2024–25 European Aquatics Euro Cup knockout stage

2024–25 European Aquatics Euro Cup knockout stage
Tournament information
Sport	Water polo
Dates	25 January–24 May 2025
Teams	16
Website	Official website
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
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The 2024–25 European Aquatics Euro Cup knockout stage details the matches played to decide the champion of the tournament. Games took place between the 25 January and 24 May 2025.

Qualified teams

The knockout phase involves 16 teams: the eight teams which qualified as winners and runners-ups of each of the four groups in the group stage, and the eight third and fourth placed teams from the Champions League group stage.

Euro Cup group stage winners and runners-up

Group	Winners	Runners-up
A	AN Brescia	Jug AO Dubrovnik
B	BVSC-Manna ABC	CC Ortigia
C	Recco Waterpolo	HAVK Mladost Zagreb
D	CN Barcelona	VK Šabac

Eliminated teams from Champions League

Group	Third place	Fourth place
A	Steaua București	Waspo'98 Hannover
B	Radnički Kragujevac	Dinamo Tbilisi
C	Jadran Herceg Novi	A-Híd Vasas Plaket
D	Astralpool Sabadell	Primorac Kotor

Draw

The draw took place in Zagreb on 11 December.^[1] The teams were split into two draws, one containing the four teams who finished fourth in the Champions League group stage, who would be pitted up against a Euro Cup group winner. The other half of the draw would see the third place teams from the Champions League group stage be drawn against a runner up of the Euro Cup group stage.

Fourth in Champions League
Team
Waspo'98 Hannover
Dinamo Tbilisi
A-Híd Vasas Plaket
Primorac Kotor

First in Euro Cup
Team
AN Brescia
BVSC-Manna ABC
Recco Waterpolo
CN Barcelona

Third in Champions League
Team
Steaua București
Radnički Kragujevac
Jadran Herceg Novi
Astralpool Sabadell

Second in Euro Cup
Team
Jug AO Dubrovnik
CC Ortigia
HAVK Mladost Zagreb
VK Šabac

Bracket


Eighth-finals				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final



HAVK Mladost Zagreb	18	13	31

Steaua București	11	11	22
				HAVK Mladost Zagreb	12	6	18

				Jadran Herceg Novi	8	9	17
VK Šabac	8	4	12

Jadran Herceg Novi	13	5	18
								HAVK Mladost Zagreb	13	8	21

								Radnički Kragujevac	10	15	25
Waspo'98 Hannover	12	11	23

AN Brescia	15	11	26
				AN Brescia	9	10	19

				Radnički Kragujevac	9	14	23
Jug AO Dubrovnik	9	13	22

Radnički Kragujevac	15	14	29
												Radnički Kragujevac	12	9	21

												Recco Waterpolo	16	12	28
CN Barcelona	11	10	21

A-Híd Vasas Plaket	10	15	25
				A-Híd Vasas Plaket	9	7	16

				Recco Waterpolo	11	14	25
Recco Waterpolo	17	17	34

Dinamo Tbilisi	5	5	10
								Recco Waterpolo	16	10	26

								Astralpool Sabadell	6	10	16
CC Ortigia	10	7	17

Astralpool Sabadell	13	13	26
				Astralpool Sabadell	17	9	26

				Primorac Kotor	9	14	23
BVSC-Manna ABC	16	16	32

Primorac Kotor	16	17	33

Eighth-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Jug AO Dubrovnik	22–29	Radnički Kragujevac	9–15	13–14
VK Šabac	12–18	Jadran Herceg Novi	8–13	4–5
HAVK Mladost Zagreb	31–22	Steaua București	18–11	13–11
CC Ortigia	17–26	Astralpool Sabadell	10–13	7–13
CN Barcelona	21–25	A-Híd Vasas Plaket	11–10	10–15
Waspo'98 Hannover	23–26	AN Brescia	12–15	11–11
Recco Waterpolo	34–10	Dinamo Tbilisi	17–5	17–5
BVSC-Manna ABC	32–33	Primorac Kotor	16–16	16–17

Matches

25 January 2025 19:00	Report	Jug AO Dubrovnik	9–15	Radnički Kragujevac	Bazen u Gružu, Dubrovnik Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 3–4, 3–4, 2–3
		three players 2	Goals	Dadvani, Jaksic 3

6 February 2025 20:00	Report	Radnički Kragujevac	14–13	Jug AO Dubrovnik	Sports Center Park, Kragujevac Referees: Gyorgy Kun (HUN), Sebastien Dervieux (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 6–1, 2–7, 3–3
		four players 2	Goals	Pavlic 3

Radnički Kragujevac won 29–22 on aggregate

25 January 2025 19:00	Report	VK Šabac	8–13	Jadran Herceg Novi	Šabac City Swimming Pool, Šabac Referees: Gyorgy Kun (HUN), Pau Segurana (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–4, 1–3, 4–2
		Kovacevic 2	Goals	Kholod 4

