Greece women's national water polo team

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Greece
Flag of Greece.svg
FINA codeGRE
Nickname(s)Galanolefki (The Blue-white)
Ethniki (The National)
AssociationHellenic Swimming Federation
ConfederationLEN (Europe)
Head coachTheodoros Lorantos
Asst coachAntigoni Roumpesi
CaptainChristina Tsoukala
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 )
Best result6th place (, 2006)
World League
Appearances7 (first in 2004)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (2005)
European Championship
Appearances16 (first in )
Best result2nd place, silver medalist(s) (2010, 2012, 2018)
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

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.

Honours[]

Gold medals[]

Silver medals[]

Bronze medals[]

Competition 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Olympic Games 0 1 0 1
World Championship 1 0 0 1
World League 1 0 3 4
European Championship 0 3 0 3
Europa Cup 1 0 0 1
Mediterranean Games 0 0 1 1
Total 3 4 4 11

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 2004 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
China 2008 8th
Total 3/4

World Championship[]

Year[3] Position
Australia 1998 5th
Japan 2001 7th
Spain 2003 9th
Canada 2005 5th
Australia 2007 8th
Italy 2009 4th
China 2011 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Spain 2013 6th
Russia 2015 6th
Hungary 2017 7th
South Korea 2019 8th
Total 11/14

FINA World Cup[]

Year[3] Position
France 6th
Canada 1999 8th
Australia 2002 7th
China 2006 6th
New Zealand 2010 7th
Total 5/15

FINA World League[]

Year[3] Position
United States 2004 6th
Russia 2005 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Canada 2007 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Russia 2009 7th
United States 2010 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
China 2011 4th
China 2012 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Greece 2020 6th
Total 8/19

European Championships[]

Year Position
West Germany 7th
Greece 7th
United Kingdom 7th
Austria 1995 4th
Spain 1997 7th
Italy 1999 5th
Hungary 2001 4th
Slovenia 2003 5th
Serbia 2006 6th
Spain 2008 6th
Croatia 2010 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Netherlands 2012 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Hungary 2014 6th
Serbia 2016 5th
Spain 2018 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Hungary 2020 6th
Total 16/18

LEN Europa Cup[]

Year Position
Spain 2018 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Mediterranean Games[]

Year Position
Spain 2018 3rd 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
1 Chrysi Diamantopoulou GK (1995-09-22) 22 September 1995 (age 25) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 70 kg (154 lb) L Greece Olympiacos
2 Christina Tsoukala (C) FP (1991-07-08) 8 July 1991 (age 30) 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 75 kg (165 lb) R Greece Olympiacos
3 DF (2005-04-26) 26 April 2005 (age 16) 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) 72 kg (159 lb) R Greece Olympiacos
4 Nikoleta Eleftheriadou W (1998-01-17) 17 January 1998 (age 23) 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) 66 kg (146 lb) R Greece Olympiacos
5 Margarita Plevritou DF (1994-11-17) 17 November 1994 (age 26) 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 73 kg (161 lb) R Greece Olympiacos
6 Eleni Xenaki FP (1997-07-05) 5 July 1997 (age 24) 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 60 kg (132 lb) L Greece NC Vouliagmeni
7 FP 20 September 2002 (age 18) 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) 61 kg (134 lb) R Greece NC Vouliagmeni
8 Maria Patra FP 17 October 1998 (age 21) 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 69 kg (152 lb) R Greece NC Vouliagmeni
9 Christina Kotsia DF (1994-07-10) 10 July 1994 (age 27) 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 70 kg (154 lb) R Greece NC Vouliagmeni
10 Vasiliki Plevritou W (1998-06-08) 8 June 1998 (age 23) 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 63 kg (139 lb) R Greece Olympiacos
11 Eleftheria Plevritou W (1997-04-23) 23 April 1997 (age 24) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 67 kg (148 lb) R Greece Olympiacos
12 CF (2001-01-08) 8 January 2001 (age 20) 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 79 kg (174 lb) R Greece Olympiacos
13 Ioanna Stamatopoulou GK (1998-06-17) 17 June 1998 (age 23) 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 72 kg (159 lb) R Greece Olympiacos
14 CB 23 July 2004 (age16) 1.74 m (5 ft 8.5 in) 70 kg R Greece Olympiacos
15 W 30 May 2001 (age 19) 1.74 m (5 ft 8.5 in) 60 kg R Greece NC Vouliagmeni

Past squads[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ [1] Archived 31 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ H αρχηγός της Εθνικής, Αλεξάνδρα Ασημάκη, στο Aquafeed24.com
  3. ^ Jump up to: 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. ^ LEN Europa Cup 2018 – Final Greece–Russia 9–8
  • FINA[permanent dead link]

External links[]

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