| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Hungary |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Dates | 16–26 July |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Spain (1st title) |
| Runner-up |  Netherlands |
| Third place | Hungary |
| Fourth place |  Italy |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 20 |
| Goals scored | 374 (18.7 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Rita Keszthelyi (19 goals) |
| Best player | Maica García |
The 2014 Women's European Water Polo Championship was held from 16 to 26 July 2014 in Budapest, Hungary.
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
There were eight teams in the 2014 championships. They qualified as follows:
- The host nation
- The best three teams from the 2012 European Championships not already qualified as the host nation
- Four qualifiers
| 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
Draw
The draw was held on 9 March 2014.[2]
Groups
| Group A | Group B |
|---|---|
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
| Team | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 23 | +9 | 9 |
| Hungary |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 24 | +15 | 6 |
| Greece |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 28 | −5 | 3 |
| Great Britain |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 36 | −19 | 0 |
| 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
| Team | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 22 | +17 | 6 |
| Italy |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 26 | +9 | 6 |
| Russia |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 28 | +10 | 6 |
| France |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 50 | −36 | 0 |
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
|
Laura Ester, Marta Bach, Anni Espar, Roser Tarragó, Mati Ortiz, Jennifer Pareja (C), Lorena Miranda, Pili Peña, Andrea Blas, Ona Meseguer, Maica García, Laura López |
Awards and statistics
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Name | Team | Goals | Shots | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rita Keszthelyi | Hungary |
19 | 47 | 40.4% |
| 2 | Roser Tarragó | Spain |
16 | 37 | 43.2% |
| 3 | Maica García | Spain |
14 | 23 | 60.9% |
| 4 | Roberta Bianconi | Italy |
13 | 30 | 43.3% |
| Ekaterina Prokofyeva | Russia |
13 | 28 | 46.4% | |
| 6 | Barbara Bujka | Hungary |
12 | 31 | 38.7% |
| 7 | Dóra Antal | Hungary |
11 | 32 | 34.4% |
| Tania Di Mario | Italy |
11 | 33 | 33.3% | |
| Sabrina van der Sloot | Netherlands |
11 | 28 | 39.3% | |
| 10 | Ciara Gibson-Byrne | Great Britain |
10 | 19 | 52.6% |
| Elvina Karimova | Russia |
10 | 22 | 45.5% | |
| Lieke Klaassen | Netherlands |
10 | 24 | 41.7% |
Individual awards
- Most Valuable Player
- Maica García (ESP)
- Best Goalkeeper
- Giulia Gorlero (ITA)
- Top Scorer
- Rita Keszthelyi (HUN) — 19 goals
References
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Draw – European Water Polo Championships – Budapest 2014". vlv.hu. 9 March 2014.
- ↑ "Budapest 2014 programme finalized". waterpoloworld.com. 2014-05-10. Archived from the original on 2014-06-02. Retrieved 2014-06-02.
- ↑ Match schedule
- ↑ "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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