2025–26 European Aquatics Conference Cup quarterfinals
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The 2025–26 European Aquatics Conference Cup quarterfinals is played between 20 and 22 March 2026 to determine the 4 teams advancing to the Final Four of the 2025–26 European Aquatics Conference Cup.
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| Tournament information | |
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| Sport | Water polo |
| Date | 20–22 March 2026 |
| Host(s) |  Athens Nea Smyrni |
| Teams | 8 (from 10 countries) |
| Website | Official website |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 12 |
Format
The 8 teams were place into two groups of 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 quarterfinals – Draw | |
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 Draw |
The draw was on 2 March 2026 in Zagreb, Croatia.[1] The draw started with, in order, pots 1 and 2 being drawn. The position for the team within the group would then be drawn (for the purpose of the schedule).
Seeding
The pots were decided by as follows:
- Pot 1 consisted of the group winners of the Conference Cup qualification round II
- Pot 2 consisted of the group runners-up of the Conference Cup qualification round II.
| Team |
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| GS Apollon Smyrnis (H) |
 VK Mornar Split |
 Endo Plus SH |
 CN Posillipo |
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| Panionios GSS (H) |
 Tenerife Echeyde |
| De Akker Team |
| Solartradex CN Mataró |
Draw results
| Pos | Team |
|---|---|
| A1 | CN Posillipo |
| A2 | Endo Plus SH |
| A3 | Panionios GSS (H) |
| A4 | Tenerife Echeyde |
| Pos | Team |
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| B1 | VK Mornar Split |
| B2 | GS Apollon Smyrnis (H) |
| B3 | Solartradex CN Mataró |
| B4 | De Akker Team |
Groups
Group A
20–22 March 2026, Nea Smyrni, Greece.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | END | PAN | POS | TEN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Endo Plus SH |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 39 | +7 | 9 | Final Four | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 | Panionios GSS (H) |
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 35 | +5 | 6 | 12–15 | — | — | 15–8 | ||
| 3 | CN Posillipo |
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 3 | 12–15 | 12–13 | — | — | ||
| 4 | Tenerife Echeyde |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 0 | 15–16 | — | 13–17 | — |
| 20 March 2026 18:00 |
Report | CN Posillipo |
12–15 | Endo Plus SH |
Referees: Tomislav Copic (CRO), Veselin Miskovic (MNE) |
| Score by quarters: 2–4, 4–6, 4–3, 2–2 | |||||
| Maksimovic, Rocchino 3 | Goals | Moskov 5 | |||
| 20 March 2026 20:00 |
Report | Panionios GSS |
15–8 | Tenerife Echeyde |
Referees: Rik Evers (NED), Emin Can Tanik (TUR) |
| Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–4, 6–1, 3–2 | |||||
| Suzuki 5 | Goals | Andión 3 | |||
| 21 March 2026 18:00 |
Report | CN Posillipo |
12–13 | Panionios GSS |
Referees: Tomislav Copic (CRO), Emin Can Tanik (TUR) |
| Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–3, 5–4, 2–3 | |||||
| three players 3 | Goals | Gounas 5 | |||
| 21 March 2026 20:00 |
Report | Tenerife Echeyde |
15–16 | Endo Plus SH |
Referees: Rik Evers (NED), Veselin Miskovic (MNE) |
| Score by quarters: 4–4, 4–4, 5–5, 2–3 | |||||
| Araya 5 | Goals | Moskov 7 | |||
| 22 March 2026 11:30 |
Report | Tenerife Echeyde |
13–17 | CN Posillipo |
Referees: Veselin Miskovic (MNE), Emin Can Tanik (TUR) |
| Score by quarters: 3–9, 2–0, 4–5, 4–3 | |||||
| Araya 4 | Goals | Cuccovillo 4 | |||
| 22 March 2026 13:30 |
Report | Panionios GSS |
12–15 | Endo Plus SH |
Referees: Rik Evers (NED), Tomislav Copic (CRO) |
| Score by quarters: 2–6, 4–4, 5–5, 1–0 | |||||
| Bitsakos 4 | Goals | Moskov 5 | |||
Group B
20–22 March 2026, Athens, Greece.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AKK | APO | MAT | MOR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | De Akker Team |
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 6[a] | Final Four | — | — | 14–13 | — | |
| 2 | GS Apollon Smyrnis (H) |
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 6[a] | 11–14 | — | 15–10 | 17–9 | ||
| 3 | Solartradex CN Mataró |
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 3[b] | — | — | — | — | ||
| 4 | VK Mornar Split |
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 3[b] | 20–13 | — | 12–14 | — |
| 20 March 2026 19:00 |
Report | De Akker Team |
14–13 | Solartradex CN Mataró |
Referees: Mihai Balanescu (ROU), Gernot Haentschel (GER) |
| Score by quarters: 3–4, 4–4, 4–1, 3–4 | |||||
| three players 3 | Goals | Bertran 4 | |||
| 20 March 2026 21:00 |
Report | GS Apollon Smyrnis |
17–9 | VK Mornar Split |
Referees: Norbert Ercse (HUN), Vuk Milovic (SRB) |
| Score by quarters: 4–3, 3–4, 4–0, 6–2 | |||||
| Bogdanovic 4 | Goals | Akrap 3 | |||
| 21 March 2026 18:30 |
Report | VK Mornar Split |
12–14 | Solartradex CN Mataró |
Referees: Gernot Haentschel (GER), Vuk Milovic (SRB) |
| Score by quarters: 2–7, 3–3, 4–3, 3–1 | |||||
| Zivkovic4 | Goals | Aguirre 4 | |||
| 21 March 2026 20:30 |
Report | GS Apollon Smyrnis |
11–14 | De Akker Team |
Referees: Mihai Balanescu (ROU), Norbert Ercse (HUN) |
| Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–5, 1–3, 4–4 | |||||
| Bogdanovic 4 | Goals | Campopiano 5 | |||
| 22 March 2026 09:30 |
Report | VK Mornar Split |
20–13 | De Akker Team |
Referees: Vuk Milovic (SRB), Gernot Haentschel (GER) |
| Score by quarters: 5–5, 5–3, 5–3, 5–2 | |||||
| Dragas 4 | Goals | Erdélyi 4 | |||
| 22 March 2026 11:30 |
Report | GS Apollon Smyrnis |
15–10 | Solartradex CN Mataró |
Referees: Mihai Balanescu (ROU), Norbert Ercse (HUN) |
| Score by quarters: 5–3, 2–2, 6–4, 2–1 | |||||
| Bogdanovic, Daube 6 | Goals | Gil Cedo 3 | |||
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
