2025–26 European Aquatics Conference Cup qualification round I

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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]

Format

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.

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.

Key to colours
Teams advancing to qualification round II

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
Solartradex 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

Groups

Group 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	Qualification round II	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	—

Source: European Aquatics Conference Cup
(H) Host

7 November 2025 19:00	Report	UZSC	10–24	Endo Plus SH	De Krommerijn Swimming Pool, Utrecht Referees: Eurico Silva (POR), Slaven Sivcevic (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–6, 2–7, 4–6
		Wijnhoven 4	Goals	Suger 4

7 November 2025 20:45	Report	AC PAOK	12–15	CN Posillipo	De Krommerijn Swimming Pool, Utrecht Referees: Miroslav Mijanovic (MNE), Ralf Mueller (GER)
		Score by quarters: 3–5, 3–3, 3–5, 3–2
		Bitsakos 3	Goals	Radovic 5

8 November 2025 18:00	Report	UZSC	10–19	AC PAOK	De Krommerijn Swimming Pool, Utrecht Referees: Ralf Mueller (GER), Miroslav Mijanovic (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–5, 6–6, 1–4
		De Jong, Edelbroek 3	Goals	Kechalaris 5

8 November 2025 19:45	Report	Endo Plus SH	16–18 (PSO)	CN Posillipo	De Krommerijn Swimming Pool, Utrecht Referees: Slaven Sivcevic (CRO), Eurico Silva (POR)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–3, 3–4, 4–4 PSO: 3–5
		Moskov 5	Goals	three players 3

9 November 2025 09:30	Report	Endo Plus SH	15–8	AC PAOK	De Krommerijn Swimming Pool, Utrecht Referees: Slaven Sivcevic (CRO), Miroslav Mijanovic (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 5–1, 3–2, 3–1
		Moskov, Vickovic 5	Goals	Delic 3

9 November 2025 11:15	Report	UZSC	10–18	CN Posillipo	De Krommerijn Swimming Pool, Utrecht Referees: Ralf Mueller (GER), Eurico Silva (POR)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 1–5, 5–4, 1–7
		De Jong, Wijnhoven 3	Goals	Cuccovillo, Rocchino 4

Group B

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	Qualification round II	11–15	—	19–18^[a]	—
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	—	—

Source: European Aquatics Conference Cup
(H) Host

^ Match ended 16–16. Tenerife Echeyde won 3–2 on penalties.

7 November 2025 18:30	Report	Tenerife Echeyde	19–18 (PSO)	PVK Budva BR	Nea Smyrni Swimming Pool, Athens Referees: Levan Berishvili (GEO), Tomas Kaseta (LTU)
		Score by quarters: 5–2, 5–8, 3–4, 3–2 PSO: 3–2
		Araya 7	Goals	Milic 9

7 November 2025 20:30	Report	Panionios GSS	19–10	White Sharks	Nea Smyrni Swimming Pool, Athens Referees: Manuel Manea (ROU), Pavle Kis (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 5–3, 5–2, 5–4
		three players 4	Goals	Molnar 4

8 November 2025 18:30	Report	Tenerife Echeyde	11–15	Panionios GSS	Nea Smyrni Swimming Pool, Athens Referees: Levan Berishvili (GEO), Manuel Manea (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 4–0, 1–7, 3–4, 3–4
		Ramirez Rodriguez 4	Goals	Gounas 6

8 November 2025 20:30	Report	PVK Budva BR	19–9	White Sharks	Nea Smyrni Swimming Pool, Athens Referees: Tomas Kaseta (LTU), Pavle Kis (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 6–2, 4–2, 4–1, 5–4
		Milic 5	Goals	Rotermund 3

9 November 2025 10:30	Report	White Sharks	11–22	Tenerife Echeyde	Nea Smyrni Swimming Pool, Athens Referees: Pavle Kis (SRB), Tomas Kaseta (LTU)
		Score by quarters: 5–6, 4–4, 1–6, 1–6
		Rotermund 3	Goals	Araya 7

9 November 2025 13:00	Report	Panionios GSS	16–13	PVK Budva BR	Nea Smyrni Swimming Pool, Athens Referees: Levan Berishvili (GEO), Manuel Manea (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 6–4, 4–3, 4–4, 2–2
		Gounas 6	Goals	three players 3

Group C

7–9 November 2025, Split, Croatia.

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

Source: European Aquatics Conference Cup
(H) Host

7 November 2025 18:45	Report	VK Banja Luka	4–43	Sète Natation	Stari bazen, Split Referees: Georgios Lampros Kravaritis (GRE), Luis Perez Munoz (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 0–10, 1–9, 2–11, 1–13
		four players 1	Goals	Lopinot, Sauton 6

7 November 2025 20:30	Report	VK Mornar Split	24–11	Vitória SC	Stari bazen, Split Referees: Peter Radic (SVK), Riccardo D'Antoni (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 9–4, 5–3, 5–1, 5–3
		Stojanac 7	Goals	Moreira 3

8 November 2025 18:00	Report	Vitória SC	20–6	VK Banja Luka	Stari bazen, Split Referees: Peter Radic (SVK), Georgios Lampros Kravaritis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 6–0, 7–2, 4–3, 3–1
		Moreira 7	Goals	Cosic, Djukic 2

