# 2022–23 LEN Women's Euro Cup

The 2022–23 Women's LEN Euro Cup is the 24th edition of the European second-tier tournament for women's water polo clubs. Sixteen teams participated in the competition. Ethnikos Piraeus is the defending champion.

## Revamp

Starting this season, the tournament was renamed the LEN Women's Euro Cup. The competition also included an expanded format, featuring 16 clubs, rather than the old final four format between the four losing Champions League quarterfinalists. The new format was created to give more club opportunities in women's water polo.

## Schedule
### Rounds and dates

| Phase | Round | Round date |
| Group Stage | Group Stage | 13–15 January 2023 |
| Quarter-Finals | First Leg | 28 January 2023 |
| Quarter-Finals | Second Leg | 11 February 2023 |
| Semi-Finals | First leg | 25 February 2023 |
| Semi-Finals | Second leg | 11 March 2023 |
| Final | First Leg | 25 March 2023 |
| Final | Second Leg | 29 March 2023 |

## Preliminary round

The sixteen teams are split into four groups of four teams with the top two teams from each group qualifying for the quarterfinals.

### Group A

The group was held in Piraeus, Greece.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ETH | EGE | NIC | SIR |
| 1 | Ethnikos Piraeus (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 23 | +30 | 9 | Quarterfinals | — | 12–11 | 15–9 | 26–3 |
| 2 | Eger | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 24 | +33 | 6 | Quarterfinals | | — | 18–9 | |
| 3 | Olympic Nice | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 3 | | | | — | 16–4 |
| 4 | Sirens ASC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 70 | −60 | 0 | | | 3–28 | | — |

### Group B

The group was held in Mulhouse, France.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FER | USVE | MUL | NAN |
| 1 | Ferencvaros | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 22 | +31 | 9 | Quarterfinals | — | | | |
| 2 | UVSE Budapest | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 20 | +22 | 6 | Quarterfinals | 8–10 | — | | |
| 3 | Mulhouse WP (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 40 | −14 | 3 | | 5–18 | 6–17 | — | 15–5 |
| 4 | Grand Nancy AC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 57 | −39 | 0 | | 9–25 | 4–17 | | — |

### Group C

The group was held in Lille, France.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VOU | LIL | ZVL | SPA |
| 1 | NC Vouliagmeni | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 29 | +31 | 9 | Quarterfinals | — | | | 23–8 |
| 2 | Lille UC (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 33 | +18 | 6 | Quarterfinals | 15–19 | — | 16–7 | 20–7 |
| 3 | ZVL 1886 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 46 | −18 | 3 | | 6–18 | | — | |
| 4 | Spandau 04 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 58 | −31 | 0 | | | | 12–15 | — |

### Group D

The group was held in Porto, Portugal.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAD | TER | ZAAN | PAC |
| 1 | Plebiscito Padova | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 20 | +29 | 6 | Quarterfinals | — | | 8–10 | |
| 2 | CN Terrassa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 20 | +26 | 6 | Quarterfinals | 7–11 | — | | |
| 3 | ZV De Zaan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 25 | +28 | 6 | | | 6–10 | — | 37–7 |
| 4 | CA Pacense (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 96 | −83 | 0 | | 3–30 | 3–29 | | — |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head goal difference: Padova 2, Terrassa 0, De Zaan –2.

## Knockout stage

The draw for the Knockout stage was made on the 16 of January 2023.

### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Ethnikos | 10 | 9 | 19 | | | | | | | | |
| UVSE Budapest | 10 | 13 | 23 | | | | | | | | |
| UVSE Budapest | 10 | 13 | 23 | UVSE Budapest | 12 | 10 | 22 | | | | |
| | | | | Tigra Eger | 12 | 6 | 18 | | | | |
| Tigra Eger | 12 | 19 | 31 PS | Tigra Eger | 12 | 6 | 18 | | | | |
| Vouliagmeni | 15 | 15 | 30 | | | | | | | | |
| Vouliagmeni | 15 | 15 | 30 | | | | | UVSE Budapest | 8 | 13 | 21 |
| | | | | | | | | Ferencvaros | 9 | 9 | 18 |
| Ferencvaros | 7 | 14 | 21 | | | | | | | | | Ferencvaros | 9 | 9 | 18 |
| CN Terrassa | 9 | 9 | 18 | | | | | | | | |
| CN Terrassa | 9 | 9 | 18 | Ferencvaros | 12 | 7 | 19 | | | | |
| | | | | Plebiscito Padova | 9 | 9 | 18 | | | | |
| Plebiscito Padova | 12 | 11 | 23 | Plebiscito Padova | 9 | 9 | 18 | | | | |
| Lille UC | 10 | 5 | 15 | | | | | | | | |

### Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Ethnikos | 19–23 | UVSE Budapest | 10–10 | 9–13 |
| Ferencvaros | 21–18 | CN Terrassa | 7–9 | 14–9 |
| Vouliagmeni | 30–31. | Tigra Eger | 15–12 | 15–19 |
| Plebiscito Padova | 23–15. | Lille UC | 12–10 | 11–5 |
* 1 2 Order of legs reversed after original draw.
* ↑ Eger won 5–4 on penalties (14–11 in regulation)

### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Plebiscito Padova | 18–19 | Ferencvaros | 9–12 | 9–7 |
| Tigra Eger | 18–22 | UVSE Budapest | 12–12 | 6–10 |

### Final

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| UVSE Budapest | 21–18 | Ferencvaros | 8–9 | 13–9 |