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 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

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	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Third place	Fourth place
Year	Finalists			Semi-finalists
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 Details	Ortigia		NO Vouliagmeni	Uralochka Zlatoust	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^[2]	UVSE Budapest	7–6	Plebiscito Padova	Dunaújváros	Yugra
2017–18 Details^[3]	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).^[4]

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
	NO Vouliagmeni	1	3	2002–03
	Dunaújváros	1	3	2017–18
11.	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
19.	Het Ravijn		1
	Uralochka Zlatoust		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	6
	Greece	4	6
4.	Hungary	4	5
5.	Spain	1	1
6.	Netherlands		2

References

^ List of champions in all competitions.com
^ "LEN Trophy, UVSE clinches historical first win". LEN. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
^ "Dunaujvaros joins the winners' circle". LEN. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
^ "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

[1] List of champions in all competitions.com

[2] "LEN Trophy, UVSE clinches historical first win". LEN. Retrieved 1 October 2018.

[3] "Dunaujvaros joins the winners' circle". LEN. Retrieved 1 October 2018.

[4] "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.

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