2018–19 LEN Euro League Women

The 2018–19 LEN Euro League Women was the 32nd edition of the major European tournament for women's water polo clubs. It ran from 24 January to 20 April 2019.[1][2]

2018–19 LEN Euro League Women
LeagueLEN Euro League Women
SportWater Polo
Duration24 January – 20 April 2019
Number of games48
Number of teams19 (from 9 countries)
Season champions CN Sabadell (5th title)
Runners-up Olympiacos

The Final 4 was contested in Sabadell, Spain, on 19 and 20 April. The home team became European champion for the fifth time, defeating Greece's Olympiacos in the final match.[3][4][5]

Overview

Calendar

The calendar of the competition was announced on 25 May 2018.[1]

Phase Round First leg Second leg
Preliminary round Qualification Round I ‡ 23–25 November 2018
Qualification Round II 24–27 January 2019
Knockout stage Quarterfinals 23 February 2019 9/12 March 2019
Final 4 19–20 April 2019

‡: Not contested

Participating teams
Preliminary round
ŽAVK Mladost Olympiacos Orizzonte Catania Dynamo Uralochka CN Mataró
Lille UC BVSC Plebiscito Padova Kinef Kirishi CN Sabadell
Ethnikos Dunaújváros Rapallo Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk CN Sant Andreu
NC Vouliagmeni UVSE ZVL-1886 Olympia Košice

Preliminary Round

The draw of the pools for the Preliminary Round was held in Kirishi, Russia, before the 2018 Super Cup, on 9 october 2018.[6]

Pools composition
Group A Group B Group C Group D
BVSC CN Sabadell CN Mataró Dynamo Uralochka
CN Sant Andreu (H) Dunaújváros Olympiacos Ethnikos (H)
Kinef Kirishi NC Vouliagmeni Plebiscito Padova (H) Lille UC
ŽAVK Mladost Olympia Košice (H) Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk Orizzonte Catania
ZVL-1886 Rapallo UVSE

Group A

Venue: Piscina Pere Serrat, Barcelona, Spain.[7]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Kinef Kirishi 4 4 0 0 76 24 +52 12 Quarterfinals
2 CN Sant Andreu 4 3 0 1 46 32 +14 9
3 BVSC 4 1 1 2 51 33 +18 4
4 ZVL-1886 4 1 1 2 33 44 −11 4
5 ŽAVK Mladost 4 0 0 4 21 94 −73 0
Source: LEN
Date Time† Score
24 Jan18:30Sant Andreu8–7BVSCReport
24 Jan20:30Kinef30–6MladostReport
25 Jan10:00Kinef20–5ZVLReport
25 Jan12:00Mladost5–28BVSCReport
25 Jan18:30Sant Andreu12–3ZVLReport
25 Jan20:30BVSC7–11KinefReport
26 Jan18:30Sant Andreu6–15KinefReport
26 Jan20:30ZVL16–3MladostReport
27 Jan10:30BVSC9–9ZVLReport
27 Jan12:30Sant Andreu20–7MladostReport

Group B

Venue: Mestská Krytá Plaváreň, Košice, Slovakia.[8]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 CN Sabadell 4 4 0 0 66 27 +39 12 Quarterfinals
2 NC Vouliagmeni 4 3 0 1 50 29 +21 9
3 Dunaújváros 4 2 0 2 49 36 +13 6
4 Rapallo 4 1 0 3 43 45 −2 3
5 Olympia Košice 4 0 0 4 13 74 −61 0
Source: LEN
Date Time† Score
24 Jan18:00Dunaújváros9–8RapalloReport
24 Jan19:30Sabadell24–4KošiceReport
25 Jan10:00Rapallo9–17SabadellReport
25 Jan11:30Dunaújváros11–13VouliagmeniReport
25 Jan18:00Sabadell13–7DunaújvárosReport
25 Jan19:30Vouliagmeni17–1KošiceReport
26 Jan18:00Vouliagmeni7–12SabadellReport
26 Jan19:30Košice6–21RapalloReport
27 Jan10:00Rapallo5–13VouliagmeniReport
27 Jan11:30Košice2–22DunaújvárosReport

Group C

Venue: Centro Sportivo del Plebiscito, Padua, Italy.[9]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Olympiacos 3 2 1 0 41 20 +21 7 Quarterfinals
2 Plebiscito Padova 3 2 1 0 35 21 +14 7
3 CN Mataró 3 1 0 2 22 27 −5 3
4 Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk 3 0 0 3 15 45 −30 0
Source: LEN
Date Time† Score
25 Jan18:00Plebiscito15–5Ugra KMReport
25 Jan20:00Mataró5–12OlympiacosReport
26 Jan17:00Olympiacos20–6Ugra KMReport
26 Jan19:00Plebiscito11–7MataróReport
27 Jan10:00Ugra KM4–10MataróReport
27 Jan12:00Olympiacos9–9PlebiscitoReport

Group D

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 UVSE 4 4 0 0 49 31 +18 12 Quarterfinals
2 Orizzonte Catania 4 3 0 1 51 25 +26 9
3 Dynamo Uralochka 4 2 0 2 46 43 +3 6
4 Ethnikos 4 1 0 3 40 50 −10 3
5 Lille UC 4 0 0 4 22 59 −37 0
Source: LEN
Date Time‡ Score
24 Jan17:30Ethnikos14–5LilleReport
24 Jan19:15Uralochka6–15OrizzonteReport
25 Jan10:00Orizzonte6–9UVSEReport
25 Jan11:45Lille7–14UralochkaReport
25 Jan18:15Uralochka9–11UVSEReport
25 Jan20:00Ethnikos5–15OrizzonteReport
26 Jan18:00Ethnikos10–17UralochkaReport
26 Jan19:45UVSE16–5LilleReport
27 Jan10:00Lille5–15OrizzonteReport
27 Jan11:45Ethnikos11–13UVSEReport

