# 2014 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships

The 30th Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships took place from June 10 to June 15, 2014 at the then newly opened National Gymnastics Arena in Baku, Azerbaijan. 33 participating federations with their juniors and seniors gymnasts participated at the event.

## Participating countries

List of delegations participating in Championship.
| Andorra  Austria  Azerbaijan  Belarus  Belgium  Bulgaria  Croatia  Cyprus  Czech Republic  Estonia  Finland  France | Georgia  Germany  Greece  Hungary  Israel  Italy  Latvia  Lithuania  Moldova  Norway  Poland | Portugal  Romania  Russia  Serbia  Slovakia  Slovenia  Spain  Switzerland  Turkey  Ukraine |

## Schedule

* Wednesday, June 11
** 08h00 - 22h00 Official Training
** 18h00 Briefing session with the Heads of delegation
* Thursday, June 12
** 08h00 - 22h00 Official Training
* Friday, June 13
** 09h30 - 11h15 C I - Juniors, Group A - Hoop + Ball
** 11h50 - 13h50 C I - Juniors, Group B - Hoop + Ball
** 14h45 - 16h30 C I - Juniors, Group C - Hoop + Ball
** 17h00 - 17h55 Opening Ceremony
** 17h55 - 20h45 C I - Seniors groups alternating 10 Clubs / 3 Balls - 2 Ribbons
** 20h45 Award Ceremony - Seniors group all-around competition I
* Saturday, June 14
** 09h30 - 11h30 C I - Juniors, Group B - clubs + ribbon
** 11h50 - 13h50 C I - Juniors, Group C - clubs + ribbon
** 14h30 - 16 h 30 C I - Juniors, Group A - clubs + ribbon
** 16h30 - 17h00 Award Ceremony - Junior Team competition I
** 17h00 - 19h00 C II - Seniors, Group B - 4 apparatus (place 11 to 20 from ECh 2013)
** 19h15 - 21h15 C II - Seniors, Group A - 4 apparatus (place 01 to 10 from ECh 2013)
** 21h15 Award Ceremony - Senior individual all-around competition II
* Sunday, June 15
** 12h00 - 13h00 Competition III - Juniors - Hoop and Ball
** 13h00 - 14h00 Competition III - Juniors - Clubs and Ribbon
** 14h30 - 16h20 Competition III - Senior groups - 10 Clubs, 3 Balls and 2 Ribbons
** 16h30 Gala and Closing Ceremony

## Overview

The 20 best senior individuals from 2013 will compete at the multiple competition (CII).
102 juniors (from 32 NF) will participate in the qualifying competition I (CI) and team competition and the final competition (4 apparatus) (CIII), 21 senior groups (consisted of 6 gymnasts) will present two different voluntary exercises, one executed with one apparatus (clubs), the other with different apparatus (3 balls/2 ribbons) on the occasion of the competition I (general competition) and the competition III (final competition for each exercise). At the European Championships in even years, the 20 best gymnasts from competition I of the previous year present their routines.

## Controversies

According to Armenian sources, the organizers of the European Championships in Rhythmic Gymnastics in Baku asked the Belarusian group to not use the music of Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian, which was reported by head coach Irina Leparskaya at a press conference in Minsk. The group had been performing their 2 Ribbons + 3 Balls routine with Khachaturian's "Sabre Dance", but they had to change to different music two weeks before the start of the Championships event. Spokeswoman for the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Azerbaijan Samaya Mamedova said they did not interfere in any federation's music decisions:
   Regarding Belarus, we didn't ask them to abandon their music. This decision was taken by Belarus itself. This is another provocative piece of information spread by Armenians to tarnish Azerbaijan as organizer of the European Championships of Rhythmic Gymnastics.
The Belarusian group, usually medal contenders, finished 17th in the all-around and placed last with their 2 Ribbons + 3 Balls qualification score amongst 21 countries during the European Championships. Armenia did not compete or send any delegations to the championships.

