2025–26 European Aquatics Euro Cup

• Qualification round 16 teams will participate in the qualification round in October 2025. The fourth place teams from national leagues ranked 1–10 plus the champions and runners-up of the national leagues ranked 11–12 (if they choose to enter) take part. The teams are divided into four separate groups, held in centralised venues. After round robin play, the group winners plus the three best runners-up progress to the group stage. • Group stage Sixteen teams will play in the group stage which is held between October 2025 to February 2026. The third place teams of national leagues ranked 1–10 can enter this round alongside the seven clubs who advanced from the qualification round. The participants are distributed into four groups of four. After home and away double round robin play, the top two from each group qualifies to the knockout stage. • Knockout stage The 8 teams left, plus the 8 teams that were eliminated at the Champions League group stage, go into the knockout stage. There will be an Eighth-finals, Quarter-finals, Semifinals and Final. Each tie is a home and away two legged affair where the aggregate winners advance. ==Rankings==

The results were based on the results of the past four seasons. • Associations 1–10 can have two teams ranked 3rd and 4th qualify. • Associations 11–12 can have two teams ranked 1st and 2nd qualify. Apart from the distribution based on the rankings, countries could have additional teams participating in the Euro Cup, as noted below: • – Additional teams dropping down from the Champions League Ranking facts ==Teams==

Starting this season, only the third and fourth teams from national leagues ranked 1–10 and champions and runners-up from national leagues ranked 11–12 are permitted to enter. Starting this season, champions from countries ranked below the top 12 are not permitted to enter. Unlike last season, in the event that a club decides not to enter, the next best team is not allowed to take their place. Qualified teams The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round: • CL: Champions League title holders • EC: Euro Cup title holders • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th,: League positions of the previous season • CL: Transferred from the Champions League • QR: Transferred from the Champions League qualification round • GS: Transferred from the Champions League group stage Name changes The following teams' names were changed during the season. ==Round and draw dates==

The group winners and three best runners-up qualify for the group stage, while everyone else drops down to the Conference Cup qualifiers, bar the teams that took part in Champions League qualification. The draw was on 28 July 2025 in Zagreb, Croatia. The seeding is based on the club rankings. Group A 3–5 October 2025, Athens, Greece Group B 3–5 October 2025, Montpellier, France Group C 3–5 October 2025, Šibenik, Croatia Group D 3–5 October 2025, Terrassa, Spain Ranking of second-placed teams ==Group stage==

The draw took place on the 28 July 2025 in Zagreb, Croatia. 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. Nine countries are being represented, with Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Italy and Spain all having the most clubs with two each. CN Terrassa, CS Dinamo București and PVK Budućnost Podgorica are making their debut. Group A Group B Group C Group D ==Knockout stage==

Eighth-finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final ==Notes==