2014 Men's European Water Polo Championship
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Hungary |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | 14–27 July |
Teams | 12 (from 1 confederation) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Serbia |
Runner-up | Hungary |
Third place | Italy |
Fourth place | Montenegro |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 44 |
Goals scored | 819 (18.61 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Albert Español (24 goals)[1] |
Best player | Denes Varga |
The 2014 Men's European Water Polo Championship was held in Budapest from 14–27 July 2014.[2]
Qualification
[edit]There were 12 teams in the 2014 championships. They qualified as follows:[2]
- The host nation
- The best five teams from the 2012 European Championships not already qualified as the host nation
- six qualifiers
Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
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Host nation | – | – | 1 | Hungary |
2012 European Championships | 16–29 January 2012 | Eindhoven | 5 | Serbia Montenegro Italy Germany Greece |
Qualifiers | November 2012 – April 2014 | – | 6 | Croatia France Georgia Romania Russia Spain |
Championships
[edit]The structure of the championships is that there were two groups of six teams followed by a knockout phase. The first three teams in each group qualified to compete for the championship, with the first-place teams given a bye to the semifinals. The last three teams in each group played a classification tournament for 7th–12th place.
Squads
[edit]Draw
[edit]The draw was held on 9 March 2014.[3]
Groups
[edit]Group A | Group B |
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Preliminary round
[edit]The schedule was announced on 10 May 2014.[4][5]
Team advances to Semifinals | |
Team advances to Quarterfinals | |
Team competes in placement matches |
Group A
[edit]Team | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Points |
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Montenegro | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 29 | +33 | 13 |
Italy | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 30 | +22 | 11 |
Greece | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 10 |
Romania | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 6 |
Russia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 63 | −20 | 3 |
Georgia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 74 | −43 | 0 |
14 July 2014 13:00 |
Report | Romania | 11–6 | Georgia | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Ćirić (SRB), Taylor (GBR) |
Score by quarters: 3–4, 3–1, 2–0, 3–1 | |||||
Radu, Negrean 3 | Goals | Jelača 3 |
14 July 2014 16:00 |
Report | Montenegro | 11–6 | Greece | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Bender (GER), Fekete (HUN) |
Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–1, 3–2, 3–2 | |||||
Ivović 3 | Goals | Fountoulis, Vlachopoulos 2 |
14 July 2014 19:00 |
Report | Italy | 13–6 | Russia | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Koryzna (POL), Teixidó (ESP) |
Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–3, 4–1, 2–1 | |||||
Giorgetti 4 | Goals | Stepanyuk, Shepelev 2 |
15 July 2014 11:30 |
Report | Georgia | 6–15 | Greece | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Galindo (ESP), Dutilh-Dumas (NED) |
Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–6, 3–3, 1–2 | |||||
Franičević 2 | Goals | Fountoulis 6 |
15 July 2014 14:30 |
Report | Russia | 7–15 | Montenegro | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Koryzna (POL), Mercier (FRA) |
Score by quarters: 1–5, 2–3, 2–4, 2–3 | |||||
Timakov 3 | Goals | Ivović, Klikovak 3 |
15 July 2014 16:00 |
Report | Romania | 4–9 | Italy | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Margeta (SLO), Franulović (CRO) |
Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–3, 1–4, 1–1 | |||||
Gheorghe 2 | Goals | Giorgetti, Luongo 2 |
17 July 2014 11:30 |
Report | Italy | 15–5 | Georgia | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Taylor (GBR), Bender (GER) |
