1998–99 LEN Champions League

1998-99 LEN Champions League
League LEN Champions League
Sport Water Polo
Duration 1998 to
5 June 1999
Number of teams 8 (Preliminary Round)
16 (Total)
Final Four
Finals champions Croatia POŠK (1st title)
  Runners-up Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bečej

The 1998–99 LEN Champions League is the ongoing 36th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. It is scheduled to run from 1998 to 5 June 1999, and it is contested by 16 teams. The Final Four (semifinals, final, and third place game) will take place on June 4 and June 5 in Naples.

Preliminary Round

Location of teams of the 1998–99 LEN Champions League group stage.
Blue Group; Red Group.
Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advanced to Final four

Blue Group

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Italy Posillipo 6 4 0 2 49 43 +6 8
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bečej 6 3 1 2 56 51 +5 7
Hungary BVSC 6 2 1 3 46 44 +2 5
Greece Vouliagmeni 6 2 0 4 44 57 −13 4

Red Group

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Russia Dynamo Moscow 6 5 0 1 52 38 +14 10
Croatia POŠK 6 5 0 1 58 46 +12 10
Spain Catalunya 6 1 1 4 45 53 −8 3
France Olympic Nice 6 0 1 5 41 61 −20 1

Final Four (Naples)

Semifinals
4 June 1999
Final
5 June 1999
 Italy Posillipo  6  
 Croatia POŠK  7  
 
     Croatia POŠK  8
   Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bečej  7
Third place
 Russia Dynamo Moscow  4  Italy Posillipo  8
 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bečej  8    Russia Dynamo Moscow  9

Final standings

Team
Croatia POŠK
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bečej
Russia Dynamo Moscow
Italy Posillipo

1998-99 Champions League
Champions

Croatia POŠK
1st Title
Dragan Rebić, Teo Đogaš, Petar Trumbić, Nikša Jaić, David Burburan, Roman Poláčik, Višeslav Sarić, Aleksandar Nagy, Samir Barać, Aljoša Kunac, Alen Bošković, Mario Oreb, Ivan Katura
Head Coach
Dragan Matutinović

See also

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