† All times are local

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

The draw took place at LEN headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, on 29 January 2019.[11]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kinef Kirishi 18–19 NC Vouliagmeni 11–10 7–9
Orizzonte Catania 20–23 CN Sabadell 9–12 11–11
UVSE 13–14 Plebiscito Padova 6–6 7–8
CN Sant Andreu 13–26 Olympiacos 7–16 6–10

First Leg
23 Feb 2019
13:00 (UTC+3)		 Report Kinef Kirishi 11–10 NC Vouliagmeni Neftyanik Sports Complex (Kirishi)
Referees:
Putniković (SRB), Petik (HUN)
Score by quarters: 3–5, 2–1, 4–4, 2–0
4: Simanovich
3: Zubkova		 Goals 4: Charalampidi
3: Jordan
23 Feb 2019
16:45 (UTC+1)		 Report CN Sant Andreu 7–16 Olympiacos Piscina Pere Serrat (Barcelona)
Referees:
Colombo (ITA), Marjay (HUN)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 0–4, 4–4, 1–5
2: Sleeking
1: five players		 Goals 4: Asimaki
3: Avramidou
23 Feb 2019
18:00 (UTC+1)		 Report Orizzonte Catania 9–12 CN Sabadell Piscina di Nesima (Catania)
Referees:
Markopoulou (GRE), Matache (ROU)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–3, 2–3, 4–3
4: Marletta
2: Bianconi		 Goals 3: Ortiz
2: García, Neushul, Leitón
23 Feb 2019
20:00 (UTC+1)		 Report UVSE 6–6 Plebiscito Padova Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium (Budapest)
Referees:
Achladiotis (GRE), Mišković (MNE)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–1, 0–3, 2–1
2: Keszthelyi, Faragó Goals 2 :Queirolo

Second Leg
9 Mar 2019
16:45 (UTC+2)		 Report Olympiacos 10–6 CN Sant Andreu Petros Kapagerov National Swimming Hall (Piraeus)
Referees:
Várkonyi (HUN), Goncharenko (UKR)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–1, 2–1, 2–2
2: Eggens, Eleftheriadou
1: six players		 Goals 2: Jackovich
1: four players
9 Mar 2019
18:00 (UTC+1)		 Report Plebiscito Padova 8–7 UVSE Centro Sportivo del Plebiscito (Padua)
Referees:
Dreval (RUS), Raković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–1, 2–1, 2–0
3: Barzon
2: Grab		 Goals 3: Keszthelyi
1: four players
9 Mar 2019
20:00 (UTC+2)		 Report NC Vouliagmeni 9–7 Kinef Kirishi Halandri Municipal Swimming Center (Chalandri)
Referees:
Peris (CRO), Mauss (GER)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–3, 3–2, 1–1
3: Xenaki
2: Elliniadi		 Goals 2: Zubkova, Prokofyeva,
Simanovich
12 Mar 2019
19:00 (UTC+1)		 Report CN Sabadell 11–11 Orizzonte Catania Centre Can Llong (Sabadell)
Referees:
Debreceni (HUN), Boudramis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–1, 4–2, 2–5
3: Ortiz, Forca
2: Neushul		 Goals 6: Garibotti
2: Aiello

Final Four

The allocation of the Final 4 in Sabadell and the draw of the semifinals were announced by LEN on 13 March 2019. The Spanish team hosted the finals for the second time (the first one was the 2016 edition).[12][13]

Semifinals
19 Apr 2019
11:30 (UTC+1)		 Report NC Vouliagmeni 7–8 Olympiacos Centre Can Llong (Sabadell)
Referees:
Mauss (GER), Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–2, 2–3, 1–1
3: Chydirioti
2: Charalampidi		 Goals 4: Avramidou
1: four players
19 Apr 2019
13:15 (UTC+1)		 Report Plebiscito Padova 5–8 CN Sabadell Centre Can Llong (Sabadell)
Referees:
Várkonyi (HUN), Naumov (RUS)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–4, 1–3, 1–0
3: Barzon Goals 3: Steffens
2: Forca

Finals
3rd place
20 Apr 2019
11:30 (UTC+1)		 Report Plebiscito Padova 7–8 NC Vouliagmeni Centre Can Llong (Sabadell)
Referees:
Várkonyi (HUN), Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–4, 2–0, 2–2
3: Barzon
1: four players		 Goals 2: Chydirioti, Jordan
1st place
20 Apr 2019
13:15 (UTC+1)		 Report CN Sabadell 13–11 Olympiacos Centre Can Llong (Sabadell)
Attendance: 1000[5]
Referees:
Mauss (GER), Naumov (RUS)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–3, 2–3, 5–2
4: Neushul
3: Ortiz		 Goals 4: Buckling
2: Plevritou, Tsoukala


2018–19 LEN Euro League Women
Champions

CN Sabadell
5th title
Final standings
Team
CN Sabadell
Olympiacos
NC Vouliagmeni
4 Plebiscito Padova

See also

References
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  10. Angelic Nost. "Το γυναικείο τμήμα Water Polo του Εθνικού Πειραιώς επιστρέφει πιο δυναμικό από ποτέ" [Ethnikos Piraeus women's water polo team is returning more dynamic than ever]. thatslife.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 9 December 2019.
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