Score by quarters: 3–2, 5–1, 5–1, 2–1 | |||||
Figari, Aicardi 3 | Goals | Jelača 2 |
17 July 2014 16:00 |
Report | Greece | 12–6 | Russia | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Koryzna (POL), Margeta (SLO) |
Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–3, 1–1, 5–1 | |||||
Mourikis 3 | Goals | Stepanyuk 4 |
17 July 2014 19:00 |
Report | Montenegro | 13–8 | Romania | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Koganov (AZE), Galindo (ESP) |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–0, 5–2, 3–4 | |||||
M. Janović, N. Janović 3 | Goals | Negrean 4 |
19 July 2014 13:00 |
Report | Georgia | 12–16 | Russia | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Mercier (FRA), Bender (GER) |
Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–4, 7–4, 1–5 | |||||
Tsrepulia, Elez 4 | Goals | Nagaev, Stepanyuk 4 |
19 July 2014 14:30 |
Report | Romania | 9–10 | Greece | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Koganov (AZE), Fekete (HUN) |
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–3, 2–2, 2–3 | |||||
Diaconu 4 | Goals | three players 2 |
19 July 2014 19:00 |
Report | Italy | 6–6 | Montenegro | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Koryzna (POL), Schwartz (ISR) |
Score by quarters: 2–0, 0–1, 2–3, 2–2 | |||||
Fondelli 3 | Goals | N. Janović, Ivović 2 |
21 July 2014 11:30 |
Report | Montenegro | 17–2 | Georgia | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Varkonyi (HUN), Mercier (FRA) |
Score by quarters: 4–0, 4–0, 4–1, 5–1 | |||||
Ivović 6 | Goals | Elez 2 |
21 July 2014 13:00 |
Report | Russia | 8–11 | Romania | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Franulović (CRO), Fekete (HUN) |
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–3, 2–3, 3–2 | |||||
Kholod 3 | Goals | Negrean 5 |
21 July 2014 19:00 |
Report | Greece | 9–9 | Italy | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Teixidó (ESP), Margeta (SLO) |
Score by quarters: 4–2, 0–4, 3–2, 2–1 | |||||
Vlachopoulos 3 | Goals | three players 2 |
Group B
[edit]Team | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Points |
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Hungary | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 36 | +19 | 15 |
Serbia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 34 | +16 | 10 |
Croatia | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 39 | +7 | 8 |
Spain | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 47 | 41 | +6 | 7 |
France | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 62 | −26 | 3 |
Germany | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 57 | −22 | 0 |
14 July 2014 11:30 |
Report | Croatia | 10–5 | Germany | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Schwartz (ISR), Bianchi (ITA) |
Score by quarters: 4–3, 2–0, 3–0, 1–2 | |||||
three players 2 | Goals | Schüler 2 |
14 July 2014 14:30 |
Report | France | 5–16 | Serbia | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Toygarli (TUR), Alexandrescu (ROU) |
Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–3, 0–3, 3–6 | |||||
Bodegas, Camarasa 2 | Goals | Nikić 4 |
14 July 2014 20:30 |
Report | Spain | 9–12 | Hungary | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Naumov (RUS), Abramović (MNE) |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–4, 2–3, 3–3 | |||||
Mallarach 3 | Goals | Varga 5 |
15 July 2014 13:00 |
Report | Germany | 7–12 | Serbia | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Taccini (ITA), Stavridis (GRE) |
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–3, 2–3, 2–3 | |||||
Real, Nossek 2 | Goals | Filipović 4 |
15 July 2014 19:00 |
Report | Croatia | 8–8 | Spain | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Koganov (AZE), Naumov (RUS) |
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–2, 1–2, 2–2 | |||||
Joković 3 | Goals | Minguell 4 |
15 July 2014 20:30 |
Report | Hungary | 12–7 | France | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Kikalishvili (GEO), Toygarli (TUR) |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–1, 5–1, 3–3 | |||||
