2024–25 LEN Challenger Cup

For the equivalent women's tournament, see 2024–25 LEN Women's Challenger Cup.

LEN Challenger Cup

2024–25
Tournament information
Sport	Water polo
Dates	Qualification round: 1–3 November 2024 Knockout stage: 18 January–26 April 2025
Teams	Total: 16 (from 12 countries)
Website	Official website

The 2024–25 LEN Challenger Cup was the 3rd edition of a water polo competition organised by European Aquatics. It acts as the third tier, below the LEN Champions League and the LEN Euro Cup. The reigning champions are Galatasaray, but they won't defend their title as they didn't enter.

Format

16 teams are grouped into 4 pools of four clubs. The top 2 from every pool advances to the quarter-finals, followed by semi-finals and finals.

Rankings

Only teams below the top 12 can enter this competition.

Rank	Association	Points	Teams
1	Italy	110,260	0
2	Hungary	84,492.5
3	Spain	71,732.5
4	Serbia	69,815
5	Greece	68,857.5
6	Croatia	57,210
7	France	45,620
8	Germany	33,042.5
9	Romania	17,087.5
10	Montenegro	14,977.5
11	Georgia	12,407.5
12	Turkey	7,245
13	Russia	5,162.5
14	Switzerland	3,685	1
15	Netherlands	3,280	2

Rank	Association	Points	Teams
16	Slovakia	3,180	1
17	Portugal	2,972.5	2
18	Slovenia	2,960	1
19	Lithuania	1,877.5	1
20	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,790	0
21	Great Britain	1,720	1
22	Belgium	1,310
23	Malta	1,310
24	Israel	860	2
25	Denmark	560	0
26	Finland	560	1
27	Bulgaria	370	0
28	Cyprus	370	2
29	Poland	317.5	0

Teams

No countries ranked in the top 12 of the LEN men's club rankings can take part in this tournament.

Participating teams

Royal Dauphins Mouscronnois	APOEL Nicosia	Limassol NC	Cetus Espoo
Welsh Wanderers	ASA Tel Aviv	Hapoel Palram Zvulun	EVK Zaibas
Sliema ASC	GZC Donk	ZV De Zaan	Vitoria Sport Clube
Clube Fluvial Portuense	KVP Novaky	AVK Slovan Olimpija	Carouge Natation

Schedule

Rounds and dates

Phase	Round	Round date
Qualification round		1–3 November 2024
Quarter-finals	First leg	18 January 2025
	Second leg	1 February 2025
Semi-finals	First leg	22 February 2025
	Second leg	8 March 2025
Final	First leg	5 April 2025
	Second leg	26 April 2025

Qualification round

Draw

The draw was on 16 September 2024. H indicates which club is hosting the groups. Teams in bold advanced to the quarter-finals. The seeding was decided by as follows:

• LEN club rankings.
• LEN country club rankings.
• LEN men's national team rankings (although not applied).

Group A

Held in Sliema, Malta

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VIT	CET	DON	WEL
1	Vitoria Sport Clube	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarter-finals		—
2	Cetus Espoo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				—
3	GZC Donk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					—
4	Welsh Wanderers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						—

Source: Report

Group B

Held in Novaky, Slovakia

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ZAI	ZAAN	APO	HAP
1	EVK Zaibas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarter-finals		—
2	ZV De Zaan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				—
3	APOEL Nicosia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					—
4	Hapoel Palram Zvulun	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						—

Source: Report

Group C

Held in Sliema, Malta

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CAR	ASA	FLU	SLI
1	Carouge Natation	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarter-finals		—
2	ASA Tel Aviv	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				—
3	Clube Fluvial Portuense	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					—
4	Sliema ASC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						—

Source: Report

Group D

Held in Novaky, Slovakia

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		NOV	MOU	SLO	LIM
1	KVP Novaky	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarter-finals		—
2	Royal Dauphins Mouscronnois	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				—
3	AVK Slovan Olimpija	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					—
4	Limassol NC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						—

Source: Report

Knockout stage

Draw

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 previous round could not be drawn against each other.

Seeded	Unseeded

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

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Final

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2024–25 LEN Challenger Cup Champions
First title

See also

• 2024–25 LEN Champions League
• 2024–25 LEN Euro Cup
• 2024 LEN Super Cup
• 2024–25 LEN Women's Champions League
• 2024–25 LEN Women's Euro Cup
• 2024–25 LEN Women's Challenger Cup
• 2024 LEN Women's Super Cup

External links

• Official statistics of the tournament