2014 Men's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers are series of qualification tournaments [1] to decide the participants of the 2014 Men's European Water Polo Championship, running from 4 April 2013 to 12 April 2014.
Serbia (Winners, 2012 Men's European Water Polo Championship)
Montenegro (Runners-up, 2012 Men's European Water Polo Championship)
Hungary Hosts, (3rd Place, 2012 Men's European Water Polo Championship)
Italy (4th Place, 2012 Men's European Water Polo Championship)
Germany (5th Place, 2012 Men's European Water Polo Championship)
Greece (6th Place, 2012 Men's European Water Polo Championship)
Spain (7th Place, 2012 Men's European Water Polo Championship)
Romania (8th Place, 2012 Men's European Water Polo Championship)
Croatia (9th Place, 2012 Men's European Water Polo Championship)
Netherlands (10th Place, 2012 Men's European Water Polo Championship)
North Macedonia (11th Place, 2012 Men's European Water Polo Championship)
Turkey (12th Place, 2012 Men's European Water Polo Championship)| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Georgia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 25 | +26 | 10 |
 Slovakia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 16 | +19 | 8 |
 Great Britain | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 24 | +12 | 7 |
 Poland | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 43 | −21 | 3 |
 Czech Republic | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 53 | −36 | 0 |
| 4 April 2013 17:30 | Report | Slovakia | 11–1 | Poland |
| 4 April 2013 19:00 | Report | Georgia | 12–3 | Great Britain |
| 5 April 2013 10:00 | Report | Czech Republic | 3–12 | Slovakia |
| 5 April 2013 11:30 | Report | Poland | 3–11 | Great Britain |
| 5 April 2013 18:30 | Report | Czech Republic | 5–8 | Poland |
| 5 April 2013 20:00 | Report | Georgia | 7–7 | Slovakia |
| 6 April 2013 17:30 | Report | Great Britain | 17–4 | Czech Republic |
| 6 April 2013 19:00 | Report | Georgia | 16–10 | Poland |
| 7 April 2013 11:30 | Report | Great Britain | 5–5 | Slovakia |
| 7 April 2013 13:00 | Report | Georgia | 16–5 | Czech Republic |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 France | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 22 | +58 | 15 |
 Slovenia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 35 | +35 | 12 |
 Ukraine | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 49 | 55 | −6 | 7 |
 Moldova | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 63 | −25 | 4 |
 Belarus | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 57 | −30 | 3 |
 Switzerland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 70 | −32 | 3 |
| 30 May 2013 16:00 | Report | Switzerland | 9–8 | Moldova |
| 30 May 2013 17:30 | Report | Belarus | 4–13 | Slovenia |
| 30 May 2013 19:00 | Report | France | 14–7 | Ukraine |
| 31 May 2013 9:00 | Report | Ukraine | 14–8 | Switzerland |
| 31 May 2013 10:30 | Report | Slovenia | 19–5 | Moldova |
| 31 May 2013 12:00 | Report | Belarus | 0–18 | France |
| 31 May 2013 17:00 | Report | Ukraine | 10–10 | Moldova |
| 31 May 2013 18:30 | Report | France | 9–4 | Slovenia |
| 31 May 2013 20:00 | Report | Switzerland | 7–9 | Belarus |
| 1 June 2013 16:00 | Report | France | 22–5 | Switzerland |
| 1 June 2013 17:30 | Report | Slovenia | 17–8 | Ukraine |
| 1 June 2013 19:00 | Report | Belarus | 8–9 | Moldova |
| 2 June 2013 9:00 | Report | Moldova | 6–17 | France |
| 2 June 2013 10:30 | Report | Switzerland | 9–17 | Slovenia |
| 2 June 2013 12:00 | Report | Ukraine | 10–6 | Belarus |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Russia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 26 | +94 | 15 |
 Malta | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 65 | 51 | +14 | 10 |
 Portugal | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 57 | −7 | 9 |
 Israel | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 47 | 50 | −3 | 7 |
 Denmark | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 46 | 67 | −21 | 3 |
 Bulgaria | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 114 | −79 | 0 |
| 4 April 2013 15:00 | Report | Bulgaria | 6–17 | Israel |
| 4 April 2013 17:00 | Report | Malta | 16–8 | Portugal |
| 4 April 2013 19:00 | Report | Denmark | 4–22 | Russia |
| 5 April 2013 8:30 | Report | Israel | 6–9 | Portugal |
| 5 April 2013 10:30 | Report | Denmark | 19–11 | Bulgaria |
| 5 April 2013 12:30 | Report | Russia | 20–8 | Malta |
| 5 April 2013 16:00 | Report | Bulgaria | 7–18 | Portugal |
| 5 April 2013 18:00 | Report | Israel | 5–23 | Russia |
| 5 April 2013 20:00 | Report | Denmark | 10–11 | Malta |
| 6 April 2013 16:00 | Report | Malta | 24–7 | Bulgaria |
| 6 April 2013 18:00 | Report | Portugal | 5–21 | Russia |
| 6 April 2013 20:00 | Report | Denmark | 6–13 | Israel |
| 7 April 2013 9:00 | Report | Malta | 6–6 | Israel |
