The 2024–25 European Aquatics Women's Champions League is the 37th edition of the water polo competition organised by European Aquatics for premier club women's water polo teams. The defending champions are Astralpool Sabadell.

The winners were CN Sant Andreu, who won their first title by triumphing over two-time defending champions Astralpool Sabadell in the final.

Format After one qualification round, sixteen teams will qualify for the main round. The groups in the main round are held in a home and away format. After the main round, the four groups winners and runners-up will qualify for the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, eight teams play in four play offs in a home and away format to advance to the Final Four and compete in the Final Four to decide the winners of the European Aquatics Women's Champions League.

Rankings Countries inside the top 6 of the European Aquatics women's club rankings are eligible to enter 6 clubs into the Champions League, up from 5 which was the limit last season. While countries outside the top 6 can enter their league champion into either the Champions League or Challenger Cup.

RankAssociationPointsTeams1 Spain124,20062 Greece105,102.53 Hungary89,452.54 Italy76,76055 France35,147.526 Netherlands13,78537 Russia9,217.508 Germany8,29019 Portugal6,010010 Malta4,090

RankAssociationPointsTeams11 Croatia2,930012 Serbia2,86013 Turkey2,56014 Slovakia1,71515 Great Britain1,33016 Israel1,250117 Sweden1,060018 Bulgaria77019 Czech Republic770

Teams European Aquatics increased the number of clubs a country can enter, from 5 to 6. German representative, Spandau 04 and Israeli team, Hapoel Yoneam were the only clubs outside the top 6 who decided to enter, starting in the qualifiers. All other clubs and countries below the top six entered the 2024–25 LEN Women's Challenger Cup. Tenerife Echeyde took the place of CE Mediterrani who didn't enter.

+ Main round Olympiacos Piraeus (1st) UVSE Budapest (1st) Ekipe Orizzonte (1st) CN Mataró (1st) Astralpool Sabadell CL (3rd)

+ Qualification round Lille UC (1st) Grand Nancy AC (3rd) Spandau 04 (1st) NO Vouliagmeni (2hd) Alimos NAC Betsson (3rd) Ethnikos Piraeus (4th) ANC Glyfada (5th) Panionios GSS (6th) FTC Telekom (2nd) Digi Eger (3rd) Dunaújváros (4th) BVSC-Zugló (5th) III. Keruleti TVE (6th) Hapoel Yoneam (1st) Antenore Plebiscito Padova (2nd) SIS Roma (3rd) Rapallo Pallanuoto (4th) Pallanuoto Trieste (5th) ZV De Zaan (1st) Widex GZC Donk (2nd) Polar Bears (3rd) CN Sant Andreu (2nd) CN Terrassa (4rd) EPlus CN Catalunya (6th) Tenerife Echeyde (7th)

Round and draw dates Schedule Phase Round Round date Qualification round 3–6 October 2024 Main round Matchday 1 26 October 2024 Matchday 2 9 November 2024 Matchday 3 23 November 2024 Matchday 4 25 January 2025 Matchday 5 15 February 2025 Matchday 6 1 March 2025Quarterfinals First leg 22 March 2025 Second leg 29 March 2025Final Four Semifinals 2 May 2025 Final 3 May 2025

Qualification round

In the qualification round, teams play in a round robin format. The top 2 in every group makes the main round alongside the best third place team. The teams who don't advance drop down to the 2024–25 European Aquatics Women's Euro Cup.

Draw The draw was on 13 August 2024 in Zagreb. The seeding was decided by the club rankings. H indicates which club is hosting the groups. Teams in bold indicate who advanced.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Dunaújváros

NO Vouliagmeni SIS Roma FTC Telekom CN Terrassa Ethnikos Piraeus ANC Glyfada CN Sant Andreu Lille UC Digi Eger (H) Alimos NAC Betsson ZV De Zaan BVSC-Zugló Spandau 04 (H) Pallanuoto Trieste Grand Nancy AC EPlus CN Catalunya Tenerife Echeyde Panionios GSS (H) III. Keruleti TVE Rapallo Pallanuoto Polar Bears (H) Widex GZC Donk Hapoel Yoneam

Group A 3–6 October 2024, Athens, Greece.

Group B 3–6 October 2024, Ede, Netherlands.

Group C 3–6 October 2024, Padova, Italy.

Group D 3–6 October 2024, Eger, Hungary.

Group E 3–6 October 2024, Berlin, Germany.

Ranking of third-placed teams

Main round

The draw took place on 7 October 2024 in Zagreb, Croatia. The top two advance to the Quarterfinals.

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.

Five countries are being represented, with only one difference, France being replaced by Netherlands. Hungary and Spain boast the most clubs with four.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Quarterfinals

Draw The draw took place in Zagreb on 3 March 2025. The seeded and unseeded clubs consist of the teams that finished first and second in the previous round respectively. The only restriction was that clubs from the same group in the Main round could not be drawn against each other.

Seeded Unseeded Astralpool Sabadell FTC Telekom Olympiacos Piraeus CN Sant Andreu NO Vouliagmeni Assolim CN Mataró Alimos NAC Betsson Ekipe Orizzonte

Bracket

Final Four

On 7 April 2025, Olympiacos Piraeus were given the hosting rights. The tournament was held on the 2–3 May 2025 at the Papastrateio "Petros Kapagerof" Pool, Greece.

Bracket

Third place match

Final

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

External links Official website Official statistics of the tournament

References