2017–18 LEN Euro League Women

2017–18 LEN Euro League Women
2017–18 LEN Euro League Women
League	LEN Euro League Women
Sport	Water Polo
Duration	1 December 2017 – 21 April 2018
Number of games	60
Number of teams	20 (from 8 countries)
Season champions	Kinef Kirishi (2nd title)
Runners-up	CN Sabadell
Euro League Women seasons
	← 2016–17 2018−19 →

The 2017–18 LEN Euro League Women was the 31st edition of the top tier European tournament for women's water polo clubs. It ran from 1 December 2017 to 21 April 2018.^[1]

Defending champions Kinef Kirishi hosted the final 4 on 20 and 21 April 2018 at their home pool. The russian team won the trophy for the second year in a row, defeating in the final game Spain's CN Sabadell.^[2]^[3]

Overview edit

Calendar edit

The calendar of the competition was released by LEN on 7 June 2017.^[1]

Phase	Round	First leg	Second leg
Group stage	Qualification Round	1–3 December 2017
Group stage	Preliminary round	19–21 January 2018
Knockout stage	Quarterfinals	24 February 2018	17 March 2018
	Final 4	20–21 April 2018

Participating teams edit

Qualification round
Lille UC	BVSC	Plebiscito Padova	ZVL Leiden
SV Nikar Heidelberg	Dunaújváros	WP Messina	Dynamo Uralochka
ANO Glyfada	UVSE	GZC Donk	Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk
NC Vouliagmeni	Orizzonte Catania	UZSC Utrecht	CN Sant Andreu
Preliminary round
Olympiacos	Kinef Kirishi	CN Mataró	CN Sabadell

Qualification round edit

The draw was held by LEN on 19 August 2017.^[4]

Pools composition edit

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
CN Sant Andreu	ANO Glyfada	Dynamo Uralochka	BVSC
SV Nikar Heidelberg	Dunaújváros (H)	GZC Donk	Orizzonte Catania
Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk	Lille UC	UVSE	Plebiscito Padova (H)
WP Messina (H)	NC Vouliagmeni	UZSC Utrecht (H)	ZVL Leiden

Group A edit

Venue: Piscina Cappuccini, Messina, Italy.^[5]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk	3	3	0	33	24	+9	9	Preliminary Round
2	CN Sant Andreu	3	2	1	37	27	+10	6
3	WP Messina	3	1	2	34	34	0	3
4	SV Nikar Heidelberg	3	0	3	30	49	−19	0

Source: LEN

Date	Time^‡		Score
1 Dec	18:00	Messina	17–11	Nikar	Report^{[permanent dead link]}
1 Dec	20:00	Sant Andreu	7–8	Ugra KM	Report^{[permanent dead link]}
2 Dec	18:00	Messina	10–13	Sant Andreu	Report^{[permanent dead link]}
2 Dec	20:00	Ugra KM	15–10	Nikar	Report^{[permanent dead link]}
3 Dec	09:30	Sant Andreu	17–9	Nikar	Report^{[permanent dead link]}
3 Dec	11:00	Ugra KM	10–7	Messina	Report^{[permanent dead link]}

Group B edit

Venue: Fabó Éva Sportuszoda, Dunaújváros, Hungary.^[6]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dunaújváros	3	3	0	44	19	+25	9	Preliminary Round
2	NC Vouliagmeni	3	2	1	51	19	+32	6
3	Lille UC	3	1	2	19	39	−20	3
4	ANO Glyfada	3	0	3	14	51	−37	0

Source: LEN

Date	Time^‡		Score
1 Dec	18:45	Vouliagmeni	21–3	Glyfada	Report^{[permanent dead link]}
1 Dec	20:15	Dunaújváros	12–5	Lille	Report^{[permanent dead link]}
2 Dec	16:30	Vouliagmeni	20–2	Lille	Report^{[permanent dead link]}
2 Dec	18:00	Dunaújváros	18–4	Glyfada	Report^{[permanent dead link]}
3 Dec	11:00	Glyfada	7–12	Lille	Report^{[permanent dead link]}
3 Dec	12:30	Dunaújváros	14–10	Vouliagmeni	Report^{[permanent dead link]}

