Yugoslav champions Becej will play in the Red group of the water polo Champions League, along with defending European champions Jug (Croatia). In the quarter-finals of the 2002 LEN-Trophy the first
winner of the European Champions Cup in 1964, Partizan
Belgrade from Yugoslavia, will play the winner of the first winner
of the cup winners cup, the Ferencváros Budapest. It is interesting that Aleksandar Sostar, who was appointed president of Partizan, is a goalkeeper of Ferencváros. Jadran Herceg-Novi will face Spanish Barcelona in the quarter-finals of the European Cup Winners Cup.
Champions League 2002
Blue Group: Olympique Nice Natation (FRA), CN "Telemarket" Posillipo Naples (ITA), Olympiakos Pireus (GRE) and Wasserfreunde Spandau 04 (GER).
Red Group: Jug Dubrovnik (CRO), Dinamo Moscow (RUS), VK BECEJ NIS NAFTAGAS (YUGOSLAVIA) and Honvéd "Domino" Budapest (HUN).
The games will be played from 19th or 20th January to 13th or 14th April.
Quarter-finals LEN-Trophy
CN Catalunya Barcelona (SPA) vs. Leonessa Brescia (ITA)
Pro Recco Genoa (ITA) vs. Primorje Rijeka (CRO)
BVSC Budapest (HUN) vs. Real Canoe Madrid (ESP)
PARTIZAN BELGRADE (YUGOSLAVIA) vs. FTC Budapest (HUN)
1st leg: 19th or 20th of January
2nd leg: 2nd or 3rd of February
Quarter-finals European Cup Winners Cup
CN Barcelona (SPA) vs. JADRAN HERCEG-NOVI (YUGOSLAVIA)
NC Vouliagmeni (GRE) vs. RN Florentia (ITA)
Vasas "Plaket" Budapest (HUN) vs. SV Cannstatt (GER)
Mladost Zagreb (CRO) vs. "Lukoil" Spartak Volgograd (RUS)
1st leg: 19th or 20th of January
2nd leg: 2nd or 3rd of February
