Greek Water Polo Cup

Greek Water Polo cup
Countries Greece
ConfederationKOE
Founded1953
Domestic championshipGreek championship
Current winnerOlympiacos Piraeus
Most titlesOlympiacos Piraeus (27)

The Greek Water Polo cup is the second most important competition of Greek men's waterpolo and is organised by KOE (Hellenic Swimming Federation). It was first held in 1953. Initially started as a competition in memory of Pantelis Psychas, Greek athlete of the swimming.[1] The competition was interrupted from 1959 to 1983. Moreover, it wasn't held in 1993-94 season. From 1998-99 season the Final Four system was instituted. Olympiacos Piraeus have won the most titles (27), followed by Ethnikos Piraeus (12). Olympiacos is the team with the most appearances in finals (33) and at the same time holds the record for the most consecutive wins (9).[2]

Title holders

Finals

Season City Winner Finalist Score
1952–53 Athens Ethnikos OFPF Olympiacos SFP   5–4 (ext)
1953–54 Athens Ethnikos OFPF Olympiacos SFP  12–0
1954–55 Athens Ethnikos OFPF Aris Thessaloniki   1–0 (w/o)
1955–56 Athens Ethnikos OFPF Held in a round-robin with the participation of 4 teams.[3]
1956–57 Athens Ethnikos OFPF Olympiacos SFP   6–4 (ext)
1957–58 Athens Ethnikos OFPF NO Patras   5–2
1958–83 Not held
1983–84 Athens Ethnikos OFPF ANO Glyfada   8–5
1984–85 Athens Ethnikos OFPF Aris Thessaloniki   8–7
1985–86 Piraeus ANO Glyfada NO Vouliagmeni   5–4
1986–87 Athens ANO Glyfada NO Vouliagmeni  10–7
1987–88 Athens Ethnikos OFPF NO Vouliagmeni   8–6
1988–89 Athens ANO Glyfada NO Vouliagmeni  10–8 (ext)
1989–90 Athens NO Chios ANO Glyfada   8–5 (ext)
1990–91 Athens (Marousi) Ethnikos OFPF ANO Glyfada  10–7
1991–92 Athens (Marousi) Olympiacos SFP NO Patras   9–8
1992–93 Athens (Marousi) Olympiacos SFP ANO Glyfada   8–4
1993–94 Not held
1994–95 Athens (Marousi) NO Patras NO Vouliagmeni 13–12
1995–96 Athens (Marousi) NO Vouliagmeni NO Patras  11–8
1996–97 Athens (Marousi) Olympiacos SFP NO Patras   9–8
1997–98 Athens (Marousi) Olympiacos SFP NO Patras  10–8
1998–99 Kerkyra NO Vouliagmeni Olympiacos SFP   8–7
1999–00 Piraeus (Nikaia) Ethnikos OFPF Olympiacos SFP 12–11 (ext)
2000–01 Patras Olympiacos SFP NO Vouliagmeni   9–7
2001–02 Volos Olympiacos SFP NO Vouliagmeni  10–9 (ext)
2002–03 Chios Olympiacos SFP NO Chania  14–5
2003–04 Athens (Marousi) Olympiacos SFP NO Vouliagmeni   6–5
2004–05 Thessaloniki Ethnikos OFPF NO Patras  12–8
2005–06 Arta Olympiacos SFP Panionios  16–5
2006–07 Kalamata Olympiacos SFP Ethnikos OFPF  11–5
2007–08 Tripoli Olympiacos SFP Panionios  10–4
2008–09 Ptolemaida Olympiacos SFP Panionios   9–6
2009–10 Ermoupoli Olympiacos SFP Panionios   7–6 (ext)
2010–11 Kalymnos Olympiacos SFP Panionios   10−8
2011–12 Argostoli NO Vouliagmeni NO Chios   6−4
2012–13 Lamia Olympiacos SFP NO Vouliagmeni   6−5
2013–14 Athens (Palaio Faliro) Olympiacos SFP NO Vouliagmeni   11−10
2014–15 Karpenisi Olympiacos SFP Panathinaikos   18−10
2015–16 Vouliagmeni Olympiacos SFP NO Vouliagmeni   12−5
2016–17 Karpenisi NO Vouliagmeni Olympiacos SFP   8−7
2017–18 Chios Olympiacos SFP ANO Glyfada   14−8
2018–19 Karpenisi Olympiacos SFP NO Vouliagmeni   6−4
2019–20 Chios Olympiacos SFP Ethnikos OFPF   18−6
2020–21 Vouliagmeni Olympiacos SFP AEK Athens   20−4
2021–22 Larissa Olympiacos SFP NO Vouliagmeni   9−8
2022–23 Patras Olympiacos SFP Panathinaikos   14−4
2023–24 Vouliagmeni Olympiacos SFP Apollon Smyrnis   16−8
2024–25 Volos Olympiacos SFP Panathinaikos   22−9
2025–26 Athens (Vari) Olympiacos SFP Panathinaikos   13−12

