2010–11 Women's LEN Trophy

The 2010-11 Women's LEN Trophy was the 12th edition of the second tier of LEN's international competitions for women's water polo clubs. Twenty teams from eleven countries took part in the competition, which ran from 10 December 2010 to 20 April 2011.

ASD Rapallo Nuoto defeated Het Ravijn in the final, overcoming a 7-goals loss in the first leg, to win the competition. Szentesi VK and SKIF Izmaylovo also reached the semifinals.[1] It was the seventh time the trophy went to Italy, with Rapallo Nuoto becoming the fourth Italian team to win the competition after Gifa Palermo, CC Ortigia and ASD Roma.[2]

Federation team allocation

Each national federation can enter up to two teams into the LEN Trophy.

Distribution
Teams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous round
Qualifying Round
  • 1 or 2 teams from each federation
Preliminary Round
(16 teams)
  • 4 nations represented by the best-placed teams from the previous year's competition

These were Greece (2), Netherlands, and Russia
  • 4 tournament winners from the qualifying round
  • 4 tournament runners-up from the qualifying round
  • 4 tournament third-placed teams from the qualifying round
Knockout Phase
(8 teams)
  • 4 tournament winners from the preliminary round
  • 4 tournament runners-up from the preliminary round

Teams
PotQualifying round
Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D
Pot 1Spain ZaragozaRussia Uralochka Zlatoust Russia SKIF IzmaylovoNetherlands Leiden
Pot 2Italy ImperiaGermany Hannoverscher Italy Rapallo NuotoSpain Dos Hermanas
Pot 3France Union St. BrunoSerbia Vračar France LilleSerbia Taš-2000 Belgrade
Pot 4United Kingdom West London PenguinsSweden Järfälla United Kingdom City of LiverpoolHungary Szentesi
Preliminary Round
Greece PatronGreece Iraklis Netherlands Het RavijnRussia Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk

Qualification round

Group A
# Team Pld W D L GF GA Pt
1Italy Imperia (host)33004579
2Spain Zaragoza320132246
3England West London Penguin310227383
4France Union St. Bruno30038430
10 December 2010
Zaragoza19–11West London Penguin
West London Penguin21–0Union St. Bruno
11 December 2010
West London Penguin12–6Union St. Bruno
Imperia11–3Zaragoza
12 December 2010
Zaragoza10–2Union St. Bruno
Imperia13–4West London Penguin

Group B
# Team Pld W D L GF GA Pt
1Russia Uralochka Zlatoust330089199
2Germany Hannoverscher SV (host)320145366
3Serbia Vračar310227383
4Sweden Järfäll300316540
10 December 2010
Uralochka Zlatoust32–2Vračar
Hannover16–8Järfälla
11 December 2010
Uralochka Zlatoust35–5Järfälla
Hannover17–6Vračar
12 December 2010
Vračar11–7Järfälla
Uralochka Zlatoust22–12Hannover

Group C
# Team Pld W D L GF GA Pt
1Italy Rapallo Nuoto (host)330041159
2Russia SKIF Izmaylovo320152216
3England City of Liverpool310222413
4France Lille300316540
10 December 2010
SKIF Izmaylovo25–3Lille
Rapallo Nuoto15–1City of Liverpool
11 December 2010
Rapallo Nuoto10–7SKIF Izmaylovo
City of Liverpool13–6Lille
12 December 2010
Rapallo Nuoto16–7Lille
SKIF Izmaylovo20–8City of Liverpool

Group D
# Team Pld W D L GF GA Pt
1Netherlands Leiden330031189
2Hungary Szentesi320130156
3Spain Dos Hermanas310217173
4Serbia Taš-2000 Belgrade (host)300315310
10 December
Szentesi13–2Taš-2000 Belgrade
Leiden11–6Dos Hermanas
11 December
Leiden10–6Szentesi
Dos Hermanas8–7Taš-2000 Belgrade
12 December
Leiden10–6Taš-2000 Belgrade
Szentesi11–3Dos Hermanas

Preliminary round

Group A
# Team Pld W D L GF GA Pt
1Russia SKIF Izmaylovo321050217
2Netherlands Het Ravijn (host)321046187
3Italy Rapallo Nuoto310229203
4Serbia Vračar30036720
21 January 2011
SKIF Izmaylovo28–1Vračar
Het Ravijn7–4Imperia
22 January 2011
SKIF Izmaylovo10–8Imperia
Het Ravijn27–2Vračar
23 January 2011
SKIF Izmaylovo12–12Het Ravijn
Imperia17–3Vračar

Group B
# Team Pld W D L GF GA Pt
1Italy Rapallo Nuoto330059189
2Greece Patron (host)320140346
3Germany Hannoverscher SV310228473
4Spain Dos Hermanas300317450
21 January 2011
Rapallo Nuoto20–6Hannover
Patron14–4Dos Hermanas
22 January 2011
Rapallo Nuoto21–4Dos Hermanas
Patron18–12Hannover
23 January 2011
Rapallo Nuoto18–8Patron
Hannover10–9Dos Hermanas

Group C
# Team Pld W D L GF GA Pt
1Russia Uralochka Zlatoust330045269
2Greece Iraklis311136304
3Spain Zaragoza (host)311129314
4England City of Liverpool300321440
21 January 2011
Iraklis17–7City of Liverpool
Uralochka Zlatoust14–10Zaragoza
22 January 2011
Uralochka Zlatoust14–10Iraklis
Zaragoza10–8City of Liverpool
23 January 2011
Uralochka Zlatoust17–6City of Liverpool
Iraklis9–9Zaragoza

Group D
# Team Pld W D L GF GA Pt
1Hungary Szentesi (host)330038219
2Netherlands Leiden320136226
3Russia Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk310243233
4England West London Penguin30038590
21 January 2011
Szentesi15–3West London Penguin
Leiden9–8Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk
22 January 2011
Szentesi11–8Leiden
Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk25–2West London Penguin
23 January 2011
Szentesi12–10Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk
Leiden19–3West London Penguin

Quarter-finals
Team #1 Agg. Team #2 L #1 L #2
Het Ravijn Netherlands24–22Russia Uralochka Zlatoust14–810–14
Iraklis Greece22–32Russia SKIF Izmaylovo9–1313–19
Szentesi Hungary28–27Greece Patron15–1213–15
Rapallo Nuoto Italy20–18Netherlands Leiden13–87–10

Semifinals
Team #1 Agg. Team #2 L #1 L #2
Het Ravijn Netherlands18–13Russia SKIF Izmaylovo12–56–8
Szentesi Hungary22–32Italy Rapallo Nuoto7–55–8

Final
Team #1 Agg. Team #2 L #1 L #2
Het Ravijn Netherlands15–17Italy Rapallo Nuoto12–53–12

References
  1. Len Trophy: Rapallo triumphs. Archived 3 August 2012 at archive.today Italian Swimming Federation
  2. List of champions in the 2010 European Championship's dossier (p.79) in LEN's website

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