The 2025–26 European Aquatics Challenger Cup qualification round II is played between 13 and 15 February 2026 to determine the 8 teams advancing to the Final Eight of the 2025–26 European Aquatics Challenger Cup.
Format The 12 teams were placed into four groups of three. 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 Conference and Challenger 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 teams eliminated from Conference Cup qualification round I Pot 2 consisted of the group winners of the Challenger Cup qualification round I Pot 3 consisted of the group runners-up of the Challenger Cup qualification round I.
Key to coloursTeams advancing to Final Eight
+ Pot 1Team Vitória SC VK Banja Luka EVK Zaibas (H) Galatasaray SK (H) + Pot 2Team Sliema ASC Nexawin AVK Branik Maribor (H) Enka Sport Club RD Mouscronnois + Pot 3Team San Giljan ASC Carouge Natation Heybeliada ASC Cetus Espoo
Groups Group A 13–15 February 2026, Elektrėnai, Lithuania.
Group B 13–15 February 2026, Maribor, Slovenia.
Group C 13–15 February 2026, Istanbul, Turkey.
Group D 13–15 February 2026, Maribor, Slovenia.
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 website Official statistics of the tournament