2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon, Results, 110 metres hurdles
Wind:Heat 1: +0.1 m/s, Heat 2: +0.6 m/s, Heat 3: +0.5 m/s


2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw
The men's discus throw at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 12 and 13 August.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualification Performance 64.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final


2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw
The men's hammer throw at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 14 and 16 August.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw, Results, Qualification
75.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the Final.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's high jump
The men's high jump at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 13 and 15 August.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's high jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualification Performance 2.28 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final


2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw
The men's javelin throw at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 14 and 17 August.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw, Results, Qualification
81.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the Final.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's long jump
The men's long jump at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 15 and 17 August.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's long jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualification Performance 8.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final


2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon
The men's marathon at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 17 August.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault
The men's pole vault at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 14 and 16 August.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualification Performance 5.65 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final


2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put
The men's shot put at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 12 August.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put, Results, Qualification
20.10 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the Final.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump
The men's triple jump at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 12 and 14 August.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualification Performance 16.65 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 10,000 metres
The women's 10000 metres at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 12 August.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 10,000 metres
The event was run as a straight final. In a slow run, tactical race, British athlete Jo Pavey won the gold medal, becoming the oldest European athletics champion in the history of the event. French contenders Clémence Calvin and Laila Traby completed the podium.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres
The women's 100 metres at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 12 and 13 August. Dutch runner Dafne Schippers won gold in 11.12 seconds.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres, Results, Round 1
First 4 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres, Results, Round 1
Wind:Heat 1: −0.6 m/s, Heat 2: −0.4 m/s, Heat 3: +0.2 m/s, Heat 4: −0.4 m/s, Heat 5: +0.8 m/s


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 2 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres, Results, Semifinals
Wind:Heat 1: −1.9 m/s, Heat 2: +0.6 m/s, Heat 3: 0.0 m/s


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles
The women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2014 European Athletics Championships have taken place at the Letzigrund on 12 and 13 August.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Round 1
First 3 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Round 1
Wind:Heat 1: −1.5 m/s, Heat 2: −1.1 m/s, Heat 3: 0.0 m/s, Heat 4: −2.0 m/s


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres
The women's 1500 metres at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund from August 12 to 15, 2014.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres, Results, Round 1
First 4 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 20 kilometres walk
The women's 20 kilometres race walk at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 14 August.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres
The women's 200 metres at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 14 and 15 August.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres, Results, Round 1
First 4 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres, Results, Round 1
Wind:Heat 1: +0.1 m/s, Heat 2: +0.1 m/s, Heat 3: +0.1 m/s, Heat 4: −0.4 m/s, Heat 5: +0.1 m/s


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 2 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals
Wind:Heat 1: +0.3 m/s, Heat 2: −0.6 m/s, Heat 3: +0.3 m/s


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase
The women's 3000 metre steeplechase at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 15 and 17 August.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
The women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 16 and 17 August.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
The women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 16 and 17 August.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, Results, Round 1
First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres
The women's 400 metres at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 12, 13, and 15 August.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres, Results, Round 1
First 3 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles
The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 13, 14 and 16 August.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Round 1
First 3 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 5000 metres
The women's 5000 metres at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 16 August.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres
The women's 800 metres at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 13, 14, and 16 August.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres, Results, Round 1
First 3 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres, Results, Semifinal
First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw
The women's discus throw at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 15 and 16 August.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw, Results, Qualification
57.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the Final.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's hammer throw
The women's hammer throw at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 13 and 15 August.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's hammer throw, Results, Qualification
69.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the Final.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's heptathlon
The women's heptathlon at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 14 and 15 August.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's heptathlon, Results, 100 metres hurdles
Wind:Heat 1: +0.4 m/s, Heat 2: +0.6 m/s, Heat 3: +0.2 m/s


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's heptathlon, Results, 200 metres
Wind:Heat 1: -0.8 m/s, Heat 2: -0.2 m/s, Heat 3: -0.5 m/s


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's high jump
The women's high jump at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 15 and 17 August 2014.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's high jump, World best results in 2014
The world best results in Europe in 2014 before the European Athletics Championships are :


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's high jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualification Performance 1.94 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw
The women's javelin throw at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 12 and 14 August.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw, Results, Qualification
57.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the Final.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's long jump
The women's long jump at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 12 and 13 August.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's long jump, Results, Qualification
6.65 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's marathon
The women's marathon at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place in Zürich on 16 August.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's marathon, Marathon Cup
The Women's Marathon doubled as the 2014 European Marathon Cup. Each country may enter up to six athletes and the results are determined by aggregating the times of the team's three best runners.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's pole vault
The women's pole vault at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 12 and 14 August.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's pole vault, Results, Qualification
4.50 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the Final.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's shot put
The women's shot put at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 15 and 17 August.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's shot put, Results, Qualification
17.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the Final.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's triple jump
The women's triple jump at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 13 and 16 August.


2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's triple jump, Results, Qualification
14.20 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.


2014 European Athletics Team Championships
The fifth European Athletics Team Championships took place on 21 and 22 June 2014.


2014 European Athletics Team Championships, Third League, Participating countries
Athletic Association of Small States of Europe( Gibraltar,  Liechtenstein,  Monaco,  San Marino) Albania Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan Bosnia and Herzegovina Cyprus


2014 European Athletics Team Championships Super League
These are the complete results of the 2014 European Team Championships Super League on 21 and 22 June 2014 in Braunschweig, Germany. As with the previous championships there were a couple of rules applying specifically to this competition, such as the limit of three attempts in the throwing events, long jump and triple jump (only the top four were allowed the fourth attempt) and the limit of four misses total in the high jump and pole vault.


2014 European Athletics Team Championships Super League
Two athletes, Quentin Bigot of France and Rutger Koppelaar of the Netherlands, were later found guilty of doping use. Their results were subsequently annulled and the points readjusted which cost France the third place and the bronze medal. Later more athletes from Russia and Turkey were found out to be doping and subsequently disqualified. The results of these athletes were also annulled but the reallocation of points did not change the position of any team.


2014 European Badminton Championships
The 2014 European Badminton Championships were the 24th tournament of the European Badminton Championships. They were held in Kazan, Russia, from April 23 to April 27, 2014. The competitions were held in the Gymnastics Center.


2014 European Baseball Championship
The 2014 European Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament held in the Czech Republic and Germany.


2014 European Baseball Championship
The defending champion Italy lost in the final to the Netherlands, who became champion for the 21st time.


2014 European Baseball Championship, Qualification
The top ten teams of the 2012 European Championship were qualified automatically for the tournament.


2014 European Baseball Championship, Qualification
12 teams played a B-Level Qualifier from July 22 to 27, 2013. Great Britain (11th in 2012) and Russia (12th in 2012) qualified for the tournament.


2014 European Baseball Championship – Qualification
The qualification for the 2014 European Baseball Championship was held from July 22 to 27, 2013 in Vienna, Austria and Zurich, Switzerland. 12 teams, qualified based on their recent results and a CEB ranking spanning the last ten years, will have the chance to play this B-Level Qualifier to qualify for 2 spots available among the 10 already qualified teams from the 2012 competition. These are, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden.


2014 European Canoe Slalom Championships
The 2014 European Canoe Slalom Championships took place in Vienna, Austria between May 29 and June 1, 2014 under the auspices of the European Canoe Association (ECA). It was the 15th edition of the competition.


2014 European Canoe Slalom Championships
The competitions were held on the first Austrian artificial slalom course opened in August 2013.


2014 European Canoe Slalom Championships
The women's C1 team event did not count as a medal event due to insufficient number of participating countries. An event must have at least 5 nations taking part in order to count as a medal event.


2014 European Championship (darts)
The 2014 888.com European Championship was the seventh edition of the Professional Darts Corporation tournament, the European Championship, which sees the top European players to compete against the highest ranked players from the PDC Order of Merit. The tournament took place from 24–26 October 2014 at the RWE-Sporthalle in Mülheim, Germany.


2014 European Championship (darts)
Adrian Lewis was the defending champion, having beaten Simon Whitlock in the final of the 2013 tournament, but he lost in the first round to Jelle Klaasen.


2014 European Championship (darts)
En route to the final, Michael van Gerwen hit a nine-dart finish in his semi-final match against Raymond van Barneveld. He went on to win the tournament, securing his first European Championship title, after beating Terry Jenkins 11–4.


2014 European Championship (darts), Prize money
The 2014 European Championship had a total prize fund of £250,000, a £50,000 increase since the previous staging of the tournament. The following is the breakdown of the fund:


2014 European Championship (darts), Qualification
The top 16 players from the PDC Order of Merit on 13 October automatically qualified for the event. The top eight non-qualified players from the Pro Tour Order of Merit were added to the tournament. The remaining places were filled by European qualifiers, with the top seven players from the European Order of Merit and a Scandinavian qualifier. The top eight from the PDC Order of Merit were seeded in the tournament.


2014 European Championship (darts), Broadcasting
On 14 June 2013, the PDC announced that the European Championship would be broadcast in the United Kingdom on ITV4 for the next three years. The tournament was available in the following countries on these channels:


2014 European Championship of American football
The 2014 European Championship was the 13th European Championship of American football. The competition was held in Austria between May 30 and June 7, 2014. The top three teams qualified for the 2015 IFAF World Championship.


