Greece at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Greece at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships
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World Aquatics code	GRE
National federation	Hellenic Swimming Federation
Website	koe.org.gr (in Greek)
in Fukuoka, Japan
Competitors	61 in 5 sports
Medals Ranked 21st	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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Greece is set to compete at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan from 14 to 30 July.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
	Greece men's national water polo team Emmanouil Zerdevas Konstantinos Genidounias Dimitrios Skoumpakis Efstathios Kalogeropoulos Ioannis Fountoulis Alexandros Papanastasiou Georgios Dervisis Stylianos Argyropoulos Dimitrios Nikolaidis Konstantinos Kakaris Ioannis Alafragkis Konstantinos Gkiouvetsis Panagiotis Tzortzatos	Water polo	Men's tournament	July 29

Athletes by discipline

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Championships per discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Artistic swimming	0	10	10
Diving	3	0	3
Open water swimming	2	1	3
Swimming	9	6	15
Water polo	15	15	30
Total	29	32	61

Artistic swimming

Main article: Artistic swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Greece entered 10 artistic swimmers.

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Evangelia Platanioti	Solo technical routine	252.2400	2 Q	252.5000	4
	Solo free routine	199.4834	3 Q	205.5459	5
Sofia Malkogeorgou Evangelia Platanioti	Duet technical routine	236.1667	7 Q	238.4784	6
	Duet free routine	173.0249	12 Q	189.4291	10

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Maria Alzigkouzi Kominea Eleni Fragkaki Krystalenia Gialama Maria Karapanagiotou Danai Kariori Ifigeneia Krommydaki Sofia Malkogeorgou Lydia Papanastasiou	Team acrobatic routine	144.1068	18	Did not advance
Maria Alzigkouzi Kominea Eleni Fragkaki Krystalenia Gialama Zoi Karangelou Maria Karapanagiotou Danai Kariori Ifigeneia Krommydaki Sofia Malkogeorgou	Team technical routine	261.7013	2 Q	259.4729	5
	Team free routine	221.8460	9 Q	232.6396	7

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Greece entered 3 divers. ^[1]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Theofilos Afthinos	3 m springboard	305.60	46	Did not advance
Nikolaos Molvalis	10 m platform	346.70	25	—		Did not advance
Athanasios Tsirikos	1 m springboard	240.75	54	—		Did not advance
	3 m springboard	235.30	64	Did not advance
	10 m platform	323.20	32	—		Did not advance
Theofilos Afthinos Nikolaos Molvalis	3 m synchro springboard	262.95	24	—		Did not advance
Nikolaos Molvalis Athanasios Tsirikos	10 m synchro platform	348.45	13	—		Did not advance

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Greece entered 3 open water swimmers. ^{[2] [3]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Asterios Daldogiannis	Men's 5 km	57:46.6	30
	Men's 10 km	1:54:10.3	25
Athanasios Kynigakis	Men's 5 km	54:58.6	6
	Men's 10 km	1:51:42.1	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Nefeli Giannopoulou	Women's 5 km	1:01:48.6	27

