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Greece men's national water polo team

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Men's national water polo team representing Greece

Greece
FINA codeGRE
Nickname(s)Galanolefki (The Blue-white)
Ethniki (The National)
AssociationHellenic Swimming Federation
ConfederationLEN (Europe)
Head coachThodoris Vlachos
Asst coachAnastasios Schizas
Emmanuel Vassiliades
CaptainKonstantinos Genidounias
Top scorer(s)Ioannis Fountoulis
FINA ranking (since 2008)
Current4 (as of 24 July 2025)
Highest1 (2021–2022)
Lowest16 (2011)
Olympic Games (team statistics)
Appearances17 (first in1920)
Best result2nd place, silver medalist(s) (2020)
5-time Olympian(s)George Mavrotas (1984–2000)
Georgios Afroudakis (1996–2012)
Top scorer(s)Kyriakos Giannopoulos (44 goals, in Olympic Games, 1980–1992)
World Championship
Appearances19 (first in1973)
Best result2nd place, silver medalist(s) (2023)
World Cup
Appearances10 (first in1985)
Best result2nd place, silver medalist(s) (1997,2025)
World League
Appearances7 (first in2002)
Best result3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (2004,2006,2016,2020)
European Championship
Appearances19 (first in1970)
Best result4th place (1999,2016)
Mediterranean Games
Appearances8 (first in 1951)
Best result2nd place, silver medalist(s) (2018)
Media
Websitekoe.org.gr(inGreek)
Last updated: 8 August 2021

TheGreece men's national water polo team representsGreece in international men'swater polo competitions and it is organized and run by theHellenic Swimming Federation.

Greece has a long tradition of strong presence at international level, with their major successes being the silver medal at the2020 Olympic Games and three bronze medals won at theWorld Championship in2005,2015 and2022. The Greeks have also won a silver medal at theWorld Cup in1997, three bronze medals at theWorld League in2004,2006 and2016, as well as one silver (2018) and four bronze medals (1951,1991,1993,2013) at theMediterranean Games.

Moreover, they have closely missed a medal in the2016 European Championship, the2004 Olympic Games, the2003 World Championship and the1999 European Championship, ending up in the 4th place in all four of them. Greece isone of only nine national teams in the world to have won (at least) a medal in the World Championship, currently occupying the eighth place on the medal table, one aboveGermany. They have qualified at least for the quarter-finals in all their World Championship participations since1994, winning the two aforementioned bronze medals and never finishing below the 6th place from2001 and on.

Honours

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Competition1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Total
Olympic Games–1–1
World Championship–145
World Cup–2–2
World League––44
European Championship––––
Mediterranean Games–145
Total–51217

Olympic Games

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World Championship

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World Cup

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World League

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Mediterranean Games

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Competitive record

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Olympic Games

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Main article:Greece men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics

Greece has participated 16 times at theOlympic Games, always present in the tournament since1980. Their best result is the 2nd place at the2020 Olympics inTokyo, after losing 13–10 toSerbia in the gold medal game. The Greeks have secured a quarter-finals' presence in six occasions.[1]

YearPosition
Belgium19208th
France192413th
United Kingdom194815th
Mexico196814th
West Germany197214th
Soviet Union198010th
United States19848th
South Korea19889th
Spain199210th
United States19966th
Australia200010th
Greece20044th
China20087th
United Kingdom20129th
Brazil20166th
Japan2020
France20245th
Total17/28

World Championship

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Greece has a strong presence at theWorld Aquatics Championships, where they have been placed third in the world in two occasions.[1] The first was in2005 inMontreal, after their 11–10 victory overCroatia in the bronze medal game, withGeorgios Afroudakis scoring the winning goal, with a spectacular backhand shot, with only 11 seconds left in the overtime.[2] The second one was in2015 inKazan, after their penalty shootout win overItaly in the bronze medal game. Greece has qualified at least for the quarter-finals in all their tournament participations since1994, with a 7th place being their lowest position from2001 and on when the team qualified.

