Euro League Women Book of Champions 2017

1 Book of champions 2017

Kseniia Krimer, Kinef Kirishi, has played in the last two Final Four competitions. Seen here with the ball in hand, she is challenged by Stefania Charalampidi of in the match between Russia and Greece in the 2014 European Championships (Photo by Pasquale Mesiano, Insidefoto/ Deepbluemedia)

Contents: Summary of LEN European Cup Results, 1987-1999 and Champions Cup 1999-2003 3 LEN Champions Cup- detailed results, 2004-2013 9 LEN Euro League Women, 2013-16 33 Women’s LEN Trophy 48 LEN Women’s Super Cup 48 Euro League Women Rules 49

Cover: Anna Espar, Sabadell, who was a member of Sabadell’s 2016 Euro League winning side. She was also a member of ’s winning side in 2014 (Photo: Pasquale Mesiano, Deepbluemedia)

2 LEN European Cup Results

Alexandra Asimaki, , works to control the ball. Asimaki played on the winning Euro League team in 2014 and 2015. She also won a gold medal with the Greek team at the 2011 World Championships (Photo: Pasquale Mesiano, Deepbluemedia)

1.1 1987

FINALS Held Creteil, France, December 1987

Semi Finals Donk Gouda NED 14 Szentes HUN 10 Dauphins Creteil Fra Volturno ITA

3rd place Szentes HUN 12 Volunturno ITA 9

Final Donk Gouda NED 15 Dauphins Creteil FRA 10

1.2 1988-9

Champions Donk Gouda NED

3 1.3 1980-90

Champions Nereus NED

1.4 1990-1

Champions Donk Gouda NED

1.5 1991-92

Champions Dora Csabai, a member of the UVSE team which finished runners up to Sabadell in last year’s final. Here, she is playing for Brandenburg NED Hungary in the 2014 European Championships (Photo: Pasquale Mesiano, Deepbluemedia) 2nd Uralochka Zlatoust RUS

3rd Vasutas HUN

4rd Dauphins Creteil FRA

1.6 1992-3

Champions Szentes HUN

2nd Orizzonte Catania ITA

3rd Donk Gouda NED

4rd uralochka Zlatoust RUS

Final Szentes HUN 6 ~ 5 orizzonte Catania ITA

4 1.7 1993-94

Champions Orizzonte Catania ITA

2nd nereus NED

3rd Vasutas HUN

4rd Voulagmeni GRE

1.8 1994-5

Champions nereus NED

2nd Giulia Enrica Emmolo, the Italian water polo player, reaches for Orizzonte Catania ITA the ball over , Spain, during the 2012 European Championships. Giulia, who played for Greek side Olympiacos in 3rd the 2016 Euro League, won a silver medal at the Rio Olympics and a bronze at the 2015 World Championships Szentes HUN (Photo: Giorgio Scala, Deepbluemedia)

4rd Nancy FRA

1.9 1995-6

Champions nereus NED

2nd SKIF Moscow RUS

3rd orizzonte Catania ITA

4rd olympiacos GRE

Final ZWM Nereus Zaandam NED 8 ~ 7 SKIF Moscow RUS

5 1.10 1996-7

FINALS Finals- Zaandam, Netherland, 12th-16th March

Semi Finals SKIF Moscow RUS 8 orizzonte Catania ITA 7 mediterrani ESP 3 ZWM Nereus Zaandam NED 14

3rd place orizzonte Catania ITA 6 mediterrani Barcelona ESP 4

Final SKIF Moscow RUS 7 ZWM Nereus Zaandam NED 6

1.11 1997-8

FINALS Finals-Catania, , 20th-24th May

Semi Finals orizzonte Catania ITA 7 ZWM Nereus Zaandam NED 6 SKIF Moscow RUS 9 Hungerit Szentesi HUN 6

3rd place ZWM Nereus Zaandam NED 8 Hungerit Szentesi HUN 7

Final orizzonte Catania ITA 7 SKIF Moscow RUS 6

1.12 1998-9

Champions SKIF Moscow RUS

2nd Donk Gouda NED

3rd orizzonte Catania ITA

4rd BEAC HUN

Final SKIF Moscow RUS 8 Donk Gouda NED 6

6 LEN Champions Cup

1.13 1999-2000

Champions glyfada GRE

2nd SKIF Moscow RUS

3rd Szentes HUN

4rd orizzonte Catania ITA

5th assuron Donk Gouda nED

6th uralochka Zalatoust ruS

7th meditarrani Barcelone ESP

8th Hohenlimburger SV gER

Final glyfada GRE 7 SK IF Moscow RUS 5

Winning team georgia Elliaki, Stanourola Kozompoli, Aikateriu Ikonomopoulou, Evangelia Moraitidou, Antonia Moratti, Camilla Pedroza, Paraskevi Vassou, Katiana Zacharaki

Maria Del Pilar Pena, a member of Sabadell’s winning side in the 2016 Euro League final. Sabadell defeated UVSE Budapest 11-8 in the final (Photo: Pasquale Mesiano, Deepbluemedia)

7 1.14 2000-1

Champions orizzonte Catania ITA

2nd glyfada GRE

3rd uralochka Zlatoust RUS

4rd Szentes HUN

Final orizzonte Catania ITA 12 glyfada GRE 6

Winning team , Yvette Higgins, Marny Colquhoun, Moira Vaccalluzzo, , , , , Ann Dow, , Francesca Pavan, Chiara Brancati, Marina Mure

1.15 2001-2

Champions orizzonte Catania ITA 17-12 5 points

2nd uralochka Zlatoust RUS 20-20 3 points

3rd glyfada GRE 17-18 3 points

4rd Dunaujvaros HUN 12-16 1 point

oTHEr semi final round teams: CN Sabadell ESP Slavia Hradec Kralove CZE Blau-Weiss Bochum gER aSPTT Nancy FRA

Winning team Silvia Bosurgi, Chiara Brancati, Marny Colquhoun, Christina Conti, Ann Dow, Yvette Higgins, Giusi Malato, Tania di Mario, Marina Mure, Maddalena Musumeci, Francesca Pavan, Cinzia Ragusa, Moira Vaccalluzzo Coach: Mauro Maugeri

8 1.16 2002-3

Champions Glyfada GRE

2nd Dunaujvaros HUN

3rd uralochka Zlatoust RUS

4rd Orizzonte Catania ITA

Final glyfada GRE 6 Dunaujvaros HUN 4

Winning team antoniou, Bonou, Dimitrokali, Georgia Elinaki, Iosifidou, Kalogera, Angelika Karapataki, Kozoboli, Krokodeilou, Makarona, Antonio Moratti, Aikateriu Oikonomopoulou, Amalia Paterou, Coach: Papanastasiou

Alkisti Alvramidou, Olympiacos, battles for the ball. She played on Olympiacos’s winning team in 2014 and 2015 in the Euro League (Photo: Giorgio Scala, Deepbluemedia)

9 1.17 2003-4

Champions Orizzonte Catania ITA

2nd glyfada GRE

3rd Dunaujvaros HUN

4rd GRE

Final orizzonte Catania ITA 6 glyfada GRE 4

Winning team Silvia Bosurgi, Viviana Castagna, Christina Conti, Simona Cuscani, Tania di Mario, Rita Dravucz, Giulia Iuppa, Giusi Malato, Daniela Maugeri, Maddalena Musumeci, Aniko Pelle, Cinzia Ragusa, Daria Starace Coach: Mauro Maugeri

1.18 2004-5

CHAMPIONS CUP

QUALIFICATION ROUND group A CN Sabadell ESP 16 ~ 5 Kharkovchanka UKR Kinef Kirishi RUS 12 ~ 6 SV Blau Weiss Bochum GER mD PVK Vrutky SVK 3 ~ 8 Druzhba Gomel BLR Kharkovchanka UKR 9 ~ 3 Druzhba Gomel BLR Kinef Kirishi RUS 20 ~ 2 mD PVK Vrutky SVK CN Sabadell ESP 9 ~ 8 SV Blau Weiss Bochum GER Druzhba Gomel BLR 6 ~ 27 Kinef Kirishi RUS SV Blau Weiss Bochum GER 20 ~ 2 Kharkovchanka UKR CN Sabadell ESP 15 ~ 3 mD PVK Vrutky SVK CN Sabadell ESP 6 ~ 10 Kinef Kirishi RUS Kharkovchanka UKR 12 ~ 8 mD PVK Vrutky SVK a.e.t SV Blau Weiss Bochum GER 19 ~ 4 Druzhba Gomel BLR CN Sabadell ESP 7 ~ 3 Druzhba Gomel BLR Kinef Kirishi RUS 14 ~ 4 Kharkovchanka UKR mD PVK Vrutky SVK 4 ~ 20 SV Blau Weiss Bochum GER

Group A ranking P p W D L F a pTS Kinef Kirishi RUS 5 5 0 0 84 24 10 CN Sabadell ESP 5 4 0 1 53 29 8 SV Blau Weiss Bochum GER 5 3 0 2 73 31 6 Kharkovchanka UKR 5 2 0 3 32 62 4 Druzhba Gomel BLR 5 1 0 4 24 65 2 MD PVK Vrutky SVK 5 0 0 5 20 75 0

10 QUALIFICATION ROUND group B Fluvial Portuense POR 2 ~ 8 WSV Basel SUI Slavia Plzen CZE 6 ~ 4 City of Sheffield GBR polar Bears Ede NED 17 ~ 7 asptt Nancy FRA polar Bears Ede NED 17 ~ 5 Fluvial Portuense POR Slavia Plzen CZE 3 ~ 11 asptt Nancy FRA City of Sheffield GBR 7 ~ 11 WSV Basel SUI asptt Nancy FRA 17 ~ 7 City of Sheffield GBR Slavia Plzen CZE 9 ~ 6 Fluvial Portuense POR WSV Basel SUI 8 ~ 20 polar Bears Ede NED City of Sheffield GBR 2 ~ 17 polar Bears Ede NED Slavia Plzen CZE 6 ~ 10 WSV Basel SUI asptt Nancy FRA 24 ~ 3 Fluvial Portuense POR WSV Basel SUI 6 ~ 10 asptt Nancy FRA Fluvial Portuense POR 5 ~ 13 City of Sheffield GBR Slavia Plzen CZE 7 ~ 13 polar Bears Ede NED

Group B ranking P p W D L F a pTS Polar Bears Ede NED 5 5 0 0 84 29 10 Asptt Nancy FRA 5 4 0 1 69 36 8 WSV Basel SUI 5 3 0 2 43 45 6 Slavia Plzen CZE 5 2 0 3 31 44 4 City of Sheffield GBR 5 1 0 4 33 56 2 Fluvial Portuense POR 5 0 0 5 21 71 0

Semi-final group c polar Bears Ede NED 7 ~ 10 College of Dunaujvaros HUN CN Sabadell ESP 9 ~ 11 orizzonte Geymonat Catania iTA College of Dunaujvaros HUN 8 ~ 10 orizzonte Geymonat Catania iTA polar Bears Ede NED 5 ~ 2 CN Sabadell ESP CN Sabadell ESP 8 ~ 11 College of Dunaujvaros HUN polar Bears Ede NED 7 ~ 10 orizzonte Geymonat Catania iTA

Group C ranking P p W D L F a pTS Polar Bears Ede NED 3 3 0 0 31 23 6 University of Dunaujvaros HUN 3 2 0 1 29 25 4 Polar Bears Ede NED 3 1 0 2 19 22 2 CN Sabadell ESP 3 0 0 3 18 27 0

Semi-final group D Kinef Kirishi RUS 12 ~ 4 asptt Nancy FRA SV Blau Weiss Bochum GER 9 ~ 10 anC Glyfada Renault GRE SV Blau Weiss Bochum GER 11 ~ 7 asptt Nancy FRA Kinef Kirishi RUS 10 ~ 5 anC Glyfada Renault GRE SV Blau Weiss Bochum GER 10 ~ 9 Kinef Kirishi RUS a.e.t asptt Nancy FRA 5 ~ 12 anC Glyfada Renault GRE

11 , Sabadell, last years’ winning goalkeeper in the Women’s Euro League, seen here playing for Spain in the 2016 European Championships in (Photo: Pasquale Mesiano, Deepbluemedia)

Group D ranking P p W D L F a pTS Kinef Kirishi RUS 3 2 0 1 31 19 4 SV Blau Weiss Bochum GER 3 2 0 1 30 26 4 ANC Glyfada Renault GRE 3 2 0 1 27 24 4 Asptt Nancy FRA 3 0 0 3 16 35 0

Final Round Kirishi, 22-24 April 2005 group D orizzonte Geymonat Catania ITA 6 ~ 4 SV Blau Weiss Bochum GER College of Dunaujvaros HUN 7 ~ 10 Kinef Kirishi RUS orizzonte Geymonat Catania ITA 7 ~ 4 College of Dunaujvaros HUN Kinef Kirishi RUS 10 ~ 6 SV Blau Weiss Bochum GER College of Dunaujvaros HUN 14 ~ 12 SV Blau Weiss Bochum GER orizzonte Geymonat Catania ITA 6 ~ 5 Kinef Kirishi RUS

