2025–26 European Aquatics Challenger Cup final classification

2025–26 European Aquatics Challenger Cup final classification
Tournament information
Sport	Water polo
Date	14–15 March 2026; (9–12th place group); 28–30 November 2025; (13–18th place group)
Host(s)	Mouscron; Ljubljana
Teams	10 (from 9 countries)
Website	Official website
Tournament statistics
Matches played	21

The 2025–26 European Aquatics Challenger Cup final classification was played to decide the final standing of the 2025–26 European Aquatics Challenger Cup and give clubs of the level more exposure on the European scene.^[1]

Format

In each group, teams will play against each other once in a round-robin format.

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.

Group composition

9–12th place group

Eliminated teams from Challenger Cup qualification round II

Teams
Cetus Espoo
VK Banja Luka
Carouge Natation
RD Mouscronnois

13–18th place group

Eliminated teams from Challenger Cup qualification round I

Teams
Hapoel Palram Zvulun
APOEL Nicosia
VK Ljubljana Slovan
Club Naval Povoense
Welsh Wanderers
West London Penguin

Groups

9–12th place group

14–15 March 2026, Mouscron, Belgium.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	MOU	CAR	CET	BAN
9	RD Mouscronnois (H)	3	3	0	59	27	+32	9	—	10–9	16–11	33–7
10	Carouge Natation	3	2	1	45	28	+17	6	—	—	14–9	22–9
11	Cetus Espoo	3	1	2	51	42	+9	3	—	—	—	31–12
12	VK Banja Luka	3	0	3	28	86	−58	0	—	—	—	—

Source: European Aquatics Challenger Cup
(H) Host

14 March 2026 09:00	Report	Carouge Natation	14–9	Cetus Espoo	Les Dauphins Olympic Swimming Pool, Mouscron Referees: Gregory Courbin (FRA), Karel Dvoracek (CZE)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–5, 4–2, 4–0
		Maddern 5	Goals	Perkovic 3

14 March 2026 11:00	Report	RD Mouscronnois	33–7	VK Banja Luka	Les Dauphins Olympic Swimming Pool, Mouscron Referees: Tobias Laufer (GER), Georg Schoen (AUT)
		Score by quarters: 8–1, 9–2, 6–3, 10–1
		Hegedus, Labreg 6	Goals	Kojcinovic 4

14 March 2026 18:30	Report	Cetus Espoo	31–12	VK Banja Luka	Les Dauphins Olympic Swimming Pool, Mouscron Referees: Gregory Courbin (FRA), Tobias Laufer (GER)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 12–3, 10–3, 6–3
		Hajdu 7	Goals	Kojcinovic 6

14 March 2026 20:30	Report	RD Mouscronnois	10–9	Carouge Natation	Les Dauphins Olympic Swimming Pool, Mouscron Referees: Karel Dvoracek (CZE), Georg Schoen (AUT)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 3–2, 2–3, 1–1
		Hegedus 3	Goals	Melet 3

15 March 2026 09:00	Report	Carouge Natation	22–9	VK Banja Luka	Les Dauphins Olympic Swimming Pool, Mouscron Referees: Gregory Courbin (FRA), Georg Schoen (AUT)
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 5–3, 6–3, 6–2
		Ardisson, Maddern 5	Goals	Kojcinovic 5

15 March 2026 11:00	Report	RD Mouscronnois	16–11	Cetus Espoo	Les Dauphins Olympic Swimming Pool, Mouscron Referees: Tobias Laufer (GER), Karel Dvoracek (CZE)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 6–3, 3–1, 3–6
		Canonne 4	Goals	Krivokapic 3

