The 2010-11 Women's LEN Trophy was the 12th edition of the second tier of LEN's international competitions for women's water polo clubs. Twenty teams from eleven countries took part in the competition, which ran from 10 December 2010 to 20 April 2011.
ASD Rapallo Nuoto defeated Het Ravijn in the final, overcoming a 7-goals loss in the first leg, to win the competition. Szentesi VK and SKIF Izmaylovo also reached the semifinals.Len Trophy: Rapallo triumphs. Italian Swimming Federation It was the seventh time the trophy went to Italy, with Rapallo Nuoto becoming the fourth Italian team to win the competition after Gifa Palermo, CC Ortigia and ASD Roma.List of champions in the 2010 European Championship's dossier (p.79) in LEN's website
Federation team allocation Each national federation can enter up to two teams into the LEN Trophy.
Distribution Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round Qualifying Round 1 or 2 teams from each federation Preliminary Round(16 teams) 4 nations represented by the best-placed teams from the previous year's competition These were Greece (2), Netherlands, and Russia 4 tournament winners from the qualifying round 4 tournament runners-up from the qualifying round 4 tournament third-placed teams from the qualifying round Knockout Phase(8 teams) 4 tournament winners from the preliminary round 4 tournament runners-up from the preliminary round
Teams Pot Qualifying round Group A Group B Group C Group D Pot 1 Zaragoza Uralochka Zlatoust SKIF Izmaylovo Leiden Pot 2 Imperia Hannoverscher Rapallo Nuoto Dos Hermanas Pot 3 Union St. Bruno Vračar Lille Taš-2000 Belgrade Pot 4 West London Penguins Järfälla City of Liverpool Szentesi Preliminary Round Patron Iraklis Het Ravijn Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk
Qualification round Group A #TeamPldWDLGFGAPt1 Imperia (host) 3 3 0 0 45 7 92 Zaragoza 3 2 0 1 32 24 63 West London Penguin 3 1 0 2 27 38 34 Union St. Bruno 3 0 0 3 8 43 0
10 December 2010Zaragoza19–11West London PenguinWest London Penguin21–0Union St. Bruno11 December 2010West London Penguin12–6Union St. BrunoImperia11–3Zaragoza12 December 2010Zaragoza10–2Union St. BrunoImperia13–4West London Penguin
Group B #TeamPldWDLGFGAPt1 Uralochka Zlatoust 3 3 0 0 89 19 92 Hannoverscher SV (host) 3 2 0 1 45 36 63 Vračar 3 1 0 2 27 38 34 Järfäll 3 0 0 3 16 54 0
10 December 2010Uralochka Zlatoust32–2VračarHannover16–8Järfälla11 December 2010Uralochka Zlatoust35–5JärfällaHannover17–6Vračar12 December 2010Vračar11–7JärfällaUralochka Zlatoust22–12Hannover
Group C #TeamPldWDLGFGAPt1 Rapallo Nuoto (host) 3 3 0 0 41 15 92 SKIF Izmaylovo 3 2 0 1 52 21 63 City of Liverpool 3 1 0 2 22 41 34 Lille 3 0 0 3 16 54 0
10 December 2010SKIF Izmaylovo25–3LilleRapallo Nuoto15–1City of Liverpool11 December 2010Rapallo Nuoto10–7SKIF IzmaylovoCity of Liverpool13–6Lille12 December 2010Rapallo Nuoto16–7LilleSKIF Izmaylovo20–8City of Liverpool
Group D #TeamPldWDLGFGAPt1 Leiden 3 3 0 0 31 18 92 Szentesi 3 2 0 1 30 15 63 Dos Hermanas 3 1 0 2 17 17 34 Taš-2000 Belgrade (host) 3 0 0 3 15 31 0
10 DecemberSzentesi13–2Taš-2000 BelgradeLeiden11–6Dos Hermanas11 DecemberLeiden10–6SzentesiDos Hermanas8–7Taš-2000 Belgrade12 DecemberLeiden10–6Taš-2000 BelgradeSzentesi11–3Dos Hermanas
Preliminary round Group A #TeamPldWDLGFGAPt1 SKIF Izmaylovo 3 2 1 0 50 21 72 Het Ravijn (host) 3 2 1 0 46 18 73 Rapallo Nuoto 3 1 0 2 29 20 34 Vračar 3 0 0 3 6 72 0
21 January 2011SKIF Izmaylovo28–1VračarHet Ravijn7–4Imperia22 January 2011SKIF Izmaylovo10–8ImperiaHet Ravijn27–2Vračar23 January 2011SKIF Izmaylovo12–12Het RavijnImperia17–3Vračar
Group B #TeamPldWDLGFGAPt1 Rapallo Nuoto 3 3 0 0 59 18 92 Patron (host) 3 2 0 1 40 34 63 Hannoverscher SV 3 1 0 2 28 47 34 Dos Hermanas 3 0 0 3 17 45 0
21 January 2011Rapallo Nuoto20–6HannoverPatron14–4Dos Hermanas22 January 2011Rapallo Nuoto21–4Dos HermanasPatron18–12Hannover23 January 2011Rapallo Nuoto18–8PatronHannover10–9Dos Hermanas
Group C #TeamPldWDLGFGAPt1 Uralochka Zlatoust 3 3 0 0 45 26 92 Iraklis 3 1 1 1 36 30 43 Zaragoza (host) 3 1 1 1 29 31 44 City of Liverpool 3 0 0 3 21 44 0
21 January 2011Iraklis17–7City of LiverpoolUralochka Zlatoust14–10Zaragoza22 January 2011Uralochka Zlatoust14–10IraklisZaragoza10–8City of Liverpool23 January 2011Uralochka Zlatoust17–6City of LiverpoolIraklis9–9Zaragoza
Group D #TeamPldWDLGFGAPt1 Szentesi (host) 3 3 0 0 38 21 92 Leiden 3 2 0 1 36 22 63 Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk 3 1 0 2 43 23 34 West London Penguin 3 0 0 3 8 59 0
21 January 2011Szentesi15–3West London PenguinLeiden9–8Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk22 January 2011Szentesi11–8LeidenYugra Khanty-Mansiysk25–2West London Penguin23 January 2011Szentesi12–10Yugra Khanty-MansiyskLeiden19–3West London Penguin
Quarter-finals Team #1Agg.Team #2L #1L #2Het Ravijn 24–22 Uralochka Zlatoust 14–8 10–14Iraklis 22–32 SKIF Izmaylovo 9–1313–19Szentesi 28–27 Patron 15–1213–15Rapallo Nuoto 20–18 Leiden 13–87–10
Semifinals Team #1Agg.Team #2L #1L #2Het Ravijn 18–13 SKIF Izmaylovo 12–5 6–8Szentesi 22–32 Rapallo Nuoto 7–55–8
Final Team #1Agg.Team #2L #1L #2Het Ravijn 15–17 Rapallo Nuoto 12–5 3–12
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