FINAL ROUND ranking P p W D L F a pTS Orizzonte Gaymonat Catania iTA 3 3 0 0 19 13 6 Kinef Kirishi RUS 3 2 0 1 25 19 4 College of Dunaujvaros HUN 3 1 0 2 25 29 2 SV Blau Weiss Bochum GER 3 0 0 3 22 30 0

Winning team Francesca Cristiana Conti, Chiara Brancati, Aniko Pelle, Daria Starace, Tania Di Mario, Silvia Bosurgi, Giusi Malato, Francesca Pavan, Giulia Iuppa, , Susanna Drei, Daniela Maugeri, Roberta Scuderi, Giuliana Vitale Coach: Mauro Maugeri

12 1.19 2005-6

CHAMPIONS CUP

QUALIFICATION ROUND group A (Played in Nancy) WSV Basel SUI 4 ~ 20 Widex GZC Donk Gouda NED aSPTT Nancy FRA 20 ~ 10 Clube Fluvial Ortuense POR Clube Fluvial Ortuense POR 11 ~ 7 WSV Basel SUI aSPTT Nancy FRA 16 ~ 7 mDVK Vrutky SVK Widex GZC Donk Gouda NED 24 ~ 3 Clube Fluvial Ortuense POR WSV Basel SUI 6 ~ 10 mDVK Vrutky SVK Widex GZC Donk Gouda NED 25 ~ 8 mDVK Vrutky SVK aSPTT Nancy FRA 17 ~ 10 WSV Basel SUI Clube Fluvial Ortuense POR 10 ~ 9 mDVK Vrutky SVK aSPTT Nancy FRA 7 ~ 14 Widex GZC Donk Gouda NED

Group A ranking P p W D L F a pTS Widex GZC Donk Gouda NED 4 4 0 0 83 22 8 ASPTT Nancy FRA 4 3 0 1 60 41 6 Clube Fluvial Ortuense POR 4 2 0 2 34 56 4 MDVK Vrutky SVK 4 1 0 3 34 52 2 WSV Basel SUI 4 0 0 4 27 58 0

QUALIFICATION ROUND group B (Played in Split) City of Sheffield GBR 4 ~ 17 Vouliagmeni NC GRE VK Bura Split CRO 6 ~ 19 CN Sabadell ESP City of Sheffield GBR 15 ~ 9 Slavia Hradec Kralowe CZE Vouliagmeni NC GRE 23 ~ 5 Slavia Hradec Kralowe CZE CN Sabadell ESP 12 ~ 7 City of Sheffield GBR VK Bura Split CRO 6 ~ 24 Vouliagmeni NC GRE CN Sabadell ESP 8 ~ 20 Vouliagmeni NC GRE VK Bura Split CRO 13 ~ 16 Slavia Hradec Kralowe CZE Slavia Hradec Kralowe CZE 6 ~ 17 CN Sabadell ESP City of Sheffield GBR 17 ~ 11 VK Bura Split CRO

Group B ranking P p W D L F a pTS Vouliagmeni NC GRE 4 4 0 0 84 23 8 CN Sabadell ESP 4 3 0 1 56 39 6 City of Sheffield GBR 4 2 0 2 43 49 4 Slavia Hradec Kralowe CZE 4 1 0 3 36 68 2 VK Bura Split CRO 4 0 0 4 36 76 0

13 Semi-final group c (played in Sabadell) CN Sabadell ESP 16 ~ 15 Blau Weiss Bochum GER a.e.t Kinef Kirishi RUS 15 ~ 12 Vouliagmeni NC GRE Kinef Kirishi RUS 20 ~ 11 Blau Weiss Bochum GER CN Sabadell ESP 7 ~ 18 Vouliagmeni NC GRE Vouliagmeni NC GRE 9 ~ 10 Blau Weiss Bochum GER CN Sabadell ESP 8 ~ 24 Kinef Kirishi RUS

Group C ranking P p W D L F a pTS Kinef Kirishi RUS 3 3 0 0 59 31 6 Vouliagmeni NC GRE 3 1 0 2 39 32 2 Blau Weiss Bochum GER 3 1 0 2 36 45 2 CN Sabadell ESP 3 1 0 2 31 57 2

Semi-final group D (played in Dunaujvaros) aSPTT Nancy FRA 4 ~ 16 College of Dunaujvaros HUN Widex GZC Donk Gouda NED 6 ~ 17 orizzonte Geymonat Catania iTA aSPTT Nancy FRA 7 ~ 20 orizzonte Geymonat Catania iTA Widex GZC Donk Gouda NED 4 ~ 9 College of Dunaujvaros HUN aSPTT Nancy FRA 10 ~ 16 Widex GZC Donk Gouda NED College of Dunaujvaros HUN 5 ~ 9 orizzonte Geymonat Catania iTA

Group D ranking P p W D L F a pTS Orizzonte Geymonat Catania iTA 3 3 0 0 46 18 6 College of Dunaujvaros HUN 3 2 0 1 30 17 4 Widex GZC Donk Gouda NED 3 1 0 2 26 36 2 ASPTT Nancy FRA 3 0 0 3 21 52 0

Final Round Played in Catania group D Vouliagmeni NC GRE 6 ~ 9 orizzonte Geymonat Catania iTA Kinef Kirishi RUS 11 ~ 8 College of Dunaujvaros HUN Kinef Kirishi RUS 8 ~ 7 Vouliagmeni NC GRE orizzonte Geymonat Catania ITA 12 ~ 8 College of Dunaujvaros HUN College of Dunaujvaros HUN 15 ~ 14 Vouliagmeni NC GRE a.e.t Kinef Kirishi RUS 11 ~ 14 orizzonte Geymonat Catania iTA

FINAL ROUND ranking P p W D L F a pTS Orizzonte Geymonat Catania iTA 3 3 0 0 35 25 6 Kinef Kirishi RUS 3 2 0 1 30 29 4 College of Dunaujvaros HUN 3 1 0 2 27 34 2 Vouliagmeni NC GRE 3 0 0 3 24 28 0

Winning team Chiara Brancati, , Francesca Pavan, Daria Starace, Tania Di Mario, Silvia Busurgi, Brenda Villa, Gil Blanca, Maddalena Musumeci, Marianna Arangio, Assunta Riva, Roberta Scuderi

14 1.20 2006-7

CHAMPIONS CUP

QUALIFICATION ROUND group A Played in Porto BZC Brandemburg NED 9 ~ 9 Bayer Uerdingen GER Clube Fluvial Portuense POR 5 ~ 26 uralochka Zlatoust RUS BZC Brandemburg NED 3 ~ 15 uralochka Zlatoust RUS Bayer Uerdingen GER 9 ~ 6 Clube Fluvial Portuense POR uralochka Zlatoust RUS 20 ~ 9 Bayer Uerdingen GER Clube Fluvial Portuense POR 4 ~ 16 BZC Brandemburg NED

Group A ranking P p W D L F a pTS Uralochka Zlatoust RUS 3 3 0 0 61 17 9 BZC Brandemburg NED 3 1 1 1 28 28 4 Bayer Uerdingen GER 3 1 1 1 27 35 4 Clube Fluvial Portuense POR 3 0 0 3 15 51 0

QUALIFICATION ROUND group B Played in Nice anC Glyfada GRE 18 ~ 4 City of Liverpool GBR olympic Nice Natation FRA 15 ~ 7 pVK Vrutky SVK CN Alcorcon Madrid ESP 15 ~ 4 City of Liverpool GBR anC Glyfada GRE 26 ~ 6 pVK Vrutky SVK pVK Vrutky SVK 5 ~ 5 City of Liverpool GBR olympic Nice Natation FRA 1 ~ 13 CN Alcorcon Madrid ESP CN Alcorcon Madrid ESP 15 ~ 16 anC Glyfada GRE olympic Nice Natation FRA 7 ~ 6 City of Liverpool GBR CN Alcorcon Madrid ESP 21 ~ 8 pVK Vrutky SVK olympic Nice Natation FRA 5 ~ 14 anC Glyfada GRE

Group B ranking P p W D L F a pTS ANC Glyfada GRE 4 4 0 0 74 30 12 CN Alcorcon Madrid ESP 4 3 0 1 64 29 9 Olympic Nice Natation FRA 4 2 0 2 28 40 6 City of Liverpool GBR 4 0 1 3 19 45 1 PVK Vrutky SVK 4 0 1 3 26 67 1

QUALIFICATION ROUND group C Played in FlorenCE Florentina WPC ITA 14 ~ 7 Widex Donk Gouda NED SM Zurich SUI 6 ~ 26 aSPTT Nancy FRA Widex Donk Gouda NED 12 ~ 9 aSPTT Nancy FRA Florentina WPC ITA 34 ~ 2 SM Zurich SUI Widex Donk Gouda NED 38 ~ 1 SM Zurich SUI Florentina WPC ITA 20 ~ 9 aSPTT Nancy FRA

15 Group C ranking P p W D L F a pTS Florentina WPC ITA 3 3 0 0 68 18 9 Widex Donk Gouda NED 3 1 1 1 57 24 6 ASPTT Nancy FRA 3 1 1 1 44 38 3 SM Zurich SUI 3 0 0 3 9 98 0

QUALIFICATION ROUND group D Played in Dunaujvar0S Elco Dunaujvaros HUN 17 ~ 6 Fezko Strakonice CZE CN Sabadell ESP 10 ~ 14 Blau Weiss Bochum GER Fezko Strakonice CZE 12 ~ 17 CN Sabadell ESP City of Sheffield GBR 6 ~ 16 Elco Dunaujvaros HUN CN Sabadell ESP 7 ~ 15 Elco Dunaujvaros HUN Blau Weiss Bochum GER 20 ~ 6 City of Sheffield GBR Elco Dunaujvaros HUN 11 ~ 10 Blau Weiss Bochum GER City of Sheffield GBR 7 ~ 5 Fezko Strakonice CZE Fezko Strakonice CZE 3 ~ 26 Blau Weiss Bochum GER CN Sabadell ESP 16 ~ 6 City of Sheffield GBR

Group D ranking P p W D L F a pTS Elco Dunaujvaros HUN 4 4 0 0 59 29 12 Blau Weiss Bochum GER 4 3 0 1 70 30 9 CN Sabadell ESP 4 2 0 2 50 47 6 City of Sheffield GBR 4 1 0 3 25 57 3 Fezko Strakonice CZE 4 0 0 4 26 67 0

PRELIMINARY ROUND group E Played in Nice Domino Polo Budapest HUN 9 ~ 18 Fiorentina WPC ITA olympic Nice Natation FRA 7 ~ 8 BZC Brandemburg NED Domino Polo Budapest HUN 12 ~ 8 BZC Brandemburg NED olympic Nice Natation FRA 4 ~ 7 Fiorentina WPC ITA Fiorentina WPC ITA 11 ~ 9 BZC Brandemburg NED olympic Nice Natation FRA 1 ~ 12 Domino Polo Budapest HUN

Group E ranking P p W D L F a pTS Fiorentina WPC ITA 3 3 0 0 36 22 9 Domino Polo Budapest HUN 3 2 0 1 33 27 6 BZC Brandemburg NED 3 1 0 2 25 30 3 Olympic Nice Natation FRA 3 0 0 3 12 27 0

PRELIMINARY ROUND group F Played in Alcorcon CN Sabadell ESP 9 ~ 13 orizzonte Geymonat Catania iTA CN Alcorcon Madrid ESP 13 ~ 21 uralochka Zlatoust RUS uralochka Zlatoust RUS 14 ~ 11 CN Sabadell ESP CN Alcorcon Madrid ESP 8 ~ 13 orizzonte Geymonat Catania iTA orizzonte Geymonat Catania ITA 14 ~ 14 uralochka Zlatoust RUS CN Alcorcon Madrid ESP 8 ~ 8 CN Sabadell ESP

16 Group F ranking P p W D L F a pTS Uralochka Zlatoust RUS 3 2 1 0 49 38 7 Orizzonte Geymonat Catania iTA 3 2 1 0 40 31 7 CN Sabadell ESP 3 0 1 2 28 35 1 CN Alcorcon Madrid ESP 3 0 1 2 29 42 1

PRELIMINARY ROUND group G Played in Dunaujvaros Elco Dunaujvaros HUN 11 ~ 3 Bayer Uerdingen GER Widex Donk Gouda NED 6 ~ 19 Vouliagmeni NC GRE Elco Dunaujvaros HUN 10 ~ 6 Widex Donk Gouda NED Bayer Uerdingen GER 8 ~ 11 Vouliagmeni NC GRE Elco Dunaujvaros HUN 6 ~ 9 Vouliagmeni NC GRE Bayer Uerdingen GER 12 ~ 12 Widex Donk Gouda NED

Group g ranking P p W D L F a pTS Vouliagmeni NC GRE 3 3 0 0 39 20 9 Elco Dunaujvaros HUN 3 2 0 1 27 18 6 Bayer Uerdingen GER 3 0 1 2 23 34 1 Widex Donk Gouda NED 3 0 1 2 24 41 1