Group C edit

Venue: Zwembad De Krommerijn, Utrecht, Netherlands.^[7]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UVSE	6	3	3	39	19	+20	9	Preliminary Round
2	Dynamo Uralochka	4	2	2	37	23	+14	6
3	UZSC Utrecht	2	1	1	24	30	−6	3
4	GZC Donk	0	0	0	16	45	−29	0

Source: LEN

Date	Time^‡		Score
1 Dec	19:00	Utrecht	12–4	Donk	Report^{[permanent dead link]}
1 Dec	20:30	UVSE	9–8	Uralochka	Report^{[permanent dead link]}
2 Dec	17:30	UVSE	16–4	Donk	Report^{[permanent dead link]}
2 Dec	19:00	Utrecht	6–12	Uralochka	Report^{[permanent dead link]}
3 Dec	12:30	Donk	8–17	Uralochka	Report^{[permanent dead link]}
3 Dec	14:00	Utrecht	7–14	UVSE	Report^{[permanent dead link]}

Group D edit

Venue: Centro Sportivo del Plebiscito, Padua, Italy.^[8]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Plebiscito Padova	3	3	0	34	21	+13	9	Preliminary Round
2	Orizzonte Catania	3	2	1	40	31	+9	6
3	BVSC	3	1	2	32	36	−4	3
4	ZVL Leiden	3	0	3	22	40	−18	0

Source: LEN

Date	Time^‡		Score
1 Dec	18:00	Orizzonte	17–3	BVSC	Report^{[permanent dead link]}
1 Dec	20:00	Leiden	5–14	Plebiscito	Report^{[permanent dead link]}
2 Dec	17:00	Orizzonte	16–8	Leiden	Report^{[permanent dead link]}
2 Dec	19:00	Plebiscito	10–9	BVSC	Report^{[permanent dead link]}
3 Dec	10:00	BVSC	10–9	Leiden	Report^{[permanent dead link]}
3 Dec	12:00	Plebiscito	10–7	Orizzonte	Report^{[permanent dead link]}

^‡ All times are local

Preliminary round edit

The draw of the pools for the preliminary round was held on 6 December 2017.^[9]

Pools composition edit

Group E	Group F	Group G	Group H
Dynamo Uralochka	CN Mataró	BVSC	CN Sabadell
Olympiacos (H)	Lille UC	Kinef Kirishi	CN Sant Andreu (H)
Plebiscito Padova	Orizzonte Catania (H)	NC Vouliagmeni	Dunaújváros
WP Messina	Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk	UVSE (H)	UZSC Utrecht

Group E edit

Venue: Petros Kapagerov National Swimming Hall, Piraeus, Greece.^[10]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Olympiacos	3	3	0	45	13	+32	9	Quarterfinals
2	Plebiscito Padova	3	2	1	35	17	+18	6	Quarterfinals
3	Dynamo Uralochka	3	1	2	39	32	+7	3
4	WP Messina	3	0	3	10	57	−47	0

Source: LEN

Date	Time^‡		Score
19 Jan	18:30	Olympiacos	10–7	Plebiscito	Report^{[permanent dead link]}
19 Jan	20:15	Uralochka	21–5	Messina	Report^{[permanent dead link]}
20 Jan	18:00	Olympiacos	18–13	Uralochka	Report^{[permanent dead link]}
20 Jan	19:45	Messina	2–19	Plebiscito	Report^{[permanent dead link]}
21 Jan	12:15	Olympiacos	17–3	Messina	Report^{[permanent dead link]}
21 Jan	12:30	Plebiscito	9–5	Uralochka	Report^{[permanent dead link]}

Group F edit

Venue: Piscina Francesco Scuderi, Catania, Italy.^[11]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Orizzonte Catania	3	3	0	40	21	+19	9	Quarterfinals
2	CN Mataró	3	2	1	24	24	0	6	Quarterfinals
3	Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk	3	1	2	28	34	−6	3
4	Lille UC	3	0	3	20	38	−18	0

Source: LEN

Date	Time^‡		Score
19 Jan	18:30	Orizzonte	15–4	Lille	Report^{[permanent dead link]}
19 Jan	20:30	Mataró	10–7	Ugra KM	Report^{[permanent dead link]}
20 Jan	17:00	Mataró	3–8	Orizzonte	Report^{[permanent dead link]}
20 Jan	19:00	Ugra KM	12–7	Lille	Report^{[permanent dead link]}
21 Jan	10:00	Lille	9–11	Mataró	Report^{[permanent dead link]}
21 Jan	12:00	Orizzonte	17–9	Ugra KM	Report^{[permanent dead link]}

