RaceRanger to be tested for the first time in competition at Tauranga Half Triathlon

 

Following an initial announcement in late 2021, World Triathlon is now pleased to announce the world’s first competition trial of the RaceRanger drafting detection system. The first trial will be held this Saturday, 21 January, at the Tauranga Half middle distance triathlon, part of the Mount Festival event in New Zealand. This will be the first time this truly ground-breaking new system is tested in a competition.

RaceRanger is an electronic sensor system designed to improve fairness around the issue of drafting on the bike section of non-drafting triathlons. Currently, determination of drafting distances by athletes and the technical officials policing them are made with subjective naked eye judgements.

Developed by two triathletes from New Zealand, in collaboration with the World Triathlon Sport department, RaceRanger comprises two electronic units that triathletes in non-drafting competitions attach to their bicycles, one at the front and one at the rear.

The system makes accurate measurements of the distance between athletes while they ride. The rear unit features 3 coloured lights that signal backwards to a following competitor, providing information about their following distance. In future, the system will detect when infringements are occurring and send this data to technical officials patrolling the course, via a tablet app interface. The official will assesses the situation in real-time and can then make a decision on whether a penalty needs to be applied through the system.

“World Triathlon is one of the most progressive and innovative sporting organisations in the world, and we have proved this approach multiple times. After our team having worked with RaceRanger for over a year, it is time now to test it during an event for the first time, and this is great and exciting news for the whole triathlon community”, said World Triathlon President and IOC Member, Marisol Casado. “We at World Triathlon are always committed with making the athlete experience better, providing new technologies that will increase the fairness of the competition for all athletes, especially the ones competing in longer distance formats”.

RaceRanger Founder and CEO James Elvery explains: “We are thrilled to finally bring RaceRanger into the real world this week, to be used on bikes in a race! It is our long held and firm belief that RaceRanger will fundamentally change our sport for the better, improving transparency around the drafting rules and removing subjective guesses by both athletes and officials. Using RaceRanger for the first time really is one of those technological advancements that just make immediate sense to the users, and it is hard to imagine going back to the ‘old way’.

Literally years of work and countless hours from our team and partners have gone into getting us here. While the system is not yet fully operational and 100% polished, we feel it is important to get it in the hands of athletes as early as possible. In sport, as in product development, there is nothing like a race to accelerate progress! “

RaceRanger devices will be fitted to all 24 elite athlete’s bikes before Saturday’s event. Triathlon New Zealand & World Triathlon technical officials, along with the athletes themselves, will evaluate it’s performance and provide feedback to the RaceRanger team to aid it’s continued development.

More race trials are planned through the New Zealand summer months, and after evaluating the first real pilot, World Triathlon and the RaceRanger team will work on implementing the devices in major international non-drafting events.

Despite just now being in initial competition trials, RaceRanger has been shortlisted as a finalist for the Outstanding Tech Product category at the inaugural Global Triathlon Awards to also be held this weekend in Nice, France.

World Triathlon looks forward to ongoing collaboration with the New Zealand-based RaceRanger team, to bring it to use in the wider sport, with the goal of improving fairness and athlete experiences at non-drafting events around the world.

 

ABOUT WORLD TRIATHLON

World Triathlon is the international governing body for the Olympic and Paralympic sport of triathlon and all related multisport disciplines around the world, including duathlon, aquathlon, cross triathlon and winter triathlon. Triathlon made its Olympic debut in Sydney 2000, with a third medal event, the Mixed Team Relay, added to the programme at Tokyo 2020, while para triathlon was first added to the Paralympic programme at Rio 2016. World Triathlon is proudly committed to the development of the sport worldwide, with inclusion, equality, sustainability and transparency at our core as we seek to help triathletes at all levels of the sport to be extraordinary. 

www.triathlon.org

NBG, the last unbeaten side fall in Budapest, Brescia top the group Champions League Water Polo

 

Champions League, Day 6, Group B, Summary – Euro Cup and Challenger Cup Quarter-finals

No unbeaten side remained in the field after injury-hit Novi Beograd fell in Budapest where Ferencvaros won a kind of shooting contest. Since Brescia made no mistake in Berlin, the Italians took back the top spot in this group. OSC and Jug played a thrilling tie, not the best result for these two who are chasing the top ranked sides. Sabadell claimed its first win in the season, at the expense of Marseille which were dropped to the bottom.

