2018 LEN Women's Europa Cup

2018 LEN Women's Europa Cup
League	LEN Europa Cup
Sport	Water polo
Duration	1 February–24 March 2018
Number of teams	10
Super Final
Champions	Greece
Runners-up	Russia

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	4	3	1	0	63	25	+38	10	Semifinals		—			22–5	25–5
2	Netherlands (H)	4	2	2	0	60	25	+35	8	Quarterfinals		8–8	—	7–7	19–5	26–5
3	Russia	4	2	1	1	56	24	+32	7			7–8		—		24–5
4	France	4	1	0	3	29	64	−35	3					4–18	—	15–5
5	Croatia	4	0	0	4	20	90	−70	0							—

Source: LEN
(H) Hosts

Group B

February 1–4, 2018, Volos, Greece

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece (H)	4	3	1	0	76	24	+52	10	Semifinals		—	8–5	11–11	32–3	25–5
2	Hungary	4	3	0	1	64	23	+41	9	Quarterfinals			—		26–3
3	Italy	4	2	1	1	64	25	+39	7				9–11	—	25–3	19–0
4	Germany	4	1	0	3	20	92	−72	3						—
5	Israel	4	0	0	4	17	77	−60	0				3–22		9–11	—

Source: LEN
(H) Hosts

Super Final

March 22–24, 2018, Pontevedra, Spain

Pontevedra

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Location of the 2018 LEN Women's Europa Cup Super Final

Qualified teams

Group	Winners	Runners-up	Third
A	Spain	Netherlands	Russia
B	Greece	Hungary	Italy

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold medal match
	22 March
	Netherlands	8
					23 March
	Italy	6
					Netherlands	6
					Greece	8
									24 March
									Greece	9
	22 March
									Russia	8
	Hungary	9
					23 March
	Russia	11
					Russia	9
					Spain	8			Bronze medal match
									24 March
									Netherlands	3
									Spain	8

	5th place match
	23 March
	Italy	7
	Hungary	6

Quarterfinals

All times are CET (UTC+1).

22 March 2018 17:00	Report	Netherlands	8–6	Italy	Pontevedra, Spain Referees: Carlos Ortega (ESP), Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–0, 1–2, 3–2
		Van de Kraats 4	Goals	Garibotti 2

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22 March 2018 18:45	Report	Hungary	9–11	Russia	Pontevedra, Spain Referees: Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Daniele Bianco (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 0–3, 5–4, 2–1
		three players 2	Goals	Prokofyeva 4

Semifinals

All times are CET (UTC+1).

23 March 2018 18:45	Report	Netherlands	6–8	Greece	Pontevedra, Spain Referees: Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Daniele Bianco (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 0–3, 0–2, 3–1
		Van der Sloot 2	Goals	E. Plevritou 2

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23 March 2018 20:30	Report	Russia	9–8	Spain	Pontevedra, Spain Referees: Attila Marosvári (HUN), Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–2, 2–3, 1–1
		Prokofyeva, Simanovich 2	Goals	Forca, B. Ortiz 3

5th place match

All times are CET (UTC+1).

23 March 2018 17:00	Report	Italy	7–6	Hungary	Pontevedra, Spain Referees: Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Carlos Ortega (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 0–0, 2–3, 2–2
		Bianconi 5	Goals	Gurisatti 3

Bronze medal match

All times are CET (UTC+1).

24 March 2018 12:00	Report	Netherlands	3–9	Spain	Pontevedra, Spain Referees: Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Attila Marosvári (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 0–3, 1–2, 0–3
		van der Sloot 2	Goals	A. Espar 3

Gold medal match

All times are CET (UTC+1).

24 March 2018 14:00	Report	Greece	9–8	Russia	Pontevedra, Spain Referees: Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Carlos Ortega (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 0–1, 2–1, 4–1, 3–5
		three players 2	Goals	Ivanova 2

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Greece
	Russia
	Spain
4	Netherlands
5	Italy
6	Hungary

2018 LEN Women's Europa Cup Champions
Greece First title

External links

• 2018 LEN Women's Europa Cup (official website)