Greece has participated 16 times at the Olympic Games, always present in the tournament since 1980. Their best result is the 2nd place at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, after losing 13–10 to Serbia in the gold medal game. The Greeks have secured a quarter-finals' presence in six occasions.[1]
Greece has a strong presence at the World Aquatics Championships, where they have been placed third in the world in two occasions.[1] The first was in 2005 in Montreal, after their 11–10 victory over Croatia in the bronze medal game, with Georgios Afroudakis scoring the winning goal, with a spectacular backhand shot, with only 11 seconds left in the overtime.[2] The second one was in 2015 in Kazan, after their penalty shootout win over Italy in the bronze medal game. Greece has qualified at least for the quarter-finals in all their tournament participations since 1994, with a 7th place being their lowest position from 2001 and on when the team qualified.
As one of the most competitive European nations in water polo, Greece is a regular contestant at the European Water Polo Championship since 1989, although they have yet to win a medal, with their best results being the 4th place in 1999 in Florence and in 2016 in Belgrade.
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^"20th World Aquatics World Championships Men's Water Polo Team Roster GRE" (PDF). Omega Timing. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
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The Greece men s national water polo team represents Greece in international men s water polo competitions and it is organized and run by the Hellenic Swimming Federation GreeceFINA codeGRENickname s Galanolefki The Blue white Ethniki The National AssociationHellenic Swimming FederationConfederationLEN Europe Head coachThodoris VlachosAsst coachAnastasios SchizasCaptainIoannis FountoulisTop scorer s Ioannis FountoulisFINA ranking since 2008 Current3 as of 31 July 2023 Highest1 2021 2022 Lowest16 2011 Olympic Games team statistics Appearances16 first in 1920 Best result 2020 5 time Olympian s George Mavrotas 1984 2000 Georgios Afroudakis 1996 2012 Top scorer s Kyriakos Giannopoulos 44 goals 1980 1992 World ChampionshipAppearances17 first in 1973 Best result 2023 World CupAppearances9 first in 1985 Best result 1997 World LeagueAppearances7 first in 2002 Best result 2004 2006 2016 2020 European ChampionshipAppearances19 first in 1970 Best result4th place 1999 2016 Mediterranean GamesAppearances8 first in 1951 Best result 2018 MediaWebsitekoe org gr in Greek Medal record Olympic Games2020 Tokyo TeamWorld Championship2023 Fukuoka Team2005 Montreal Team2015 Kazan Team2022 Budapest TeamWorld Cup1997 AthensWorld League2004 Long Beach2006 Athens2016 Huizhou2020 TbilisiMediterranean Games2018 Tarragona Team1951 Alexandria Team1991 Athens Team1993 Languedoc Roussillon Team2013 Tarragona TeamLast updated 8 August 2021Greece has a long tradition of strong presence at international level with their major successes being the silver medal at the 2020 Olympic Games and three bronze medals won at the World Championship in 2005 2015 and 2022 The Greeks have also won a silver medal at the World Cup in 1997 three bronze medals at the World League in 2004 2006 and 2016 as well as one silver 2018 and four bronze medals 1951 1991 1993 2013 at the Mediterranean Games Moreover they have closely missed a medal in the 2016 European Championship the 2004 Olympic Games the 2003 World Championship and the 1999 European Championship ending up in the 4th place in all four of them Greece is one 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 above Germany They have qualified at least for the quarter finals in all their World Championship participations since 1994 winning the two aforementioned bronze medals and never finishing below the 6th place from 2001 and on Contents 1 Honours 1 1 Olympic Games 1 2 World Championship 1 3 World Cup 1 4 World League 1 5 Mediterranean Games 2 Competitive record 2 1 Olympic Games 2 2 World Championship 2 3 World Cup 2 4 World League 2 5 European Championship 3 Team 3 1 Current squad 3 2 World Championship medal winning squads 3 3 Notable coaches 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHonours EditCompetition nbsp nbsp nbsp TotalOlympic Games 1 1World Championship 1 3 4World Cup 1 1World League 4 4European Championship Mediterranean Games 1 4 5Total 4 11 15Olympic Games Edit nbsp Silver medal 2020World Championship Edit nbsp Silver medal 2023 nbsp Bronze medals 2005 2015 2022World Cup Edit nbsp Silver medal 1997World League Edit nbsp Bronze medals 2004 2006 2016 2020Mediterranean Games Edit nbsp Silver medal 2018 nbsp Bronze medals 1951 1991 1993 2013Competitive record EditOlympic Games Edit Main article Greece men s Olympic water polo team records and statistics Greece has participated 16 times at the Olympic Games always present in the tournament since 1980 Their best result is the 2nd place at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo after losing 13 10 to Serbia in the gold medal game The Greeks have secured a quarter finals presence in six occasions 1 Year Position nbsp 1920 8th