Barcelona hosted the Final four.
League	LEN Women's Champions League
Sport	Water polo
Duration	21 September 2023 – 21 April 2024
Games	92
Teams	24(from 7 countries)
Finals champions	Astralpool Sabadell (7th title)
Runners-up	Olympiacos Piraeus
LEN Women's Champions League seasons

The2023–24LEN Women's Champions League is the 36th edition of thewater polo competition organised by theLigue Européenne de Natation (LEN). This is the first season under the new changes made byLEN.^[1] The defending champions areAstralpool Sabadell.

The Spanish side successfully defended their title with a win againstOlympiacos Piraeus in the final.^[2][3]

This season, the format has undergone some changes. After one qualification round (instead of two), sixteen teams will qualify for the main round. For the first time ever, the groups in the main round are held in a home and away format. After the main round, the four groups winners will compete in the final four to decide the winners of theLEN Women's Champions League.^[4]

Starting this season,LEN also started a club rankings. Countries inside the top 6 of the newLEN women's club rankings are eligible to enter 5 clubs into the Champions League.^[4][5] While countries outside the top 6 can enter their league champion into either the Champions League orChallenger Cup.

Rank[5]	Association	Points	Teams
1	Spain	105,597.5	5
2	Greece	91,125
3	Hungary	84,842.5
4	Italy	76,410	4
5	France	24,127.5	3
6	Russia	53.38	0
7	Netherlands	49.300	1
8	Slovakia	5,145	0
9	Germany	4,620	1
9	Portugal	4,620	0
11	Malta	3,940
12	Israel	2,500
13	Croatia	1,012.5

Alongside the new changes,LEN increased the amount of clubs a country can enter, from 4 to 5. German representative,Spandau 04, was the only club outside the top 6 who decided to enter, starting in the qualifiers. While on the other hand, despite being in the top 6,Russia was banned andNetherlands took the sixth-place spot. All other clubs and countries below the top six entered the2023–24 LEN Women's Challenger Cup.

Main round

Olympiacos Piraeus(1st)

ZF Eger(1st)

Ekipe Orizzonte(1st)

Astralpool SabadellCL(1st)

Qualification round

Lille UC(1st)	Mulhouse WP(2nd)	Grand Nancy AC(3rd)	Spandau 04(1st)
NO Vouliagmeni(2hd)	Ethnikos Piraeus(3rd)	ANC Glyfada(4th)	Alimos NAC Betsson(5th)
Dunaújváros(2nd)	FTC Telekom(3rd)	UVSE Budapest(4th)	BVSC-Zugló(5th)
SIS Roma(2nd)	Antenore Plebiscito Padova(3rd)	Pallanuoto Trieste(4th)	ZV De Zaan(1st)
Assolim CN Mataró(2nd)	CN Sant Andreu(3rd)	CE Mediterrani(4th)	CN Terrassa(5th)

The draw was on 10 August 2023.^[8] The seeding was decided by the newLEN club rankings.^[9] H indicates which club is hosting the groups.

In the qualification round, teams play in a round robin format. The top 3 in every group makes the main round, while the fourth and fifth placed teams in the groups drop down to the2023–24 LEN Women's Euro Cup group stage.^[10][11]

• 21–24 September 2023,Budapest,Hungary.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		UVSE	ALI	FTC	GLY	SPA
1	UVSE Budapest(H)	4	4	0	0	0	59	34	+25	12	Main round		—	12–7	11–9	21–11	15–7
2	Alimos NAC Betsson	4	3	0	0	1	51	43	+8	9			—	—	—	—	—
3	FTC Telekom	4	2	0	0	2	55	40	+15	6			—	13–14	—	17–8	16–7
4	ANC Glyfada	4	1	0	0	3	37	63	−26	3	Euro Cup		—	9–19	—	—	9–6
5	Spandau 04	4	0	0	0	4	29	51	−22	0			—	9–11	—	—	—

• 21–24 September 2023,Mulhouse,France.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MUL	ETH	MED	TRI	PAD
1	Mulhouse WP(H)	4	4	0	0	0	48	37	+11	12	Main round		—	13–10	14–12	10–9	11–6
2	Ethnikos Piraeus	4	2	1	0	1	44	42	+2	8			—	—	17–15[a]	12–9	9–7
3	CE Mediterrani	4	1	0	2	1	55	50	+5	5			—	—	—	17–10	15–17[b]
4	Pallanuoto Trieste	4	1	0	0	3	42	51	−9	3	Euro Cup		—	—	—	—	—
5	Antenore Plebiscito Padova	4	0	1	0	3	38	47	−9	2			—	—	—	12–14	—

• 21–24 September 2023,Mataró,Spain.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MAT	VOU	TER	BVSC	ZAAN
1	Assolim CN Mataró(H)	4	4	0	0	0	68	36	+32	12	Main round		—	15–9	20–7	18–9	15–11
2	NO Vouliagmeni	4	3	0	0	1	46	37	+9	9			—	—	11–6	12–8	14–8
3	CN Terrassa	4	2	0	0	2	42	57	−15	6			—	—	—	—	16–15
4	BVSC-Zugló	4	0	1	0	3	39	54	−15	2	Euro Cup		—	—	11–13	—	16–14[a]
5	ZV De Zaan	4	0	0	1	3	45	56	−11	1			—	—	—	—	—

