| 2024–25 | |
| Tournament information | |
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| Sport | Water polo |
| Dates | Qualification round: 3–6 October 2024 Main Round: 26 October 2024 – 1 March 2025 Quarterfinals: 22–29 March 2025 Final Four: 2–3 May 2025 |
| Teams | Competition proper: 16 Total: 30 (from 8 countries) |
| Website | Official website |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runner-up | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 110 |
| Goals scored | 2,676 (24.33 per match) |
The2024–25European Aquatics Women's Champions League is the 37th edition of thewater polo competition organised byEuropean Aquatics for premier club women's water polo teams. The defending champions areAstralpool Sabadell.
The winners wereCN Sant Andreu, who won their first title by triumphing over two-time defending championsAstralpool Sabadell in the final.[1]
After one qualification round, sixteen teams will qualify for the main round. The groups in the main round are held in a home and away format. After the main round, the four groups winners and runners-up will qualify for the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, eight teams play in four play offs in a home and away format to advance to the Final Four and compete in the Final Four to decide the winners of theEuropean Aquatics Women's Champions League.[2]
Countries inside the top 6 of theEuropean Aquatics women's club rankings are eligible to enter 6 clubs into the Champions League, up from 5 which was the limit last season.[2] While countries outside the top 6 can enter their league champion into either the Champions League orChallenger Cup.
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European Aquatics increased the amount of clubs a country can enter, from 5 to 6. German representative,Spandau 04 and Israeli team,Hapoel Yoneam were the only clubs outside the top 6 who decided to enter, starting in the qualifiers. All other clubs and countries below the top six entered the2024–25 LEN Women's Challenger Cup.Tenerife Echeyde took the place ofCE Mediterrani who didn't enter.
| Phase | Round | Round date[4] |
|---|---|---|
| Qualification round | 3–6 October 2024 | |
| Main round | Matchday 1 | 26 October 2024 |
| Matchday 2 | 9 November 2024 | |
| Matchday 3 | 23 November 2024 | |
| Matchday 4 | 25 January 2025 | |
| Matchday 5 | 15 February 2025 | |
| Matchday 6 | 1 March 2025 | |
| Quarterfinals | First leg | 22 March 2025 |
| Second leg | 29 March 2025 | |
| Final Four | Semifinals | 2 May 2025 |
| Final | 3 May 2025 |
In the qualification round, teams play in a round robin format. The top 2 in every group makes the main round alongside the best third place team. The teams who don't advance drop down to the2024–25 European Aquatics Women's Euro Cup.[5]
The draw was on 13 August 2024 inZagreb. The seeding was decided by the club rankings.[6]H indicates which club is hosting the groups. Teams inbold indicate who advanced.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 33 | +15 | 12 | Main round | — | 9–8 | 17–8 | — | — | ||
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 33 | +18 | 9 | — | — | — | 16–7 | 15–10 | |||
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 6 | Euro Cup | — | 7–12 | — | — | 16–10 | ||
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 54 | −16 | 3 | 6–10 | — | 7–14 | — | — | |||
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 45 | 61 | −16 | 0 | 11–12 | — | — | 14–18 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 50 | +17 | 9[a] | Main round | — | 21–12 | 10–14 | 19–12 | 17–12 | ||
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 51 | +11 | 9[a] | — | — | 11–10 | 17–13 | 22–7 | |||
| 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 37 | +21 | 9[a] | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 54 | 63 | −9 | 3 | Euro Cup | — | — | 10–16 | — | 19–11 | ||
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 76 | −40 | 0 | — | — | 6–18 | — | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 38 | +33 | 12 | Main round | — | — | — | 16–10 | 18–9 | ||
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 47 | +8 | 9 | 10–17 | — | 13–11 | 13–8 | 19–11 | |||
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 52 | −8 | 6 | Euro Cup | 9–20 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 57 | −14 | 3 | — | — | 9–11 | — | 16–15 | |||
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 45 | 64 | −19 | 0 | — | — | 10–11 | — | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 46 | +20 | 12 | Main round | — | 14–13 | 15–9 | — | — | ||
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 45 | +12 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 56 | −5 | 5 | Euro Cup | — | 9–11 | — | — | 14–13 | ||
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 52 | 63 | −11 | 4 | 10–19 | 12–15 | 17–19[a] | — | 13–10 | |||
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 47 | 63 | −16 | 0 | 14–18 | 10–18 | — | — | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 35 | +30 | 12 | Main round | — | — | 15–11 | 17–5 | — | ||
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 36 | +26 | 9 | 12–15 | — | 19–11 | 14–4 | — | |||
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 55 | −6 | 6 | Euro Cup | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 55 | −23 | 3 | — | — | 11–13 | — | — | |||
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 61 | −27 | 0 | 7–18 | 6–17 | 10–14 | 11–12 | — |
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 37 | +21 | 9 | Main round | |
| 2 | A | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 6 | ||
| 3 | E | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 55 | −6 | 6 | ||
| 4 | C | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 52 | −8 | 6 | ||
| 5 | D | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 56 | −5 | 5 |
The draw took place on 7 October 2024 inZagreb,Croatia.[7]The top two advance to theQuarterfinals.
