2025–26 European Aquatics Challenger Cup final classification

2025–26 European Aquatics Challenger Cup final classification
Tournament information
SportWater polo
Date14–15 March 2026
(9–12th place group)
28–30 November 2025
(13–18th place group)
Host(s) Mouscron
Ljubljana
Teams10 (from 9 countries)
WebsiteOfficial website
Tournament statistics
Matches played21

The 2025–26 European Aquatics Challenger Cup final classification was played to decide the final standing of the 2025–26 European Aquatics Challenger Cup and give clubs of the level more exposure on the European scene.[1]

Format

In each group, teams will play against each other once in a round-robin format.

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.

Group composition

9–12th place group

Teams
Cetus Espoo
VK Banja Luka
Carouge Natation
RD Mouscronnois

13–18th place group

Teams
Hapoel Palram Zvulun
APOEL Nicosia
VK Ljubljana Slovan
Club Naval Povoense
Welsh Wanderers
West London Penguin

Groups

9–12th place group

14–15 March 2026, Mouscron, Belgium.

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts MOU CAR CET BAN
9 RD Mouscronnois (H) 3 3 0 0 0 59 27 +32 9 — 10–9 16–11 33–7
10 Carouge Natation 3 2 0 0 1 45 28 +17 6 — — 14–9 22–9
11 Cetus Espoo 3 1 0 0 2 51 42 +9 3 — — — 31–12
12 VK Banja Luka 3 0 0 0 3 28 86 −58 0 — — — —
Source: European Aquatics Challenger Cup
(H) Host
14 March 2026
09:00 		Report Carouge Natation 14–9 Cetus Espoo Les Dauphins Olympic Swimming Pool, Mouscron
Referees:
Gregory Courbin (FRA), Karel Dvoracek (CZE)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–5, 4–2, 4–0
Maddern 5 Goals Perkovic 3
14 March 2026
11:00 		Report RD Mouscronnois 33–7 VK Banja Luka Les Dauphins Olympic Swimming Pool, Mouscron
Referees:
Tobias Laufer (GER), Georg Schoen (AUT)
Score by quarters: 8–1, 9–2, 6–3, 10–1
Hegedus, Labreg 6 Goals Kojcinovic 4
14 March 2026
18:30 		Report Cetus Espoo 31–12 VK Banja Luka Les Dauphins Olympic Swimming Pool, Mouscron
Referees:
Gregory Courbin (FRA), Tobias Laufer (GER)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 12–3, 10–3, 6–3
Hajdu 7 Goals Kojcinovic 6
14 March 2026
20:30 		Report RD Mouscronnois 10–9 Carouge Natation Les Dauphins Olympic Swimming Pool, Mouscron
Referees:
Karel Dvoracek (CZE), Georg Schoen (AUT)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 3–2, 2–3, 1–1
Hegedus 3 Goals Melet 3
15 March 2026
09:00 		Report Carouge Natation 22–9 VK Banja Luka Les Dauphins Olympic Swimming Pool, Mouscron
Referees:
Gregory Courbin (FRA), Georg Schoen (AUT)
Score by quarters: 5–1, 5–3, 6–3, 6–2
Ardisson, Maddern 5 Goals Kojcinovic 5
15 March 2026
11:00 		Report RD Mouscronnois 16–11 Cetus Espoo Les Dauphins Olympic Swimming Pool, Mouscron
Referees:
Tobias Laufer (GER), Karel Dvoracek (CZE)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 6–3, 3–1, 3–6
Canonne 4 Goals Krivokapic 3

