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{{Infobox sports season
| title            = 2018 LEN Women's Europa Cup
| league           = [[LEN Europa Cup]]
| sport            = [[Water polo]]
| duration         = 1 February–24 March 2018
| no_of_teams      = 10 
| finals           = Super Final
| finals_link      =
| finals_champ     = '''{{wpw|GRE}}'''
| finals_runner-up = {{wpw|RUS}}
| finals_MVP       = 
| finals_MVP_link  =
| seasonslist      = LEN Women's Europa Cup
| seasonslistnames = LEN Europa Cup
| prevseason_link  = 
| prevseason_year  = 
| nextseason_link  = ''2019 LEN Women's Europa Cup
| nextseason_year  = 2019
}}
The '''2018 LEN Women's Europa Cup''' is the inaugural tournament of the [[LEN Europa Cup]].

==Preliminary round==
===Group A===
February 1–4, 2018, [[Oosterhout]], [[Netherlands]]
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|show_matches=true
|source=[http://www.microplustiming.com/leneuropacupW/index_web.php?rank=1 LEN]
|update=complete

|team1=ESP |team2=NED |team3=RUS |team4=FRA |team5=CRO

|win_CRO=0 |draw_CRO=0 |loss_CRO=4 |gf_CRO=20 |ga_CRO=90 |status_CRO=  |name_CRO={{wpw|CRO}} |short_CRO={{flagdeco|CRO}}
|win_FRA=1 |draw_FRA=0 |loss_FRA=3 |gf_FRA=29 |ga_FRA=64 |status_FRA=  |name_FRA={{wpw|FRA}} |short_FRA={{flagdeco|FRA}}
|win_NED=2 |draw_NED=2 |loss_NED=0 |gf_NED=60 |ga_NED=25 |status_NED=H |name_NED={{wpw|NED}} |short_NED={{flagdeco|NED}}
|win_RUS=2 |draw_RUS=1 |loss_RUS=1 |gf_RUS=56 |ga_RUS=24 |status_RUS=  |name_RUS={{wpw|RUS}} |short_RUS={{flagdeco|RUS}}
|win_ESP=3 |draw_ESP=1 |loss_ESP=0 |gf_ESP=63 |ga_ESP=25 |status_ESP=  |name_ESP={{wpw|ESP}} |short_ESP={{flagdeco|ESP}}

|res_col_header=Q
|result1=SF |result2=QF |result3=QF
|col_SF=green1 |text_SF=[[2018 LEN Women's Europa Cup#Super Final|Semifinals]]
|col_QF=blue1 |text_QF=[[2018 LEN Women's Europa Cup#Super Final|Quarterfinals]]

|match_NED_FRA=19–5
|match_RUS_ESP=7–8
|match_ESP_FRA=22–5
|match_NED_CRO=26–5
|match_ESP_CRO=25–5
|match_FRA_RUS=4–18
|match_NED_ESP=8–8
|match_RUS_CRO=24–5
|match_FRA_CRO=15–5
|match_NED_RUS=7–7
}}

===Group B===
February 1–4, 2018, [[Volos]], [[Greece]]
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|show_matches=true
|source=[http://www.microplustiming.com/leneuropacupW/index_web.php?rank=1 LEN]
|update=complete

|team1=GRE |team2=HUN |team3=ITA |team4=GER |team5=ISR

|win_GER=1 |draw_GER=0 |loss_GER=3 |gf_GER=20 |ga_GER=92 |status_GER=  |name_GER={{wpw|GER}} |short_GER={{flagdeco|GER}}
|win_GRE=3 |draw_GRE=1 |loss_GRE=0 |gf_GRE=76 |ga_GRE=24 |status_GRE=H |name_GRE={{wpw|GRE}} |short_GRE={{flagdeco|GRE}}
|win_HUN=3 |draw_HUN=0 |loss_HUN=1 |gf_HUN=64 |ga_HUN=23 |status_HUN=  |name_HUN={{wpw|HUN}} |short_HUN={{flagdeco|HUN}}
|win_ISR=0 |draw_ISR=0 |loss_ISR=4 |gf_ISR=17 |ga_ISR=77 |status_ISR=  |name_ISR={{wpw|ISR}} |short_ISR={{flagdeco|ISR}}
|win_ITA=2 |draw_ITA=1 |loss_ITA=1 |gf_ITA=64 |ga_ITA=25 |status_ITA=  |name_ITA={{wpw|ITA}} |short_ITA={{flagdeco|ITA}}

|res_col_header=Q
|result1=SF |result2=QF |result3=QF
|col_SF=green1 |text_SF=[[2018 LEN Women's Europa Cup#Super Final|Semifinals]]
|col_QF=blue1 |text_QF=[[2018 LEN Women's Europa Cup#Super Final|Quarterfinals]]

|match_ITA_HUN=9–11
|match_GRE_GER=32–3
|match_ITA_ISR=19–0
|match_HUN_GER=26–3
|match_ISR_GER=9–11
|match_GRE_HUN=8–5
|match_ITA_GER=25–3
|match_GRE_ISR=25–5
|match_ISR_HUN=3–22
|match_GRE_ITA=11–11
}}

