2017–18 Women's LEN Trophy

2017–18 Women's LEN Trophy
League	Women's LEN Trophy
Sport	Water Polo
Duration	13–14 April 2018
Number of teams	4 (from 4 countries)
Finals champions	Dunaújváros (1st title)
Runners-up	Olympiacos

The 2017–18 Women's LEN Trophy was the 19th edition of the European second-tier tournament for women's water polo clubs. It was contested in Mataró, Spain, on 13 and 14 April 2018.^[1][2]

Dunaújváros achieved the first continental trophy of its history. The Hungarian team won the semifinal against host CN Mataró and the final match against Greece's Olympiacos.^[3][4]

Teams

The tournament was contested by the four teams eliminated from the Euro League's quarterfinals.

Further information: 2017–18 LEN Euro League Women

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

Final 4
Olympiacos
Dunaújváros
Plebiscito Padova
CN Mataró

Final Four

Mataró was chosen by LEN as host of tournament on 20 March, while the draw was held during Europa Cup's Superfinal, in Pontevedra, on 24 March 2018.^[5][6][7]

Semifinals

13 Apr 2018 15:00 (UTC+2)	Report	Plebiscito Padova	4–10	Olympiacos	Piscina Joan Serra (Mataró) Referees: de Jong (NED), Mustata (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 0–1, 1–6, 1–2
		2: Tielmann 1: Barzon, Sohi	Goals	3: Emmolo 2: Avramidou, Tsoukala

13 Apr 2018 17:00 (UTC+2)	Report	CN Mataró	7–11	Dunaújváros	Piscina Joan Serra (Mataró) Referees: Mauss (GER), Sadekov (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 0–2, 3–3, 4–2
		3: Gibson-Byrne 1: four players	Goals	3: Szilágyi, Mahieu 2: Ziegler

Finals

3rd place

14 Apr 2018 11:30 (UTC+2)	Report	Plebiscito Padova	8–11	CN Mataró	Piscina Joan Serra (Mataró) Referees: Sadekov (RUS), Mustata (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 1–3, 2–2, 2–2
		2: Queirolo, Tielmann 1: four players	Goals	2: Vicente, Lloret, Cambray, Gibson-Byrne, Dance

1st place

14 Apr 2018 14:00 (UTC+2)	Report	Olympiacos	11–13	Dunaújváros	Piscina Joan Serra (Mataró) Referees: Mauss (GER), de Jong (NED)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 1–3, 4–3, 2–3
		4: Avramidou 3: Eggens	Goals	4: Garda 3: Szilágyi

2017–18 Women's LEN Trophy Champions
Dunaújváros 1st title

See also

• 2017–18 LEN Euro League Women
• 2017–18 LEN Euro Cup

References

1. "LEN Club Competition programme season 2017–2018" (PDF). len.eu. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
2. "LEN Events 2018 – Calendar" (PDF). len.eu. 2 March 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
3. "Women's LEN Trophy Final Four, Mataro (ESP) – Epic Final for the Trophy". total-waterpolo.com. 14 April 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
4. "LEN-Kupagyőztes a Dunaújváros!" [Dunaújváros is the LEN Trophy winner!]. waterpolo.hu (in Hungarian). 14 April 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
5. "Kirishi and Mataró to host women's F4s". len.eu. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
6. "Len Trophy & Euro League Final 4". len.eu. 24 March 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
7. Josep Maria Spà (5 April 2018). "A una semana de repetir la gloria europea" [One week to repeat the European glory]. waterpolista.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 February 2020.

External links

• Official LEN website
• Microplustiming (Official results website)