nbsp 1924 13th nbsp 1948 15th nbsp 1968 14th nbsp 1972 14th nbsp 1980 10th nbsp 1984 8th nbsp 1988 9th nbsp 1992 10th nbsp 1996 6th nbsp 2000 10th nbsp 2004 4th nbsp 2008 7th nbsp 2012 9th nbsp 2016 6th nbsp 2020 nbsp nbsp 2024Total 17 28World Championship Edit Greece has a strong presence at the World Aquatics Championships where they have been placed third in the world in two occasions 1 The first was in 2005 in Montreal after their 11 10 victory over Croatia in the bronze medal game with Georgios Afroudakis scoring the winning goal with a spectacular backhand shot with only 11 seconds left in the overtime 2 The second one was in 2015 in Kazan after their penalty shootout win over Italy in the bronze medal game Greece has qualified at least for the quarter finals in all their tournament participations since 1994 with a 7th place being their lowest position from 2001 and on when the team qualified nbsp nbsp Christos Afroudakis left and Manolis Mylonakis right are the two players who have won both the 2005 and the 2015 bronze medals of Greece at the World Championship Year Position nbsp 1973 12th nbsp 1978 12th nbsp 1982 12th nbsp 1986 11th nbsp 1991 10th nbsp 1994 7th nbsp 1998 8th nbsp 2001 6th nbsp 2003 4th nbsp 2005 nbsp nbsp 2007 6th nbsp 2013 6th nbsp 2015 nbsp nbsp 2017 4th nbsp 2019 7th nbsp 2022 nbsp nbsp 2023 nbsp Total 17 20World Cup Edit Greece had qualified for the FINA Water Polo World Cup in all but two occasions between 1985 and 2006 winning the silver medal in 1997 in Athens losing 5 8 to the United States in the final 1 Year Position nbsp 1985 8th nbsp 1987 8th nbsp 1993 7th nbsp 1995 6th nbsp 1997 nbsp nbsp 1999 7th nbsp 2002 5th nbsp 2006 7th nbsp 2023 5thTotal 9 17World League Edit Greece had a regular presence at the FINA Water Polo World League during the first years of the competition starting from 2002 They have won four bronze medals so far in 2004 2006 2016 and 2020 1 Year Position nbsp 2002 4th nbsp 2003 5th nbsp 2004 nbsp nbsp 2005 5th nbsp 2006 nbsp nbsp 2008 8th nbsp 2016 nbsp nbsp 2020 nbsp Total 8 20European Championship Edit As one of the most competitive European nations in water polo Greece is a regular contestant at the European Water Polo Championship since 1989 although they have yet to win a medal with their best results being the 4th place in 1999 in Florence and in 2016 in Belgrade Year Position nbsp 1970 10th nbsp 1985 8th nbsp 1989 11th nbsp 1991 6th nbsp 1993 7th nbsp 1995 9th nbsp 1997 7th nbsp 1999 4th nbsp 2001 7th nbsp 2003 8th nbsp 2006 6th nbsp 2008 11th nbsp 2010 9th nbsp 2012 6th nbsp 2014 6th nbsp 2016 4th nbsp 2018 5th nbsp 2020 7th nbsp 2022 5th nbsp 2024 QualifiedTotal 20 36Team EditCurrent squad Edit Roster for the 2023 World Aquatics Championships 3 Head coach Thodoris Vlachos 1 Emmanouil Zerdevas GK 2 Konstantinos Genidounias FP 3 Dimitrios Skoumpakis FP 4 Efstathios Kalogeropoulos FP 5 Ioannis Fountoulis FP 6 Alexandros Papanastasiou FP 7 Georgios Dervisis FP 8 Stylianos Argyropoulos FP 9 Dimitrios Nikolaidis FP 10 Konstantinos Kakaris FP 11 Ioannis Alafragkis FP 12 Konstantinos Gkiouvetsis FP 13 Panagiotis Tzortzatos GK Nikolaos Gkillas FP Aristeidis Chalyvopoulos FP World Championship medal winning squads Edit The following are the bronze medal winning Greek rosters in the men s water polo tournaments of the 2005 and the 2015 World Championships 2005 World ChampionshipBronze Medalists nbsp GREECEGeorgios ReppasAnastasios SchizasDimitrios MazisEmmanouil MylonakisTheodoros ChatzitheodorouArgyris TheodoropoulosChristos AfroudakisGeorgios NtoskasGeorgios Afroudakis c Stefanos Petros SantaAntonios VlontakisManthos VoulgarakisNikolaos DeligiannisHead coachAlessandro Campagna 2015 World ChampionshipBronze Medalists nbsp GREECEKonstantinos FlegkasEmmanouil MylonakisGeorgios DervisisKonstantinos GenidouniasIoannis FountoulisKyriakos PontikeasChristos Afroudakis c Evangelos DelakasKonstantinos MourikisChristodoulos KolomvosAlexandros GounasAngelos VlachopoulosStefanos GalanopoulosHead coachThodoris Vlachos 2022 World ChampionshipBronze Medalists nbsp GREECEManos ZerdevasDinos GenidouniasDimitris SkoumpakisStathis KalogeropoulosYiannis Fountoulis c Alexandros PapanastasiouGiorgos Dervisis Stelios ArgyropoulosCostas GouvisCostas KakarisDimitris NikolaidisAngelos VlachopoulosPanagiotis TzortzatosHead coachThodoris Vlachos Notable coaches Edit nbsp Alessandro Campagna nbsp Andreas Garyfallos nbsp Josep Brasco Cata nbsp Ivo Trumbic nbsp Kyriakos Iosifidis nbsp Mile Nakic nbsp Giannis Giannouris nbsp Alessandro Campagna nbsp Dragan Andric nbsp Thodoris VlachosSee also EditGreece men s Olympic water polo team records and statistics Greece women s national water polo teamReferences Edit a b c d 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 Retrieved 6 August 2021 To xalkino metallio ths E8nikhs omadas polo twn andrwn sto Pagkosmio Prwta8lhma toy 2005 sto Montreal sport24 gr 30 July 2014 in Greek 20th World Aquatics World Championships Men s Water Polo Team Roster GRE PDF Omega Timing 15 July 2023 Retrieved 16 July 2023 External links EditOfficial website nbsp in Greek Retrieved from https 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