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LEN Women's Challenger Cup
The LEN Women's Challenger Cup is a water polo club competition organised by the Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN). It acts as the third tier, below the LEN Women's Champions League and the LEN Women's Euro Cup. Its first season will commence in 2023–24. Creation The Women's Challenger Cup was first mentioned on the 7 February by Stavroula Kozompoli. The LEN Women's Challenger Cup was officially created by LEN in on the 2 June 2023. In a similar fashion to the men's Tournament, the competition was inaugurated with the goal of creating more chances for smaller Water Polo nations to improve. Men's Competition A year before the women's counterpart started, LEN formally announced they would create a Men's LEN Challenger Cup, starting in the 2022–23 season. See also *LEN Champions League *LEN Euro Cup * LEN Challenger Cup *LEN Super Cup The LEN Super Cup is an annual water polo match organized by LEN and contested by the reigning champions of the two European club comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Europe
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LEN Champions League
The LEN Champions League is the top-tier European professional water polo club competition with teams from up to 18 countries. It is organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The competition started in 1963 as European Cup. A change of name and format occurred in 1996, with the competition being renamed Champions League and the final four system being established as the format of choice, for the first time during the 1996–97 LEN Champions League. From 2003 to 2011 the competition was named LEN Euroleague (with the change of name being simply a re-branding) and from 2011 and on LEN Champions League, its current name. LEN Champions League is the most popular water polo league in the European continent. It has been won by 24 clubs, 10 of which have won the title more than once. The most successful club in the competition is Pro Recco, with nine titles. The current European champion is Pro Recco, who won their ninth title after defeating FTC Telekom Budapest in the 2020 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's Water Polo Competitions
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LEN Club Water Polo Competitions
Len or LEN may refer to: People and fictional characters * Len (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Lén, a character from Irish mythology * Alex Len (born 1993), Ukrainian basketball player * Mr. Len, American hip hop DJ * Len Kagamine, Vocaloid LEN * The Lake Erie and Northern Railway, a defunct interurban electric railway in Ontario, Canada * Len Industri, an Indonesian electronics company known formerly as LEN * Ligue Européenne de Natation, the European Swimming League ** LEN Trophy Codes * len, ISO 639-3 code for the extinct Lencan languages of Central America * LEN, IATA airport code of León Airport, near León, Spain * LEN, ICAO airline code for Lentini Aviation - see List of airline codes (L) Other uses * Len (band), a Canadian indie rock group * Len (Norway), an important Norwegian administrative entity during 1536–1814 * Len (programming), a function that gives the length of a text string in some dialects of BASIC programming language * Rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LEN Women's Challenger Cup
The LEN Women's Challenger Cup is a water polo club competition organised by the Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN). It acts as the third tier, below the LEN Women's Champions League and the LEN Women's Euro Cup. Its first season will commence in 2023–24. Creation The Women's Challenger Cup was first mentioned on the 7 February by Stavroula Kozompoli. The LEN Women's Challenger Cup was officially created by LEN in on the 2 June 2023. In a similar fashion to the men's Tournament, the competition was inaugurated with the goal of creating more chances for smaller Water Polo nations to improve. Men's Competition A year before the women's counterpart started, LEN formally announced they would create a Men's LEN Challenger Cup, starting in the 2022–23 season. See also *LEN Champions League *LEN Euro Cup * LEN Challenger Cup *LEN Super Cup The LEN Super Cup is an annual water polo match organized by LEN and contested by the reigning champions of the two European club comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's LEN Super Cup
The Women's LEN Super Cup is an annual water polo match organized by the LEN and contested by the reigning champions of the two European club competitions, the Euro League and the LEN Trophy. Title holders * 2006: Honvéd * 2007: Fiorentina * 2008: Orizzonte Catania * 2009: Vouliagmeni * 2010: Vouliagmeni * 2011: Pro Recco * 2012: Imperia * 2013: Sabadell * 2014: Sabadell * 2015: Olympiacos Piraeus * 2016: Sabadell * 2017: Kinef Kirishi * 2018: Dunaújváros * 2019: Orizzonte Catania * 2020: ''Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic'' * 2021: Olympiacos Piraeus * 2022: Olympiacos Piraeus Finals Source: LEN (from 2006 to 2016). Titles by club Titles by nation See also * LEN Euro League Women * Women's LEN Trophy The Women's LEN Trophy is LEN's second-tier competition for women's water polo clubs. It was first held in 2000 as the LEN Women's Cup Winners' Cup. It was contested for many seasons by around 15 teams, which could qualify for it either directly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's LEN Trophy
