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

The defending champions are Jug AO Dubrovnik.^[1]

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.^[2]

Rankings

Rank^[3]	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	0
15	Netherlands	3,280	1

Rank	Association	Points	Teams
16	Slovakia	3,180	0
17	Portugal	2,972.5	0
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)

^ BVSC-Zugló's name changed between their participation in this seasons 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
Eighth-finals	Second leg	6 February 2025
Quarter-finals	First leg	27 February 2025
Quarter-finals	Second leg	20 March 2025
Semi-finals	First leg	3 April 2025
Semi-finals	Second leg	24 April 2025
Finals	First leg	10 May 2025
Finals	Second leg	24 May 2025

Qualification round

Draw

The draw was on 16 September 2024.^[4] 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).^[5]

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]	Group stage	—	—	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:

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

Group B

26–29 September 2024, Budva, Montenegro

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BRE	HON	VAL	BUD	BAN
1	AN Brescia	4	4	0	80	26	+54	12	Group stage	—	12–7	—	—	32–3
2	Endo Plus Service Honvéd	4	3	1	68	25	+43	9	Group stage	—	—	—	—	32–0
3	VK Valis Vega	4	2	2	60	38	+22	6		9–17	6–10	—	—	—
4	Budva Budvanska Rivijera (H)	4	1	3	57	62	−5	3		7–19	7–19	8–15	—	35–9
5	VK Banja Luka	4	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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BAR	VOU	SOL	QUI
1	CN Barcelona (H)	3	3	0	43	35	+8	9	Group stage	—	13–11	17–12	13–12
2	NC Vouliagmeni	3	2	1	38	31	+7	6	Group stage	—	—	12–10	15–8
3	Solaris Šibenik	3	1	2	34	38	−4	3		—	—	—	—
4	Iren Genova Quinto	3	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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MLA	APO	ENK	SAN	CAT
1	HAVK Mladost Zagreb (H)	4	4	0	68	26	+42	12	Group stage	—	13–6	16–7	21–9	18–4
2	GS Apollon Smyrnis	4	3	1	57	31	+26	9	Group stage	—	—	—	15–5	—
3	Enka Istanbul	4	1	3	42	53	−11	3^[a]		—	7–17	—	16–7	—
4	CN Sant Andreu	4	1	3	38	63	−25	3^[a]		—	—	—	—	17–11
5	VA Cattaro Kotor	4	1	3	34	66	−32	3^[a]		—	6–19	13–12	—	—

Source: European Aquatics
(H) Host
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c 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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SZO	PAN	SPA	TEN
1	Szolnoki Dozsa-Praktiker	3	3	0	39	25	+14	9	Group stage	—	13–12	—	—
2	Panionios GSS (H)	3	2	1	42	30	+12	6	Group stage	—	—	14–8	16–9
3	Spandau 04	3	1	2	26	34	−8	3		7–11	—	—	—
4	Tenerife Echeyde	3	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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	JUG	PAN	AKK	PAY	LUD
1	Jug AO Dubrovnik	4	4	0	67	45	+22	12	Group stage	—	17–15	—	—	17–9
2	Panathinaikos	4	3	1	57	34	+23	9	Group stage	—	—	—	—	—
3	De Akker Team	4	2	2	43	47	−4	6		10–16	4–11	—	—	16–10
4	Pays d'Aix Natation (H)	4	1	3	49	57	−8	3		11–17	9–13	10–13	—	19–14
5	SV Ludwigsburg 08	4	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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ORT	DUI	PAOK	TRI
1	CC Ortigia	3	3	0	54	31	+23	9	Group stage	—	—	—	22–12
2	ASC Duisburg	3	2	1	46	38	+8	6	Group stage	—	—	12–10	—
3	AC PAOK	3	1	2	50	34	+16	3		13–15	—	—	—
4	AVK Triglav Kranj (H)	3	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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BVSC	REC	RIJ	TER
1	BVSC-Manna ABC (H)	3	3	0	46	34	+12	9	Group stage	—	16–11	14–10	16–13
2	Recco Waterpolo	3	2	1	39	29	+10	6	Group stage	—	—	13–3	—
3	Primorje EB Rijeka	3	1	2	29	41	−12	3		—	—	—	16–14
4	CN Terrassa	3	0	3	37	47	−10	0		—	10–15	—	—

Source: European Aquatics
(H) Host

Group stage

Budapest

Athens

Athens teams

Panionios GSS
Budapest teams

BVSC-Manna ABC

Endo Plus Service Honvéd

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Location of teams of the 2024–25 LEN 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	Eighth-finals	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

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

Group B

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

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

Group D

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

Source: European Aquatics
Notes:

^ ^a ^b CN Barcelona 24–21 VK Šabac

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.