Greek Water Polo Cup

Greek Water Polo cup

Countries	Greece
Confederation	KOE
Founded	1953
Domestic championship	Greek championship
Current winner	Olympiacos Piraeus
Most titles	Olympiacos Piraeus (26)

The Greek Water Polo cup is the second most important competition of Greek men's waterpolo and is organised by KOE (Hellenic Swimming Federation). It was first held in 1953. Initially started as a competition in memory of Pantelis Psychas, Greek athlete of the swimming. ^[1] The competition was interrupted from 1959 to 1983. Moreover, it wasn't held in 1993-94 season. From 1998-99 season the Final Four system was instituted. Olympiacos Piraeus have won the most titles (26), followed by Ethnikos Piraeus (12). ^[2] Olympiacos is the team with the most appearances in finals (32) while Ethnikos has the record of successive wins, shared with Olympiacos (8).

Title holders

• 1953 Ethnikos Piraeus
• 1954 Ethnikos Piraeus
• 1955 Ethnikos Piraeus
• 1956 Ethnikos Piraeus
• 1957 Ethnikos Piraeus
• 1958 Ethnikos Piraeus
• 1959–83 Not held
• 1983–84 Ethnikos Piraeus
• 1984–85 Ethnikos Piraeus
• 1985–86 ANO Glyfada
• 1986–87 ANO Glyfada
• 1987–88 Ethnikos Piraeus
• 1988–89 ANO Glyfada
• 1989–90 NO Chios
• 1990–91 Ethnikos Piraeus
• 1991–92 Olympiacos
• 1992–93 Olympiacos
• 1993–94 Not held
• 1994–95 NO Patras
• 1995–96 NO Vouliagmeni
• 1996–97 Olympiacos
• 1997–98 Olympiacos
• 1998–99 NO Vouliagmeni
• 1999–00 Ethnikos Piraeus
• 2000–01 Olympiacos
• 2001–02 Olympiacos
• 2002–03 Olympiacos
• 2003–04 Olympiacos
• 2004–05 Ethnikos Piraeus
• 2005–06 Olympiacos
• 2006–07 Olympiacos
• 2007–08 Olympiacos
• 2008–09 Olympiacos
• 2009–10 Olympiacos
• 2010–11 Olympiacos
• 2011–12 NO Vouliagmeni
• 2012–13 Olympiacos
• 2013–14 Olympiacos
• 2014–15 Olympiacos
• 2015–16 Olympiacos
• 2016–17 NO Vouliagmeni
• 2017–18 Olympiacos
• 2018–19 Olympiacos
• 2019–20 Olympiacos
• 2020–21 Olympiacos
• 2021–22 Olympiacos
• 2022–23 Olympiacos
• 2023–24 Olympiacos
• 2024–25 Olympiacos

