LEN Women's Euro Cup explained

LEN Women's Euro Cup
Current Season:2023–24 LEN Women's Euro Cup
Sport:Water polo
Founded:1999
Levels:2nd Tier (Europe)
Continent:Europe
Country:LEN members
Champion: Plebiscito Padova
(1st title)
Most Champs: Gifa Palermo
Ortigia
Racing Roma
Shturm 2002
Imperia
Ethnikos Piraeus
UVSE
(2 titles each)
Website:LEN Women's Euro Cup
President:Paolo Barelli

The LEN Women's Euro Cup, formerly the Women's LEN Trophy, is LEN's second-tier competition for women's water polo clubs. It was first held in 2000 as the LEN Women's Cup Winners' Cup. It was contested for many seasons by around 15 teams, which could qualify for it either directly due to high ranking in their domestic league or by being eliminated at certain stages of the Champions' Cup. After the last reformations in the European competitions system by LEN, only four teams contesting for the trophy, coming after elimination at that season's LEN Euro League quarterfinals stage. Italy's Gifa Palermo, Ortigia, Racing Roma, Imperia, Russia's Shturm Ruza, and Greece's Ethnikos Piraeus are the most successful clubs in the competition with two titles each.[1]

Title holders

Finals

YearFinalistsSemi-finalists
width=15%Championwidth=10%Scorewidth=15%Runner-upwidth=15%Third placewidth=15%Fourth place
1999–00

Gifa Palermo		14–8
NO Vouliagmeni
Het Ravijn
Diana St.Petersburg
2000–01

SKIF Moscow		10–8
Dunaújváros
Mediterrani
Olympiacos Piraeus
2001–02

Gifa Palermo
SKIF Moscow
Mediterrani
NO Vouliagmeni
2002–03

NO Vouliagmeni
SKIF Moscow
Het Ravijn
Szentes
2003–04

Ortigia
Uralochka Zlatoust
Sabadell
Polar Bears Ede
2004–05

Ortigia
NO Vouliagmeni
Uralochka Zlatoust
SKIF Izmailovo
2005–06

Honvéd		8–3
ANO Glyfada
Fiorentina
Het Ravijn
2006–07

Racing Roma		12–8
Nereus
OSC Budapest
Olympiacos Piraeus
2007–08

Racing Roma		10–9
Olympiacos Piraeus
OSC Budapest
Plebiscito Padova
2008–09

Shturm Chekhov		11–12, 14–11
Dunaújváros
Dynamo Moscow
Olympiacos Piraeus
2009–10

Ethnikos Piraeus		12–13, 17–13
Yugra
Donk Gouda
NE Patras
2010–11

Rapallo		5–12, 12–3
Het Ravijn
Szentes
SKIF Izmailovo
2011–12

Imperia		12–13, 7–5
Yugra
Szentes
Olympiacos Piraeus
2012–13

Shturm 2002		17–10, 14–11
SKIF Izmailovo
Donk Gouda
Uralochka Zlatoust
2013–14

Olympiacos Piraeus		10–9
Firenze
Yugra
Kinef Kirishi
2014–15

Imperia		8–7
Plebiscito Padova
NO Vouliagmeni
Szentes
2015–16

Mataró		6–5
NO Vouliagmeni
Szentes
Uralochka Zlatoust
2016–17
[2] 		7–6
Plebiscito Padova
Dunaújváros
Yugra
2017–18
[3] 		13–11
Olympiacos Piraeus
Mataró
Plebiscito Padova
2018–19
10–9
UVSE Budapest
Kinef Kirishi
Sant Andreu
2019–20
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
2020–21

Kinef Kirishi		10–8
Mataró
Sabadell
SIS Roma
2021–22

Ethnikos Piraeus		12–8, 14–9
Dunaújváros		No semi-finals were held due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
2022–23

UVSE Budapest		8–9, 13–9
FTC Telekom Budapest
Tigra ZF Eger
Plebiscito Padova
2023–24

Plebiscito Padova		10–8
Trieste
ZV De Zaan
BVSC-Zugló
Source: LEN (from 2000 to 2016).[4]

Titles by club

width=5% Rankwidth=20%Clubwidth=10%Titleswidth=10%Runner-upwidth=55%Champion Years
align=center 1. UVSE Budapestalign=center 2align=center 12016–17, 2022–23
align=center 2. Gifa Palermoalign=center 2align=center 1999–00, 2001–02
align=center Ortigiaalign=center 2align=center 2003–04, 2004–05
align=center Racing Romaalign=center 2align=center 2006–07, 2007–08
align=center Shturmalign=center 2align=center 2008–09, 2012–13
align=center Ethnikos Piraeusalign=center 2align=center 2009–10, 2021–22
align=center Imperiaalign=center 2align=center 2011–12, 2014–15
align=center 8. SKIFalign=center 1align=center 32000–01
align=center NO Vouliagmenialign=center 1align=center 32002–03
align=center Dunaújvárosalign=center 1align=center 32017–18
align=center 11. Olympiacos SF Piraeusalign=center 1align=center 22013–14
align=center Plebiscito Padovaalign=center 1align=center 22023–24
align=center 13. Mataróalign=center 1align=center 12015–16
align=center 14. Honvédalign=center 1align=center 2005–06
align=center Rapalloalign=center 1align=center 2010–11
align=center align=center 1align=center 2018–19
align=center align=center 1align=center 2020–21
align=center 18. Yugraalign=center align=center 2
align=center 19. Het Ravijnalign=center align=center 1
align=center Uralochka Zlatoustalign=center align=center 1
align=center ANO Glyfadaalign=center align=center 1
align=center Nereusalign=center align=center 1
align=center Firenzealign=center align=center 1
align=center FTC Telekom Budapestalign=center align=center 1
align=center Triestealign=center align=center 1

Titles by nation

width=5% Rankwidth=20%Countrywidth=10%Titleswidth=10%Runners-up
align=center 1. Italyalign=center 11align=center 4
align=center 2. Russiaalign=center 4align=center 6
align=center Greecealign=center 4align=center 6
align=center 4. Hungaryalign=center 4align=center 5
align=center 5. Spainalign=center 1align=center 1
align=center 6. Netherlandsalign=center align=center 2

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.allcompetitions.com/wp_ec2.htm List of champions
  2. Web site: LEN Trophy, UVSE clinches historical first win . . 1 October 2018.
  3. Web site: Dunaujvaros joins the winners' circle . . 1 October 2018.
  4. Web site: Euro League Women - Book of Champions 2017 . 48 (section 4.1 'Women's LEN Trophy') . . 1 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170517060924/http://www.len.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Womens_Euro_League_2017.FINAL_.pdf . 17 May 2017 . dead .

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