Fifty-five medals for Greek water polo
With Greece’s recent triumph at the 2019 Men’s Junior (U20) Water Polo World Championships, Greek national water polo teams have now won a total of 55 medals in international competitions, with 54 since 1991.
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Greek national teams have won 15 gold medals, 15 silver medals, and 25 bronze medals in international water polo competitions. For the men’s national team, the medals that stand out the most are the two bronze medals at the World Championships (2005 and 2015). The women’s national team has seen more success in major tournaments, winning silver at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, gold at the 2011 World Championships, and silver at the European Championships on three occasions (2010, 2012 and 2018).
Greece has been more successful in junior and youth national team competitions. The Greek boys have won the World U20 Championships three times (2001, 2017 and 2019), the World U18 Championships once (2018), and the European U19 Championships once (2018). The Greek girls have won the World U20 Championships once (1997), the World U18 Championships once (2012), the European U19 Championships twice (2002 and 2014), and the European U17 Championships three times (2001, 2011 and 2013).
Of these 55 medals, 29 have come this decade. Only two came in 2019, as Greece took gold at the Men’s World U20 Championships, and took bronze at the Women’s European U15 Championships, in the inaugural edition of that competition.
MEDALS WON BY GREEK NATIONAL WATER POLO TEAMS SINCE 1991:
GOLD:
1997 World U20 Championships - Women
2001 European U17 Championships - Women
2001 World U20 Championships - Men
2002 European U19 Championships - Women
2005 World League - Women
2011 World Championships - Women
2011 European U17 Championships - Women
2012 World U18 Championships - Women
2013 European U17 Championships - Women
2014 European U19 Championships - Women
2017 World U20 Championships - Men
2018 Europa Cup - Women
2018 World U18 Championships - Men
2018 European U19 Championships - Men
2019 World U20 Championships - Men
SILVER:
1994 European U19 Championships - Women
1995 World U20 Championships - Men
1996 European U19 Championships - Women
1997 World Cup - Men
2000 European U19 Championships - Men
2001 European U17 Championships - Men
2004 Olympic Games - Women
2004 European U19 Championships - Women
2009 World U20 Championships - Men
2010 European Championships - Women
2010 European U19 Championships - Men
2012 European Championships - Women
2017 World U20 Championships - Women
2018 European Championships - Women
2018 Mediterranean Games - Men
BRONZE:
1951 Mediterranean Games - Men
1991 Mediterranean Games - Men
1992 European U19 Championships - Men
1993 Mediterranean Games - Men
1997 World U20 Championships - Men
1997 European U17 Championships - Men
1998 European U19 Championships - Women
2000 European U19 Championships - Women
2004 World League - Men
2005 World Championships - Men
2006 World League - Men
2007 World League - Women
2010 World League - Women
2011 World U20 Championships - Men
2012 World League - Women
2013 World U20 Championships - Women
2013 Mediterranean Games - Men
2015 World Championships - Men
2015 European U17 Championships - Men
2015 European U17 Championships - Women
2016 European U19 Championships - Women
2016 World League - Men
2018 Mediterranean Games - Women
2018 World U18 Championships - Women
2019 European U15 Championships - Women