LEN Europa Cup

Last updated
LEN Europa Cup
Sport Water polo
Founded2018
Continent Flag of Europe.svg
Most recent
champion(s)
Men's: Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
(1st title)
Women's: Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
(1st title)
Most titlesMen's: Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
(1 title)
Women's: Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
(1 title)
Official website len.eu

The LEN Europa Cup is a new event for national water polo teams organized by LEN. [1]

Contents

Competition format

The competition format consists of two phases: Preliminary and Super Final, each stage being held over a weekend.

Results

Men's

LEN Men's Europa Cup
YearHostWinnerScoreRunner-up3rd place
2018 Rijeka, Croatia Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 12–9Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
2019 Zagreb, Croatia Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 10–8Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Flag of Spain.svg  Spain

Women's

LEN Women's Europa Cup
YearHostChampionScoreRunner-up3rd place
2018 Pontevedra, Spain Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 9–8Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
2019 Turin, Italy Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 11–9Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary

Medal table

Men's

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1102
2Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1001
3Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 0112
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0011
Totals (4 nations)2226

Women's

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1001
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1001
3Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 0202
4Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 0011
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 0011
Totals (5 nations)2226

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References

  1. "Europa cup: A new LEN event for national water polo teams". len.eu.