Group G edit

Venue: Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest, Hungary.^[12]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UVSE	3	3	0	33	21	+12	9	Quarterfinals
2	Kinef Kirishi	3	2	1	32	28	+4	6	Quarterfinals
3	NC Vouliagmeni	3	1	2	28	31	−3	3
4	BVSC	3	0	3	24	37	−13	0

Source: LEN

Date	Time^‡		Score
19 Jan	18:00	UVSE	12–8	Vouliagmeni	Report^{[permanent dead link]}
19 Jan	19:45	Kinef	16–8	BVSC	Report^{[permanent dead link]}
20 Jan	18:15	UVSE	11–5	Kinef	Report^{[permanent dead link]}
20 Jan	19:45	Vouliagmeni	11–8	BVSC	Report^{[permanent dead link]}
21 Jan	11:00	Vouliagmeni	9–11	Kinef	Report^{[permanent dead link]}
21 Jan	12:45	UVSE	10–8	BVSC	Report^{[permanent dead link]}

Group H edit

Venue: Piscina Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain.^[13]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	CN Sabadell	3	3	0	41	22	+19	9	Quarterfinals
2	Dunaújváros	3	2	1	40	29	+11	6	Quarterfinals
3	CN Sant Andreu	3	1	2	28	33	−5	3
4	UZSC Utrecht	3	0	3	20	45	−25	0

Source: LEN

Date	Time^‡		Score
19 Jan	18:30	Sabadell	13–8	Dunaújváros	Report^{[permanent dead link]}
19 Jan	20:30	Sant Andreu	13–5	Utrecht	Report^{[permanent dead link]}
20 Jan	18:30	Sabadell	15–7	Utrecht	Report^{[permanent dead link]}
20 Jan	20:30	Sant Andreu	8–15	Dunaújváros	Report^{[permanent dead link]}
21 Jan	11:30	Dunaújváros	17–8	Utrecht	Report^{[permanent dead link]}
21 Jan	13:30	Sant Andreu	7–13	Sabadell	Report^{[permanent dead link]}

^‡ All times are local

Knockout stage edit

Quarterfinals edit

The draw of the Quarterfinals matches was held, alongside the draw for the 2019 Women's European U19 Championship, on 27 January 2018.^[14]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
UVSE	15–13	Plebiscito Padova	7–7	8–6
CN Sabadell	23–9	CN Mataró	12–3	11–6
Dunaújváros	28–29	Orizzonte Catania	10–13	18–16
Kinef Kirishi	21–20	Olympiacos	10–10	11–10

First leg edit

24 Feb 2018 13:15 (UTC+1)	Report	CN Sabadell	12–3	CN Mataró	Centre Can Llong (Sabadell) Referees: Navarra (ITA), Marjay (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 5–0, 1–0, 3–1
		4: Ortiz, García 1: four players	Goals	2: Bach 1: Lloret

24 Feb 2018 14:00 (UTC+3)	Report	Kinef Kirishi	10–10	Olympiacos	Neftyanik Sport Complex (Kirishi) Referees: Kuníková (SVK), Radičević (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 2–0, 2–4, 3–5, 3–1
		3: Diatchenko 2: Prokofyeva, Ryzhkova	Goals	5: Asimaki 2: Eggens

24 Feb 2018 17:00 (UTC+1)	Report	Dunaújváros	10–13	Orizzonte Catania	Fabó Éva Sportuszoda (Dunaújváros) Referees: Mauss (GER), Dreval (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 6–2, 1–4, 1–4
		4: Szilágyi 3: Gurisatti	Goals	4: Bianconi 3: Aiello

24 Feb 2018 19:00 (UTC+1)	Report	UVSE	7–7	Plebiscito Padova	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium (Budapest) Referees: Markopoulou (GRE), Teixido (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–2, 2–2, 1–2
		2: Keszthelyi, Steffens 1: three players	Goals	4: Millo 2: Barzon

