Greece women's national water polo team

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Greece
Flag of Greece.svg
Nickname(s) Galanolefki (The Blue-white)
Association Hellenic Swimming Federation
Confederation LEN (Europe)
Head coach Giorgos Morfesis
Asst coach Stefanos Leandros
Captain Antigoni Roumpesi
FINA code GRE
Olympic Games
Appearances 2 (first in 2004)
Best result Silver medal.svg (2004)
World Championships
Appearances 9 (first in 1998)
Best result Gold medal world centered-2.svg (2011)
World League
Appearances 7 (first in 2004)
Best result Gold medal world centered.svg (2005)
World Cup
Appearances 5 (first in 1997)
Best result 6th place (1997, 2006)
European Championship
Appearances 13 (first in 1989)
Best result Silver medal europe.svg (2010, 2012)

The Greece women's national water polo team represents Greece in international women's water polo competitions. Since the 2000s, 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 and the silver medals at the 2010 and 2012 European Championships.

Honours

Gold medals

Silver medals

Bronze medals

Competition 1st 2nd 3rd Total
Olympic Games 0 1 0 1
World Championship 1 0 0 1
World League 1 0 3 4
European Championship 0 2 0 2
Total 2 3 3 8

Results

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

Olympic Games

Year Position
United States 1996  [a]4th[a]
Greece 2004 2nd
China 2008 8th
Total 3/4

World Championship

Year Position
Australia 1998 5th
Japan 2001 7th
Spain 2003 9th
Canada 2005 5th
Australia 2007 8th
Italy 2009 4th
China 2011 1st
Spain 2013 6th
Russia 2015 6th
Total 9/12

FINA World League

Year Position
United States 2004 6th
Russia 2005 1st
Canada 2007 3rd
Russia 2009 7th
United States 2010 3rd
China 2011 4th
China 2012 3rd
Total 7/9

FINA World Cup

Year Position
France 1997 6th
Canada 1999 8th
Australia 2002 7th
China 2006 6th
New Zealand 2010 7th
Total 5/15

European Championships

Year Position
West Germany 1989 7th
Greece 1991 7th
United Kingdom 1993 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
Netherlands 2012 2nd
Hungary 2014 6th
Total 13/15

Note

a. ^ The women had to wait for Olympic recognition by the IOC, and played their own "Olympic Tournament" with twelve competing teams, from May 29 to June 7, 1996 in Emmen, Netherlands.

Rosters

References

  • FINA
  • HistoFINA Volume VIII (Edition 2004)

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