2025–26 European Aquatics Conference Cup qualification round II

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.

SportWater polo

Date19–22 February 2026

Host(s)

Potsdam

Split

Montpellier

Naples

Teams18 (from 10 countries)

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2025–26 European Aquatics Conference Cup qualification round II
Tournament information
2025–26

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
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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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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.

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Teams advancing to Quarterfinals

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Pot 1
Team
GS Apollon Smyrnis
A-Polo Sport Management
BVK Crvena zvezda
CS Rapid București

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Pot 2
Team
ZV De Zaan
Montpellier Water Polo (H)
WPC Dinamo Tbilisi
OSC Potsdam (H)

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Pot 3
Team
CN Posillipo (H)
Panionios GSS
VK Mornar Split (H)
De Akker Team
VK Primorje EB

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Pot 4
Team
Endo Plus SH
Tenerife Echeyde
Sète Natation
VK Partizan
Solartradex CN Mataró

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Groups

Group A

20–22 February 2026, Potsdam, Germany.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	APO	PAN	PAR	POT
1	GS Apollon Smyrnis	3	3	0	54	37	+17	9	Quarterfinals	—	—	—	—
2	Panionios GSS	3	2	1	47	35	+12	6	Quarterfinals	13–15	—	—	—
3	VK Partizan	3	1	2	43	39	+4	3		16–20	11–13	—	—
4	OSC Potsdam (H)	3	0	3	23	56	−33	0		8–19	9–21	6–16	—

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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.

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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	Quarterfinals	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	—	—

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[a]
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.

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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	Quarterfinals	—	—	—	—	—
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	—

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[a]
Match ended 14–14. Endo Plus SH won 6–5 on penalties.
[b]
Match ended 12–12. De Akker Team won 3–4 on penalties.
[c]
Match ended 13–13. A-Polo Sport Management won 10–9 on penalties.

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]

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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	Quarterfinals	—	—	—	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	—

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[a]
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

2025–26 European Aquatics Conference Cup qualification round II

Format

Draw

Seeding

Groups

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

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