Finals

Season	City	Winner	Finalist	Score
1952–53	Athens	Ethnikos OFPF	Olympiacos SFP	5–4 (ext)
1953–54	Athens	Ethnikos OFPF	Olympiacos SFP	12–0
1954–55	Athens	Ethnikos OFPF	Aris Thessaloniki	1–0 ( w/o )
1955–56	Athens	Ethnikos OFPF	Held in a round-robin with the participation of 4 teams. [3]
1956–57	Athens	Ethnikos OFPF	Olympiacos SFP	6–4 (ext)
1957–58	Athens	Ethnikos OFPF	NO Patras	5–2
1958–83	Not held
1983–84	Athens	Ethnikos OFPF	ANO Glyfada	8–5
1984–85	Athens	Ethnikos OFPF	Aris Thessaloniki	8–7
1985–86	Piraeus	ANO Glyfada	NO Vouliagmeni	5–4
1986–87	Athens	ANO Glyfada	NO Vouliagmeni	10–7
1987–88	Athens	Ethnikos OFPF	NO Vouliagmeni	8–6
1988–89	Athens	ANO Glyfada	NO Vouliagmeni	10–8 (ext)
1989–90	Athens	NO Chios	ANO Glyfada	8–5 (ext)
1990–91	Athens (Marousi)	Ethnikos OFPF	ANO Glyfada	10–7
1991–92	Athens (Marousi)	Olympiacos SFP	NO Patras	9–8
1992–93	Athens (Marousi)	Olympiacos SFP	ANO Glyfada	8–4
1993–94	Not held
1994–95	Athens (Marousi)	NO Patras	NO Vouliagmeni	13–12
1995–96	Athens (Marousi)	NO Vouliagmeni	NO Patras	11–8
1996–97	Athens (Marousi)	Olympiacos SFP	NO Patras	9–8
1997–98	Athens (Marousi)	Olympiacos SFP	NO Patras	10–8
1998–99	Kerkyra	NO Vouliagmeni	Olympiacos SFP	8–7
1999–00	Piraeus (Nikaia)	Ethnikos OFPF	Olympiacos SFP	12–11 (ext)
2000–01	Patras	Olympiacos SFP	NO Vouliagmeni	9–7
2001–02	Volos	Olympiacos SFP	NO Vouliagmeni	10–9 (ext)
2002–03	Chios	Olympiacos SFP	NO Chania	14–5
2003–04	Athens (Marousi)	Olympiacos SFP	NO Vouliagmeni	6–5
2004–05	Thessaloniki	Ethnikos OFPF	NO Patras	12–8
2005–06	Arta	Olympiacos SFP	Panionios	16–5
2006–07	Kalamata	Olympiacos SFP	Ethnikos OFPF	11–5
2007–08	Tripoli	Olympiacos SFP	Panionios	10–4
2008–09	Ptolemaida	Olympiacos SFP	Panionios	9–6
2009–10	Ermoupoli	Olympiacos SFP	Panionios	7–6 (ext)
2010–11	Kalymnos	Olympiacos SFP	Panionios	10−8
2011–12	Argostoli	NO Vouliagmeni	NO Chios	6−4
2012–13	Lamia	Olympiacos SFP	NO Vouliagmeni	6−5
2013–14	Athens (Palaio Faliro)	Olympiacos SFP	NO Vouliagmeni	11−10
2014–15	Karpenisi	Olympiacos SFP	Panathinaikos	18−10
2015–16	Vouliagmeni	Olympiacos SFP	NO Vouliagmeni	12−5
2016–17	Karpenisi	NO Vouliagmeni	Olympiacos SFP	8−7
2017–18	Chios	Olympiacos SFP	ANO Glyfada	14−8
2018–19	Karpenisi	Olympiacos SFP	NO Vouliagmeni	6−4
2019–20	Chios	Olympiacos SFP	Ethnikos OFPF	18−6
2020–21	Vouliagmeni	Olympiacos SFP	AEK Athens	20−4
2021–22	Larissa	Olympiacos SFP	NO Vouliagmeni	9−8
2022–23	Patras	Olympiacos SFP	Panathinaikos	14−4
2023–24	Vouliagmeni	Olympiacos SFP	Apollon Smyrnis	16−8
2024–25	Volos	Olympiacos SFP	Panathinaikos	22−9

Performance by club

Club	Winner	Finalist	Years won
Olympiacos SFP	26	6	1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Ethnikos OFPF	12	2	1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1991, 2000, 2005
NO Vouliagmeni	4	13	1996, 1999, 2012, 2017
ANO Glyfada	3	5	1986, 1987, 1989
NO Patras	1	6	1995
NO Chios	1	1	1990
Panionios	–	5	—
Panathinaikos	–	3	—
Aris Thessaloniki	–	2	—
NO Chania	–	1	—
AEK Athens	–	1	—
Apollon Smyrnis	–	1	—

References

1. "Από τον Παντελή Ψύχα του '53 στην Πάτρα του '23". koe.org.gr. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
2. "18th Final four of Men's Waterpolo Hellenic Cup". koe.org.gr. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
3. Table: 1.Ethnikos Piraeus, 2.NO Patras, 3.Aris Thessaloniki, 4.Palaio Faliro

External links

• Hellenic Swimming Federation koe.org.gr (in greek)
• The golden book of the Men's Polo Cup: Olympiacos reached 25 victories (until 2024) www.sport-fm.gr (in greek)
• Οι μεγάλες στιγμές, οι πρωταγωνιστές και τα στατιστικά στοιχεία της ιστορικής διοργάνωσης (The great moments, the protagonists and the statistics of the historic event - until 2024) koe.org.gr (in greek)