2014 European Championship of American football, Qualification
Since 2003, the European Championships have been held in three different stages, with the winners of the C- and B-Pool tournaments each being promoted to the next-highest level. The winner of the C-Pool tournament in 2012 was Serbia. The B-Pool tournament 2013 took place from August 31 to September 7 in Milan, Italy. In addition to Italy and Serbia, there was also Denmark, Spain, the Czech Republic and Great Britain that battled for a spot in the A-Pool for 2014 in Austria. The winner was Denmark, which qualified for the A-pool in 2014.


2014 European Championship of American football, Venues
Below is a list of the venues which hosted games during the 2014 EFAF European Championship. Each preliminary round group was hosted in a single arena in St. Pölten (Group A) and Graz (Group B). The knockout phase and Finals took place at Ernst-Happel-Stadion in Vienna.


2014 European Cross Country Championships
The 2014 European Cross Country Championships was the 21st edition of the cross country running competition for European athletes which was held in Samokov, Bulgaria, on 14 December 2014. The events were hosted at Borovets – a winter sports and ski resort in the Rila mountains.


2014 European Cup
The 2014 European Cup was an international rugby league football tournament. The tournament took place in England, Wales, France, Ireland and Scotland between 17 October and 2 November. It was announced beforehand that the winner of the tournament would qualify for the 2016 Four Nations, and also that if Ireland or Wales won tournament, they will automatically qualify for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup (due to the World Cup qualifying tournament taking place at the same time as the 2016 Four Nations). France and Scotland had already qualified for that tournament.


2014 European Cup
The England Knights were defending Champions but they did not compete in this year's tournament. Four teams competed in the 2014 event; Scotland, Ireland, France and Wales. Scotland were crowned champions on points differential, and subsequently won their first European Cup title. Scotland therefore qualified for the 2016 Four Nations, which will be their first appearance in a Four Nations tournament.


2014 European Cup, Venues
The games will be played at the following venues in England, Ireland, France, Scotland and Wales.


2014 European Cup, Matches details
All times are local: UTC+0/GMT in English venues. UTC+1/CET in French venues. UTC+0/WET in Irish venues. UTC+0/GMT in Welsh venues. UTC+0/GMT in Scottish venues.


2014 European Cup Winter Throwing
The 2014 European Cup Winter Throwing was held on 16 and 17 March at the Centro Nacional de Lançamentos (National Throws Centre) and Estádio Municipal in Leiria, Portugal. It was the fourteenth edition of the athletics competition for throwing events and was jointly organised by the European Athletic Association and the Federação Portuguesa de Atletismo. The competition featured men's and women's contests in shot put, discus throw, javelin throw and hammer throw. In addition to the senior competitions, there were also under-23 events for younger athletes.


2014 European Cup Winter Throwing
Two athletes defended their titles from 2013: Latvia's Zigismunds Sirmais retained the men's javelin in 81.60 m (267 ft 8 1⁄2 in) and Russia's Yevgeniya Kolodko topped the women's shot put with a mark of 18.66 m (61 ft 2 1⁄2 in). One world-leading mark came in the senior section in the form of Aleksandr Lesnoy's 21.23 m (69 ft 7 3⁄4 in) in the shot put.


2014 European Cup Winter Throwing
Two national records were improved during the two-day event: Dejan Mileusnic had a men's javelin Bosnian and Herzegovinian record with his first round throw of 80.40 m (263 ft 9 1⁄4 in) while Androniki Lada twice improved the Cypriot record in the discus, throwing 55.08 m (180 ft 8 1⁄2 in) then 55.66 m (182 ft 7 1⁄4 in).


2014 European Cup Winter Throwing
The under-23 section had several performers beat the standards set in the senior competitions. Maksym Bohdan set a world lead of 83.41 m (273 ft 7 3⁄4 in) to win the men's under-23 javelin, while his female counterpart Liina Laasma gave the best javelin performance at the competition overall to win her under-23 event. Quentin Bigot's hammer throw of 74.42 m (244 ft 1 3⁄4 in) would have been enough for the senior podium and Shanice Craft's mark of 64.16 m (210 ft 5 3⁄4 in) in the women's under-23 discus was just four centimetres of the senior winner. Montenegro's Danijel Furtula was the under-23 men's discus winner for a third year running.


2014 European Cup Winter Throwing
Russia and Germany were the best in the team competitions, with the former winning the senior and under-23 men's titles and the latter taking both women's team titles.


2014 European Cup Winter Throwing
Leiria was chosen as the host at the European Athletics Executive Board meeting in Lausanne on 17 September 2013.


2014 European Cup Winter Throwing
During the competition the results were provided on a live mode, using Lap2Go technology


2014 European Curling Championships
The 2014 European Curling Championships were held November 22 to 29 at the Palladium de Champéry in Champéry, Switzerland. Switzerland last hosted the European Curling Championships in 2010, when it was also held in Champéry. The Group C competitions was held in October at the PWA Silverdome in Zoetermeer, the Netherlands.


2014 European Curling Championships
At the conclusion of the championships, the top eight women's teams will go to the 2015 World Women's Curling Championship in Sapporo, and the top eight men's teams will go to the 2015 Ford World Men's Curling Championship in Halifax.


2014 European Curling Championships
This edition of the European Curling Championships marks the first appearance of Israel at an international curling event. The Israeli men's curling team will compete in the Group C tournament in Zoetermeer.


2014 European Curling Championships, Men, Group A, Round Robin Standings
Russia were eliminated from the tiebreaker by virtue of their head-to-head record against the other teams.


2014 European Curling Championships, Men, Group B, Round Robin Standings
Team France did not attend the Group B tournament, and were given automatic forfeits for each of their games.


2014 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament
The men's tournament of the 2014 European Curling Championships was held from November 22 to 29 at the Palladium de Champéry in Champéry, Switzerland. The winners of the Group C tournament in Zoetermeer, the Netherlands will move on to the Group B tournament. The top eight men's teams at the 2014 European Curling Championships will represent their respective nations at the 2015 Ford World Men's Curling Championship in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.


2014 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Group A, Teams
Skip : Jiří SnítilThird: Lukáš KlímaSecond: Martin SnítilLead: Jindřich KitzbergerAlternate: Samiel Mokriš


2014 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Group A, Teams
Skip : Rasmus StjerneThird: Mikkel KrauseSecond: Oliver DupontLead: Troels HarryAlternate: Martin Grønbech


2014 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Group A, Teams
Skip : Alexander BaumannThird: Manuel WalterSecond: Marc MuskatewitzLead: Sebastian SchweizerAlternate: Jörg Engesser


2014 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Group A, Teams
Fourth: Amos MosanerSkip: Joël RetornazSecond: Daniele FerrazzaLead: Andrea PilzerAlternate: Sebastiano Arman


2014 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Group A, Teams
Skip : Ritvars GulbisThird: Normunds ŠaršūnsSecond: Aivars AvotiņšLead: Artürs GerhardsAlternate: Janis Klive


2014 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Group A, Teams
Skip : Thomas UlsrudThird: Torger NergårdSecond: Christoffer SvaeLead: Håvard Vad PeterssonAlternate: Sander Rølvåg


2014 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Group A, Teams
Skip : Evgeniy ArkhipovThird: Alexander KozyrevSecond: Artur RazhabovLead: Anton KalalbAlternate: Alexey Stukalskiy


2014 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Group A, Teams
Skip : David EdwardsThird: John PennySecond: Scott MacleodLead: Billy MortonAlternate: Tom Brewster


2014 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Group A, Teams
Skip : Niklas EdinThird: Oskar ErikssonSecond: Kristian LindströmLead: Christoffer SundgrenAlternate: Henrik Leek


2014 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Group A, Teams
Skip : Sven MichelThird: Florian MeisterSecond: Simon GempelerLead: Stefan MeienbergAlternate: Marc Pfister


2014 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Group A, Round Robin Standings
Russia were eliminated from the tiebreaker by virtue of their head-to-head record against the other teams.


2014 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Group A, Round Robin Results
All draw times are listed in Central European Time (UTC+1).


2014 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Group A, Placement Game
Scotland qualifies for World Championships Germany to play in World Challenge Games


2014 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Group A, World Challenge Games
The World Challenge Games are held between the eighth-ranked team in the Group A round robin and the winner of the Group B tournament to determine which of these two teams will play at the World Championships.


