2024–25 LEN Women's Challenger Cup

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

LEN Women's Challenger Cup

2024–25
Tournament information
Sport	Water polo
Dates	Qualification round I: 7–10 November 2024 Qualification round II: 7–8 December 2024 Final four: 22–23 February 2025
Teams	Total: 17 (from 11 countries)
Website	Official website

The 2023–24 LEN Women's Challenger Cup is the 2nd edition of the water polo competition organised by European Aquatics. It acted as the third tier, below the LEN Women's Champions League and the LEN Women's Euro Cup.

Izmir BSB Spor are the defending champions.

Format

17 teams are separated into four groups of four or five. Each group is held at one club. The top 2 from each group advance to Qualification round II. The last eight teams are then drawn into two groups of four, with the top two from both groups advancing to the final four to decide the champion.

Rankings

Only teams below the top 6 can enter the competition.

Rank	Association	Points	Teams
1	Spain	124,200	0
2	Greece	105,102.5
3	Hungary	89,452.5
4	Italy	76,760
5	France	35,147.5
6	Netherlands	13,785
7	Russia	9,217.5
8	Germany	8,290	2
9	Portugal	6,010	1
10	Malta	4,090	2

Rank	Association	Points	Teams
11	Croatia	2,930	2
12	Serbia	2,860
13	Turkey	2,560	3
14	Slovakia	1,715	0
15	Great Britain	1,330	2
16	Israel	1,250	1
17	Sweden	1,060	0
18	Bulgaria	770
19	Czech Republic	770	1
N/A	Romania	0

Teams

Only countries below the top 6 in the LEN women's club rankings can enter teams into this competition.

Participating teams

ŽAVK Mladost	Jadran Split	AJF Strakonice	SSV Esslingen
SV Blau-Weiss Bochum	Otter Swimming Club	City Of Manchester WPC	Hapoel Emek Hayarden
Sirens ASC	Sliema ASC	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	CSM Unirea Alba Iulia
VK Vojvodina	ZVK Crvena Zvezda	Izmir BSB Spor	Galatasaray
Dalton Koleji SK

Schedule

Rounds and dates

Phase	Round date
Qualification round I	7–10 November 2024
Qualification round II	7–8 December 2024
Final four	22–23 February 2025

Qualification round I

In the qualification round I, teams play in a round robin format. The top 2 in each group advance.

Draw

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

• The European Aquatics club rankings.
• European Aquatics country club rankings.
• European Aquatics women's national team rankings.

Group A

Held in Novi Sad, Serbia

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		IZM	VOJ	MAN	SLI
1	Izmir BSB Spor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification round II		—
2	VK Vojvodina (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				—
3	City Of Manchester WPC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					—
4	Sliema ASC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						—

Source: European Aquatics
(H) Host

Group B

Held in Valletta, Malta

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SIR	JAD	BOC	HAP
1	Sirens ASC (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification round II		—
2	Jadran Split	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				—
3	SV Blau-Weiss Bochum	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					—
4	Hapoel Emek Hayarden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						—

Source: European Aquatics
(H) Host

Group C

Held in Strakonice, Czech Republic

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MLA	STR	OTT	DAL
1	ŽAVK Mladost	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification round II		—
2	AJF Strakonice (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				—
3	Otter Swimming Club	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					—
4	Dalton Koleji SK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						—

Source: European Aquatics
(H) Host

Group D

Held in Alba Iulia, Romania

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CRV	BEN	ESS	GAL	UNI
1	ZVK Crvena Zvezda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification round II		—
2	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				—
3	SSV Esslingen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					—
4	Galatasaray	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						—
5	CSM Unirea Alba Iulia (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0							—

Source: European Aquatics
(H) Host

See also

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

External links

• Official statistics of the tournament