13–18th place group

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts HAP SLO PEN NAV APO WEL
13 Hapoel Palram Zvulun 5 5 0 0 0 103 46 +57 15 — — — — 21–9 —
14 VK Ljubljana Slovan (H) 5 4 0 0 1 87 65 +22 12 13–17 — 19–14 — 16–11 21–13
15 West London Penguin 5 2 0 0 3 54 71 −17 6[a] 6–20 — — — 8–9 10–9
16 Club Naval Povoense 5 2 0 0 3 61 85 −24 6[a] 8–25 10–18 14–16 — 13–11 16–15
17 APOEL Nicosia 5 1 0 1 3 51 69 −18 4 — — — — — —
18 Welsh Wanderers 5 0 1 0 4 58 78 −20 2 10–20 — — — 21–20[b] —
Source: European Aquatics Challenger Cup
(H) Host
Notes:
  1. ^ a b West London Penguin 16–14 Club Naval Povoense
  2. ^ Match ended 11–11. Welsh Wanderers won 10–9 on penalties.
13 February 2026
09:00 		Report Welsh Wanderers 21–20 (PSO) APOEL Nicosia Ilirija Swimming Pool, Ljubljana
Referees:
Lukasz Czaplinski (POL), Berk Gunkut (TUR)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 3–4, 1–2, 5–1  PSO: 10–9
Griffiths 4 Goals Milas 4
13 February 2026
10:30 		Report Club Naval Povoense 8–25 Hapoel Palram Zvulun Ilirija Swimming Pool, Ljubljana
Referees:
Jakub Necas (CZE), Rastko Prlic (SRB)
Score by quarters: 1–6, 2–6, 4–7, 1–6
Magalhães 4 Goals Shafrir 6
13 February 2026
12:00 		Report VK Ljubljana Slovan 19–14 West London Penguin Ilirija Swimming Pool, Ljubljana
Referees:
Johan de Boer (NED), Henning Schuermann (GER)
Score by quarters: 6–2, 5–3, 5–5, 3–4
Potočnik 8 Goals Kingsmill 4
13 February 2026
17:00 		Report Welsh Wanderers 10–20 Hapoel Palram Zvulun Ilirija Swimming Pool, Ljubljana
Referees:
Berk Gunkut (TUR), Henning Schuermann (GER)
Score by quarters: 0–4, 4–3, 4–6, 2–7
Carter 3 Goals Schlein 4
13 February 2026
18:30 		Report West London Penguin 8–9 APOEL Nicosia Ilirija Swimming Pool, Ljubljana
Referees:
Jakub Necas (CZE), Johan de Boer (NED)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–1, 3–2, 2–3
Kingsmill 4 Goals Nikolaou 3
13 February 2026
20:00 		Report Club Naval Povoense 10–18 VK Ljubljana Slovan Ilirija Swimming Pool, Ljubljana
Referees:
Lukasz Czaplinski (POL), Rastko Prlic (SRB)
Score by quarters: 1–5, 1–4, 1–4, 7–5
Marques Mineiro 4 Goals Čanč 5
14 February 2026
09:00 		Report Club Naval Povoense 13–11 APOEL Nicosia Ilirija Swimming Pool, Ljubljana
Referees:
Lukasz Czaplinski (POL), Henning Schuermann (GER)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–1, 3–3, 5–5
Manuel Moreira 7 Goals three players 2
14 February 2026
10:30 		Report VK Ljubljana Slovan 13–17 Hapoel Palram Zvulun Ilirija Swimming Pool, Ljubljana
Referees:
Rastko Prlic (SRB), Johan de Boer (NED)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–4, 4–5, 3–5
Lipnik 5 Goals Gros 5
14 February 2026
12:00 		Report West London Penguin 10–9 Welsh Wanderers Ilirija Swimming Pool, Ljubljana
Referees:
Berk Gunkut (TUR), Jakub Necas (CZE)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–2, 3–3, 1–3
Kingsmill 4 Goals three players 2
14 February 2026
17:00 		Report Hapoel Palram Zvulun 21–9 APOEL Nicosia Ilirija Swimming Pool, Ljubljana
Referees:
Rastko Prlic (SRB), Berk Gunkut (TUR)
Score by quarters: 6–3, 6–3, 5–0, 4–3
Gros 5 Goals three players 2
14 February 2026
18:30 		Report Club Naval Povoense 14–16 West London Penguin Ilirija Swimming Pool, Ljubljana
Referees:
Johan de Boer (NED), Lukasz Czaplinski (POL)
Score by quarters: 3–5, 6–3, 2–6, 3–2
Marques Mineiro 5 Goals Kingsmill 4
14 February 2026
20:00 		Report VK Ljubljana Slovan 21–13 Welsh Wanderers Ilirija Swimming Pool, Ljubljana
Referees:
Henning Schuermann (GER), Jakub Necas (CZE)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 5–3, 5–4, 8–4
Lipnik 7 Goals Jenkins-Delf 5
15 February 2026
09:00 		Report West London Penguin 6–20 Hapoel Palram Zvulun Ilirija Swimming Pool, Ljubljana
Referees:
Johan de Boer (NED), Berk Gunkut (TUR)
Score by quarters: 1–5, 3–5, 1–4, 1–6
Kingsmill 3 Goals Halevy, Horesh 5
14 February 2026
10:30 		Report Club Naval Povoense 16–15 Welsh Wanderers Ilirija Swimming Pool, Ljubljana
Referees:
Henning Schuermann (GER), Rastko Prlic (SRB)
Score by quarters: 5–3, 3–4, 4–2, 4–6
Marques Mineiro 6 Goals Jenkins-Delf, Laxton 3
15 February 2026
12:00 		Report VK Ljubljana Slovan 16–11 APOEL Nicosia Ilirija Swimming Pool, Ljubljana
Referees:
Jakub Necas (CZE), Lukasz Czaplinski (POL)
Score by quarters: 5–3, 3–3, 3–1, 5–4
Lipnik 5 Goals Nikolaou 5

Notes

See also

References

Matchday reports

9–12th place group

Reference
Matchday 1
Matchday 2
[ Main report]

13–18th place group

Reference
Matchday 1
Matchday 2
Matchday 3
  1. ^ "Challenger Cup Men: Qualification Round II action gets off to a flyer across the continent | European Aquatics®". February 13, 2026.
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