2014 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Group B, Teams, Group A
Skip : Alen ČadežThird: Dražen ĆutićSecond: Ognjen GolubićLead: Robert MikulandrićAlternate: Mislav Martinić


2014 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Group B, Teams, Group A
Skip : Alan MacDougallThird: Andrew ReedSecond: Andrew WoolstonLead: Tom JaeggiAlternate: Ben Fowler


2014 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Group B, Teams, Group A
Skip : Martin LillThird: Harri LillSecond: Siim SildnikLead: Fred RandverAlternate: Robert-Kent Päll


2014 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Group B, Teams, Group A
Skip : Lionel RouxThird: Jérémy FrarierSecond: Romain BoriniLead: Herve PoirotAlternate: Thierry Mercier


2014 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Group B, Teams, Group A
Skip : Adam FreilichThird: Yuval GrinspunSecond: Jeffrey LutzLead: Gabriel KempenichAlternate: Gilad Kempenich


2014 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Group B, Teams, Group A
Skip : Mantas KulakauskasThird: Konstantin RykovSecond: Tadas VyskupaitisLead: Vytis KulakauskasAlternate: Mantas Bielinis


2014 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Group B, Teams, Group A
Skip : Jaap van DorpThird: Carlo GlasbergenSecond: Wouter GösgensLead: Joey BruinsmaAlternate: Laurens Hoekman


2014 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Group B, Teams, Group A
Skip : Alican KarataşThird: Kadir ÇakırSecond: Muhammet Oǧuz ZenginLead: Bilal Ömer ÇakırAlternate: Melik Şenol


2014 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Group B, Teams, Group B
Skip : Sebastian WundererThird: Mathias GennerSecond: Martin ReichelLead: Markus ForejtekAlternate: Felix Purzner


2014 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Group B, Teams, Group B
Skip : Timothy VerreyckenThird: Dirk HeylenSecond: Walter VerbuekenLead: Gregory JanbroersAlternate: Tom van Waterschoot


2014 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Group B, Teams, Group B
Skip : Aku KausteThird: Kasper HakuntiSecond: Pauli JäämiesLead: Janne PitkoAlternate: Leo Mäkelä


2014 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Group B, Teams, Group B
Skip : Krisztian HallThird: Gabor EzsölSecond: Lajos BelleliLead: Joszef NyitraiAlternate: Balazs Foti


2014 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Group B, Teams, Group B
Skip : Borys JasieckiThird: Krzysztof DominSecond: Bartosz LobazaLead: Marcin CieminskiAlternate: Maciej Kolodziej


2014 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Group B, Teams, Group B
Skip : Carles de MoxoThird: Jordi DiviSecond: Jordi MasLead: Eduard FerrerAlternate: Carlos Lorente


2014 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Group B, Teams, Group B
Skip : James PougherThird: Garry CoombsSecond: Rhys PhillipsLead: Simon PougherAlternate: Adrian Meikle


2014 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Group B, Round Robin Standings
Team France did not attend the Group B tournament, and were given automatic forfeits for each of their games.


2014 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Group B, Round Robin Results
All draw times are listed in Central European Time (UTC+1).


2014 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Group C, Teams
Skip : Dmitry KirillovThird: Pavel PetrovSecond: Ilya KazlouskiLead: Andrey AulasenkaAlternate: Oleksii Voloshenko


2014 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Group C, Teams
Skip : Walter VerbuekenThird: Timothy VerreyckenSecond: Dirk HeylenLead: Gregory JanbroersAlternate: Tom van Waterschoot


2014 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Group C, Teams
Skip : Stoil GeorgievThird: Petar ChakarovSecond: Tihomir TodorovLead: Ilian KirilovAlternate: Stanimar Petrov


2014 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Group C, Teams
Skip : Jón Ingi SigurðssonThird: Ólafur NúmasonSecond: Andri MagnússonLead: Guðmundur Karl ÓlafssonAlternate: Sigurður Steindórsson


2014 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Group C, Teams
Fourth: James RussellThird: Craig WhyteSkip: Alan MitchellLead: Arran CameronAlternate: John Furey


2014 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Group C, Teams
Skip : Adam FreilichThird: Yuval GrinspunSecond: Gabriel KempenichLead: Jeffrey Yaakov LutzAlternate: Gilad Kempenich


2014 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Group C, Teams
Skip : Pavol PitoňákThird: František PitoňákSecond: Tomáš PitoňákLead: Peter PitoňákAlternate: Juraj Gallo


2014 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Group C, Teams
Fourth: Tomas TišlerSkip: Gašper UršičSecond: Jure ČuličLead: Jošt LajovecAlternate: Gregor Verbinc


2014 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Group C, Round Robin Results
All draw times are listed in Central European Time (UTC+1).


2014 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Group C, Playoffs, 1 vs. 2
Belgium advances to Group B competitions. Ireland advances to Second Place Game.


2014 European Curling Championships – Women's tournament
The women's tournament of the 2014 European Curling Championships was held from November 22 to 29 at the Palladium de Champéry in Champéry, Switzerland. The winners of the Group C tournament in Zoetermeer, the Netherlands moved on to the Group B tournament. The top eight women's teams at the 2013 European Curling Championships will represent their respective nations at the 2015 World Women's Curling Championship in Sapporo, Japan.


2014 European Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Group A, Teams
Skip : Linda KlímováThird: Kamila MulačováSecond: Kateřina UrbanováLead: Kateřina SamueliováAlternate: Zuzana Hájková


2014 European Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Group A, Teams
Skip : Lene NielsenThird: Stephanie Risdal NielsenSecond: Jeanne EllegaardLead: Charlotte ClemmensenAlternate: Isabella Clemmensen


2014 European Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Group A, Teams
Skip : Maile MölderThird: Marie TurmannSecond: Helen NummertLead: Kuellike UstavAlternate: Marju Velga


2014 European Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Group A, Teams
Skip : Sanna PuustinenThird: Heidi HossiSecond: Oona KausteLead: Marjo HippiAlternate: Maija Salmiovirta


2014 European Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Group A, Teams
Skip : Iveta Staša-ŠaršūneThird: Ieva RudzīteSecond: Daina BaroneLead: Rasa BrūnaAlternate: Līga Avena


2014 European Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Group A, Teams
Skip : Anna SidorovaThird: Margarita FominaSecond: Alexandra SaitovaLead: Ekaterina GalkinaAlternate: Nkeiruka Ezekh


2014 European Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Group A, Teams
Skip : Eve MuirheadThird: Anna SloanSecond: Vicki AdamsLead: Sarah ReidAlternate: Lauren Gray


2014 European Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Group A, Teams
Skip : Anna HasselborgThird: Agnes KnochenhauerSecond: Karin RudströmLead: Zandra FlygAlternate: Sara McManus


2014 European Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Group A, Teams
Skip : Binia FeltscherThird: Irene SchoriSecond: Franziska KaufmannLead: Christine UrechAlternate: Carole Howald


2014 European Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Group A, Round Robin Results
All draw times are listed in Central European Time (UTC+1).


2014 European Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Group A, World Challenge Games
The World Challenge Games are held between the eighth-ranked team in the Group A round robin and the winner of the Group B tournament to determine which of these two teams will play at the World Championships.


2014 European Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Group B, Teams
Skip : Karina TothThird: Constanze HummeltSecond: Anna WeghuberLead: Andrea HöflerAlternate: Marijke Reitsma


2014 European Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Group B, Teams
Skip : Alina PavlyuchikThird: Natalia SverzhinskayaSecond: Suzanna IvashynaLead: Ekaterina KirillovaAlternate: Arina Sverzhinskaya


2014 European Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Group B, Teams
Skip : Anna FowlerThird: Angharad WardSecond: Lauren PearceLead: Naomi RobinsonAlternate: Sarah Decoine


2014 European Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Group B, Teams
Skip : Dorottya PalancsaThird: Henrietta MiklaiSecond: Vera KalocsaiLead: Nikolett SándorAlternate: Tímea Nagy


2014 European Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Group B, Teams
Skip : Veronica ZapponeThird: Elisa PatonoSecond: Martina BronsinoLead: Arianna LosanoAlternate: Angela Romei


2014 European Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Group B, Teams
Skip : Marianne NeelemanThird: Kimberly HondersSecond: Shirley MiogLead: Bonnie NilhamnAlternate: Pamela Broks


2014 European Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Group B, Teams
Skip : Kristin SkaslienThird: Anneline SkarsmoenSecond: Julie Kjær MolnarLead: Kristine DavangerAlternate: Pia Trulsen


2014 European Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Group B, Teams
Skip : Marta PlutaThird: Julia MalinowskaSecond: Marta MaliowskaLead: Ewa StychAlternate: Joanna Benet


2014 European Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Group B, Teams
Skip : Öznur PolatThird: Dilşat YıldızSecond: Semiha KonukseverLead: Ayşe GözutokAlternate: Özlem Polat


2014 European Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Group B, Round Robin Results
All draw times are listed in Central European Time (UTC+1).


2014 European Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Group C, Teams
Skip : Melani TurkovicThird: Maja SerticSecond: Emina CrnaicLead: Marijana BozicAlternate: Ane Miljkovic


2014 European Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Group C, Teams
Fourth: Katie KerrSkip: Margarita Sweeney-BairdSecond: Hazel Gormley-LeahyLead: Clare McCormickAlternate: Ailsa Anderson


2014 European Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Group C, Teams
Skip : Marianne NeelemanThird: Kimberly HondersSecond: Shirley MiogLead: Bonnie NilhamnAlternate: Ester Romijn


2014 European Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Group C, Teams
Skip : Raluca Daiana ColceriuThird: Bianca NeagoeSecond: Ana-Maria SăracuLead: Alina Cristina Marin


2014 European Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Group C, Teams
Skip : Valentina JurinčičThird: Anja KresnikSecond: Petra KlemencLead: Tjaša JazbecAlternate: Nina Kremžar


2014 European Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Group C, Teams
Skip : Oihane OtaegiThird: Leire OtaegiSecond: Aitana SaenzLead: Asun ManterolaAlternate: Melanie Robillard


2014 European Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Group C, Round Robin Results
All draw times are listed in Central European Time (UTC+1).


2014 European Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Group C, Playoffs, 1 vs. 2
Netherlands advances to Group B competitions. Slovakia advances to Second Place Game.


2014 European Darts Grand Prix
The 2014 European Darts Grand Prix was the seventh of eight PDC European Tour events on the 2014 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Glaspalast in Sindelfingen, Germany, between 5–7 September 2014. It featured a field of 48 players and £100,000 in prize money, with £20,000 going to the winner.


