2018 LEN Men's Europa Cup

2018 LEN Men's Europa Cup
League	LEN Europa Cup
Sport	Water polo
Duration	15 February–8 April 2018
Number of teams	14
Super Final
Champions	Croatia
Runners-up	Spain

The 2018 LEN Men's Europa Cup is the inaugural tournament of the LEN Europa Cup.

Preliminary

February 15–18, 2018

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary (H)	4	4	0	0	43	24	+19	12	Super Final		—	9–5	8–7	10–7	16–5
2	France	4	2	0	2	28	26	+2	6				—	9–6
3	Spain	4	2	0	2	34	26	+8	6					—	10–4
4	Romania	4	1	1	2	23	29	−6	4				7–4		—	5–5
5	Georgia	4	0	1	3	19	42	−23	1				4–10	5–11		—

Source: LEN
(H) Hosts
Notes:

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	4	3	0	1	51	29	+22	9	Super Final		—	12–10		15–7
2	Greece	4	3	0	1	45	25	+20	9				—	6–4		20–2
3	Croatia (H)	4	3	0	1	45	22	+23	9			9–7		—	16–4
4	Netherlands	4	1	0	3	30	48	−18	3				7–9		—	12–8
5	Malta	4	0	0	4	18	65	−47	0			3–17		5–16		—

Source: LEN
(H) Hosts
Notes:

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy (H)	3	3	0	0	40	19	+21	9	Super Final		—		15–10	16–4
2	Montenegro	3	2	0	1	28	21	+7	6			5–9	—	9–8
3	Russia	3	0	1	2	29	35	−6	1					—	11–11
4	Germany	3	0	1	2	19	41	−22	1				4–14		—

Source: LEN
(H) Hosts
Notes:

Super Final

April 5–8, 2018

Rijeka

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Location of the 2018 LEN Men's Europa Cup Super Final

Qualified teams

Group	Winners	Runners-up	Third
A	Hungary	France	Spain
B	Serbia	Greece	Croatia
C	Italy	Montenegro

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	2	0	1	25	23	+2	6	Final
2	Italy	3	2	0	1	24	23	+1	6	3rd place game
3	Hungary	3	1	1	1	27	26	+1	4	5th place game
4	Greece	3	0	1	2	22	26	−4	1	7th place game

Source: LEN
Notes:

5 April 2018 16:00	Report	Hungary	9–9	Greece	Rijeka, Croatia Referees: Miroslav Vlašić (CRO), Andreja Stanojević (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–5, 3–1, 3–2
		Bátori 3	Goals	three players 2

5 April 2018 17:30	Report	Italy	4–11	Spain	Rijeka, Croatia Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Alban David (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 1–2, 1–4, 2–2
		four players 1	Goals	five players 2

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6 April 2018 16:00	Report	Hungary	5–10	Italy	Rijeka, Croatia Referees: Andreja Stanojević (SRB), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 0–1, 1–4, 2–2, 2–3
		Manhercz 2	Goals	Di Fulvio 3

6 April 2018 20:30	Report	Spain	7–6	Greece	Rijeka, Croatia Referees: Alban David (FRA), Miroslav Vlašić (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–1, 1–1, 1–3
		Munarriz, Tahull 2	Goals	Gounas 2

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7 April 2018 16:00	Report	Italy	10–7	Greece	Rijeka, Croatia Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Miroslav Vlašić (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–2, 2–1, 2–3
		Di Fulvio 3	Goals	Dervisis, Vlachopoulos 2

7 April 2018 20:30	Report	Hungary	13–7	Spain	Rijeka, Croatia Referees: Andreja Stanojević (SRB), Alban David (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 3–0, 4–4, 5–1, 1–2
		Jansik, Bátori 3	Goals	Granados, Minguell 2

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia (H)	3	3	0	0	38	17	+21	9	Final
2	Serbia	3	2	0	1	29	15	+14	6	3rd place game
3	Montenegro	3	1	0	2	20	25	−5	3	5th place game
4	France	3	0	0	3	13	43	−30	0	7th place game

Source: LEN
(H) Hosts

5 April 2018 19:00	Report	France	5–20	Croatia	Rijeka, Croatia Referees: David Gomez (ESP), Balázs Székely (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 2–6, 1–5, 1–3
		five players 1	Goals	Bušlje, Vrlić 4

5 April 2018 20:30	Report	Serbia	9–5	Montenegro	Rijeka, Croatia Referees: Raffaele Colombo (ITA), Spyridon Achladiotis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–1, 2–1, 1–1
		D. Pijetlović, Filipović 2	Goals	five players 1

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6 April 2018 17:30	Report	Croatia	10–5	Montenegro	Rijeka, Croatia Referees: Balázs Székely (HUN), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–1, 4–3, 1–0
		Joković 4	Goals	Đurđić 2

6 April 2018 19:00	Report	Serbia	13–2	France	Rijeka, Croatia Referees: David Gomez (ESP), Spyridon Achladiotis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 1–1, 5–0, 3–0
		Subotić 3	Goals	Izdinsky, Marzouki 1

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7 April 2018 17:30	Report	France	6–10	Montenegro	Rijeka, Croatia Referees: Spyridon Achladiotis (GRE), Balázs Székely (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 1–4, 1–1
		Canonne, Dino 2	Goals	A. Radović 3

7 April 2018 19:00	Report	Serbia	7–8	Croatia	Rijeka, Croatia Referees: David Gomez (ESP), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–0, 1–3, 2–4
		Filipović 3	Goals	Fatović 3

7th place game

8 April 2018 16:00	Report	Greece	12–4	France	Rijeka, Croatia Referees: Andreja Stanojević (SRB), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–1, 3–1, 3–0
		Gounas 3	Goals	Vanpeperstraete 3

5th place game

8 April 2018 17:30	Report	Hungary	7–15	Montenegro	Rijeka, Croatia Referees: Miroslav Vlašić (CRO), Alban David (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–2, 2–6, 2–3
		Manhercz 2	Goals	Đurđić 6

3rd place game

8 April 2018 19:00	Report	Italy	10–9	Serbia	Rijeka, Croatia Referees: David Gomez (ESP), Balázs Székely (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–3, 4–2, 2–1
		Figlioli, Bodegas 3	Goals	Mandić 3

Final

8 April 2018 20:30	Report	Spain	9–12	Croatia	Rijeka, Croatia Referees: Raffaele Colombo (ITA), Spyridon Achladiotis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 4–4, 1–3, 3–3
		Munarriz 3	Goals	Fatović 6

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Croatia
	Spain
	Italy
4	Serbia
5	Montenegro
6	Hungary
7	Greece
8	France

2018 LEN Men's Europa Cup champions
Croatia First title

External links

• 2018 LEN Men's Europa Cup (official website)