2014 Women's European Water Polo Championship

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
Dates	16–26 July
Teams	8 (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
Matches	20
Goals scored	374 (18.7 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Rita Keszthelyi (19 goals)^[1]

The 2014 Women's European Water Polo Championship was held in Budapest from 14–26 July 2014.

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	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 A	Group 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

Team	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
Netherlands	3	3	0	32	23	+9	9
Hungary	3	2	1	39	24	+15	6
Greece	3	1	2	23	28	−5	3
Great Britain	3	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	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
Spain	3	2	1	39	22	+17	6
Italy	3	2	1	35	26	+9	6
Russia	3	2	1	38	28	+10	6
France	3	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

Semifinals

Gold medal game

Netherlands (pen.)

Greece

Italy

Italy (pen.)

Netherlands

Spain

Hungary

Hungary

Russia

5th–6th

Bronze medal game

Greece

Italy

Russia

Hungary

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 OT: 4–2
		Di Mario, Bianconi 2	Goals	Asimaki 2

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 OT: 3–4
		Garibotti 2	Goals	Smit, Van der Sloot 2

Seventh place game

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

Fifth place game

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

Bronze medal game

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

Final

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	Goals	Van der Sloot 3

Statistics

Final ranking

Rank	Team
01 !	Spain
02 !	Netherlands
03 !	Hungary
4	Italy
5	Russia
6	Greece
7	France
8	Great Britain

2014 Women's European Champion
Spain First title

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 Godoy	Spain	14	23	60.9%
4	Roberta Bianconi	Italy	13	30	43.3%
4	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%
	Catharina 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%

References

↑ Top scorer
↑ "Draw – European Water Polo Championships – Budapest 2014". vlv.hu. 9 March 2014.
↑ "Budapest 2014 programme finalized". waterpoloworld.com. 2014-05-10.
↑ Match schedule

External links

Official website

European Water Polo Championship

Men's tournament

Tournaments	Budapest 1926 Bologna 1927 Paris 1931 Magdeburg 1934 London 1938 Monte Carlo 1947 Vienna 1950 Turin 1954 Budapest 1958 Leipzig 1962 Utrecht 1966 Barcelona 1970 Vienna 1974 Jönköping 1977 Split 1981 Rome 1983 Sofia 1985 Strasbourg 1987 Bonn 1989 Athens 1991 Sheffield 1993 Vienna 1995 Seville 1997 Florence 1999 Budapest 2001 Kranj 2003 Belgrade 2006 Málaga 2008 Zagreb 2010 Eindhoven 2012 Budapest 2014 Belgrade 2016 Barcelona 2018

Qualification	1926 1927 1931 1934 1938 1947 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1977 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

Squads	1926 1927 1931 1934 1938 1947 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1977 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

Women's tournament

Tournaments	Oslo 1985 Strasbourg 1987 Bonn 1989 Athens 1991 Leeds 1993 Vienna 1995 Sevilla 1997 Prato 1999 Budapest 2001 Ljubljana 2003 Belgrade 2006 Málaga 2008 Zagreb 2010 Eindhoven 2012 Budapest 2014 Belgrade 2016 Barcelona 2018

Qualification	1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

Squads	1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

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