2014 European Darts Grand Prix
Mervyn King won his first European Tour event by beating Michael Smith 6–5 in the final.


2014 European Darts Grand Prix, Qualification and format
The top 16 players from the  on 30 June 2014 automatically qualified for the event. The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Coventry on 4 July), eight from the European Qualifier and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (both held at the venue the day before the event started). All seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2014 European Darts Open
The 2014 European Darts Open was the sixth of eight PDC European Tour events on the 2014 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Maritim Hotel in Düsseldorf, Germany, between 11–13 July 2014. It featured a field of 48 players and £100,000 in prize money, with £20,000 going to the winner.


2014 European Darts Open
Peter Wright won his first European Tour event by beating Simon Whitlock 6–2 in the final.


2014 European Darts Open, Qualification and format
The top 16 players from the  on 4 June 2014 automatically qualified for the event. The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Coventry on 13 June), eight from the European Qualifier and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (both held at the venue the day before the event started).


2014 European Darts Trophy
The 2014 European Darts Trophy was the eighth of eight PDC European Tour events on the 2014 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Kohlrabizirkus in Leipzig, Germany, between 19–21 September 2014. It featured a field of 48 players and £100,000 in prize money, with £20,000 going to the winner.


2014 European Darts Trophy
After finishing second in the previous European Tour event, Michael Smith won his first European Tour event by beating Michael van Gerwen 6–5 in the final. This tournament ended the 2014 PDC European Tour, with a different winner in each of the eight events.


2014 European Darts Trophy, Qualification and format
The top 16 players from the  on 30 June 2014 automatically qualified for the event. The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Coventry on 4 July), eight from the European Qualifier and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (both held at the venue the day before the event started). Gary Anderson, Phil Taylor, Robert Thornton and Adrian Lewis withdrew from the tournament, therefore the highest-ranked qualifiers - Terry Jenkins, Michael Smith, Andy Hamilton and Wes Newton - become seeded players. To complete the field of 48 players, two additional places in the draw will be available in the European Qualifier and the Home Nation Qualifier. All seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2014 European Fencing Championships
The 2014 European Fencing Championships were held in Strasbourg, France from 7–14 June 2014 at the Rhénus Sport.


2014 European Figure Skating Championships
The 2014 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior international figure skating competition in the 2013–14 season. The competition was held in Budapest, Hungary from January 13 to 19th, 2014. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


2014 European Figure Skating Championships, Records
For complete list of figure skating records, see list of highest scores in figure skating.


2014 European Figure Skating Championships, Records
The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:


2014 European Figure Skating Championships, Qualification
Skaters were eligible for the event if they were representing a European member nations of the International Skating Union and had reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2013 in their place of birth. The corresponding competition for non-European skaters was the 2014 Four Continents Championships. National associations selected their entries according to their own criteria but the ISU mandated that their selections achieve a minimum technical elements score (TES) at an international event prior to the European Championships.


2014 European Figure Skating Championships, Qualification, Number of entries per discipline
Based on the results of the 2013 European Championships, the ISU allowed each country one to three entries per discipline.


2014 European Figure Skating Championships, Entries
National associations began announcing their selections in mid-December 2013 and the ISU published a complete list on 28 December 2013:


2014 European Figure Skating Championships, Results, Pairs
Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov set a new world record for the short program (83.98 points).


2014 European Figure Skating Championships, Medals summary, Medals by country
Table of small medals for placement in the short segment:


2014 European Figure Skating Championships, Medals summary, Medals by country
Table of small medals for placement in the free segment:


2014 European Hill Climb Championship
The 2014 FIA European Hill Climb Championship was the fifty-eighth edition of the FIA European Hill Climb Championship. The season consisted of twelve rounds, commencing on 11 April in France and ending on 21 September in Croatia.


2014 European Hill Climb Championship
In Category 1, the championship was won by Macedonian driver Igor Stefanovski, for his first European title. Stefanovski won 8 of the 12 events to be held during the season, ultimately finishing 48.5 points clear of his closest rival Jaromír Malý. Another Czech driver, Jiří Los, finished in third place in the class championship, a further 18.5 points behind Malý; Los was the only championship regular to take a victory off Stefanovski, achieving his win at the Ecce Homo Šternberk on home soil.


2014 European Hill Climb Championship
The remaining class victories were taken by António Nogueira at the Rampa Internacional da Falperra, Peter Jureňa at the Dobšinsky Kopec and the defending class champion, Tomislav Muhvić, on home soil at the final round, the Buzetski Dani. In Category 2, Simone Faggioli dominated the class, winning his sixth consecutive European title by going undefeated during the season; he won all 12 events to be held, of which 10 counted towards the championship standings. Thus, Faggioli finished 57.5 points clear of his nearest rival, compatriot Fausto Bormolini, while Dan Michl finished a further 31.5 points behind in third place.


2014 European Individual Chess Championship
The 2014 European Individual Chess Championship took place from 2 to 15 March in Yerevan.


2014 European Individual Chess Championship
263 players took part. Although sometimes described as the men's championship, several women took part, including Judit Polgár and Antoaneta Stefanova. The top 23 players qualified for the Chess World Cup 2015, which took place in Baku, Azerbaijan from 10 September to 5 October 2015 and was won by Sergey Karjakin.


2014 European Individual Chess Championship
The equivalent women's event took place from 6 to 17 July 2014 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria and was won by Valentina Gunina.


2014 European Inline Speed Skating Championships
The 26th European Inline Speed Skating Championships were held in Geisingen, Germany from July 28 to August 3, 2014. Organized by European Confederation of Roller Skating.


2014 European Judo Championships
The 2014 European Judo Championships were held in Montpellier, France from 24 to 27 April 2014.


2014 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships
The 2014 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships were held in Limassol, Cyprus from 21 November to 29 November 2014.


2014 European Junior Cup
The 2014 European Junior Cup was the fourth season of the European Junior Cup. It was contested over eight rounds, starting on 13 April at Motorland Aragón and ending on 5 October at Magny Cours.


2014 European Junior Cup
Spanish rider Augusto Fernández won the championship, taking four wins during the season, as well as finishing every race in the top six placings. Fernández clinched the championship with a third-place finish in the final race, taking him out of reach of compatriot Javier Orellana, who won the race – his second of the season, after Donington Park – by a tally of fifteen points. Angelo Licciardi completed the top three placings, just a point ahead of another Spanish rider, Illán Fernández. The only other riders to win races during the season were Josh Harland at Jerez and Marc Miralles, who won the opening race at Motorland Aragón.


2014 European Junior Cup, Entry list
Defending champion Jake Lewis moved to the European Superstock 600 Championship, while the series featured two female riders – Clarissa Miebach of Germany and Carmen Geissler of Switzerland.


2014 European Junior Curling Challenge
The 2014 European Junior Curling Challenge was held from January 3 to 8 at the Kisakallio Sports Institute in Lohja, Finland. Nations in the Europe zone that have not already qualified for the World Junior Curling Championships participated in the curling challenge. The top finishers of each tournament will advance to the 2014 World Junior Curling Championships in Flims, Switzerland.


2014 European Junior Curling Challenge, Men, Round Robin Results
All draw times are listed in Eastern European Time (UTC+2).


2014 European Junior Curling Challenge, Women, Round Robin Results
All draw times are listed in Eastern European Time (UTC+2).


2014 European Junior Swimming Championships
The 2014 European Junior Swimming Championships were held from 9–13 July 2014 in Dordrecht, Netherlands. The Championships were organized by LEN, the European Swimming League, and were held in a 50-meter pool. Per LEN rules, competitors have age 15 or 16 for girls and 17 or 18 for boys.


2014 European Junior Swimming Championships, Participating countries
42 countries will take part in 2014 European Junior Swimming Championships with total of 511 swimmers.


2014 European Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships
The 2014 European Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships took place in Skopje, Macedonia from 3 to 6 July 2014 under the auspices of the European Canoe Association (ECA). It was the 16th edition of the competition for Juniors (U18) and the 12th edition for the Under 23 category. A total of 20 medal events took place.


2014 European Juniors Wrestling Championships
The 2014 European Juniors Wrestling Championships was held in Warsaw, Poland between June 17–22, 2014.


2014 European Karate Championships
The 2014 European Karate Championships, the 49th edition, was held at Tampere in Finland from 1 to 4 May 2014. A total of 481 competitors from 44 countries participated at the event.


2014 European Le Mans Series
The 2014 European Le Mans Series season was the eleventh season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's European Le Mans Series. The five-event season began at Silverstone Circuit, in conjunction with the FIA World Endurance Championship, from 18–19 April and ended at Autódromo do Estoril on 19 October.


2014 European Le Mans Series
In the lead LMP2 class, five different teams won the five races that were held during the 2014 season. However, it was Signatech Alpine and their triumvirate of Paul-Loup Chatin, Nelson Panciatici and Oliver Webb that won the respective titles; they won the race at the Red Bull Ring, and ultimately won the championship by four points from the Jota Sport trio Filipe Albuquerque, Simon Dolan and Harry Tincknell, who won at Imola. Third place in the championship went to Le Castellet winners Gary Hirsch and Christian Klien for Newblood by Morand Racing.


2014 European Le Mans Series
Other race winners included Pierre Ragues – who was part of the Hirsch-Klien Le Castellet entry – having joined the team mid-season, Sébastien Loeb Racing duo Vincent Capillaire and Jimmy Eriksson were winners at Estoril, while the opening race at Silverstone was won by Thiriet by TDS Racing, with their drivers Ludovic Badey, Tristan Gommendy and Pierre Thiriet.


