2025–26 European Aquatics Women's Challenger Cup qualification round I

2025–26 European Aquatics Women's Challenger Cup qualification round I

2025–26
Tournament information
Sport	Water polo
Date	5–7 December 2025
Host(s)	Strakonice Belgrade
Teams	8 (from 7 countries)
Website	[ Official website]
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12

The 2025–26 European Aquatics Women's Challenger Cup qualification round I is played between 5 and 7 December 2025 to determine the 4 teams advancing to the qualification round II of the 2025–26 European Aquatics Women's Challenger Cup.

The 8 teams were place into two groups of 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.

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Draw

There was no draw, rather the groups were pre-selected for geographical reasons on 11 August 2025 in Zagreb, Croatia.^[1][2] (H) indicates which clubs is hosting a group.

Pot 1

Team	Rank	Points
AJ Fezko Strakonice (H)	47	1,830
SSV Esslingen	56	1,060
Nevşehir Belediye SK	N/A
Slavia UK Bratislava WP	N/A

Pot 2

Team	Rank	Points
ZVU Partizan (H)	N/A
Otter London	41	2,550
Hapoel Emek Hayarden	55	1,060
ODTÜ SC	59	560

5–7 December 2025, Strakonice, Czech Republic.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		STR	ESS	NEV	BRA
1	AJ Fezko Strakonice (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification round II		—	—	—	–
2	SSV Esslingen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			–	—	–	–
3	Nevşehir Belediye SK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			–	—	—	—
4	Slavia UK Bratislava WP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			—	–	—	—

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5–7 December 2025, Belgrade, Serbia.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PAR	OTT	HAP	ODTÜ
1	ZVU Partizan (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification round II		—	—	—	–
2	Otter London	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			–	—	–	–
3	Hapoel Emek Hayarden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			–	—	—	—
4	ODTÜ SC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			—	–	—	—

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• 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