LEN Euro Cup

Summary

The LEN Euro Cup is the second-tier European water polo club competition run by the Ligue Européenne de Natation for those clubs who did not qualify for the LEN Champions League. The cup was inaugurated in 1992.

LEN Euro Cup
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023–24 LEN Euro Cup
FormerlyLEN Trophy
SportWater polo
Founded1992
PresidentPatrice Coste
CountryLEN members
ContinentEurope
Most recent
champion(s)
Hungary Vasas
(1st title)
Most titlesItaly Brescia
(4 titles)
Level on pyramid2nd Tier (Europe)
Official websitelen.eu

History edit

Names of the competition edit

  • 1992–2011: LEN Trophy
  • 2011–present: LEN Euro Cup

Title holders edit

 

Winners edit

LEN Trophy

Year Final Semi-final losers
Champion Score Second place
1992–93
Details
 
Újpest
28–20
(12-7 / 16-13)
 
Pro Recco
N / A
1993–94
Details
 
Racing Roma
23–21
(15-14 / 8-7)
 
Volturno
1994–95
Details
 
Barcelona
18–15
(10-8 / 9-7)
 
Ferencváros
1995–96
Details
 
Pescara
28–20
(10-9 / 18-11)
 
Szeged
1996–97
Details
 
Újpest
22–19
(10-8 / 12-11 aet)
 
Ferencváros
 
Jug Dubrovnik
 
Savona
1997–98
Details
 
Partizan
11–9
(8-8 / 3-1)
 
Jadran Split
 
Vasas
 
Florentia
1998–99
Details
 
Újpest
21–17
(12-7 / 9-10)
 
Patras
 
Jug Dubrovnik
 
Real Canoe
1999–00
Details
 
Jug Dubrovnik
18–15
(8-7 / 10-6)
 
Pescara
 
Atlètic-Barceloneta
 
Vasas
2000–01
Details
 
Mladost
16–14
(7-8 / 9-6)
 
Leonessa
 
Vasas
 
Vouliagmeni
2001–02
Details
 
Leonessa
15–13
(7-8 / 8-5)
 
Pro Recco
 
BVSC
 
Partizan
2002–03
Details
 
Leonessa
N / A  
Florentia
 
Ethnikos Piraeus
 
Savona
2003–04
Details
 
Barcelona
21–16
(11-11 / 11-5)
 
Vouliagmeni
 
Jadran Split
 
Olympic Nice
2004–05
Details
 
Savona
13–11
(6-7 / 7-4)
 
Partizan
 
Panionios
 
Primorac Kotor
2005–06
Details
 
Leonessa
17–15
(11-8 / 6-7)
 
Sintez Kazan
 
Dynamo Moscow
 
Ferencváros
2006–07
Details
 
Sintez Kazan
21–20
(12-10 / 9-10)
 
Šibenik
 
Budva
 
Bissolati Cremona
2007–08
Details
 
Shturm Chekhov
20–15
(8-8 / 12-7)
 
Eger
 
Budva
 
Terrassa
2008–09
Details
 
Szeged
23–21
(6-8 / 17-13 pen)
 
Panionios
 
Barcelona
 
Sintez Kazan
2009–10
Details
 
Cattaro
15–14
(7-9 / 8-5 aet)
 
Savona
 
Leonessa
 
Spandau 04
2010–11
Details
 
Savona
20–12
(9-9 / 11-3)
 
Panionios
 
Bp. Honvéd
 
Marseille

LEN Euro Cup

Year Final Semi-final losers
Champion Score Second place
2011–12
Details
 
Savona
20–17
(14-9 / 6-8)
 
Sabadell
 
Posillipo
 
Szolnok
2012–13
Details
 
Radnički Kragujevac
15–10
(8-4 / 7-6)
 
Florentia
 
Savona
 
Debrecen
2013–14
Details
 
Spartak Volgograd
16–14
(11-5 / 5-9)
 
Mladost
 
Acquachiara
 
Posillipo
2014–15
Details
 
Posillipo
17–16
(6-6 / 11-10)
 
Acquachiara
 
Steaua București
 
Mornar
2015–16
Details
 
Brescia
23–10
(11-4 / 12-6)
 
Sintez Kazan
 
Szeged
 
Mornar
2016–17
Details
 
Ferencváros
19–13
(12-6 / 7-7)
 
CSM Oradea
 
Jadran Herceg Novi
 
SM Verona
2017–18
Details
 
Ferencváros
17–13
(9-8 / 8-5)
 
SM Verona
 
Marseille
 
Miskolc
2018–19
Details
 
Marseille
16–15
(9-8 / 7-7)
 
Jadran Herceg Novi
 
OSC Budapest
 
Ortigia
2019–20
Details
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
2020–21
Details
 
Szolnok
25–22
(14-11 / 11-11 pen.)
 
OSC Budapest
 
Vouliagmeni
 
Crvena zvezda
2021–22
Details
 
Sabadell
18–14
(7–9 / 11–5)
 
Telimar Palermo
 
Barcelona
 
Ortigia
2022–23
Details
 
Vasas
23–15
(8–8 / 15–7)
 
Savona
 
Trieste
 
Panionios

Titles by club edit

Rank Club Titles Runner-up Champion years
1.   Brescia 4 1 2001–02, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2015–16
2.   Savona 3 2 2004–05, 2010–11, 2011–12
3.   Újpest 3 1992–93, 1996–97, 1998–99
4.   Ferencváros 2 2 2016–17, 2017–18
5.   Barcelona 2 1994–95, 2003–04
6.   Sintez Kazan 1 2 2006–07
7.   Pescara 1 1 1995–96
  Partizan 1 1 1997–98
  Mladost 1 1 2000–01
  Szeged 1 1 2008–09
  Sabadell 1 1 2021–22
12.   Racing Roma 1 1993–94
  Jug 1 1999–00
  Shturm Chekhov 1 2007–08
  Cattaro 1 2009–10
  Radnički Kragujevac 1 2012–13
  Spartak Volgograd 1 2013–14
  Posillipo 1 2014–15
  Marseille 1 2018–19
  Szolnok 1 2020–21
  Vasas 1 2022–23
22.   Pro Recco 2
  Florentia 2
  Panionios 2
25.   Volturno 1
  Jadran Split 1
  NO Patras 1
  Vouliagmeni 1
  Šibenik 1
  Eger 1
  Acquachiara 1
  Oradea 1
  Sport Management 1
  Jadran Herceg Novi 1
  OSC Budapest 1
  Telimar Palermo 1

Titles by nation edit

Rank Country Titles Runners-up
1.   Italy 10 12
2.   Hungary 8 5
3.   Russia 3 2
4.   Spain 3 1
5.   Croatia 2 3
6.   Serbia & Montenegro 1 1
  Montenegro 1 1
8.   Serbia 1
  France 1
10.   Greece 4

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "COVID-19 – HOLDING AND RESCHEDULING OF UPCOMING LEN COMPETITIONS & EVENTS". len.eu. 23 March 2020. Archived from the original on 7 December 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

External links edit

  • Official website
  • Water Polo European Cups Archive