2014 European Le Mans Series
In the GTE class, SMP Racing and their drivers Andrea Bertolini, Viktor Shaytar and Sergey Zlobin took their respective titles with a final round victory at Estoril while the pre-race championship leaders AF Corse, with drivers Duncan Cameron and Matt Griffin struggled in the race; having led by 21 points going into the race, Cameron and Griffin eventually lost the title by 3.5 points to Bertolini, Shaitar and Zlobin. The teams shared all five wins during the season; SMP Racing won two races, while AF Corse won three, with Cameron and Griffin being joined by Michele Rugolo for the victories; however, as Rugolo missed the Imola event, he finished six points behind them in the championship.


2014 European Le Mans Series
SMP Racing also took the honours in the GTC class, as Olivier Beretta, Devi Markozov and Anton Ladygin finished all five races on the podium – with a victory at Le Castellet – to take class honours by 15.5 points ahead of Formula Racing duo Johnny Laursen and Mikkel Mac, who won with Andrea Piccini at Imola. Third in the class championship went to another SMP Racing entry, with drivers Kirill Ladygin, Aleksey Basov and Luca Persiani, who won the race at the Red Bull Ring. Other race victories went to Team Ukraine at Silverstone with drivers Andrii Kruglyk, Sergey Chukanov and Alessandro Pier Guidi, and BMW Sport Trophy Marc VDS at Estoril, with their trio of Bas Leinders, Markus Palttala and Henry Hassid.


2014 European Le Mans Series, Regulations
The top class continued to be LMP2, where a car of 2–3 drivers had to include at least one silver or bronze-ranking driver. GTE and GTC cars had to include one bronze and silver driver or two bronze drivers. Finally, LMPC was not a part of the 2014 season. Unlike in 2013, tyre warming was allowed in the 2014 season.


2014 European Le Mans Series, Calendar
The provisional calendar was announced during the final round of the 2013 European Le Mans Series season at Circuit Paul Ricard. However, to avoid date clashes with the FIA World Endurance Championship, a revised schedule was released, with rounds 2 and 5 being moved back one week. The first round was held alongside the first round of the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship season at Silverstone Circuit. Additionally, all races lasted an hour longer than in 2013, from three hours to four.


2014 European Le Mans Series, Entry list
The entry list was announced on February 13. It featured 42 cars, comprising 13 LMP2, 13 GTE and 16 GTC:


2014 European Marathon Cup
The 2014 European Marathon Cup was the 10th edition of the quadrennial team marathon competition between European countries, which was held in Zürich, Switzerland on 16–17 August. The start and finish points were located on Bürkliplatz, and the route was set along a 10-kilometer circuit on the city streets. It was held in conjunction with the men's and women's individual marathon races at the 2014 European Athletics Championships.


2014 European Marathon Cup
Each national team was ranked on the sum of the finishing times of their top three athletes. Each team could enter more than three athletes, and non-scoring athletes of the top three teams were also awarded medals. In total, 92 athletes from 14 European countries entered the team race. Women participated in 11 national teams (45 participants) and men in 10 teams (47 participants). Each country could put up to 6 people in each of the two races.


2014 European Marathon Cup
Russia won the men's team competition with a time of 6:46:04 hours, led by individual bronze medallist Aleksey Reunkov. Italy won the women's race with a time of 7:27:59, led by individual silver medallist Valeria Straneo.


2014 European Marathon Cup, Results, Men
Participants in italics did not count towards the team's final time


2014 European Marathon Cup, Results, Women
Participants in italics did not count towards the team's final time


2014 European Masters Athletics Championships
The nineteenth European Masters Athletics Championships were held in Izmir, Turkey, from August 22–31, 2014. The European Masters Athletics Championships serve the division of the sport of athletics for people over 35 years of age, referred to as masters athletics.


2014 European Masters Athletics Championships
The event had many fewer participants than the previous edition, although three more nations took part than did previously.


2014 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 31st European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held from 19 to 25 May 2014 at the Arena Armeec in Sofia, Bulgaria.


2014 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Schedule
The competition schedule is as follows (all times are local, EEST, UTC+03:00).


2014 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Junior Results, Team
The junior team competition also served as the qualifying round for the all around finals as well as the junior event finals. The format of the competition included four gymnasts per team competing on each event with the highest three scores counting towards the team total. The highest scoring all around and event gymnasts advanced to finals.


2014 European Men's Handball Championship
The 2014 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the 11th edition of the tournament and held in Denmark from 12–26 January. Hungary/Croatia (jointly) were the other applicants for the championship.


2014 European Men's Handball Championship
Denmark was awarded the championship on the EHF Congress in Copenhagen 25 September 2010 with 24 votes. Hungary/Croatia got 22 votes. Denmark was automatically qualified as hosting nation, and as defending champions as well. After the final, at total of 316,390 spectators had visited the stadiums. An all time EHF record.


2014 European Men's Handball Championship
France won their third title after defeating Denmark 41–32 in the final.


2014 European Men's Handball Championship, Referees
On 23 October 2013, 12 couples were announced in Vienna.


2014 European Men's Handball Championship, Seeding
The draw was held on 21 June 2013 in Herning at 18:00 local time. The seeding was announced on 18 June 2013.


2014 European Men's Handball Championship, Ranking and statistics, Final ranking
The final ranking for places 7 to 16 were determined by the team's group stage record.


2014 European Men's Handball Championship, Ranking and statistics, All Star Team
The All-star team and award winners were announced on 26 January 2014.


2014 European Men's Handball Championship qualification
This article describes the qualification for the 2014 European Men's Handball Championship.


2014 European Men's Handball Championship qualification, Qualification system, Seeding
The draw for the qualification round was held on the 27 March 2012 at the EHF headquarters, in Vienna, Austria. Denmark as host nation and (defending champion), was directly qualified. 39 teams had registered for participation. 38 teams compete for 15 places at the final tournament in 2 distinct Qualification Phases. In each phase, the teams were divided into several pots according to their positions in the EHF National Team Ranking.


2014 European Men's Handball Championship qualification, Qualification Phase 1
The games were played in a mini-tournament, hosted by one country. The group winners and the two best second-ranked teams advanced to the second phase.


2014 European Men's Handball Championship qualification, Qualification Phase 2
It was played in seven groups with four teams each, starting in October, 2012. The top two teams of each group and the best third-ranked team (when considering the matches against the first and second team) qualified.


2014 European Men's Handball Championship squads
Every team has to submit a roster of 16 players. On 12 December 2013 an official squad list was published.


2014 European Men's Handball Championship squads, Group A, Austria
A 14-player squad was announced on 27 December 2013, while a 20-player roster was published on 31 December 2013. An 18-player squad was announced on 8 January 2014.


2014 European Men's Handball Championship squads, Group A, Denmark
An 18-player squad was announced on 9 December 2013. The final roster was published on 10 January 2014.


2014 European Men's Handball Championship squads, Group B, Iceland
A 21-player squad was announced on 17 December 2013. The squad was announced on 9 January 2014.


2014 European Men's Handball Championship squads, Group C, France
A 20-player squad was announced on 11 December 2013. The squad was announced on 8 January 2014.


2014 European Men's Handball Championship squads, Group C, Poland
An 18-player squad was announced on 2 January 2014, while the squad was published on 10 January 2014.


2014 European Men's Handball Championship squads, Statistics, Player representation by league system
In all, World Cup squad members play for clubs in 23 different countries.


2014 European Men's Handball Championship squads, Statistics, Player representation by league system
Nations in italics are not represented by their national teams in the finals. French squad have only two player employed by a non-domestic club; that players are employed in Spain. Only Icelandic squad is made up entirely of players employed by overseas clubs; although one player on that squad. Of the countries not represented by a national team at the World Cup, Handball-Bundesliga provides the most squad members.


2014 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships
The 2014 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships was held in Basel, Switzerland, from February 11 to February 16, 2014.


2014 European Mixed Curling Championship
The 2014 European Mixed Curling Championship was held from September 13 to 20 at the Tårnby Curling Club in Tårnby, Denmark.


2014 European Mixed Curling Championship
Sweden, skipped by Patric Mabergs, won their first European Mixed title after defeating Norway, skipped by Steffen Walstad, with a score of 9–2.


2014 European Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group A
Skip : Margrietha VoskuilenThird: Danny van den BergSecond: Lisette BrilmanLead: Willem van der Steeg


2014 European Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group A
Skip : Öznur PolatThird: Alican KarataşSecond: Elif KızılkayaLead: Muhammet Oǧuz Zengin


2014 European Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group C
Skip : Antonio de MollinedoThird: Melanie RobillardSecond: José Manuel SangüesaLead: Ana Arce


2014 European Mixed Curling Championship, Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Central European Time (UTC+01).


2014 European Modern Pentathlon Championships
The 2014 European Modern Pentathlon Championships were held in Székesfehérvár, Hungary from July 10 to 15, 2014.


2014 European Open Water Swimming Championships
The 2014 European Open Water Swimming Championships was the fifteenth edition of the European Open Water Swimming Championships (was part of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships) and took part from 13-17 August 2014 in Berlin, Germany.


2014 European Pairs Speedway Championship
The 2014 European Pairs Speedway Championship was the 11th edition of the European Pairs Speedway Championship. The final was held in Divišov, Czech Republic on 13 September. The Czech Republic won their fifth title.


2014 European Pairs Speedway Championship, Semi-final
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fellns - non-starter • nc - non-classify


2014 European Parliament election
From 22 to 25 May 2014, elections to the European Parliament were held in the European Union.


