2018–19 Women's LEN Trophy

2018–19 Women's LEN Trophy
League	Women's LEN Trophy
Sport	Water Polo
Duration	12 – 13 April 2019
Number of teams	4 (from 4 countries)
Finals champions	Orizzonte Catania (1st title)
Runners-up	UVSE

The 2018–19 Women's LEN Trophy was the 20th edition of the European second-tier tournament for women's water polo clubs. It was contested in Kirishi, Russia, on 12 and 13 April 2019.^[1][2][3]

Italy's Orizzonte Catania defeated Hungary's UVSE in the final match. Orizzonte won the title for the first time in its history, gaining the only trophy that was still missing from its list of Honours. It was also the first time that a female head coach (former player Martina Miceli, gold medalist at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games) led a club to a European cup victory.^[4][5][6]

Teams

The participants were the four teams eliminated from the Euro League's quarterfinals.

Further information: 2018–19 LEN Euro League Women

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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

Final 4
UVSE
Orizzonte Catania
Kinef Kirishi
CN Sant Andreu

Final Four

The draw of the semifinals and the allocation of the Final 4 to Kirishi were announced by LEN on 13 March 2019.^[7][8]

Semifinals

12 Apr 2019 17:00 (UTC+3)	Report	Orizzonte Catania	12–8	CN Sant Andreu	Neftyanik Sports Complex (Kirishi) Referees: Häntschel (GER), Dutilh-Dumas (NED)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–2, 3–2, 3–3
		2: Garibotti, Bianconi, Aiello, Palmieri, Marletta	Goals	4: Sleeking 3: Crespi

12 Apr 2019 18:30 (UTC+3)	Report	Kinef Kirishi	8–10	UVSE	Neftyanik Sports Complex (Kirishi) Referees: Peris (CRO), Markopoulou (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–3, 1–1, 2–3
		2: Prokofyeva 1: six players	Goals	4: Keszthelyi 2: Faragó

Finals

3rd place

13 Apr 2019 13:00 (UTC+3)	Report	CN Sant Andreu	11–15	Kinef Kirishi	Neftyanik Sports Complex (Kirishi) Referees: Häntschel (GER), Markopoulou (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 0–5, 2–4, 4–4, 5–2
		5: Keuning 1: six players	Goals	3: Prokofyeva 2: five players

1st place

13 Apr 2019 14:30 (UTC+3)	Report	Orizzonte Catania	10–9	UVSE	Neftyanik Sports Complex (Kirishi) Referees: Peris (CRO), Dutilh-Dumas (NED)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–1, 2–3, 2–2
		3: Bianconi 2: Riccioli	Goals	3: Szűcs 1: six players

2018–19 Women's LEN Trophy Champions
Orizzonte Catania 1st title

See also

• 2018–19 LEN Euro League Women
• 2018–19 LEN Euro Cup

References

1. "LEN Club Competition programme season 2018–2019" (PDF). len.eu. 25 May 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
2. "Len Events Calendar 2019". len.eu. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
3. "Кириши примут "Финал четырех" Кубка LEN Trophy" [Kirishi will host the LEN Trophy's Final Four]. sportkinef.ru (in Russian). 13 March 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
4. "Women's LEN Trophy Final Four, Kirishi (RUS) – Summary". len.eu. 13 April 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
5. "Orizzonte adds 2019 LEN Trophy to its rich treasury". total-waterpolo.com. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
6. Damiano Di Giuseppe (13 April 2019). "Orizzonte sul tetto d'Europa. Alle isolane il LEN Trophy 2019" [Orizzonte on the top of Europe. The 2019 LEN Trophy goes to the islanders]. waterpoloitaly.com (in Italian). Retrieved 23 December 2019.
7. "Euro League & LEN Trophy Final 4". len.eu. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
8. "Finals in Sabadell and in Kirishi – Women's Euro League". total-waterpolo.com. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2019.

External links

• Official LEN website
• Microplustiming (Official results website)