PRELIMINARY ROUND group H Played in Nancy Blau Weiss Bochum GER 9 ~ 16 Kinef Kirishi RUS aSPTT Nancy FRA 8 ~ 17 anC Glyfada GRE Kinef Kirishi RUS 14 ~ 3 anC Glyfada GRE aSPTT Nancy FRA 5 ~ 15 Blau Weiss Bochum GER Blau Weiss Bochum GER 7 ~ 12 anC Glyfada GRE aSPTT Nancy FRA 6 ~ 18 Kinef Kirishi RUS

Group H ranking P p W D L F a pTS Kinef Kirishi RUS 3 3 0 0 48 18 9 ANC Glyfada GRE 3 2 0 1 32 29 6 Blau Weiss Bochum GER 3 1 0 2 31 33 3 ASPTT Nancy FRA 3 0 0 3 19 50 0

Maica Garcia, Sabadell, looks to get a shot in. The centre forward was a member of Sabadell’s winning team in 2016 and won a gold medal in 2013 at the World Championships, a silver medal at the 2012 Olympics and a gold medal at the 2014 European Championships (Photo: Giorgio Scala, Deepbluemedia)

17 Semi-finals group I Played in Budapest Domino Polo Budapest HUN 8 ~ 11 anC Glyfada GRE uralochka Zlatoust RUS 11 ~ 9 Vouliagmeni NC GRE Domino Polo Budapest HUN 16 ~ 11 Vouliagmeni NC GRE anC Glyfada GRE 9 ~ 11 uralochka Zlatoust RUS Vouliagmeni NC GRE 12 ~ 13 anC Glyfada GRE Domino Polo Budapest HUN 14 ~ 14 uralochka Zlatoust RUS

Group I ranking P p W D L F a pTS Uralochka Zlatoust RUS 3 2 1 0 36 32 7 ANC Glyfada GRE 3 2 0 1 33 31 6 Domino Polo Budapest HUN 3 1 1 1 31 38 4 Vouliagmeni NC GRE 3 0 0 3 32 40 0

Semi-finals group L Played in Catania orizzonte Geymonat Catania ITA 10 ~ 11 Elco Dunaujvaros HUN Fiorentina WPC ITA 12 ~ 8 Kinef Kirishi RUS Fiorentina WPC ITA 5 ~ 4 Elco Dunaujvaros HUN orizzonte Geymonat Catania ITA 10 ~ 12 Kinef Kirishi RUS Kinef Kirishi RUS 18 ~ 9 Elco Dunaujvaros HUN orizzonte Geymonat Catania ITA 14 ~ 7 Fiorentina WPC ITA

Group L ranking P p W D L F a pTS Fiorentina WPC ITA 3 2 0 1 24 26 6 Kinef Kirishi RUS 3 2 0 1 38 31 6 Elco Dunaujvaros HUN 3 1 0 2 24 33 3 Orizzonte Geymonat Catania iTA 3 1 0 2 34 30 3

Final Four Final Four Played in FlorenCE uralochka Zlatoust RUS 8 ~ 11 Kinef Kirishi RUS anC Glyfada GRE 8 ~ 14 Fiorentina WPC ITA uralochka Zlatoust RUS 10 ~ 13 anC Glyfada GRE Fiorentina WPC ITA 12 ~ 10 Kinef Kirishi RUS anC Glyfada GRE 10 ~ 15 Kinef Kirishi RUS Fiorentina WPC ITA 18 ~ 10 uralochka Zlatoust RUS

Winning team Francesca Biancardi, Elisa Casanova, Marta Colaiocco, , Mila de Magistris, Rita Dravucz, Allegra Lapi, Daniela Lavorini, Jessica Masi, Giulia Fagioli, , , Sara Lensi, Mercedes Klara Stieber Coach: Gianni de Magistris

18 Rita Keszthelyi, UVSE Budapest, who scored in last year’s final. This goal failed to prevent UVSE going down in the final to Sabadell. Here, Rita was playing for Hungary in the 2016 European Championships in Belgrade (Photo: Giorgio Scala, Deepbluemedia)

1.21 2007-8

CHAMPIONS CUP

QUALIFICATION ROUND group A Played in Porto City of Sheffield GBR 19 ~ 3 Tirol Innsbruck AUT polar Bears Ede NED 8 ~ 4 Clube Fluvial Portuense POR polar Bears Ede NED 12 ~ 5 City of Sheffield GBR anC Glyfada GRE 25 ~ 0 Tirol Innsbruck AUT City of Sheffield GBR 2 ~ 22 anC Glyfada GRE Tirol Innsbruck AUT 6 ~ 18 Clube Fluvial Portuense POR anC Glyfada GRE 12 ~ 11 polar Bears Ede NED Clube Fluvial Portuense POR 10 ~ 7 City of Sheffield GBR Tirol Innsbruck AUT 3 ~ 21 polar Bears Ede NED Clube Fluvial Portuense POR 3 ~ 21 anC Glyfada GRE

Group A ranking P p W D L F a pTS ANC Glyfada GRE 4 4 0 0 80 16 12 Polar Bears Ede NED 4 3 0 1 52 24 9 Clube Fluvial Portuense POR 4 2 0 2 34 42 6 City of Sheffield GBR 4 1 0 3 33 47 3 Tirol Innsbruck AUT 4 0 0 4 12 83 0

19 QUALIFICATION ROUND group B Played in Nice Domino Polo Budapest HUN 32 ~ 2 Linkopins A.Simsallskap SWE olympic Nice Natation FRA 10 ~ 6 City of Liverpool GBR CN Mediterrrani ESP 6 ~ 14 Domino Polo Budapest HUN olympic Nice Natation FRA 20 ~ 8 Linkopins A.Simsallskap SWE City of Liverpool GBR 3 ~ 14 Domino Polo Budapest HUN CN Mediterrrani ESP 28 ~ 4 Linkopins A.Simsallskap SWE City of Liverpool GBR 14 ~ 2 Linkopins A.Simsallskap SWE olympic Nice Natation FRA 6 ~ 7 CN Mediterrrani ESP City of Liverpool GBR 7 ~ 14 CN Mediterrrani ESP olympic Nice Natation FRA 6 ~ 11 Domino Polo Budapest HUN

Group B ranking P p W D L F a pTS Domino Polo Budapest HUN 4 4 0 0 71 17 12 CN Mediterrrani ESP 4 3 0 1 55 31 9 Olympic Nice Natation FRA 4 2 0 2 42 32 6 City of Liverpool GBR 4 1 0 3 30 40 3 Linkopins A.Simsallskap SWE 4 0 0 4 16 94 0

QUALIFICATION ROUND Group C Played in Dunaujvaros Elco Dunaujvaros HUN 21 ~ 5 pVK Vrutky SVK Blau Weiss Bochum GER 14 ~ 15 ZVL Oestgeest NED ZVL Oestgeest NED 25 ~ 3 pVK Vrutky SVK Blau Weiss Bochum GER 7 ~ 14 Elco Dunaujvaros HUN Blau Weiss Bochum GER 22 ~ 5 pVK Vrutky SVK Elco Dunaujvaros HUN 8 ~ 7 ZVL Oestgeest NED

Group C ranking P p W D L F a pTS Elco Dunaujvaros HUN 3 3 0 0 43 19 9 ZVL Oestgeest NED 3 2 0 1 47 25 6 Blau Weiss Bochum GER 3 1 0 2 43 34 3 PVK Vrutky SVK 3 0 0 3 13 68 0

QUALIFICATION ROUND group D Played in Catania CN Sabadell ESP 20 ~ 8 aSPTT Nancy FRA orizzonte Catania ITA 22 ~ 7 Fezko Strakonice CZE CN Sabadell ESP 25 ~ 8 Fezko Strakonice CZE orizzonte Catania ITA 21 ~ 5 aSPTT Nancy FRA aSPTT Nancy FRA 9 ~ 9 Fezko Strakonice CZE orizzonte Catania ITA 14 ~ 7 CN Sabadell ESP

Group D ranking P p W D L F a pTS Orizzonte Catania ITA 3 3 0 0 57 19 9 CN Sabadell ESP 3 2 0 1 52 30 6 ASPTT Nancy FRA 3 0 1 2 22 50 1 Fezko Strakonice CZE 3 0 1 2 24 56 1

20 PRELIMINARY ROUND group E Played in Kinef Kirishi RUS 22 ~ 11 CN Mediterrani ESP anC Glyfada GRE 11 ~ 10 CN Mediterrani ESP anC Glyfada GRE 8 ~ 9 Kinef Kirishi RUS

Group E ranking P p W D L F a pTS Kinef Kirishi RUS 2 2 0 0 31 19 6 ANC Glyfada GRE 2 1 0 1 19 19 3 CN Mediterrani ESP 2 0 0 2 21 33 0

PRELIMINARY ROUND group F Played in Bochum orizzonte Catania ITA 9 ~ 8 Fiorentina WPC ITA Blau Weiss Bochum GER 15 ~ 9 polar Bears Ede NED polar Bears Ede NED 2 ~ 9 orizzonte Catania ITA Blau Weiss Bochum GER 9 ~ 18 Fiorentina WPC ITA Fiorentina WPC ITA 16 ~ 9 polar Bears Ede NED Blau Weiss Bochum GER 4 ~ 15 orizzonte Catania ITA

Group F ranking P p W D L F a pTS Orizzonte Catania ITA 3 3 0 0 33 14 9 Fiorentina WPC ITA 3 2 0 1 42 27 6 Blau Weiss Bochum GER 3 1 0 2 48 42 3 Polar Bears Ede NED 3 0 0 3 20 40 0

PRELIMINARY ROUND group G Played in Budapest uralochka ZMZ Zlatoust RUS 14 ~ 15 ZVL Oestgeest NED Domino Polo Budapest HUN 22 ~ 4 Clube Fluvial Portuense POR Clube Fluvial Portuense POR 7 ~ 28 ZVL Oestgeest NED Domino Polo Budapest HUN 12 ~ 10 uralochka ZMZ Zlatoust RUS uralochka ZMZ Zlatoust RUS 23 ~ 8 Clube Fluvial Portuense POR Domino Polo Budapest HUN 9 ~ 8 ZVL Oestgeest NED

Group g ranking P p W D L F a pTS Domino Polo Budapest HUN 3 3 0 0 43 22 9 ZVL Oestgeest NED 3 2 0 1 51 30 6 Uralochka ZMZ Zlatoust RUS 3 1 0 2 47 35 3 Clube Fluvial Portuense POR 3 0 0 3 19 73 0

PRELIMINARY ROUND group H Played in Sabadell Elco Dunaujvaros HUN 12 ~ 11 Vouliagmeni NC GRE CN Sabadell ESP 16 ~ 10 olympic Nice Natation FRA olympic Nice Natation FRA 8 ~ 23 Vouliagmeni NC GRE CN Sabadell ESP 9 ~ 12 Elco Dunaujvaros HUN olympic Nice Natation FRA 5 ~ 17 Elco Dunaujvaros HUN CN Sabadell ESP 8 ~ 17 Vouliagmeni NC GRE

21 Group H ranking P p W D L F a pTS Elco Dunaujvaros HUN 3 3 0 0 41 25 9 Vouliagmeni NC GRE 3 2 0 1 51 28 6 CN Sabadell ESP 3 1 0 2 33 39 3 Olympic Nice Natation FRA 3 0 0 3 23 56 0

Quarter finals 1st leg Kinef Kirishi RUS 8 ~ 7 Fiorentina WPC ITA Vouliagmeni NC GRE 9 ~ 9 Domino Polo Budapest HUN anC Glyfada GRE 10 ~ 8 orizzonte Catania ITA Elco Dunaujvaros HUN 11 ~ 9 ZVL Oestgeest NED

2nd leg ZVL Oestgeest NED 15 ~ 6 Elco Dunaujvaros HUN orizzonte Catania ITA 13 ~ 6 anC Glyfada GRE Domino Polo Budapest HUN 7 ~ 10 Vouliagmeni NC GRE Fiorentina WPC ITA 8 ~ 6 Kinef Kirishi RUS

Quarter finals ranking P p W D L F a pTS Vouliagmeni NC GRE 2 1 1 0 19 16 4 ZVL Oestgeest NED 2 1 0 1 24 17 3 Orizzonte Catania ITA 2 1 0 1 21 16 3 Fiorentina WPC ITA 2 1 0 1 15 14 3 Kinef Kirishi RUS 2 1 0 1 14 15 3 ANC Glyfada GRE 2 1 0 1 16 21 3 Elco Dunaujvaros HUN 2 1 0 1 17 24 3 Domino Polo Budapest HUN 2 0 1 1 16 19 1

Final Four Final Four Played in FlorenCE ZVL Oestgeest NED 5 ~ 11 orizzonte Catania ITA Vouliagmeni NC GRE 13 ~ 12 Fiorentina WPC ITA a.e.t ZVL Oestgeest NED 12 ~ 15 Fiorentina WPC ITA Bronze game orizzonte Catania ITA 14 ~ 13 Vouliagmeni NC GRE Gold game

Winning team Chiara Brancati, Martina Miceli, , Cinzia Ragusa, Tania Di Mario, Silvia Bosurgi, Giulia Bartolini, Maddalena Musumeci, Blanca Gil Sorli, Annalisa Bosello, Roberta Scuderi, Cora Campbell, Federica Tagliaferri Coach: Giusi Malato