2014 European Parliament election
It was the 8th parliamentary election since the first direct elections in 1979, and the first in which the European political parties fielded candidates for President of the Commission. The candidates, sometimes referred to by the German term Spitzenkandidaten (English: top candidates), were Jean-Claude Juncker for the European People's Party, Martin Schulz for the Party of European Socialists, Guy Verhofstadt for the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party, Ska Keller and José Bové jointly for the European Green Party and Alexis Tsipras for the Party of the European Left. The Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists and the European Alliance for Freedom declined to nominate candidates.


2014 European Parliament election
While the European People's Party lost ground to the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, it remained the largest faction in the new parliament, resulting in the EPP's nomination of Jean-Claude Juncker as Commission President at the European Council. In turn, the European Council accepted the nomination by a simple majority (only David Cameron and Viktor Orban voted against Juncker).


2014 European Parliament election, Background
The Council of the European Union decided to hold the 2014 elections in late May instead of early June as had been the case with previous EP elections. The elections were brought forward to provide more time for the election of a president of the European Commission, and because they would otherwise have coincided with the Pentecost weekend which falls during school holidays in many member states.


2014 European Parliament election, Background
The ongoing Eurozone crisis, an offshoot of the Great Recession, started several months after the last Parliament election in June 2009. Although it affected most EU member states, the hardest-hit economies were those of southern Europe: Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Spain, and Portugal, along with Ireland. Among other reasons, harsh austerity measures significantly affected the public approval of EU leadership. The percentage of Greeks approving the EU leadership decreased from 32% in 2010 to 19% in 2013, while in Spain, the approval dwindled more than a half from 59% in 2008 to 27% in 2013.


2014 European Parliament election, Background
Overall, only four of the 27 members countries approved the EU leadership. Peter S. Goodman suggests that "distrust about the treaties and conventions that hold together modern Europe appear at an all-time high." "Europe's establishment parties are widely expected to suffer their worst performance" since 1979, with the three mainstream parties (EPP, PES, ALDE) expected to collectively gain 63% of the vote, a 10% loss since 2009.


2014 European Parliament election, Background
The Economist estimated in January 2014 that "anti-EU populists of the left and right could take between 16% and 25% of the parliament's seats, up from 12% today." Euromoney predicted "anti-EU populists and nationalists" winning around 150 seats in the parliament, almost 20% of the total. A Policy Network article from February 2014 suggested that despite the media focus on anti-EU parties, they "will undoubtedly remain modest compared to" other mainstream parties, but "their growth and their intentions to cooperate, signify important changes for the EU and European politics."


2014 European Parliament election, Background
In several countries, far-right and right-wing populist parties were expected to be in contention to poll the most votes in this election, including parties in Austria (Freedom Party), Denmark (People's Party), France (National Front), the Netherlands (Party for Freedom), and the UK (UKIP). In Greece, the left-wing Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) consistently led the polling in the leadup to the election. In Italy the populist and anti-establishment Five Star Movement, according to the polls, was expected to be the second most popular party after the Democratic Party, with about 25% of votes.


2014 European Parliament election, Background
In January 2014, José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, said, "We are seeing, in fact, a rise of extremism from the extreme right and from the extreme left" and suggested that the election might become "a festival of unfounded reproaches against Europe."


2014 European Parliament election, Presidential candidates
The Lisbon Treaty, which entered into force on 1 December 2009, provides that the European Parliament shall endorse or veto the appointment of the president of the European Commission on the basis of a proposal made by the European Council, taking into account the European elections (article 17, paragraph 7 of the Treaty on European Union). This provision applied for the first time for the 2014 elections.


2014 European Parliament election, Presidential candidates
Nevertheless, senior figures such as European Council president Herman Van Rompuy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and former Commission president Jacques Delors questioned the aspiration of European political parties to link the presidency of the European Commission with the result of the European elections and insisted that the future Commission president has to suit Member States' expectations first.


2014 European Parliament election, Presidential candidates
Based on these new provisions, the following European political parties designated candidates for Commission president ahead of the 2014 election: the Party of European Socialists (PES), the European People's Party (EPP), the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE party), the European Green Party (EGP), the Party of European Left (EL) and the European Democratic Party.


2014 European Parliament election, Presidential candidates, European People's Party
On 6 and 7 March 2014, the congress of the European People's Party in Dublin elected Jean-Claude Juncker as its presidential candidate, who run against Michel Barnier, and adopted an election manifesto. Juncker set out the priorities he would have as president:


2014 European Parliament election, Presidential candidates, European People's Party
Juncker also set out five priorities on the subject of immigration:


2014 European Parliament election, Presidential candidates, Party of European Socialists
The Common Candidate process of the Party of European Socialists was carried out according to the following timetable:


2014 European Parliament election, Presidential candidates, Party of European Socialists
Following the defeat of the Party of European Socialists during the European elections of June 2009, the PES made the decision that PES would designate its candidate for Commission president in December 2009, which rapidly triggered debates about how to select this candidate. The PES Congress gathering in Brussels in November 2011 made the decision that it would select the PES candidate through internal primaries in each of its member parties and organisations. Member parties and organisations are free to determine their own voting process, including by opening it to non-members.


2014 European Parliament election, Presidential candidates, Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party
The timetable of the Alliance for Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE) for designating its candidate for President of the European Commission is:


2014 European Parliament election, Presidential candidates, Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party
In 2012, the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE) members were said to be "struggling" to find a candidate for Commission president ahead of the 2014 European elections.


2014 European Parliament election, Presidential candidates, Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party
Guy Verhofstadt was considered to be the likely nominee, but a meeting of the then-ELDR party held in Dublin from 8 to 10 November 2012 did not agree to formally nominate him yet; concerns voiced included the fact that it was considered unlikely that Verhofstadt would have a chance of getting elected as President of the European Commission, as Anders Fogh Rasmussen (the incumbent Secretary General of NATO) was expected to be appointed to the post of President of the European Council or High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy after the 2014 election, and two liberal politicians in the EU's top ranks were not expected to be considered acceptable.


2014 European Parliament election, Presidential candidates, Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party
While a compromise position was reached (to nominate a candidate for Commission President "in time for the 2014 European Parliamentary election campaign"), the corresponding resolution was not passed due to disagreements on other points included in the resolution. The ALDE political party finally decided to discuss candidates at the party's pre-summit meeting at the margins of the 19–20 December European Council. Belgian daily De Standaard and EU news website EurActiv reported during the summit that the ALDE party has appointed Mark Rutte and Christian Lindner as 'mediators' between Rehn and Verhofstadt to work out who would be the candidate.


2014 European Parliament election, Presidential candidates, European Green Party
In July 2013 European Green Party (EGP) announced that it would run an open primary online. Open to all inhabitants in the union over the age of 16 who "support green values", this resulted in Ska Keller and José Bové being elected candidates. Other qualified candidates were Rebecca Harms and Monica Frassoni.


2014 European Parliament election, Presidential candidates, Party of the European Left
Meeting on 19 October 2013 in Madrid, the Council of chairpersons of the Party of the European Left (EL) decided to designate a common candidate for the president of the European Commission to prevent "the forces responsible for the crisis" from keeping the monopoly during the electoral campaign. The Council reaffirmed however that this new measure "will not hide, as European leaders and the troika hope, their authoritarianism".


2014 European Parliament election, Presidential candidates, Party of the European Left
The Council decided to submit to the decision of the next Congress, 13 to 15 December in Madrid, the candidacy of Alexis Tsipras, who "would be the voice of resistance and hope against the ultra-liberal policies and facing the threat of the extreme right". As Alexis Tsipras will therefore be the only candidate for the job, the Council has mandated the Presidency of the EL to consult all members and observers parties of the EL and the GUE/NGL group in the European parliament about this application. Tsipras's candidature was confirmed on 15 December. Alexis Tsipras was elected.


2014 European Parliament election, Presidential candidates, European Democratic Party
On 2 December 2013 in Rome, the Council of the European Democratic Party decided to designate a candidate on the occasion of the next meeting in February 2014, along with its manifesto. The next president of the Commission will have to "settle a more political Commission". Allied with the Liberals in the ALDE Group but opposed to Olli Rehn, the European Democratic Party welcomed the candidature of Guy Verhofstadt, ALDE Group leader. The party adopted its manifesto on 28 February and named Guy Verhofstadt as its candidate for the Presidency of the European Commission on 12 March. Guy Verhofstadt was elected.


2014 European Parliament election, Presidential candidates, Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists
The Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists did not present a candidate for the European Commission presidency. They argued that participating in the process would legitimate a federalist vision of a European super-state and that the lack of a European demos makes the process illegitimate.


2014 European Parliament election, Presidential candidates, European Free Alliance
The European Free Alliance stands for "a Europe of Free Peoples based on the principle of subsidiarity, which believe in solidarity with each other and the peoples of the world." It consists of various national-level political parties in Europe advocating either full political independence (statehood), or some form of devolution or self-governance for their country or region. The alliance has generally limited its membership to progressive parties, and therefore, not all European regionalist parties are members of EFA.


2014 European Parliament election, Presidential candidates, European Free Alliance
The EFA stands on the left of the political spectrum, and in the Brussels declaration it emphasises the protection of human rights, sustainable development and social justice. In 2007 the EFA congress in Bilbao added several progressive principles to the declaration: including a commitment to fight against racism, antisemitism, discrimination, xenophobia and islamophobia and a commitment to get full citizenship for migrants, including voting rights.


