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2018 Women's LEN Super Cup
	Dunaújváros won 15–13 on penalties
Date	10 November 2018
Venue	Neftyanik Sports Complex, Kirishi
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The 2018 Women's LEN Super Cup was the 13th edition of the annual trophy organised by LEN and contested by the reigning champions of the two European competitions for women's water polo clubs. The match was played between Kinef Kirishi (2017–18 Euro League champions) and Dunaújvárosi FVE (winners of the 2017–18 LEN Trophy) at the Neftyanik Sports Complex in Kirishi, Russia, on 10 November 2018.^[1]^[2]

Hungary's Dunaújváros, at their debut in the competition, won the trophy recovering from a 4-goal gap during the last quarter and defeating after the shootouts the European champions and Super Cup title holders of Kinef at their home pool in Kirishi.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Teams

Team	Qualification	Previous participation (bold indicates winners)
Kinef Kirishi	Winners of the 2017–18 LEN Euro League Women	2017
Dunaújváros	Winners of the 2017–18 Women's LEN Trophy	Debut

Squads

Kinef Kirishi^[6]
№	Nat.	Player	Birth Date	Position
1		Anna Karnaukh	(1993-08-31)31 August 1993	Goalkeeper
2		Tatiana Zubkova	(1995-06-07)7 June 1995	Field Player
3		Ekaterina Prokofyeva	(1991-03-13)13 March 1991	Field Player
4		Anastasia Simanovich	(1995-01-23)23 January 1995	Field Player
5		Anastasiia Diachenko	(1999-03-15)15 March 1999	Field Player
6		Kseniia Krimer	(1992-07-19)19 July 1992	Field Player
7		Bella Khamzaeva	(1998-05-15)15 May 1998	Field Player
8		Ekaterina Kirilcheva	(1992-05-17)17 May 1992	Field Player
9		Ekaterina Iakusheva	(1997-03-26)26 March 1997	Field Player
10		Evgeniia Soboleva (c)	(1988-08-26)26 August 1988	Field Player
11		Evgeniya Ivanova	(1987-07-26)26 July 1987	Field Player
12		Daria Ryzhkova	(1995-02-08)8 February 1995	Field Player
13		Anastasiia Smykova	(2000-02-17)17 February 2000	Goalkeeper

Head coach: Aleksandr Kabanov

Dunaújváros^[6]
№	Nat.	Player	Birth Date	Position
1		Alexandra Kiss	(1996-08-18)18 August 1996	Goalkeeper
2		Gerda Brezovszki	(1998-08-08)8 August 1998	Field Player
3		Kata Menczinger	(1989-01-17)17 January 1989	Field Player
4		Gréta Gurisatti	(1996-05-14)14 May 1996	Field Player
5		Brigitta Horváth	(1996-05-14)14 May 1996	Field Player
6		Géraldine Mahieu	(1993-09-15)15 September 1993	Field Player
7		Lara Luka	(2000-11-25)25 November 2000	Field Player
8		Krisztina Garda (c)	(1994-07-16)16 July 1994	Field Player
9		Diána Ziegler	(1994-05-04)4 May 1994	Field Player
10		Vanda Vályi	(1993-08-13)13 August 1993	Field Player
11		Vanda Huszti	(2000-07-12)12 July 2000	Field Player
12		Csenge Szellák	(2000-11-23)23 November 2000	Field Player
13		Laura Aarts	(1996-08-10)10 August 1996	Goalkeeper

Head coach: Attila Mihók

Match

10 November 2018 13:00 (UTC+03:00)	Report	Kinef Kirishi	11–11^{(13–15 PSO)}	Dunaújváros	Neftyanik Sports Complex, Kirishi Referees: Margeta (SLO), Colombo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–1, 5–4, 1–4 PSO: 2–4
		2: Zubkova, Prokofyeva, Simanovich, Ryzhkova 1: Kirilcheva, Soboleva, Ivanova Penalties: Zubkova Khamzaeva Diachenko Ryzhkova	Goals	3: Gurisatti 2: Menczinger, Garda, Vályi 1: Mahieu, Ziegler Penalties: Vályi Garda Menczinger Horváth

References

^ "European Water Polo Super Cup Finals". len.eu. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
^ "Women's Super Cup Final – Preview & LIVE TV". len.eu. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
^ "Dunaujvaros came from –4 down to stun Kirishi". total-waterpolo.com. 10 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
^ "Európai Szuperkupa-GYŐZTES A Dunaújváros!" [Dunaújváros is the European Super Cup winner!]. waterpolo.hu (in Hungarian). 10 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
^ "Dunajvarosi FVE takes LEN Super Cup". sportkinef.ru. 10 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Startlist". microplustiming.com. Ligue Européenne de Natation. 10 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2019.