Day 6, Group B: FTC-Telekom Budapest (HUN) v Novi Beograd (SRB) 14-12, Spandau 04 Berlin (GER) v AN Brescia (ITA) 10-16, Genesys-OSC Budapest (HUN) v Jug Adriatic Osiguranje Dubrovnik (CRO) 9-9, Astralpool Sabadell (ESP) v CN Marseille (FRA) 13-11

Standings: 1. Brescia 15, 2. Novi Beograd 13, 3. Ferencvaros 12, 4. Jug 8, 5. OSC 6, 6. Spandau 5, 7. Sabadell 4, 8. Marseille 4

Brescia didn’t let the Spandau players think of anything similar they had achieved two weeks ago when they had stunned Ferencvaros. The Italians brought their disciplined, aggressive and highly effective game to the pool. Though their defence did not work flawlessly as in the previous rounds – got three goals right away in the first quarter –, their win was never in danger.

Ferencvaros bounced back from the Berlin shock and beat Novi Beograd in an entertaining game which sometimes was more similar to practice day out at a shooting range. The health issues of the Serbs definitely played to their hands – NBG missed four of their key players – and the Magyars made most of their chances. This also means that the last unbeaten side fell in the prelims (after Recco thrashed Barceloneta in the other group on Tuesday).

And the two winners also got some ‘great’ news on the ‘chasing camp’ as none of their most dangerous rivals could win. OSC and Jug staged a thrilling battle where the Croats led by three late in the second period, but the Magyars managed to come back and after shutting out Jug for 10:45 minutes, took a 9-7 lead in the fourth. Jug woke up in time and veteran Maro Jokovic saved the game to a draw with a fine action goal 40 seconds before the buzzer.

Marseille sank further – the French team, which had reached the Final Eight in the previous two seasons, suffered their fourth defeat in six rounds. Sabadell came up big to win their first game in the season, in fact they left no chance for their rivals, dominated for four periods as Sergi Cabanas netted 7 goals.

Men’s Euro Cup, quarter-finals, 1st leg

Vasas, Panionios and Savona are en route to the semis

Vasas and Panionios claimed big home wins while Savona had a great away victory in France. The only tight match was held in Szolnok where Trieste won a 25-goal thriller.

Quarter-finals, 1st leg: A Hid-Vasas Plaket (HUN) v VK Sabac (SRB) 10-4, Szolnoki Dozsa (HUN) v Trieste Pallanuoto (ITA) 12-13, Panionios GSS (GRE) v CSM Oradea (ROU) 10-5, EN Tourcoing (FRA) v SN Savona (ITA) 5-8. Return leg: 8 February

In the highlighted game, Savona stormed to a 0-4 lead by halftime while showing some amazing defending. Tourcoing could score their first after 17:45 minutes but were still trailing 2-6 with eight minutes left. Savona, facing 20 man-downs in total, were getting tired and the French climbed back to 5-7, but the Italians’ seasoned veteran Valerio Rizzo put away an extra 10 seconds from time to secure a three-goal win for his side.

Fellow Italian club Trieste played a spectacular encounter in Szolnok. The Hungarians were leading by one or two goals for three periods, but Trieste scored three connecting goals after 11-10 in the fourth and the hosts could pull back only one.

Vasas passed their next Serbian test with flying colours – after beating Crvena Zvezda by five at home in the eight-finals, now they downed Sabac by six. The Hungarians stormed to a 6-1 lead, were 7-3 up at halftime, then shut out their rival in the third period while expanded the gap to six goals. They kept that till the end – though they need to be on high alert in two-week time as they almost blew their five-goal advantage in Serbia last December.

Panionios also did some damage in the third period – they won that quarter 2-0 as well to take a 7-3 lead against Oradea. The Greeks managed to build a five-goal difference by the end which might be enough to make the semis.

Men’s Challenger Cup, Quarter-finals, 1st leg

Decisive victories in all four matches

Though there are still return legs to play, it’s hard to see that any of the today’s winners won’t make the semis in the newly launched Challenger Cup. The two Spanish teams were especially outstanding.

Quarter-finals, 1st leg: SV Ludwigsburg 08 (GER) v CN Terrassa (ESP) 7-16, Apollon Smyrnis (GRE) v Galatasaray Istanbul (TUR) 9-5, Enka Istanbul (TUR) v ZPC Het Ravijn (NED) 14-8, Tenerife Echeyde (ESP) v SKP Kosice (SVK) 22-8. Return leg: 8 February

Terrassa did a clean job in Germany – Ludwigsburg were 4-7 down at halftime already and their tank was running dry in the second half where the Spaniards produced a 3-9 run. The other team from Spain, Tenerife also enjoyed an easy cruising at home against Kosice – a 4-1 opening was followed by an 8-1 thrashing in the second to secure the semi-final appearance virtually by halftime – at the end they stopped at 22 goals.