The Women's LEN Trophy is LEN's second-tier competition for women's water polo clubs. It was first held in 2000 as the LEN Women's Cup Winners' Cup. It was contested for many seasons by around 15 teams, which could qualify for it either directly due to high ranking in their domestic league or by being eliminated at certain stages of the Champions' Cup. After the last reformations in the European competitions system by LEN, only four teams contesting for the trophy, coming after elimination at that season's LEN Euro League quarterfinals stage. Italy's Gifa Palermo, Ortigia, Racing Roma, Imperia, Russia's Shturm Ruza, and Greece's Ethnikos are the most successful clubs in the competition with two titles each. Title holders * 1999–00: Gifa Palermo * 2000–01: SKIF Moscow * 2001–02: Gifa Palermo * 2002–03: Vouliagmeni * 2003–04: Ortigia * 2004–05: Ortigia * 2005–06: Honvéd * 2006–07: Racing Roma * 2007–08: Racing Roma * 2008–09: Shturm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LEN Super Cup
The LEN Super Cup is an annual water polo match organized by LEN and contested by the reigning champions of the two European club competitions, the LEN Champions League and the LEN Euro Cup. From 1976 to 2002, the LEN Super Cup was contested between the winners of the European Champions Cup/LEN Champions League and the winners of the LEN Cup Winners' Cup. After the discontinuation of the LEN Cup Winners' Cup, it has been contested by the winners of the LEN Champions League and the winners of the LEN Trophy, which was renamed the LEN Euro Cup in 2011. Title holders * 1976 Mladost * 1977 CSK VMF Moscow * 1978 Ferencváros * 1979 OSC Budapest * 1980 Ferencváros * 1981 CSK VMF Moscow * 1982 Barcelona * 1983 CSK VMF Moscow * 1984 POŠK * 1985 Vasas * 1986 Spandau 04 * 1987 Spandau 04 * 1988 Pescara * 1989 ''Not held'' * 1990 Mladost * 1991 Partizan * 1992 Catalunya * 1993 Pescara * 1994 Újpest * 1995 Catalunya * 1996 Mladost * 1997–2001 ''Not held' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LEN Euro Cup
The LEN Euro Cup is the second-tier European water polo club competition run by the Ligue Européenne de Natation for those clubs who did not qualify for the LEN Champions League. The cup was inaugurated in 1992. History Names of the competition * 1992–2011: LEN Trophy * 2011–present: LEN Euro Cup Title holders * 1992–93: Újpest * 1993–94: Racing Roma * 1994–95: Barcelona * 1995–96: Pescara * 1996–97: Újpest * 1997–98: Partizan * 1998–99: Újpest * 1999–00: Jug * 2000–01: Mladost * 2001–02: Leonessa * 2002–03: Leonessa * 2003–04: Barcelona * 2004–05: Savona * 2005–06: Leonessa * 2006–07: Sintez Kazan * 2007–08: Shturm Chekhov * 2008–09: Szeged * 2009–10: Cattaro * 2010–11: Savona * 2011–12: Savona * 2012–13: Radnički Kragujevac * 2013–14: Spartak Volgograd * 2014–15: Posillipo * 2015–16: Brescia * 2016–17: Ferencváros * 2017–18: Ferencváros * 2018–19: Marseille * 2019–20 ''Cancelled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022–23 LEN Challenger Cup
The 2022–23 LEN Challenger Cup was the inaugural edition of a water polo competition organised by the Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN). It acts as the third tier, below the LEN Champions League and the LEN Euro Cup. GS Apollon Smyrnis of Greece became the first champions, defeating CN Terrassa of Spain in the final. Creation In June 2022, LEN announced the introduction of the LEN Challenger Cup. This tournament was designed to help developing countries and club grow and play more European club games. Format Fifteen teams, who had been eliminated from the Champions League and Euro Cup, were divided into three groups of four and one group of three. The groups were held in one country. At the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the Knockout Stage. In the Knockout Stage, the ties were played in a home and away format. Composition of teams ( CL: Eliminated in Champions League; EC: Eliminated in Euro Cup). Schedule Rounds and dates Draw The draw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi GSK
İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyespor ( tr, İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü) is a multi-sports club established 1979 in İzmir, Turkey by the city's metropolitan municipality ( tr, İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi). The club's colors are blue and white. İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyespor is active in a total of 21 branches, including Paralympic and many Olympic sports. The men's handball team of the club plays in the Turkish Handball Super League, the women's team in the Turkish Women's Handball Super League and the wheelchair basketball team in the Turkish Wheelchair Basketball Super League successfully. Venues Main venues of the club are: * Bornova Ice Sports Hall inside the Aşık Veysel Recreational Area, Bornova: Ice hockey * Celal Atik Sports Hall, Kültürpark: Basketball, handball, volleyball * Evka-4 Sports Complex, Bornova: Basketball, handball, volleyball Achievements Handball ;Men's ;Turkish Handball Super League * ''Champions'' (1): 2007–08 ;Women's :T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water Polo
Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the most goals at the end of the game wins the match. Each team is made up of six field players and one goalkeeper. Excluding the goalkeeper, players participate in both offensive and defensive roles. It is typically played in an all-deep pool where players cannot touch the bottom. A game consists mainly of the players swimming to move about the pool, treading water (mainly using the eggbeater kick), passing the ball, and shooting at the goal. Teamwork, tactical thinking and awareness are also highly important aspects. Water polo is a highly physical and demanding sport and has frequently been cited as one of the most difficult to play. Special equipment for water polo includes a water polo ball, a ball of varying colors which floats on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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