2024–25 European Aquatics Euro Cup

For the equivalent women's tournament, see 2024–25 European Aquatics Women's Euro Cup.

The 2024–25 European Aquatics Euro Cup is the 33rd edition of Europe's secondary club water polo competition organised by European Aquatics.

European Aquatics Euro Cup

2024–25
Tournament information
Sport	Water polo
Dates	Qualification round: 26–29 September 2024 Group stage: 10 October – 5 December 2024 Knockout stage: 25 January–24 May 2025
Teams	Competition proper: 16+8 Total: 36 (from 14 countries)
Website	Official website
Final positions
Champion	Recco Waterpolo (1st title)
Runner-up	Radnički Kragujevac
Tournament statistics
Matches played	142
Goals scored	3,418 (24.07 per match)
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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.^[1] After winning the Euro Cup, Recco Waterpolo have won every major water polo title.^[2]

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.^[3]

Rankings

Rank[4] Association Points Teams 1 Italy 110,260 4 2 Hungary 84,492.5 3 Spain 71,732.5 4 Serbia 69,815 2 5 Greece 68,857.5 5 6 Croatia 57,210 4 7 France 45,620 2 8 Germany 33,042.5 4 9 Romania 17,087.5 1 10 Montenegro 14,977.5 2 11 Georgia 12,407.5 0 12 Turkey 7,245 0 13 Russia 5,162.5 0 14 Switzerland 3,685 15 Netherlands 3,280 1

Rank Association Points Teams 16 Slovakia 3,180 0 17 Portugal 2,972.5 18 Slovenia 2,960 1 19 Lithuania 1,877.5 0 20 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,790 1 21 Great Britain 1,720 0 22 Belgium 1,310 23 Malta 1,310 24 Israel 860 25 Denmark 560 26 Finland 560 27 Bulgaria 370 28 Cyprus 370 29 Poland 317.5

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[a]
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)

1. BVSC-Zugló's name changed between their participation in this season's Champions League and Euro Cup.

Round and draw dates

Schedule

Phase	Round	Round date
Qualification round		26–29 September 2024
Main 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 2024
Eighth-finals	First leg	25 January 2025
	Second leg	6 February 2025
Quarter-finals	First leg	27 February 2025
	Second leg	20 March 2025
Semi-finals	First leg	3 April 2025
	Second leg	24 April 2025
Finals	First leg	10 May 2025
	Second leg	24 May 2025

Qualification round

Draw

The draw was on 16 September 2024.^[5] 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).^[6]

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.^[6]
• European Aquatics country club rankings.^[7]
• European Aquatics men's national team rankings (although not applied).^[8]

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) HAVK Mladost Zagreb (H) AN Brescia CC Ortigia	Dinamo București NC Vouliagmeni AC PAOK Pays d'Aix Natation (H) VK Banja Luka Enka Istanbul Recco Waterpolo Szolnoki Dozsa-Praktiker (H)	Panionios GSS (H) Primorje EB Rijeka Endo Plus Service Honvéd 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 Budva Budvanska Rivijera (H)

Group A

26–29 September 2024, Šabac, Serbia

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SAB	STR	DIN	OSC	POT
1	VK Šabac (H)	4	4	0	0	0	54	30	+24	12	Group stage		—	14–8	12–10	11–4	17–8
2	Team Strasbourg	4	1	2	0	1	49	44	+5	7[a]			—	—	15–13[b]	11–10[c]	15–7
3	Dinamo București	4	2	0	1	1	58	56	+2	7[a]			—	—	—	15–14	20–15
4	OSC Budapest	4	1	0	1	2	44	48	−4	4			—	—	—	—	—
5	OSC Potsdam	4	0	0	0	4	41	68	−27	0			—	—	—	11–16	—

Source: European Aquatics
(H) Host
Notes:

1. Team Strasbourg 15–13 Dinamo București
2. Match ended 11–11, Team Strasbourg won 4–2 on penalties.
3. Match ended 7–7, Team Strasbourg won 4–3 on penalties.

Group B

26–29 September 2024, Budva, Montenegro

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BRE	HON	VAL	BUD	BAN
1	AN Brescia	4	4	0	0	0	80	26	+54	12	Group stage		—	12–7	—	—	32–3
2	Endo Plus Service Honvéd	4	3	0	0	1	68	25	+43	9			—	—	—	—	32–0
3	VK Valis Vega	4	2	0	0	2	60	38	+22	6			9–17	6–10	—	—	—
4	Budva Budvanska Rivijera (H)	4	1	0	0	3	57	62	−5	3			7–19	7–19	8–15	—	35–9
5	VK Banja Luka	4	0	0	0	4	15	129	−114	0			—	—	3–30	—	—

