The 2025–26 European Aquatics Conference Cup quarterfinals is played between 20 and 22 March 2026 to determine the 4 teams advancing to the Final Four of the 2025–26 European Aquatics Conference Cup.
Format 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.
Draw
The draw was on 2 March 2026 in Zagreb, Croatia.https://europeanaquatics.org/conference-cup-and-euro-cup-water-polo-draws-produce-series-of-eagerly-awaited-clashes/ The draw started with, in order, pots 1 and 2 being drawn. The position for the team within the group would then be drawn (for the purpose of the schedule).
Seeding The pots were decided by as follows: Pot 1 consisted of the group winners of the Conference Cup qualification round II Pot 2 consisted of the group runners-up of the Conference Cup qualification round II.
+ Pot 1Team GS Apollon Smyrnis (H) VK Mornar Split Endo Plus SH CN Posillipo + Pot 2Team Panionios GSS (H) Tenerife Echeyde De Akker Team Solartradex CN Mataró
Draw results + Group A TeamA1 CN PosillipoA2 Endo Plus SHA3 Panionios GSS (H)A4 Tenerife Echeyde + Group B TeamB1 VK Mornar SplitB2 GS Apollon Smyrnis (H)B3 Solartradex CN MataróB4 De Akker Team
Groups
Group A 20–22 March 2026, Nea Smyrni, Greece.
Group B 20–22 March 2026, Athens, Greece.
Notes
See also 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
References Matchday reports ReferenceMatchday 1Matchday 2Matchday 3
External links
Official statistics of the tournament