EU 8 Nations Water Polo Tournament 2014

Final Table

PlaceCountryPWDLFA
1Malta55008538
2Denmark53026252
3Ireland54015546
4Austria52034359
5Switzerland52124848
6Scotland52035149
7Czech Republic52035445
8Wales50053880
[References: compiled from Results in 2-5]

Finals

DateHome TeamAway Team
5th-8th Semi-Finals
15.03.2014Switzerland11Czech Republic8
15.03.2014Scotland15Wales9
Semi-Finals
15.03.2014Ireland7Malta17
15.03.2014Austria8Denmark13
7th-8th Place
16.03.2014Czech Republic18Wales7
5th-6th Place
16.03.2014Switzerland10Scotland9
3rd-4th Place
16.03.2014Ireland13Austria6
Final
16.03.2014Malta9Denmark8
[References: 2-5]

Group Tables

EU 8 Nations 2014PWDLFAPts
Group A
Ireland (Q)330035236
Austria (Q)311129333
Scotland310227302
Switzerland301227311
Group B
Malta (Q)330059236
Denmark (Q)320141354
Czech Republic310228272
Wales300322570
[References: Compiled from results in 2-5]

Group Results

DateHome TeamAway Team
Group A
14.03.2014Ireland9Switzerland7
14.03.2014Austria11Scotland8
14.03.2014Switzerland11Austria11
14.03.2014Ireland12Scotland9
15.03.2014Switzerland9Scotland11
15.03.2014Ireland14Austria7
Group B
14.03.2014Denmark11Czech Republic9
14.03.2014Wales8Malta23
14.03.2014Denmark21Wales8
14.03.2014Malta18Czech Republic8
15.03.2014Denmark9Malta18
15.03.2014Wales6Czech Republic13
[References: 2-5]

Report

Ireland topped their group in the EU 8 Nations Water Polo Tournament at the University of Limerick from the 14th to 16th March 2014. Having defeated Switzerland (9-7), Scotland (12-9) and then Austria (14-7) Ireland lost out to Malta (7-17) in the Semi-Finals, before recovering to defeat the Austrians again (13-6) in the Bronze Medal Game. Malta triumphed 9-8 over Denmark in the Final.

The other teams in the Tournament were Swuitzerland (5th), Scotland (6th), Czech Republic (7th) and Wales (8th).

men playing with a ball in swimming pool
Photo by Patrick Case on Pexels.com

Reference

Images

[1] Photo by Patrick Case on Pexels.com

Wayback Machine

[2] Ireland Water Polo Wayback Machine (2014) EU 8 Nations Tournament [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20150701162020/https://irelandwaterpolo.wordpress.com/ [Accessed 10 January 2018]

Newspapers

[3] Anon. (2014) “Water Polo” Irish Independent. Thursday, March 13, 2014. pg. 48-49

[4] Anon. (2014) “Water Polo” Irish Independent. Saturday, March 15, 2014. pg. 54-55

[5] Anon. (2014) “Water Polo” Irish Independent. Monday, March 17, 2014. pg. 78-79

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Laurence O’Toole.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 25 March 2021

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