Greece women's national water polo team
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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. 14 years later again in Asia, in Singapore this time they repeated their triumph by beating Hungary in the final of the 2025 World Championship. Greece women's national water polo team is the only team in the nation's sport history to have won gold medals (at least once) in world championships competitions at any olympic team sport.
Ethniki (The National)
| |
| FINA code | GRE |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Galanolefki (The Blue-white) Ethniki (The National) |
| Association | Hellenic Swimming Federation |
| Head coach | Charis Pavlidis |
| Asst coach | Grigorios Dedes Antonios Vlontakis |
| Captain | Eleftheria Plevritou |
| FINA ranking (since 2008) | |
| Current | 3 (as of 19 January 2026) |
| Highest | 3 (2026) |
| Olympic Games (team statistics) | |
| Appearances | 3 (first in 2004) |
| Best result |  (2004) |
| World Championship | |
| Appearances | 15 (first in 1998) |
| Best result |  (2011, 2025) |
| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 7 (first in 1997) |
| Best result | (2025) |
| World League | |
| Appearances | 7 (first in 2004) |
| Best result | (2005) |
| European Championship | |
| Appearances | 19 (first in 1989) |
| Best result | (2010, 2012, 2018, 2022) |
| Europa Cup | |
| Appearances | 2 (first in 2018) |
| Best result | (2018) |
| Mediterranean Games | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2018) |
| Best result |  (2018) |
| Media | |
| Website | koe.org.gr |
They have also won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, the gold medal at the 2005 World League, 4 silver medals at the 2010, 2012, 2018 European Championships and 2022 European Championships[1][2] and the gold medal at the 2018 Europa Cup.
Honours
Gold medals
Silver medals
Bronze medals
Overview
| Competition | | | | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Games | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| World Championship | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| World Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| World League | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| European Championship | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Europa Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mediterranean Games | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
Results
Olympic Games
World Championship
FINA World Cup
FINA World League
European Championships
LEN Europa Cup
| Year | Position |
|---|---|
 2018 | |
 2019 | 6th |
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
Roster for the 2026 European Championship.[4]
Head coach: Charis Pavlidis
- 1 Ioanna Stamatopoulou GK
- 2 Eleftheria Plevritou CF
- 3 Foteini Tricha CF
- 4 Eleni Grigoropoulou W
- 5 Eleftheria Fountotou CF
- 6 Eleni Xenaki W
- 7 Eirini Ninou CF
- 8 Maria Patra D
- 9 Christina Siouti D
- 10 Vasiliki Plevritou CF
- 11 Sofia Tornarou D
- 12 Maria Myriokefalitaki CF
- 13 Evangelia Karytsa GK
- 14 Afroditi Bitsakou CF
- 15 Androniki Karagianni CF
Past squads
- 2004 Olympic Games –
Silver Medal
- 2005 FINA World League –
Gold Medal
- 2010 European Championship – Silver Medal
- 2011 World Championship – Gold Medal
- 2012 European Championship – Silver Medal
- 2018 Europa Cup – Gold Medal
- Eleni Kouvdou, Christina Tsoukala, Vasiliki Diamantopoulou, Nikoleta Eleftheriadou, Margarita Plevritou, Alkisti Avramidou, Alexandra Asimaki, Ioanna Chydirioti, Maria Patra, Anastasia Kalargirou, Eleftheria Plevritou, Eleni Xenaki, Chrysi Diamantopoulou. Head Coach: Giorgos Morfesis[5]
- 2018 European Championship – Silver Medal
- 2022 European Championship – Silver Medal
- Ioanna Stamatopoulou, Eleftheria Plevritou, Ioanna Chydirioti, Eleni Elliniadi, Margarita Plevritou, Eleni Xenaki, Eirini Ninou, Maria Patra, Foteini Tricha, Vasiliki Plevritou, Athina‑Dimitra Giannopoulou, Maria Myriokefalitaki, Stefania Santa, Christina Siouti, Eleni Sotireli, Alexandra Asimaki. Head Coach: Alexia Kammenou
- 2025 World Cup – Gold Medal
- Maria Kotsioni, Eleftheria Plevritou (C), Foteini Tricha, Stefania Santa, Athina‑Dimitra Giannopoulou, Eleni Xenaki, Eirini Ninou, Eleftheria Fountotou. Christina Siouti, Vasiliki Plevritou, Sofia Tornarou, Maria Myriokefalitaki, Alexia Evgenia Tzourka, Dionysia Koureta, Foivi Angelidi. Head coach: Charis Pavlidis [6]
- 2025 World Championship – Gold Medal
- Ioanna Stamatopoulou, Eleftheria Plevritou, Foteini Tricha, Stefania Santa, Athina‑Dimitra Giannopoulou, Eleni Xenaki, Eirini Ninou, Maria Patra, Christina Siouti, Vasiliki Plevritou, Sofia Tornarou, Maria Myriokefalitaki, Alexia Evgenia Tzourka, Dionysia Koureta, Nefeli Anna Krassa. Head coach: Charis Pavlidis [7]
Under-20 team
Greece lastly competed at the 2021 FINA Junior Water Polo World Championships[8] where they won the silver medal.