2014 European Parliament election, Presidential candidates, European Christian Political Movement
The European Christian Political Movement, abbreviated to ECPM, is a political party at European level that unites national parties from across Europe that share Christian democratic politics. The member parties are generally more socially conservative and Eurosceptic than the European People's Party, not only at this election allied with the AECR, without any candidate as well.


2014 European Parliament election, Presidential candidates, European Pirate Party
The newly founded European Pirate Party elected MEP Amelia Andersdotter (who is running for re-election) and The Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde (running for election in Finland) as its candidates for the European Commission presidency. The European Pirate Party is not recognised as a European political party.


2014 European Parliament election, Televised debates
The lead candidates designated for nomination to the European Commission presidency participated in various debates, conducted in different countries and variously, in French, German and English. A total of ten debates were held through April and May in the lead up to the election period. Five debates were designed as head-to-head debates between the representatives of the two leading European political parties: Jean-Claude Juncker of the European People's Party and Martin Schulz of the Party of European Socialists. Four others were open to all nominated lead candidates, while one French-language debate was held between José Bové of the European Green Party and Guy Verhofstadt of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party.


2014 European Parliament election, Opinion polls
No pan-European opinion polls are carried out; however, several institutes compiled predictions of the outcome of the elections based on national polls.


2014 European Parliament election, Opinion polls
Some of the institutes below, such as Pollwatch, applied algorithms to the national poll results before aggregating them, in an attempt to account for the lower than expected results received by governing parties in previous European Parliament elections. However, other institutions did not share the expectation that governing parties would automatically perform worse than the polls suggest.


2014 European Parliament election, Opinion polls
Note: Percentages indicate proportion of predicted seats and not vote share.


2014 European Parliament election, Apportionment of seats
Decisions on the apportionment of seats in the Parliament are governed by article 14 of the Treaty of Lisbon. This article lays down that "The European Parliament shall be composed of representatives of the Union's citizens. They shall not exceed seven hundred and fifty in number, plus the President. Representation of citizens shall be degressively proportional, with a minimum threshold of six members per Member State. No Member State shall be allocated more than ninety-six seats."


2014 European Parliament election, Apportionment of seats
It had been the stated desire of the member-state governments to ratify the Treaty of Lisbon before the 2009 election, so that its articles governing the European Parliament could be in force for that election. However, this was blocked by the Irish rejection of the treaty in a referendum. Therefore, in June 2009, the European Parliament was elected under the rules of the Treaty of Nice, which provided for 736 seats, instead of the 751 to be provided in the Treaty of Lisbon.


2014 European Parliament election, Apportionment of seats
The Lisbon Treaty was subsequently ratified, and provisional measures were ratified in December 2011 to give the 18 additional seats, to the countries entitled to them, before the 2014 elections, without withdrawing Germany's 3 extra seats. These 18 additional MEPs brought the number of MEPs to 754 temporarily until 2014. These 18 "phantom MEPs" would initially have observer status, before becoming full members of the parliament if an additional protocol is ratified by 2014.


2014 European Parliament election, Apportionment of seats
Thus the 2014 election will be the first to apply the apportionment of seats provided by the Lisbon treaty.


2014 European Parliament election, Apportionment of seats
Andrew Duff MEP (ALDE, UK) tabled two reports in March 2011 and September 2012 proposing new apportionments of seats (see table opposite). Article 14 provides that "The European Council shall adopt by unanimity, on the initiative of the European Parliament and with its consent, a decision establishing the composition of the European Parliament", respecting the principle of degressive proportionality, the threshold of 6 MEPs for smaller member states and the limit of 96 MEPs for larger member states.


2014 European Parliament election, Results
The centre-right European People's Party won the most seats, but came up well short of a majority. In Denmark, France, and United Kingdom rightist groups opposed to the European Union won "unprecedented" victories according to some news organisations such as Reuters. Elsewhere, populist parties won significant seats. In total, roughly a quarter of all seats went to parties sceptical of the EU or protest parties. Thus, the election was seen as anti-establishment. In the wake of the election, several prominent political figures said the EU needed to realign its priorities in a hurry. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte called for "fewer rules and less fuss", while British Prime Minister David Cameron said "Europe should concentrate on what matters, on growth and jobs, and not try to do so much."


2014 European Parliament election, Results, Group reshuffling
Between the election and the inaugural session of the 8th European Parliament, scheduled for 1 July, some parties and individual MEPs usually switch allegiances between the political groups of the European Parliament. This process, which sometimes has resulted in the disappearance of whole political groups from the Parliament, or their recomposition in another form, is particularly important for new parties and MEPs.


2014 European Parliament election, Results, Announced membership changes
The following table describes the announced membership changes in the Parliament groupings and the impact on the Parliament makeup:


2014 European Parliament election, Results, Announced membership changes
N-VA BBTs VMRO DF PS AfD Famil. ANEL FF SGP Nova OĽaNO


2014 European Parliament election, Results, Announced membership changes
+4 +1 +1 +4 +2 +7 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1


2014 European Parliament election, Results, Announced membership changes
A group is required to be made up by at least 25 MEPs from seven Member States to be constituted in the new legislature.


2014 European Parliament election, Results, Announced membership changes
A proposed European Alliance for Freedom (EAF) group, said to be composed of the French FN, Dutch PVV, Austrian FPÖ, Belgian VB and Italian LN, was unable to reach the threshold. About a year later, on 16 June 2015, the same parties formed the Europe of Nations and Freedom group together with two MEPs from KNP and a former UKIP MEP.


2014 European Parliament election, Results, Make-up following election
Based on the new groupingon the ENF, the Parliament makeup following the election were as follows:


2014 European Parliament election, Results, Voter turnout
The final turnout figure for the 2014 European Parliament elections reached an all-time low at 42.54%, and thus marked a continued downward turnout since the first direct election. The result was also lower than the number communicated immediately after the elections. During the election night exit polls suggested a turnout of 43.1% based on preliminary figures. This was then revised down to 43.09% a few days later. There was a small increase in absolute voter numbers, with 163,551,013 valid votes cast in 2014 as compared to 160,687,462 in 2009, though this was outweighed by the increase in eligible voters from 386,711,169 in 2009 to 396,104,240 in 2014.


2014 European Parliament election, New European Commission
The leaders of the parliament's seven groups met on Tuesday 27 May to discuss who should become the new president of the European Commission. Citing the Lisbon Treaty's requirement for the result of the elections to be "taken into account", five of the seven groups issued a statement saying that Juncker should be nominated by the European Council to be president. Only the ECR and EFD disagreed. However, when the European Council met that evening, they said that nominations should only be made "after having held the appropriate consultations".


2014 European Parliament election, New European Commission
They authorised van Rompuy, President of the Council, to consult with the new group leaders in the European Parliament and to report back to their summit on 26 June. The leaders of the UK, Hungary and Sweden were said to have opposed Juncker although the Swedish government then declared that Sweden never had such opposition. Leaders of the European People's Party publicly acknowledged that Juncker may not end up heading the executive European Commission. Friday, 27 June, the European Council eventually proposed to the European Parliament the candidacy of Jean-Claude Juncker to the presidency of the European Commission. The United Kingdom and Hungary opposed Juncker's nomination, while the remaining Council members supported his candidacy. The European Parliament confirmed Juncker's nomination on a vote of 422 in favour to 250 opposed, 47 abstentions and 10 invalid votes. Most EPP, Socialist and Liberal MEPs supported Juncker's nomination.


2014 European Parliament election, New European Commission
The appointment of top EU jobs in the new government was expected to be contentious. Leaders of EU member states agreed to seek a package deal that would give significant posts to the new political parties in an effort to win back public support for the European Parliament. According to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the new government will focus on making EU economies more competitive in the global economy, seek common energy and environmental policies, and seek a united foreign policy.


2014 European Parliament election, New European Commission
The main political groups, including the EPP and the S&D, in the European Parliament on 12 June backed the right of Jean-Claude Juncker to be the next head of the European Commission, after talks with the President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy.


2014 European Parliament election, New European Commission
Juncker has stated that his priorities would be the creation of a digital single market, the development of an EU energy union, the negotiation of the Transatlantic trade agreement, the continued reform of the economic and monetary union, with the social dimension in mind and a 'targeted fiscal capacity' for the Euro area, as well as to negotiate a new deal with Britain, which ultimately failed to be accepted in the Brexit vote.


2014 European Parliament election in Aosta Valley
The European Parliament election of 2014 took place in Italy on 25 May 2014.


2014 European Parliament election in Aosta Valley
In Aosta Valley the centre-left Democratic Party, endorsed by the Progressive Valdostan Union and Autonomy Liberty Participation Ecology, came largely ahead with 47.1% of the vote, followed by the Five Star Movement, distant second at 19.6%. The two parties forming the regional government, namely the Valdostan Union and Edelweiss, did not participate in or endorse any list. This likely favoured Lega Nord, which gained 6.8% of the vote, its best tally in the region since 1996. Among other lists, Forza Italia obtained 10.3% and The Other Europe 7.7%. PD–UVP–ALPE's Luca Barbieri was the most voted candidate in the region with 8,128 preference votes.


2014 European Parliament election in Austria
The 2014 European Parliament election was held on 25 May 2014 in Austria. As a result of the Lisbon Treaty Austria held 19 seats in the European Parliament, but with Croatia joining the Union in 2013, Austria's allocation was reduced to 18 seats.


