2025–26 European Aquatics Conference Cup qualification round II
| 2025–26 | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Water polo |
| Date | 19–22 February 2026 |
| Host(s) | Potsdam Split Montpellier Naples |
| Teams | 18 (from 10 countries) |
| Website | Official website |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
The 2025–26 European Aquatics Conference Cup qualification round I is played between 19 and 22 February 2026 to determine the 8 teams advancing to the Quarterfinals of the 2025–26 European Aquatics Conference Cup.
Format
The 18 teams were place into four groups of five or 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
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| 2025–26 European Aquatics Conference Cup qualification round II – Draw | |
| Draw |
The draw was on 19 November 2025 in Zagreb, Croatia.[1] The clubs that in the same group in the previous round (in both Euro and Conference Cup) could not be drawn against each other. (H) indicates which clubs is hosting a group.
Seeding
The pots were decided by as follows
- Pot 1 consisted of the second and third place teams in Euro Cup qualification
- Pot 2 consisted of the fourth place teams in Euro Cup qualification
- Pot 3 consisted of the group winners of the Conference Cup qualification round I
- Pot 4 consisted of the group runners-up of the Conference Cup qualification round I.
| Key to colours |
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| Teams advancing to Quarterfinals |
| Team |
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| GS Apollon Smyrnis |
| A-Polo Sport Management |
| BVK Crvena zvezda |
| CS Rapid București |
| Team |
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| ZV De Zaan |
| Montpellier Water Polo (H) |
| WPC Dinamo Tbilisi |
| OSC Potsdam (H) |
| Team |
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| CN Posillipo (H) |
| Panionios GSS |
| VK Mornar Split (H) |
| De Akker Team |
| VK Primorje EB |
| Team |
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| Endo Plus SH |
| Tenerife Echeyde |
| Sète Natation |
| VK Partizan |
| Solartradex CN Mataró |
Groups
Group A
20–22 February 2026, Potsdam, Germany.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | APO | PAN | PAR | POT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GS Apollon Smyrnis | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 37 | +17 | 9 | Quarterfinals | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 | Panionios GSS | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 35 | +12 | 6 | 13–15 | — | — | — | ||
| 3 | VK Partizan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 39 | +4 | 3 | 16–20 | 11–13 | — | — | ||
| 4 | OSC Potsdam (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 56 | −33 | 0 | 8–19 | 9–21 | 6–16 | — |
| 20 February 2026 17:00 |
Report | VK Partizan | 16–20 | GS Apollon Smyrnis | Sportpark Luftschiffhafen, Potsdam Referees: Sergio Turnes Jimenez (ESP), Gregory Courbin (FRA) |
| Score by quarters: 6–4, 3–5, 5–7, 2–4 | |||||
| Đokanović 4 | Goals | Daube 9 | |||
| 20 February 2026 19:00 |
Report | OSC Potsdam | 9–21 | Panionios GSS | Sportpark Luftschiffhafen, Potsdam Referees: Maro Savinovic (CRO), Soma Kovacs (HUN) |
| Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–6, 3–5, 2–5 | |||||
| Hofmann 4 | Goals | Bitsakos 5 | |||
| 21 February 2026 15:00 |
Report | VK Partizan | 11–13 | Panionios GSS | Sportpark Luftschiffhafen, Potsdam Referees: Soma Kovacs (HUN), Sergio Turnes Jimenez (ESP) |
| Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–2, 3–5, 2–3 | |||||
| three players 3 | Goals | Gounas 6 | |||
| 21 February 2026 17:00 |
Report | OSC Potsdam | 8–19 | GS Apollon Smyrnis | Sportpark Luftschiffhafen, Potsdam Referees: Maro Savinovic (CRO), Gregory Courbin (FRA) |
| Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–6, 1–6, 3–3 | |||||
| Hofmann 4 | Goals | Daube 5 | |||
| 22 February 2026 10:00 |
Report | Panionios GSS | 13–15 | GS Apollon Smyrnis | Sportpark Luftschiffhafen, Potsdam Referees: Sergio Turnes Jimenez (ESP), Maro Savinovic (CRO) |
| Score by quarters: 3–4, 3–3, 4–5, 3–3 | |||||
| Mourikis 6 | Goals | Daube 4 | |||
| 22 February 2026 12:00 |
Report | OSC Potsdam | 6–16 | VK Partizan | Sportpark Luftschiffhafen, Potsdam Referees: Gregory Courbin (FRA), Soma Kovacs (HUN) |
| Score by quarters: 1–4, 3–5, 1–5, 1–2 | |||||
| Hofmann 3 | Goals | Đokanović 3 | |||
Group B
20–22 February 2026, Split, Croatia.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MOR | TEN | ZDZ | RAP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VK Mornar Split (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 34 | +13 | 8 | Quarterfinals | — | — | 19–18[a] | 17–9 | |
| 2 | Tenerife Echeyde | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 6 | 13–18 | — | — | — | ||
| 3 | ZV De Zaan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 4 | — | 12–15 | — | 17–13 | ||
| 4 | CS Rapid București | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 51 | −15 | 0 | — | 14–17 | — | — |
- ^ Match ended 12–12. VK Mornar Split won 7–6 on penalties.
