The 2026 Women's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers were organised by European Aquatics and held between 6 and 8 June 2025 in four different centralised locations. The qualifiers determined the eight women's water polo national teams that would join the eight automatically qualified teams at the final tournament.
Qualified teams {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !rowspan=2|Team !rowspan=2|Qualification method !rowspan=2|Date of qualification !colspan=4 data-sort-type="number"|Appearance(s) !rowspan=2|Previous best performance !rowspan=2| |- ! ! ! !
| rowspan=8 align="center"|Top eight in 2024 | rowspan=4 align="center"| | align="center"| | rowspan=2 align="center"| 1989 | rowspan=8 align="center"|2024 | align="center"|19
| align="center"|2
| align="center"| | align="center"|19 | | align="center"|5
| align="center"| | align="center"| 1985 | align="center"|21
| align="center"|3
| align="center"| | align="center"| 1993 | align="center"|17
| align="center"|1
| rowspan=4 align="center"| | align="center"| | align="center"| 2010 | align="center"|6
| align="center"|6
| align="center"| | rowspan=3 align="center"| 1985 | align="center"|7
| align="center"|7
| align="center"| | align="center"|2
| align="center"|11
| align="center"| | align="center"|21
| align="center"|4
| align="center" rowspan=2|Top two in Group A | align="center" rowspan=7| | align="center"| | align="center"|1995 | align="center"|2016 | align="center"|1
| align="center"|20
| align="center"| | align="center"|2022 | align="center" rowspan=6|2024 | align="center"|3
| align="center"|13
| align="center" rowspan=2|Top two in Group D | align="center"| | align="center"| 2018 | align="center"|5
| align="center"|8
| align="center"| | align="center"| 1993 | align="center"|4
| align="center"|12
| align="center" rowspan=2|Top two in Group B | align="center"| | align="center"| 1985 | align="center"|6
| align="center"|10
| align="center"| | align="center"| 2016 | align="center"|2
| align="center"|14
| align="center" rowspan=2|Top two in Group C | align="center"| | align="center"| 2006 | align="center"|6
| align="center"|9
| align="center"| | align="center"| | align="center"| 1993 | align="center"| 1995 | align="center"|1
| align="center"|18
Format The 13 teams were split into four groups of three and four. The tournament played at a single venue with the group winners and the second-ranked teams qualified for the final tournament.
Draw The draw took place on 3 March 2025 in Zagreb.
Seeding Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5 (H) (H) (H) (H)
Draw results Bold text indicates who qualified. + Group ATeam + Group BTeam + Group CTeam + Group DTeam
Referees Thirteen referees were selected to officiate at the Qualifiers.
+Group AReferees Ayal Gabel Lazar Andjelić Massimo Castrilli
+Group B Referees Jakub Nečas Alexandru-Andrei Mustata Alexandros Vlastos
+Group C Referees Richard Noack Stefan Licari Martina Kuníková İlkin Çakmakoğlu
+Group D Referees Antti Ruohonen Luis Santos Anna Goncharenko
Summary
Group A Group B Group C Group D colspan="2" colspan="1"
Groups All times are local.
Group A 6–8 June, Setúbal, Portugal.
Group B 6–8 June, Hanover, Germany.
Group C 6–8 June, Novi Sad, Serbia.
Group D 6–8 June, Nováky, Slovakia.
Notes
References
External links Official website