2025–26 European Aquatics Women's Conference Cup qualification round I

For the equivalent men's tournament, see 2025–26 European Aquatics Conference Cup qualification round I.
2025–26 European Aquatics Women's Conference Cup qualification round I
2025–26
Tournament information
SportWater polo
Date14–16 November 2025
Host(s)Malta Cottonera
Romania Alba Iulia
Italy Catania
Teams16 (from 12 countries)
WebsiteOfficial website
Tournament statistics
Matches played24

The 2025–26 European Aquatics Women's Conference Cup qualification round I is played between 14 and 16 November 2025 to determine the 8 teams advancing to the qualification round II of the 2025–26 European Aquatics Women's Conference Cup.

Format

The 16 teams were place into four groups of four 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.

Draw

External videos
video icon Draw

The draw was on 11 August 2025 in Zagreb, Croatia.[1][2] (H) indicates which clubs is hosting a group. The seeding is based on the club rankings.

Key to colours
Teams advancing to qualification round II
Pot 1
Team Rank Points
Spain Tenerife Echeyde 27 6,075
Turkey Goztepe SK 28 5,750
Malta Sirens ASC (H) 33 4,640
Croatia Jadran Split 35 3,770
Pot 2
Team Rank Points
Netherlands ZVL 1886 40 2,865
Serbia ZVK Crvena Zvezda 43 2,490
Germany SV Blau-Weiss 44 2,460
Turkey Dalton Koleji SK 50 1,610
Pot 3
Team Rank Points
Romania CSM Unirea Alba Iulia (H) 51 16,10
Portugal Clube Fluvial 53 1,180
Spain CN Sant Feliu N/A
Greece AC PAOK N/A
Pot 4
Team Rank Points
Greece NC Chania N/A
Italy Cosenza Pallanuoto N/A
Italy Brizz Nuoto (H) N/A
Malta San Giljan ASC (H) N/A

Groups

Group A

14–16 November 2025, Cottonera, Malta.[3]

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FEL BLA GOZ GIL
1 Spain CN Sant Feliu 3 3 0 0 0 66 19 +47 9 Qualification round II — — — —
2 Germany SV Blau-Weiss 3 2 0 0 1 41 34 +7 6 8–15 — 15–12 —
3 Turkey Goztepe SK 3 1 0 0 2 38 39 −1 3 8–20 — — —
4 Malta San Giljan ASC (H) 3 0 0 0 3 14 67 −53 0 3–31 7–18 4–18 —
Source: European Aquatics Women's Conference Cup
(H) Host
14 November 2025 Report Goztepe SK Turkey 8–20 Spain CN Sant Feliu Cottonera Sports Complex, Cottonera
Score by quarters: 1–2, 4–5, 0–8, 3–5
14 November 2025 Report San Giljan ASC Malta 7–18 Germany SV Blau-Weiss Cottonera Sports Complex, Cottonera
Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–6, 3–4, 2–5
15 November 2025 Report SV Blau-Weiss Germany 8–15 Spain CN Sant Feliu Cottonera Sports Complex, Cottonera
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–3, 1–5, 2–4
15 November 2025 Report San Giljan ASC Malta 4–18 Turkey Goztepe SK Cottonera Sports Complex, Cottonera
Score by quarters: 2–7, 1–3, 0–4, 1–4
16 November 2025 Report San Giljan ASC Malta 3–31 Spain CN Sant Feliu Cottonera Sports Complex, Cottonera
Score by quarters: 0–8, 1–6, 1–9, 1–8
16 November 2025 Report SV Blau-Weiss Germany 15–12 Turkey Goztepe SK Cottonera Sports Complex, Cottonera

Group B

14–16 November 2025, Alba Iulia, Romania.[4][5][6]

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification COS UNI JAD CRV
1 Italy Smile Cosenza Pallanuoto 3 3 0 0 0 50 9 +41 9 Qualification round II — — 21–3 16–3
2 Romania CSM Unirea Alba Iulia (H) 3 2 0 0 1 34 28 +6 6 3–13 — 11–10 20–5
3 Croatia Jadran Split 3 1 0 0 2 29 35 −6 3 — — — 16–3
4 Serbia ZVK Crvena Zvezda 3 0 0 0 3 11 52 −41 0 — — — —
Source: European Aquatics Women's Conference Cup
(H) Host
14 November 2025 Report Jadran Split Croatia 16–3 Serbia ZVK Crvena Zvezda Olympic Pool, Alba Iulia
Score by quarters: 5–1, 3–0, 4–0, 4–2
14 November 2025 Report CSM Unirea Alba Iulia Romania 3–13 Italy Smile Cosenza Pallanuoto Olympic Pool, Alba Iulia
Score by quarters: 1–3, 0–3, 0–4, 2–3
15 November 2025 Report CSM Unirea Alba Iulia Romania 20–5 Serbia ZVK Crvena Zvezda Olympic Pool, Alba Iulia
Score by quarters: 4–2, 5–0, 9–1, 2–2
15 November 2025 Report Smile Cosenza Pallanuoto Italy 21–3 Croatia Jadran Split Olympic Pool, Alba Iulia
Score by quarters: 4–1, 7–1, 6–1, '4–0
16 November 2025 Report Smile Cosenza Pallanuoto Italy 16–3 Serbia ZVK Crvena Zvezda Olympic Pool, Alba Iulia
Score by quarters: 1–0, 7–2, 4–0, 4–1
16 November 2025 Report CSM Unirea Alba Iulia Romania 11–10 Croatia Jadran Split Olympic Pool, Alba Iulia
Score by quarters: 3–2, 0–3, 3–2, 5–3

Group C

14–16 November 2025, Catania, Italy.