| 20 February 2026 18:45 |
Report | CS Rapid București | 14–17 | Tenerife Echeyde | Stari bazen, Split Referees: Mirko Schiavo (ITA), Rok Vehovec (SLO) |
| Score by quarters: 3–2, 5–3, 3–7, 3–5 | |||||
| Vrbnjak 5 | Goals | Gorria 5 | |||
| 20 February 2026 20:30 |
Report | VK Mornar Split | 19–18 (PSO) | ZV De Zaan | Stari bazen, Split Referees: Levan Berishvili (GEO), Miroslav Mijanovic (MNE) |
| Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–2, 1–4, 4–3 PSO: 7–6 | |||||
| Stojanac 3 | Goals | Lucas 5 | |||
| 21 February 2026 18:00 |
Report | ZV De Zaan | 17–13 | CS Rapid București | Stari bazen, Split Referees: Mirko Schiavo (ITA), Miroslav Mijanovic (MNE) |
| Score by quarters: 4–4, 5–5, 5–1, 3–3 | |||||
| Rempt 5 | Goals | Goreta 4 | |||
| 21 February 2026 19:45 |
Report | Tenerife Echeyde | 13–18 | VK Mornar Split | Stari bazen, Split Referees: Rok Vehovec (SLO), Levan Berishvili (GEO) |
| Score by quarters: 4–4, 4–4, 3–5, 2–5 | |||||
| Araya 5 | Goals | Živković 6 | |||
| 22 February 2026 09:45 |
Report | ZV De Zaan | 12–15 | Tenerife Echeyde | Stari bazen, Split Referees: Levan Berishvili (GEO), Mirko Schiavo (ITA) |
| Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–5, 1–4, 4–3 | |||||
| Garancsy 5 | Goals | Gorria 6 | |||
| 22 February 2026 11:00 |
Report | VK Mornar Split | 17–9 | CS Rapid București | Stari bazen, Split Referees: Rok Vehovec (SLO), Miroslav Mijanovic (MNE) |
| Score by quarters: 5–1, 4–4, 2–2, 6–2 | |||||
| Hrvatic 5 | Goals | three players 2 | |||
Group C
19–22 February 2026, Montpellier, France.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | END | AKK | MAN | PRI | MON | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Endo Plus SH | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 41 | +16 | 11 | Quarterfinals | — | 15–10 | 20–19[a] | — | — | |
| 2 | De Akker Team | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 50 | +14 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 3 | A-Polo Sport Management | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 59 | 52 | +7 | 7 | — | 15–16[b] | — | 23–22[c] | — | ||
| 4 | VK Primorje EB | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 57 | 56 | +1 | 4 | 9–10 | 14–17 | — | — | — | ||
| 5 | Montpellier Water Polo (H) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 46 | 84 | −38 | 0 | 8–18 | 9–25 | 13–20 | 16–21 | — |
| 19 February 2026 18:30 |
Report | Endo Plus SH | 20–19 (PSO) | A-Polo Sport Management | Olympic Swimming Pool, Montpellier Referees: Lazar Andjelic (SRB), Mihnea Alexandrescu (ROU) |
| Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–5, 4–3, 5–3 PSO: 6–4 | |||||
| Moskov 5 | Goals | four players 3 | |||
| 19 February 2026 20:30 |
Report | Montpellier Water Polo | 9–25 | De Akker Team | Olympic Swimming Pool, Montpellier Referees: Peter de Jong (NED), Robert Horvath (SVK) |
| Score by quarters: 0–8, 4–4, 4–7, 1–6 | |||||
| Mustur, Stojanovic 4 | Goals | four players 4 | |||
| 20 February 2026 18:30 |
