2024–25 European Aquatics Euro Cup

For the equivalent women's tournament, see 2024–25 European Aquatics Women's Euro Cup.
European Aquatics Euro Cup
2024–25
Tournament information
SportWater polo
DatesQualification round:
26–29 September 2024
Group stage:
10 October – 5 December 2024
Knockout stage:
25 January–24 May 2025
TeamsCompetition proper: 16+8
Total: 36 (from 14 countries)
WebsiteOfficial website
Final positions
Champion Recco Waterpolo (1st title)
Runner-up Radnički Kragujevac
Tournament statistics
Matches played142
Goals scored3,418 (24.07 per match)

The 2024–25 European Aquatics Euro Cup is the 33rd edition of Europe's secondary club water polo competition organised by European Aquatics.

The defending champions were Jug AO Dubrovnik, but they were eliminated by Radnički Kragujevac in the eight-finals.

The winners were Recco Waterpolo, who defeated Radnički Kragujevac 28–21 over two legs.[1] After winning the Euro Cup, Recco Waterpolo have won every major water polo title.[2]

Format

36 teams (14 from Champions League and 22 starting in this competition) will compete in this tournament. The 36 teams are divided into eight groups, four with five clubs and four with four teams. The groups are held in one country, where the top 2 in every group advances to the group stage. The group stage will be played in a home and away system. Like the previous round, the top 2 progresses into the knockout stage. The 8 teams left, plus the 8 teams that were eliminated at the Champions League main round, go into the knockout stage. There will be Eighth-finals, Quarter-finals, Semifinals and Final.[3]

Rankings

Teams

Eliminated in Champions League qualification round
VK Banja Luka Jug AO Dubrovnik HAVK Mladost Zagreb Pays d'Aix Natation
Spandau 04 NC Vouliagmeni AC PAOK BVSC-Manna ABC[a]
AN Brescia CC Ortigia Dinamo București VK Šabac
CN Barcelona Enka Istanbul
Entering this tournament
Primorje EB Rijeka (3rd) Solaris Šibenik (5th) Team Strasbourg (4th) ASC Duisburg (3rd)
OSC Potsdam (4th) SV Ludwigsburg 08 (5th) Panathinaikos (4th) GS Apollon Smyrnis (5th)
Panionios GSS (6th) OSC Budapest (4th) Endo Plus Service Honvéd (5th) Szolnoki Dozsa-Praktiker (6th)
Recco Waterpolo (1st) Iren Genova Quinto (5th) De Akker Team (6th) VA Cattaro Kotor (3rd)
Budva Budvanska Rivijera (4th) VK Valis Vega (6th) Triglav Kranj (1st) CN Terrassa (5th)
CN Sant Andreu (6th) Tenerife Echeyde (9th)
  1. ^ BVSC-Zugló's name changed between their participation in this season's Champions League and Euro Cup.

Round and draw dates

Schedule

Phase Round Round date
Qualification round 26–29 September 2024
Main round Matchday 1 10 October 2024
Matchday 2 17 October 2024
Matchday 3 31 October 2024
Matchday 4 14 November 2024
Matchday 5 21 November 2024
Matchday 6 5 December 2024
Eighth-finals First leg 25 January 2025
Second leg 6 February 2025
Quarter-finals First leg 27 February 2025
Second leg 20 March 2025
Semi-finals First leg 3 April 2025
Second leg 24 April 2025
Finals First leg 10 May 2025
Second leg 24 May 2025

Qualification round

Draw

The draw was on 16 September 2024.[5] H indicates which club is hosting the groups. Teams in bold advanced to the group stage.

All 14 teams who were eliminated from the Champions League were placed in pots 1 and 2. The teams who finished second and third in the Champions League Qualification round were placed into pot 1, while the clubs who finished fourth and fifth are seeded into pot 2. As there are two vacant spots in pot 2, those places were occupied by the two highest ranked clubs from the European Aquatics club rankings who didn't take part in the Champions League Qualification round (Recco Waterpolo and Szolnoki Dozsa-Praktiker).[6]

Regarding, pots 3, 4 and 5 consist of the clubs who didn't take part in the Champions League qualification round. The seeding of these clubs are based on the following:

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5

Jug AO Dubrovnik
BVSC-Manna ABC (H)
Spandau 04
VK Šabac (H)
CN Barcelona (H)
HAVK Mladost Zagreb (H)
AN Brescia
CC Ortigia

Dinamo București
NC Vouliagmeni
AC PAOK
Pays d'Aix Natation (H)
VK Banja Luka
Enka Istanbul
Recco Waterpolo
Szolnoki Dozsa-Praktiker (H)

Panionios GSS (H)
Primorje EB Rijeka
Endo Plus Service Honvéd
GS Apollon Smyrnis
Team Strasbourg
Solaris Šibenik
Triglav Kranj (H)
SV Ludwigsburg 08

CN Terrassa
Tenerife Echeyde
ASC Duisburg
CN Sant Andreu
Panathinaikos
VK Valis Vega
OSC Potsdam
Iren Genova Quinto

