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. They have also won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, the gold medal at the 2005 World League, 3 silver medals at the 2010, 2012 and 2018 European Championships[1][2] and the gold medal at the 2018 Europa Cup.

Greece
FINA codeGRE
Nickname(s)Galanolefki (The Blue-white)
Ethniki (The National)
AssociationHellenic Swimming Federation
ConfederationLEN (Europe)
Head coachAlexia Anna Kammenou
Asst coachAnastasios Pyrpyris
CaptainMargarita Plevritou
FINA ranking (since 2008)
Current8 (as of 9 August 2021)
Highest5 (2011)
Olympic Games (team statistics)
Appearances2 (first in 2004)
Best result2nd place, silver medalist(s) (2004)
World Championship
Appearances11 (first in 1998)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (2011)
World Cup
Appearances5 (first in 1997)
Best result6th place (1997, 2006)
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

Honours

Gold medals

Silver medals

Bronze medals
Competition1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Total
Olympic Games 0101
World Championship 1001
World League 1034
European Championship 0404
Europa Cup 1001
Mediterranean Games 0011
Total34411

Results
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
Main article: Greece women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
Year[3] Position
United States 1996 [a]6th[a]
Greece 20042nd place, silver medalist(s)
China 20088th
Total3/4

World Championship
Year[3] Position
Australia 19985th
Japan 20017th
Spain 20039th
Canada 20055th
Australia 20078th
Italy 20094th
China 20111st place, gold medalist(s)
Spain 20136th
Russia 20156th
Hungary 20177th
South Korea 20198th
Hungary 20227th
Japan 2023Qualified
Total13/16

FINA World Cup
Year[3] Position
France 19976th
Canada 19998th
Australia 20027th
China 20066th
New Zealand 20107th
United States 2023Qualified
Total6/18

FINA World League
Year[3] Position
United States 20046th
Russia 20051st place, gold medalist(s)
Canada 20073rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Russia 20097th
United States 20103rd place, bronze medalist(s)
China 20114th
China 20123rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Greece 20206th
Total8/19

European Championships
Year Position
West Germany 19897th
Greece 19917th
United Kingdom 19937th
Austria 19954th
Spain 19977th
Italy 19995th
Hungary 20014th
Slovenia 20035th
Serbia 20066th
Spain 20086th
Croatia 20102nd place, silver medalist(s)
Netherlands 20122nd place, silver medalist(s)
Hungary 20146th
Serbia 20165th
Spain 20182nd place, silver medalist(s)
Hungary 20206th
Croatia 20222nd place, silver medalist(s)
Israel 2024Qualified
Total18/20

LEN Europa Cup
Year Position
Spain 20181st place, gold medalist(s)

Mediterranean Games
Year Position
Spain 20183rd place, bronze medalist(s)

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 2020 Women's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament.

Head coach: Theodoros Lorantos

No Name Pos. Date of birth Height Weight L/R Caps Club
1Chrysi DiamantopoulouGK (1995-09-22) 22 September 19951.83 m (6 ft 0 in)70 kg (154 lb)LGreece Olympiacos
2Christina Tsoukala (C)FP (1991-07-08) 8 July 19911.84 m (6 ft 0 in)75 kg (165 lb)RGreece Olympiacos
3Foteini TrichaDF (2005-04-26) 26 April 20051.74 m (5 ft 9 in)72 kg (159 lb)RGreece Olympiacos
4Nikoleta EleftheriadouW (1998-01-17) 17 January 19981.72 m (5 ft 8 in)66 kg (146 lb)RGreece Olympiacos
5Margarita PlevritouDF (1994-11-17) 17 November 19941.77 m (5 ft 10 in)73 kg (161 lb)RGreece Olympiacos
6Eleni XenakiFP (1997-07-05) 5 July 19971.76 m (5 ft 9 in)60 kg (132 lb)LGreece NC Vouliagmeni
7Eirini NinouFP20 September 2002 (age 18)1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)61 kg (134 lb)RGreece NC Vouliagmeni
8Maria PatraFP17 October 1998 (age 21)1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)69 kg (152 lb)RGreece NC Vouliagmeni
9Christina KotsiaDF (1994-07-10) 10 July 19941.79 m (5 ft 10 in)70 kg (154 lb)RGreece NC Vouliagmeni
10Vasiliki PlevritouW (1998-06-08) 8 June 19981.77 m (5 ft 10 in)63 kg (139 lb)RGreece Olympiacos
11Eleftheria PlevritouW (1997-04-23) 23 April 19971.78 m (5 ft 10 in)67 kg (148 lb)RGreece Olympiacos
12Maria MyriokefalitakiCF (2001-01-08) 8 January 20011.79 m (5 ft 10 in)79 kg (174 lb)RGreece Olympiacos
13Ioanna StamatopoulouGK (1998-06-17) 17 June 19981.84 m (6 ft 0 in)72 kg (159 lb)RGreece Olympiacos
14 Sofia Tornarou CB 23 July 2004 (age16) 1.74 m (5 ft 8.5 in) 70 kg R Greece Olympiacos
15 Ioulia Anna Kontoni W 30 May 2001 (age 19) 1.74 m (5 ft 8.5 in) 60 kg R Greece NC Vouliagmeni

Past squads

Under-20 team

Greece lastly competed at the 2021 FINA Junior Water Polo World Championships[5] where they won the silver medal.

See also

References
  1. Archived 31 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  2. H αρχηγός της Εθνικής, Αλεξάνδρα Ασημάκη, στο Aquafeed24.com
  3. "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. LEN Europa Cup 2018 – Final Greece–Russia 9–8
  5. 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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