The Women's LEN Trophy is

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's second-tier competition for women's

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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.

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's Gifa Palermo, Ortigia, Racing Roma,

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, Russia's

Shturm Ruza Shturm-2002 Moskovskaya Oblast, a.k.a. Shturm Ruza, is a Russian water polo club. Founded in 2002 in Chekhov, Moscow Oblast, in 2010 it was relocated to Ruza, also in the Moscow Oblast. Shturm Chekhov's male team won four national championships ...

, 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:

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* 2003–04: Ortigia * 2004–05: Ortigia * 2005–06: Honvéd * 2006–07: Racing Roma * 2007–08: Racing Roma * 2008–09:

Shturm Chekhov Shturm-2002 Moskovskaya Oblast, a.k.a. Shturm Ruza, is a Russian water polo club. Founded in 2002 in Chekhov, Moscow Oblast, in 2010 it was relocated to Ruza, also in the Moscow Oblast. Shturm Chekhov's male team won four national championships ...

* 2009–10: Ethnikos * 2010–11:

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* 2011–12:

* 2012–13:

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* 2013–14:

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

* 2014–15:

* 2015–16:

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* 2016–17:

UVSE UVSE is a professional water polo club from Budapest, Hungary, founded in 2008. It was split off from Újpesti TE, which afterwards folded. They have teams in the men's and women's Hungarian First Division. The women have won the 2014–15 and ...

* 2017–18:

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* 2018–19:

Orizzonte Catania Associazione Sportiva Orizzonte Catania Waterpolo, also known as Ekipe Orizzonte for sponsorship reasons, is an Italian professional women's water polo club from Catania. Founded in 1985, Orizzonte has dominated the Italian championship in the ...

* 2019–20: ''Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic'' * 2020–21:

Kinef Kirishi Kinef-Surgutneftegaz (russian: КИНЕФ-Сургутнефтегаз) is a Russian professional men's and women's water polo club from Kirishi owned by Kinef and Surgutneftegaz. The women's club was founded in the 1993–94 season as Fakel. I ...

* 2021–22: Ethnikos

Finals

Source:

(from 2000 to 2016).

Titles by club

Titles by nation

References

External links

Women’s LEN Trophy
{{European Club Competitions Recurring sporting events established in 2000 LEN club water polo competitions Women's water polo competitions Multi-national professional sports leagues