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:
Five countries are being represented, with only one difference, France being replaced by Netherlands. Hungary and Spain boast the most clubs with four.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 48 | +28 | 18 | Quarterfinals | — | 12–11 | 12–7 | 10–7 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 73 | 64 | +9 | 12 | 11–16 | — | 9–8 | 14–8 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 55 | 69 | −14 | 4 | 8–13 | 9–12 | — | 10–9 | |||
| 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 53 | 76 | −23 | 2 | 4–13 | 11–16 | 14–13[a] | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 85 | 67 | +18 | 16 | Quarterfinals | — | 13–14[b] | 19–11 | 9–6 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 89 | 66 | +23 | 14 | 11–13 | — | 13–5 | 16–9 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 74 | 94 | −20 | 3[c] | 14–17 | 17–19 | — | 14–11 | |||
| 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 61 | 82 | −21 | 3[c] | 11–14 | 9–16 | 15–13 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 62 | +22 | 18 | Quarterfinals | — | 14–11 | 17–13 | 10–3 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 70 | 72 | −2 | 7 | 11–12 | — | 13–11[a] | 15–14[b] | |||
| 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 79 | 88 | −9 | 6 | 13–17 | 10–11 | — | 20–19[c] | |||
| 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 69 | 80 | −11 | 5 | 11–14 | 11–9 | 11–12 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 54 | +36 | 18 | Quarterfinals | — | 16–10 | 14–11 | 18–5 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 61 | +9 | 12 | 8–12 | — | 12–10 | 15–4 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 68 | 68 | 0 | 6 | 10–13 | 7–9 | — | 13–10 | |||
| 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 51 | 96 | −45 | 0 | 10–17 | 12–16 | 10–17 | — |
The draw took place inZagreb on 3 March 2025.[10] The seeded and unseeded clubs consist of the teams that finished first and second in the previous round respectively. The only restriction was that clubs from the same group in the Main round could not be drawn against each other.
| Seeded | Unseeded |
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| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Olympiacos Piraeus | 18–16 | 11–10 | 7–6 | |
| Astralpool Sabadell | 32–21 | 19–6 | 13–15 | |
| CN Sant Andreu | 24–16 | 13–8 | 11–8 | |
| FTC Telekom | 19–15[a] | 11–9 | 8–6 |

On 7 April 2025,Olympiacos Piraeus were given the hosting rights.[11] The tournament was held on the 2–3 May 2025 at thePapastrateio Swimming Pool inPiraeus,Greece.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
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| Third place | ||||||
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| 3 May 2025 16:00 | Report | Olympiacos Piraeus | 18–11 | Papastrateio Swimming Pool,Piraeus Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Matan Schwartz (ISR) | |
| Score by quarters:4–2,4–2,7–2, 3–5 | |||||
| Plevritou 7 | Goals | Hertzka 3 | |||
| 3 May 2025 18:30 | Report | Astralpool Sabadell | 8–9 | Papastrateio Swimming Pool,Piraeus Referees: Aurely Blanchard (FRA), Boris Margeta (SLO) | |
| Score by quarters:3–2, 2–1, 2–3, 1–3 | |||||
| van de Kraats 4 | Goals | Pérez 3 | |||
| 2024–25 European Aquatics Women's Champions League Champions |
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CN Sant Andreu First title |