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

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Finals

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

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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

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  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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