Christos Afroudakis (left) andManolis Mylonakis (right) are the two players who have won both the2005 and the2015 bronze medals of Greece at theWorld Championship.
YearPosition
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia197312th
West Germany197812th
Ecuador198212th
Spain198611th
Australia199110th
Italy19947th
Australia19988th
Japan20016th
Spain20034th
Canada2005
Australia20076th
Spain20136th
Russia2015
Hungary20174th
South Korea20197th
Hungary2022
Japan2023
Qatar20245th
Singapore2025
Total19/22

World Cup

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Greece had qualified for theFINA Water Polo World Cup in all but two occasions between1985 and2006, winning the silver medal in1997 inAthens, losing 5–8 to theUnited States in the final.[1]

YearPosition
West Germany19858th
Greece19878th
Greece19937th
United States19956th
Greece1997
Australia19997th
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia20025th
Hungary20067th
United States20235th
Montenegro2025
Total10/18

World League

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Greece had a regular presence at theFINA Water Polo World League during the first years of the competition, starting from2002. They have won four bronze medals so far in2004,2006,2016 and2020.[1]

YearPosition
Greece20024th
United States20035th
United States2004
Serbia and Montenegro20055th
Greece2006
Italy20088th
China2016
Georgia (country)2020
Total8/20

European Championship

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As one of the most competitive European nations in water polo, Greece is a regular contestant at theEuropean Water Polo Championship since 1989, although they have yet to win a medal, with their best results being the 4th place in1999 inFlorence and in2016 inBelgrade.

YearPosition
Spain197010th
Bulgaria19858th
West Germany198911th
Greece19916th
United Kingdom19937th
Austria19959th
Spain19977th
Italy19994th
Hungary20017th
Slovenia20038th
Serbia20066th
Spain200811th
Croatia20109th
Netherlands20126th
Hungary20146th
Serbia20164th
Spain20185th
Hungary20207th
Croatia20225th
Croatia20245th
Serbia2026Qualified
Total21/37

LEN Europa Cup

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YearPosition
Spain20187th
Italy20197th

Mediterranean Games

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YearPosition
Egypt19513rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Tunisia19674th
Turkey19714th
Algeria19754th
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia19794th
Morocco19835th
Syria19874th
Greece19913rd place, bronze medalist(s)
France19933rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Tunisia20017th
Spain20055th
Italy20097th
Turkey20133rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Spain20182nd place, silver medalist(s)
Algeria20225th

Team

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Current squad

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Roster for the2025 World Aquatics Championships.

GR – Greece (as of 3 July 2025)[3]
No.PlayerPos.L/RHeightWeightDate of birth (age)Club
1Panagiotis Tzortzatos10GK4B1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)85 kg (187 lb) (1992-05-11)11 May 1992 (aged 33)GreeceOlympiacos
2Konstantinos Genidounias (C)50D2R1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)91 kg (201 lb) (1993-03-03)3 March 1993 (aged 32)GreeceOlympiacos
3Dimitrios Skoumpakis20CB2R2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)119 kg (262 lb) (1998-12-18)18 December 1998 (aged 26)GreecePanathinaikos
4Konstantinos Gkiouvetsis50D2R1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)90 kg (198 lb) (1999-11-19)19 November 1999 (aged 25)GreecePanathinaikos
5Stylianos Argyropoulos50D4B1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)105 kg (231 lb) (1996-08-02)2 August 1996 (aged 28)HungaryFerencvárosi
6Aristeidis Chalyvopoulos55W2R (2002-05-20)20 May 2002 (aged 23)GreecePanathinaikos
7Nikos Gillas55W2R1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)79 kg (174 lb) (2003-06-21)21 June 2003 (aged 22)GreeceOlympiacos
8Efstathios Kalogeropoulos55W2R1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)88 kg (194 lb) (2001-06-28)28 June 2001 (aged 24)FranceCN Marseille
9Ioannis Alafragkis20CB2R1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)100 kg (220 lb) (1999-06-23)23 June 1999 (aged 26)GreeceOlympiacos
10Kostas Kakaris40CF2R1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)115 kg (254 lb) (1999-07-02)2 July 1999 (aged 26)GreeceOlympiacos
11Dimitris Nikolaidis40CF2R1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)88 kg (194 lb) (1999-06-10)10 June 1999 (aged 26)GreeceOlympiacos
12Nikos Papanikolaou40CF2R1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)110 kg (243 lb) (2000-03-29)29 March 2000 (aged 25)GreecePanathinaikos
13Emmanouil Andreadis10GK4B (2002-06-12)12 June 2002 (aged 23)GreeceNC Vouliagmeni
14Evangelos Pouros50D2R (2003-08-27)27 August 2003 (aged 21)GreeceOlympiacos
15Nikolaos Gardikas50D2R1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) (1998-08-20)20 August 1998 (aged 26)GreeceGS Apollon Smyrnis

