Panathinaikos WPC

Panathinaikos Water Polo Club, founded in 1930, is the water polo department of Panathinaikos, the Athens-based Greek multi-sport club. Despite its early establishment it doesn't have any particular honours so far. The best result it has achieved in the A1 Ethniki Water Polo is the third place.^[1]

History in the Greek championship

The Panathinaikos Water Polo Club was initially established in 1930, but three years later, it was forced to close because of the lack of a swimming pool. The club was re-established in 1959. Without facing any particular difficulties it won the tournaments of the lower divisions and managed to qualify for the first division 3 years later, in 1962. In the years 1963, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 Panathinaikos WPC reached the third position. In 1993 PAO WPC returned for another time to second division. Until now PAO WPC have never won a national title. In 2011 the club took the third place, along with the participation "ticket" for the first time in its history in the LEN Euroleague.

European Honours

In its first participation in the LEN Euroleague (2011–12), Panathinaikos succeeded in advancing from the preliminary round to the first group stage. It won against Kharkiv and against Primorac Kotor| (8-11). Eventually it was eliminated from the second group stage. Following its elimination from the Euroleague, PAO went on to compete in the LEN Trophy, where it advanced until the round of "16" after winning against Le Ben and eventually having a draw 7-7 against Galatasaray.^[2] Finally Panathinaikos did not advance to the quarter finals after being eliminated by Panionios 6-8 in OAKA, and 13-14 (10-12) in Nea Smirni.^[3]

Current squad

References

External links

• http://www.panathinaikos.org/Departments/Water_Polo/