The European Aquatics Women's Challenger Cup, formerly the LEN Women's Challenger Cup is a water polo club competition organised by the Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN). It acts as the third tier, below the LEN Women's Champions League and the LEN Women's Euro Cup. Its first season will commence in 2023–24.
From 2024, after LEN was renamed to European Aquatics, the new name is the European Aquatics Women's Challenger Cup.
History The Women's Challenger Cup was first mentioned on the 7 February by Stavroula Kozompoli. The LEN Women's Challenger Cup was officially created by LEN in on the 2 June 2023. In a similar fashion to the men's Tournament, the competition was inaugurated with the goal of creating more chances for smaller Water Polo nations to improve.
A year before the women's counterpart started, LEN formally announced they would create a Men's LEN Challenger Cup, starting in the 2022–23 season.
From 2025, after the introduction of the Conference Cup, the Challenger Cup will become the fourth tier tournament in European club water polo.
Winners Challenger Cup YearFinalSemi-finalistsChampionScoreSecond placeThird placeScoreFourth place2023–24 Izmir BB GSK10–9 VK Crvena Zvezda ŽAVK Mladost14–13 Benfica2024–25 Izmir BB GSK9–8 Galatasaray ŽAVK Mladost15–9 VK Vojvodina2025–26 Göztepe16–7 Jadran Split Esslingen13–10 Clube Fluvial Portuense
Editions 2023–24 LEN Women's Challenger Cup 2024–25 European Aquatics Women's Challenger Cup 2025–26 European Aquatics Women's Challenger Cup
See also Men European Aquatics Champions League European Aquatics Euro Cup European Aquatics Conference Cup European Aquatics Challenger Cup European Aquatics Super Cup Women European Aquatics Women's Champions League European Aquatics Women's Euro Cup European Aquatics Women's Conference Cup European Aquatics Women's Super Cup
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