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TEN BRI FLU DAL
1 Spain Tenerife Echeyde 3 3 0 0 0 47 15 +32 9 Qualification round II — 11–7 — 17–3
2 Italy Brizz Nuoto (H) 3 2 0 0 1 52 23 +29 6 — — — —
3 Portugal Clube Fluvial 3 1 0 0 2 29 54 −25 3 5–19 6–20 — 18–15
4 Turkey Dalton Koleji SK 3 0 0 0 3 24 60 −36 0 — 6–25 — —
Source: European Aquatics Women's Conference Cup
(H) Host
14 November 2025 Report Clube Fluvial Portugal 5–19 Spain Tenerife Echeyde “Francesco Scuderi” Swimming Pool, Catania
Score by quarters: 3–2, 1–7, 1–8, 0–2
14 November 2025 Report Dalton Koleji SK Turkey 6–25 Italy Brizz Nuoto “Francesco Scuderi” Swimming Pool, Catania
Score by quarters: 1–7, 4–4, 0–7, 1–7
15 November 2025 Report Clube Fluvial Portugal 18–15 Turkey Dalton Koleji SK “Francesco Scuderi” Swimming Pool, Catania
Score by quarters: 5–4, 3–3, 4–6, 6–2
15 November 2025 Report Tenerife Echeyde Spain 11–7 Italy Brizz Nuoto “Francesco Scuderi” Swimming Pool, Catania
Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–2, 2–2, 3–1
16 November 2025 Report Tenerife Echeyde Spain 17–3 Turkey Dalton Koleji SK “Francesco Scuderi” Swimming Pool, Catania
Score by quarters: 4–1, 3–0, 6–2, 4–0
16 November 2025 Report Clube Fluvial Portugal 6–20 Italy Brizz Nuoto “Francesco Scuderi” Swimming Pool, Catania
Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–7, 0–5, 2–4

Group D

14–16 November 2025, Cottonera, Malta.[7]

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAOK CHA ZVL SIR
1 Greece AC PAOK 3 3 0 0 0 66 35 +31 9 Qualification round II — 21–12 21–16 —
2 Greece NC Chania 3 1 1 0 1 35 37 −2 5 — — 11–9[a] —
3 Netherlands ZVL 1886 3 1 0 1 1 42 34 +8 4 — — — —
4 Malta Sirens ASC (H) 3 0 0 0 3 16 53 −37 0 7–24 7–12 2–17 —
Source: European Aquatics Women's Conference Cup
(H) Host
14 November 2025 Report NC Chania Greece 11–9 (PSO) Netherlands ZVL 1886 Cottonera Sports Complex, Cottonera
Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–2, 1–3, 4–1  PSO: 4–2
14 November 2025 Report Sirens ASC Malta 7–24 Greece AC PAOK Cottonera Sports Complex, Cottonera
Score by quarters: 1–7, 2–5, 4–7, 0–5
15 November 2025 Report Sirens ASC Malta 7–12 Greece NC Chania Cottonera Sports Complex, Cottonera
Score by quarters: 0–3, 3–5, 1–3, 3–1
15 November 2025 Report AC PAOK Greece 21–16 Netherlands ZVL 1886 Cottonera Sports Complex, Cottonera
Score by quarters: 8–2, 6–5, 4–7, 3–2
16 November 2025 Report Sirens ASC Malta 2–17 Netherlands ZVL 1886 Cottonera Sports Complex, Cottonera
Score by quarters: 0–5, 1–4, 0–3, 1–5
16 November 2025 Report AC PAOK Greece 21–12 Greece NC Chania Cottonera Sports Complex, Cottonera
Score by quarters: 6–3, 5–4, 4–2, 6–3

Notes

  1. ^ Match ended 7–7, NC Chania 4–2 on penalties.

See also

References

Matchday reports

Reference
Matchday 1
Matchday 2
Matchday 3
  1. ^ "2025/26 Conference Cup and Challenger Cup water polo qualification groups determined - European Aquatics®". August 11, 2025.
  2. ^ Curcic, Ivan (August 11, 2025). "Conference Cup draw: Two former European champions in same qualification group".
  3. ^ https://sport.timesofmalta.com/2025/11/14/sirens-and-san-giljan-geared-up-for-euro-challenge-in-womens-conference-cup/
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