Varga 3 | Goals | Bodegas 3 |
17 July 2014 13:00 |
Report | France | 11–14 | Croatia | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Dreval (RUS), Abramović (MNE) |
Score by quarters: 3–5, 2–3, 3–2, 3–4 | |||||
Simon, Bodegas 3 | Goals | Joković 5 |
17 July 2014 14:30 |
Report | Spain | 11–8 | Germany | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Schwartz (ISR), Stavropoulos (GRE) |
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–2, 3–4, 3–1 | |||||
Minguell 3 | Goals | Nossek 4 |
17 July 2014 20:30 |
Report | Serbia | 6–8 | Hungary | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Bianchi (ITA), Alexandrescu (ROU) |
Score by quarters: 0–2, 3–3, 2–2, 1–1 | |||||
Filipović, Mitrović 2 | Goals | three players 2 |
19 July 2014 11:30 |
Report | Spain | 13–5 | France | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Abramović (MNE), Bianchi (ITA) |
Score by quarters: 2–0, 3–3, 4–2, 4–0 | |||||
Español 5 | Goals | Bodegas 2 |
19 July 2014 16:00 |
Report | Croatia | 8–8 | Serbia | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Naumov (RUS), Stavridis (GRE) |
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–2, 1–2, 2–1 | |||||
Sukno 3 | Goals | Filipović 4 |
19 July 2014 20:30 |
Report | Germany | 8–16 | Hungary | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Toygaru (TUR), Margeta (SLO) |
Score by quarters: 3–4, 4–5, 0–3, 1–4 | |||||
three players 2 | Goals | Varga 5 |
21 July 2014 14:30 |
Report | France | 8–7 | Germany | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Alexandrescu (ROU), Bianchi (ITA) |
Score by quarters: 1–0, 0–2, 4–4, 3–1 | |||||
Marzouki 3 | Goals | Nossek, Schüler 2 |
21 July 2014 16:00 |
Report | Serbia | 8–6 | Spain | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Naumov (RUS), Koryzna (POL) |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–0, 1–1, 4–3 | |||||
Ćuk 2 | Goals | Español 4 |
21 July 2014 20:30 |
Report | Hungary | 7–6 | Croatia | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Stavropoulos (GRE), Koganov (AZE) |
Score by quarters: 0–2, 4–2, 1–1, 2–1 | |||||
seven players 1 | Goals | Sukno 2 |
Final round
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal game | |||||||||||
A1 | Montenegro | 9 | |||||||||||
A3 | Greece | 9 | B2 | Serbia | 10 | ||||||||
B2 | Serbia | 13 | B2 | Serbia | 12 | ||||||||
B1 | Hungary | 7 | |||||||||||
B1 | Hungary | 8 | |||||||||||
A2 | Italy | 8 | A2 | Italy | 7 | ||||||||
B3 | Croatia | 7 | |||||||||||
5th–6th | Bronze medal game | ||||||||||||
A3 | Greece | 7 | A1 | Montenegro | 9 | ||||||||
B3 | Croatia | 11 | A2 | Italy | 11 | ||||||||
Quarterfinals
[edit]23 July 2014 19:00 |
Report | Italy | 8–7 | Croatia | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Koganov (AZE), Stavridis (GRE) |
Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–2, 2–2, 2–2 | |||||
Figlioli, Giorgetti 2 | Goals | Sukno 3 |
23 July 2014 20:30 |
Report | Greece | 9–13 | Serbia | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Bender (GER), Koryzna (POL) |
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–4, 2–4, 2–2 | |||||
Vlachopoulos 4 | Goals | five players 2 |
Semifinals
[edit]25 July 2014 19:00 |
Report | Italy | 7–8 | Hungary | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Alexandrescu (ROU), Margeta (SLO) |
Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–2, 1–1, 2–2 | |||||
Gallo 2 | Goals | Hosnyánszky 3 |
25 July 2014 20:30 |
Report | Serbia | 10–9 | Montenegro | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Stavridis (GRE), Naumov (RUS) |
Score by quarters: 3–5, 1–2, 3–2, 3–0 | |||||
Mitrović 3 | Goals | Janović 3 |
Fifth place game
[edit]26 July 2014 13:30 |
Report | Croatia | 11–7 | Greece | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Bianchi (ITA), Fekete (HUN) |
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–0, 3–2, 3–2 | |||||
Joković 3 | Goals | Fountoulis 3 |
Bronze medal game
[edit]27 July 2014 18:30 |