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Greece entered 15 swimmers. ^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Arkadios Aspougalis	50 metre breaststroke	27.23	12 Q	27.50	15	Did not advance
Stergios Bilas	50 metre butterfly	23.39	17	Did not advance
Apostolos Christou	50 metre backstroke	24.48	2 Q	24.57	5 Q	24.60	6
	100 metre backstroke	54.01	19	Did not advance
Kristian Gkolomeev	50 metre freestyle	21.91	9 Q	21.85	7 Q	21.82	7
Dimitrios Markos	200 metre freestyle	1:48.84	31	Did not advance
	400 metre freestyle	3:49.41	19	—		Did not advance
	800 metre freestyle	7:55.72	21	—		Did not advance
	1500 metre freestyle	15:07.61	18	—		Did not advance
Odyssef Meladinis	100 metre freestyle	49.23	41	Did not advance
Apostolos Papastamos	400 metre individual medley	4:14.52	10	—		Did not advance
Apostolos Siskos	200 metre backstroke	1:57.40	5 Q	1:58.04	12	Did not advance
Andreas Vazaios	100 metre butterfly	53.38	38	Did not advance
	200 metre individual medley	1:59.72	18	Did not advance
Andreas Vazaios Apostolos Christou Odyssefs Meladinis Kristian Gkolomeev	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:15.86	15	—		Did not advance
Apostolos Siskos Arkadios Aspougalis Andreas Vazaios Kristian Gkolomeev	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:42.02	20	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Georgia Damasioti	200 metre butterfly	2:11.03	17	Did not advance
Theodora Drakou	50 metre freestyle	25.12	19	Did not advance
	50 metre backstroke	28.20	12 Q	27.87	11	Did not advance
Maria-Thaleia Drasidou	50 metre breaststroke	31.44	27	Did not advance
	100 metre breaststroke	1:10.67	40	Did not advance
Eleni Kontogeorgou	200 metre breaststroke	2:30.46	24	Did not advance
Anna Ntountounaki	50 metre butterfly	26.14	12 Q	25.82	9	Did not advance
	100 metre butterfly	58.12	12 Q	57.79	12	Did not advance
Artemis Vasilaki	200 metre freestyle	2:03.92	44	Did not advance
	800 metre freestyle	8:49.61	28	—		Did not advance
Theodora Drakou Eleni Kontogeorgou Anna Ntountounaki Maria-Thalia Drasidou	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:04.99	17	—		Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Andreas Vazaios Stergios Bilas Theodora Drakou Maria-Thaleia Drasidou	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:28.96	15	Did not advance
Apostolos Christou Arkadios Aspougalis Anna Ntountounaki Maria-Thaleia Drasidou	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:47.57	14	Did not advance

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Playoff	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Greece	Men's tournament	Australia W 13–9	Kazakhstan W 18–2	United States W 15–14	1 Q	—	Montenegro W 10–9	Serbia W 13–7	Hungary L 13–14
Greece	Women's tournament	South Africa W 24–2	Argentina W 21–2	Italy W 16–12	1 Q	—	Australia L 8–9	Hungary L 9–10	Canada L 12–14	8

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Greek roster. ^[5]

Head coach: Theodoros Vlachos

• 1 Emmanouil Zerdevas GK
• 2 Konstantinos Genidounias FP
• 3 Dimitrios Skoumpakis FP
• 4 Efstathios Kalogeropoulos FP
• 5 Ioannis Fountoulis FP
• 6 Alexandros Papanastasiou FP
• 7 Georgios Dervisis FP
• 8 Stylianos Argyropoulos FP
• 9 Dimitrios Nikolaidis FP
• 10 Konstantinos Kakaris FP
• 11 Ioannis Alafragkis FP
• 12 Konstantinos Gkiouvetsis FP
• 13 Panagiotis Tzortzatos GK
• Nikolaos Gkillas FP
• Aristeidis Chalyvopoulos FP

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	3	3	0	0	0	46	25	+21	9	Quarterfinals
2	United States	3	2	0	0	1	48	28	+20	6	Playoffs
3	Australia	3	1	0	0	2	39	35	+4	3
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	0	3	13	58	−45	0

Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

17 July 2023 10:30	Report	Australia	9–13	Greece	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Adrian-Tiberiu Alexandrescu (ROU), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–3, 3–3, 3–5
		Power 4	Goals	Argyropoulos 3

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19 July 2023 17:30	Report	Greece	18–2	Kazakhstan	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Raffaele Colombo (ITA), Germán Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters:6–1, 5–0, 4–1, 3–0
		three players 3	Goals	Akhmetov, Ruday 1

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21 July 2023 13:30	Report	United States	14–15	Greece	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 6–1, 2–4, 3–7
		Irving 6	Goals	Genidounias, Papanastasiou 4