Of the two Istanbul-based sides, Enka stormed to a 3-0 lead early on, held the three-goal gap till the last period and doubled it by the end against Het Ravijn. Veteran Croatian Olympic champ Paolo Obradovic led the charge with 6 goals – in view of the final result, 14-8, we can say he made the difference.

The other Turkish club was soundly beaten in Greece – Galatasaray fell 4-0 behind early on but came back to 7-5 towards the end of the third in the home of Apollon Smyrnis. However, the hosts had the last laugh, they scored the only goal in the fourth while the Turks, after being unable to score in the first 11 minutes, also remained scoreless in the last eleven too. That led to a four-goal defeat, perhaps a gap too much to bridge in two weeks.

Big time in the new competition Euro Cup Women Wter Polo, Quarter-finals, 1st leg

 

There is no stopping in water polo action on the European stage – the excitements of all three men competitions are still with us from Tuesday and Wednesday, but now it’s time to watch the ladies as the Euro Cup Women quarter-finals are commencing.

The first legs of four outstanding duels are in sight on Saturday in the newly launched Euro Cup Women. The two Greek–Hungarian clashes are perhaps the most awaited encounters – especially the game of UVSE and Ethnikos. UVSE were part of the Euro League F4 last year, finished 4th, while Ethnikos won the LEN Trophy. They already met this season, in the prelims of the Champions League, UVSE won 10-8 in Budapest – now they face off again and only one can make the semis.

In the other match-up Vouliagmeni meet Eger – the Greeks might be considered the favourites to go through, but Eger, returning to the international stage after long years, line up some quality players who can decide big games single-handedly.

The third Hungarian team FTC, the freshly crowned local cup-winner visit Terrassa. The Magyars have all but fond memories from Spanish rivals as they were ousted by Sabadell and Mataro in the CL prelims (though beat Mediterrani in the qualifications). It’s yet to be seen how they fare against their fourth rival from the Barcelona agglomeration.

There is one contest which may turn into a one-sided game. Padova, bronze medallist in last spring in the Euro League F4, take on Lille – again. The already thrashed the French 18-10 in the CL qualifications and that looks like a promising preview for the Italians.

For livescoring and live streaming (from the games where the hosts provide it), visit https://www.len.eu/disciplines/water-polo/euro-cup-women/

Euro Cup Women, Quarter-finals, 1st leg

15.30 UVSE Budapest (HUN) v Ethnikos Piraeus (GRE)

16.00 Antenore Plebiscito Padova (ITA) v Lille UC (FRA)

19.00 (18.00 CET) NC Vouliagmeni (GRE) v Tigra ZF Eger (HUN)

19.30 CA Terrassa (ESP) v FTC Telekom Budapest (HUN)

LEN Learn to Swim Commission Report released – Major Conference planned for the summer of 2023

 

The LEN Learn to Swim Commission has published its first report sharing the results of a major consultation process into the issue of Learn to Swim and prevention of drowning.

Since February 2022, the LEN Learn to Swim Commission has built on the work of the previous Learn to Swim Prevention of Drowning Project.  The goal for LEN is to work with stakeholders to raise awareness of the issue, and to increase the number of Europeans able to swim safely and to prevent drownings.

As part of LEN’s effort to establish a common approach and to co-ordinate efforts with other stakeholders, LEN President Antonio Silva met the General Secretary of the International Life Saving Federation, Harald Vervaeck, in Leuven, Belgium earlier today.

The members of the LEN Learn to Swim Commission are:

Boro Strumbelj, Co-Chair (Slovenia)

Mary McMorrow, Co-Chair (Ireland)

Aldo Matos Da Costa (Portugal)

Laurent Ciubini (France)

Cato Bratbakk (Norway)

Jose Luis Hidalgo (Spain)

Aivars Platonovs (Latvia)

The Bureau Liaison is Rókur í Jákupsstovu and the Commission is supported by LEN staff member Farouk Benjeddi.

The Report updated the Bureau and member federations on work done to date, including an overview of the results of a comprehensive survey and sets out the ambitions of the Commission for 2023.

