The

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Can ...

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 ...

league is divided into divisions. The top teams play in the División de Honor. In each division, a team plays all other teams twice, once at home and once away. The Spanish league teams compete in

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...

under the

Ligue Européenne de Natation 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 * L ...

, most notably in the

LEN Euroleague 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 nam ...

and

LEN 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 competit ...

, and previously in the

LEN Cup Winners' Cup The LEN Cup Winners' Cup was a European water polo club competition organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation. National cup winners qualified for the tournament. After 2003, the nationalcup winners qualified for the LEN Euroleague, and the cu ...

. The teams also compete in a domestic cup competition each year, called the

Copa del Rey The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footbal ...

. The winners of the División de Honor play against the winners of the Copa del Rey in the

Supercopa de España de Waterpolo Supercopa de España is the Spanish water polo's tournament. It is played as a single match between the League's champion and the Copa del Rey's winner. If a same team wins League and Cup, the Supercopa is played between the League's champion and ...

(Super Cup).

Current hierarchical divisional breakdowns

* División de Honor (12 teams) * Primera División (12 teams) *

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commercially known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. Administrated by the Lig ...

(12 teams)

Current female hierarchical divisional breakdowns

* División de Honor Femenina (12 teams) * Primera División Femenina (6 teams) For a list of teams, see List of waterpolo clubs in Spain The

Spain women's national water polo team The Spain women's national water polo team represents Spain in women's international water polo competitions and it is controlled by Real Federación Española de Natación. Spain has won one World and three European Championships, making them ...

represents the whole country.

Others Competitions

Copa del Rey de Waterpolo Copa del Rey de Water polo is the second most important competition of water polo played in Spain. Inaugural edition was played in 1986. The tournament is hosted by Real Federación Española de Natación. Top eight teams at half-season in Divisi� ...

Copa de la Reina de Waterpolo Copa de la Reina de Water polo is the second most important competition of female water polo played in Spain. Inaugural edition was played in 1997. The best eight teams in the first round of the regular season dispute the trophy on February in a fi ...

External links

Real Federación Española de Natación Official WebsiteAsociación Española de Clubes de Waterpolo Official Website
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