2014 Women's European Water Polo Championship

The 2014 Women's European Water Polo Championship was held from 16 to 26 July 2014 in Budapest, Hungary.

For the men's tournament, see 2014 Men's European Water Polo Championship.
2014 Women's European Water Polo Championship
Tournament details
Host country Hungary
Dates16–26 July
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Spain (1st title)
Runner-up Netherlands
Third place Hungary
Fourth place Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches20
Goals scored374 (18.7 per match)
Top scorer(s) Rita Keszthelyi
(19 goals)
Best player Maica García
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Spain won their first title by defeating the Netherlands 10-5 in the final. Hungary captured the bronze medal after a 10–9 win over Italy.[1]

Qualification
Main article: 2014 Women's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers

There were eight teams in the 2014 championships. They qualified as follows:

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host nation – – 1  Hungary
2012 European Championships 16–29 January 2012 Eindhoven 3  Italy
 Greece
 Russia
2014 Women's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers 16–19 January 2014 – 4  France
 Great Britain
 Netherlands
 Spain

Championships

The structure of the championships is that there were two groups of four teams followed by a knockout phase. The first teams in each group automatically qualified to compete for the semis, and the second & third teams played a crossed match to qualify for the semis too. The last teams in each group played a classification playoff for 7th–8th place.

Squads
Main article: 2014 Women's European Water Polo Championship squads

Draw

The draw was held on 9 March 2014.[2]

Groups
Group AGroup B

 Greece
 Hungary
 Netherlands
 Great Britain

 Italy
 Russia
 Spain
 France

Preliminary round

The schedule was announced on 10 May 2014.[3][4]

     Team advances to Semifinals
     Team advances to Quarterfinals
     Team competes in placement matches

Group A

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

Team G W D L GF GA Diff Points
 Netherlands 33003223+99
 Hungary 32013924+156
 Greece 31022328−53
 Great Britain 30031736−190
16 July 2014
13:00		 Report Great Britain  7–9  Greece Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Grandin (FRA), Teixido (ESP)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–2, 2–2, 1–3
Gibson-Byrne 3 Goals Tsoukala 3
16 July 2014
17:30		 Report Netherlands  12–11  Hungary Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Ćirić (SRB), Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–3, 4–3, 2–2
Genee, Van der Sloot 3 Goals Keszthelyi 3
18 July 2014
14:30		 Report Great Britain  5–11  Netherlands Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Dreval (RUS), Taccini (ITA)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–2, 1–3, 1–4
Gibson-Byrne 2 Goals Genee 3
18 July 2014
17:30		 Report Hungary  12–7  Greece Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Teixido (ESP), Franulović (CRO)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 3–3, 3–2, 3–2
Antal 3 Goals Tsoukala, Plevritou 3
20 July 2014
14:30		 Report Netherlands  9–7  Greece Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Taccini (ITA), Galindo (ESP)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–2, 2–3, 1–1
Klaassen 5 Goals Roumpesi 3
20 July 2014
17:30		 Report Great Britain  5–16  Hungary Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Grandin (FRA), Kikalishvili (GEO)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 1–3, 1–5, 1–3
Temple-Craik 2 Goals Keszthelyi 6

Group B

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

Team G W D L GF GA Diff Points
 Spain 32013922+176
 Italy 32013526+96
 Russia 32013828+106
 France 30031450−360
16 July 2014
14:30		 Report Italy  14–4  France Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–1, 1–0, 6–2
three players 3 Goals Clomes 2
16 July 2014
16:00		 Report Russia  10–9  Spain Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Stavropoulos (GRE), Varkonyi (HUN)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–3, 3–2, 3–2
Ivanova 4 Goals Tarragó, García 3
18 July 2014
13:00		 Report France  4–18  Spain Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Kikashvili (GEO), Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 0–6, 1–5, 2–3
Daule 2 Goals Tarragó 6
18 July 2014
16:00		 Report Russia  10–13  Italy Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Stavropoulos (GRE), Koganov (AZE)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–3, 4–5, 3–2
four players 2 Goals Bianconi 4
20 July 2014
13:00		 Report Russia  18–6  France Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Toygaru (TUR), Dutilh-Dumas (NED)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 6–3, 3–2, 5–0
Prokofyeva, Karimova 5 Goals Guillet, Clomes 2
20 July 2014
16:00		 Report Italy  8–12  Spain Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Varkonyi (HUN), Ćirić (SRB)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–4, 3–3, 2–1
Emmolo 4 Goals Tarragó 5

