{"id":2891,"date":"2025-12-20T16:17:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T14:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iroes.test\/athletes\/mens-national-polo-team\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T08:33:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T06:33:13","slug":"greek-mens-national-water-polo-team","status":"publish","type":"athlete","link":"https:\/\/www.iroes.gr\/en\/athletes\/greek-mens-national-water-polo-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Greek Men\u2019s National Water Polo Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Based on its international distinctions, the Greek Men\u2019s National Water Polo Team is widely regarded as the most successful national team across all sports in the history of Greek sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Its medal journey began in <strong>1951<\/strong>, with a <strong>bronze medal<\/strong> at the Mediterranean Games in <strong>Alexandria<\/strong>. Since then, the team has added <strong>16 more medals<\/strong> across major international competitions, including the Olympic Games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>KEY ACHIEVEMENTS<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Olympic Games<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Silver medal<\/strong> \u2013 Tokyo (2021)<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>World Championships<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Bronze medal<\/strong> \u2013 Singapore (2025)<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Silver medal<\/strong> \u2013 Fukuoka (2023)<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bronze medal<\/strong> \u2013 Budapest (2022)<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>4th place<\/strong> \u2013 Budapest (2017)<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bronze medal<\/strong> \u2013 Kazan (2015)<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bronze medal<\/strong> \u2013 Montreal (2005)<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>4th place<\/strong> \u2013 Barcelona (2003)<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>European Championships<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>4th place<\/strong> \u2013 Belgrade (2016)<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>4th place<\/strong> \u2013 Florence (1999)<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>World League<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Bronze medal<\/strong> \u2013 Tbilisi (2020)<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bronze medal<\/strong> \u2013 Huizhou (2016)<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bronze medal<\/strong> \u2013 Athens (2006)<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bronze medal<\/strong> \u2013 Long Beach (2004)<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>World Cup<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Silver medal<\/strong> \u2013 Athens (1999)<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Mediterranean Games<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Silver medal<\/strong> \u2013 Tarragona (2018)<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bronze medals<\/strong> \u2013 Athens (1991), Roussillon (1993), Mersin (2013), Alexandria (1951)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2899,"template":"","sport":[426],"class_list":["post-2891","athlete","type-athlete","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","sport-water-polo"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Greek Men\u2019s National Water Polo Team &#8226; Iroes.gr<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iroes.gr\/en\/athletes\/greek-mens-national-water-polo-team\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Greek Men\u2019s National Water Polo Team &#8226; Iroes.gr\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Based on its international distinctions, the Greek Men\u2019s National Water Polo Team is widely regarded as the most successful national team across all sports in the history of Greek sports. 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