| 7 April 2013 11:00 | Report | Russia | 36–4 | Bulgaria |
| 7 April 2013 13:00 | Report | Denmark | 7–10 | Portugal |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts QR2 | Pts Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 35 | +33 | 12 | 22 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 35 | +5 | 9 | 16 |
| Malta | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 41 | −0 | 3 | 13 |
| Israel | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 36 | −1 | 3 | 10 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 63 | −37 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 July 2013 19:00 | Report | Georgia | 13–8 | Israel |
| 11 July 2013 20:15 | Report | Malta | 10–11 | Belarus |
| 12 July 2013 19:00 | Report | Ukraine | 13–5 | Belarus |
| 12 July 2013 20:15 | Report | Israel | 4–11 | Malta |
| 13 July 2013 9:30 | Report | Belarus | 3–16 | Israel |
| 13 July 2013 10:45 | Report | Georgia | 15–8 | Ukraine |
| 13 July 2013 17:30 | Report | Belarus | 7–24 | Georgia |
| 13 July 2013 18:45 | Report | Ukraine | 10–8 | Malta |
| 14 July 2013 9:30 | Report | Israel | 7–9 | Ukraine |
| 14 July 2013 10:45 | Report | Malta | 12–16 | Georgia |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts QR2 | Pts Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 36 | +45 | 13 | 28 |
| Slovakia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 32 | +53 | 12 | 20 |
| Great Britain | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 64 | 35 | +29 | 10 | 17 |
| Denmark | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 78 | −34 | 6 | 9 |
| Moldova | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 48 | 85 | −37 | 3 | 7 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 90 | −56 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 July 2013 16:00 | Report | France | 21–9 | Moldova |
| 11 July 2013 17:30 | Report | Great Britain | 18–6 | Switzerland |
| 11 July 2013 19:00 | Report | Slovakia | 21–4 | Denmark |
| 12 July 2013 9:00 | Report | Denmark | 15–12 | Moldova |
| 12 July 2013 10:30 | Report | Slovakia | 26–7 | Switzerland |
| 12 July 2013 12:00 | Report | France | 8–8 | Great Britain |
| 12 July 2013 16:00 | Report | Switzerland | 6–14 | Denmark |
| 12 July 2013 17:30 | Report | Great Britain | 18–7 | Moldova |
| 12 July 2013 19:00 | Report | Slovakia | 9–10 | France |
| 13 July 2013 16:00 | Report | France | 24–6 | Denmark |
| 13 July 2013 17:30 | Report | Moldova | 14–11 | Switzerland |
| 13 July 2013 19:00 | Report | Slovakia | 9–5 | Great Britain |
| 14 July 2013 8:30 | Report | France | 18–4 | Switzerland |
| 14 July 2013 10:00 | Report | Denmark | 5–15 | Great Britain |
| 14 July 2013 11:30 | Report | Slovakia | 20–6 | Moldova |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts QR2 | Pts Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 20 | +39 | 13 | 28 |
| Slovenia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 25 | +30 | 13 | 25 |
| Portugal | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 6 | 15 |
| Poland | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 35 | +8 | 9 | 12 |
| Czech Republic | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 35 | 58 | −23 | 3 | 3 |
| Bulgaria | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 50 | −50 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 July 2013 | Bulgaria | 0–10 w.o. | Czech Republic |
| 11 July 2013 18:30 | Report | Russia | 16–4 | Portugal |
| 11 July 2013 20:00 | Report | Poland | 6–11 | Slovenia |
| 12 July 2013 | Bulgaria | 0–10 w.o. | Portugal |
| 12 July 2013 18:30 | Report | Russia | 6–6 | Slovenia |
| 12 July 2013 20:00 | Report | Poland | 12–5 | Czech Republic |
| 13 July 2013 9:30 | Report | Russia | 17–5 | Czech Republic |
| 13 July 2013 11:00 | Report | Portugal | 7–10 | Slovenia |
| 13 July 2013 | Poland | 10–0 w.o. | Bulgaria |
| 13 July 2013 17:00 | Report | Czech Republic | 6–18 | Slovenia |
| 13 July 2013 | Bulgaria | 0–10 w.o. | Russia |
| 13 July 2013 20:00 | Report | Poland | 10–9 | Portugal |
| 14 July 2013 | Bulgaria | 0–10 w.o. | Slovenia |
| 14 July 2013 10:30 | Report | Czech Republic | 9–11 | Portugal |
| 14 July 2013 12:00 | Report | Poland | 5–10 | Russia |
A home-and-away aggregate-goals playoff round was arranged between the six pre-qualified teams and the best six teams from the Round 2, played on February 15 and April 12, 2014. The winners of the playoffs qualified for the 2014 Men's European Water Polo Championship.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 11 – 42 | Spain | 5 – 17 | 6 – 25 |
| France | 40 – 14 | Malta | 20 – 8 | 20 – 6 |
| Georgia | 17 – 16 | Turkey | 8 – 4 | 9 – 12 |
| Slovakia | 14 – 30 | Croatia | 8 – 16 | 6 – 14 |
| Romania | 36 – 15 | Great Britain | 18 – 7 | 18 – 8 |
| Netherlands | 19 – 23 | Russia | 9 – 11 | 10 – 12 |
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