2014 European Parliament election in Austria, Defections and new parties
Three Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) decided to stand in the election again, but not for their original parties. They are Martin Ehrenhauser (former member of Hans-Peter Martin's List), Ewald Stadler (formerly top candidate for the Alliance for the Future of Austria) and Angelika Werthmann (former member of Hans-Peter Martin's List).


2014 European Parliament election in Austria, Defections and new parties
Ehrenhauser is now top candidate for the left-wing electoral alliance "Europe Different" (Europa Anders), which includes the Communists and the Pirate Party.


2014 European Parliament election in Austria, Defections and new parties
Stadler founded the eurosceptic "Reform Conservatives" (Die Reformkonservativen, REKOS), who intend to join the Europe of Freedom and Democracy group in European Parliament.


2014 European Parliament election in Austria, Defections and new parties
Angelika Werthmann, who was part of the ALDE group between 2012 and 2014, had originally planned to contest the election for NEOS, but in early 2014 she claimed that "the buying of votes" had occurred at the NEOS party caucus for the 2013 national election. She withdrew her NEOS-candidacy for the 2014 European election in January 2014. The Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ) initially planned to field Ulrike Haider-Quercia, daughter of the late party founder Jörg Haider, as their frontrunner. She withdrew on 8 April, complaining that the party would not accept her "independent policy". Instead of her, the BZÖ's new top candidate is Angelika Werthmann. She was also excluded from the liberal ALDE group in the European Parliament after joining the BZÖ.


2014 European Parliament election in Austria, Defections and new parties
The new liberal party NEOS (represented in the national parliament since 2013) is contesting the election. Angelika Mlinar was elected as its top candidate after its caucus in February 2014.


2014 European Parliament election in Austria, Defections and new parties
Team Stronach, another successful new party in the 2013 national election, announced on 8 April 2014 that they would not contest the election.


2014 European Parliament election in Austria, Defections and new parties
On 25 March 2014 MEP Hans-Peter Martin, the leader of Hans-Peter Martin's List, announced that he would no longer be contesting European Elections.


2014 European Parliament election in Austria, Defections and new parties
A small party called "EU-STOP" also managed to collect the 2600 signatures necessary to be included on the election ballot. Their main goal is Austria's exit from the EU resulting in a fully neutral and self-determined country, a return to the Austrian Schilling and strict border controls to limit cross-border crime.


2014 European Parliament election in Austria, Parties contesting the election
There were 9 parties contesting the election. They are ranked here as they appeared on the ballot paper:


2014 European Parliament election in Austria, Facts and statistics
According to the final figures, a total of 6,410,602 people were eligible to vote in this election, an increase from 6,362,761 people in the 2009 election. 3,322,498 women (2009: 3,314,816) and 3,088,104 men (2009: 3,047,945) were eligible to vote. Included in these totals are 34,773 Austrians living abroad and 33,184 foreign EU-citizens living in Austria.


2014 European Parliament election in Austria, Facts and statistics
Poll opening and closing times on election day were set individually by each municipality. Poll closing times can be no later than 5 pm.


2014 European Parliament election in Austria, Facts and statistics
Voters who so chose were allowed to cast their vote either by absentee ballot or postal ballot. Postal ballots had to arrive at the district voting commission no later than 5 pm on election day. Before the 2009 election, 309,200 voters requested absentee or postal ballots. For the 2014 election, the number was 444,057.


2014 European Parliament election in Belgium
The European Parliament election of 2014 in Belgium is an election held on 25 May 2014 in the three Belgian constituencies: the Dutch-speaking electoral college, the French-speaking electoral college and the German-speaking electoral college. This election was held on the same day alongside the Belgian federal election and the Belgian regional elections.


2014 European Parliament election in Belgium
21 Belgium MEPs were elected: 12 of them are Dutch-speaking, 8 of them are French-speaking and 1 of them is German-speaking. In the arrondissement of Brussels-Capital and six municipalities with language facilities, voters can choose whether to vote for the Dutch-speaking or for the French-speaking electoral college.


2014 European Parliament election in Bulgaria
The European Parliament election of 2014 in Bulgaria was held on 25 May 2014 to elect the Members of the European Parliament from Bulgaria to the European Parliament as part of the larger European Parliament election. After a decision by the European Council in 2013, Bulgaria was allocated 17 seats in the European Parliament for the Eighth European Parliament.


2014 European Parliament election in Bulgaria
The election campaign officially began on 25 April 2014, one month before the election day.


2014 European Parliament election in Bulgaria, Background
The elections come a year after the 2013 parliamentary elections in Bulgaria that resulted in a minority parliament. Since the election winner, GERB, failed to form a government the Socialists and the DPS formed a coalition government led by Plamen Oresharski. The European elections of 2014 are considered to be of importance as they will reflect the popularity of the current government.


2014 European Parliament election in Bulgaria, Changes in electoral law
In February 2014 Bulgarian MPs voted to lower the preferential-vote threshold for the election from 6% to 5% of each list's total votes.


2014 European Parliament election in Bulgaria, Changes in electoral law
Implicit electoral threshold still remains equal to the Hare Quota, which is about 5.88% of the total valid votes.


2014 European Parliament election in Bulgaria, Opinion polls
Polls include Bulgarian parliamentary election polls if European parliamentary election polling numbers are unavailable.


2014 European Parliament election in Bulgaria, Elected MEPs
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe – 4 seats:


2014 European Parliament election in Bulgaria, Media expenses
According to a survey taken by the NGO Institute for Public Environment Development, the following table represents the media campaign expenses of the main parties:


2014 European Parliament election in Croatia
The European Parliament election, 2014 were held on 25 May 2014 in Croatia.


2014 European Parliament election in Croatia
The country forms a single constituency, with members elected by proportional representation using open lists.


2014 European Parliament election in Cyprus
Cyprus's component of the 2014 European Parliament election was held on Sunday, 25 May 2014.


2014 European Parliament election in Cyprus
In total, 6 Members of the European Parliament were elected from Cyprus.


2014 European Parliament election in Cyprus, Parties
Ten parties or coalitions contested the European Parliament election in Cyprus:


2014 European Parliament election in Denmark
The European Parliament election of 2014 in Denmark was an election held in Denmark on 25 May 2014 to decide who would represent Denmark in the European Parliament (EP) from 2014 to 2019. The Danish People's Party with 26.6% of the votes became the largest party for the first time in a nationwide Danish election.


2014 European Parliament election in Denmark
The election was held alongside the Danish Unified Patent Court membership referendum where 62.5% of the voter approved ratification of the  Agreement on a Unified Patent Court.


2014 European Parliament election in Denmark, Campaign
All parties in the Folketing except the Red–Green Alliance participated in the election. In addition, the People's Movement against the EU participated. Several parties had incumbent candidates as lead candidates: Bendt Bendtsen for the Conservative People's Party, Margrete Auken for the Socialist People's Party (Denmark) and Morten Messerschmidt for the Danish People's Party. Three of the parties represented in the EP had new lead candidates:  Jeppe Kofod for the Social DemocratsUlla Tørnæs for Venstre and Rina Ronja Kari for the People's Movement against the EU. The Danish Social Liberal Party which was not represented in the EP had Morten Helveg Petersen on top of the list while the Liberal Alliance which similarly was not represented had Christina Egelund.


2014 European Parliament election in Denmark, Campaign
After the Danish People's Party and the Red–Green Alliance opposed Danish membership in the Unified Patent Court, the Danish cabinet in December 2013 decided to hold a referendum on the issue, since joining the court was judicially regarded as transferring sovereignty and would have required five-sixths majority in the parliament to be approved without a referendum.


2014 European Parliament election in Denmark, Campaign
A central theme in the campaign was the claim of benefit tourism as a threat to the Danish welfare state, a position the Danish People's Party fronted and which was partly supported by Venstre, the Conservatives and the Social Democrats. The Social Liberal Party took the most positive position towards free movement of people inside the EU and was supported by Danish businesses.


2014 European Parliament election in Denmark, Campaign
On 12 May 2014, Ekstrabladet wrote that Venstre's leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen had received about 150,000 Danish kroner in economic support for clothing in his period as prime minister 2009–2011. Later in the campaign media wrote that Rasmussen and his wife had received a free holiday to Mallorca at the party's expense. The revelations led to a drop in support for Venstre in the polls. Rasmussen later stated the claims were exaggerated.


2014 European Parliament election in Denmark, Campaign
As part of an effort to motivate young people to take part in the election, the Folketing published a video on YouTube featuring a muscle-bound cartoon figure called "Voteman" who had once failed to vote and later regretted his resulting loss of influence, so he decided to force everyone to vote in elections. He is seen in the video engaging in group sex, and dispensing violence including decapitation, described as "grindhouse"-style by The Guardian's Lars Eriksen. The video was controversial in Denmark and abroad, being criticised for being misogynist and featuring violence while being praised as humorous by others. The Folketing pulled the video a day after its release, with speaker of the Folketing, Mogens Lykketoft, saying the cartoon had been perceived as "more serious and offensive" than intended.


2014 European Parliament election in Denmark, Results
Winner of the election was the Danish People's Party which for the first time became the largest party in a nationwide election, obtaining 26.61% of the votes and four of the thirteen seats. The party was largest in 71 of 92 electoral districts with a particular strong performance in Lolland and Southern Jutland, while doing less well in the urban areas of Copenhagen and Århus.


2014 European Parliament election in Denmark, Results
The Social Democrats with 19.1% of the votes lost one seat and got three. Their strongest performance was in Eastern Jutland, Bornholm and Copenhagen. The Socialist People's Party which lost one of their two seats had their strongest performance in the same area.