World Championship medal-winning squads

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The following are the medal-winning Greek rosters in the men's water polo tournaments of theWater polo at the World Aquatics Championships:

2005 World Championship
Bronze Medalists
 GREECE
Georgios Reppas
Anastasios Schizas
Dimitrios Mazis
Emmanouil Mylonakis
Theodoros Chatzitheodorou
Argyris Theodoropoulos
Christos Afroudakis
Georgios Ntoskas
Georgios Afroudakis (c)
Stefanos-Petros Santa
Antonios Vlontakis
Manthos Voulgarakis
Nikolaos Deligiannis
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Head coach
Alessandro Campagna
2015 World Championship
Bronze Medalists
 GREECE
Konstantinos Flegkas
Emmanouil Mylonakis
Georgios Dervisis
Konstantinos Genidounias
Ioannis Fountoulis
Kyriakos Pontikeas
Christos Afroudakis (c)
Evangelos Delakas
Konstantinos Mourikis
Christodoulos Kolomvos
Alexandros Gounas
Angelos Vlachopoulos
Stefanos Galanopoulos
[5]
Head coach
Thodoris Vlachos
2022 World Championship
Bronze Medalists
 GREECE
Manos Zerdevas
Dinos Genidounias
Dimitris Skoumpakis
Stathis Kalogeropoulos
Yiannis Fountoulis (c)
Alexandros Papanastasiou
Giorgos Dervisis
Stelios Argyropoulos
Costas Gouvis
Costas Kakaris
Dimitris Nikolaidis
Angelos Vlachopoulos
Panagiotis Tzortzatos
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Head coach
Thodoris Vlachos
2023 World Championship
Silver Medalists
 GREECE
Manos Zerdevas
Dinos Genidounias
Dimitris Skoumpakis
Stathis Kalogeropoulos
Yiannis Fountoulis (c)
Alexandros Papanastasiou
Giorgos Dervisis
Stelios Argyropoulos
Dimitris Nikolaidis
Costas Kakaris
Ioannis Alafragkis
Konstantinos Gkiouvetsis
Panagiotis Tzortzatos
Nikolaos Gkillas
Aristeidis Chalyvopoulos
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Head coach
Thodoris Vlachos

Notable coaches

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Alessandro Campagna

See also

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References

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  1. ^abcd"HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics"(PDF).fina.org.FINA. September 2019. pp. 4, 14, 25, 40, 48.Archived(PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved6 August 2021.
  2. ^Το χάλκινο μετάλλιο της Εθνικής ομάδας πόλο των ανδρών στο Παγκόσμιο Πρωτάθλημα του 2005 στο Μόντρεαλ sport24.gr, 30 July 2014 (in Greek)
  3. ^"Η 15άδα της Εθνικής ομάδας Ανδρών για τη Σιγκαπούρη".koe.org.gr.
  4. ^Water polo at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Final Standings – Games – Rosters www.worldaquatics.com
  5. ^"Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – 3rd place match: Greece – Italy 11–9"(PDF).waterpolo.sportresult.com. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 12 November 2023.
  6. ^"Water polo at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – 3rd place match:: Greece – Croatia 9–7"(PDF).waterpolo.sportresult.com. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 8 June 2023. waterpolo.sportresult.com
  7. ^"Water polo at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Final: Hungary – Greece 14–13 (pen.)"(PDF). Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 30 March 2024. waterpolo.sportresult.com

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