Panionios Water Polo Club
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| Founded | 1985 (refounded) |
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| League |  A1 Ethniki Water Polo |
| Based in | Nea Smyrni, Greece |
| Arena | Nea Smyrni naratorioum |
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| Website | http://www.pgss.gr/ |
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Panionios Water Polo Club is the water polo team of Panionios multi sport club. It has got teams both men and women. Men's team of Panionios plays in A1 Ethniki (first division) and women's team plays in A2 Ethniki (second division).
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Men's team
Panionios had had a water polo team by the period it had based in Smyrna, before 1922. It kept up the team when it had come in Athens but some time later it was dissolved. The water polo team of Panionios was refounded again in 1985, after the building of natatorium in Nea Smirni. In season 1994-95, Panionios won the championship of A2 Ethniki (second division) and promoted in A1 Ethniki (first division). Since 2005, Panionios stars in the championship, finishing in the first places every year.[1] Soonly it had successes in European competitions. It played two times in the final of LEN Euro Cup (2009 and 2011) but was defeated. Panionios had played five times in the final of Greek cup but has been defeated in all matches.
Recent seasons
| Season | Division | Place | Notes |
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| 2001-02 | A2 Ethniki | 1st | Promoted to A1 |
| 2002-03 | A1 Ethniki | 8th | |
| 2003-04 | A1 Ethniki | 4th | |
| 2004-05 | A1 Ethniki | 3rd | |
| 2005-06 | A1 Ethniki | 3rd | Finalist Greek Cup |
| 2006-07 | A1 Ethniki | 5th | |
| 2007-08 | A1 Ethniki | 3rd | Finalist Greek Cup |
| 2008-09 | A1 Ethniki | 2nd | Finalist Greek Cup, Finalist Len Euro Cup |
| 2009-10 | A1 Ethniki | 2nd | Finalist Greek Cup |
| 2010-11 | A1 Ethniki | 4th | Finalist Greek Cup, Finalist Len Euro Cup |
| 2011-12 | A1 Ethniki | 5th | |
| 2012-13 | A1 Ethniki | 9th | |
| 2013-14 | A1 Ethniki | 8th | |
| 2014-15 | A1 Ethniki | 11th | Relegated to A2 |
Honours
- A1 Ethniki
- Runners-up (2):2009, 2010
- Greek Water Polo Cup
- Runners-up (5): 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
LEN Euro Cup
- Runners-up (2):2009, 2011
Women's team
The women team of Panionios was founded in 1988. In season 1993-94 played in first division (A1 Ethniki) but it relegated. It played again in first division from season 2009-10 to 2011-12. In the last season (2012–13) played in A2 Ethniki and finished in second place.
Recent seasons
| Season | Division | Place | Notes |
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| 2007-08 | A2 Ethniki | 2nd | |
| 2008-09 | A2 Ethniki | 1st | Promoted to A1 |
| 2009-10 | A1 Ethniki | 6th | |
| 2010-11 | A1 Ethniki | 7th | |
| 2011-12 | A1 Ethniki | 8th | Relegated to A2 |
| 2012-13 | A2 Ethniki | 2nd |
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Panionios Water polo team
- Αφιέρωμα υδατοσφαίρισης ανδρών Α1: Πανιώνιος Hellenic Swimming Federation, Official Page (Greek)
