2024–25 European Aquatics Champions League

After one qualification round, sixteen teams will qualify for the group stage. Four groups of four will be played., with the top two in each group will make the quarter-finals round (also a group stage). The team that finish third and fourth will compete in the 2024–25 European Aquatics Euro Cup knockout stage. The remaining eight teams in the quarter-finals round will play a further six matches, with the top two in each group making the Final Four.^[2][3]

The top 11 best ranked countries in the new rankings are allowed to have their national champion go directly into the main round, as long as they meet requirements.^[4]

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Rank[4] Association Points Teams 1 Italy 110,260 3 2 Hungary 84,492.5 3 Spain 71,732.5 4 Serbia 69,815 5 Greece 68,857.5 6 Croatia 57,210 7 France 45,620 2 8 Germany 33,042.5 9 Romania 17,087.5 3 10 Montenegro 14,977.5 2 11 Georgia 12,407.5 1 12 Turkey 7,245 13 Russia 5,162.5 0 14 Switzerland 3,685 15 Netherlands 3,280

Rank Association Points Teams 16 Slovakia 3,180 0 17 Portugal 2,972.5 18 Slovenia 2,960 19 Lithuania 1,877.5 20 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,790 1 21 Great Britain 1,720 0 22 Belgium 1,310 23 Malta 1,310 24 Israel 860 25 Denmark 560 26 Finland 560 27 Bulgaria 370 28 Cyprus 370 29 Poland 317.5

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Alongside the 11 domestic champions, the defending champions also get a spot in the main round. In the event that the Champions League defending champions won their national league, the runners-up of the national league will take the vacant spot. In this season, as FTC-Telekom are the reigning champions, Hungary's spot was given to the Hungarian runners-up, A-Híd Vasas Plaket. After the abrupt withdrawal of the Italian champions, Pro Recco, due to financial reasons,^[5][6] RN Savona, who placed second, takes their place in the Main round.^[7] Also, despite finishing fourth, CC Ortigia took Italy's third spot in the tournament.^[8] Croatia also saw a team withdrawing with Primorje EB Rijeka, who placed third, giving up their spot. The replacement was HAVK Mladost Zagreb, who finished fourth.^[9]

Main round

Jadran Split (1st)	CN Marseille (1st)	Dinamo Tbilisi (1st)	Waspo'98 Hannover (1st)
Olympiacos Piraeus (1st)	FTC-Telekom CL (1st)	A-Híd Vasas Plaket (2nd)	RN Savona (2nd)
Primorac Kotor (1st)	Steaua București (1st)	Novi Beograd (1st)	Zodiac Atlètic-Barceloneta (1st)

Qualification round

VK Banja Luka (1st)	Jug AO Dubrovnik (2nd)	HAVK Mladost Zagreb (4th)	Pays d'Aix Natation (3rd)
Spandau 04 (2nd)	NC Vouliagmeni (2nd)	AC PAOK (3rd)	BVSC-Zugló (3rd)
AN Brescia (3rd)	CC Ortigia (4th)	Jadran Herceg Novi (2nd)	CSM Oradea (2nd)
Dinamo București (3rd)	Radnički Kragujevac (2nd)	VK Šabac (3rd)	Astrapool Sabadell (2nd)
CN Barcelona (3rd)	Enka Istanbul (1st)

The group winners qualify for the main round, while everyone else drops down to the Euro Cup qualifiers.

Group A

12–15 September 2024, Dubrovnik, Croatia

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		JAD	JUG	BAR	DIN	BAN
1	Jadran Herceg Novi	4	4	0	0	0	78	33	+45	12	Main round		—	—	14–10	15–8	35–3
2	Jug AO Dubrovnik (H)	4	3	0	0	1	65	32	+33	9			12–14	—	14–9	15–8	24–1
3	CN Barcelona	4	2	0	0	2	70	44	+26	6			—	—	—	18–12	33–4
4	Dinamo București	4	1	0	0	3	58	55	+3	3			—	—	—	—	—
5	VK Banja Luka	4	0	0	0	4	15	122	−107	0			—	—	—	7–30	—

