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Alexandros Gounas
Alexandros Evgenios Gounas (born 3 October 1989) is a Greek water polo player. He is member of the Greece men's national water polo team since 2008 and won a bronze medal at the 16th FINA World Championships and competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He plays for Greek powerhouse Olympiacos, with whom he won the 2017–18 LEN Champions League in Genoa. . nbcolympics.com Moreover in his collection are 6 Greek Championships and 6 Greek Cups in which four times voted Most Valuable Player. (2011-2012 |
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the northeast. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Sea of Crete and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin, featuring thousands of islands. The country consists of nine traditional geographic regions, and has a population of approximately 10.4 million. Athens is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Thessaloniki and Patras. Greece is considered the cradle of Western civilization, being the birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy, Western literature, historiography, political science, major scientific and mathematical p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events in some sports beginning on 3 August. Rio de Janeiro was announced as the host city at the 121st IOC Session in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 2 October 2009. 11,238 athletes from 207 nations took part in the 2016 Games, including first-time entrants Kosovo at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Kosovo, South Sudan at the 2016 Summer Olympics, South Sudan, and the Refugee Olympic Team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Refugee Olympic Team. With 306 sets of medals, the Games featured 28 Olympic sports, including rugby sevens and golf, which were added to the Olympic program in 2009. These sporting events took place at 33 venues in the host city and at five separate venues in the Brazilian cities of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water Polo At The 2013 Mediterranean Games – Men's Tournament
The men's tournament of water polo at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey, were held between June 19 and June 25. All games were held at the Mersin University, Çiftlikköy Campus Swimming Pool. Format *Seven teams are divided into two preliminary groups. One group consists three teams and the other four teams. *The top 2 teams from each group will qualify for Semifinals, other teams will qualify for the placement matches. *Winners of the Semifinals contested the gold medal game and the losers the bronze medal game. Preliminary round All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3). Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Elimination stage Classification 5–7 bracket Crossover Fifth place match Championship bracket Semifinals ---- Bronze medal match Gold medal match Final standings References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water Polo At The 2018 Mediterranean Games – Men's Tournament
The men's water polo tournament at the 2018 Mediterranean Games was held from 27 June to 1 July at the Campclar Aquatic Center in Tarragona. Participating teams * * * * * * * ''(host)'' * Preliminary round ''All times are local (UTC+2 UTC+02:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2020-11-08T23:41:45+02:00. This time is used in: As standard time (year-round) ''Principal cities: Cairo, Pretoria, Cape ...).'' Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Finals Seventh place game Fifth place game Third place game Final Final standings References External links2018 Mediterranean Games {{DEFAULTSORT:Water polo at the 2018 Mediterranean Games - Mens tournament Water polo at the 2018 Mediterranean Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Water Polo Super Cup
The Greek Water Polo Super Cup is a Water Polo club competition in Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders wit ... since 1996. It is an annual match contested between the Water Polo Champion of the Greek League and the Cup’s Winner. The matches take place in different cities every year. The competition was held for three consecutive years, between 1996-98. The next years the competition stopped, and it restarted in 2018. Olympiacos has the most cups, and Vouliagmeni follows. The matches Performance by club References External linksHellenic Swimming Federation Water polo competitions in Greece {{Greece-waterpolo-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015–16 A1 Ethniki (men's Water Polo)
The 2015–16 A1 Ethniki is the 85th season of the Greek premier Water polo league and the 30th of A1 Ethniki. Team information The following 12 clubs compete in the A1 Ethniki during the 2015–16 season: Regular season Standings Pld - Played; W - Won; D - Drawn; L - Lost; GF - Goals for; GA - Goals against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points. SourceA1 Ethniki/small> Playoffs Play outs Final standings See also *2015–16 LEN Champions League *2015–16 LEN Euro Cup External links Official website Waterpololive.gr Waterpolonews.gr {{DEFAULTSORT:2015-16 A1 Ethniki (men's water polo) Seasons in Greek water polo competitions Greece A1 Ethniki A1 Ethniki The Greek Basket League (GBL), often also referred to as the Greek A1 Basketball League, or Greek Basketball Championship (originally called Panhellenic Basketball Championship), and also known as the Stoiximan Basket League for sponsorship reaso ... 2015 in water polo 2016 in water polo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014–15 A1 Ethniki (men's Water Polo)
