| LEN Women's Champions League | |
| Year: | 2024–25 |
| Sport: | Water polo |
| Start Date: | |
| End Date: | 3 May 2025 |
| Teams: | Competition proper: 16 Total: 30 (from 8 countries) |
| Website: | Official website |
| Previous: | 2023–24 |
| Next: | 2025–26 |
The 2024–25 LEN Women's Champions League is the 37th edition of the water polo competition organised by European Aquatics. The defending champions are Astralpool Sabadell.
After one qualification round (instead of two), 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 the LEN Women's Champions League.[1]
Countries inside the top 6 of the European Aquatics women's club rankings are eligible to enter 6 clubs into the Champions League, up from 5 which was the limit last season.[1] While countries outside the top 6 can enter their league champion into either the Champions League or Challenger Cup.
| Rank[2] | Association | Points | Teams | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Spain | 124,200 | align=center rowspan=3 | 6 |
| 2 | Greece | 105,102.5 | ||
| 3 |  Hungary | 89,452.5 | ||
| 4 |  Italy | 76,760 | 5 | |
| 5 |  France | 35,147.5 | 2 | |
| 6 | Netherlands | 13,785 | 3 | |
| 7 |  Russia | 9,217.5 | 0 | |
| 8 | Germany | 8,290 | 1 | |
| 9 | Portugal | 6,010 | 0 | |
| 10 |  Malta | 4,090 | ||
| Rank | Association | Points | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Croatia | 2,930 | 0 |
| 12 |  Serbia | 2,860 | |
| 13 |  Turkey | 2,560 | |
| 14 |  Slovakia | 1,715 | |
| 15 |  Great Britain | 1,330 | |
| 16 |  Israel | 1,250 | 1 |
| 17 |  Sweden | 1,060 | 0 |
| 18 | Bulgaria | 770 | |
| 19 |  Czech Republic | 770 | |
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 the 2024–25 LEN Women's Challenger Cup. Tenerife Echeyde took the place of CE Mediterrani who didn't enter.
| Olympiacos Piraeus (1st) | width=240px | UVSE Budapest (1st) | width=240px | Ekipe Orizzonte (1st) | width=240px | CN Mataró (1st) |
| Astralpool Sabadell CL (3rd) |
| Lille UC (1st) | width=240px | Grand Nancy AC (3rd) | width=240px | Spandau 04 (1st) | width=240px | NO Vouliagmeni (2hd) |
| Alimos NAC Betsson (3rd) | Ethnikos Piraeus (4th) | ANC Glyfada (5th) | Panionios GSS (6th) | |||
| FTC Telekom (2nd) | Digi Eger (3rd) | Dunaújváros (4th) | BVSC-Zugló (5th) | |||
| III. Keruleti TVE (6th) | Hapoel Yoneam (1st) | Antenore Plebiscito Padova (2nd) | SIS Roma (3rd) | |||
| Rapallo Pallanuoto (4th) | Pallanuoto Trieste (5th) | ZV De Zaan (1st) | Widex GZC Donk (2nd) | |||
| Polar Bears (3rd) | CN Sant Andreu (2nd) | CN Terrassa (4rd) | EPlus CN Catalunya (6th) | |||
| Tenerife Echeyde (7th) | ||||||
| Phase | Round | Round date[3] |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
See main article: 2024–25 LEN Women's Champions League qualification round. 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 the 2024–25 LEN Women's Euro Cup.[4]
The draw was on 13 August 2024 in Zagreb. The seeding was decided by the club rankings.[5] H indicates which club is hosting the groups. Teams in bold indicate who advanced.
| width=20% | Pot 1 | width=20% | Pot 2 | width=20% | Pot 3 | width=20% | Pot 4 | width=20% | Pot 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunaújváros NO Vouliagmeni SIS Roma FTC Telekom | CN Terrassa Ethnikos Piraeus ANC Glyfada CN Sant Andreu Lille UC | Digi Eger (H) Alimos NAC Betsson ZV De Zaan BVSC-ZuglóSpandau 04 (H) | Pallanuoto Trieste Grand Nancy AC EPlus CN Catalunya Tenerife Echeyde Panionios GSS (H) | III. Keruleti TVE Rapallo Pallanuoto Polar Bears (H) Widex GZC Donk Hapoel Yoneam |
The draw took place on 7 October 2024 in Zagreb, Croatia.[6] The top two advance to the Quarterfinals.
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.