22 1.22 2008-9

CHAMPIONS CUP

QUALIFICATION ROUND group A Played in Porto Kinef Surgutneftegas Kirishi RUS 34 ~ 6 Lass Linkoping SWE ZVL Leiden NED 20 ~ 6 West Penguin GBR T-Mobile Honved HUN 24 ~ 3 Clube Fluvial Portuense POR aSPTT Nancy FRA 5 ~ 10 ZVL Leiden NED Lass Linkoping SWE 2 ~ 24 T-Mobile Honved HUN West London Penguin GBR 1 ~ 28 Kinef Surgutneftegas Kirishi ruS Kinef Surgutneftegas Kirishi RUS 21 ~ 5 aSPTT Nancy FRA T-Mobile Honved HUN 27 ~ 6 West London Penguin GBR Clube Fluvial Portuense POR 15 ~ 10 Lass Linkoping SWE aSPTT Nancy FRA 2 ~ 18 T-Mobile Honved HUN ZVL Leiden NED 7 ~ 14 Kinef Surgutneftegas Kirishi ruS West London Penguin GBR 8 ~ 1 Clube Fluvial Portuense POR T-Mobile Honved HUN 13 ~ 5 ZVL Leiden NED Lass Linkoping SWE 8 ~ 11 West London Penguin GBR Clube Fluvial Portuense POR 7 ~ 20 aSPTT Nancy FRA Kinef Surgutneftegas Kirishi RUS 11 ~ 10 T-Mobile Honved HUN aSPTT Nancy FRA 16 ~ 6 Lass Linkoping SWE ZVL Leiden NED 12 ~ 8 Clube Fluvial Portuense POR Clube Fluvial Portuense POR 6 ~ 18 Kinef Surgutneftegas Kirishi ruS Lass Linkoping SWE 5 ~ 21 ZVL Leiden NED West London Penguin GBR 8 ~ 9 aSPTT Nancy FRA

Group A ranking P p W D L F a pTS Kinef Surgutneftegas Kirishi ruS 6 6 0 0 126 35 18 T-Mobile Honved HUN 6 5 0 1 116 29 15 ZVL Leiden NED 6 4 0 2 75 24 12 ASPTT Nancy FRA 6 3 0 3 57 70 9 West London Penguin GBR 6 2 0 4 40 93 6 Clube Fluvial Portuense POR 6 1 0 5 40 92 3 Lass Linkoping SWE 6 0 0 6 37 121 0

Ashleigh Southern, the Australian centre forward who was part of the Olympiacos team which won the Euro League in 2014 and 2015. This photo was taken during the World Championships in Barcelona 2013 in which Spain defeated Australia for the gold medal (Photo: Guido Barbagelata, Deepbluemedia)

23 QUALIFICATION ROUND group B Played in Nice CN Sabadell Astrapool ESP 18 ~ 8 uralochka ZMZ Zlatoust RUS pVK Vrutky SVK 7 ~ 21 SV Blau Weiss Bochum 1896 e.V. gER olympic Nice Natation FRA 11 ~ 6 City of Manchester WPC GBR City of Manchester WPC GBR 9 ~ 16 SV Blau Weiss Bochum 1896 e.V. gER uralochka ZMZ Zlatoust RUS 9 ~ 14 Vouliagmeni NC Sportscar GRE olympic Nice Natation FRA 7 ~ 16 CN Sabadell Astrapool ESP uralochka ZMZ Zlatoust RUS 15 ~ 13 SV Blau Weiss Bochum 1896 e.V. gER CN Sabadell Astrapool ESP 6 ~ 8 Vouliagmeni NC Sportscar GRE olympic Nice Natation FRA 9 ~ 3 pVK Vrutky SVK SV Blau Weiss Bochum 1896 e.V. gER 7 ~ 13 Vouliagmeni NC Sportscar GRE pVK Vrutky SVK 6 ~ 12 City of Manchester WPC GBR olympic Nice Natation FRA 12 ~ 8 uralochka ZMZ Zlatoust RUS pVK Vrutky SVK 3 ~ 26 Vouliagmeni NC Sportscar GRE City of Manchester WPC GBR 6 ~ 22 uralochka ZMZ Zlatoust RUS SV Blau Weiss Bochum 1896 e.V. gER 11 ~ 5 CN Sabadell Astrapool ESP City of Manchester WPC GBR 5 ~ 18 Vouliagmeni NC Sportscar GRE pVK Vrutky SVK 5 ~ 26 CN Sabadell Astrapool ESP olympic Nice Natation FRA 9 ~ 9 SV Blau Weiss Bochum 1896 e.V. gER City of Manchester WPC GBR 6 ~ 16 CN Sabadell Astrapool ESP pVK Vrutky SVK 9 ~ 21 uralochka ZMZ Zlatoust RUS olympic Nice Natation FRA 9 ~ 12 Vouliagmeni NC Sportscar GRE

Group B ranking P p W D L F a pTS Vouliagmeni NC Sportscar GRE 6 6 0 0 91 39 18 CN Sabadell Astrapool ESP 6 4 0 2 87 45 12 SV Blau Weiss Bochum 1896 e.V. gER 6 3 1 2 77 58 10 Olympic Nice Natation FRA 6 3 1 2 57 54 10 Uralochka ZMZ Zlatoust RUS 6 3 0 3 83 72 9 City of Manchester WPC GBR 6 1 0 5 44 89 3 PVK Vrutky SVK 6 0 0 6 33 115 0

PRELIMINARY ROUND group C Played in Zlatoust uralochka ZMZ Zlatoust RUS 12 ~ 20 SV Blau Weiss Bochum 1896 e.V. gER Kinef Surgutneftegas Kirishi RUS 11 ~ 11 Fiorentina WP Giotti ITA SV Blau Weiss Bochum 1896 e.V. gER 9 ~ 14 Kinef Surgutneftegas Kirishi ruS uralochka ZMZ Zlatoust RUS 12 ~ 14 Fiorentina WP Giotti ITA Fiorentina WP Giotti ITA 13 ~ 8 SV Blau Weiss Bochum 1896 e.V. gER Kinef Surgutneftegas Kirishi RUS 19 ~ 10 uralochka ZMZ Zlatoust RUS

Group C ranking P p W D L F a pTS Kinef Surgutneftegas Kirishi ruS 3 2 1 0 44 30 7 Fiorentina WP Giotti ITA 3 2 1 0 38 31 7 SV Blau Weiss Bochum 1896 e.V. gER 3 1 0 2 37 39 3 Uralochka ZMZ Zlatoust RUS 3 0 0 3 34 53 0

24 PRELIMINARY ROUND group D Played in Manchester City of Manchester WPC GBR 6 ~ 15 Vouliagmeni NC Sportscar GRE Het Ravijn Nijverdal NED 15 ~ 9 aSPTT Nancy FRA Het Ravijn Nijverdal NED 8 ~ 14 Vouliagmeni NC Sportscar GRE City of Manchester WPC GBR 10 ~ 11 aSPTT Nancy FRA Vouliagmeni NC Sportscar GRE 16 ~ 5 aSPTT Nancy FRA City of Manchester WPC GBR 1 ~ 8 Het Ravijn Nijverdal NED

Group D ranking P p W D L F a pTS Vouliagmeni NC Sportscar GRE 3 3 0 0 45 19 9 Het Ravijn Nijverdal NED 3 2 0 1 31 24 6 ASPTT Nancy FRA 3 1 0 2 25 41 3 City of Manchester WPC GBR 3 0 0 3 17 34 0

PRELIMINARY ROUND group E Played in NICE olympic Nice Natation FRA 6 ~ 16 T-Mobile Honved HUN anC Glyfada GRE 24 ~ 6 West London Penguin GBR T-Mobile Honved HUN 10 ~ 7 anC Glyfada GRE olympic Nice Natation FRA 20 ~ 10 West London Penguin GBR T-Mobile Honved HUN 24 ~ 6 West London Penguin GBR olympic Nice Natation FRA 6 ~ 14 anC Glyfada GRE

Group E ranking P p W D L F a pTS T-Mobile Honved HUN 3 3 0 0 50 19 9 ANC Glyfada GRE 3 2 0 1 45 22 6 Olympic Nice Natation FRA 3 1 0 2 32 40 3 West London Penguin GBR 3 0 0 3 22 68 0

PRELIMINARY ROUND group F Played in Sabadell CN Sabadell Astrapool ESP 28 ~ 3 Clube Fluvial Portuense POR ZVL Leiden NED 5 ~ 18 aSD Orizzonte ITA Clube Fluvial Portuense POR 2 ~ 38 aSD Orizzonte ITA CN Sabadell Astrapool ESP 19 ~ 15 ZVL Leiden NED ZVL Leiden NED 18 ~ 5 Clube Fluvial Portuense POR CN Sabadell Astrapool ESP 11 ~ 11 aSD Orizzonte ITA

Group F ranking P p W D L F a pTS ASD Orizzonte ITA 3 2 1 0 67 18 7 CN Sabadell Astrapool ESP 3 2 1 0 58 29 7 ZVL Leiden NED 3 1 0 2 38 42 3 Clube Fluvial Portuense POR 3 0 0 3 10 84 0

25 Quarter finals 1st leg Vouliagmeni NC Sportscar GRE 7 ~ 6 anC Glyfada GRE CN Sabadell Astrapool ESP 9 ~ 9 Kinef Surgutneftegas Kirishi ruS Fiorentina WP Giotti ITA 9 ~ 13 aSD Orizzonte ITA Het Ravijn Nijverdal NED 7 ~ 11 T-Mobile Honved HUN

2nd leg Kinef Surgutneftegas Kirishi RUS 17 ~ 7 CN Sabadell Astrapool ESP aSD Orizzonte ITA 6 ~ 9 Fiorentina WP Giotti ITA T-Mobile Honved HUN 18 ~ 4 Het Ravijn Nijverdal NED anC Glyfada GRE 4 ~ 6 Vouliagmeni NC Sportscar GRE

Final Four Semi-finals aSD Orizzonte ITA 14 ~ 13 Kinef Surgutneftegas Kirishi ruS Vouliagmeni NC Sportscar GRE 8 ~ 7 T-Mobile Honved HUN

Bronze medal game T-Mobile Honved HUN 8 ~ 9 Kinef Surgutneftegas Kirishi ruS

Final aSD Orizzonte ITA 9 ~ 12 Vouliagmeni NC Sportscar GRE

Winning team patricia Del Soto, Christina Tsoukala, Antiopi Melidoni, Nafsika Alexaki, Kyriaka Liosi, , Alexandra Asimaki, , Angeliki Gerolimou, Despoina Chrysikopoulou, Konstantina Kouteli, , Eleni Kouvdou Coach: Alexia Kammenou

1.23 2009-10

CHAMPIONS CUP

PRELIMINARY ROUND group A Played in Porto DF-Elco Dunaujvaros HUN 6 ~ 17 Fiorentina Water Polo ITA SC Horgen SUI 4 ~ 32 Club de Natacion Alcorcan Arena ESP DF-Elco Dunaujvaros HUN 34 ~ 4 SC Horgen SUI Fiorentina Water Polo ITA 15 ~ 7 Club de Natacion Alcorcan Arena ESP Fiorentina Water Polo ITA 27 ~ 2 SC Horgen SUI DF-Elco Dunaujvaros HUN 11 ~ 12 Club de Natacion Alcorcan Arena ESP

Group A ranking P p W D L F a pTS Fiorentina Water Polo ITA 3 3 0 0 59 15 9 Club de Natacion Alcorcan Arena ESP 3 2 0 1 51 30 6 DF-Elco Dunaujvaros HUN 3 1 0 2 51 33 3 SC Horgen SUI 3 0 0 3 10 93 0

26 PRELIMINARY ROUND group B Played in PyraeuS olympiacos SC GRE 10 ~ 7 aquatic Sport Club Shturm 2002 ruS City Of Liverpool GBR 3 ~ 18 polar Bears Ede NED olympiacos SC GRE 18 ~ 6 polar Bears Ede NED City Of Liverpool GBR 8 ~ 24 aquatic Sport Club Shturm 2002 ruS olympiacos SC GRE 15 ~ 5 City Of Liverpool GBR polar Bears Ede NED 9 ~ 10 aquatic Sport Club Shturm 2002 ruS

Group B ranking P p W D L F a pTS Olympiacos SC GRE 3 3 0 0 43 18 9 Aquatic Sport Club Shturm 2002 ruS 3 2 0 1 41 27 6 Polar Bears Ede NED 3 1 0 2 33 31 3 City Of Liverpool GBR 3 0 0 3 16 57 0

PRELIMINARY ROUND group C Played in Catania geymonat Orizzonte Catania ITA 19 ~ 2 City of Manchester WPC GBR SV Blau-Weiss Bochum 1896 e.V. gER 8 ~ 14 Vouliagmeni NC GRE City of Manchester WPC GBR 9 ~ 10 SV Blau-Weiss Bochum 1896 e.V. gER geymonat Orizzonte Catania ITA 8 ~ 6 Vouliagmeni NC GRE Vouliagmeni NC GRE 25 ~ 4 City of Manchester WPC GBR geymonat Orizzonte Catania ITA 12 ~ 11 SV Blau-Weiss Bochum 1896 e.V. gER

