2025–26 European Aquatics Challenger Cup qualification round I

2025–26 European Aquatics Challenger Cup qualification round I

2025–26
Tournament information
Sport	Water polo
Date	28–30 November 2025
Host(s)	Valletta Maribor Istanbul Mouscron
Teams	14 (from 10 countries)
Website	[ Official website]
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18

The 2025–26 European Aquatics Challenger Cup qualification round I is played between 28 and 30 November 2025 to determine the 8 teams advancing to the qualification round II of the 2025–26 European Aquatics Challenger Cup.

The 14 teams were place into four groups in total, two with four teams and two teams with three. 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

There was no draw, rather the groups were pre-selected for geographical reasons on 11 August 2025 in Zagreb, Croatia.^[1][2] (H) indicates which clubs is hosting a group.

Group A Team Rank Points Sliema ASC (H) 98 126 APOEL Nicosia 66 940 Hapoel Palram Zvulun 68 860 San Giljan ASC N/A

Group B Team Rank Points AVK Branik Maribor (H) N/A Carouge Natation 44 2,625 VK Ljubljana Slovan 61 1,310 Club Naval Povoense N/A

Group C Team Rank Points Enka Sport Club (H) 45 2,507.5 Welsh Wanderers 85 560 Heybeliada ASC N/A

Group D Team Rank Points Royal Dauphins Mouscronnois (H) 48 2,170 Cetus Espoo 58 1,420 West London Penguin N/A

7–9 November 2025, Valletta, Malta.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SLI	APO	HAP	GIL
1	Sliema ASC (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification round II		—	—	—	–
2	APOEL Nicosia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			–	—	–	–
3	Hapoel Palram Zvulun	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			–	—	—	—
4	San Giljan ASC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			—	–	—	—

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7–9 November 2025, Maribor, Slovenia.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MAR	CAR	SLO	NAV
1	AVK Branik Maribor (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification round II		—	—	—	–
2	Carouge Natation	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			–	—	–	–
3	VK Ljubljana Slovan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			–	—	—	—
4	Club Naval Povoense	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			—	–	—	—

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7–9 November 2025, Istanbul, Turkey.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ENKA	WEL	HEY
1	Enka Sport Club (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification round II		—	—	–
2	Welsh Wanderers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			–	—	—
3	Heybeliada ASC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			–	—	—

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7–9 November 2025, Mouscron, Belgium.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MOU	CET	PEN
1	Royal Dauphins Mouscronnois (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification round II		—	—	–
2	Cetus Espoo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			–	—	—
3	West London Penguin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			–	—	—

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• 2025–26 European Aquatics Champions League
• 2025–26 European Aquatics Euro Cup
• 2025–26 European Aquatics Conference Cup
• 2025–26 European Aquatics Challenger Cup
• 2025 European Aquatics Super Cup
• 2025–26 European Aquatics Women's Champions League
• 2025–26 European Aquatics Women's Euro Cup
• 2025–26 European Aquatics Women's Conference Cup
• 2025–26 European Aquatics Women's Challenger Cup
• 2025 European Aquatics Women's Super Cup