The 2014 Women's
European Water Polo Championship
The European Water Polo Championship is a sport competition for national water polo teams, currently held biannually and organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN), the governing European aquatics federation. There are both men's and wo ...
was held from 16 to 26 July 2014 in
Budapest
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,
Hungary
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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.
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
All times are CEST (UTC+2
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As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
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Group B
All times are CEST (UTC+2
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Final round
Bracket
Quarterfinals
All times are CEST (UTC+2
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As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
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7th place match
All times are CEST (UTC+2
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As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
).
5th place match
All times are CEST (UTC+2
UTC+02:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2020-11-08T23:41:45+02:00.
As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
).
Semifinals
All times are CEST (UTC+2
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As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
).
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Bronze medal match
All times are CEST (UTC+2
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As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
).
Gold medal match
All times are CEST (UTC+2
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As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
).
Final ranking
;Team Roster
Laura Ester
Laura Ester Ramos (born 22 January 1990) is a Spanish water polo goalkeeper. 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 also competed at the 20 ...
,
Marta Bach,
Anni Espar,
Roser Tarragó
Roser Tarragó Aymerich (born March 25, 1993) 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.
Club career
She start ...
,
Mati Ortiz,
Jennifer Pareja
Jennifer Pareja Lisalde (born 8 May 1984) is a former Spanish water polo player who won the gold medal at the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona, being named ''Most Valuable Player'' of the event.
She was named 2013 Best Female Water Polo ...
(
C),
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
María del Pilar Peña Carrasco (born 4 April 1986), commonly known as Pili Peña, is a Spanish water polo player.
Early life and career
She was born in Madrid, and played for Club Natación Ondarreta Alcorcón, who won the Spanish championship ...
,
Andrea Blas,
Ona Meseguer,
Maica García,
Laura LópezPatricia Herrera
Patricia Herrera Fernandez (born 9 February 1993) is a Spanish water polo goalkeeper.
She was part of the Spanish team at the 2013 and 2015 World Aquatics Championships.
See also
* Spain women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
* ...
. Head coach:
Miki Oca
Miguel Ángel Oca Gaia, better known as Miki Oca (born 15 April 1970), is a former Spanish water polo player, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Four years earlier he won ...
Awards and statistics
Top goalscorers
Individual awards
*Most Valuable Player
**
*Best Goalkeeper
**
*Top Scorer
** — 19 goals
References
External links
Official website
{{European championships in 2014
Women
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Typically, women are of the female sex and inherit a pair of X chromosomes, one from each parent, and women with functional u ...
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