Ethnikos Piraeus Water Polo Club
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The Ethnikos Piraeus Water Polo Club is a water polo
club participating in the First Divion of the Greek Championship (A1 Ethniki). Ethnikos is the most successful water polo club in Greece. Ethnikos has won 38 Greek water polo championships (although one of them is not recognised by the Hellenic Swimming Federation) and 12 Greek water polo cups.
1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982,
1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1994, 2006
at the Melville Water Polo Club, Fremantle, Australia. There were six teams competing from around the world: the Fremantle Mariners (Australia
), Ethnikos Piraeus (Greece
), Galatasaray Water Polo Team (Turkey
), Japan
National Water Polo Team, The Barbarians
and a composite European team including three Hungarian Olympic gold medalists. The competition took place from the 27th-30th of December 2008, with gold going to The Barbarians.
Water polo
Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...
club participating in the First Divion of the Greek Championship (A1 Ethniki). Ethnikos is the most successful water polo club in Greece. Ethnikos has won 38 Greek water polo championships (although one of them is not recognised by the Hellenic Swimming Federation) and 12 Greek water polo cups.
Greek Championships men
1926, 1931, 1948, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965,1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982,
1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1994, 2006
Tom Hoad Cup
Ethnikos Piraeus took part in the Tom Hoad CupTom Hoad Cup
The Tom Hoad Cup is an annual four-day international water polo event, staged in Perth, Western Australia since 2003. The event is named for Tom Hoad, a former coach and long-time player for the Australia national water polo team and senior administrator in the international governing body .The...
at the Melville Water Polo Club, Fremantle, Australia. There were six teams competing from around the world: the Fremantle Mariners (Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
), Ethnikos Piraeus (Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
), Galatasaray Water Polo Team (Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
), Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
National Water Polo Team, The Barbarians
The Barbarians
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and a composite European team including three Hungarian Olympic gold medalists. The competition took place from the 27th-30th of December 2008, with gold going to The Barbarians.