Current season, competition or edition: 2023 LEN Super Cup | |
Sport | Water polo |
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Founded | 1976 |
No. of teams | 2 |
Country | LEN members |
Continent | Europe |
Most recent champion(s) | Pro Recco (9th title) |
Most titles | Pro Recco (9 titles) |
Related competitions | LEN Champions League LEN Euro Cup |
Official website | len.eu |
The LEN Super Cup is an annual water polo match organized by LEN and contested by the reigning champions of the two most important European club competitions, the LEN Champions League and the LEN Euro Cup.
From 1976 to 2002, the LEN Super Cup was contested between the winners of the European Champions Cup/LEN Champions League and the winners of the LEN Cup Winners' Cup. After the discontinuation of the LEN Cup Winners' Cup, it has been contested by the winners of the LEN Champions League and the winners of the LEN Trophy, which was renamed the LEN Euro Cup in 2011.
Winner of Europe Cup/Euroleague/Champions League | |
Winner of LEN Cup Winners' Cup | |
Winner of LEN Trophy/LEN Euro Cup |
Rank | Club | Titles | Runner-up | Champion Years | |
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1. | Pro Recco | 9 | 1 | 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2021, 2022, 2023 | |
2. | Ferencváros | 4 | 1 | 1978, 1980, 2018, 2019 | |
3. | / Mladost | 3 | 1 | 1976, 1990, 1996 | |
4. | CSK VMF Moscow | 3 | 1977, 1981, 1983 | ||
5. | Pescara | 2 | 2 | 1988, 1993 | |
6. | Spandau 04 | 2 | 1 | 1986, 1987 | |
— | / Partizan | 2 | 1 | 1991, 2011 | |
— | Jug Dubrovnik | 2 | 1 | 2006, 2016 | |
9. | Catalunya | 2 | 1992, 1995 | ||
10. | Vasas | 1 | 5 | 1985 | |
11. | Posillipo | 1 | 2 | 2005 | |
12. | Barcelona | 1 | 1 | 1982 | |
— | POŠK | 1 | 1 | 1984 | |
— | Olympiacos | 1 | 1 | 2002 | |
— | Szolnok | 1 | 1 | 2017 | |
16. | OSC Budapest | 1 | 1979 | ||
— | Újpest | 1 | 1994 | ||
— | Honvéd | 1 | 2004 | ||
— | Primorac Kotor | 1 | 2009 | ||
— | Crvena zvezda | 1 | 2013 | ||
— | Atlètic-Barceloneta | 1 | 2014 | ||
22. | Savona | 3 | |||
— | Brescia | 3 | |||
24. | Jadran Split | 2 | |||
25. | MGU Moscow | 1 | |||
— | Canottieri Napoli | 1 | |||
— | Korčula | 1 | |||
— | Dynamo Moscow | 1 | |||
— | Mornar | 1 | |||
— | Racing Roma | 1 | |||
— | Sintez Kazan | 1 | |||
— | Shturm 2002 | 1 | |||
— | Szeged | 1 | |||
— | Cattaro | 1 | |||
— | Radnički Kragujevac | 1 | |||
— | Spartak Volgograd | 1 | |||
— | Marseille | 1 | |||
— | Sabadell | 1 |
Rank | Country | Titles | Runners-up |
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1. | Italy | 12 | 13 |
2. | Hungary | 9 | 8 |
3. | Spain | 4 | 2 |
4. | Yugoslavia | 3 | 5 |
5. | Croatia | 3 | 3 |
6. | Soviet Union | 3 | 2 |
7. | Serbia | 2 | 1 |
Germany | 2 | 1 | |
9. | Greece | 1 | 1 |
Montenegro | 1 | 1 | |
11. | Serbia & Montenegro | 1 | 0 |
12. | Russia | 0 | 3 |
13. | France | 0 | 1 |
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