• 21–24 September 2023,Rome,Italy.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SAN	ROM	DUN	LIL	NAN
1	CN Sant Andreu	4	4	0	0	0	62	32	+30	12	Main round		—	—	—	—	22–3
2	SIS Roma(H)	4	3	0	0	1	48	36	+12	9			9–15	—	9–8	9–8	21–5
3	Dunaújváros	4	1	1	0	2	51	36	+15	5			9–11	—	—	—	24–6
4	Lille UC	4	1	0	1	2	50	42	+8	4	Euro Cup		11–14	—	10–13[a]	—	—
5	Grand Nancy AC	4	0	0	0	4	23	88	−65	0			—	—	—	9–21	—

ZF Eger

Ekipe Orizzonte

SIS Roma

Dunaújváros

Catalonia

Budapest

Mulhouse WP

Athens

Athens teams
Alimos NAC Betsson
Ethnikos Piraeus
Vouliagmeni
Olympiacos Piraeus
Budapest teams
FTC Telekom
UVSE Budapest

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Location of teams of the2023–24 LEN Women's Champions League group stage.
Red: Group A; Blue: Group B; Yellow: Group C; Green: Group D.

The draw took place on 26 September 2023 inBarcelona,Spain.^[12]The four group winners advance to thefinal four.

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 2 points for a penalty shootout win, 1 point for a penalty shootout loss, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:

• Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
• Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
• Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
• Goal difference in all group matches;
• Goals scored in all group matches.

This is the first time that this round is being held in a home and away format. Five countries are being represented, with Spain boasting the most clubs with five.

Sabadell

Terrassa

Mediterrani

Mataró

Barcelona
Mediterrani
Sant Andreu

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Location ofCatalonia teams of the2023–24 LEN Women's Champions League Main Round.
Red: Group A; Blue: Group B;
Yellow: Group C; Green: Group D.

Seeding

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SAN	TER	ORI	ROM
1	CN Sant Andreu	6	5	1	0	0	75	57	+18	17	Final four		—	15–9	13–9	10–9
2	CN Terrassa	6	3	0	0	3	59	67	−8	9			6–11	—	10–8	13–10
3	Ekipe Orizzonte	6	2	0	0	4	68	65	+3	6			10–11	15–9	—	16–11
4	SIS Roma	6	1	0	1	4	63	76	−13	4			14–15[a]	8–12	11–10	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SAB	ALI	MUL	DUN
1	Astralpool Sabadell	6	6	0	0	0	91	55	+36	18	Final four		—	14–7	18–10	18–12
2	Alimos NAC Betsson	6	3	0	0	3	69	76	−7	9			8–13	—	12–15	14–10
3	Mulhouse WP	6	1	1	0	4	77	94	−17	5			10–19	13–16	—	18–16[a]
4	Dunaújváros	6	1	0	1	4	70	82	−12	4			8–9	11–12	13–11	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MAT	ETH	FTC	EGER
1	Assolim CN Mataró	6	6	0	0	0	93	36	+57	18	Final four		—	18–8	13–5	18–6
2	Ethnikos Piraeus	6	2	0	1	3	67	83	−16	7			4–13	—	15–13	14–11
3	FTC Telekom	6	2	0	0	4	64	68	−4	6			8–13	12–11	—	18–7
4	ZF Eger	6	1	1	0	4	54	91	−37	5			5–18	16–15[a]	9–8	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		OLY	VOU	UVSE	MED
1	Olympiacos Piraeus	6	6	0	0	0	84	47	+37	18	Final four		—	12–7	15–8	21–7
2	NO Vouliagmeni	6	3	0	0	3	62	65	−3	9[a]			9–14	—	13–11	14–9
3	UVSE Budapest	6	3	0	0	3	62	62	0	9[a]			6–7	9–8	—	10–7
4	CE Mediterrani	6	0	0	0	6	55	89	−34	0			10–15	10–11	12–18	—

The Final four was held between 20 and 21 April 2024.^[13] The draw was held inBarcelona on 26 March 2024.^[14][15] On 12 April, theNova Escullera pool inBarcelona was announced as the host.^[16][17][18]

	Semi-finals				Final
	20 April
	CN Sant Andreu	9
					21 April
	Astralpool Sabadell	14
					Astralpool Sabadell	16
	20 April
					Olympiacos Piraeus	10
	Olympiacos Piraeus	16
	Assolim CN Mataró	12
					Third place
					21 April
					CN Sant Andreu	8
					Assolim CN Mataró	7

20 April 2024 12:00	Report	CN Sant Andreu	9–14	Astralpool Sabadell	Nova Escullera pool,Barcelona Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Michiel Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–6,3–2, 1–4
		Pérez,Ruiz 3	Goals	González 5

20 April 2024 14:00	Report	Olympiacos Piraeus	16–12	Assolim CN Mataró	Nova Escullera pool,Barcelona Referees: Nora Debreceni (HUN), Boris Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–4,6–2,5–4
		Elefteriadou 7	Goals	Van de Kraats 3

21 April 2024 12:00	Report	CN Sant Andreu	8–7	Assolim CN Mataró	Nova Escullera pool,Barcelona Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Michiel Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 1–2,4–1, 1–2, 2–2
		Ruiz 3	Goals	Kestzthelyi 3

21 April 2024 14:00	Report	Astralpool Sabadell	16–10	Olympiacos Piraeus	Nova Escullera pool,Barcelona Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Boris Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters:2–1,5–3,6–3, 3–3
		Giustini 5	Goals	Plevritou 3

2023–24 LEN Women's Champions League Champions
Astralpool Sabadell Seventh title

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