The Commission met formally on 7 occasions, the first meeting taking place in person in Cascais at the 2022 Extraordinary Congress. Subsequent meetings took place online, with another physical meeting taking place in Antalya during the recent LEN Congress.

The primary focus was on developing and issuing a comprehensive survey which was issued to our 52 federations in September 2022. The Survey closed on 3 October and was responded to by 44 federations indicating the level of interest in LTS across our federations. An additional 7 federations provided data after the survey closed.

With 51 of the 52 LEN federations responding to the survey we can conclude that LTS is an important strategic consideration for member federations.

The Survey sought to help us understand how LTS programmes are being delivered and to what extent federations or governments are involved in programme delivery. Key figures to emerge in this area are:

19 countries have a government led LTS programme and only 16 federations have their own LTS programme.

24 countries have a school led system but only it is mandatory on the school curriculum in only 18 countries.

12 countries have programmes running outside of school.

There are relatively small numbers of LTS for Babies (10) or adults (6).

When it comes to monitoring standards 25 federations reported that there is no monitoring of LTS programme delivery.

In looking at the school curriculum, 80% of countries have swimming on the curriculum but it is only mandatory in 41% of countries.

The survey also tried to identify the common challenges and barriers for LTS in member federations. Most common barriers were:

Lack of swim teachers – 32 federations rated this as being moderately to very important.

22 federations answered that they probably, or definitely, do not have enough indoor facilities, with only 6 federations saying they definitely had enough.

Funding was another barrier that was identified with 29 countries answering that the high cost was moderately to very important.

After careful study of the survey results, the LTS Commission has developed a roadmap for the future based on four key pillars:

Promotion

Programmes

Standards

Knowledge.

The priority action for 2023 is to agree a common definition of swimming and water safety competence.

 A Working Group has been tasked with developing definitions and a recommended pedagogical approach to achieving the defined competencies.

The proposed model will be presented at a Conference of interested stakeholders for discussion and approval, which is scheduled to take place in the summer of 2023.

An abstract proposal has been accepted to run under an Invited Symposium at this year’s Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science (ECSS) to be held in Paris from 4th to 7th July, and will be presented during the invited symposia entitled “Swimming education in Europe: State of research towards aquatic literacy” on Friday, 7th July.

 

LEN President Antonio Silva said:

“One of the most important strategic goals of LEN is to set up a robust and sustainable Learn to Swim programme, working closely with our federation partners and other stakeholders. There is much work to be done but the survey has given us a great insight into the challenges of learning to swim across Europe. We know the barriers that we face, and we look forward to working together to break down those barriers.

“Our combined efforts will not only reduce drownings but nurture our future talent and improve the opportunities for our children to learn the life skill that is swimming. “

Cagliari and Montreal added to the 2023 World Triathlon Championship Series calendar

 

World Triathlon is pleased to announce two more events that will join the 2023 World Triathlon Championship Series circuit: Cagliari, Italy, that will take place on 27-28 May, and Montreal, Canada, 24-25 June. The World Cup planned in Busselton (Australia) and the Bergen World Cup (Norway) unfortunately will not take place this year.

Cagliari will make its return to the WTCS circuit after their brilliant debut last autumn, with a Standard distance race. The races will take place in the same venue as last year, with a beach start followed by a flat and technical bike course and a fast and flat run course.

After hosting last year the World Triathlon Sprint & Relay Championships, Montreal makes its return to the regular Series circuit, with a Sprint distance race and a Mixed Relay planned for the last weekend of June.

Unfortunately, the World Cup planned in Busselton (Australia) in March is coming off the calendar as a World Cup and will move to a Continental Cup. The organisers of the Bergen World Cup (Norway), planned for August 2023, have also decided to remove the event from the 2023 calendar, but will work on trying to deliver the event in 2024.

The Board has also approved to add to the calendar Zofingen (Switzerland), that will host for the 15th time in 34 years the long distance Duathlon World Championships. The race, that made its debut in the calendar in 1989, will offer once again a course considered the most demanding ever, with all the duathlon long distance stars ready to perform at their best in the Swiss mountains.

The 2023 World Triathlon Championship Series season will return to its traditional kick off venue in Abu Dhabi on March 3-4, with stops already approved in Yokohama (Japan) on 13 May; Hamburg (Germany) on 13-16 July; Sunderland (UK) on 29-30 July; and will finish with the Championship Finals in Pontevedra, Spain, on September 22-24.