Report | Italy | 11–9 | Montenegro | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Stavridis (GRE), Koganov (AZE) |
Score by quarters: 1–3, 5–3, 2–2, 3–1 | |||||
Giorgetti 4 | Goals | M. Janović 3 |
Final
[edit]27 July 2014 20:30 |
Report | Hungary | 7–12 | Serbia | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Margeta (SLO), Alexandrescu (ROU) |
Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–4, 4–2, 1–3 | |||||
Vámos 3 | Goals | Gocić 3 |
7th–12th Classification
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Quarterfinals | Semifinals | 7th–8th | |||||||||||
A4 | Romania | 15 | |||||||||||
A6 | Georgia | 6 | B5 | France | 8 | ||||||||
B5 | France | 10 | A4 | Romania | 7 | ||||||||
B4 | Spain | 8 | |||||||||||
B4 | Spain | 16 | |||||||||||
A5 | Russia | 8 | B6 | Germany | 8 | ||||||||
B6 | Germany | 9 | |||||||||||
11th–12th | 9th–10th | ||||||||||||
A6 | Georgia | 8 | B5 | France | 13 | ||||||||
A5 | Russia | 9 | B6 | Germany | 14 | ||||||||
7th–12th Quarterfinals
[edit]23 July 2014 16:00 |
Report | Russia | 8–9 | Germany | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Franulović (CRO), Bianchi (ITA) |
Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–2, 1–3, 2–3 | |||||
Stepanyuk 3 | Goals | Real 2 |
23 July 2014 17:30 |
Report | Georgia | 6–10 | France | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Fekete (HUN), Ćirić (SRB) |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–3, 2–3, 1–2 | |||||
six players 1 | Goals | Bodegas 4 |
7th–12th Semifinals
[edit]25 July 2014 14:30 |
Report | Germany | 8–16 | Spain | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Fekete (HUN), Koryzna (POL) |
Score by quarters: 3–5, 1–4, 2–3, 2–4 | |||||
three players 2 | Goals | Español 7 |
25 July 2014 16:00 |
Report | France | 8–15 | Romania | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Toygaru (TUR), Franulović (CRO) |
Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–3, 1–6, 3–3 | |||||
Bodegas 3 | Goals | Negrean 5 |
Eleventh place game
[edit]25 July 2014 17:30 |
Report | Russia | 9–8 | Georgia | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Galindo (ESP), Schwartz (ISR) |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–2, 2–1, 3–3 | |||||
Stepanyuk 4 | Goals | Elez, Jelaca 2 |
Ninth place game
[edit]26 July 2014 10:30 |
Report | Germany | 14–13 | France | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Ćirić (SRB), Koryzna (POL) |
Score by quarters: 4–3, 4–6, 4–3, 2–1 | |||||
Nossek 4 | Goals | Camarasa 5 |
Seventh place game
[edit]26 July 2014 12:00 |
Report | Spain | 8–7 | Romania | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Bender (GER), Naumov (RUS) |
Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–3, 2–1, 2–2 | |||||
García 3 | Goals | Radu 3 |
Statistics
[edit]Final ranking
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Top goalscorers
[edit]Rank | Name | Team | Goals | Shots | % |
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1 | Albert Español | Spain | 24 | 51 | 47.1% |
2 | Mickael Bodegas | France | 20 | 38 | 52.6% |
Konstantin Stepanyuk | Russia | 20 | 38 | 52.6% | |
4 | Aleksandar Ivović | Montenegro | 19 | 40 | 47.5% |
5 | Tiberiu Negrean | Romania | 18 | 41 | 43.9% |
6 | Filip Filipović | Serbia | 17 | 34 | 50% |
Heiko Nossek | Germany | 17 | 43 | 39.5% | |
Alex Giorgetti | Italy | 17 | 44 | 38.6% | |
9 | Ioannis Fountoulis | Greece | 16 | 37 | 43.2% |
10 | Cosmin Radu | Romania | 14 | 27 | 51.9% |
Sandro Sukno | Croatia | 14 | 38 | 36.8% | |
Maro Joković | Croatia | 14 | 41 | 34.1% |
Awards
[edit]Top Scorer | Player of the Tournament |
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Albert Español | Denes Varga |
References
[edit]- ^ "Top scorer" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-28. Retrieved 2015-07-23.
- ^ a b "Budapest 2014 men's qualifiers to start". waterpoloworld.com. 2 April 2013. Archived from the original on 15 April 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
- ^ "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