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 coachTheodoros Lorantos
Asst coachAntigoni Roumpesi
CaptainChristina Tsoukala
FINA ranking (since 2008)
Current10 (as of February 2020)
Highest5 (2011)
Olympic Games
Appearances2 (first in 2004)
Best result (2004)
World Championship
Appearances11 (first in 1998)
Best result (2011)
World Cup
Appearances5 (first in 1997)
Best result6th place (1997, 2006)
World League
Appearances7 (first in 2004)
Best result (2005)
European Championship
Appearances16 (first in 1989)
Best result (2010, 2012, 2018)
Europa Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2018)
Best result (2018)
Mediterranean Games
Appearances1 (first in 2018)
Best result (2018)
Media
Websitekoe.org.gr

Honours

Gold medals

Silver medals

Bronze medals

CompetitionTotal
Olympic Games 0101
World Championship 1001
World League 1034
European Championship 0303
Europa Cup 1001
Mediterranean Games 0011
Total34411

Results

Alkisti Avramidou, prominent member of the Greek team that was crowned World Champion in 2011

Olympic Games

Year[3] Position
1996 [a]6th[a]
2004
20088th
Total3/4

World Championship

Year[3] Position
19985th
20017th
20039th
20055th
20078th
20094th
2011
20136th
20156th
20177th
20198th
Total11/14

FINA World Cup

Year[3] Position
19976th
19998th
20027th
20066th
20107th
Total5/15

FINA World League

Year[3] Position
20046th
2005
2007
20097th
2010
20114th
2012
Total7/9

European Championships

Year Position
19897th
19917th
19937th
19954th
19977th
19995th
20014th
20035th
20066th
20086th
2010
2012
20146th
20165th
2018
20206th
Total16/18

LEN Europa Cup

Year Position
2018

Mediterranean Games

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

Current squad

Roster for the 2020 FINA Women's Water Polo World League.

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)L Olympiacos
2Christina Tsoukala (C)FP (1991-07-08) 8 July 19911.84 m (6 ft 0 in)75 kg (165 lb)R Olympiacos
3Vasiliki DiamantopoulouDF (1993-03-12) 12 March 19931.80 m (5 ft 11 in)72 kg (159 lb)R NC Vouliagmeni
4Nikoleta EleftheriadouW (1998-01-17) 17 January 19981.72 m (5 ft 8 in)66 kg (146 lb)R Olympiacos
5Margarita PlevritouDF (1994-11-17) 17 November 19941.77 m (5 ft 10 in)73 kg (161 lb)R Olympiacos
6Alkisti AvramidouFP (1988-02-26) 26 February 19881.70 m (5 ft 7 in)60 kg (132 lb)R Olympiacos
7Alexandra AsimakiFPJune 28, 1988 (age 31)1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)61 kg (134 lb)R Olympiacos
8Maria PatraFP17 October 1998 (age 21)1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)69 kg (152 lb)R NC Vouliagmeni
9Christina KotsiaDF (1994-07-10) 10 July 19941.79 m (5 ft 10 in)70 kg (154 lb)R NC Vouliagmeni
10Eirini NinouW (2002-09-20) 20 September 20021.70 m (5 ft 7 in)63 kg (139 lb)R NC Vouliagmeni
11Eleftheria PlevritouW (1997-04-23) 23 April 19971.78 m (5 ft 10 in)67 kg (148 lb)R Olympiacos
12Eleni XenakiCF (1997-07-05) 5 July 19971.76 m (5 ft 9 in)79 kg (174 lb)L NC Vouliagmeni
13Ioanna StamatopoulouGK (1998-06-17) 17 June 19981.84 m (6 ft 0 in)72 kg (159 lb)R Olympiacos

Past squads

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 14 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  4. LEN Europa Cup 2018 – Final Greece–Russia 9–8
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