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Group B

13–15 September 2024, Kragujevac, Serbia

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RAD	ZUG	MLA	VOU
1	Radnički Kragujevac (H)	3	3	0	0	0	33	30	+3	9	Main round		—	10–9	9–8	14–13
2	BVSC-Zugló	3	2	0	0	1	40	32	+8	6			—	—	—	17–9
3	HAVK Mladost Zagreb	3	1	0	0	2	32	29	+3	3			—	13–14	—	—
4	NC Vouliagmeni	3	0	0	0	3	28	42	−14	0			—	—	6–11	—

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Group C

12–15 September 2024, Oradea, Romania

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ORA	SPA	BRE	PAOK	ENK
1	CSM Oradea (H)	4	3	1	0	0	53	36	+17	11	Main round		—	8–7	14–13[a]	—	—
2	Spandau 04	4	3	0	0	1	43	36	+7	9			—	—	—	12–10	15–11
3	AN Brescia	4	2	0	1	1	51	36	+15	7			—	7–9	—	15–4	—
4	AC PAOK	4	1	0	0	3	33	48	−15	3			8–11	—	—	—	11–10
5	Enka Istanbul	4	0	0	0	4	38	62	−24	0			8–20	—	9–16	—	—

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1. [a]

   Match ended 7–7, CSM Oradea won 7–6 on penalties.

Group D

13–15 September 2024, Sabadell, Spain

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AST	SAB	ORT	PAY
1	Astrapool Sabadell (H)	3	3	0	0	0	48	25	+23	9	Main round		—	14–9	17–11	17–5
2	VK Šabac	3	2	0	0	1	39	35	+4	6			—	—	14–13	—
3	CC Ortigia	3	1	0	0	2	39	43	−4	3			—	—	—	15–12
4	Pays d'Aix Natation	3	0	0	0	3	25	48	−23	0			—	8–16	—	—

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Jadran Split

Marseille

Dinamo Tbilisi

Waspo'98 Hannover

Olympiacos

Budapest

Savona

Primorac

Jadran HN

Steaua

Oradea

Novi Beograd

Radnički

Barceloneta

Sabadell

Budapest teams
FTC-Telekom
Vasas

Location of teams of the 2024–25 European Aquatics Champions League group stage.
Red: Group A; Blue: Group B; Yellow: Group C; Green: Group D

The top two from each group make the quarter-finals round. The bottom two from each group drops down to the Euro Cup eighth-finals.

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.

This season, 11 of the 16 clubs from last season are present. RN Savona return to the Champions League for the first time in 18 years. For the first time since 2010–11, Primorac Kotor will participate. After 13 years away, A-Híd Vasas Plaket qualified. Waspo'98 Hannover comes back after a one season absence. Of the teams who progressed from qualification, Radnički Kragujevac and CSM Oradea return after being absent for three and eleven years respectively.

For the first time ever, Romania will be represented by two clubs in the group stage, while Montenegro will boast two clubs in the group stage for the first time since 2011–12. Overall, a total of 11 countries are present in the group stage.

Group A

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		NOV	ORA	STE	HAN
1	Novi Beograd	6	6	0	0	0	75	51	+24	18	Advance to Quarter-finals		—	12–10	11–7	10–8
2	CSM Oradea	6	2	2	0	2	79	83	−4	10			9–15	—	19–18[a]	10–9
3	Steaua București	6	1	1	2	2	77	86	−9	7	Transfer to Euro Cup		8–15	19–20[b]	—	13–12[c]
4	Waspo'98 Hannover	6	0	0	1	5	57	68	−11	1			9–12	10–11	9–12	—

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1. [a]

   Match ended 11–11, CSM Oradea won 8–7 on penalties
2. [b]

   Match ended 13–13, CSM Oradea won 7–6 on penalties
3. [c]

   Match ended 8–8, Steaua București won 5–4 on penalties

Group B

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FTC	JAD	RAD	DIN
1	FTC-Telekom	6	6	0	0	0	92	42	+50	18	Advance to Quarter-finals		—	18–9	16–4	16–7
2	Jadran Split	6	3	1	0	2	76	69	+7	11			10–12	—	15–13[a]	12–5
3	Radnički Kragujevac	6	2	0	1	3	51	72	−21	7	Transfer to Euro Cup		5–12	11–14	—	8–6
4	Dinamo Tbilisi	6	0	0	0	6	44	80	−36	0			7–18	10–16	9–10	—

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1. [a]