## Medal winners

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Senior Individual Finals ||||
| All-around details | Yana Kudryavtseva Russia | Melitina Staniouta Belarus | Ganna Rizatdinova Ukraine |
| Senior Group Finals ||||
| All-around details | Russia Anastasia Maksimova Aleksandra Semenova Diana Borisova Anastasiia Tatareva Maria Tolkacheva Daria Avtonomova | Italy Sofia Lodi Marta Pagnini Camilla Patriarca Valeria Schiavi Andreea Stefanescu | Israel Alona Koshevatskiy Ekaterina Levina Karina Lykhvar Ida Mayrin Lihi Shochatovitch Yuval Filo |
| 10 clubs details | Bulgaria Reneta Kamberova Tsvetelina Stoyanova Tsvetelina Naydenova Hristiana Todorova Mihaela Maevska-Velichkova | Russia Anastasia Maksimova Aleksandra Semenova Diana Borisova Anastasiia Tatareva Daria Avtonomova | Spain Alejandra Quereda Sandra Aguilar Artemi Gavezou Elena Lopez Lourdes Mohedano |
| 3 balls + 2 ribbons details | Russia Anastasia Maksimova Aleksandra Semenova Diana Borisova Maria Tolkacheva Daria Avtonomova | Azerbaijan Aliya Pashayeva Siyana Vasileva Diana Doman Aliaksandra Platonova Aynur Mustafayeva | Bulgaria Reneta Kamberova Tsvetelina Stoyanova Tsvetelina Naydenova Hristiana Todorova Mihaela Maevska-Velichkova |
| Junior Finals ||||
| Team details | Russia Yulia Bravikova Irina Annenkova Olesya Petrova Veronika Polyakova | Belarus Mariya Trubach Stefaniya-Sofiya Manakhava Anastasiya Rybakova | Azerbaijan Zhala Piriyeva Zuleykha Ismayilova |
| Hoop details | Yulia Bravikova Russia | Zhala Piriyeva Azerbaijan | Anastasiya Rybakova Belarus |
| Ball details | Irina Annenkova Russia | Mariya Trubach Belarus | Boryana Kaleyn Bulgaria |
| Clubs details | Olesya Petrova Russia | Mariya Trubach Belarus | Linoy Ashram Israel |
| Ribbon details | Irina Annenkova Russia | Valeriya Khanina Ukraine | Linoy Ashram Israel |

## Results
### Seniors
#### Individual all-around

| Rank | Gymnast | Nation | | | | | Total |
| | Yana Kudryavtseva | Russia | 18.700 | 17.433 | 18.800 | 18.566 | 73.499 |
| | Melitina Staniouta | Belarus | 18.266 | 18.200 | 17.850 | 18.100 | 72.416 |
| | Ganna Rizatdinova | Ukraine | 18.083 | 18.066 | 18.000 | 17.500 | 71.649 |
| 4 | Neta Rivkin | Israel | 17.950 | 17.816 | 18.033 | 17.800 | 71.599 |
| 5 | Margarita Mamun | Russia | 16.000 | 18.466 | 16.716 | 18.533 | 69.715 |
| 6 | Marina Durunda | Azerbaijan | 17.733 | 17.566 | 16.950 | 17.425 | 69.674 |
| 7 | Katsiaryna Halkina | Belarus | 17.366 | 17.283 | 17.100 | 17.266 | 69.015 |
| 8 | Kseniya Moustafaeva | France | 17.025 | 17.600 | 17.600 | 16.550 | 68.775 |
| 9 | Salome Phajava | Georgia | 16.850 | 16.833 | 17.400 | 17.233 | 68.316 |
| 10 | Carolina Rodriguez | Spain | 16.783 | 17.050 | 16.833 | 16.766 | 67.432 |
| 11 | Mariya Mateva | Bulgaria | 17.033 | 16.675 | 16.950 | 16.766 | 67.424 |
| 12 | Victoria Veinberg Filanovsky | Israel | 17.066 | 16.816 | 17.033 | 16.183 | 67.098 |
| 13 | Neviana Vladinova | Bulgaria | 17.150 | 16.866 | 16.616 | 16.416 | 67.048 |
| 14 | Viktoria Mazur | Ukraine | 15.983 | 17.233 | 16.416 | 16.950 | 66.582 |
| 15 | Gulsum Shafizada | Azerbaijan | 17.000 | 16.033 | 16.500 | 16.883 | 66.416 |
| 16 | Varvara Filiou | Greece | 15.366 | 17.266 | 17.116 | 16.433 | 66.181 |
| 17 | Nicol Ruprecht | Austria | 16.800 | 16.333 | 16.050 | 16.600 | 65.783 |
| 18 | Alexandra Piscupescu | Romania | 14.725 | 16.025 | 16.266 | 16.900 | 63.916 |
| 19 | Dora Vass | Hungary | 15.666 | 16.016 | 15.900 | 14.791 | 62.373 |
| 20 | Natascha Wegscheider | Austria | 15.825 | 15.266 | 15.858 | 14.625 | 61.574 |