Group C ranking P p W D L F a pTS Geymonat Orizzonte Catania iTA 3 3 0 0 39 19 9 Vouliagmeni NC GRE 3 2 0 1 45 20 6 SV Blau-Weiss Bochum 1896 e.V. gER 3 1 0 2 29 35 3 City of Manchester WPC GBR 3 0 0 3 15 54 0

PRELIMINARY ROUND group D Played in NanCY CN Sabadell Astrapool ESP 8 ~ 13 Kinef Surgutneftegas Kirishi ruS aSPTT Nancy FRA 9 ~ 17 Fysius Het Ravijn NED Kinef Surgutneftegas Kirishi RUS 13 ~ 9 Fysius Het Ravijn NED aSPTT Nancy FRA 7 ~ 18 CN Sabadell Astrapool ESP CN Sabadell Astrapool ESP 12 ~ 9 Fysius Het Ravijn NED aSPTT Nancy FRA 6 ~ 25 Kinef Surgutneftegas Kirishi ruS

Group D ranking P p W D L F a pTS Kinef Surgutneftegas Kirishi ruS 3 3 0 0 51 23 9 CN Sabadell Astrapool ESP 3 2 0 1 38 29 6 Fysius Het Ravijn NED 3 1 0 2 35 34 3 ASPTT Nancy FRA 3 0 0 3 22 60 0

27 Quarter finals 1st leg Kinef Surgutneftegas Kirishi RUS 8 ~ 8 aquatic Sport Club Shturm 2002 ruS Club de Natacion Alcorcan Arena ESP 10 ~ 11 geymonat Orizzonte Catania iTA CN Sabadell Astrapool ESP 13 ~ 14 olympiacos SC GRE Fiorentina Water Polo ITA 10 ~ 9 Vouliagmeni NC GRE

2nd leg olympiacos SC GRE 10 ~ 4 CN Sabadell Astrapool ESP geymonat Orizzonte Catania ITA 16 ~ 4 Club de Natacion Alcorcan Arena ESP aquatic Sport Club Shturm 2002 ruS 12 ~ 13 Kinef Surgutneftegas Kirishi ruS Vouliagmeni NC GRE 6 ~ 3 Fiorentina Water Polo ITA

Final Four Semi-finals olympiacos SC GRE 11 ~ 12 Kinef Surgutneftegas Kirishi ruS geymonat Orizzonte Catania ITA 9 ~ 12 Vouliagmeni NC GRE

Bronze medal game olympiacos SC GRE 12 ~ 13 geymonat Orizzonte Catania iTA

Final Kinef Surgutneftegas Kirishi RUS 7 ~ 10 Vouliagmeni NC GRE

Winning team patricia Del Soto, Christina Tsoukala, Antiopi Melidoni, Markella Pantelidi, Kyriaka Liosi, Evangelia Moraitidou, Alexandra Asimaki, Antigoni Roumpesi, Angeliki Gerolimou, Heather Petri, Konstantina Kouteli, Georgia Lara, Eleni Kouvdou Coach: Alexia Kammenou

Triantafyllia Manolioudaki, Olympiacos, who received winners medals following the 2014 and 2015 Euro League finals. The captain of the Greek team, she formed part of the team that won the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai (Photo: Giorgio Scala, Deepbluemedia)

28 1.24 2010-11

CHAMPIONS CUP

QUALIFICATION ROUND group A CN Sabadell ESP 12 ~ 7 Blau-Weiss Bochum GER CN Sabadell ESP 14 ~ 13 orizzonte Catania ITA orizzonte Catania ITA 17 ~ 11 Blau-Weiss Bochum GER

Group A ranking P p W D L F a pTS CN Sabadell ESP 2 2 0 0 26 20 6 Orizzonte Catania ITA 2 1 0 1 30 25 3 Blau-Weiss Bochum GER 2 0 0 2 18 29 0

QUALIFICATION ROUND group B SV Bayer Uerdingen GER 20 ~ 11 CE Mediterrani ESP Kinef Kirishi RUS 22 ~ 10 SV Bayer Uerdingen GER Kinef Kirishi RUS 20 ~ 6 CE Mediterrani ESP

Group B ranking P p W D L F a pTS Kinef Kirishi RUS 2 2 0 0 42 16 6 SV Bayer Uerdingen GER 2 1 0 1 30 33 3 CE Mediterrani ESP 2 0 0 2 17 40 0

QUALIFICATION ROUND group C olympiacos CFP GRE 13 ~ 4 olympic Nice FRA olympiacos CFP GRE 12 ~ 11 Shturm Ruza RUS Shturm Ruza RUS 15 ~ 7 olympic Nice FRA

Group C ranking P p W D L F a pTS Olympiacos CFP GRE 2 2 0 0 25 15 6 Shturm Ruza RUS 2 1 0 1 26 19 3 Olympic Nice FRA 2 0 0 2 11 28 0

QUALIFICATION ROUND group D Vouliagmeni OC GRE 15 ~ 6 polar Bears Ede NED Fiorentina WP ITA 11 ~ 6 aSPTT Nancy FRA Vouliagmeni OC GRE 17 ~ 6 aSPTT Nancy FRA polar Bears Ede NED 11 ~ 8 Fiorentina WP ITA Vouliagmeni OC GRE 11 ~ 5 Fiorentina WP ITA polar Bears Ede NED 14 ~ 7 aSPTT Nancy FRA

29 Group D ranking P p W D L F a pTS Vouliagmeni OC GRE 3 3 0 0 43 17 9 Polar Bears Ede NED 3 2 0 1 31 30 6 Fiorentina WP ITA 3 1 0 2 24 28 3 ASPTT Nancy FRA 3 0 0 3 19 42 0

Quarter finals 1st leg CN Sabadell ESP 16 ~ 8 Shturm Ruza RUS polar Bears Ede NED 9 ~ 11 Kinef Kirishi RUS Vouliagmeni OC GRE 13 ~ 11 orizzonte Catania ITA SV Bayer Uerdingen GER 8 ~ 18 olympiacos CFP GRE

2nd leg agg. CN Sabadell ESP 6 ~ 11 Shturm Ruza RUS 22-19 polar Bears Ede NED 9 ~ 15 Kinef Kirishi RUS 18-26 Vouliagmeni OC GRE 8 ~ 12 orizzonte Catania ITA 21-23 SV Bayer Uerdingen GER 6 ~ 17 olympiacos CFP GRE 14-35

Final Four Semi-finals CN Sabadell ESP 15 ~ 13 Kinef Kirishi RUS orizzonte Catania ITA 14 ~ 13 olympiacos CFP GRE

Bronze medal game Kinef Kirishi RUS 12 ~ 14 olympiacos CFP GRE

Final CN Sabadell ESP 13 ~ 8 orizzonte Catania ITA

Winning team olga Domenech, Anna Espar, Clara Espar, Laura Ester Ramos, Judith Forca, Carmen Garcia Godoy, Elisabet Gazulla, Helena Lloret, , Jennifer Pareja, Pilar Pena, Marta Recio, Gabriella Szucs Coach: Nani Guiu

Dora Antal, UVSE Budapest, was a losing finalist in 2016. Her team went down 11-8 in the final. This photo shows her playing for Hungary in the 2014 European Championships where they won the bronze medal (Photo: Giorgio Scala, Deepbluemedia)

30 1.25 2011-12

CHAMPIONS CUP

PRELIMINARY ROUND group A Played in BelgraDE TAS2000 Beograd SRB 4 ~ 15 Vouliagmeni NC GRE orizzonte Venosan Catania ITA 18 ~ 8 olympic Nice FRA City of Liverpool GBR 6 ~ 5 SV Bochum GER Vouliagmeni NC GRE 16 ~ 3 City of Liverpool GBR aSC Shturm Ruza RUS 9 ~ 13 orizzonte Venosan Catania iTA TAS2000 Beograd SRB 4 ~ 5 olympic Nice FRA SV Bochum GER 7 ~ 17 Vouliagmeni NC GRE City of Liverpool GBR 7 ~ 5 olympic Nice FRA TAS2000 Beograd SRB 5 ~ 15 aSC Shturm Ruza RUS olympic Nice FRA 13 ~ 7 SV Bochum GER aSC Shturm Ruza RUS 13 ~ 10 City of Liverpool GBR TAS2000 Beograd SRB 4 ~ 19 orizzonte Venosan Catania iTA SV Bochum GER 3 ~ 13 aSC Shturm Ruza RUS Vouliagmeni NC GRE 13 ~ 3 olympic Nice FRA City of Liverpool GBR 3 ~ 11 orizzonte Venosan Catania iTA aSC Shturm Ruza RUS 7 ~ 10 Vouliagmeni NC GRE TAS2000 Beograd SRB 4 ~ 12 City of Liverpool GBR orizzonte Venosan Catania ITA 13 ~ 11 SV Bochum GER olympic Nice FRA 6 ~ 10 aSC Shturm Ruza RUS Vouliagmeni NC GRE 10 ~ 11 orizzonte Venosan Catania iTA SV Bochum GER 9 ~ 6 TAS2000 Beograd SRB

Group A ranking P p W D L F a pTS Orizzonte Venosan Catania iTA 6 6 0 0 85 45 18 Vouliagmeni NC GRE 6 5 0 1 81 35 15 ASC Shturm Ruza RUS 6 4 0 2 67 47 12 City of Liverpool GBR 6 3 0 3 41 54 9 Olympic Nice FRA 6 2 0 4 40 59 6 SV Bochum GER 6 1 0 5 42 68 3 TAS2000 Beograd SRB 6 0 0 6 27 75 0

Matilde Ortiz, Sabadell, who was born in Mexico, plays both for her club and Spain. Ortiz won a gold medal at last year’s LEN Euro League final, a gold medal in 2013 at the World Championships, silver at the 2012 Olympics and a gold at the 2014 European Championships (Photo: Giorgio Scala, Deepbluemedia)

31 PRELIMINARY ROUND group B Played in Nancy SV Bayer Uerdingen GER 15 ~ 15 City of Manchester GBR pro Rapallo ITA 14 ~ 9 Kinef Surgutneftegas Kirishi ruS aSPTT Nancy FRA 4 ~ 14 CN Sabadell ESP City of Manchester GBR 9 ~ 10 CN Sabadell ESP aSPTT Nancy FRA 1 ~ 27 Kinef Surgutneftegas Kirishi ruS Rapallo ITA 17 ~ 9 SV Bayer Uerdingen GER City of Manchester GBR 7 ~ 15 Kinef Surgutneftegas Kirishi ruS SV Bayer Uerdingen GER 6 ~ 18 CN Sabadell ESP aSPTT Nancy FRA 5 ~ 21 pro Recco Rapallo ITA CN Sabadell ESP 6 ~ 7 pro Recco Rapallo ITA SV Bayer Uerdingen GER 8 ~ 29 Kinef Surgutneftegas Kirishi ruS aSPTT Nancy FRA 6 ~ 8 City of Manchester GBR pro Recco Rapallo ITA 15 ~ 7 City of Manchester GBR Kinef Surgutneftegas Kirishi RUS 11 ~ 4 CN Sabadell ESP aSPTT Nancy FRA 8 ~ 13 SV Bayer Uerdingen GER

Group B ranking

Pro Recco Rapallo ITA 5 5 0 0 74 36 15 Kinef Surgutneftegas Kirishi ruS 5 4 0 1 91 34 12 CN Sabadell ESP 5 3 0 2 52 37 9 City of Manchester GBR 5 1 1 3 46 61 4 SV Bayer Uerdingen GER 5 1 1 3 51 87 4 ASPTT Nancy FRA 5 0 0 5 24 83 0

Jennifer Pareja, Sabadell, was a member of the winning team in the 2016 Women’s Euro League. Here, she is seen playing for Spain against France in the European Championships in Belgrade (Photo: Giorgio Scala, Deepbluemedia)

32 Quarter finals 1st leg CN Sabadell ESP 14 ~ 13 Vouliagmeni NC GRE aSC Shturm Ruza RUS 7 ~ 14 Kinef Surgutneftegas Kirishi ruS City of Liverpool GBR 7 ~ 20 pro Recco Rapallo ITA City of Manchester GBR 10 ~ 16 orizzonte Venosan Catania iTA

2nd leg agg. Kinef Surgutneftegas Kirishi RUS 18 ~ 4 aSC Shturm Ruza RUS Vouliagmeni NC GRE 11 ~ 8 CN Sabadell ESP pro Recco Rapallo ITA 10 ~ 6 City of Liverpool GBR orizzonte Venosan Catania ITA 15 ~ 11 City of Manchester GBR

Final Four Semi-finals Vouliagmeni NC GRE 10 ~ 8 Kinef Surgutneftegas Kirishi ruS orizzonte Venosan Catania ITA 6 ~ 14 pro Recco Rapallo ITA

Bronze medal game Kinef Surgutneftegas Kirishi RUS 18 ~ 12 orizzonte Venosan Catania iTA