Performance by club

Club Winner Finalist Years won
Olympiacos SFP 27 6 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
Ethnikos OFPF 12 2 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1991, 2000, 2005
NO Vouliagmeni 4 13 1996, 1999, 2012, 2017
ANO Glyfada 3 5 1986, 1987, 1989
NO Patras 1 6 1995
NO Chios 1 1 1990
Panionios 5  —
Panathinaikos 4  —
Aris Thessaloniki 2  —
NO Chania 1  —
AEK Athens 1  —
Apollon Smyrnis 1  —

MVPs and Top Scorers

Year MVP Club Top Scorer Club
1984 Antonis Aronis (20) Ethnikos Piraeus
1985 Nikos Venetopoulos (15) Iraklis Thessaloniki
1986 Tasos Papanastasiou "Pilotos" (14) ANO Glyfada
1987 Giannis Lastoridis (14) NO Kavala
1988 Thodoris Moustakaridis (10) Ethnikos Piraeus
Charis Pavlidis (10) Aris Thessaloniki
1989 Christos Mantzouridis (32) Iraklis Thessaloniki
1990 Tasos Papanastasiou «Gatos» (23) ANO Glyfada
1991 Christos Mantzouridis (32) Iraklis Thessaloniki
1992 Nikos Venetopoulos (32) Olympiacos
1993 Alexandros Papanellopoulos (17) NAO Kerkyra
1995 Teo Lorantos (16) NO Vouliagmeni
1996 Dimitris Seletopoulos (16) NO Chalcis
1997 Dmitry Apanasenko (26) NO Chios
1998 Thodoris Kalakonas (17) Ethnikos Piraeus
1999 Giorgos Afroudakis NO Vouliagmeni Tasos Papanastasiou "Pilotos" (16) Panathinaikos
2000 Thodoris Kalakonas Ethnikos Piraeus Adrian Cretu (21) NO Chios
2001 Thodoris Hatzitheodorou Olympiacos Thodoris Hatzitheodorou (16) Olympiacos
2002 Thodoris Hatzitheodorou Olympiacos Giorgos Afroudakis (14) NO Vouliagmeni
2003 Nicos Doulas NO Chios Manthos Voulgarakis (13) NO Chania
2004 Giannis Thomakos (15) Olympiacos
2005 Dimitris Mazis Ethnikos Piraeus Argyris Theodoropoulos (16) Olympiacos
2006 Thodoris Hatzitheodorou Olympiacos Giannis Fountoulis (12) NO Chios
2007 Giorgos Doskas Olympiacos Zachos Anastasiadis (9) Panionios
2008 Slobodan Nikić Olympiacos Slobodan Nikić (13) Olympiacos
2009 Slobodan Nikić Olympiacos Mimis Alichanidis (13) P.A.O.K.
2010 Thodoris Hatzitheodorou Olympiacos Andreas Miralis (16) Panionios
2011 Giannis Fountoulis Olympiacos Petre Santa (11) NO Chios
2012 Christos Afroudakis NO Vouliagmeni Dimitrios Tingas (7) NO Vouliagmeni
2013 Giannis Fountoulis Olympiacos Blai Mallarach (7) Olympiacos
2014 Kostas Mourikis Olympiacos Christos Afroudakis (10) NO Vouliagmeni
2015 Manolis Mylonakis Olympiacos Angelos Vlachopoulos (9) Olympiacos
2016 Angelos Vlachopoulos Olympiacos Stelios Argyropoulos (13) Ethnikos Piraeus
2017 Manos Zerdevas NO Vouliagmeni Christos Afroudakis (6) NO Vouliagmeni
Albert Español (6) Olympiacos
Jovan Šarić (6) P.A.O.K.
2018 Giannis Fountoulis Olympiacos Alexandros Papanastasiou (10) ANO Glyfada
2019 Alexandros Gounas Olympiacos Alexandros Gounas (8) Olympiacos
Giorgos Dervisis (8) Olympiacos
Dimitrios Tingas (8) NO Vouliagmeni
2020 Maro Joković Olympiacos Alexandros Gounas (11) Olympiacos
2021 Dinos Genidounias Olympiacos Dinos Genidounias (13) Olympiacos
2022 Manos Zerdevas Olympiacos Filip Filipović (5) Olympiacos
Stathis Kalogeropoulos (5) NO Vouliagmeni
2023 Dinos Genidounias Olympiacos Dinos Genidounias (7) Olympiacos
2024 Alexandros Papanastasiou Olympiacos Takis Dimou (10) Olympiacos
2025 Dinos Genidounias Olympiacos Dinos Genidounias (8) Olympiacos
Gergő Zalánki (8) Olympiacos
2026 Dinos Genidounias Olympiacos Gergő Zalánki (8) Olympiacos

References

  1. ^ "Από τον Παντελή Ψύχα του '53 στην Πάτρα του '23". koe.org.gr. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  2. ^ "Κύπελλο πόλο ανδρών, χρυσή Βίβλος: Ο Ολυμπιακός κατέκτησε τον ένατο συνεχόμενο τίτλο του και 27ο συνολικά". sport24.gr. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
  3. ^ Table: 1.Ethnikos Piraeus, 2.NO Patras, 3.Aris Thessaloniki, 4.Palaio Faliro