==Super Final==
March 22–24, 2018, [[Pontevedra]], [[Spain]]

{{Location map|Spain
| caption    = Location of the 2018 [[LEN Europa Cup#Competition (women)|LEN Women's Europa]] Cup Super Final
| alt        =
| label      = [[Pontevedra]]
| position   = right
| lat_deg    = 42.433619 
| lon_deg    = -8.648053
}}

===Qualified teams===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Group
!width=210|Winners
!width=210|Runners-up
!width=210|Third
|-
![[2018 LEN Women's Europa Cup#Group A|A]]
|bgcolor=#BBF3BB|{{wpw|ESP}}
|bgcolor=#BBF3FF|{{wpw|NED}}
|bgcolor=#BBF3FF|{{wpw|RUS}}
|-
![[2018 LEN Women's Europa Cup#Group B|B]]
|bgcolor=#BBF3BB|{{wpw|GRE}}
|bgcolor=#BBF3FF|{{wpw|HUN}}
|bgcolor=#BBF3FF|{{wpw|ITA}}
|}

===Bracket===
{{#invoke:RoundN|N8
|widescore=yes|bold_winner=high
|3rdplace=yes
|skipmatch=2;4
|omit_blanks=yes
|RD1=Quarterfinals
|RD2=Semifinals
|RD3=Gold medal match 
|Consol=Bronze medal match 
<!--Date-Place/Team 1/Score 1/Team 2/Score 2 -->
<!--quarterfinals-->
|22 March|{{wpw|NED}}|8|{{wpw|ITA}}|6
|22 March|{{wpw|HUN}}|9|{{wpw|RUS}}|11
<!--semifinals-->
|23 March|{{wpw|NED}}|6|{{wpw|GRE}}|8
|23 March|{{wpw|RUS}}|9|{{wpw|ESP}}|8
<!--final-->
|24 March|{{wpw|GRE}}|9|{{wpw|RUS}}|8
<!--third place-->
|24 March|{{wpw|NED}}|3|{{wpw|ESP}}|8
}}

{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=1
|widescore=yes|bold_winner=high
|RD1=5th place match 
<!--Date-Place/Team 1/Score 1/Team 2/Score 2 -->
<!--5th place match-->
|23 March|{{wpw|ITA}}|7|{{wpw|HUN}}|6
}}

===Quarterfinals===
<small>All times are [[Central European Time|CET]] ([[UTC+1]]).</small>

{{waterpolobox 
| date= 22 March 2018
| time= 17:00
| team1= '''{{wpw-rt|NED}}''' | score1= '''8'''
| team2= {{wpw|ITA}} | score2= 6
| Q1= 1–'''2''' | Q2= '''3'''–0 | Q3= 1–'''2''' | Q4= '''3'''–2  
| goals1= [[Simone Van de Kraats|Van de Kraats]] 4 
| goals2= [[Arianna Garibotti|Garibotti]] 2
| location= [[Pontevedra]], [[Spain]]
| referees= Carlos Ortega (ESP), Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE)
| report= [http://www.microplustiming.com/leneuropacupW/index_web.php?c=ASF&g=1&t=A61&gr=1&s1=NED&s2=ITA&st=2 Report]
}}
----
{{waterpolobox 
| date= 22 March 2018
| time= 18:45
| team1= {{wpw-rt|HUN}} | score1= 9
| team2= '''{{wpw|RUS}}''' | score2= '''11'''
| Q1= 2–'''3''' | Q2= 0–'''3''' | Q3= '''5'''–4 | Q4= '''2'''–1
| goals1= ''three players'' 2 
| goals2= [[Ekaterina Prokofyeva|Prokofyeva]] 4
| location= [[Pontevedra]], [[Spain]]
| referees= Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Daniele Bianco (ITA)
| report = [http://www.microplustiming.com/leneuropacupW/index_web.php?c=ASF&g=1&t=A61&gr=3&s1=HUN&s2=RUS&st=2 Report]
}}

===Semifinals===
<small>All times are [[Central European Time|CET]] ([[UTC+1]]).</small>