Second leg edit

17 Mar 2018 12:45 (UTC+1)	Report	CN Mataró	6–11	CN Sabadell	Complex Esportiu Joan Serra (Mataró) Referees: Fester (GER), Dervieux (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 0–3, 2–1, 3–3
		2: Vicente 1: four players	Goals	5: Neushul 2: Espar

17 Mar 2018 18:00 (UTC+1)	Report	Orizzonte Catania	10–13^{16–18 (PSO)}	Dunaújváros	Piscina Francesco Scuderi (Catania) Referees: Balanescu (ROU), Teixido (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–3, 1–5, 4–2 PSO: 6–5
		4: Bianconi 3: van der Sloot	Goals	3: Szilágyi, Vályi 2: Gurisatti, Hórvath, Garda

17 Mar 2018 19:00 (UTC+1)	Report	Plebiscito Padova	6–8	UVSE	Centro Sportivo del Plebiscito (Padua) Referees: Dreval (RUS), Franulović (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 0–2, 2–1, 2–1
		3: Barzon 1: three players	Goals	2: Parkes, Keszthelyi, Steffens

17 Mar 2018 19:15 (UTC+2)	Report	Olympiacos	10–11	Kinef Kirishi	Petros Kapagerov National Swimming Hall (Piraeus) Referees: Várkonyi (HUN), Buch (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–3, 2–2, 3–4
		4: Eggens 2: Emmolo	Goals	3: Prokofyeva 2: three players

Final Four edit

LEN announced the choice of the defending champions Kinef Kirishi as host of the final Four on 20 March 2018. The draw was held in Pontevedra, Spain, during the last day of Europa Cup Super Final.^[15]^[16]

Semifinals edit

20 Apr 2018 17:30 (UTC+3)	Report	CN Sabadell	17–8	UVSE	Neftyanik Sport Complex (Kirishi) Referees: Mišković (MNE), Matache (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 5–2, 3–1, 5–1
		5: Ortiz, Forca 2: Farre	Goals	4: Steffens 2: Keszthelyi

20 Apr 2018 19:00 (UTC+3)	Report	Orizzonte Catania	13–14	Kinef Kirishi	Neftyanik Sport Complex (Kirishi) Referees: Markopoulou (GRE), Uhlig (GER)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–4, 3–5, 4–2
		6: van der Sloot 3: Bianconi	Goals	5: Krimer 4: Ryzhkova

Finals edit

3rd place

21 Apr 2018 12:30 (UTC+3)	Report	UVSE	6–6^{10–11 (PSO)}	Orizzonte Catania	Neftyanik Sport Complex (Kirishi) Referees: Uhlig (GER), Mišković (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 3–0, 1–2, 2–1 PSO: 4–5
		2: Sevenich	Goals	2: Garibotti

1st place

21 Apr 2018 14:00 (UTC+3)	Report	CN Sabadell	8–8^{12–13 (PSO)}	Kinef Kirishi	Neftyanik Sport Complex (Kirishi) Referees: Markopoulou (GRE), Matache (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 0–2, 2–1, 3–2 PSO: 4–5
		3: Neushul 2: Domenech	Goals	3: Ryzhkova 2: Krimer

