2025–26 European Aquatics Champions League qualification round

2025–26 European Aquatics Champions League qualification round

2025–26
Tournament information
Sport	Water polo
Date	19–21 September 2025
Host(s)	Belgrade Sabadell Zagreb
Teams	10 (from 10 countries)
Website	Official website
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12

The 2025–26 European Aquatics Champions League qualification round is played between 19 and 21 September 2025 to determine the six teams advancing to the group stage of the 2025–26 European Aquatics Champions League.

The 10 teams were placed into three groups, two with three teams and one with four teams. In each group, teams will play against each other once in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners up will advance to the group stage.

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 28 July 2025 in Zagreb, Croatia.^[1][2] (H) indicates which clubs is hosting a group. The seeding is based off the club rankings.^[3][4]

Pot 1

Team	Rank	Points
Novi Beograd (H)	2	37,935
AN Brescia	7	21,942.5
KEIO CN Sabadell (H)	10	19,127.5

Pot 2

Team	Rank	Points
Vasas SC	12	13,515
NC Vouliagmeni	13	12,687.5
Steaua București	16	11,480

Pot 3

Team	Rank	Points
Spandau 04	19	10,400
HAVK Mladost Zagreb (H)	23	9,435
Primorac Kotor	25	8,835
Pays d'Aix Natation	70	820

19–21 September 2025, Belgrade, Serbia

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		NOV	STE	KOT	PAY
1	Novi Beograd (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Group stage		—	—	—	–
2	Steaua București	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			–	—	–	–
3	Primorac Kotor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			–	—	—	—
4	Pays d'Aix Natation	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			—	–	—	—

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19–21 September 2025, Sabadell, Spain

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SAB	VAS	SPA
1	KEIO CN Sabadell (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Group stage		—	—	–
2	Vasas SC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			–	—	–
3	Spandau 04	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			—	—	—

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19–21 September 2025, Zagreb, Croatia

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BRE	VOU	MLA
1	AN Brescia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Group stage		—	—	–
2	NC Vouliagmeni	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			–	—	—
3	HAVK Mladost Zagreb (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			–	—	—

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