6 February 2025 19:00	Report	Jadran Herceg Novi	5–4	VK Šabac	Leotar Swimming Club, Trebinje^[A] Referees: Raffaelle Colombo (ITA), George Mihai Balanescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 0–0, 2–2, 1–1, 2–1
		Kholod 2	Goals	Barac 2

Jadran Herceg Novi won 18–12 on aggregate

25 January 2025 18:00	Report	HAVK Mladost Zagreb	18–11	Steaua București	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Raffaele Colombo (ITA), Andreja Stanojevic (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 7–3, 3–2, 5–2
		Bukic 6	Goals	Georgescu 3

6 February 2025 18:30	Report	Steaua București	11–13	HAVK Mladost Zagreb	Complexul Sportiv Steaua, Bucharest Referees: Hendrik Schopp (GER), Rajmund Fodor (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 4–4, 1–3, 2–2
		Georgescu, Iudean 3	Goals	Lazic, Kharkov 3

HAVK Mladost Zagreb won 31–22 on aggregate

25 January 2025 16:00	Report	CC Ortigia	10–13	Astralpool Sabadell	Paolo Caldarella Swimming Pool, Siracusa Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Sinisa Matijasevic (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–4, 2–2, 5–5
		Inaba 4	Goals	Averka 5

6 February 2025 19:30	Report	Astralpool Sabadell	13–7	CC Ortigia	Can Llong pool, Sabadell Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Jakov Blaskovic (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–3, 3–2, 3–1
		three players 2	Goals	Cassia, Campopiano 2

Astralpool Sabadell won 26–17 on aggregate

25 January 2025 18:30	Report	CN Barcelona	11–10	A-Híd Vasas Plaket	Nova Escullera Sport Center, Barcelona Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Daniele Bianco (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–2, 1–3, 4–4
		Daura Gomez 3	Goals	Durdic, Randelovic 3

6 February 2025 20:30	Report	A-Híd Vasas Plaket	15–10	CN Barcelona	Császár-Komjádi Béla Sport Swimming Pool, Budapest Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Rik Evers (NED)
		Score by quarters: 5–0, 4–4, 2–3, 4–3
		three players 3	Goals	Daura Gomez 6

A-Híd Vasas Plaket won 25–21 on aggregate

25 January 2025 18:00	Report	Waspo'98 Hannover	12–15	AN Brescia	Magdeburg Dynamo Schwimmhalle, Magdeburg Referees: Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE), Maxim Gerasimov (GBR)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 3–3, 3–5, 2–4
		Strelezkij 3	Goals	Balzarini, Ferrero 4

6 February 2025 20:00	Report	AN Brescia	11–11	Waspo'98 Hannover	Mompiano Swimming Center, Brescia Referees: Julien Bourges (FRA), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–2, 4–3, 1–3
		Alesiani, Irving 3	Goals	Schipper, Lozina 3

AN Brescia won 26–23 on aggregate

25 January 2025 20:30	Report	Recco Waterpolo	17–5	Dinamo Tbilisi	Municipal Swimming Pool, Sori
		Score by quarters: 7–2, 3–1, 3–1, 4–1
		Condemi, Hallock 4	Goals	Pjesicav, Tankosic 2

6 February 2025 19:00	Report	Dinamo Tbilisi	5–17	Recco Waterpolo	Olympic Swimming Pool, Tbilisi Referees: Jaume Teixido (ESP), Konstantinos VasilEiou (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 0–5, 2–5, 2–4
		Chikovani 2	Goals	four players 3

Recco Waterpolo won 34–10 on aggregate

25 January 2025 19:00	Report	BVSC-Manna ABC	16–16	Primorac Kotor	Budapest, Hungary Referees: Xavier F. Buch (ESP), Sebastien Dervieux (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 5–4, 4–3, 3–3, 4–6
		Konarik 4	Goals	three players 4

6 February 2025 17:30	Report	Primorac Kotor	17–16	BVSC-Manna ABC	Nikša Bućin Swimming Pool, Kotor Referees: Spyridon Achladiotis (GRE), Massimo Calabro (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 5–6, 7–3, 1–4
		Mrsic 5	Goals	Tatrai 5

Primorac Kotor won 33–32 on aggregate

Quarterfinals

The draw was held on 7 February 2025.^[2]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
HAVK Mladost Zagreb	18–17	Jadran Herceg Novi	12–8	6–9
AN Brescia	19–23	Radnički Kragujevac	9–9	10–14
A-Híd Vasas Plaket	16–25	Recco Waterpolo	9–11	7–14
Astralpool Sabadell	26–23	Primorac Kotor	17–9	9–14

Matches

27 February 2025 19:30	Report	HAVK Mladost Zagreb	12–8	Jadran Herceg Novi	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Georgios Stravidis (GRE), Tamas Kovacs-Csatlos (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–0, 5–4, 2–3
		Milos 3	Goals	Radovic 4

