2016–17 LEN Champions League
| 2016-17 LEN Champions League | |
|---|---|
| League | LEN Champions League |
| Sport | Water Polo |
| Duration | 30 September 2016 to 27 May 2017 |
| Number of teams | 12 (Preliminary Round) 31 (Total) |
| Final Six | |
| Finals champions |  |
| Runners-up | |
The 2016–17 LEN Champions League is the ongoing 54th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. It is scheduled to run from 30 September 2016 to 27 May 2017.
8 teams are directly qualified for the Preliminary Round.
The schedule of the competition is as follows.
Fifteen teams take part in the Qualification round I. They were drawn into three groups of four teams and one group of three teams, whose played on 30 September−2 October 2016. Top 2 teams of each group advance to qualification round II.
Tournament was played in Oradea, Romania.
Tournament was played in Budapest, Hungary.
Tournament was played in Porto, Portugal.
Tournament was played in Valletta, Malta.
Sixteen teams take part in the Qualification round II. Eight teams from first round and eight teams with wild cards. They were drawn into four groups of four teams, whose played on 14−16 October 2016. Top 2 teams of each group advance to qualification round III.
Tournament was played in Eger, Hungary.
Tournament was played in Brescia, Italy.
Tournament was played in Herceg Novi, Montenegro.
Tournament was played in Rijeka, Croatia.
Eight teams take part in the Qualification round III. 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 regular season was played between 30 November 2016 and 26 April 2017. If teams are level on record at the end of the Preliminary Round, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 30 November, 10 December, 21 December 2016 and 18 January, 8 February, 18 February, 1 March, 22 March, 5 April, 26 April 2017. The top three teams advanced to the final six.
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