Quarterfinals

25 July 2023 15:00	Report	Greece	10–9	Montenegro	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN)
		Score by quarters:2–1, 4–3, 1–3, 3–2
		Genidounias 5	Goals	Radović 3

Semifinals

27 July 2023 17:00	Report	Greece	13–7	Serbia	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 3–0, 3–3, 4–2
		Argyropoulos, Kakaris 3	Goals	Jakšić, Rašović 2

Final

29 July 2023 18:00	Report	Greece	13–14 (PSO)	Hungary	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Michiel Zwartt (NED), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–1, 3–2, 3–3   PSO: 3–4
		Genidounias 4	Goals	Manhercz, Zalánki 3

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Greek roster. ^[6]

Head coach: Alexia Kammenou

• 1 Chrysi Diamantopoulou GK
• 2 Eleftheria Plevritou FP
• 3 Ioanna Chydirioti FP
• 4 Nikoleta Eleftheriadou FP
• 5 Margarita Plevritou FP
• 6 Eleni Xenaki FP
• 7 Eirini Ninou FP
• 8 Foteini Tricha FP
• 9 Christina Siouti FP
• 10 Vasiliki Plevritou FP
• 11 Eleftheria Fountotou FP
• 12 Maria Myriokefalitaki FP
• 13 Ioanna Stamatopoulou GK
• Eleni Elliniadi FP
• Athina Giannopoulou FP

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	3	3	0	0	0	61	16	+45	9	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	3	2	0	0	1	63	19	+44	6	Playoffs
3	South Africa	3	1	0	0	2	16	57	−41	3
4	Argentina	3	0	0	0	3	12	60	−48	0

Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

16 July 2023 17:30	Report	Greece	24–2	South Africa	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nicola Johnson (AUS), Darren Spiritsanto (USA)
		Score by quarters:7–1, 6–1, 6–0, 5–0
		Fountotou, E. Plevritou 4	Goals	Sileno, Zondo 1

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18 July 2023 13:30	Report	Argentina	2–21	Greece	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Nicola Johnson (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 0–5, 1–6, 0–4
		Bacigalupo, Hatcher 1	Goals	three players 3

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20 July 2023 10:30	Report	Greece	16–12	Italy	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
		Score by quarters:6–4, 4–1, 3–2, 3–5
		four players 3	Goals	four players 2

Quarterfinals

24 July 2023 18:00	Report	Greece	8–9	Australia	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
		Score by quarters:4–3, 1–4, 3–2, 0–0
		Xenaki 3	Goals	four players 2

5–8th place semifinals

26 July 2023 15:30	Report	Greece	9–10	Hungary	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Zhang Liang (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–2, 4–5, 2–1
		Ninou 3	Goals	Garda, Keszthelyi 3

Seventh place game

28 July 2023 11:30	Report	Canada	14–12 (PSO)	Greece	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Nicola Johnson (AUS)
		Score by quarters:4–1, 1–4, 4–1, 1–4  PSO:4–2
		Wright 3	Goals	Xenaki 3

References

1. "20th World Aquatics World Championships Diving Entry List" (PDF). Omega Timing. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
2. "20th World Aquatics World Championships Open Water Swimming Entry List - Men" (PDF). Omega Timing. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
3. "20th World Aquatics World Championships Open Water Swimming Entry List - Women" (PDF). Omega Timing. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
4. Race, Retta (22 May 2023). "Greece Reveals World Championships Roster After Nationals Conclude". SwimSwam . Retrieved 12 July 2023.
5. "20th World Aquatics World Championships Men's Water Polo Team Roster GRE" (PDF). waterpolo.sportresult.com. Omega Timing. 15 July 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
6. "20th World Aquatics World Championships Women's Water Polo Team Roster GRE" (PDF). waterpolo.sportresult.com. Omega Timing. 15 July 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.