2011–12 Women's LEN Trophy explained

The 2011–12 Women's LEN Trophy was the 13th edition of the competition.^[1] RN Imperia defeated Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk in the final by overcoming a home loss to become the fifth Italian club to win it.^[2]

Qualification round

Group A

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1		4	4	0	0	87	21	12
2	Uralochka Zlatoust (host)	4	3	0	1	111	25	9
3		4	2	0	2	28	46	6
4		4	1	0	3	32	92	3
5		4	0	0	4	19	91	0

Olympiacos 28–6 Hannover, Uralochka 37–1 Järfälla
Uralochka 46–8 Hannover, Lille 11–3 Järfälla
Olympiacos 11–7 Lille, Hannover 13–12 Järfälla
Olympiacos 30–1 Järfälla, Uralochka 21–4 Lille
Olympiacos 12–7 Uralochka, Lille 6–5 Hannover

Group B

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1		4	4	0	0	98	15	12
2	Imperia (host)	4	3	0	1	72	83	9
3		4	2	0	2	30	76	6
4		4	1	0	3	25	66	3
5		4	0	0	4	22	75	0

Yugra 27–1 St. Bruno, Imperia 22–3 Senta
Imperia 20–3 St. Bruno, Senta 10–7 Penguin
Yugra 34–6 Senta, Imperia 24–6 Penguin
Yugra 7–6 Imperia, St. Bruno 11–8 Penguin
Yugra 30–1 Penguin, Senta 11–10 St. Bruno

Group C

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1		4	4	0	0	68	20	12
2		4	3	0	1	43	32	9
3	Patras (host)	4	2	0	2	51	32	6
4		4	1	0	3	15	52	3
5		4	0	0	4	21	60	0

Plebiscito 16–8 Zaragoza, Patras 16–3 Otter
Zaragoza 16–5 Hapoel, Patras 20–8 Hapoel
Zaragoza 7–2 Otter, Zaragoza 12–9 Patras
Plebiscito 24–3 Otter, Plebiscito 19–3 Hapoel
Plebiscito 9–6 Patras, Otter 7–5 Hapoel

Preliminary round

Group A

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1	Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk (ht.)	2	2	0	0	26	18	6
2		2	1	0	1	22	18	3
3		2	0	0	2	17	29	0

Fiorentina 14–7 Zaragoza
Yugra 15–10 Zaragoza
Yugra 11–8 Fiorentina
Hannoverscher SV withdrew from competition

Group B

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1	Szentesi (host)	3	3	0	0	46	17	9
2		3	2	0	1	46	14	3
3		3	1	0	2	26	39	3
4		3	0	0	3	14	62	0

Szentesi 25–5 Senta, Uralochka 16–7 Patras
Szentesi 15–7 Patras, Uralochka 25–1 Senta
Szentesi 6–5 Uralochka, Patras 12–8 Senta

Group C

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1		3	2	1	0	55	22	7
2	Imperia (host)	3	2	0	1	43	21	6
3		3	1	1	1	58	26	4
4		3	0	0	3	6	93	0

Olympiacos 12–12 SKIF, Imperia 23–2 Otter
Olympiacos 33–1 Otter, Imperia 11–9 SKIF
Olympiacos 10–9 Imperia, SKIF 37–3 Otter

Group D

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1	Plebiscito Padova (host)	3	3	0	0	43	13	9
2		3	2	0	1	43	19	6
3		3	1	0	2	22	34	3
4		3	0	0	3	15	56	0

Plebiscito 22–2 St. Bruno, Leiden 14–6 Lille
Plebiscito 10–8 Leiden, Lille 13–10 St. Bruno
Plebiscito 11–3 Lille, Leiden 21–3 St. Bruno

Quarter-finals

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Leiden	16–18	Szentesi	9–9	7–9
Imperia	14–13		6–6	8–7
Olympiacos	23–12		11–7	12–5
Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk	25–19		14–10	11–9

Semifinals

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Imperia	22–18		11–8	11–10
Olympiacos	17–19	Yugra Khanty Mansiysk	9–8	8–11

Final

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Imperia	19–18		12–13	7–5

Notes and References

http://len.eu/cms?disciplines+waterpolo+clubs=153 Results
http://www.waterpoloworld.com/News/tabid/169/ArticleId/2533/Imperia-LEN-Trophy-winner.aspx Imperia LEN Trophy winner.