13–18th place group

13–15 February 2026, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	HAP	SLO	PEN	NAV	APO	WEL
13	Hapoel Palram Zvulun	5	5	0	0	0	103	46	+57	15	—	—	—	—	21–9	—
14	VK Ljubljana Slovan (H)	5	4	0	0	1	87	65	+22	12	13–17	—	19–14	—	16–11	21–13
15	West London Penguin	5	2	0	0	3	54	71	−17	6^[a]	6–20	—	—	—	8–9	10–9
16	Club Naval Povoense	5	2	0	0	3	61	85	−24	6^[a]	8–25	10–18	14–16	—	13–11	16–15
17	APOEL Nicosia	5	1	0	1	3	51	69	−18	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
18	Welsh Wanderers	5	0	1	0	4	58	78	−20	2	10–20	—	—	—	21–20^[b]	—

Source: European Aquatics Challenger Cup
(H) Host
Notes:

1 2 West London Penguin 16–14 Club Naval Povoense
↑ Match ended 11–11. Welsh Wanderers won 10–9 on penalties.

13 February 2026 09:00	Report	Welsh Wanderers	21–20 (PSO)	APOEL Nicosia	Ilirija Swimming Pool, Ljubljana Referees: Lukasz Czaplinski (POL), Berk Gunkut (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 3–4, 1–2, 5–1 PSO: 10–9
		Griffiths 4	Goals	Milas 4

13 February 2026 10:30	Report	Club Naval Povoense	8–25	Hapoel Palram Zvulun	Ilirija Swimming Pool, Ljubljana Referees: Jakub Necas (CZE), Rastko Prlic (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 2–6, 4–7, 1–6
		Magalhães 4	Goals	Shafrir 6

13 February 2026 12:00	Report	VK Ljubljana Slovan	19–14	West London Penguin	Ilirija Swimming Pool, Ljubljana Referees: Johan de Boer (NED), Henning Schuermann (GER)
		Score by quarters: 6–2, 5–3, 5–5, 3–4
		Potočnik 8	Goals	Kingsmill 4

13 February 2026 17:00	Report	Welsh Wanderers	10–20	Hapoel Palram Zvulun	Ilirija Swimming Pool, Ljubljana Referees: Berk Gunkut (TUR), Henning Schuermann (GER)
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 4–3, 4–6, 2–7
		Carter 3	Goals	Schlein 4

13 February 2026 18:30	Report	West London Penguin	8–9	APOEL Nicosia	Ilirija Swimming Pool, Ljubljana Referees: Jakub Necas (CZE), Johan de Boer (NED)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–1, 3–2, 2–3
		Kingsmill 4	Goals	Nikolaou 3

13 February 2026 20:00	Report	Club Naval Povoense	10–18	VK Ljubljana Slovan	Ilirija Swimming Pool, Ljubljana Referees: Lukasz Czaplinski (POL), Rastko Prlic (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 1–4, 1–4, 7–5
		Marques Mineiro 4	Goals	Čanč 5

14 February 2026 09:00	Report	Club Naval Povoense	13–11	APOEL Nicosia	Ilirija Swimming Pool, Ljubljana Referees: Lukasz Czaplinski (POL), Henning Schuermann (GER)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–1, 3–3, 5–5
		Manuel Moreira 7	Goals	three players 2

14 February 2026 10:30	Report	VK Ljubljana Slovan	13–17	Hapoel Palram Zvulun	Ilirija Swimming Pool, Ljubljana Referees: Rastko Prlic (SRB), Johan de Boer (NED)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–4, 4–5, 3–5
		Lipnik 5	Goals	Gros 5

14 February 2026 12:00	Report	West London Penguin	10–9	Welsh Wanderers	Ilirija Swimming Pool, Ljubljana Referees: Berk Gunkut (TUR), Jakub Necas (CZE)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–2, 3–3, 1–3
		Kingsmill 4	Goals	three players 2

14 February 2026 17:00	Report	Hapoel Palram Zvulun	21–9	APOEL Nicosia	Ilirija Swimming Pool, Ljubljana Referees: Rastko Prlic (SRB), Berk Gunkut (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 6–3, 6–3, 5–0, 4–3
		Gros 5	Goals	three players 2

