2012–13 LEN Women's Champions' Cup

The 2012–13 LEN Women's Champions' Cup was the 26th edition of LEN's premier competition for women's water polo clubs, running from 22 November 2012 to 27 April 2013. It was contested by twelve teams from nine countries, with Israel and the Netherlands replacing England and Serbia. There was no defending champion as Pro Recco renounced to the competition for disagreements with the FIN on the number of allowed foreign players in the Italian clubs' squads.^[1]

CN Sabadell defeated Kinef Kirishi in the final to win its second title. Vouliagmeni NC and Egri VK also reached the Final Four, which was hosted by the Hungarian team.^[2]

Group stage

Group A

# Team Pld W D L GF GA Pt 1 Vouliagmeni 5 4 1 0 58 32 13 2 Egri 5 4 0 1 54 44 12 3 Kinef Kirishi 5 3 1 1 48 37 10 4 Het Ravijn 5 2 0 3 37 53 6 5 Olympic Nice 5 0 1 4 45 55 1 6 Mataró 5 0 1 4 36 57 1

VOU EGR KIN RAV OLY MAT Vouliagmeni 13–8 5–5 14–4 14–8 12–7 Egri 8–13 10–8 13–8 9–8 14–7 Kinef 5–5 8–10 11–6 13–11 11–5 Het Ravijn 4–14 8–13 6–11 9–8 10–7 Olympic 8–14 8–9 11–13 8–9 10–10 Mataró 7–12 7–14 5–11 7–10 10–10

# Team Pld W D L GF GA Pt 1 Sabadell 5 4 1 0 105 30 13 2 Imperia 5 4 1 0 77 43 13 3 Olympiacos 5 3 0 2 66 38 9 4 Nancy 5 2 0 3 54 60 6 5 Blau-Weiss Bochum 5 1 0 4 35 86 3 6 Kiryat Tivon 5 0 0 5 27 107 0

SAB IMP OLY NAN BLA KIR Sabadell 12–12 10–7 24–5 30–2 29–4 Imperia 12–12 10–9 12–8 22–8 21–6 Olympiacos 7–10 14–5 14–6 22–7 Nancy 5–24 8–12 5–14 16–4 20–6 Blau-Weiss 2–30 8–22 6–14 4–16 15–4 Kiryat Tivon 4–29 6–21 7–22 6–20 4–15

Quarter-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st	2nd
Kinef Kirishi	27 – 24	Imperia	12 – 12	15 – 12
Olympiacos	18 – 21	Egri	7 – 8	11 – 13
Het Ravijn	23 – 32	Sabadell	08 – 13	15 – 19
Nancy	12 – 40	Vouliagmeni	05 – 17	07 – 23

Final Four

	Semi-finals				Final
	26 April
	Kinef Kirishi	16
	Egri	10
					27 April
					Kinef Kirishi	11
					Sabadell	13
					Third place
	26 April			27 April
	Sabadell	9		Egri	10
	Vouliagmeni	8			Vouliagmeni	13

References

1. Pro Recco withdraws from European club competitions participation. Waterpoloworld.com, 18/07/12
2. Sabadell, European champion for the second time. Marca, 27 April 2013