A2 Ethniki Water Polo Explained

A2 Ethniki Water Polo
Sport:	Water polo
Promotion:	A1 Ethniki Water Polo
Teams:	14
Country:	Greece
Continent:	Europe
Champion:	AEK (1st title)
Most Champs:	Iraklis (4 titles)
Website:	www.koe.org.gr

A2 Ethniki Water Polo is the 2nd-tier of the Greek Water Polo championship. It is held in three groups of teams and in current season, 14 teams take part. The championship is held in two stages.^[1] The two first teams of the 2nd stage promoted to A1 Ethniki. Current champions AEK won the 2019-20 A2 men's water polo season.^[2]

Winners

Title holders

• 1986–87 Iraklis
  • 1987–88 NOP 1988–89 NOX
• 1989–90 NOP
• 1990–91 OFTH
• 1991–92 NAO Kerkyras
  • 1992–93 Aris 1993–94 OFTH
  • 1994–95 Panionios 1995–96 Poseidon Ilision
• 1996–97 Ilysiakos
• 1997–98 Panathinaikos
  • • 1998–99 Aris 1999–00 PAOK 2000–01 Nhreas Chalandriou
• 2001–02 Panionios^[3]
• 2002–03 NO Chalkidas
• 2003–04 Glyfada
• 2004–05 Nhreas Chalandriou
• 2005–06 Iraklis
  • • 2006–07 NEP 2007–08 Iraklis 2008–09 Poseidon Ilision
• 2009–10 Ethnikos
• 2010–11 NOX
• 2011–12 Ilioupoli
• 2012–13 Glyfada
• 2013–14 NO Kalamakiou
  • 2014–15 NEP 2015–16 NOP
• 2016–17 Apollon Smyrnis
• 2017–18 Peristeri
• 2018–19 Panathinaikos
• 2019–20 AEK

Titles

Titles by club

Club	Winners	Winning years
Iraklis	3	1987, 2006, 2008
NOP	3	1988, 1990, 2016
Panathinaikos	2	1998, 2019
NEP	2	2007, 2015
Glyfada	2	2004, 2013
Poseidon Ilision	2	1996, 2009
Nireas Chalandriou	2	2001, 2005
Aris	2	1993, 1999
OFTH	2	1991, 1994
Panionios	2	1995, 2002
NOX	2	1989, 2011
AEK	1	2020

Notes

Classification of first 12 champion teams by the number of titles and year of achievement.

Current teams

The clubs taking part in the 2015–16 league are:^[1]

External links

• www.koe.org.gr

Notes and References

1. Web site: Προκήρυξη Α2 . koe.org.gr . 29 December 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304220808/http://www.koe.org.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11716%3A2--------&catid=310%3A2011-04-08-07-44-25&Itemid=673 . 4 March 2016 .
2. Web site: Φώντας Χήτας . ΑΕΚ: Από την δεκαετία του '60 έρχεται η ιστορία της . koe.org.gr . 8 July 2020 . Online . Greek.
3. Web site: Πανιωνιοσ Γ.σ.σ. . www.pgss.gr . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140225172806/http://www.pgss.gr/default.asp?pid=119&la=1 . 25 February 2014 . dead.