The 2025–26 European Aquatics Conference Cup qualification round I is played between 7 and 9 November 2025 to determine the 10 teams advancing to the qualification round II of the 2025–26 European Aquatics Conference Cup.https://europeanaquatics.org/europe-gears-up-for-inaugural-mens-conference-cup-season/

Format The 19 teams were place into five groups of four or three 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

The draw was on 11 August 2025 in Zagreb, Croatia. (H) indicates which clubs is hosting a group. The seeding is based on the club rankings.

Key to coloursTeams advancing to qualification round II

+ Pot 1TeamPoints VK Primorje EB (H)287,350 Panionios GSS (H)297,177.5 Endo Plus SH363,915 EVK Zaibas373,677.5 Vitória SC422,862.5 + Pot 2TeamPoints Galatasaray SK432,655 VK Partizan (H)472,215 Tenerife Echeyde591,330 UZSC (H)651,060 VK Banja Luka72760 + Pot 3TeamPoints Solartradex CN Mataró79600 De Akker Team80600 AC PAOK81600 PVK Budva BR96260 Sète Natation97260 + Pot 4TeamPoints White Sharks100110 CN PosillipoN/A VK Mornar Split (H)N/A SG Neukölln BerlinN/A

Groups Group A 7–9 November 2025, Utrecht, Netherlands.

Group B 7–9 November 2025, Athens, Greece.

Group C 7–9 November 2025, Split, Croatia.

Group D 7–9 November 2025, Belgrade, Serbia.

Group E 7–9 November 2025, Rijeka, Croatia.

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

References Matchday reports ReferenceMatchday 1Matchday 2Matchday 3

External links

Official statistics of the tournament