Final Vouliagmeni NC GRE 7 ~ 8 pro Recco Rapallo ITA

Winning team Elena Gigli, Simona Abbate, Aleksandra Cotti, Dora Kistyeleki, , Federica Cordaro, Elena Maggi, Johanne Begin, Raffaela De Benigno, Giulia Rambaldi, , Teresa Frassinetti, Rita Dravucz Coach: Riccardo Tempestini

1.26 2012-13

CHAMPIONS CUP

PRELIMINARY ROUND group A Club Natacio Mataro ESP 7 ~ 14 ZF Eger HUN olympic Nice Natation FRA 8 ~ 9 Z&PC Het Ravijn Nijverdal NED Kinef Surgutneftegas Kirishi RUS 5 ~ 5 Vouliagmeni NC GRE Vouliagmeni NC GRE 14 ~ 4 Z&PC Het Ravijn Nijverdal NED olympic Nice Natation FRA 8 ~ 9 ZF Eger HUN Club Natacio Mataro ESP 5 ~ 11 Kinef Surgutneftegas Kirishi ruS Kinef Surgutneftegas Kirishi RUS 8 ~ 10 ZF Eger HUN olympic Nice Natation FRA 8 ~ 14 Vouliagmeni NC GRE Club Natacio Mataro ESP 7 ~ 10 Z&PC Het Ravijn Nijverdal NED Vouliagmeni NC GRE 13 ~ 8 ZF Eger HUN Kinef Surgutneftegas Kirishi RUS 11 ~ 6 Z&PC Het Ravijn Nijverdal NED olympic Nice Natation FRA 10 ~ 10 Club Natacio Mataro ESP ZF Eger HUN 13 ~ 8 Z&PC Het Ravijn Nijverdal NED Club Natacio Mataro ESP 7 ~ 12 Vouliagmeni NC GRE olympic Nice Natation FRA 11 ~ 13 Kinef Surgutneftegas Kirishi ruS

33 Group A ranking P p W D L F a pTS Vouliagmeni NC GRE 5 4 1 0 58 32 13 ZF Eger HUN 5 4 0 1 54 44 12 Kinef Surgutneftegas Kirishi ruS 5 3 1 1 48 37 10 Z&PC Het Ravijn Nijverdal NED 5 2 0 3 37 53 6 Olympic Nice Natation FRA 5 0 1 4 45 55 1 Club Natacio Mataro ESP 5 0 1 4 36 57 1

PRELIMINARY ROUND group B aSPTT Nancy FRA 20 ~ 6 Hapoel Qiryat Tivon ISR CN Sabadell ESP 10 ~ 7 olympiacos GRE Blau Weiss Bochum GER 8 ~ 22 mediterranea Imperia ITA CN Sabadell ESP 30 ~ 2 Blau Weiss Bochum GER aSPTT Nancy FRA 8 ~ 12 mediterranea Imperia ITA Hapoel Qiryat Tivon ISR 7 ~ 22 olympiacos Piraeus GRE Blau Weiss Bochum GER 4 ~ 16 aSPTT Nancy FRA Hapoel Qiryat Tivon ISR 4 ~ 29 CN Sabadell ESP mediterranea Imperia ITA 10 ~ 9 olympiacos Piraeus GRE Blau Weiss Bochum GER 15 ~ 4 Hapoel Qiryat Tivon ISR olympiacos Piraeus GRE 14 ~ 5 aSPTT Nancy FRA mediterranea Imperia ITA 12 ~ 12 CN Sabadell ESP CN Sabadell ESP 24 ~ 5 aSPTT Nancy FRA olympiacos Piraeus GRE 14 ~ 6 Blau Weiss Bochum GER mediterranea Imperia ITA 21 ~ 6 Hapoel Qiryat Tivon ISR

Group b ranking P p W D L F a pTS CN Sabadell ESP 5 4 1 0 105 30 13 Mediterranea Imperia ITA 5 4 1 0 77 43 13 Olympiacos Piraeus GRE 5 3 0 2 66 38 9 ASPTT Nancy FRA 5 2 0 3 54 60 6 Blau Weiss Bochum GER 5 1 0 4 35 86 3 Hapoel Qiryat Tivon ISR 5 0 0 5 27 107 0

Quarter finals 1st leg Kinef Surgutneftegas Kirishi RUS 12 ~ 12 mediterranea Imperia ITA olympiacos Piraeus GRE 7 ~ 8 ZF Eger HUN aSPTT Nancy FRA 5 ~ 17 Vouliagmeni NC GRE Z&PC Het Ravijn Nijverdal NED 8 ~ 13 CN Sabadell ESP

2nd leg agg. CN Sabadell ESP 19 ~ 15 Z&PC Het Ravijn Nijverdal NED Vouliagmeni NC GRE 23 ~ 7 aSPTT Nancy FRA ZF Eger HUN 13 ~ 11 olympiacos Piraeus GRE mediterranea Imperia ITA 12 ~ 15 Kinef Surgutneftegas Kirishi ruS

34 Final Four Semi-finals Kinef Surgutneftegas Kirishi RUS 16 ~ 10 ZF Eger HUN CN Sabadell ESP 9 ~ 8 Vouliagmeni NC GRE

Bronze medal game Vouliagmeni NC GRE 13 ~ 10 ZF Eger HUN

Final CN Sabadell ESP 13 ~ 11 Kinef Surgutneftegas Kirishi ruS

Winning team olga Domenech, Laura Ester Ramos, Judith Forca, Carmen Garcia Godoy, Emma Morgen Hansen, Helena Lloret, Noelia Mora, Matilde Ortiz, Jennifer Pareja, Pilar Pena, Marta Recio, Elena Sanchez, Gabriella Szucs Coach: Nani Guiu

1.27 2013-14

Euro League Women

PRELIMINARY ROUND group A CN Sabadell ESP 9 ~ 8 uralochka RUS mediterranea Imperia ITA 17 ~ 8 uVSE HUN uralochka RUS 15 ~ 7 Lille Universite Club Natation FRA mediterranea Imperia ITA 8 ~ 11 CN Sabadell ESP uVSE HUN 11 ~ 15 uralochka RUS CN Sabadell ESP 11 ~ 8 Lille Universite Club Natation FRA uVSE HUN 6 ~ 10 Lille Universite Club Natation FRA mediterranea Imperia ITA 12 ~ 9 uralochka RUS CN Sabadell ESP 21 ~ 7 uVSE HUN mediterranea Imperia ITA 12 ~ 7 Lille Universite Club Natation FRA

Group A ranking P p W D L F a pTS CN Sabadell ESP 4 4 0 0 52 31 12 Mediterranea Imperia ITA 4 3 0 1 49 35 9 Uralochka RUS 4 2 0 2 47 39 6 Lille Universite Club Natation FRA 4 1 0 3 32 44 3 UVSE HUN 4 0 0 4 32 63 0

35 PRELIMINARY ROUND group B Het Ravijn Nijverdal NED 27 ~ 4 London Otter GBR Kinef-Surgutneftegas RUS 15 ~ 9 Water Polo Club Ugra RUS Het Ravijn Nijverdal NED 12 ~ 13 Water Polo Club Ugra RUS rapallo Pallanuoto ASD ITA 30 ~ 5 London Otter GBR Kinef-Surgutneftegas RUS 14 ~ 3 rapallo Pallanuoto ASD ITA Water Polo Club Ugra RUS 22 ~ 3 London Otter GBR Het Ravijn Nijverdal NED 8 ~ 20 Kinef-Surgutneftegas RUS Water Polo Club Ugra RUS 14 ~ 13 rapallo Pallanuoto ASD ITA Kinef-Surgutneftegas RUS 26 ~ 3 London Otter GBR Het Ravijn Nijverdal NED 17 ~ 10 rapallo Pallanuoto ASD ITA

Group b ranking P p W D L F a pTS Kinef-Surgutneftegas RUS 4 4 0 0 75 23 12 Water Polo Club Ugra RUS 4 3 0 1 58 43 9 Het Ravijn Nijverdal NED 4 2 0 2 64 47 6 Rapallo Pallanuoto ASD ITA 4 1 0 3 56 50 3 London Otter GBR 4 0 0 4 15 105 0

PRELIMINARY ROUND group C geymonat Orizzonte Catania ITA 14 ~ 9 ZVL Leiden GER Vouliagmeni NC GRE 27 ~ 6 City of Liverpool GBR City of Manchester WPC Women gBR 6 ~ 14 Hungerit Vizisportot Tamogato HUN Hungerit Vizisportot Tamogato HUN 5 ~ 13 ZVL Leiden GER City of Liverpool GBR 5 ~ 30 geymonat Orizzonte Catania iTA City of Manchester WPC Women gBR 7 ~ 24 Vouliagmeni NC GRE ZVL Leiden GER 29 ~ 4 City of Liverpool GBR Vouliagmeni NC GRE 15 ~ 8 Hungerit Vizisportot Tamogato HUN geymonat Orizzonte Catania ITA 21 ~ 3 City of Manchester WPC Women gBR Hungerit Vizisportot Tamogato HUN 15 ~ 4 City of Liverpool GBR City of Manchester WPC Women gBR 7 ~ 26 ZVL Leiden GER Vouliagmeni NC GRE 12 ~ 13 geymonat Orizzonte Catania iTA ZVL Leiden GER 7 ~ 9 Vouliagmeni NC GRE geymonat Orizzonte Catania ITA 18 ~ 10 Hungerit Vizisportot Tamogato HUN City of Manchester WPC Women gBR 12 ~ 7 City of Liverpool GBR

Group c ranking P p W D L F a pTS Geymonat Orizzonte Catania iTA 5 5 0 0 96 39 15 Vouliagmeni NC GRE 5 4 0 1 87 41 12 ZVL Leiden GER 5 3 0 2 84 39 9 Hungerit Vizisportot Tamogato HUN 5 2 0 3 52 56 6 City of Manchester WPC Women gBR 5 1 0 4 35 92 3 City of Liverpool GBR 5 0 0 5 26 113 0

36 PRELIMINARY ROUND group D SKIF CSP Izmailovo RUS 10 ~ 13 olympiacos S.F.P GRE Egri Vizilabda Klub Women HUN 8 ~ 16 ngm Firenze Pallanuoto ITA ngm Firenze Pallanuoto ITA 8 ~ 7 olympiacos S.F.P GRE Egri Vizilabda Klub Women HUN 9 ~ 8 SKIF CSP Izmailovo RUS SKIF CSP Izmailovo RUS 9 ~ 5 ngm Firenze Pallanuoto ITA olympiacos S.F.P GRE 12 ~ 6 Egri Vizilabda Klub Women HUN

Group D ranking P p W D L F a pTS NGM Firenze Pallanuoto ITA 3 2 0 1 29 24 6 Olympiacos S.F.P GRE 3 2 0 1 32 24 6 Egri Vizilabda Klub Women HUN 3 1 0 2 23 36 3 SKIF CSP Izmailovo RUS 3 1 0 2 27 27 3

Quarter finals 1st leg ngm Firenze Pallanuoto ITA 8 ~ 9 mediterranea Imperia ITA Kinef-Surgutneftegas RUS 9 ~ 9 Vouliagmeni NC GRE Water Polo Club Ugra RUS 11 ~ 15 geymonat Orizzonte Catania iTA olympiacos S.F.P GRE 9 ~ 10 CN Sabadell ESP

2nd leg agg. geymonat Orizzonte Catania ITA 17 ~ 16 Water Polo Club Ugra RUS CN Sabadell ESP 8 ~ 6 olympiacos S.F.P GRE Vouliagmeni NC GRE 14 ~ 13 Kinef-Surgutneftegas RUS mediterranea Imperia ITA 16 ~ 12 ngm Firenze Pallanuoto ITA

Final Four Semi-finals CN Sabadell ESP 15 ~ 9 geymonat Orizzonte Catania iTA Vouliagmeni NC GRE 9 ~ 7 mediterranea Imperia ITA

Bronze medal game geymonat Orizzonte Catania ITA 9 ~ 4 mediterranea Imperia ITA

Final CN Sabadell ESP 19 ~ 10 Vouliagmeni NC GRE

Winning team marina Cordobes, Olga Domenech, Anna Espar, Laura Ester Ramos, Judith Forca Ariza, Carmen Garcia Godoy, Noelia Mora, Matilde Ortiz, Jennifer Pareja, Maria Del Pilar Pena, , Gabriella Szucs, Cristina Terrado Coach: Nani Guiu

37 1.28 2014-15

Euro League Women

PRELIMINARY ROUND group A Lille FRA 9 ~ 13 Sabadell ESP Stella Rossa ROU 6 ~ 19 uralochka Zlatoust RUS Lille FRA 11 ~ 11 uralochka Zlatoust RUS Sabadell ESP 14 ~ 9 uVSE Central HUN uVSE Central HUN 20 ~ 14 uralochka Zlatoust RUS Lille FRA 15 ~ 5 Stella Rossa ROU Stella Rossa ROU 1 ~ 20 Sabadell ESP Lille FRA 6 ~ 17 uVSE Central HUN Sabadell ESP 22 ~ 11 uralochka Zlatoust RUS uVSE Central HUN 26 ~ 0 Stella Rossa ROU

