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. 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).
Title holders
1953 Ethnikos Piraeus 1954 Ethnikos Piraeus 1955 Ethnikos Piraeus 1956 Ethnikos Piraeus 1957 Ethnikos Piraeus 1958 Ethnikos Piraeus 1959–83 Not held 1983–84 Ethnikos Piraeus 1984–85 Ethnikos Piraeus 1985–86 ANO Glyfada 1986–87 ANO Glyfada 1987–88 Ethnikos Piraeus 1988–89 ANO Glyfada 1989–90 NO Chios 1990–91 Ethnikos Piraeus 1991–92 Olympiacos 1992–93 Olympiacos 1993–94 Not held 1994–95 NO Patras 1995–96 NO Vouliagmeni 1996–97 Olympiacos 1997–98 Olympiacos 1998–99 NO Vouliagmeni 1999–00 Ethnikos Piraeus 2000–01 Olympiacos 2001–02 Olympiacos 2002–03 Olympiacos 2003–04 Olympiacos 2004–05 Ethnikos Piraeus 2005–06 Olympiacos 2006–07 Olympiacos 2007–08 Olympiacos 2008–09 Olympiacos 2009–10 Olympiacos 2010–11 Olympiacos 2011–12 NO Vouliagmeni 2012–13 Olympiacos 2013–14 Olympiacos 2014–15 Olympiacos 2015–16 Olympiacos 2016–17 NO Vouliagmeni 2017–18 Olympiacos 2018–19 Olympiacos 2019–20 Olympiacos 2020–21 Olympiacos 2021–22 Olympiacos 2022–23 Olympiacos 2023–24 Olympiacos 2024–25 Olympiacos 2025–26 Olympiacos
Finals SeasonCityWinnerFinalistScore1952–53 Athens Ethnikos OFPF Olympiacos SFP 5–4 (ext) 1953–54 Athens Ethnikos OFPF Olympiacos SFP 12–01954–55 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.Table: 1.Ethnikos Piraeus, 2.NO Patras, 3.Aris Thessaloniki, 4.Palaio Faliro1956–57 Athens Ethnikos OFPF Olympiacos SFP 6–4 (ext)1957–58 Athens Ethnikos OFPF NO Patras 5–21958–83Not held1983–84 Athens Ethnikos OFPF ANO Glyfada 8–51984–85 Athens Ethnikos OFPF Aris Thessaloniki 8–71985–86 Piraeus ANO Glyfada NO Vouliagmeni 5–41986–87 Athens ANO Glyfada NO Vouliagmeni 10–71987–88 Athens Ethnikos OFPF NO Vouliagmeni 8–61988–89 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 10–71991–92 Athens (Marousi) Olympiacos SFP NO Patras 9–81992–93 Athens (Marousi) Olympiacos SFP ANO Glyfada 8–41993–94Not held1994–95 Athens (Marousi) NO Patras NO Vouliagmeni 13–121995–96 Athens (Marousi) NO Vouliagmeni NO Patras 11–81996–97 Athens (Marousi) Olympiacos SFP NO Patras 9–81997–98 Athens (Marousi) Olympiacos SFP NO Patras 10–81998–99 Kerkyra NO Vouliagmeni Olympiacos SFP 8–71999–00 Piraeus (Nikaia) Ethnikos OFPF Olympiacos SFP 12–11 (ext)2000–01 Patras Olympiacos SFP NO Vouliagmeni 9–72001–02 Volos Olympiacos SFP NO Vouliagmeni 10–9 (ext)2002–03 Chios Olympiacos SFP NO Chania 14–52003–04 Athens (Marousi) Olympiacos SFP NO Vouliagmeni 6–52004–05 Thessaloniki Ethnikos OFPF NO Patras 12–82005–06 Arta Olympiacos SFP Panionios 16–5 2006–07 Kalamata Olympiacos SFP Ethnikos OFPF 11–52007–08 Tripoli Olympiacos SFP Panionios 10–42008–09 Ptolemaida Olympiacos SFP Panionios 9–62009–10 Ermoupoli Olympiacos SFP Panionios 7–6 (ext)2010–11 Kalymnos Olympiacos SFP Panionios 10−82011–12 Argostoli NO Vouliagmeni NO Chios 6−4 2012–13 Lamia Olympiacos SFP NO Vouliagmeni 6−52013–14 Athens (Palaio Faliro) Olympiacos SFP NO Vouliagmeni 11−102014–15 Karpenisi Olympiacos SFP Panathinaikos 18−102015–16 Vouliagmeni Olympiacos SFP NO Vouliagmeni 12−52016–17 Karpenisi NO Vouliagmeni Olympiacos SFP 8−72017–18 Chios Olympiacos SFP ANO Glyfada 14−82018–19 Karpenisi Olympiacos SFP NO Vouliagmeni 6−42019–20 Chios Olympiacos SFP Ethnikos OFPF 18−62020–21 Vouliagmeni Olympiacos SFP AEK Athens 20−42021–22Larissa Olympiacos SFP NO Vouliagmeni 9−82022–23Patras Olympiacos SFP Panathinaikos 14−42023–24Vouliagmeni Olympiacos SFP Apollon Smyrnis 16−82024–25Volos Olympiacos SFP Panathinaikos 22−92025–26Athens (Vari) Olympiacos SFP Panathinaikos 13−12