14 February 2026 18:30	Report	Club Naval Povoense	14–16	West London Penguin	Ilirija Swimming Pool, Ljubljana Referees: Johan de Boer (NED), Lukasz Czaplinski (POL)
		Score by quarters: 3–5, 6–3, 2–6, 3–2
		Marques Mineiro 5	Goals	Kingsmill 4

14 February 2026 20:00	Report	VK Ljubljana Slovan	21–13	Welsh Wanderers	Ilirija Swimming Pool, Ljubljana Referees: Henning Schuermann (GER), Jakub Necas (CZE)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 5–3, 5–4, 8–4
		Lipnik 7	Goals	Jenkins-Delf 5

15 February 2026 09:00	Report	West London Penguin	6–20	Hapoel Palram Zvulun	Ilirija Swimming Pool, Ljubljana Referees: Johan de Boer (NED), Berk Gunkut (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 3–5, 1–4, 1–6
		Kingsmill 3	Goals	Halevy, Horesh 5

14 February 2026 10:30	Report	Club Naval Povoense	16–15	Welsh Wanderers	Ilirija Swimming Pool, Ljubljana Referees: Henning Schuermann (GER), Rastko Prlic (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 5–3, 3–4, 4–2, 4–6
		Marques Mineiro 6	Goals	Jenkins-Delf, Laxton 3

15 February 2026 12:00	Report	VK Ljubljana Slovan	16–11	APOEL Nicosia	Ilirija Swimming Pool, Ljubljana Referees: Jakub Necas (CZE), Lukasz Czaplinski (POL)
		Score by quarters: 5–3, 3–3, 3–1, 5–4
		Lipnik 5	Goals	Nikolaou 5

Notes

References

Matchday reports

9–12th place group

Reference
Matchday 1
Matchday 2

13–18th place group

Reference
Matchday 1
Matchday 2
Matchday 3

↑ "Challenger Cup Men: Qualification Round II action gets off to a flyer across the continent | European Aquatics®". February 13, 2026.

[table_hth_PEN0.58623328273475-2] 1 2 West London Penguin 16–14 Club Naval Povoense

[3] Match ended 11–11. Welsh Wanderers won 10–9 on penalties.

[1] "Challenger Cup Men: Qualification Round II action gets off to a flyer across the continent | European Aquatics®". February 13, 2026.

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2025–26 European club competitions
Football	Men Champions League Europa League Conference League Super Cup Youth League Women Champions League Europa Cup
Football variants	Futsal Champions League Women's European Champions Beach soccer Euro Winners Cup Women's Euro Winners Cup
Basketball	Men EuroLeague EuroCup Champions League FIBA Europe Cup Women EuroLeague EuroCup SuperCup
Volleyball	Men Champions League CEV Cup Challenge Cup Women Champions League CEV Cup Challenge Cup
Handball	Men Champions League European League European Cup Women Champions League European League European Cup
Water polo	Men Champions League Euro Cup Conference Cup Challenger Cup Super Cup Women Champions League Euro Cup Conference Cup Challenger Cup Super Cup
Rugby union	Men Champions Cup Challenge Cup Super Cup
Ice hockey	Men Champions Hockey League Continental Cup Women Euro Cup
Indoor hockey	Men EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup Women EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup
Field hockey	Men Euro Hockey League Trophy I Trophy II Women Euro Hockey League Trophy I Trophy II
Roller hockey	Men Champions League World Skate Europe Cup Continental Cup Women European League
Lacrosse	Men Ken Galluccio Cup
Floorball	Men Champions Cup Women Champions Cup
Korfball	Mixed Champions League Challenger Cup Satellite Cup
Sitting volleyball	Men Champions Cup EuroLeague Women Champions Cup
American football	European Football Alliance American Football League Europe Central European Football League
Baseball	Men Champions League

Format

Group composition

9–12th place group

13–18th place group

Groups

9–12th place group

13–18th place group

Notes

See also

References

Matchday reports

9–12th place group

13–18th place group