Greece women's national water polo team

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Greece
Flag of Greece.svg
FINA code GRE
Nickname(s)Galanolefki (The Blue-white)
Ethniki (The National)
Association Hellenic Swimming Federation
Confederation LEN (Europe)
Head coach Alexia Kammenou
Asst coachXenofon Lempesis
Anastasios Pyrpyris
Captain Margarita Plevritou
FINA ranking (since 2008)
Current8 (as of 9 August 2021)
Highest5 (2011)
Olympic Games  (team statistics)
Appearances 2 (first in 2004 )
Best resultSilver medal icon.svg (2004)
World Championship
Appearances14 (first in 1998 )
Best resultGold medal icon.svg (2011)
World Cup
Appearances6 (first in 1997 )
Best result5th place (2023)
World League
Appearances7 (first in 2004 )
Best resultGold medal icon.svg (2005)
European Championship
Appearances17 (first in 1989 )
Best resultSilver medal icon.svg (2010, 2012, 2018, 2022)
Europa Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2018)
Best resultGold medal icon.svg (2018)
Mediterranean Games
Appearances1 (first in 2018 )
Best resultBronze medal icon.svg (2018)
Media
Website koe.org.gr

The Greece women's national water polo team represents Greece in international women's water polo competitions. Since the mid-1990s, Greece have emerged as one of the leading powers in the world, becoming World Champions after their gold medal win at the 2011 World Championship.

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They have also won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, the gold medal at the 2005 World League, 4 silver medals at the 2010, 2012, 2018 European Championships and 2022 European Championships [1] [2] and the gold medal at the 2018 Europa Cup. Since 2021, the head coach of the Greek National Team is Alexia Kammenou, a former water polo player.

Honours

Gold medals

Silver medals

Bronze medals

CompetitionGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgTotal
Olympic Games 0101
World Championship 1001
World League 1034
European Championship 0415
Europa Cup 1001
Mediterranean Games 0011
Total35413

Results

Alexandra Asimaki, 2011 FINA World Player of the Year, led Greece to the 2011 World Championship in Shanghai AlexandraAsimaki.jpg
Alexandra Asimaki, 2011 FINA World Player of the Year, led Greece to the 2011 World Championship in Shanghai
Alkisti Avramidou, prominent member of the Greek team that was crowned World Champion in 2011 AlkistiAvramidou.jpg
Alkisti Avramidou, prominent member of the Greek team that was crowned World Champion in 2011

Olympic Games

Year [3] Position
Flag of the United States.svg 1996 6th [a]
Flag of Greece.svg 2004 Silver medal icon.svg
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2008 8th
Total3/4

World Championship

Year [3] Position
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 1998 5th
Flag of Japan.svg 2001 7th
Flag of Spain.svg 2003 9th
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2005 5th
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2007 8th
Flag of Italy.svg 2009 4th
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2011 Gold medal icon.svg
Flag of Spain.svg 2013 6th
Flag of Russia.svg 2015 6th
Flag of Hungary.svg 2017 7th
Flag of South Korea.svg 2019 8th
Flag of Hungary.svg 2022 7th
Flag of Japan.svg 2023 8th
Flag of Qatar.svg 2024 4th
Total14/17

FINA World Cup

Year [3] Position
Flag of France.svg 1997 6th
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 1999 8th
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2002 7th
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2006 6th
Flag of New Zealand.svg 2010 7th
Flag of the United States.svg 2023 5th
Total6/18

FINA World League

Year [3] Position
Flag of the United States.svg 2004 6th
Flag of Russia.svg 2005 Gold medal icon.svg
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2007 Bronze medal icon.svg
Flag of Russia.svg 2009 7th
Flag of the United States.svg 2010 Bronze medal icon.svg
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2011 4th
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2012 Bronze medal icon.svg
Flag of Greece.svg 2020 6th
Total8/19

European Championships

YearPosition
Flag of Germany.svg 1989 7th
Flag of Greece.svg 1991 7th
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 1993 7th
Flag of Austria.svg 1995 4th
Flag of Spain.svg 1997 7th
Flag of Italy.svg 1999 5th
Flag of Hungary.svg 2001 4th
Flag of Slovenia.svg 2003 5th
Flag of Serbia.svg 2006 6th
Flag of Spain.svg 2008 6th
Flag of Croatia.svg 2010 Silver medal icon.svg
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 2012 Silver medal icon.svg
Flag of Hungary.svg 2014 6th
Flag of Serbia.svg 2016 5th
Flag of Spain.svg 2018 Silver medal icon.svg
Flag of Hungary.svg 2020 6th
Flag of Croatia.svg 2022 Silver medal icon.svg
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 2024 Bronze medal icon.svg
Total18/20

LEN Europa Cup

YearPosition
Flag of Spain.svg 2018 Gold medal icon.svg

Mediterranean Games

YearPosition
Flag of Spain.svg 2018 Bronze medal icon.svg

Note

a. ^ The women had to wait for Olympic recognition by the IOC, and played their own "Olympic Tournament" with twelve competing teams, from 29 May to 7 June 1996 in Emmen, Netherlands.

Team

Current squad

Roster for the 2024 World Aquatics Championships. [4]

Head coach: Alexia Kammenou

Past squads

Under-20 team

Greece lastly competed at the 2021 FINA Junior Water Polo World Championships [6] where they won the silver medal.

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Archived 31 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ H αρχηγός της Εθνικής, Αλεξάνδρα Ασημάκη, στο Aquafeed24.com
  3. 1 2 3 4 "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. pp. 56, 57, 67, 78, 83. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "21st World Aquatics World Championships Women's Water Polo Team Roster GRE" (PDF). Omega Timing. 5 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  5. ↑ LEN Europa Cup 2018 – Final Greece–Russia 9–8
  6. ↑ Russia after fourth title at FINA World Women's Junior Water Polo Championship Owen Lloyd (Inside the Games), 9 October 2021. Accessed 7 November 2021.
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