#### Group all-around

| Rank | Nation | | | Total |
| | Russia | 18.366 | 18.200 | 36.566 |
| | Italy | 17.366 | 17.383 | 34.749 |
| | Israel | 17.333 | 17.050 | 34.383 |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 17.666 | 16.633 | 34.299 |
| 5 | Spain | 17.358 | 16.733 | 34.091 |
| 6 | Azerbaijan | 17.350 | 16.700 | 34.050 |
| 7 | France | 16.566 | 16.516 | 33.082 |
| 8 | Ukraine | 16.033 | 16.850 | 32.883 |
| 9 | Switzerland | 16.566 | 15.750 | 32.316 |
| 10 | Greece | 16.666 | 15.233 | 31.899 |
| 11 | Germany | 16.700 | 15.041 | 31.741 |
| 12 | Finland | 16.016 | 15.575 | 31.591 |
| 13 | Latvia | 15.533 | 14.133 | 29.666 |
| 14 | Poland | 15.708 | 13.325 | 29.033 |
| 15 | Hungary | 14.325 | 14.475 | 28.800 |
| 16 | Czech Republic | 14.783 | 13.075 | 27.858 |
| 17 | Belarus | 17.400 | 10.400 | 27.800 |
| 18 | Austria | 13.850 | 13.916 | 27.766 |
| 19 | Turkey | 14.525 | 12.716 | 27.241 |
| 20 | Portugal | 14.333 | 12.750 | 27.083 |
| 21 | Slovakia | 13.566 | 12.816 | 26.382 |

#### Group 10 clubs

| Rank | Nation | D Score | E Score | Pen. | Total |
| | Bulgaria | 8.900 | 8.866 | | 17.766 |
| | Russia | 8.900 | 8.733 | | 17.633 |
| | Spain | 8.850 | 8.700 | | 17.550 |
| 4 | Belarus | 8.850 | 8.633 | | 17.483 |
| 5 | Italy | 8.800 | 8.633 | | 17.433 |
| 6 | Azerbaijan | 8.600 | 8.566 | | 17.166 |
| 7 | Israel | 8.550 | 7.833 | | 16.383 |
| 8 | Germany | 8.000 | 7.700 | 0.60 | 15.100 |

#### Group 3 balls + 2 ribbons

| Rank | Nation | D Score | E Score | Pen. | Total |
| | Russia | 9.100 | 9.266 | | 18.366 |
| | Azerbaijan | 8.650 | 9.000 | | 17.650 |
| | Bulgaria | 8.850 | 8.733 | | 17.583 |
| 4 | Israel | 8.700 | 8.800 | | 17.500 |
| 5 | Spain | 8.700 | 8.700 | | 17.400 |
| 6 | Italy | 8.800 | 8.533 | 0.05 | 17.283 |
| 7 | France | 8.200 | 7.833 | 0.30 | 15.733 |
| 8 | Ukraine | 7.900 | 5.800 | 0.60 | 13.100 |

### Juniors
#### Team

| Rank | Nation | | | | | Total |
| | Russia | 30.233 | 32.133 | 31.866 | 32.133 | 96.815 |
| | Belarus | 31.441 | 31.482 | 31.750 | 29.991 | 94.915 |
| | Azerbaijan | 31.182 | 30.632 | 31.174 | 31.649 | 94.364 |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 30.732 | 30.350 | 26.750 | 28.524 | 91.348 |
| 5 | Ukraine | 30.033 | 29.391 | 29.300 | 29.483 | 89.182 |
| 6 | Italy | 29.157 | 29.833 | 26.774 | 29.375 | 89.123 |
| 7 | Israel | 28.249 | 28.649 | 28.474 | 25.050 | 87.189 |
| 8 | Finland | 27.941 | 29.316 | 29.100 | 28.300 | 86.766 |
| 9 | Greece | 28.300 | 26.949 | 27.350 | 29.408 | 86.741 |
| 10 | Romania | 28.141 | 26.049 | 28.900 | 28.183 | 85.849 |
| 11 | Hungary | 27.132 | 28.191 | 29.116 | 27.316 | 85.373 |
| 12 | Estonia | 27.600 | 26.450 | 28.599 | 27.241 | 83.440 |
| 13 | Belgium | 27.282 | 27.616 | 27.557 | 26.407 | 83.430 |
| 14 | Georgia | 28.600 | 25.466 | 27.500 | 26.800 | 82.900 |
| 15 | Moldova | 26.558 | 26.857 | 28.066 | 25.199 | 82.781 |
| 16 | Poland | 24.733 | 26.407 | 27.341 | 28.100 | 81.848 |
| 17 | Latvia | 27.049 | 26.557 | 27.275 | 26.949 | 81.581 |
| 18 | Germany | 27.416 | 26.033 | 27.658 | 26.175 | 81.449 |
| 19 | Turkey | 26.383 | 26.499 | 26.783 | 26.533 | 81.215 |
| 20 | France | 25.566 | 24.241 | 27.516 | 28.007 | 81.089 |
| 21 | Czech Republic | 26.382 | 24.524 | 7.166 | 27.449 | 80.997 |
| 22 | Spain | 27.391 | 26.233 | 24.666 | 24.741 | 78.907 |
| 23 | Slovenia | 24.875 | 25.766 | 25.283 | 26.375 | 78.341 |
| 24 | Cyprus | 26.124 | 23.633 | 26.599 | 23.691 | 77.697 |
| 25 | Lithuania | 25.191 | 23.416 | 26.366 | 25.800 | 77.357 |
| 26 | Austria | 25.325 | 24.075 | 25.850 | 24.749 | 76.016 |
| 27 | Slovakia | 24.524 | 22.958 | 24.150 | 23.600 | 73.807 |
| 28 | Portugal | 23.299 | 23.616 | 24.574 | 24.366 | 73.281 |
| 29 | Serbia | 23.774 | 22.708 | 24.008 | 22.858 | 71.557 |
| 30 | Croatia | 23.658 | 23.632 | 21.875 | 23.608 | 70.907 |
| 31 | Norway | 22.716 | 24.216 | 23.291 | 20.649 | 70.273 |
| 32 | Andorra | 21.049 | 18.441 | 18.174 | 18.208 | 58.189 |