{{waterpolobox 
| date= 23 March 2018
| time= 18:45
| team1= {{wpw-rt|NED}} | score1= 6
| team2= '''{{wpw|GRE}}''' | score2= '''8'''
| Q1= '''3'''–2 | Q2= 0–'''3''' | Q3= 0–'''2''' | Q4= '''3'''–1
| goals1= [[Sabrina van der Sloot|Van der Sloot]] 2
| goals2= [[Eleftheria Plevritou|E. Plevritou]] 2
| location= [[Pontevedra]], [[Spain]]
| referees= Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Daniele Bianco (ITA)
| report= [http://www.microplustiming.com/leneuropacupW/index_web.php?c=ASF&g=1&t=A71&gr=1&s1=NED&s2=GRE&st=2 Report]
}}
----
{{waterpolobox 
| date= 23 March 2018
| time= 20:30
| team1= '''{{wpw-rt|RUS}}''' | score1= '''9'''
| team2= {{wpw|ESP}} | score2= 8
| Q1= 2–2 | Q2= '''4'''–2  | Q3= 2–'''3''' | Q4= 1–1 
| goals1= [[Ekaterina Prokofyeva|Prokofyeva]], [[Anastasia Simanovich|Simanovich]] 2
| goals2= [[Judith Forca|Forca]], [[Beatriz Ortiz|B. Ortiz]] 3
| location= [[Pontevedra]], [[Spain]]
| referees= Attila Marosvári (HUN), Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE)
| report= [http://www.microplustiming.com/leneuropacupW/index_web.php?c=ASF&g=1&t=A71&gr=2&s1=RUS&s2=ESP&st=2 Report]
}}

===5th place match===
<small>All times are [[Central European Time|CET]] ([[UTC+1]]).</small>

{{waterpolobox 
| date= 23 March 2018
| time= 17:00
| team1= '''{{wpw-rt|ITA}}''' | score1= '''7'''
| team2= {{wpw|HUN}} | score2= 6
| Q1= '''3'''–1 | Q2= 0–0  | Q3= 2–'''3''' | Q4= 2–2 
| goals1= [[Roberta Bianconi|Bianconi]] 5
| goals2= [[Gréta Gurisatti|Gurisatti]] 3
| location= [[Pontevedra]], [[Spain]]
| referees= Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Carlos Ortega (ESP)
| report=[http://www.microplustiming.com/leneuropacupW/index_web.php?c=ASF&g=1&t=C81&gr=1&s1=ITA&s2=HUN&st=2 Report]
}}

===Bronze medal match===
<small>All times are [[Central European Time|CET]] ([[UTC+1]]).</small>

{{waterpolobox |bg=#FFDAB9
| date= 24 March 2018
| time= 12:00
| team1= {{wpw-rt|NED}} | score1= 3
| team2= '''{{wpw|ESP}}'''  [[Image:bronze medal icon.svg]]| score2= '''9'''
| Q1= '''2'''–1 | Q2= 0–'''3''' | Q3= 1–'''2''' | Q4= 0–'''3'''
| goals1= [[Catharina van der Sloot|van der Sloot]] 2
| goals2= [[Anni Espar|A. Espar]] 3
| location= [[Pontevedra]], [[Spain]]
| referees= Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Attila Marosvári (HUN)
| report=[http://www.microplustiming.com/leneuropacupW/index_web.php?c=ASF&g=1&t=B81&gr=1&s1=NED&s2=ESP&st=2 Report]
}}

===Gold medal match===
<small>All times are [[Central European Time|CET]] ([[UTC+1]]).</small>

{{waterpolobox |bg=#FFFFBB
| date= 24 March 2018
| time= 14:00
| team1= [[Image:gold medal icon.svg]] '''{{wpw-rt|GRE}}''' | score1= '''9'''
| team2= {{wpw|RUS}} [[Image:silver medal icon.svg]] | score2= 8
| Q1= 0–'''1''' | Q2= '''2'''–1  | Q3= '''4'''–1 | Q4= 3–'''5''' 
| goals1= ''three players'' 2
| goals2= [[Evgeniya Ivanova (Russian water polo)|Ivanova]] 2
| location= [[Pontevedra]], [[Spain]]
| referees= Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Carlos Ortega (ESP)
| report=[http://www.microplustiming.com/leneuropacupW/index_web.php?c=ASF&g=1&t=A81&gr=1&s1=GRE&s2=RUS&st=2 Report]
}}

==Final ranking==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
{|class="wikitable"
!Rank !!width=170|Team
|-bgcolor=gold
|align=center|[[File:gold medal icon.svg]]|| {{wpw|GRE}}
|-bgcolor=silver
|align=center|[[File:silver medal icon.svg]]|| {{wpw|RUS}}
|-bgcolor=#cc9966
|align=center|[[File:bronze medal icon.svg]]|| {{wpw|ESP}}
|-
|align=center|4|| {{wpw|NED}}
|-
|align=center|5|| {{wpw|ITA}}
|-
|align=center|6|| {{wpw|HUN}}
|}
{{col-2}}
{{Winners|wpw|2018 LEN Women's Europa  Cup champions|GRE|First}}
{{col-end}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190726225808/http://www.microplustiming.com/leneuropacupW/index_web.php%3Fcal%3D1 2018 LEN Women's Europa Cup] (official website)

[[Category:LEN Europa Cup]]
[[Category:2018 in women's water polo]]
[[Category:2017–18 in LEN water polo]]