Report | A-Polo Sport Management | 23–22 (PSO) | VK Primorje EB | Olympic Swimming Pool, Montpellier Referees: Robert Horvath (SVK), Lazar Andjelic (SRB) |
| Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–2, 3–5, 5–4 PSO: 10–9 | |||||
| Rogač 4 | Goals | Brubnjak 4 | |||
| 20 February 2026 20:30 |
Report | Montpellier Water Polo | 8–18 | Endo Plus SH | Olympic Swimming Pool, Montpellier Referees: Mihnea Alexandrescu (ROU), Peter de Jong (NED) |
| Score by quarters: 1–5, 5–6, 1–4, 1–3 | |||||
| Mustur, Stojanovic 4 | Goals | Ekler, Szépfalvi 3 | |||
| 21 February 2026 09:30 |
Report | A-Polo Sport Management | 15–16 (PSO) | De Akker Team | Olympic Swimming Pool, Montpellier Referees: Robert Horvath (SVK), Mihnea Alexandrescu (ROU) |
| Score by quarters: 5–3, 2–4, 3–1, 2–4 PSO: 3–4 | |||||
| Alekseev, Vuksanović 3 | Goals | Bragantini 3 | |||
| 21 February 2026 11:30 |
Report | VK Primorje EB | 9–10 | Endo Plus SH | Olympic Swimming Pool, Montpellier Referees: Lazar Andjelic (SRB), Peter de Jong (NED) |
| Score by quarters: 2–2, 5–3, 0–2, 2–3 | |||||
| Dujmić 3 | Goals | Moskov 5 | |||
| 21 February 2026 19:00 |
Report | Montpellier Water Polo | 13–20 | A-Polo Sport Management | Olympic Swimming Pool, Montpellier Referees: Peter de Jong (NED), Robert Horvath (SVK) |
| Score by quarters: 3–5, 3–6, 4–4, 3–5 | |||||
| Mustur, Palantal 4 | Goals | Alekseev 5 | |||
| 21 February 2026 21:00 |
Report | VK Primorje EB | 14–17 | De Akker Team | Olympic Swimming Pool, Montpellier Referees: Mihnea Alexandrescu (ROU), Lazar Andjelic (SRB) |
| Score by quarters: 6–6, 0–4, 4–3, 4–4 | |||||
| Brubnjak 3 | Goals | Bragantini 4 | |||
| 22 February 2026 10:00 |
Report | Endo Plus SH | 15–10 | De Akker Team | Olympic Swimming Pool, Montpellier Referees: Lazar Andjelic (SRB), Peter de Jong (NED) |
| Score by quarters: 5–2, 4–1, 3–4, 3–3 | |||||
| Moskov 4 | Goals | Di Murro 3 | |||
| 22 February 2026 12:00 |
Report | Montpellier Water Polo | 16–21 | VK Primorje EB | Olympic Swimming Pool, Montpellier Referees: Robert Horvath (SVK), Mihnea Alexandrescu (ROU) |
| Score by quarters: 1–6, 2–8, 6–3, 7–4 | |||||
| three players 3 | Goals | Crippa 4 | |||
Group D
19–22 February 2026, Naples, Italy.[2]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | POS | MAT | CRV | SET | DIN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CN Posillipo (H) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 31 | +20 | 12 | Quarterfinals | — | 12–10 | 12–4 | 14–9 | 13–8 | |
| 2 | Solartradex CN Mataró | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 35 | +23 | 9 | — | — | — | 22–7 | — | ||
| 3 | BVK Crvena zvezda | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 5 | — | 7–9 | — | 14–13[a] | 11–9 | ||
| 4 | Sète Natation | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 60 | −18 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 5 | WPC Dinamo Tbilisi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 40 | 57 | −17 | 0 | — | 9–17 | — | 14–16 | — |
- ^ Match ended 10–10. BVK Crvena zvezda won 4–3 on penalties.