Group A ranking P p W D L F a pTS Sabadell ESP 4 4 0 0 69 30 12 UVSE Central HUN 4 3 0 1 72 34 9 Uralochka Zlatoust RUS 4 1 1 2 55 59 4 Lille FRA 4 1 1 2 41 46 4 Stella Rossa ROU 4 0 0 4 12 80 0

PRELIMINARY ROUND group B padova ITA 9 ~ 5 utrecht NED imperia ITA 28 ~ 5 mladost Zagreb CRO otter GBR 7 ~ 14 mladost Zagreb CRO imperia ITA 5 ~ 15 padova ITA otter GBR 4 ~ 20 padova ITA imperia ITA 13 ~ 10 utrecht NED utrecht NED 17 ~ 3 mladost Zagreb CRO otter GBR 3 ~ 19 imperia ITA padova ITA 23 ~ 4 mladost Zagreb CRO utrecht NED 21 ~ 5 otter GBR

Group b ranking P p W D L F a pTS Padova ITA 4 4 0 0 67 18 12 Imperia ITA 4 3 0 1 65 33 9 Utrecht NED 4 2 0 2 53 30 6 Mladost Zagreb CRO 4 1 0 3 26 75 3 Otter (London) GBR 4 0 0 4 19 74 0

38 PRELIMINARY ROUND group C Kinef Kirishi RUS 15 ~ 10 CN Mataro ESP Szentes HUN 11 ~ 6 Skif- SMSV Izmailovo RUS Kreuzlingen SUI 1 ~ 31 Skif- SMSV Izmailovo RUS Szentes HUN 7 ~ 9 Kinef Kirishi RUS Skif- SMSV Izmailovo RUS 4 ~ 11 CN Mataro ESP Szentes HUN 38 ~ 0 Kreuzlingen SUI Szentes HUN 7 ~ 6 CN Mataro ESP Kreuzlingen SUI 2 ~ 31 Kinef Kirishi RUS Kinef Kirishi RUS 17 ~ 3 Skif- SMSV Izmailovo RUS Kreuzlingen SUI 0 ~ 31 CN Mataro ESP

Group c ranking P p W D L F a pTS Kinef Kirishi RUS 4 4 0 0 72 22 12 Szentes HUN 4 3 0 1 63 21 9 CN Mataro ESP 4 2 0 2 58 26 6 Skif- SMSV Izmailovo RUS 4 1 0 3 44 40 3 Kreuzlingen SUI 4 0 0 4 4 131 0

PRELIMINARY ROUND group D olympiacos Piraeus GRE 14 ~ 4 Firenze ITA Vouliagmeni GRE 31 ~ 4 Torpi Targu Mures ROU olympiacos Piraeus GRE 16 ~ 8 ZVL Leiden NED Vouliagmeni GRE 17 ~ 9 Firenze ITA Firenze ITA 27 ~ 2 Torpi Targu Mures ROU Vouliagmeni GRE 9 ~ 6 ZVL Leiden NED ZVL Leiden NED 31 ~ 1 Torpi Targu Mures ROU olympiacos Piraeus GRE 9 ~ 5 Vouliagmeni GRE olympiacos Piraeus GRE 39 ~ 2 Torpi Targu Mures ROU Firenze ITA 2 ~ 14 ZVL Leiden NED

Group D ranking P p W D L F a pTS Olympiacos Piraeus GRE 4 4 0 0 78 19 12 Vouliagmeni GRE 4 3 0 1 62 28 9 ZVL Leiden NED 4 2 0 2 50 28 6 Firenze ITA 4 1 0 3 42 47 3 Torpi Targu Mures ROU 4 0 0 4 7 129 0

39 Quarter finals 1st leg imperia ITA 8 ~ 8 Sabadell ESP padova ITA 7 ~ 13 uVSE Central HUN olympiacos GRE 10 ~ 6 Szentes HUN Vouliagmeni GRE 9 ~ 10 Kinef Kirishi RUS

2nd leg agg. Sabadell ESP 13 ~ 5 imperia ITA uVSE Central HUN 9 ~ 7 padova ITA Szentes HUN 10 ~ 15 olympiacos GRE Kinef Kirishi RUS 8 ~ 6 Vouliagmeni GRE

Final Four Semi-finals olympiacos GRE 10 ~ 8 Kinef Kirishi RUS uVSE Central HUN 6 ~ 11 Sabadell ESP

Bronze medal game uVSE Central HUN 12 ~ 14 Kinef Kirishi RUS

Final Sabadell ESP 9 ~ 10 olympiacos GRE

Winning team alexandra Asimaki, Alkisti Avramidou, Roberta Bianconi, Chrysoula Diamantopoulou, Michaea Vasiliki Kalogerakou, Triantafyllia Manolioudaki, Virginia Panagiota Niarchakou, Eleftheria Plevritou, Margarita Plevritou, Maria Sora, Ashleigh Grace Southern, Ioanna Stamatopoulou, Evdokia Tetzalidou Coach: Charis Pavlidis

Tanio Di Mario, Orizzonte Catania, achieved, a record breaking 5 wins in the Euro League Women between 2000 and 2008. The Italian also won an Olympic gold medal at the 2004 Olympics (Photo: Pasquale Mesiano, Deepbluemedia)

40 1.29 2015-16

Euro League Women

PRELIMINARY ROUND group A Kinef Surgutneftegas RUS 14 ~ 5 uralochka Zlatoust RUS CN Sant Andreu ESP 20 ~ 10 SV Bayer 08 Uerdingen GER Kinef Surgutneftegas RUS 30 ~ 11 SV Bayer 08 Uerdingen GER CN Sant Andreu ESP 14 ~ 20 uralochka Zlatoust RUS uralochka Zlatoust RUS 20 ~ 14 SV Bayer 08 Uerdingen GER CN Sant Andreu ESP 10 ~ 16 Kinef Surgutneftegas RUS

Group A ranking P p W D L F a pTS Kinef Surgutneftegas RUS 3 3 0 0 60 26 9 Uralochka Zlatoust RUS 3 2 0 1 45 42 6 CN Sant Andreu ESP 3 1 0 2 44 46 3 SV Bayer 08 Uerdingen GER 3 0 0 3 35 70 0

PRELIMINARY ROUND group B uVSE Central HUN 22 ~ 6 ZVK Crvena Zvezda SRB Spartak Volgograd RUS 12 ~ 12 Hungerit-Szentes HUN uVSE Central HUN 14 ~ 6 Spartak Volgograd RUS Hungerit-Szentes HUN 19 ~ 6 ZVK Crvena Zvezda SRB ZVK Crvena Zvezda SRB 4 ~ 21 Spartak Volgograd RUS uVSE Central HUN 10 ~ 9 Hungerit-Szentes HUN

Group b ranking P p W D L F a pTS UVSE Central HUN 3 3 0 0 46 21 9 Hungerit-Szentes HUN 3 1 1 1 40 28 4 Spartak Volgograd RUS 3 1 1 1 39 30 4 ZVK Crvena Zvezda SRB 3 0 0 3 16 62 0

PRELIMINARY ROUND group C olympiacos Piraeus GRE 27 ~ 5 otter GBR Clube Fluvial Portuense POR 2 ~ 18 plebiscito Padova ITA plebiscito Padova ITA 9 ~ 9 olympiacos Piraeus GRE Vouliagmeni Nautical GRE 19 ~ 1 otter GBR olympiacos Piraeus GRE 13 ~ 8 Vouliagmeni Nautical GRE Clube Fluvial Portuense POR 12 ~ 8 otter GBR plebiscito Padova ITA 5 ~ 6 Vouliagmeni Nautical GRE Clube Fluvial Portuense POR 3 ~ 20 olympiacos Piraeus GRE otter GBR 3 ~ 15 plebiscito Padova ITA Clube Fluvial Portuense POR 2 ~ 25 Vouliagmeni Nautical GRE

41 Group c ranking P p W D L F a pTS Olympiacos Piraeus GRE 4 3 1 0 69 25 10 Vouliagmeni Nautical GRE 4 3 0 1 58 21 9 Plebiscito Padova ITA 4 2 1 1 47 20 7 Clube Fluvial Portuense POR 4 1 0 3 19 71 3 Otter GBR 4 0 0 4 17 73 0

PRELIMINARY ROUND group D CN Sabadell ESP 15 ~ 6 CN Mataro La Sirena ESP Lille Universite Club Natation FRA 7 ~ 9 Waterpolo Despar Messina iTA Waterpolo Despar Messina ITA 5 ~ 12 CN Sabadell ESP Lille Universite Club Natation FRA 7 ~ 12 CN Mataro La Sirena ESP Waterpolo Despar Messina ITA 6 ~ 10 CN Mataro La Sirena ESP Lille Universite Club Natation FRA 5 ~ 15 CN Sabadell ESP

Group D ranking P p W D L F a pTS CN Sabadell ESP 3 3 0 0 42 16 9 CN Mataro La Sirena ESP 3 2 0 1 28 28 6 Waterpolo Despar Messina iTA 3 1 0 2 20 29 3 Lille Universite Club Natation FRA 3 0 0 3 19 36 0

Quarter finals 1st leg olympiacos Piraeus GRE 13 ~ 10 uralochka Zlatoust RUS CN Sabadell ESP 15 ~ 10 Hungerit Vizisportot Tamogato HUN Vouliagmeni Nautical GRE 9 ~ 10 Kinef Surgutneftegas RUS CN Mataro La Sirena ESP 7 ~ 7 uVSE Central HUN

2nd leg agg. uralochka Zlatoust RUS 5 ~ 10 olympiacos GRE Hungerit Vizisportot Tamogato HUN 11 ~ 11 CN Sabadell ESP Kinef Surgutneftegas RUS 13 ~ 9 Vouliagmeni Nautical GRE uVSE Central HUN 9 ~ 4 CN Mataro La Sirena ESP

Final Four - 23rd APRIL 2016 Semi-finals CN Sabadell ESP 12 ~ 11 Kinef Surgutneftegas RUS uVSE Central HUN 12 ~ 11 olympiacos Piraeus GRE

Bronze medal game olympiacos Piraeus GRE 9 ~ 10 Kinef Surgutneftegas RUS

Final CN Sabadell ESP 11 ~ 8 uVSE Central HUN

Winning team Laura Ester, Matilde Ortiz, Anna Espar, Lidia Casado, Colleen Maire O’Donnell, Jennifer Pareja, Marina Cordobes, Maica Garcia, Maria Del Pilar Pena, Clara Espar, Olga Domenech, Judith Forca, Elena Sanchez

42 1.30 2016-17

Euro League Women

QUALIFICATION ROUND 1 - 1st-4th DECEMBER 2016 group A Dunaujvaros HUN 25 ~ 13 SV Nikar Heidelberg GER BVSC Budapest HUN 9 ~ 6 Waterpolo Despar Messina iTA BVSC Budapest HUN 12 ~ 9 SV Nikar Heidelberg GER Dunaujvaros HUN 17 ~ 15 Waterpolo Despar Messina iTA Waterpolo Despar Messina ITA 20 ~ 12 SV Nikar Heidelberg GER Dunaujvaros HUN 8 ~ 5 BVSC Budapest HUN

Group A ranking P p W D L F a pTS Dunaujvaros HUN 3 3 0 0 50 33 9 BVSC Budapest HUN 3 2 0 1 26 23 6 Waterpolo Despar Messina iTA 3 1 0 2 41 38 3 SV Nikar Heidelberg GER 3 0 0 3 34 57 0

QUALIFICATION ROUND 1 group B Vouliagmeni Nautical GRE 17 ~ 8 rethymno GRE uZSC Utrecht NED 9 ~ 11 CN Andreu ESP Vouliagmeni Nautical GRE 15 ~ 7 Bayer 08 Urdingen Krefeld gER uZSC Utrecht NED 15 ~ 7 rethymno GRE Vouliagmeni Nautical GRE 8 ~ 8 CN Andreu ESP Bayer 08 Urdingen Krefeld GER 14 ~ 17 rethymno GRE uZSC Utrecht NED 8 ~ 6 Vouliagmeni Nautical GRE Bayer 08 Urdingen Krefeld GER 9 ~ 16 CN Andreu ESP CN Andreu ESP 15 ~ 4 rethymno GRE uZSC Utrecht NED 12 ~ 6 Bayer 08 Urdingen Krefeld gER

Group b ranking P p W D L F a pTS CN Andreu ESP 4 3 1 0 50 30 10 UZSC Utrecht NED 4 3 0 1 44 30 9 Vouliagmeni Nautical GRE 4 2 1 1 46 31 7 Rethymno GRE 4 1 0 3 36 61 3 Bayer 08 Urdingen Krefeld gER 4 0 0 4 36 60 0

43 QUALIFICATION ROUND 1 group C Widex GZC Donk NED 11 ~ 12 rari Nantes Bogliasco ITA Fluvial Portuense Porto POR 7 ~ 16 ZVL Bam Leiden NED rari Nantes Bogliasco ITA 11 ~ 13 ugra Khanty-Mansiysk RUS Fluvial Portuense Porto POR 5 ~ 20 Widex GZC Donk NED rari Nantes Bogliasco ITA 10 ~ 11 ZVL Bam Leiden NED Widex GZC Donk NED 15 ~ 12 ugra Khanty-Mansiysk RUS ugra Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 13 ~ 9 ZVL Bam Leiden NED Fluvial Portuense Porto POR 3 ~ 23 rari Nantes Bogliasco ITA Widex GZC Donk NED 12 ~ 19 ZVL Bam Leiden NED Fluvial Portuense Porto POR 10 ~ 22 ugra Khanty-Mansiysk RUS

