European Aquatics Women's Challenger Cup
Third tier women's water polo tournament
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The European Aquatics Women's Challenger Cup, formerly the LEN Women's Challenger Cup is a water polo club competition organised by the Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN). It acts as the third tier, below the LEN Women's Champions League and the LEN Women's Euro Cup. Its first season will commence in 2023–24.[1][2]
Current season, competition or edition: 2025–26 European Aquatics Women's Challenger Cup | |
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| Sport | Water polo |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2023 |
| Country | European Aquatics members |
| Continent | Europe |
| Most recent champion |  Göztepe (1st title) |
| Most titles | Izmir BBG (2 titles) |
| Level on pyramid | 3rd Tier 4th Tier from 2025 |
| Official website | |
From 2024, after LEN was renamed to European Aquatics, the new name is the 'European Aquatics Women's Challenger Cup.
History
The Women's Challenger Cup was first mentioned on the 7 February by Stavroula Kozompoli.[3] The LEN Women's Challenger Cup was officially created by LEN in on the 2 June 2023. In a similar fashion to the men's Tournament, the competition was inaugurated with the goal of creating more chances for smaller Water Polo nations to improve.
A year before the women's counterpart started, LEN formally announced they would create a Men's LEN Challenger Cup, starting in the 2022–23 season.
From 2025, after the introduction of the Conference Cup, the Challenger Cup will become the fourth tier tournament in European club water polo.[4][5][6]
Winners
Challenger Cup
| Year | Final | Semi-finalists | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Score | Second place | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |||
| 2023–24 Details |
Izmir BB GSK |
10–9 |  VK Crvena Zvezda |
 ŽAVK Mladost |
14–13 |  Benfica | ||
| 2024–25 Details |
Izmir BB GSK |
9–8 | Galatasaray |
ŽAVK Mladost |
15–9 | VK Vojvodina | ||
| 2025–26 Details |
Göztepe |
16–7 | Jadran Split |
 Esslingen |
13–10 | Clube Fluvial Portuense | ||