2025–26 European Aquatics Challenger Cup qualification round II
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The 2025–26 European Aquatics Challenger Cup qualification round II is played between 13 and 15 February 2026 to determine the 8 teams advancing to the Final Eight of the 2025–26 European Aquatics Challenger Cup.
Format
The 12 teams were placed into four groups of three. 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 19 November 2025 in Zagreb, Croatia. The clubs that in the same group in the previous round (in both Conference and Challenger Cup) could not be drawn against each other. (H) indicates which clubs is hosting a group.
Seeding
The pots were decided by as follows:
Pot 1 consisted of the teams eliminated from Conference Cup qualification round I
Pot 2 consisted of the group winners of the Challenger Cup qualification round I
Pot 3 consisted of the group runners-up of the Challenger Cup qualification round I.
Groups
Group A
13–15 February 2026, Elektrėnai, Lithuania.
Group B
13–15 February 2026, Maribor, Slovenia.
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