The 2025–26 European Aquatics Conference Cup qualification round I is played between 19 and 22 February 2026 to determine the 8 teams advancing to the Quarterfinals of the 2025–26 European Aquatics Conference Cup.
Format The 18 teams were place into four groups of five or four 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 19 November 2025 in Zagreb, Croatia. The clubs that in the same group in the previous round (in both Euro and Conference Cup) could not be drawn against each other. (H) indicates which clubs is hosting a group.
Seeding The pots were decided by as follows Pot 1 consisted of the second and third place teams in Euro Cup qualification Pot 2 consisted of the fourth place teams in Euro Cup qualification Pot 3 consisted of the group winners of the Conference Cup qualification round I Pot 4 consisted of the group runners-up of the Conference Cup qualification round I.
Key to coloursTeams advancing to Quarterfinals
+ Pot 1Team GS Apollon Smyrnis A-Polo Sport Management BVK Crvena zvezda CS Rapid București + Pot 2Team ZV De Zaan Montpellier Water Polo (H) WPC Dinamo Tbilisi OSC Potsdam (H) + Pot 3Team CN Posillipo (H) Panionios GSS VK Mornar Split (H) De Akker Team VK Primorje EB + Pot 4Team Endo Plus SH Tenerife Echeyde Sète Natation VK Partizan Solartradex CN Mataró
Groups Group A 20–22 February 2026, Potsdam, Germany.
Group B 20–22 February 2026, Split, Croatia.
Group C 19–22 February 2026, Montpellier, France.
Group D 19–22 February 2026, Naples, Italy.https://cnposillipo.org/2026/02/18/si-gioca-il-girone-di-conference-cup-alla-scandone/
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 3Matchday 4
External links
Official statistics of the tournament