Major additions on next year’s calendar will be Hamburg, as the city hosts the Sprint & Relay World Championships; Paris hosting the Paris 2024 Test Event from 17-20 August, and the Spanish island of Ibiza the Multisport Championships.

On the World Triathlon Cup calendar, the season will start with a classic destination making its long-awaited return to the circuit, New Plymouth, in New Zealand, in March and another stop of the circuit in Yeongdo (South Korea) on the first weekend of May. The circuit in 2023 includes classic destinations such as Huatulco (Mexico), Tiszaujvaros (Hungary), Valencia (Spain), Chengdu (China), Arzachena (Italy), Karlovy Vary (CZE), Tongyeong (South Korea) and Miyazaki (Japan) with some new additions to the roaster of cities hosting events, like Vina del Mar (Chile) and Montevideo (Uruguay).

Please note that more events might be added to the 2023 calendar in the coming weeks.

 

Here are the dates already confirmed:

2023 World Triathlon Championship Series:

3-4 March – Abu Dhabi, UAE (Sprint)

13 May - Yokohama, JPN (Standard)

27-28 May – Cagliari, ITA (Standard)

24-25 June – Montreal, CAN (Sprint)

13-16 July - Hamburg, GER (Super-sprint)

29-30 July - Sunderland, GBR (Sprint)

22-24 September - Pontevedra, ESP (Standard)

 

Mixed Relay:

24-25 June – Montreal, CAN

15-16 July - Hamburg, GER (World Championships)

29-30 July - Sunderland, GBR

19-20 August – Paris, FRA

 

Paris 2024 Test Event:

17-20 August – Paris, FRA (Standard, Mixed Relay, Para Triathlon)

 

World Triathlon Cup:

25-26 March - New Plymouth, NZL (Sprint)

6-7 May - Yeongdo, KOR (Sprint)

17-18 June - Huatulco, MEX (Sprint)

8-9 July - Tiszaujvaros, HUN (Sprint, semi final & final)

2-3 September - Valencia, ESP (Standard)

9-10 September - Karlovy Vary, CZE (Standard)

7-8 October - Arzachena, ITA (Sprint)

14-15 October - Chengdu, CHN (Standard)

21-22 October - Tongyeong, KOR (Sprint)

28-29 October - Miyazaki, JPN (Standard)

11-12 November – Vina del Mar, CHI (Sprint)

18-19 November – Montevideo, URU (Standard)

 

Para Triathlon:

23-24 September - Pontevedra, ESP - Para Championships

 

18-19 March - Devonport, AUS - Para Series

13-14 May - Yokohama, JPN - Para Series

8-9 July – Montreal, CAN – Para Series

15 July - Swansea, GBR - Para Series

 

10-11 June - A Coruna, ESP - Para Cup

17-18 June - Besancon, FRA - Para Cup

15-16 July - Long Beach, USA - Para Cup

19-20 Aug - Paris, FRA - Para Cup

 

Multisport:

25-26 March - Skeikampen, NOR - Winter Triathlon Championships

29 April - 7 May - Ibiza, ESP - Multisport Championships

3 Sep – Zofingen, SUI – Long Distance Duathlon Championships

 

Arena Games:

25 Feb – Montreal, CAN

12 March – Sursee, SUI

25 March, Singapore, SGP

8 Apr – London, UK

 

ABOUT WORLD TRIATHLON

World Triathlon is the international governing body for the Olympic and Paralympic sport of triathlon and all related multisport disciplines around the world, including duathlon, aquathlon, cross triathlon and winter triathlon. Triathlon made its Olympic debut in Sydney 2000, with a third medal event, the Mixed Team Relay, added to the programme at Tokyo 2020, while para triathlon was first added to the Paralympic programme at Rio 2016. World Triathlon is proudly committed to the development of the sport worldwide, with inclusion, equality, sustainability and transparency at our core as we seek to help triathletes at all levels of the sport to be extraordinary. 

www.triathlon.org

European Aquatics sets date of Energetics Seminar with World Aquatics to address Swimming Pool Closures and Restrictions

 

The European Aquatics Association LEN can confirm that after consultation with its member federations, a Webinar dedicated to the issue of pool closures and restrictions caused by the energetics crisis will take place on February 13th.

The Webinar will focus on the following topics:

•Lobbying/communication strategy from a European and National perspective to address the energy crisis.

