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. After winning the Euro Cup, Recco Waterpolo have won every major water polo title.
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.
Rankings
RankAssociationPointsTeams1 Italy110,26042 Hungary84,492.53 Spain71,732.54 Serbia69,81525 Greece68,857.556 Croatia57,21047 France45,62028 Germany33,042.549 Romania17,087.5110 Montenegro14,977.5211 Georgia12,407.5012 Turkey7,245013 Russia5,162.5014 Switzerland3,68515 Netherlands3,2801
RankAssociationPointsTeams16 Slovakia3,180017 Portugal2,972.518 Slovenia2,960119 Lithuania1,877.5020 Bosnia and Herzegovina1,790121 Great Britain1,720022 Belgium1,31023 Malta1,31024 Israel86025 Denmark56026 Finland56027 Bulgaria 37028 Cyprus37029 Poland317.5
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 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)
Round and draw dates Schedule Phase Round Round date Qualification round 26–29 September 2024Main 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 2024Eighth-finals First leg 25 January 2025 Second leg 6 February 2025Quarter-finals First leg 27 February 2025 Second leg 20 March 2025Semi-finals First leg 3 April 2025 Second leg 24 April 2025Finals First leg 10 May 2025 Second leg 24 May 2025
Qualification round Draw The draw was on 16 September 2024. 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).
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: European Aquatics club rankings. European Aquatics country club rankings. European Aquatics men's national team rankings (although not applied).
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)
AN Brescia CC Ortigia Dinamo București NC Vouliagmeni AC PAOK Pays d'Aix Natation (H) VK Banja Luka Enka Istanbul Recco Waterpolo Panionios GSS (H) Primorje EB Rijeka
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
Group A 26–29 September 2024, Šabac, Serbia
Group B 26–29 September 2024, Budva, Montenegro
Group C 27–29 September 2024, Barcelona, Spain
Group D 26–29 September 2024, Zagreb, Croatia
Group E 27–29 September 2024, Athens, Greece
Group F 26–29 September 2024, Aix-en-Provence, France
Group G 27–29 September 2024, Kranj, Slovenia
Group H 27–29 September 2024, Budapest, Hungary
Group stage
The draw took place on the 30 September 2024 in Zagreb, Croatia.
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
Group B
Group C
Group D
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
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
2024–25 European Aquatics Euro Cup Champions Recco WaterpoloFirst title
See also 2024–25 European Aquatics Champions League 2024–25 European Aquatics Challenger Cup 2024 European Aquatics Super Cup 2024–25 European Aquatics Women's Champions League 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 2023–24 Croatian League Table 2023–24 German League Table 2023–24 Hungarian League Table 2023–24 Montenegrin League Table 2023–24 Serbian League Table
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