1997–98 LEN Champions League

1997–98 LEN Champions League
League	LEN Champions League
Sport	Water Polo
Duration	1997 to 5 June 1998
Teams	8 (preliminary round)
Final Four
Finals champions	Posillipo (2nd title)
Runners-up	Pescara

The 1997–98 LEN Champions League was the 35th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. It ran from 1997 to 6 June 1998, and it was contested by 16 teams. The Final Four (semifinals, final, and third place game) took place on June 5 and June 6 in Zagreb.

Preliminary round

Mladost

Spartak

Bečej

BVSC

Posillipo

Pescara

Vouliagmeni

Nice

Location of teams of the 1997–98 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	4	0	2	46	40	+6	8
Spartak Volgograd	6	3	1	2	37	42	−5	7
Bečej	6	3	0	3	51	44	+7	6
BVSC	6	1	1	4	46	54	−8	3

Source:

Red Group

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Posillipo	6	5	1	0	58	45	+13	11
Pescara	6	4	1	1	67	45	+22	9
Olympic Nice	6	1	0	5	46	68	−22	2
Vouliagmeni	6	1	0	5	43	56	−13	2

Source:

Final Four (Zagreb)

	Semifinals 5 June 1998				Final 6 June 1998
	HAVK Mladost	2
	Pescara	4
					Pescara	6
					Posillipo	8
	Posillipo	11
	Spartak Volgograd	5
					Third place
					HAVK Mladost	11
					Spartak Volgograd	9

Final standings

	Team
	Posillipo
	Pescara
	HAVK Mladost
	Spartak Volgograd

1997–98 Champions League Champions
2nd title

Milan Tadić, Marcello De Georgio, Tamás Kásás, Giuseppe Porzio, Francesco Postiglione, Gergely Kiss, Fabio Galasso, Francesco Porzio, Luca Giustolisi, Paolo Zizza, Dušan Popović, Gianfranco Salvati, Fulvio Di Martire, Carlo Silipo, Fabio Bencivenga, Antracite Lignano

Head coach

Paolo De Crescenzo

See also

• 1997–98 LEN Cup Winners' Cup
• 1997–98 LEN Cup