The 2014 Men's European Water Polo Championship was held in Budapest from 14–27 July 2014.
Qualification
There were 12 teams in the 2014 championships. They qualified as follows: The host nation The best five teams from the 2012 European Championships not already qualified as the host nation six qualifiers
EventDateLocationVacanciesQualifiedHost nation – –1 2012 European Championships16–29 January 2012 Eindhoven5 QualifiersNovember 2012 – April 2014 –6
Championships 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
Draw The draw was held on 9 March 2014.
Groups Group A Group B
Preliminary round The schedule was announced on 10 May 2014.Match schedule
Team advances to Semifinals Team advances to Quarterfinals Team competes in placement matches
Group A TeamGWDLGFGADiffPoints54106229+331353205230+221153115241+111052034346−3651044363−20350053174−430
Group B TeamGWDLGFGADiffPoints55005536+191553115034+161052214639+7852124741+6751043662−26350053557−220
Final round
Bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Fifth place game
Bronze medal game
Final
7th–12th Classification Bracket
7th–12th Quarterfinals
7th–12th Semifinals
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Seventh place game
Statistics Final ranking
RankTeam456789101112
Team roster Gojko Pijetlović, Dušan Mandić, Živko Gocić, Sava Ranđelović, Miloš Ćuk, Duško Pijetlović, Slobodan Nikić, Milan Aleksić, Nikola Rađen, Filip Filipović, Andrija Prlainović, Stefan Mitrović, and Branislav Mitrović
Head coach: Dejan Savić
Top goalscorers RankNameTeamGoalsShots% 1 Albert Español 24 51 47.1%2 Mickael Bodegas 20 38 52.6% Konstantin Stepanyuk 20 38 52.6% 4 Aleksandar Ivović 19 40 47.5% 5 Tiberiu Negrean 18 41 43.9%6 Filip Filipović 17 34 50% Heiko Nossek 17 43 39.5% Alex Giorgetti 17 44 38.6% 9 Ioannis Fountoulis 16 37 43.2%10 Cosmin Radu 14 27 51.9% Sandro Sukno 14 38 36.8% Maro Joković 14 41 34.1% Awards Top ScorerPlayer of the Tournament Albert Español Denes Varga
References
External links
Official website