2014 Men's European Water Polo Championship

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

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.

Draw
The draw was held on 9 March 2014.

Preliminary round
The schedule was announced on 10 May 2014.