2025–26 European Aquatics Conference Cup qualification round I

2025–26 European Aquatics Conference Cup qualification round I

2025–26
Tournament information
Sport	Water polo
Date	7–9 November 2025
Host(s)	Utrecht Athens Split Belgrade Rijeka
Teams	19 (from 14 countries)
Website	Official website
Tournament statistics
Matches played	27

The 2025–26 European Aquatics Conference Cup qualification round I is played between 7 and 9 November 2025 to determine the 10 teams advancing to the qualification round II of the 2025–26 European Aquatics Conference Cup.^[1]

The 19 teams were place into five groups of four or three teams. In each group, teams will play against each other once in a round-robin format. The top two in each group advance to the next round.

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 2 points for a penalty shootout win, 1 point for a penalty shootout loss, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:

• Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
• Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
• Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
• Goal difference in all group matches;
• Goals scored in all group matches.

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Draw

The draw was on 11 August 2025 in Zagreb, Croatia.^[2][3] (H) indicates which clubs is hosting a group. The seeding is based on the club rankings.

Pot 1

Team	Rank	Points
VK Primorje EB (H)	28	7,350
Panionios GSS (H)	29	7,177.5
Endo Plus SH	36	3,915
EVK Zaibas	37	3,677.5
Vitória SC	42	2,862.5

Pot 2

Team	Rank	Points
Galatasaray SK	43	2,655
VK Partizan (H)	47	2,215
Tenerife Echeyde	59	1,330
UZSC (H)	65	1,060
VK Banja Luka	72	760

Pot 3

Team	Rank	Points
CN Mataró	79	600
De Akker Team	80	600
AC PAOK	81	600
PVK Budva BR	96	260
Sète Natation	97	260

Pot 4

Team	Rank	Points
White Sharks	100	110
CN Posillipo	N/A
VK Mornar Split (H)	N/A
SG Neukölln Berlin	N/A

7–9 November 2025, Utrecht, Netherlands.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		POS	ENDO	PAOK	UZSC
1	CN Posillipo	3	2	1	0	0	46	35	+11	8	Qualification round II		—	—	—	—
2	Endo Plus SH	3	2	0	1	0	52	31	+21	7			16–18	—	15–8	—
3	AC PAOK	3	1	0	0	2	39	40	−1	3			—	—	—	12–15
4	UZSC (H)	3	0	0	0	3	30	61	−31	0			10–18	10–24	10–19	—

7 November 2025	[ Report]	Team	–	Team	De Krommerijn Swimming Pool, Utrecht
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7 November 2025	[ Report]	Team	–	Team	De Krommerijn Swimming Pool, Utrecht
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8 November 2025	[ Report]	Team	–	Team	De Krommerijn Swimming Pool, Utrecht
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8 November 2025	[ Report]	Team	–	Team	De Krommerijn Swimming Pool, Utrecht
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9 November 2025	[ Report]	Team	–	Team	De Krommerijn Swimming Pool, Utrecht
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9 November 2025	[ Report]	Team	–	Team	De Krommerijn Swimming Pool, Utrecht
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7–9 November 2025, Athens, Greece.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PAN	TEN	BUD	WHI
1	Panionios GSS (H)	3	3	0	0	0	50	34	+16	9	Qualification round II		—	—	16–13	19–10
2	Tenerife Echeyde	3	1	1	0	1	49	42	+7	5			11–15	—	19–18	—
3	PVK Budva BR	3	1	0	1	1	48	41	+7	4			—	—	—	19–9
4	White Sharks	3	0	0	0	3	30	60	−30	0			—	11–22	—	—

7 November 2025	[ Report]	Team	–	Team	Nea Smyrni Swimming Pool, Athens
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7 November 2025	[ Report]	Team	–	Team	Nea Smyrni Swimming Pool, Athens
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8 November 2025	[ Report]	Team	–	Team	Nea Smyrni Swimming Pool, Athens
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8 November 2025	[ Report]	Team	–	Team	Nea Smyrni Swimming Pool, Athens
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9 November 2025	[ Report]	Team	–	Team	Nea Smyrni Swimming Pool, Athens
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9 November 2025	[ Report]	Team	–	Team	Nea Smyrni Swimming Pool, Athens
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7–9 November 2025, Split, Croatia.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MOR	SET	VIT	BAN
1	VK Mornar Split (H)	3	3	0	0	0	64	24	+40	9	Qualification round II		—	—	24–11	24–4
2	Sète Natation	3	2	0	0	1	72	28	+44	6			9–16	—	—	—
3	Vitória SC	3	1	0	0	2	39	50	−11	3			—	8–20	—	20–6
4	VK Banja Luka	3	0	0	0	3	14	87	−73	0			—	4–43	—	—

7 November 2025	[ Report]	Team	–	Team	Stari bazen, Split
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7 November 2025	[ Report]	Team	–	Team	Stari bazen, Split
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8 November 2025	[ Report]	Team	–	Team	Stari bazen, Split
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8 November 2025	[ Report]	Team	–	Team	Stari bazen, Split
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9 November 2025	[ Report]	Team	–	Team	Stari bazen, Split
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9 November 2025	[ Report]	Team	–	Team	Stari bazen, Split
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7–9 November 2025, Belgrade, Serbia.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AKK	PAR	ZAI	BER
1	De Akker Team	3	2	0	0	1	57	32	+25	6	Qualification round II		—	—	21–13	—
2	VK Partizan (H)	3	2	0	0	1	47	35	+12	6			13–11	—	—	21–8
3	EVK Zaibas	3	2	0	0	1	45	46	−1	6			—	16–13	—	—
4	SG Neukölln Berlin	3	0	0	0	3	26	62	−36	0			6–25	—	12–16	—

7 November 2025	[ Report]	Team	–	Team	11th April Sports and Recreation Center, Belgrade
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7 November 2025	[ Report]	Team	–	Team	11th April Sports and Recreation Center, Belgrade
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8 November 2025	[ Report]	Team	–	Team	11th April Sports and Recreation Center, Belgrade
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8 November 2025	[ Report]	Team	–	Team	11th April Sports and Recreation Center, Belgrade
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9 November 2025	[ Report]	Team	–	Team	11th April Sports and Recreation Center, Belgrade
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9 November 2025	[ Report]	Team	–	Team	11th April Sports and Recreation Center, Belgrade
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7–9 November 2025, Rijeka, Croatia.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PRI	MAT	GAL
1	VK Primorje EB (H)	2	2	0	0	0	50	18	+32	6	Qualification round II		—	23–11	27–7
2	CN Mataró	2	1	0	0	1	33	39	−6	3			—	—	22–16
3	Galatasaray SK	2	0	0	0	2	23	49	−26	0			—	—	—

7 November 2025	[ Report]	Team	–	Team	Kantrida Swimming Pool, Rijeka
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8 November 2025	[ Report]	Team	–	Team	Kantrida Swimming Pool, Rijeka
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9 November 2025	[ Report]	Team	–	Team	Kantrida Swimming Pool, Rijeka
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