Source: European Aquatics
(H) Host

Group C

27–29 September 2024, Barcelona, Spain

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAR	VOU	SOL	QUI
1	CN Barcelona (H)	3	3	0	0	0	43	35	+8	9	Group stage		—	13–11	17–12	13–12
2	NC Vouliagmeni	3	2	0	0	1	38	31	+7	6			—	—	12–10	15–8
3	Solaris Šibenik	3	1	0	0	2	34	38	−4	3			—	—	—	—
4	Iren Genova Quinto	3	0	0	0	3	29	40	−11	0			—	—	9–12	—

Source: European Aquatics
(H) Host

Group D

26–29 September 2024, Zagreb, Croatia

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MLA	APO	ENK	SAN	CAT
1	HAVK Mladost Zagreb (H)	4	4	0	0	0	68	26	+42	12	Group stage		—	13–6	16–7	21–9	18–4
2	GS Apollon Smyrnis	4	3	0	0	1	57	31	+26	9			—	—	—	15–5	—
3	Enka Istanbul	4	1	0	0	3	42	53	−11	3[a]			—	7–17	—	16–7	—
4	CN Sant Andreu	4	1	0	0	3	38	63	−25	3[a]			—	—	—	—	17–11
5	VA Cattaro Kotor	4	1	0	0	3	34	66	−32	3[a]			—	6–19	13–12	—	—

Source: European Aquatics
(H) Host
Notes:

1. Head-to-head goal difference: Enka Istanbul +8, CN Sant Andreu –3, VA Cattaro Kotor –5.

Group E

27–29 September 2024, Athens, Greece

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SZO	PAN	SPA	TEN
1	Szolnoki Dozsa-Praktiker	3	3	0	0	0	39	25	+14	9	Group stage		—	13–12	—	—
2	Panionios GSS (H)	3	2	0	0	1	42	30	+12	6			—	—	14–8	16–9
3	Spandau 04	3	1	0	0	2	26	34	−8	3			7–11	—	—	—
4	Tenerife Echeyde	3	0	0	0	3	24	42	−18	0			6–15	—	9–11	—

Source: European Aquatics
(H) Host

Group F

26–29 September 2024, Aix-en-Provence, France

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		JUG	PAN	AKK	PAY	LUD
1	Jug AO Dubrovnik	4	4	0	0	0	67	45	+22	12	Group stage		—	17–15	—	—	17–9
2	Panathinaikos	4	3	0	0	1	57	34	+23	9			—	—	—	—	—
3	De Akker Team	4	2	0	0	2	43	47	−4	6			10–16	4–11	—	—	16–10
4	Pays d'Aix Natation (H)	4	1	0	0	3	49	57	−8	3			11–17	9–13	10–13	—	19–14
5	SV Ludwigsburg 08	4	0	0	0	4	37	70	−33	0			—	4–18	—	—	—

Source: European Aquatics
(H) Host

Group G

27–29 September 2024, Kranj, Slovenia

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ORT	DUI	PAOK	TRI
1	CC Ortigia	3	3	0	0	0	54	31	+23	9	Group stage		—	—	—	22–12
2	ASC Duisburg	3	2	0	0	1	46	38	+8	6			—	—	12–10	—
3	AC PAOK	3	1	0	0	2	50	34	+16	3			13–15	—	—	—
4	AVK Triglav Kranj (H)	3	0	0	0	3	19	66	−47	0			6–17	6–22	7–27	—

Source: European Aquatics
(H) Host

Group H

27–29 September 2024, Budapest, Hungary

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BVSC	REC	RIJ	TER
1	BVSC-Manna ABC (H)	3	3	0	0	0	46	34	+12	9	Group stage		—	16–11	14–10	16–13
2	Recco Waterpolo	3	2	0	0	1	39	29	+10	6			—	—	13–3	—
3	Primorje EB Rijeka	3	1	0	0	2	29	41	−12	3			—	—	—	16–14
4	CN Terrassa	3	0	0	0	3	37	47	−10	0			—	10–15	—	—

Source: European Aquatics
(H) Host

Group stage

Main article: 2024–25 European Aquatics Euro Cup group stage

Mladost

Jug

ASC Duisburg

Recco Waterpolo

Šabac

Budapest

Szolnok

CN Barcelona

Athens

Brescia

Team Strasbourg

Ortigia

Athens teams
GS Apollon Smyrnis
NC Vouliagmeni
Panathinaikos
Panionios GSS
Budapest teams
BVSC-Manna ABC
Endo Plus Service Honvéd

Location of teams of the 2024–25 European Aquatics Euro Cup group stage.
Red: Group A; Blue: Group B; Yellow: Group C; Green: Group D.