OSC Budapest
De Akker Team
VA Cattaro Kotor
Budva Budvanska Rivijera (H)

Group A

26–29 September 2024, Šabac, Serbia

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SAB STR DIN OSC POT
1 VK Šabac (H) 4 4 0 0 0 54 30 +24 12 Group stage — 14–8 12–10 11–4 17–8
2 Team Strasbourg 4 1 2 0 1 49 44 +5 7[a] — — 15–13[b] 11–10[c] 15–7
3 Dinamo București 4 2 0 1 1 58 56 +2 7[a] — — — 15–14 20–15
4 OSC Budapest 4 1 0 1 2 44 48 −4 4 — — — — —
5 OSC Potsdam 4 0 0 0 4 41 68 −27 0 — — — 11–16 —
Source: European Aquatics
(H) Host
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Team Strasbourg 15–13 Dinamo București
  2. ^ Match ended 11–11, Team Strasbourg won 4–2 on penalties.
  3. ^ Match ended 7–7, Team Strasbourg won 4–3 on penalties.

Group B

26–29 September 2024, Budva, Montenegro

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BRE HON VAL BUD BAN
1 AN Brescia 4 4 0 0 0 80 26 +54 12 Group stage — 12–7 — — 32–3
2 Endo Plus Service Honvéd 4 3 0 0 1 68 25 +43 9 — — — — 32–0
3 VK Valis Vega 4 2 0 0 2 60 38 +22 6 9–17 6–10 — — —
4 Budva Budvanska Rivijera (H) 4 1 0 0 3 57 62 −5 3 7–19 7–19 8–15 — 35–9
5 VK Banja Luka 4 0 0 0 4 15 129 −114 0 — — 3–30 — —
Source: European Aquatics
(H) Host

Group C

27–29 September 2024, Barcelona, Spain

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAR VOU SOL QUI
1 CN Barcelona (H) 3 3 0 0 0 43 35 +8 9 Group stage — 13–11 17–12 13–12
2 NC Vouliagmeni 3 2 0 0 1 38 31 +7 6 — — 12–10 15–8
3 Solaris Šibenik 3 1 0 0 2 34 38 −4 3 — — — —
4 Iren Genova Quinto 3 0 0 0 3 29 40 −11 0 — — 9–12 —
Source: European Aquatics
(H) Host

Group D

26–29 September 2024, Zagreb, Croatia

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MLA APO ENK SAN CAT
1 HAVK Mladost Zagreb (H) 4 4 0 0 0 68 26 +42 12 Group stage — 13–6 16–7 21–9 18–4
2 GS Apollon Smyrnis 4 3 0 0 1 57 31 +26 9 — — — 15–5 —
3 Enka Istanbul 4 1 0 0 3 42 53 −11 3[a] — 7–17 — 16–7 —
4 CN Sant Andreu 4 1 0 0 3 38 63 −25 3[a] — — — — 17–11
5 VA Cattaro Kotor 4 1 0 0 3 34 66 −32 3[a] — 6–19 13–12 — —
Source: European Aquatics
(H) Host
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head goal difference: Enka Istanbul +8, CN Sant Andreu –3, VA Cattaro Kotor –5.

Group E

27–29 September 2024, Athens, Greece

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SZO PAN SPA TEN
1 Szolnoki Dozsa-Praktiker 3 3 0 0 0 39 25 +14 9 Group stage — 13–12 — —
2 Panionios GSS (H) 3 2 0 0 1 42 30 +12 6 — — 14–8 16–9
3 Spandau 04 3 1 0 0 2 26 34 −8 3 7–11 — — —
4 Tenerife Echeyde 3 0 0 0 3 24 42 −18 0 6–15 — 9–11 —
Source: European Aquatics
(H) Host

Group F

26–29 September 2024, Aix-en-Provence, France

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification JUG PAN AKK PAY LUD
1 Jug AO Dubrovnik 4 4 0 0 0 67 45 +22 12 Group stage — 17–15 — — 17–9
2 Panathinaikos 4 3 0 0 1 57 34 +23 9 — — — — —
3 De Akker Team 4 2 0 0 2 43 47 −4 6 10–16 4–11 — — 16–10
4 Pays d'Aix Natation (H) 4 1 0 0 3 49 57 −8 3 11–17 9–13 10–13 — 19–14
5 SV Ludwigsburg 08 4 0 0 0 4 37 70 −33 0 — 4–18 — — —
Source: European Aquatics
(H) Host

Group G

27–29 September 2024, Kranj, Slovenia

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ORT DUI PAOK TRI
1 CC Ortigia 3 3 0 0 0 54 31 +23 9 Group stage — — — 22–12
2 ASC Duisburg 3 2 0 0 1 46 38 +8 6 — — 12–10 —
3 AC PAOK 3 1 0 0 2 50 34 +16 3 13–15 — — —
4 AVK Triglav Kranj (H) 3 0 0 0 3 19 66 −47 0 6–17 6–22 7–27 —
Source: European Aquatics
(H) Host

Group H

27–29 September 2024, Budapest, Hungary

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BVSC REC RIJ TER
1 BVSC-Manna ABC (H) 3 3 0 0 0 46 34 +12 9 Group stage — 16–11 14–10 16–13
2 Recco Waterpolo 3 2 0 0 1 39 29 +10 6 — — 13–3 —
3 Primorje EB Rijeka 3 1 0 0 2 29 41 −12 3 — — — 16–14
4 CN Terrassa 3 0 0 0 3 37 47 −10 0 — 10–15 — —
Source: European Aquatics
(H) Host

Group stage

Main article: 2024–25 European Aquatics Euro Cup group stage
Location of teams of the 2024–25 European Aquatics Euro Cup group stage.
Red: Group A; Blue: Group B; Yellow: Group C; Green: Group D.

