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[lower-alpha 1]				—	9–6
3	Spain	4	2	0	2	34	26	+8	6[lower-alpha 1]					—	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:

1. 1 2 France 9–6 Spain

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	4	3	0	1	51	29	+22	9[lower-alpha 1]	Super Final		—	12–10		15–7
2	Greece	4	3	0	1	45	25	+20	9[lower-alpha 1]				—	6–4		20–2
3	Croatia (H)	4	3	0	1	45	22	+23	9[lower-alpha 1]			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:

1. 1 2 3 Serbia 3 Pts, 0 GD, 19 GF; Greece 3 Pts, 0 GD, 16 GF; Croatia 3 Pts, 0 GD, 13 GF

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[lower-alpha 1]					—	11–11
4	Germany	3	0	1	2	19	41	−22	1[lower-alpha 1]				4–14		—

Source: LEN
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. 1 2 Russia 11–11 Germany

Super Final

April 5–8, 2018

Rijeka

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[lower-alpha 1]	Final
2	Italy	3	2	0	1	24	23	+1	6[lower-alpha 1]	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:

1. 1 2 Italy 4–11 Spain

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

References

External links

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