Final round

Bracket
  Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal match
                           
A1  Netherlands 12  
A3  Greece 9  
B2  Italy 11  
B2  Italy 11  
  A1  Netherlands 5
  B1  Spain 10
B1  Spain 9
A2  Hungary 11  
A2  Hungary 8  
B3  Russia 7  
5th place match Bronze medal match
A3  Greece 5 B2  Italy 9
B3  Russia 7 A2  Hungary 10

Quarterfinals

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

22 July 2014
16:30		 Report Hungary  11–7  Russia Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Bender (GER), Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–1, 3–3, 2–2
Antal 3 Goals Grineva 2
22 July 2014
18:00		 Report Italy  11–9  Greece Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Schwartz (ISR), Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–2, 1–2, 1–1  PSO: 4–2
Di Mario, Bianconi 2 Goals Asimaki 2

7th place match

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

22 July 2014
15:00		 Report Great Britain  5–8  France Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Dreval (RUS), Dutilh-Dumas (NED)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–1, 1–3, 1–1
Gibson-Byrne 3 Goals Guillet 2

5th place match

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

24 July 2014
15:00		 Report Russia  7–5  Greece Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Taylor (GBR), Grandin (FRA)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–1, 0–1, 1–0
Prokofyeva 3 Goals five players 1

Semifinals

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

24 July 2014
16:30		 Report Hungary  8–9  Spain Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Ćirić (SRB), Franulović (CRO)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–3, 2–3, 1–1
Keszthelyi 4 Goals García 4
24 July 2014
18:00		 Report Italy  11–12  Netherlands Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Naumov (RUS), Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–4, 2–1, 1–2  PSO: 3–4
Garibotti 2 Goals Smit, Van der Sloot 2

Bronze medal match

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

26 July 2014
16:30		 Report Hungary  10–9  Italy Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Teixido (ESP)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 5–2, 0–2, 3–2
Antal 3 Goals Bianconi 3

Gold medal match

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

26 July 2014
18:00		 Report Spain  10–5  Netherlands Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Taccini (ITA), Stavropoulos (GRE)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–0, 2–2, 3–0
García 3
Espar, Tarragó, Blas 2
Miranda 1		 Goals Van der Sloot 3
Megens, Sevenich 1

Final ranking

Awards and statistics

Top goalscorers
Rank Name Team Goals Shots %
1 Rita Keszthelyi  Hungary 19 4740.4%
2 Roser Tarragó  Spain 16 3743.2%
3 Maica García  Spain 14 2360.9%
4 Roberta Bianconi  Italy 13 3043.3%
Ekaterina Prokofyeva  Russia 13 2846.4%
6 Barbara Bujka  Hungary 12 3138.7%
7 Dóra Antal  Hungary 11 3234.4%
Tania Di Mario  Italy 11 3333.3%
Sabrina van der Sloot  Netherlands 11 2839.3%
10 Ciara Gibson-Byrne  Great Britain 10 1952.6%
Elvina Karimova  Russia 10 2245.5%
Lieke Klaassen  Netherlands 10 2441.7%

Individual awards

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References
  1. "World Champion Spain also claims for European title". waterpoloworld.com. July 26, 2014. Archived from the original on May 26, 2019. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  2. "Draw – European Water Polo Championships – Budapest 2014". vlv.hu. 9 March 2014.
  3. "Budapest 2014 programme finalized". waterpoloworld.com. 2014-05-10.
  4. Match schedule
  5. "World Champion Spain also claims for European title". waterpoloworld.com. July 26, 2014. Archived from the original on May 26, 2019. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
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