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

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

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.

Groups

Preliminary round

The schedule was announced on 10 May 2014.

Group A

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Group B

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Final round

Bracket

Quarterfinals

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7th place match

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5th place match

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Semifinals

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Bronze medal match

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Gold medal match

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Final ranking

;Team Roster Laura Ester,

Marta Bach Marta Bach Pascual (born 17 February 1993) is a Spanish water polo player. She competed for the Spain women's national water polo team in the Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics, and Water polo at the 2017 World Aquatic ...

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Lorena Miranda Lorena Miranda Dorado (born 7 April 1991) is a Spanish water polo player, born in Ceuta. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Spain women's national water polo team in the women's event, winning the silver medal. She is tall. On ...

, Pili Peña,

Andrea Blas Andrea Blas Martinez (born 14 February 1992 in Zaragoza) is a Spanish water polo player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Spain women's national water polo team in the women's event, where they won the silver medal. She is 5&n ...

Ona Meseguer Ona Meseguer Flaqué (born 20 February 1988) is a Spanish waterpolo player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Spain women's national water polo team in the women's event winning the silver medal. See also * List of Olympic meda ...

, Maica García, Laura López
Patricia Herrera. Head coach: Miki Oca

Awards and statistics

Top goalscorers

Individual awards

*Most Valuable Player ** *Best Goalkeeper ** *Top Scorer ** — 19 goals

References

External links

Official website
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