Group c ranking P p W D L F a pTS Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 4 3 0 1 60 45 9 ZVL Bam Leiden NED 4 3 0 1 55 42 9 Rari Nantes Bogliasco ITA 4 2 0 2 56 38 6 Widex GZC Donk NED 4 2 0 2 58 48 6 Fluvial Portuense Porto POR 4 0 0 4 25 81 0

QUALIFICATION ROUND 1 group D Lille Universite Club Natation FRA 5 ~ 13 CN Mataro ESP plebiscito Padova ITA 23 ~ 3 otter GBR otter GBR 8 ~ 16 Lille Universite Club Natation FRA plebiscito Padova ITA 10 ~ 5 CN Mataro ESP CN Mataro ESP 18 ~ 6 otter GBR plebiscito Padova ITA 15 ~ 6 Lille Universite Club Natation FRA

Group D ranking P p W D L F a pTS Plebiscito Padova ITA 3 3 0 0 48 14 9 CN Mataro ESP 3 2 0 1 36 21 6 Lille Universite Club Natation FRA 3 1 0 2 27 36 3 Otter GBR 3 0 0 3 17 57 0

QUALIFICATION ROUND 2 - 13th-15th JANUARY 2017 group A - Played in SabaDELL CN Sabadell ESP 13 ~ 8 Vouliagmeni Nautical GRE BVSC Budapest HUN 7 ~ 15 ugra Khanty-Mansiysk RUS CN Sabadell ESP 9 ~ 7 BVSC Budapest HUN Vouliagmeni Nautical GRE 8 ~ 9 ugra Khanty-Mansiysk RUS BVSC Budapest HUN 6 ~ 13 Vouliagmeni Nautical GRE CN Sabadell ESP 21 ~ 4 ugra Khanty-Mansiysk RUS

Group A ranking P p W D L F a pTS CN Sabadell ESP 3 3 0 0 43 19 9 Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 3 2 0 1 28 36 6 Vouliagmeni Nautical GRE 3 1 0 2 29 28 3 BVSC Budapest HUN 3 0 0 3 20 37 0

44 QUALIFICATION ROUND 2 group B - Played in Sant Andreu CN Mataro ESP 10 ~ 15 Kinef Kirishi RUS rari Nantes Bogliasco ITA 8 ~ 9 CN Andreu ESP CN Mataro ESP 10 ~ 9 CN Andreu ESP Kinef Kirishi RUS 12 ~ 6 rari Nantes Bogliasco ITA CN Andreu ESP 10 ~ 16 Kinef Kirishi RUS CN Mataro ESP 10 ~ 8 rari Nantes Bogliasco ITA

Group b ranking P p W D L F a pTS Kinef Kirishi RUS 3 3 0 0 43 26 9 CN Mataro ESP 3 2 0 1 30 32 6 CN Andreu ESP 3 1 0 2 28 34 3 Rari Nantes Bogliasco ITA 3 0 0 3 22 31 0

QUALIFICATION ROUND 2 group C - Played in PiraeuS olympiacos Piraeus GRE 6 ~ 5 uZSC Utrecht NED Lille Universite Club Natation FRA 6 ~ 18 Dunaujvaros HUN uZSC Utrecht NED 11 ~ 4 Lille Universite Club Natation FRA olympiacos Piraeus GRE 8 ~ 7 Dunaujvaros HUN Dunaujvaros HUN 11 ~ 5 uZSC Utrecht NED olympiacos Piraeus GRE 19 ~ 3 Lille Universite Club Natation FRA

Group c ranking P p W D L F a pTS Olympiacos Piraeus GRE 3 3 0 0 33 15 9 Dunaujvaros HUN 3 2 0 1 36 19 6 UZSC Utrecht NED 3 1 0 2 21 21 3 Lille Universite Club Natation FRA 3 0 0 3 13 48 0

QUALIFICATION ROUND 2 group D - Played in PiraeuS uVSC Budapest HUN 11 ~ 6 Waterpolo Despar Messina iTA ZVL Bam Leiden NED 6 ~ 11 plebiscito Padova ITA uVSC Budapest HUN 16 ~ 11 ZVL Bam Leiden NED Waterpolo Despar Messina ITA 7 ~ 10 plebiscito Padova ITA plebiscito Padova ITA 6 ~ 8 uVSC Budapest HUN Waterpolo Despar Messina ITA 13 ~ 9 ZVL Bam Leiden NED

Group D ranking P p W D L F a pTS BVSC Budapest HUN 3 3 0 0 35 23 9 Plebiscito Padova ITA 3 2 0 1 27 21 6 Waterpolo Despar Messina iTA 3 1 0 2 26 30 3 ZVL Bam Leiden NED 3 0 0 3 26 40 0

45 QUARTER FINALS- 25th FEBRUARY 2017 & 11th MARCH 2017 1st leg BVSC Budapest HUN 10 ~ 9 La Sirena Mataro ESP Kinef Kirishi RUS 21 ~ 6 ugra Khanty-Mansiysk RUS plebiscito Padova ITA 10 ~ 10 olympiacos Piraeus GRE Dunaujvaros HUN 9 ~ 12 CN Sabadell ESP

2nd leg agg. La Sirena Mataro ESP 12 ~ 8 BVSC Budapest HUN ugra Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 9 ~ 13 Kinef Kirishi RUS olympiacos Piraeus GRE 11 ~ 10 plebiscito Padova ITA CN Sabadell ESP 19 ~ 11 Dunaujvaros HUN

Olga Beliaeva, the Kinef Kirishi back, seen here defending for Russia against Britain’s Victoria Hawkins in the European Championships in Eindhoven in 2012. In the 2017 Euro League season, Kinef Kirishi moved forward to the Final Four at the expense of fellow Russian side, Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk (Photo: Giorgio Scala, Deepbluemedia)

46 Dates of Euro League Women

2.1

DATE EVENT 2nd-4th December 2016 Qualification round 13th-15th January 2017 Qualification round ll 25th February 2017 Quarter finals 1st leg 11th March 2017 Quarter finals 2nd leg 14th-15th April 2017 LEN Trophy Final Four 28th-129th April 2017 Euro League Final Four

Anastasia Simanovich played in both the 2015 and 2016 Final Four competitions for Kinef Kirishi. A bronze medallist for Russia at the Rio Olympics, she is 22 years of age (Photo by Pasquale Mesiano, Insidefoto/ Deepbluemedia)

Competition Names 3.1

Over the years the competition has had different names. These are:

namE DATE LEN European Cup 1987-99 LEN Champions Cup 2000-2013 LEN Euro League Women 2013- present

47 Women’s LEN Trophy 4.1

Year Winner CountrY rESuLT runner Up Country Bronze Medal Country 2000 Gifa Palermo iTA 14-8 Vouliagmeni grE Damixa Het Ravijn nED 2001 SKIF Moscow ruS 10-8 Dunaujvaros Hun mediterrani Barcelona ESP 2002 gifa Palermo¹ iTa SKIF Moscow ruS mediterrani Barcelona ESP 2003 Vouliagmeni grE SKIF Moscow ruS Het Ravijn NED 2004 ortigia ITa uralochka Zlatoust ruS CN Sabadell ESP 2005 ortigia ITa Vouliagmeni grE uralochka Zlatoust ruS 2006 Honved HUN 8-3 Het Ravijn nED Florentia ITA 2007 racing Roma iTA 12-8 nereus nED orvosegyetem HUN 2008 racing Roma iTA 10-9 olympiacos grE orvosegyetem HUN 2009 Shturm Chekhov ruS 11-12 14-11 Dunaujvaros HUN Dynamo Moscow ruS 2010 Ethnikos Piraeus grE 12-13 17-15 Yugra ruS Donk Gouda nED 2011 rapallo ITA 5-12 12-3 Het Ravijn nED Szentes HUN 2012 imperia iTA 12-13 7-5 Yugra ruS Szentes HUN 2013 Shturm Ruza ruS 17-10 14-11 SKIF Moscow ruS Donk Gouda nED 2014 olympiacos grE 10-9 Firenze iTA Yugra RUS 2015 imperia iTA 8-7 plebiscito Padova iTA Vouliagmeni grE 2016 mataró La Sirena ESP 6-5 Vouliagmeni grE Szentes HUN

¹ Round robin system: Gifa Palermo¹ 20-11 6 points SKIF Moscow 17-12 4 points Mediterrani 19-19 2 points Vouliagmeni 11-25 0 points

In the 1999-2000 season, the LEN Trophy was known as the LEN European Cup

LEN Women’s Super Cup 5.1

Year Winner CountrY rESuLT runner Up Country 2006 Honved HUN 9-8 orizzonte Catania iTA 2007 Fiorentina iTA 10-8 racing Roma iTA 2008 orizzonte Catania iTA 16-8 racing Roma iTA 2009 Vouliagmeni grE 11-6 Sturm Chekhov ruS 2010 Vouliagmeni grE 13-5 Ethnikos Piraeus grE 2011 pro Recco iTA 9-8 CN Sabadell ESP 2012 imperia ITA 10-7 rapallo ITA 2013 CN Sabadell ESP 10-9 Sturm Ruza ruS 2014 CN Sabadell ESP 9-8 olympiacos grE 2015 olympiacos grE 10-6 plebiscito Padova iTA 2016 CN Sabadell ESP 10-9 CN Mataro ESP

48 Euro League Women RULES 6.1 European Water Polo League Women

Club 4.1 System of competition Club 4.1.1 The Event shall be held in four (4) phases: • Phase l: Qualification Round; • Phase ll: Preliminary Round; • Phase lll: Quarter Final Round; • Phase lV: Final Four Club 4.1.2 all matches shall be played the normal time. Club 4.1.3 Classification shall be according to Club 9.1 and 9.3

Club 4.2 Participation Club 4.2.1 Federations may submit entries for the three (3) teams having finished 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the National Championships Club 4.2.2 Directly qualified for the Preliminary Round are the National Champions of those Federations with a team having ranked 1st to 4th in the previous Euro League. Club 4.2.3 all the other teams entered shall play in the Qualification Round.

Club 4.3 Qualification Round (Phase 1) Club 4.3.1 The teams playing the Qualification Round shall be drawn into eight (8) groups each to be held in a at different venues. If there are less than 24 teams LEN TWPC may change the system. Club 4.3.2 in each group each team shall play against each of the other teams. Club 4.3.3 Each team shall play only one match per day. Exceptions may be decided. Club 4.3.4 a) The teams ranked 1st, 2nd in each group shall qualify for the Preliminary Round (Phase ll):

Club 4.4 Preliminary Round (Phase ll) Club 4.4.1 The Preliminary Round shall be held with twenty (20) teams: a) The teams directly qualified according to Club 4.2.2; If there are less than four (4) teams the LEN TWPC may decide on the qualification system; b) The teams qualified according to Club 4.3.4 a. Club 4.4.2 The teams shall be seeded into four (4) groups each to be held in a tournament at different venues. The groups shall then be drawn according to the following system: 1st Batch: the teams of Federations with a team having ranked 1st to 4th in the previous year. 2nd Batch: The teams ranked 1st in each group of the Qualification Round 3rd Batch: The teams ranked 2nd in each group of the QualificationR ound. Teams which were in the same group in the Qualification Round shall not be in the same group again. Club 4.4.3 in each group each team shall play against each of the other teams. Club 4.4.4 Each team shall play only one match per day. Exceptions may be decided. Club 4.4.5 The teams ranked 1st and 2nd in each group shall qualify for the Quarter Finals.

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Club 4.5 Quarter-Finals (Phase lll) Club 4.5.1 The Quarter Finals shall be held with the eight (8) teams qualified according to Club 4.4.5. Club 4.5.2 The teams shall play on a home and away basis. Club 4.5.3 The teams to play against each other and the teams to play first at home shall be decided by draw. Club 4.5.4 all matches shall end after the normal time. If after the two matches there is equality in the added scores the second match shall be played to a final result (see Club 9.2). Club 4.5.5 The four winning teams shall qualify for the Euro League Final Four. Club 4.5.6 The four losing teams shall play the LEN Trophy Final Four.

Club 4.6 Final Four (Phase lV) Club 4.6.1 The four (4) teams qualified according to Club 4.5.5 to be played on two days in one venue. The LEN Trophy final four shall be held with the four (4) teams qualified according to Club 4.5.6 to be played on two days in one venue. Club 4.6.2 on the 1st day the semi-finals shall be played. The teams to play against each other and the sequence of matches shall be decided by draw. Club 4.6.3 on the 2nd day the losers of the semi-finals shall play for the third place and the winners for the first place. Club 4.6.4 The winning team of the Euro League Final Four shall be declared ‘European Club Champion Women’. It shall be awarded a trophy engraved accordingly. The winning team of the LEN Trophy Final Four shall be awarded a Trophy engraved ‘LEN Trophy for Water Polo Women’

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