Greek Water Polo Cup

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 (25), followed by Ethnikos Piraeus (12).[2] Olympiacos is the team with the most appearances in finals (30) while Ethnikos has the record of successive wins (8).

Greek Water Polo cup
Countries Greece
ConfederationKOE
Founded1953
Domestic championshipGreek championship
Current winnerOlympiacos Piraeus
Most titlesOlympiacos Piraeus (25)

Title holders

Finals
Season City Winner Finalist Score
1952–53Athens Ethnikos OFPF Olympiacos SFP  5–4 (ext)
1953–54Athens Ethnikos OFPF Olympiacos SFP 12–0
1954–55Athens Ethnikos OFPF Aris Thessaloniki  1–0 (w/o)
1955–56Athens Ethnikos OFPFHeld in a round-robin with the participation of 4 teams.[3]
1956–57Athens Ethnikos OFPF Olympiacos SFP  6–4 (ext)
1957–58Athens Ethnikos OFPF NO Patras  5–2
1958–83Not held
1983–84Athens Ethnikos OFPF ANO Glyfada  8–5
1984–85Athens Ethnikos OFPF Aris Thessaloniki  8–7
1985–86Piraeus ANO Glyfada NO Vouliagmeni  5–4
1986–87Athens ANO Glyfada NO Vouliagmeni 10–7
1987–88Athens Ethnikos OFPF NO Vouliagmeni  8–6
1988–89Athens ANO Glyfada NO Vouliagmeni 10–8 (ext)
1989–90Athens NO Chios ANO Glyfada  8–5 (ext)
1990–91Athens (Marousi) Ethnikos OFPF ANO Glyfada 10–7
1991–92Athens (Marousi) Olympiacos SFP NO Patras  9–8
1992–93Athens (Marousi) Olympiacos SFP ANO Glyfada  8–4
1993–94Not held
1994–95Athens (Marousi) NO Patras NO Vouliagmeni13–12
1995–96Athens (Marousi) NO Vouliagmeni NO Patras 11–8
1996–97Athens (Marousi) Olympiacos SFP NO Patras  9–8
1997–98Athens (Marousi) Olympiacos SFP NO Patras 10–8
1998–99Kerkyra NO Vouliagmeni Olympiacos SFP  8–7
1999–00Piraeus (Nikaia) Ethnikos OFPF Olympiacos SFP12–11 (ext)
2000–01Patras Olympiacos SFP NO Vouliagmeni  9–7
2001–02Volos Olympiacos SFP NO Vouliagmeni 10–9 (ext)
2002–03Chios Olympiacos SFP NO Chania 14–5
2003–04Athens (Marousi) Olympiacos SFP NO Vouliagmeni  6–5
2004–05Thessaloniki Ethnikos OFPF NO Patras 12–8
2005–06Arta Olympiacos SFP Panionios 16–5
2006–07Kalamata Olympiacos SFP Ethnikos OFPF 11–5
2007–08Tripoli Olympiacos SFP Panionios 10–4
2008–09Ptolemaida Olympiacos SFP Panionios  9–6
2009–10Ermoupoli Olympiacos SFP Panionios  7–6 (ext)
2010–11Kalymnos Olympiacos SFP Panionios  10−8
2011–12Argostoli NO Vouliagmeni NO Chios  6−4
2012–13Lamia Olympiacos SFP NO Vouliagmeni  6−5
2013–14Athens (Palaio Faliro) Olympiacos SFP NO Vouliagmeni  11−10
2014–15Karpenisi Olympiacos SFP Panathinaikos  18−10
2015–16Vouliagmeni Olympiacos SFP NO Vouliagmeni  12−5
2016–17Karpenisi NO Vouliagmeni Olympiacos SFP  8−7
2017–18Chios Olympiacos SFP ANO Glyfada  14−8
2018–19Karpenisi Olympiacos SFP NO Vouliagmeni  6−4
2019–20Chios Olympiacos SFP Ethnikos OFPF  18−6
2020–21Vouliagmeni 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

Performance by club
Club Winner Finalist Years won
Olympiacos SFP 25 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
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  —
Aris Thessaloniki – 2  —
Panathinaikos – 2  —
NO Chania – 1  —
AEK Athens – 1  —
Apollon Smyrnis – 1  —

References
  1. "Οι τελικοί του κυπέλλου". novasports.gr. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  2. "18th Final four of Men's Waterpolo Hellenic Cup". koe.org.gr. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  3. Table: 1.Ethnikos Piraeus, 2.NO Patras, 3.Aris Thessaloniki, 4.Palaio Faliro
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