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2014 Women's European Water Polo Championship
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | 2014 Women's European Water Polo Championship |
| size | 160px |
| caption | Official logo |
| country | Hungary |
| dates | 16–26 July |
| num_teams | 8 |
| confederations | 1 |
| venues | 1 |
| cities | 1 |
| champion_other | |
| count | 1 |
| second_other | |
| third_other | |
| fourth_other | |
| matches | 20 |
| goals | 374 |
| top_scorer | HUN Rita Keszthelyi |
| (19 goals) | |
| player | ESP Maica García |
| previous | 2012 Women's European Water Polo Championship |
| next | 2016 Women's European Water Polo Championship |
(19 goals) 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.
Qualification
Main article: 2014 Women's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers
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 | |
| 2012 European Championships | 16–29 January 2012 | NED Eindhoven | 3 | |
| 2014 Women's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers | 16–19 January 2014 | – | 4 | |
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.
Groups
| Group A | Group B |
|---|
Preliminary round
The schedule was announced on 10 May 2014.
| Team competes in placement matches |
|---|
Group A
All times are CEST (UTC+2).
| Team | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 23 | +9 | 9 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 24 | +15 | 6 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 28 | −5 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 36 | −19 | 0 |
Group B
All times are CEST (UTC+2).
| Team | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 22 | +17 | 6 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 26 | +9 | 6 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 28 | +10 | 6 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 50 | −36 | 0 |
Final round
Bracket
| team-width=11em | score-width=2em
| RD1-seed1=A3 | RD1-team1= | RD1-score1=9 | RD1-seed2=B2 | RD1-team2=**** | RD1-score2=11
| RD1-seed3=A2 | RD1-team3=**** | RD1-score3=11 | RD1-seed4=B3 | RD1-team4= | RD1-score4=7
| RD2-seed1=A1 | RD2-team1=**** | RD2-score1=12 | RD2-seed2=B2 | RD2-team2= | RD2-score2=11
| RD2-seed3=B1 | RD2-team3=**** | RD2-score3=9 | RD2-seed4=A2 | RD2-team4= | RD2-score4=8
| RD3-seed1=A1 | RD3-team1= | RD3-score1=5 | RD3-seed2=B1 | RD3-team2=**** | RD3-score2=10
| RD4-seed1=B2 | RD4-team1= | RD4-score1=9 | RD4-seed2=A2 | RD4-team2=**** | RD4-score2=10
| RD5-seed1=A3 | RD5-team1= | RD5-score1=5 | RD5-seed2=B3 | RD5-team2=**** | RD5-score2=7
Quarterfinals
All times are CEST (UTC+2).
7th place match
All times are CEST (UTC+2).
5th place match
All times are CEST (UTC+2).
Semifinals
All times are CEST (UTC+2).
Bronze medal match
All times are CEST (UTC+2).
Gold medal match
All times are CEST (UTC+2).
Espar, Tarragó, Blas 2 Miranda 1 Megens, Sevenich 1
Final ranking
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| [[File:gold medal icon.svg]] | |
| [[File:silver medal icon.svg]] | |
| [[File:bronze medal icon.svg]] | |
| 4 | |
| 5 | |
| 6 | |
| 7 | |
| 8 |
;Team Roster 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 Patricia Herrera. Head coach: Miki Oca
Awards and statistics
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Name | Team | Goals | Shots | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rita Keszthelyi | **** | 19 | 47 | 40.4% |
| 2 | Roser Tarragó | 16 | 37 | 43.2% | |
| 3 | Maica García | 14 | 23 | 60.9% | |
| 4 | Roberta Bianconi | 13 | 30 | 43.3% | |
| Ekaterina Prokofyeva | 13 | 28 | 46.4% | ||
| 6 | Barbara Bujka | 12 | 31 | 38.7% | |
| 7 | Dóra Antal | 11 | 32 | 34.4% | |
| Tania Di Mario | 11 | 33 | 33.3% | ||
| Sabrina van der Sloot | 11 | 28 | 39.3% | ||
| 10 | Ciara Gibson-Byrne | 10 | 19 | 52.6% | |
| Elvina Karimova | 10 | 22 | 45.5% | ||
| Lieke Klaassen | 10 | 24 | 41.7% |
Individual awards
- Most Valuable Player
- Maica García
- Best Goalkeeper
- Giulia Gorlero
- Top Scorer
- Rita Keszthelyi — 19 goals
References
References
- (July 26, 2014). "World Champion Spain also claims for European title". waterpoloworld.com.
- (9 March 2014). "Draw – European Water Polo Championships – Budapest 2014". vlv.hu.
- (2014-05-10). "Budapest 2014 programme finalized". waterpoloworld.com.
- [http://waterpolo.hu/Docs/eb_meccssorrend.pdf Match schedule]
- (July 26, 2014). "World Champion Spain also claims for European title". waterpoloworld.com.
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