The draw took place on the 30 September 2024 in Zagreb, Croatia.^[9]

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BRE	JUG	APO	STR
1	AN Brescia	6	4	1	0	1	72	67	+5	14	Eighth-finals		—	12–10	16–15[a]	11–9
2	Jug AO Dubrovnik	6	3	0	0	3	79	73	+6	9			15–11	—	14–10	15–11
3	GS Apollon Smyrnis	6	2	0	1	3	70	71	−1	7			9–11	13–12	—	17–11
4	Team Strasbourg	6	2	0	0	4	72	82	−10	6			13–16	16–13	12–10	—

Source: European Aquatics

1. Match ended 11–11. AN Brescia won 5–4 on penalties.

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BVSC	ORT	VOU	PAN
1	BVSC-Manna ABC	6	5	0	0	1	84	67	+17	15	Eighth-finals		—	17–11	12–10	15–9
2	CC Ortigia	6	4	0	0	2	70	74	−4	12			10–9	—	16–15	14–11
3	NC Vouliagmeni	6	2	0	0	4	70	69	+1	6			14–15	11–6	—	9–10
4	Panionios GSS	6	1	0	0	5	64	78	−14	3			13–16	11–13	10–11	—

Source: European Aquatics

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		REC	MLA	SZO	DUI
1	Recco Waterpolo	6	6	0	0	0	92	53	+39	18	Eighth-finals		—	7–4	17–11	19–8
2	HAVK Mladost Zagreb	6	3	0	1	2	79	63	+16	10			13–16	—	16–14	16–7
3	Szolnoki Dozsa-Praktiker	6	2	1	0	3	81	82	−1	8			10–15	18–17[a]	—	16–12
4	ASC Duisburg	6	0	0	0	6	49	103	−54	0			7–18	6–17	9–17	—

Source: European Aquatics

1. Match finished 10–10. Szolnoki Dozsa-Praktiker won 8–7 on penalties.

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAR	SAB	PAN	HON
1	CN Barcelona	6	4	0	0	2	69	61	+8	12[a]	Eighth-finals		—	14–9	13–10	10–9
2	VK Šabac	6	4	0	0	2	60	62	−2	12[a]			12–10	—	10–8	12–8
3	Panathinaikos	6	3	0	0	3	64	60	+4	9			8–10	12–5	—	14–11
4	Endo Plus Service Honvéd	6	1	0	0	5	62	72	−10	3			13–12	10–12	11–12	—

Source: European Aquatics
Notes:

1. CN Barcelona 24–21 VK Šabac

Knockout stage

Main article: 2024–25 European Aquatics Euro Cup 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.

	Eighth-finals							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	HAVK Mladost Zagreb		18	13	31
	Steaua București		11	11	22
								HAVK Mladost Zagreb		12	6	18
								Jadran Herceg Novi		8	9	17
	VK Šabac		8	4	12
	Jadran Herceg Novi		13	5	18
															HAVK Mladost Zagreb		13	8	21
															Radnički Kragujevac		10	15	25
	Waspo'98 Hannover		12	11	23
	AN Brescia		15	11	26
								AN Brescia		9	10	19
								Radnički Kragujevac		9	14	23
	Jug AO Dubrovnik		9	13	22
	Radnički Kragujevac		15	14	29
																						Radnički Kragujevac		12	9	21
																						Recco Waterpolo		16	12	28
	CN Barcelona		11	10	21
	A-Híd Vasas Plaket		10	15	25
								A-Híd Vasas Plaket		9	7	16
								Recco Waterpolo		11	14	25
	Recco Waterpolo		17	17	34
	Dinamo Tbilisi		5	5	10
															Recco Waterpolo		16	10	26
															Astralpool Sabadell		6	10	16
	CC Ortigia		10	7	17
	Astralpool Sabadell		13	13	26
								Astralpool Sabadell		17	9	26
								Primorac Kotor		9	14	23
	BVSC-Manna ABC		16	16	32
	Primorac Kotor		16	17	33

Eight-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Jug AO Dubrovnik	22–29	Radnički Kragujevac	9–15	13–14
VK Šabac	12–18	Jadran Herceg Novi	8–13	4–5
HAVK Mladost Zagreb	31–22	Steaua București	18–11	13–11
CC Ortigia	17–26	Astralpool Sabadell	10–13	7–13
CN Barcelona	21–25	A-Híd Vasas Plaket	11–10	10–15
Waspo'98 Hannover	23–26	AN Brescia	12–15	11–11
Recco Waterpolo	34–10	Dinamo Tbilisi	17–5	17–5
BVSC-Manna ABC	32–33	Primorac Kotor	16–16	16–17

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
HAVK Mladost Zagreb	18–17	Jadran Herceg Novi	12–8	6–9
AN Brescia	19–23	Radnički Kragujevac	9–9	10–14
A-Híd Vasas Plaket	16–25	Recco Waterpolo	9–11	7–14
Astralpool Sabadell	26–23	Primorac Kotor	17–9	9–14

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
HAVK Mladost Zagreb	21–25	Radnički Kragujevac	13–10	8–15
Recco Waterpolo	26–16	Astralpool Sabadell	16–6	10–10

Final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Radnički Kragujevac	21–28	Recco Waterpolo	12–16	9–12

2024–25 European Aquatics Euro Cup Champions
Recco Waterpolo First 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