Greece women's national water polo team

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.

Greece
FINA codeGRE
Nickname(s)Galanolefki (The Blue-white)
Ethniki (The National)
AssociationHellenic Swimming Federation
ConfederationLEN (Europe)
Head coachAlexia Kammenou
Asst coachXenofon Lempesis
Anastasios Pyrpyris
CaptainMargarita Plevritou
FINA ranking (since 2008)
Current7 (as of 1 August 2023)
Highest5 (2011)
Olympic Games (team statistics)
Appearances3 (first in 2004)
Best result2nd place, silver medalist(s) (2004)
World Championship
Appearances14 (first in 1998)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (2011)
World Cup
Appearances6 (first in 1997)
Best result5th place (2023)
World League
Appearances7 (first in 2004)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (2005)
European Championship
Appearances17 (first in 1989)
Best result2nd place, silver medalist(s) (2010, 2012, 2018, 2022)
Europa Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2018)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (2018)
Mediterranean Games
Appearances1 (first in 2018)
Best result3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (2018)
Media
Websitekoe.org.gr

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

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Gold medals

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Silver medals

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Bronze medals

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Competition       Total
Olympic Games 0 1 0 1
World Championship 1 0 0 1
World League 1 0 3 4
European Championship 0 4 1 5
Europa Cup 1 0 0 1
Mediterranean Games 0 0 1 1
Total 3 5 4 13

Results

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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

Olympic Games

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Year[3] Position
  1996 (unofficial competition)  [a]6th[a]
  2004  
  2008 8th
  2024 7th
Total 3/7

World Championship

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Year[3] Position
  1998 5th
  2001 7th
  2003 9th
  2005 5th
  2007 8th
  2009 4th
  2011  
  2013 6th
  2015 6th
  2017 7th
  2019 8th
  2022 7th
  2023 8th
  2024 4th
Total 14/17

FINA World Cup

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Year[3] Position
  1997 6th
  1999 8th
  2002 7th
  2006 6th
  2010 7th
  2023 5th
Total 6/18

FINA World League

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Year[3] Position
  2004 6th
  2005  
  2007  
  2009 7th
  2010  
  2011 4th
  2012  
  2020 6th
Total 8/19

European Championships

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Year Position
  1989 7th
  1991 7th
  1993 7th
  1995 4th
  1997 7th
  1999 5th
  2001 4th
  2003 5th
  2006 6th
  2008 6th
  2010  
  2012  
  2014 6th
  2016 5th
  2018  
  2020 6th
  2022  
  2024  
Total 18/20

LEN Europa Cup

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Year Position
  2018  

Mediterranean Games

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Year Position
  2018  

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

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Current squad

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Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

The roster was announced on 4 July 2024.[4]

Head coach: Alexia Kammenou[5]

Past squads

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Under-20 team

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Greece lastly competed at the 2021 FINA Junior Water Polo World Championships[7] where they won the silver medal.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ [1] Archived 31 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ H αρχηγός της Εθνικής, Αλεξάνδρα Ασημάκη, στο Aquafeed24.com
  3. ^ a b c d "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. ^ "Οι «13» της Αλεξίας Καμμένου για τους Ολυμπιακούς Αγώνες". koe.org.gr. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Team roster: Greece" (PDF). Olympics.com. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  6. ^ LEN Europa Cup 2018 – Final Greece–Russia 9–8
  7. ^ 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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