2014–15 A1 Ethniki (men's water polo)

A1 Ethniki
Season2014–15
ChampionsOlympiacos
29th title
RelegatedPanionios
Nireas Lamia
Top goalscorerIoannis Fountoulis
(108 goals)
Biggest home winOlympiacos 28–3 Panionios
Biggest away winN. Lamia 3–31 Olympiacos
Highest scoringN. Lamia 3–31 Olympiacos

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.[1] 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 The clubs Panionios and Nireas Lamias (withdrawn shortly before the end of the championship) were relegated to the Greek A2 League.[2][3]

Team information

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Location of teams in 2014-15 A1 Ethniki

The following 12 clubs compete in the A1 Ethniki during the 2014–15 season:

A1 Ethniki
Team City Pool Founded Colours
Chios Chios Ionikó natatorium
1930
   
Ethnikos Piraeus Papastrateio natatorium
1923
   
Glyfada Glyfada Alymou natatorium
1946
   
Kalamaki Alimos
1947
   
Nireas Lamias Lamia Lamia natatorium
1998
   
Olympiacos Piraeus Papastrateio natatorium
1925
   
Palaio Faliro Palaio Faliro
   
Panathinaikos Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
1930
   
Panionios Nea Smyrni Nea Smyrni natatorium
1985
     
PAOK Thessaloniki Ptolemaida natatorium
1931
   
Vouliagmeni Vouliagmeni NOV natatorium
1937
   
Ydraikos Hydra
   

Regular season

Standings

Team Pld W D L GF GA Diff Pts
1 Olympiacos 22 22 0 0 389 85 +304 66
2 Ethnikos Piraeus 22 18 0 4 219 174 +45 54
3 Vouliagmeni 22 16 1 5 222 133 +89 49
4 Panathinaikos 22 14 2 6 204 153 +51 44
5 PAOK 22 12 2 8 208 211 −3 38
6 Ydraikos 22 9 5 8 165 166 −1 32
7 ANO Glyfada 22 9 0 13 161 201 −40 27
8 NO Kalamaki 22 8 1 13 150 205 −55 25
9 NO Chios 22 6 2 14 162 197 −35 20
10 Palaio Faliro 22 5 1 16 163 241 −78 16
11 Panionios 22 5 4 13 153 248 −95 16
12 Nireas Lamias 22 0 0 22 114 290 −176 −3 *
Championship Playoff
Relegation Playout
Relegation

Pld - Played; W - Won; D - Drawn; L - Lost; GF - Goals for; GA - Goals against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.

Schedule and results

[4]