Performance by club ClubWinnerFinalistYears 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 YearMVPClubTop ScorerClub1984–Antonis Aronis (20)Ethnikos Piraeus1985–Nikos Venetopoulos (15)Iraklis Thessaloniki1986–Tasos Papanastasiou "Pilotos" (14)ANO Glyfada1987–Giannis Lastoridis (14)NO Kavala1988–Thodoris Moustakaridis (10)Ethnikos PiraeusCharis Pavlidis (10)Aris Thessaloniki1989–Christos Mantzouridis (32)Iraklis Thessaloniki1990–Tasos Papanastasiou «Gatos» (23)ANO Glyfada1991–Christos Mantzouridis (32)Iraklis Thessaloniki1992–Nikos Venetopoulos (32)Olympiacos1993–Alexandros Papanellopoulos (17)NAO Kerkyra1995–Teo Lorantos (16)NO Vouliagmeni1996–Dimitris Seletopoulos (16)NO Chalcis1997–Dmitry Apanasenko (26)NO Chios1998–Thodoris Kalakonas (17)Ethnikos Piraeus1999Giorgos AfroudakisNO VouliagmeniTasos Papanastasiou "Pilotos" (16)Panathinaikos2000Thodoris KalakonasEthnikos PiraeusAdrian Cretu (21)NO Chios2001Thodoris HatzitheodorouOlympiacosThodoris Hatzitheodorou (16)Olympiacos2002Thodoris HatzitheodorouOlympiacosGiorgos Afroudakis (14)NO Vouliagmeni2003Nicos DoulasNO ChiosManthos Voulgarakis (13)NO Chania2004 Giannis Thomakos (15)Olympiacos2005Dimitris MazisEthnikos PiraeusArgyris Theodoropoulos (16)Olympiacos2006Thodoris HatzitheodorouOlympiacosGiannis Fountoulis (12)NO Chios2007Giorgos DoskasOlympiacosZachos Anastasiadis (9)Panionios2008Slobodan NikićOlympiacosSlobodan Nikić (13)Olympiacos2009Slobodan NikićOlympiacosMimis Alichanidis (13)P.A.O.K.2010Thodoris HatzitheodorouOlympiacosAndreas Miralis (16)Panionios2011Giannis FountoulisOlympiacosPetre Santa (11)NO Chios2012Christos AfroudakisNO VouliagmeniDimitrios Tingas (7)NO Vouliagmeni2013Giannis FountoulisOlympiacosBlai Mallarach (7)Olympiacos2014Kostas MourikisOlympiacosChristos Afroudakis (10)NO Vouliagmeni2015Manolis MylonakisOlympiacosAngelos Vlachopoulos (9)Olympiacos2016Angelos VlachopoulosOlympiacosStelios Argyropoulos (13)Ethnikos Piraeus2017Manos ZerdevasNO VouliagmeniChristos Afroudakis (6)NO VouliagmeniAlbert Español (6)OlympiacosJovan Šarić (6)P.A.O.K.2018Giannis FountoulisOlympiacosAlexandros Papanastasiou (10)ANO Glyfada2019Alexandros GounasOlympiacosAlexandros Gounas (8)OlympiacosGiorgos Dervisis (8)OlympiacosDimitrios Tingas (8)NO Vouliagmeni2020Maro JokovićOlympiacosAlexandros Gounas (11)Olympiacos2021Dinos GenidouniasOlympiacosDinos Genidounias (13)Olympiacos2022Manos ZerdevasOlympiacosFilip Filipović (5)OlympiacosStathis Kalogeropoulos (5)NO Vouliagmeni2023Dinos GenidouniasOlympiacosDinos Genidounias (7)Olympiacos2024Alexandros PapanastasiouOlympiacosTakis Dimou (10)Olympiacos2025Dinos GenidouniasOlympiacosDinos Genidounias (8)OlympiacosGergő Zalánki (8)Olympiacos2026Dinos GenidouniasOlympiacosGergő Zalánki (8)Olympiacos
References
External links Hellenic Swimming Federation koe.org.gr (in greek) The golden book of the Men's Polo Cup: Olympiacos reached 27 victories (until 2026) www.sport-fm.gr (in greek) Η διαδρομή, οι πρωταγωνιστές και τα ιστορικά στοιχεία της διοργάνωσης (The route, the protagonists and the historical records of the event - until 2025) koe.org.gr (in greek)