The 2014–15 A1 Ethniki is the 84th season of the Greek premier Water polo league and the 29th of A1 Ethniki. The winner of the league was Olympiacos, which beat Panathinaikos in the league's playoff's finals. It was the first final of the eternal enemies in Water Polo Championship. The clubs Panionios and Nireas Lamias (withdrawn shortly before the end of the championship) were relegated to the Greek A2 League. Team information The following 12 clubs compete in the A1 Ethniki during the 2014–15 season: Regular season Standings Pld - Played; W - Won; D - Drawn; L - Lost; GF - Goals for; GA - Goals against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points. * Nireas Lamias was docked 3 points. Schedule and results Playout and 5th place At the play-out matches Paleo Faliro defeated Panionios. In the matches of ranking for the place 9-10 Chios defeated Faliro. In the matches of ranking for the place 5-6 Ydraikos defeated PAOK. Championship playoff Teams in bold won the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018–19 LEN Champions League
The 2018–19 LEN Champions League was the 56th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. Overview Team allocation 12 teams are directly qualified for the Preliminary round (TH: Champions League title holders). Phases and rounds dates The schedule of the competition is as follows. Qualifying rounds Qualification round I Group A Group B Qualification round II Group C Group D Group E Group F Qualification round III Preliminary round The draw for the group stage was held on 5 September 2018 in Barcelona. The 16 teams were drawn into two groups of eight. In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners, runners-ups and third placed teams advance to the Final 8. They are joined by the host of the tournament and the fourth placed team from a group other than one the host plays in. The matchdays are 17 October, 3 and 21 November, 5 and 19 December 2018, 9 and 23 January, 6 and 27 Feb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015–16 LEN Champions League
The 2015–16 LEN Champions League was the 53rd edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. It ran from 4 September 2015 to 4 June 2016, and was contested by 27 teams from 13 countries. The Final Six (quarterfinals, semifinals, final, and third place game) took place on 2, 3 & 4 June in Budapest. Overview Team allocation 8 teams are directly qualified for the preliminary round. Round and draw dates The schedule of the competition is as follows. Qualifying rounds Qualification I *4-6 September Twelve teams took part in the Qualification round I. They were drawn into three groups of four teams, whose played on 4–6 September 2015. Top 3 teams of each group advance to qualification round II. Group A Tournament was played in Herceg Novi, Montenegro. Group B Tournament was played in Valletta, Malta. Group C Tournament was played in Tbilisi, Georgia. Qualification II * 18–20 September Sixteen teams took part in the Qualification round II. Nine tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LEN Champions League
The LEN Champions League is the top-tier European professional water polo club competition with teams from up to 18 countries. It is organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The competition started in 1963 as European Cup. A change of name and format occurred in 1996, with the competition being renamed Champions League and the final four system being established as the format of choice, for the first time during the 1996–97 LEN Champions League. From 2003 to 2011 the competition was named LEN Euroleague (with the change of name being simply a re-branding) and from 2011 and on LEN Champions League, its current name. LEN Champions League is the most popular water polo league in the European continent. It has been won by 24 clubs, 10 of which have won the title more than once. The European Cup, Euroleague and LEN Champions League records and statistics, most successful club in the competition is Pro Recco, with nine titles. The current European champion is Pro Recco, who wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nautical Club Of Vouliagmeni
NO Vouliagmeni or "NOV" ( Greek: Ναυτικός Όμιλος Βουλιαγμένης, "NOB" = Nautical Club of Vouliagmeni) is a major aquatic sports club, founded by local sportsmen in 1937 in the seaside resort of Vouliagmeni, Athens, Greece. The club is located on the eastern edge of the Mikro Kavouri peninsula, adjacent to the Astir Palace Hotel and overlooking the bay, town and lake of Vouliagmeni. The club also takes particular pride in being an "extended family" for all its past and present athletes. Almost all its coaches and sports staff are past club athletes, and members are encouraged to involve their children in club sports from the youngest age possible. Activities The club admits members and their guests and operates a marina, a waterskiing school, junior and Olympic competition sailing boats and facilities, an open-air, heated swimming pool, two rocky beaches, members' indoor and outdoor lounges, reading and conference rooms, a first-aid station, a gym, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. 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 (23), followed by Ethnikos Piraeus (12). Olympiacos is the team with the most appearances in finals (30) while Ethnikos has the record of successive wins (8). 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 Glyfada * 1986–87 Glyfada * 1987–88 Ethnikos Piraeus * 1988–89 Glyfada * 1989–90 Chios * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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