1996–97 LEN Champions League

1996–97 LEN Champions League
1996–97 LEN Champions League
League	LEN Champions League
Sport	Water Polo
Duration	1996 to; 5 April 1997
Number of teams	8 (preliminary round)
Final Four
Finals champions	Posillipo (1st title)
Runners-up	Mladost
Champions League seasons
	← 1996 1997–98 →

The 1996–97 LEN Champions League was the ongoing 34th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. It ran from 1996 to 5 April 1997, and it was contested by 8 teams. The Final Four (semifinals, final, and third place game) took place on April 4 and April 5 in Naples.

Preliminary round

Location of teams of the 1996–97 LEN Champions League group stage.

Blue Group;

Red Group.

Key to colors in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advanced to Final four

Blue Group

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
HAVK Mladost	6	6	0	0	58	35	+23	12
Barcelona	6	3	1	2	39	41	−2	7
BVSC	6	2	0	4	51	56	−5	4
Nováky	6	0	1	5	44	60	−16	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Red Group

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Posillipo	6	5	0	1	59	43	+16	10
Bečej	6	4	0	2	68	50	+18	8
Olympiacos	6	1	1	4	43	62	−19	3
Spandau 04	6	1	1	4	43	56	−13	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Final Four (Naples)

Semifinals 4 April 1997		Final 5 April 1997



HAVK Mladost	6

Bečej	5
		HAVK Mladost	7

		Posillipo	10
Posillipo	8

Barcelona	6
		Third place



		Bečej	5

		Barcelona	7

Final standings

	Team
	Posillipo
	HAVK Mladost
	Barcelona
	Bečej

1996-97 Champions League Champions
Posillipo 1st title

Milan Tadić, Paolo Zizza, Dušan Popović, Giuseppe Porzio, Francesco Postiglione, Gianfranco Salvati, Fabio Galasso, Francesco Porzio, Bruno Antonino, Ferdinando Gandolfi, Piero Fiorentino, Carlo Silipo, Fabio Bencivenga

Head coach

Paolo De Crescenzo

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Records and statistics Winning players

Preliminary round

Blue Group

Red Group

Final Four (Naples)

Final standings

See also