8 November 2025 19:45	Report	Sète Natation	9–16	VK Mornar Split	Stari bazen, Split Referees: Riccardo D'Antoni (ITA), Luis Perez Munoz (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–4, 3–3, 2–5
		Mureddu, Radojevic 2	Goals	Zivkovic 5

9 November 2025 11:00	Report	Vitória SC	8–20	Sète Natation	Stari bazen, Split Referees: Peter Radic (SVK), Luis Perez Munoz (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 0–5, 4–9, 4–3
		Mariani Rodrigues, Ramos 2	Goals	Radojevic 5

9 November 2025 12:45	Report	VK Mornar Split	24–4	VK Banja Luka	Stari bazen, Split Referees: Georgios Lampros Kravaritis (GRE), Riccardo D'Antoni (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 5–0, 4–0, 6–2, 9–2
		three players 4	Goals	four players 1

Group D

7–9 November 2025, Belgrade, Serbia.

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

Source: European Aquatics Conference Cup
(H) Host
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head to head goal difference: De Akker Team 3 Pts, +6 GD; VK Partizan 3 Pts, −1 GD; EVK Zaibas 3 Pts, −5 GD

7 November 2025 19:00	Report	VK Partizan	21–8	SG Neukölln Berlin	11th April Sports and Recreation Center, Belgrade Referees: Julien Bourges (FRA), Gokhan Can Ciger (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 5–3, 4–1, 5–2, 7–2
		Bodiroga 4	Goals	Costa 4

7 November 2025 20:45	Report	De Akker Team	21–13	EVK Zaibas	11th April Sports and Recreation Center, Belgrade Referees: Alex Mas Marquez (ESP), Roeland Sonnemans (NED)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 8–3, 6–4, 4–5
		Campopiano 6	Goals	Jelača 3

8 November 2025 17:45	Report	EVK Zaibas	16–13	VK Partizan	11th April Sports and Recreation Center, Belgrade Referees: Alex Mas Marquez (ESP), Julien Bourges (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 3–3, 5–2, 4–4
		Jelača 6	Goals	Dokanovic 5

8 November 2025 19:30	Report	SG Neukölln Berlin	6–25	De Akker Team	11th April Sports and Recreation Center, Belgrade Referees: Gokhan Can Ciger (TUR), Roeland Sonnemans (NED)
		Score by quarters: 0–5, 1–8, 1–7, 4–5
		Costa 2	Goals	Di Murro, Erdely 4

9 November 2025 09:00	Report	SG Neukölln Berlin	12–16	EVK Zaibas	11th April Sports and Recreation Center, Belgrade Referees: Julien Bourges (FRA), Roeland Sonnemans (NED)
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 3–5, 5–2, 3–3
		Gottfried, Smit 3	Goals	Jonkus 4

9 November 2025 10:45	Report	VK Partizan	13–11	De Akker Team	11th April Sports and Recreation Center, Belgrade Referees: Alex Mas Marquez (ESP), Gokhan Can Ciger (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 6–3, 4–4, 2–3
		Dokanovic 5	Goals	Erdely 4

Group E

7–9 November 2025, Rijeka, Croatia.

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

Source: European Aquatics Conference Cup
(H) Host

7 November 2025 19:00	Report	Solartradex CN Mataró	22–16	Galatasaray SK	Kantrida Swimming Pool, Rijeka Referees: Matjaz Homvec (SLO), Antonio Guarracino (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 7–7, 5–3, 5–5, 5–1
		Aguirre Rubio 7	Goals	Caner 5

8 November 2025 18:00	Report	VK Primorje EB	27–7	Galatasaray SK	Kantrida Swimming Pool, Rijeka Referees: Matjaz Homvec (SLO), Frank Adam (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 8–2, 7–3, 6–1, 6–1
		Crippa 6	Goals	Destici 2

9 November 2025 11:00	Report	VK Primorje EB	23–11	Solartradex CN Mataró	Kantrida Swimming Pool, Rijeka Referees: Frank Adam (HUN), Antonio Guarracino (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 6–1, 6–5, 4–4, 7–1
		Radulović 8	Goals	Bertran Pont 3

Notes

References

Matchday reports

Reference
Matchday 1
Matchday 2
Matchday 3

^ https://europeanaquatics.org/europe-gears-up-for-inaugural-mens-conference-cup-season/
^ "2025/26 Conference Cup and Challenger Cup water polo qualification groups determined - European Aquatics®". August 11, 2025.
^ Curcic, Ivan (August 11, 2025). "Conference Cup draw: Two former European champions in same qualification group".

External links

Official statistics of the tournament

[4] Match ended 16–16. Tenerife Echeyde won 3–2 on penalties.

[table_hth_AKK0.098922483203431-5] Head to head goal difference: De Akker Team 3 Pts, +6 GD; VK Partizan 3 Pts, −1 GD; EVK Zaibas 3 Pts, −5 GD

[1] ttps://europeanaquatics.org/europe-gears-up-for-inaugural-mens-conference-cup-season/

[2] "2025/26 Conference Cup and Challenger Cup water polo qualification groups determined - European Aquatics®". August 11, 2025.

[3] Curcic, Ivan (August 11, 2025). "Conference Cup draw: Two former European champions in same qualification group".

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Format

Draw

Groups

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Notes

See also

References

Matchday reports

External links