LEN Women's Euro Cup

LEN Women's Euro Cup

Current season, competition or edition: 2023–24 LEN Women's Euro Cup
Sport	Water polo
Founded	1999
President	Paolo Barelli
Country	LEN members
Continent	Europe
Most recent champion(s)	Plebiscito Padova (1st title)
Most titles	Gifa Palermo Ortigia Racing Roma Shturm 2002 Imperia Ethnikos Piraeus UVSE (2 titles each)
Level on pyramid	2nd Tier (Europe)
Official website	LEN Women's Euro Cup

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 and 2001 as the LEN Women's Cup Winners' Cup. ^[1] 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. ^[2]

Title holders

• 1999–00: Gifa Palermo
• 2000–01: SKIF Moscow
• 2001–02: Gifa Palermo
• 2002–03: NO Vouliagmeni
• 2003–04: Ortigia
• 2004–05: Ortigia
• 2005–06: Honvéd
• 2006–07: Racing Roma
• 2007–08: Racing Roma
• 2008–09: Shturm Chekhov
• 2009–10: Ethnikos Piraeus
• 2010–11: Rapallo
• 2011–12: Imperia
• 2012–13: Shturm 2002
• 2013–14: Olympiacos Piraeus
• 2014–15: Imperia
• 2015–16: Mataró
• 2016–17: UVSE Budapest
• 2017–18: Dunaújváros
• 2018–19: Orizzonte Catania
• 2019–20: Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
• 2020–21: Kinef Kirishi
• 2021–22: Ethnikos Piraeus
• 2022–23: UVSE Budapest
• 2023–24: Plebiscito Padova

Finals

Year	Finalists				Semi-finalists
	Champion	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Fourth place
1999–00 Details	Gifa Palermo	14–8	NO Vouliagmeni		Het Ravijn	Diana St.Petersburg
2000–01 Details	SKIF Moscow	10–8	Dunaújváros		Mediterrani	Olympiacos Piraeus
2001–02 Details	Gifa Palermo		SKIF Moscow		Mediterrani	NO Vouliagmeni
2002–03 Details	NO Vouliagmeni		SKIF Moscow		Het Ravijn	Szentes
2003–04 Details	Ortigia		Uralochka Zlatoust		Sabadell	Polar Bears Ede
2004–05 [3] [4] Details	Ortigia		Uralochka Zlatoust		NO Vouliagmeni	SKIF Izmailovo
2005–06 Details	Honvéd	8–3	ANO Glyfada		Fiorentina	Het Ravijn
2006–07 Details	Racing Roma	12–8	Nereus		OSC Budapest	Olympiacos Piraeus
2007–08 Details	Racing Roma	10–9	Olympiacos Piraeus		OSC Budapest	Plebiscito Padova
2008–09 Details	Shturm Chekhov	11–12, 14–11	Dunaújváros		Dynamo Moscow	Olympiacos Piraeus
2009–10 Details	Ethnikos Piraeus	12–13, 17–13	Yugra		Donk Gouda	NE Patras
2010–11 Details	Rapallo	5–12, 12–3	Het Ravijn		Szentes	SKIF Izmailovo
2011–12 Details	Imperia	12–13, 7–5	Yugra		Szentes	Olympiacos Piraeus
2012–13 Details	Shturm 2002	17–10, 14–11	SKIF Izmailovo		Donk Gouda	Uralochka Zlatoust
2013–14 Details	Olympiacos Piraeus	10–9	Firenze		Yugra	Kinef Kirishi
2014–15 Details	Imperia	8–7	Plebiscito Padova		NO Vouliagmeni	Szentes
2015–16 Details	Mataró	6–5	NO Vouliagmeni		Szentes	Uralochka Zlatoust
2016–17 Details [5]	UVSE Budapest	7–6	Plebiscito Padova		Dunaújváros	Yugra
2017–18 Details [6]	Dunaújváros	13–11	Olympiacos Piraeus		Mataró	Plebiscito Padova
2018–19 Details	Orizzonte Catania	10–9	UVSE Budapest		Kinef Kirishi	Sant Andreu
2019–20 Details	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
2020–21 Details	Kinef Kirishi	10–8	Mataró		Sabadell	SIS Roma
2021–22 Details	Ethnikos Piraeus	12–8, 14–9	Dunaújváros		No semi-finals were held due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
2022–23 Details	UVSE Budapest	8–9, 13–9	FTC Telekom Budapest		Tigra ZF Eger	Plebiscito Padova
2023–24 Details	Plebiscito Padova	10–8	Trieste		ZV De Zaan	BVSC-Zugló

Source: LEN (from 2000 to 2016). ^[7]

Titles by club

Rank	Club	Titles	Runner-up	Champion Years
1.	UVSE Budapest	2	1	2016–17, 2022–23
2.	Gifa Palermo	2		1999–00, 2001–02
	Ortigia	2		2003–04, 2004–05
	Racing Roma	2		2006–07, 2007–08
	Shturm	2		2008–09, 2012–13
	Ethnikos Piraeus	2		2009–10, 2021–22
	Imperia	2		2011–12, 2014–15
8.	SKIF	1	3	2000–01
	Dunaújváros	1	3	2017–18
10.	NO Vouliagmeni	1	2	2002–03
	Olympiacos SF Piraeus	1	2	2013–14
	Plebiscito Padova	1	2	2023–24
13.	Mataró	1	1	2015–16
14.	Honvéd	1		2005–06
	Rapallo	1		2010–11
	Orizzonte Catania	1		2018–19
	Kinef Kirishi	1		2020–21
18.	Yugra		2
	Uralochka Zlatoust		2
20.	Het Ravijn		1
	ANO Glyfada		1
	Nereus		1
	Firenze		1
	FTC Telekom Budapest		1
	Trieste		1

Titles by nation

Rank	Country	Titles	Runners-up
1.	Italy	11	4
2.	Russia	4	7
3.	Greece	4	5
	Hungary	4	5
5.	Spain	1	1
6.	Netherlands		2

See also

• LEN Challenger Cup
• LEN Champions League
• LEN Euro Cup
• LEN Women's Champions League
• LEN Super Cup
• LEN Women's Challenger Cup
• LEN Women's Super Cup

References

1. https://www.sport-record.info/wasserball/waterpolo-len-club.html
2. List of champions in all competitions.com
3. https://www.sport-record.info/wasserball/waterpolo-len-club.html
4. https://viewer.rusneb.ru/ru/000199_000009_60000336120?page=21&rotate=0&theme=white
5. "LEN Trophy, UVSE clinches historical first win". LEN . Retrieved 1 October 2018.
6. "Dunaujvaros joins the winners' circle". LEN . Retrieved 1 October 2018.
7. "Euro League Women - Book of Champions 2017" (PDF). LEN . p. 48 (section 4.1 'Women's LEN Trophy'). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2018.

External links

• Women’s LEN Trophy