2019 LEN Super Cup

The 2019 LEN Super Cup was the 38th edition of the annual trophy organised by LEN and contested by the reigning champions of the two European competitions for men's water polo clubs. The match was played between European champions Ferencváros (winners of the 2018–19 LEN Champions League) and CN Marseille (winners of the 2018–19 LEN Euro Cup) at the Piscine Pierre Garsau in Marseille, France, on 2 November 2019.[1][2]

2019 LEN Super Cup

Ferencváros CN Marseille 14 11
Date	2 November 2019
Venue	Piscine Pierre Garsau, Marseille

Ferencváros contested the match for the third consecutive year, the first in this streak as Champions League's title holder. The Hungarian team won its second consecutive Super Cup, the fourth in total, managing to come back from a 4-goal down.[3][4][5]

Teams

Team	Qualification	Previous participation (bold indicates winners)
Ferencváros	Winners of the 2018–19 LEN Champions League	1978, 1980, 2017, 2018
CN Marseille	Winners of the 2018–19 LEN Euro Cup	Debut

Squads

Ferencváros[6] No. Nat. Player Birth Date Position L/R 1 András Gárdonyi February 6, 1986 Goalkeeper 2 Tamás Sedlmayer January 6, 1995 Guard 3 Gergő Zalánki February 26, 1995 4 Zoltán Pohl March 27, 1995 Guard 5 Márton Vámos June 24, 1992 Centre Back / Wing L 6 Tamás Mezei September 14, 1990 Centre Forward L 7 Nicolas Constantin-Bicari December 5, 1991 Centre Back 8 Nikola Jakšić January 17, 1997 Guard R 9 Aaron Younger September 25, 1991 Guard R 10 Dénes Varga (c) March 29, 1987 Centre Back R 11 Szilárd Jansik April 6, 1994 Guard 12 Ioannis Fountoulis May 25, 1988 Centre Forward 13 Soma Vogel July 7, 1997 Goalkeeper Head coach: Zsolt Varga

CN Marseille[6] No. Nat. Player Birth Date Position L/R 1 Arshak Hovannysyan January 24, 1997 Goalkeeper 2 P.F. Vanpeterstraete May 14, 1992 Centre Back R 3 Mathias Olivon June 29, 1995 All-Round R 4 Mishka Izdinsky July 23, 1992 Driver L 5 Uroš Čučković April 25, 1990 Centre Back R 6 Thomas Vernoux March 21, 2002 Field Player R 7 Ugo Crousillat October 27, 1990 Wing L 8 Bogdan Đurđić August 8, 1996 Wing R 9 Romain Marion-Vernoux January 2, 2002 Wing R 10 Igor Kovacevic (c) November 3, 1988 Driver R 11 Ante Vukičević February 24, 1993 Field Player R 12 Alexandre Camarasa June 10, 1987 Centre Forward R 13 Miloš Šćepanović September 10, 1982 Goalkeeper Head coach: Marc Amardeilh

Match

2 November 2019 20:30 (CET)	Report	Ferencváros	14–11	CN Marseille	Piscine Pierre Garsau, Marseille Referees: Margeta (SLO), Colombo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–6, 4–1, 6–2
		5: Fountoulis 3: Younger 2: Zalánki, Varga 1: Constantin-Bicari, Jansik	Goals	3: Đurđić 2: Kovacevic, Vukičević, Camarasa 1: Crousillat, Marion-Vernoux

References

1. "Men's Super Cup Final – Preview". len.eu. 1 November 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
2. "Super Coupe d'Europe, une première pour un club français" [Europe Super Cup, a first time for a french club]. france-waterpolo.fr (in French). 1 November 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
3. "Men's Super Cup Final – Summary". len.eu. 3 November 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
4. Ivan Curic (2 November 2019). "Ferencvaros retains LEN Super Cup". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
5. "Férfi vízi: marseille-i diadal, újra az FTC nyerte a Szuperkupát" [Men's Water Polo: Triumph in Marseille, FTC wins the Super Cup again]. nemzetisport.hu (in Hungarian). 2 November 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
6. "Startlist". microplustiming.com. Ligue Européenne de Natation. 2 November 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.

External links

• Official LEN website
• Microplustiming.com (official results website)