The draw took place on the 30 September 2024 in Zagreb, Croatia.[9]

The top 2 from every group advances to the 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.

Seven countries are being represented, with Greece boasting the most clubs with four.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BRE JUG APO STR
1 AN Brescia 6 4 1 0 1 72 67 +5 14 Eighth-finals — 12–10 16–15[a] 11–9
2 Jug AO Dubrovnik 6 3 0 0 3 79 73 +6 9 15–11 — 14–10 15–11
3 GS Apollon Smyrnis 6 2 0 1 3 70 71 −1 7 9–11 13–12 — 17–11
4 Team Strasbourg 6 2 0 0 4 72 82 −10 6 13–16 16–13 12–10 —
Source: European Aquatics
  1. ^ Match ended 11–11. AN Brescia won 5–4 on penalties.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BVSC ORT VOU PAN
1 BVSC-Manna ABC 6 5 0 0 1 84 67 +17 15 Eighth-finals — 17–11 12–10 15–9
2 CC Ortigia 6 4 0 0 2 70 74 −4 12 10–9 — 16–15 14–11
3 NC Vouliagmeni 6 2 0 0 4 70 69 +1 6 14–15 11–6 — 9–10
4 Panionios GSS 6 1 0 0 5 64 78 −14 3 13–16 11–13 10–11 —
Source: European Aquatics

Group C

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification REC MLA SZO DUI
1 Recco Waterpolo 6 6 0 0 0 92 53 +39 18 Eighth-finals — 7–4 17–11 19–8
2 HAVK Mladost Zagreb 6 3 0 1 2 79 63 +16 10 13–16 — 16–14 16–7
3 Szolnoki Dozsa-Praktiker 6 2 1 0 3 81 82 −1 8 10–15 18–17[a] — 16–12
4 ASC Duisburg 6 0 0 0 6 49 103 −54 0 7–18 6–17 9–17 —
Source: European Aquatics
  1. ^ Match finished 10–10. Szolnoki Dozsa-Praktiker won 8–7 on penalties.

Group D

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAR SAB PAN HON
1 CN Barcelona 6 4 0 0 2 69 61 +8 12[a] Eighth-finals — 14–9 13–10 10–9
2 VK Šabac 6 4 0 0 2 60 62 −2 12[a] 12–10 — 10–8 12–8
3 Panathinaikos 6 3 0 0 3 64 60 +4 9 8–10 12–5 — 14–11
4 Endo Plus Service Honvéd 6 1 0 0 5 62 72 −10 3 13–12 10–12 11–12 —
Source: European Aquatics
Notes:
  1. ^ a b CN Barcelona 24–21 VK Šabac

Knockout stage

Main article: 2024–25 European Aquatics Euro Cup knockout stage

In the eighth-finals draw, the teams were split into two draws, one containing the four teams who finished fourth in the Champions League group stage, who would be pitted up against a Euro Cup group winner. The other half of the draw would see the third place teams from the Champions League group stage be drawn against a runner up of the Euro Cup group stage. From the quarterfinals onwards, there will be no seeding for the draws.

Eight-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Jug AO Dubrovnik 22–29 Radnički Kragujevac 9–15 13–14
VK Šabac 12–18 Jadran Herceg Novi 8–13 4–5
HAVK Mladost Zagreb 31–22 Steaua București 18–11 13–11
CC Ortigia 17–26 Astralpool Sabadell 10–13 7–13
CN Barcelona 21–25 A-Híd Vasas Plaket 11–10 10–15
Waspo'98 Hannover 23–26 AN Brescia 12–15 11–11
Recco Waterpolo 34–10 Dinamo Tbilisi 17–5 17–5
BVSC-Manna ABC 32–33 Primorac Kotor 16–16 16–17

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
HAVK Mladost Zagreb 18–17 Jadran Herceg Novi 12–8 6–9
AN Brescia 19–23 Radnički Kragujevac 9–9 10–14
A-Híd Vasas Plaket 16–25 Recco Waterpolo 9–11 7–14
Astralpool Sabadell 26–23 Primorac Kotor 17–9 9–14

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
HAVK Mladost Zagreb 21–25 Radnički Kragujevac 13–10 8–15
Recco Waterpolo 26–16 Astralpool Sabadell 16–6 10–10

Final

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Radnički Kragujevac 21–28 Recco Waterpolo 12–16 9–12


2024–25 European Aquatics Euro Cup Champions

Recco Waterpolo
First title

See also

References

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