•Collaboration with the European Platform for Sport Innovation (EPSI) to address funding options including Life programme/Horizon/Innovation Funds/EU Investment Bank.

•Ways to share knowledge and best practice amongst the LEN family.

“Across Europe, the lockdowns of the pandemic meant that tens of millions of children already missed the chance to learn to swim at a time in their lives when this would normally happen,” said European Aquatics (LEN) President António Silva. “We are now taking concrete actions and this Webinar is an important step forward. For too many communities, those closures have extended straight into a new period without access or with restricted access to swimming pools. Ours is a unique sport that can do more than improve lives – it can save them. Alongside World Aquatics, we are determined to help our member federations to generate the support that is needed to keep swimming pools open.”

The global sport governing body World Aquatics has also expressed its concern and in a press release today reaffirmed its support for the efforts of its Member Federations.

“World Aquatics is deeply proud of the way our sports bring together hundreds of millions of people every week, united by water in improving their health, living better lives and enjoying sport,” said World Aquatics President Husain Al-Musallam. “But these advantages can only be fully enjoyed when there is proper access to the right facilities.”

“We are concerned that in some places access is already being restricted – especially by swimming pool closures, reduced opening hours and big increases in entry prices. This negative impact goes far beyond the regular swimming pool users who are training for competition and is especially troubling when it affects the ability of young people to learn an essential life skill. Swimming pools represent a special opportunity for physical activity and sport, for the very young to the very old. These facilities are deserving of special support,” continued Al-Musallam.

In addition to supporting its member federations as they work to ensure access to existing swimming pools, World Aquatics and its partners remain committed to further improvements aimed at enhancing environmental stewardship. For example:

World Aquatics partner Myrtha Pools is working with ACOR Consultants in Sydney on an ongoing analysis and comparison of pool construction techniques and their impact on the environment. For Olympic size pools, Myrtha Pools products can reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with water recirculation and filtration by as much as 45% over historical construction methods.

The Olympic Aquatic Centre, one of only two permanent sports venues being built for Paris 2024, has been designed entirely with sustainability in mind. With greatly-reduced energy requirements, it will feature a combined heat pump and filtration unit. Meanwhile, a 5,000 m2 solar installation on the roof will fully power the whole site. The building is being constructed of wood from FSC-certified European forests, and the interior design is based on recycled products made in France.

French challenges for the powerhouses Euro Cup Women, Preliminaries, Preview

 

LEN’s new second-tier competition is set to kick off this weekend with the preliminary round. The Euro Cup Women features sixteen teams – but only eight can go through to play the quarter-finals.

In line with the new strategy to offer more playing opportunity for the participating clubs, LEN has launched the Euro Cup Women. In the previous years, only one competition took place, the Euro League, which ended in two finals – the four losing quarter-finalists played in the LEN Trophy Final Four and the winners went for the EL trophy. Instead of this, teams not making the cut in the Champions League Women’s qualifications, then in the prelims, can continue in the new Euro Cup which playing format will be similar to the men’s edition from the quarter-final stage.

In this round those eight teams are the favourites which were dropped from the CL prelims in December. It wouldn’t be surprising to see Eger (HUN) and Ethnikos (GRE) advancing from Group A, the two Hungarians, UVSE and FTC from Group B, Vouliagmeni (GRE) and ZVL (NED) from Group C, and Padova (ITA) and De Zaan (NED) from Group D.

However, these sides will face swift challenges, at least from the four French sides across the respective groups, while last year’s Euro League bronze medallist Padova and De Zaan should be ready for some heated moments in their respective clashes with Spain’s Terrassa.

For more details, free streaming (where the host club provide it) and livescoring visit https://www.len.eu/disciplines/water-polo/euro-cup-women/

Euro Cup Women, Preliminary Round

Group A (Piraeus): Tigra ZF Eger (HUN), Ethnikos Piraeus (GRE), Olympic Nice Natation (FRA), Sirens ASC Malta (MLT)

Group B (Mulhouse): UVSE Budapest (HUN), FTC Telekom Budapest (HUN), Mulhouse WP (FRA), Grand Nancy Aquatique (FRA)

Group C (Lille): NC Vouliagmeni (GRE), ZVL 1886 (NED), Lille UC (FRA), Spandau 04 Berlin (GER)

Group D (Pacos de Ferreira): Antenore Plebiscito Padova (ITA), ZV De Zaan (NED), CA Terrassa (ESP), CA Pacense (POR)

Playing dates: 13-15 January