| 19 February 2026 19:00 |
Report | CN Posillipo | 13–8 | WPC Dinamo Tbilisi | Piscina Felice Scandone, Naples Referees: Alexandros Chatzigoulas (GRE), Canberk Durak (TUR) |
| Score by quarters: 3–1, 5–1, 1–3, 4–3 | |||||
| Cuccovillo 3 | Goals | Tkeshelashvili 4 | |||
| 19 February 2026 21:00 |
Report | BVK Crvena zvezda | 14–13 (PSO) | Sète Natation | Piscina Felice Scandone, Naples Referees: Tobias Laufer (GER), Massimo Castrilli (SUI) |
| Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–2, 3–2, 2–4 PSO: 4–3 | |||||
| two players 2 | Goals | Sauton 4 | |||
| 20 February 2026 19:00 |
Report | BVK Crvena zvezda | 7–9 | Solartradex CN Mataró | Piscina Felice Scandone, Naples Referees: Canberk Durak (TUR), Massimo Castrilli (SUI) |
| Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–0, 3–3, 2–5 | |||||
| Radović 2 | Goals | Flaqué Muela, Gil Cedo 2 | |||
| 20 February 2026 21:00 |
Report | CN Posillipo | 14–9 | Sète Natation | Piscina Felice Scandone, Naples Referees: Tobias Laufer (GER), Alexandros Chatzigoulas (GRE) |
| Score by quarters: 5–2, 4–2, 3–2, 2–3 | |||||
| Renzuto, Rocchino 3 | Goals | Tomic 6 | |||
| 21 February 2026 09:30 |
Report | BVK Crvena zvezda | 11–9 | WPC Dinamo Tbilisi | Piscina Felice Scandone, Naples Referees: Alexandros Chatzigoulas (GRE), Massimo Castrilli (SUI) |
| Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–4, 3–3, 2–1 | |||||
| Gajić 6 | Goals | Averka 4 | |||
| 21 February 2026 11:30 |
Report | Solartradex CN Mataró | 22–7 | Sète Natation | Piscina Felice Scandone, Naples Referees: Tobias Laufer (GER), Canberk Durak (TUR) |
| Score by quarters: 6–2, 6–2, 6–1, 4–2 | |||||
| Aguirre 6 | Goals | Radojević 3 | |||
| 21 February 2026 18:30 |
Report | CN Posillipo | 12–4 | BVK Crvena zvezda | Piscina Felice Scandone, Naples Referees: Massimo Castrilli (SUI), Tobias Laufer (GER) |
| Score by quarters: 2–1, 5–2, 4–0, 1–1 | |||||
| Bertoli 4 | Goals | Gajić 2 | |||
| 21 February 2026 20:30 |
Report | WPC Dinamo Tbilisi | 9–17 | Solartradex CN Mataró | Piscina Felice Scandone, Naples Referees: Canberk Durak (TUR), Alexandros Chatzigoulas (GRE) |
| Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–6, 5–4, 2–5 | |||||
| Bucan 4 | Goals | Rodríguez 4 | |||
| 22 February 2026 09:30 |
Report | WPC Dinamo Tbilisi | 14–16 | Sète Natation | Piscina Felice Scandone, Naples Referees: Tobias Laufer (GER), Canberk Durak (TUR) |
| Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–2, 4–7, 2–5 | |||||
| Tkeshelashvili 5 | Goals | Tomic 4 | |||
| 22 February 2026 11:30 |
Report | CN Posillipo | 12–10 | Solartradex CN Mataró | Piscina Felice Scandone, Naples Attendance: 400[3] Referees: Alexandros Chatzigoulas (GRE), Massimo Castrilli (SUI) |
| Score by quarters: 1–3, 4–1, 4–3, 3–3 | |||||
| Renzuto 5 | Goals | three players 2 | |||
Notes
See also
- 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
References
Matchday reports
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| Matchday 1 |
| Matchday 2 |
| Matchday 3 |
| Matchday 4 |
- ^ "Conference Cup: Men's and women's Qualification Round II draws set up eagerly awaited next phase | European Aquatics®". europeanaquatics.org. 19 November 2025. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
- ^ https://cnposillipo.org/2026/02/18/si-gioca-il-girone-di-conference-cup-alla-scandone/
- ^ https://cnposillipo.org/2026/02/22/il-posillipo-conquista-il-primo-posto-nella-seconda-fase-di-qualificazione-della-conference-cup/