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, 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.

Greece
FINA codeGRE
Nickname(s)Galanolefki (The Blue-white)
Ethniki (The National)
AssociationHellenic Swimming Federation
ConfederationLEN (Europe)
Head coachAlexia 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
Appearances13 (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

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
Total35412

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 20238th
Total13/16

FINA World Cup
Year[3] Position
France 19976th
Canada 19998th
Australia 20027th
China 20066th
New Zealand 20107th
United States 20235th
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 Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships.[4]

Head coach: Alexia Kammenou

No Name Pos. Date of birth Height Weight Caps Goals Club
1Chrysi DiamantopoulouGK (1995-09-22) 22 September 19951.85 m (6 ft 1 in)70 kg (154 lb)1870Greece NO Vouliagmeni
2Eleftheria PlevritouW (1997-04-23) 23 April 19971.77 m (5 ft 10 in)65 kg (143 lb)210303Greece Olympiacos
3Ioanna ChydiriotiFP (1997-04-15) 15 April 19971.74 m (5 ft 9 in)69 kg (152 lb)12180Greece Olympiacos
4Nikoleta EleftheriadouW (1998-01-17) 17 January 19981.74 m (5 ft 9 in)66 kg (146 lb)124158Greece Olympiacos
5Margarita Plevritou (C)DF (1994-11-17) 17 November 19941.77 m (5 ft 10 in)73 kg (161 lb)203123Greece Olympiacos
6Eleni XenakiCF (1997-07-05) 5 July 19971.77 m (5 ft 10 in)76 kg (168 lb)186316Greece Olympiacos
7Eirini NinouFP (2002-09-20) 20 September 20021.70 m (5 ft 7 in)62 kg (137 lb))8595Greece Ethnicos
8Foteini TrichaFP (2005-04-26) 26 April 20051.77 m (5 ft 10 in)73 kg (161 lb)3316Greece Olympiacos
9Christina SioutiFP (2004-09-01) 1 September 20041.80 m (5 ft 11 in)7 kg (15 lb)3422Greece Olympiacos
10Vasiliki PlevritouW (1998-06-08) 8 June 19981.78 m (5 ft 10 in)65 kg (143 lb)5675Greece Olympiacos
11Eleftheria FountotouFP (2002-06-10) 10 June 20021.77 m (5 ft 10 in)71 kg (157 lb)1719Greece ANO Glyfada
12Maria MyriokefalitakiCF (2001-01-08) 8 January 20011.78 m (5 ft 10 in)94 kg (207 lb)7199Greece Olympiacos
13Ioanna StamatopoulouGK (1998-06-17) 17 June 19981.84 m (6 ft 0 in)73 kg (161 lb)1050Greece Olympiacos
Eleni EleniadiFP (1999-04-02) 2 April 19991.70 m (5 ft 7 in)65 kg (143 lb)3726Greece Ethnicos
Athina GiannopoulouFP (2001-12-06) 6 December 20011.73 m (5 ft 8 in)64 kg (141 lb)5675Greece Ethnicos

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

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. "20th World Aquatics World Championships Women's Water Polo Team Roster GRE" (PDF). Omega Timing. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  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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