#### Hoop

| Rank | Gymnast | Nation | D Score | E Score | Pen. | Total |
| | Yulia Bravikova | Russia | 7.550 | 9.200 | | 16.750 |
| | Zhala Piriyeva | Azerbaijan | 7.350 | 9.000 | 0.05 | 16.300 |
| | Anastasiya Rybakova | Belarus | 7.050 | 8.725 | | 15.775 |
| 4 | Katerina Marinova | Bulgaria | 7.000 | 8.700 | | 15.700 |
| 5 | Linoy Ashram | Israel | 7.025 | 8.633 | | 15.658 |
| 6 | Mariia Mulyk | Ukraine | 6.800 | 8.500 | | 15.300 |
| 7 | Ana Luiza Filiorianu | Romania | 6.700 | 8.500 | | 15.200 |
| 8 | Eleni Kelaiditi | Greece | 6.250 | 8.000 | 0.30 | 13.950 |

#### Ball

| Rank | Gymnast | Nation | D Score | E Score | Pen. | Total |
| | Irina Annenkova | Russia | 7.300 | 9.000 | | 16.300 |
| | Mariya Trubach | Belarus | 7.150 | 8.866 | | 16.016 |
| | Boryana Kaleyn | Bulgaria | 7.150 | 8.800 | | 15.950 |
| 4 | Linoy Ashram | Israel | 7.150 | 8.666 | | 15.816 |
| 5 | Valeriya Khanina | Ukraine | 6.800 | 8.666 | | 15.466 |
| 6 | Letizia Cicconcelli | Italy | 6.850 | 8.600 | | 15.450 |
| 7 | Zhala Piriyeva | Azerbaijan | 6.800 | 8.500 | 0.05 | 15.250 |
| 8 | Eleni Kelaiditi | Greece | 6.500 | 8.175 | | 14.675 |

#### Clubs

| Rank | Gymnast | Nation | D Score | E Score | Total |
| | Olesya Petrova | Russia | 7.350 | 9.100 | 16.450 |
| | Mariya Trubach | Belarus | 7.200 | 9.000 | 16.200 |
| | Linoy Ashram | Israel | 6.900 | 8.800 | 15.700 |
| 4 | Katerina Marinova | Bulgaria | 6.775 | 8.800 | 15.575 |
| 5 | Ana Luiza Filiorianu | Romania | 6.700 | 8.800 | 15.500 |
| 6 | Zhala Piriyeva | Azerbaijan | 6.550 | 8.633 | 15.183 |
| 7 | Arianna Malavasi | Italy | 6.400 | 8.533 | 14.933 |
| 8 | Alexandra Kis | Hungary | 6.500 | 8.200 | 14.700 |

#### Ribbon

| Rank | Gymnast | Nation | D Score | E Score | Pen. | Total |
| | Irina Annenkova | Russia | 6.950 | 8.866 | | 15.816 |
| | Valeriya Khanina | Ukraine | 6.950 | 8.800 | | 15.750 |
| | Linoy Ashram | Israel | 6.950 | 8.700 | | 15.650 |
| 4 | Eleni Kelaiditi | Greece | 7.000 | 8.566 | | 15.566 |
| 5 | Stefaniya Sofiya Manakhava | Belarus | 6.600 | 8.700 | | 15.300 |
| 6 | Katerina Marinova | Bulgaria | 6.600 | 8.433 | | 15.033 |
| 7 | Letizia Cicconcelli | Italy | 6.700 | 8.200 | | 14.900 |
| 8 | Zhala Piriyeva | Azerbaijan | 6.700 | 8.133 | 0.60 | 14.233 |

## Medal count
### Seniors

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Israel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |

### Juniors

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Belarus | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Israel | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |