2018 LEN Women's Europa Cup

The 2018 LEN Women's Europa Cup is the inaugural tournament of the LEN Europa Cup.

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

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

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)