20 March 2025 19:00	Report	Jadran Herceg Novi	9–6	HAVK Mladost Zagreb	Leotar Swimming Club, Trebinje^[B] Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 3–2, 3–0, 3–1
		three players 2	Goals	Lazic 2

HAVK Mladost Zagreb won 18–17 on aggregate

27 February 2025 19:00	Report	AN Brescia	9–9	Radnički Kragujevac	Mompiano Swimming Center, Brescia Referees: David Gomez (ESP), Peter de Jong (NED)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–3, 1–4, 2–0
		Dolce 4	Goals	three players 2

20 March 2025 20:00	Report	Radnički Kragujevac	14–10	AN Brescia	Sports Center Park, Kragujevac Referees: Georgios Stravidis (GRE), Gyorgy Kun (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–2, 4–3, 4–4
		Pijetlovic, Rasovic 3	Goals	four players 2

Radnički Kragujevac won 23–19 on aggregate

27 February 2025 20:00	Report	A-Híd Vasas Plaket	9–11	Recco Waterpolo	Császár-Komjádi Béla Sport Swimming Pool, Budapest Referees: Spyridon Achladiotis (GRE), Vuk Milovic (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 2–2, 3–4
		Durdic 4	Goals	Cannella 4

20 March 2025 21:00	Report	Recco Waterpolo	14–7	A-Híd Vasas Plaket	Municipal Swimming Pool, Sori Referees: Gernot Haentschel (GER), Andrej Franulovic (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–2, 5–2, 3–2
		Cannella 4	Goals	three players 2

Recco Waterpolo won 25–16 on aggregate

27 February 2025 19:30	Report	Astralpool Sabadell	17–9	Primorac Kotor	Can Llong pool, Sabadell Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Hendrik Schopp (GER)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 4–2, 4–1, 5–2
		Barroso Macarro 4	Goals	Brkic 3

20 March 2025 17:30	Report	Primorac Kotor	14–9	Astralpool Sabadell	Nikša Bućin Swimming Pool, Kotor Referees: Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–5, 3–2, 5–0
		Shushiashvili 4	Goals	three players 2

Astralpool Sabadell won 26–23 on aggregate

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
HAVK Mladost Zagreb	21–25	Radnički Kragujevac	13–10	8–15
Recco Waterpolo	26–16	Astralpool Sabadell	16–6	10–10

Matches

3 April 2025 19:30	Report	HAVK Mladost Zagreb	13–10	Radnički Kragujevac	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Tamas Kovacs-Csatlos (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–3, 3–3, 4–3
		Kharkov 4	Goals	Jakšić 3

24 April 2025 19:00	Report	Radnički Kragujevac	15–8	HAVK Mladost Zagreb	Sports Center Park, Kragujevac Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 5–4, 2–1, 4–3, 4–0
		Dadvani 4	Goals	Kharkov 2

Radnički Kragujevac won 25–21 on aggregate

3 April 2025 21:00	Report	Recco Waterpolo	16–6	Astralpool Sabadell	Municipal Swimming Pool, Sori
		Score by quarters: 6–0, 2–1, 4–2, 4–3
		Cannella 5	Goals	Barroso Macarro 3

24 April 2025 19:30	Report	Astralpool Sabadell	10–10	Recco Waterpolo	Can Llong pool, Sabadell Referees: Gyorgy Kun (HUN), Sebastien Dervieux (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 0–3, 3–1, 4–3
		Averka 4	Goals	Hallock 3

Recco Waterpolo won 26–16 on aggregate

Final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Radnički Kragujevac	21–28	Recco Waterpolo	12–16	9–12

Matches

10 May 2025 21:00	Report	Radnički Kragujevac	12–16	Recco Waterpolo	Sports Center Park, Kragujevac Referees: Xavier F. Buch (ESP), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–5, 2–3, 4–6
		Dadvani, Rašović 3	Goals	Di Fulvio 5

24 May 2025 20:00	Report	Recco Waterpolo	12–9	Radnički Kragujevac	Municipal Swimming Pool, Sori
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–1, 2–3, 3–3
		Cannella 4	Goals	Jakšić, Vapinski 3

Recco Waterpolo won 28–21 on aggregate

Notes

^ Due to not having a venue that meets requirements, Jadran Herceg Novi played their home games in Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
^ Due to not having a venue that meets requirements, Jadran Herceg Novi played their home games in Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

External links

References

^ "Champions League and Euro Cup draws set up thrillers - European Aquatics®". www.len.eu. December 11, 2024.
^ "Recco face Vasas challenge after Euro Cup Quarter Final draw - European Aquatics®". February 7, 2025.

[2] Due to not having a venue that meets requirements, Jadran Herceg Novi played their home games in Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

[4] Due to not having a venue that meets requirements, Jadran Herceg Novi played their home games in Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

[1] "Champions League and Euro Cup draws set up thrillers - European Aquatics®". www.len.eu. December 11, 2024.

[3] "Recco face Vasas challenge after Euro Cup Quarter Final draw - European Aquatics®". February 7, 2025.

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