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 10âÂÂ9 win over Italy.
There were eight teams in the 2014 championships. They qualified as follows:
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 7thâÂÂ8th place.
The draw was held on 9 March 2014.
The schedule was announced on 10 May 2014.
<small>All times are CEST (UTC+2).</small>
<small>All times are CEST (UTC+2).</small>
<small>All times are CEST (UTC+2).</small>
<small>All times are CEST (UTC+2).</small>
<small>All times are CEST (UTC+2).</small>
<small>All times are CEST (UTC+2).</small>
<small>All times are CEST (UTC+2).</small>
<small>All times are CEST (UTC+2).</small>
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Laura Ester, Marta Bach, Anni Espar, Roser Tarragó, Mati Ortiz, Jennifer Pareja (C), Lorena Miranda, Pili Peña, Andrea Blas, Ona Meseguer, Maica GarcÃÂa, Laura López<br />Patricia Herrera. Head coach: Miki Oca