2017–18 LEN Euro League Women Champions
Kinef Kirishi 2nd title

Final standings

	Team
	Kinef Kirishi
	CN Sabadell
	Orizzonte Catania
4	UVSE

References edit

^ ^a ^b "LEN Club Competition programme season 2017–2018" (PDF). len.eu. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
^ Ivan Curcic (21 April 2018). "Kinef wins in thrilling final and clinches 2nd European title". waterpology.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
^ "The main trophy of Euro League – at KINEF-Surgutneftegas". sportkinef.ru. 21 April 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
^ "Club Cup Competition Draw". len.eu. 19 August 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
^ Carmelo Minissale (30 November 2017). "Al via l'Eurolega. La WP Messina insegue la qualificazione al turno successivo" [Euroleague starts. WP Messina attempts to qualify to the next round]. messinasportiva.it (in Italian). Retrieved 1 February 2020.
^ Zsuzsanna Gróf-Huszka (30 November 2017). "Euroligára fel!". dfve.eu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 1 February 2020.
^ "Euroleague Women 2017/2018". sportstad-utrecht.nl (in Dutch). 1 December 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
^ "Eurolega – Plebiscito Padova: resoconto della tre giorni" [Euroleague – Plebiscito Padova: report of the three matchdays]. 1x2pallanuoto.com (in Italian). 4 December 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
^ Pavle Mihalovic (18 January 2018). "Start of Women's Euro League preliminary round". waterpology.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
^ "Έτοιμος για την πρεμιέρα στην Ευρώπη!" [Ready for the European premiere]. olympiacossfp.gr (in Greek). 18 January 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
^ Giovanni D'Antoni (18 January 2018). "Euroleague Pallanuoto: l'Orizzonte Catania scalda i motori" [Water polo Euroleague: Orizzonte Catania warms up]. ultimatv.it (in Italian). Retrieved 1 February 2020.
^ "UVSE, BVSC, Dunaújváros: előre a nyolcért!" [UVSE, BVSC, Dunaújváros: let's go to the Top 8!]. waterpolo.hu (in Hungarian). 18 January 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
^ "El Mataró, Sabadell y Sant Andreu entran en liza en la Euroliga" [Mataró, Sabadell and Sant Andreu take the field on Euro League]. mundodeportivo.com (in Spanish). 18 January 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
^ "Draw – Euro League Quarter Finals & Euro Champs U19". len.eu. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
^ "Kirishi and Mataró to host women's F4s". len.eu. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
^ "Len Trophy & Euro League Final 4". len.eu. 24 March 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2020.

External links edit

Official LEN website
Microplustiming (Official results website)

[calendar-1] "LEN Club Competition programme season 2017–2018" (PDF). len.eu. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2020.

[2] Ivan Curcic (21 April 2018). "Kinef wins in thrilling final and clinches 2nd European title". waterpology.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.

[3] "The main trophy of Euro League – at KINEF-Surgutneftegas". sportkinef.ru. 21 April 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2020.

[4] "Club Cup Competition Draw". len.eu. 19 August 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2020.

[5] Carmelo Minissale (30 November 2017). "Al via l'Eurolega. La WP Messina insegue la qualificazione al turno successivo" [Euroleague starts. WP Messina attempts to qualify to the next round]. messinasportiva.it (in Italian). Retrieved 1 February 2020.

[6] Zsuzsanna Gróf-Huszka (30 November 2017). "Euroligára fel!". dfve.eu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 1 February 2020.

[7] "Euroleague Women 2017/2018". sportstad-utrecht.nl (in Dutch). 1 December 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2020.

[8] "Eurolega – Plebiscito Padova: resoconto della tre giorni" [Euroleague – Plebiscito Padova: report of the three matchdays]. 1x2pallanuoto.com (in Italian). 4 December 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2020.

[9] Pavle Mihalovic (18 January 2018). "Start of Women's Euro League preliminary round". waterpology.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.

[10] "Έτοιμος για την πρεμιέρα στην Ευρώπη!" [Ready for the European premiere]. olympiacossfp.gr (in Greek). 18 January 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2020.

[11] Giovanni D'Antoni (18 January 2018). "Euroleague Pallanuoto: l'Orizzonte Catania scalda i motori" [Water polo Euroleague: Orizzonte Catania warms up]. ultimatv.it (in Italian). Retrieved 1 February 2020.

[12] "UVSE, BVSC, Dunaújváros: előre a nyolcért!" [UVSE, BVSC, Dunaújváros: let's go to the Top 8!]. waterpolo.hu (in Hungarian). 18 January 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2020.

[13] "El Mataró, Sabadell y Sant Andreu entran en liza en la Euroliga" [Mataró, Sabadell and Sant Andreu take the field on Euro League]. mundodeportivo.com (in Spanish). 18 January 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2020.

[14] "Draw – Euro League Quarter Finals & Euro Champs U19". len.eu. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2020.

[15] "Kirishi and Mataró to host women's F4s". len.eu. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2020.

[16] "Len Trophy & Euro League Final 4". len.eu. 24 March 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2020.

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2017–18 LEN Euro League Women

Contents

Overview edit

Calendar edit

Participating teams edit

Qualification round edit

Pools composition edit

Group A edit

Group B edit

Group C edit

Group D edit

Preliminary round edit

Pools composition edit

Group E edit

Group F edit

Group G edit

Group H edit

Knockout stage edit

Quarterfinals edit

First leg edit

Second leg edit

Final Four edit

Semifinals edit

Finals edit

See also edit

References edit

External links edit