   Match ended 10–10, Jadran Split won 5–3 on penalties

Group C

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAR	MAR	JAD	VAS
1	Zodiac Atlètic-Barceloneta	6	6	0	0	0	100	56	+44	18	Advance to Quarter-finals		—	19–14	18–7	18–7
2	CN Marseille	6	3	0	0	3	69	67	+2	9			9–12	—	13–11	13–9
3	Jadran Herceg Novi	6	2	0	0	4	61	73	−12	6	Transfer to Euro Cup		8–16	3–9	—	17–9
4	A-Híd Vasas Plaket	6	1	0	0	5	54	88	−34	3			10–15	13–11	6–14	—

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Group D

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		OLY	SAV	AST	KOT
1	Olympiacos Piraeus	6	3	2	0	1	91	68	+23	13	Advance to Quarter-finals		—	9–10	15–11	20–19[a]
2	RN Savona	6	3	1	1	1	74	69	+5	12			11–14[b]	—	10–12	11–9
3	Astrapool Sabadell	6	1	1	1	3	75	84	−9	6	Transfer to Euro Cup		8–15	13–14[c]	—	15–16
4	Primorac Kotor	6	1	0	2	3	79	98	−19	5			9–18	12–18	14–16[d]	—

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1. [a]

   Match ended 12–12, Olympiacos Piraeus won 8–7 on penalties
2. [b]

   Match ended 11–11, Olympiacos Piraeus won 3–0 on penalties
3. [c]

   Match ended 11–11, RN Savona won 3–2 on penalties
4. [d]

   Match ended 11–11, Astrapool Sabadell won 5–3 on penalties

The four group winners and four group runners-up were drawn into two groups, with each one containing two group winners and two group runners-up. The top two teams in each group advanced to the Final Four.

Group A

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		NOV	MAR	OLY	JAD
1	Novi Beograd	6	5	0	0	1	80	63	+17	15	Final Four		—	15–14	16–15	17–8
2	CN Marseille	6	4	0	0	2	77	58	+19	12			14–9	—	12–7	11–9
3	Olympiacos Piraeus	6	2	0	1	3	64	69	−5	7			5–8	12–8	—	13–14[a]
4	Jadran Split	6	0	1	0	5	55	86	−31	2			7–15	6–18	11–12	—

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1. [a]

   Match ended 9–9, Jadran Split won 7–6 on penalties.

Group B

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FTC	BAR	SAV	ORA
1	FTC-Telekom	6	5	0	1	0	100	60	+40	16	Final Four		—	18–10	15–11	20–10
2	Zodiac Atlètic-Barceloneta	6	4	1	0	1	85	62	+23	14			13–12[a]	—	17–10	17–4
3	RN Savona	6	2	0	0	4	71	83	−12	6			9–17	10–14	—	14–9
4	CSM Oradea	6	0	0	0	6	49	100	−51	0			7–18	8–14	11–17	—

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   Match ended 9–9, Zodiac Atlètic-Barceloneta won 4–3 on penalties.

The Final Four tournament will be held from 31 May to 1 June 2025 at the National Pool Complex in Valletta, Malta.^[12][13]

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	30 May
	Novi Beograd (PSO)	15
					1 June
	Zodiac Atlètic-Barceloneta	14
					Novi Beograd	11
	30 May
					FTC-Telekom	13
	FTC-Telekom	14
	CN Marseille	11
					Third place
					1 June
					Zodiac Atlètic-Barceloneta	19
					CN Marseille	9

Third place match

1 June 2025 19:30	Report	Zodiac Atlètic-Barceloneta	19–9	CN Marseille	National Pool Complex, Valletta Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 6–2, 4–1, 6–4, 3–2
		Granados 6	Goals	Vernoux 3

Final

1 June 2025 21:30	Report	Novi Beograd	11–13	FTC-Telekom	National Pool Complex, Valletta Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–2, 3–5, 3–3
		Lukic 6	Goals	Manhercz 6

2024–25 European Aquatics Champions League Champions
FTC-Telekom 3rd title

• 2024–25 European Aquatics Euro Cup
• 2024–25 European Aquatics Challenger Cup
• 2024 European Aquatics Super Cup
• 2024–25 European Aquatics Women's Champions League
• 2024–25 European Aquatics Women's Euro Cup
• 2024–25 European Aquatics Women's Challenger Cup
• 2024 European Aquatics Women's Super Cup