1. round ( 2014.11.15 )
ANO Glyfada – Vouliagmeni 7–9
Panathinaikos – Olympiacos 2–11
Palaio Faliro – Kalamaki 4–6
Ethnikos – Panionios 16–9
Chios – PAOK 9–9
Ydraikos – Nireas Lamias 11–4
2. round ( 2014.11.22 )
ANO Glyfada – Palaio Faliro 8–9
Vouliagmeni – Nireas Lamias 18–5
PAOK – Ydraikos 10–8
Panionios – Chios 11–9
Olympiacos – Ethnikos 15–4
Kalamaki – Panathinaikos 4–10
3. round ( 2014.11.29 )
Ydraikos – Panionios 11–11
Nireas Lamias – PAOK 6–13
Palaio Faliro – Vouliagmeni 7–11
Panathinaikos – ANO Glyfada 10–5
Ethnikos – Kalamaki 15–8
Chios – Olympiacos 1–18
4. round ( 2014.12.06 )
Kalamaki – Chios 8–5
ANO Glyfada – Ethnikos 7–8
Palaio Faliro – Panathinaikos 4–14
Vouliagmeni – PAOK 8–8
Panionios – Nireas Lamias 5–0*
Olympiacos – Ydraikos 17–2
5. round ( 2014.12.13 )
Ydraikos – Kalamaki 8–9
Nireas Lamias – Olympiacos 3–31
PAOK – Panionios 11–8
Panathinaikos – Vouliagmeni 6–5
Ethnikos – Palaio Faliro 13–11
Chios – ANO Glyfada 8–6
6. round ( 2014.12.20 )
Kalamaki – Nireas Lamias 12–9
ANO Glyfada – Ydraikos 3–7
Palaio Faliro – Chios 8–6
Panathinaikos – Ethnikos 11–10
Vouliagmeni – Panionios 13–4
Olympiacos – PAOK 19–3
7. round ( 2015.01.10 )
Chios – Panathinaikos 7–12
Ydraikos – Palaio Faliro 11–8
Nireas Lamias – ANO Glyfada 8–11
PAOK – Kalamaki 10–8
Panionios – Olympiacos 4–19
Ethnikos – Vouliagmeni 11–8
8. round ( 2015.01.17 )
Vouliagmeni – Olympiacos 5–8
Kalamaki – Panionios 8–6
ANO Glyfada – PAOK 11–6
Palaio Faliro – Nireas Lamias 20–7
Panathinaikos – Ydraikos 6–6
Ethnikos – Chios 8–3
9. round ( 2015.01.24 )
Olympiacos – Kalamaki 14–2
Chios – Vouliagmeni 5–8
Ydraikos – Ethnikos 7–10
Nireas Lamias – Panathinaikos 7–12
PAOK – Palaio Faliro 16–10
Panionios – ANO Glyfada 6–12
10. round ( 2015.01.31 )
Ethnikos – Nireas Lamias 12–4
Chios – Ydraikos 8–8
Vouliagmeni – Kalamaki 9–8
ANO Glyfada – Olympiacos 5–14
Palaio Faliro – Panionios 8–7
Panathinaikos – PAOK 9–4
11. round ( 2015.02.04 )
Panionios – Panathinaikos 6–11
Olympiacos – Palaio Faliro 21–6
Kalamaki – ANO Glyfada 6–7
Ydraikos – Vouliagmeni 3–9
Nireas Lamias – Chios 6–12
PAOK – Ethnikos 9–13
12. round ( 2015.02.07 )
Vouliagmeni – ANO Glyfada 14–5
Kalamaki – Palaio Faliro 9–8
Olympiacos – Panathinaikos 16–7
Panionios – Ethnikos 6–14
PAOK – Chios 11–9
Nireas Lamias – Ydraikos 3–14
13. round ( 2015.02.14 )
Palaio Faliro – ANO Glyfada 9–10
Nireas Lamias – Vouliagmeni 6–14
Ydraikos – PAOK 8–6
Chios – Panionios 12–4
Ethnikos – Olympiacos 4–15
Panathinaikos – Kalamaki 6–4
14. round ( 2015.02.21 )
Panionios – Ydraikos 9–9
PAOK – Nireas Lamias 16–10
Vouliagmeni – Palaio Faliro 14–4
ANO Glyfada – Panathinaikos 8–13
Kalamaki – Ethnikos 4–7
Olympiacos – Chios 17–2
15. round ( 2015.02.28 )
Chios – Kalamaki 13–6
Ethnikos – ANO Glyfada 12–5
Panathinaikos – Palaio Faliro 10–3
PAOK – Vouliagmeni 7–5
Nireas Lamias – Panionios 6–8
Ydraikos – Olympiacos 8–14
16. round ( 2015.03.07 )
Kalamaki – Ydraikos 4–6
Olympiacos – Nireas Lamias 21–2
Panionios – PAOK 10–12
Vouliagmeni – Panathinaikos 8–6
Palaio Faliro – Ethnikos 8–11
ANO Glyfada – Chios 7–6
17. round ( 2015.03.14 )
Nireas Lamias – Kalamaki 8–13
Ydraikos – ANO Glyfada 7–4
Chios – Palaio Faliro 17–5
Ethnikos – Panathinaikos 9–8
Panionios – Vouliagmeni 3–16
PAOK – Olympiacos 5–19
18. round ( 2015.03.21 )
Panathinaikos – Chios 15–4
Palaio Faliro – Ydraikos 5–6
ANO Glyfada – Nireas Lamias 14–8
Kalamaki – PAOK 10–9
Olympiacos – Panionios 28–3
Vouliagmeni – Ethnikos 9–5
19. round ( 2015.03.28 )
Olympiacos – Vouliagmeni 9–8
Panionios – Kalamaki 8–8
PAOK – ANO Glyfada 11–6
Nireas Lamias – Palaio Faliro 8–12
Ydraikos – Panathinaikos 7–7
Chios – Ethnikos 8–12
20. round ( 2015.04.04 )
Kalamaki – Olympiacos 4–23
Vouliagmeni – Chios 10–8
Ethnikos – Ydraikos 7–6
Panathinaikos – Nireas Lamias 11–4
Palaio Faliro – PAOK 5–11
ANO Glyfada – Panionios 8–7
21. round ( 2015.05.02 )
Nireas Lamias – Ethnikos 0–5*
Ydraikos – Chios 8–5
Kalamaki – Vouliagmeni 4–14
Olympiacos – ANO Glyfada 23–4
Panionios – Palaio Faliro 8–8
PAOK – Panathinaikos 11–9
22. round ( 2015.05.09 )
Panathinaikos – Panionios 9–10
Palaio Faliro – Olympiacos 1–17
ANO Glyfada – Kalamaki 6–5
Vouliagmeni – Ydraikos 7–4
Chios – Nireas Lamias 5–0*
Ethnikos – PAOK 11–10

Playout and 5th place

At the play-out matches Paleo Faliro defeated Panionios.[3] 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.[5]

Play-out 9th place
9 NC Chios 1
10 Paleo Faliro 2 10 Paleo Faliro 0
11 Panionios 0

Championship playoff

Teams in bold won the playoff series. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoff seeding. Numbers to the right indicate the score of each playoff game.

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Olympiacos 10 10
3 Vouliagmeni 10 10 3 Vouliagmeni 4 5
6 Ydraikos 6 3 1 Olympiacos 16 8 10
4 Panathinaikos 2 7 6
2 Ethnikos Piraeus 6 7
4 Panathinaikos 10 11 4 Panathinaikos 9 9
5 PAOK 9 6 Third place
2 Ethnikos Piraeus 7 9
3 Vouliagmeni 8 10

Final

  • 1st leg
27 May
17:00 (UTC+3) 		Report Olympiacos 16–2 Panathinaikos Papastrateio natatorium, Piraeus
Referees:
Boudramis, Kourtidis
Score by quarters: 2–0, 3–1, 5–1, 6–0
Mallarach 4 Goals Gerakoudis, Kalogerakos 1
  • 2nd leg
29 May
19:00 (UTC+2) 		Report Panathinaikos 7–8 Olympiacos Ilisio Swimming Pool, Athens
Referees:
Miralis, Birakis
Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–2, 2–3, 3–2
Kalogerakos, Papadogonas, Theodoropoulos 2 Goals Vlachopoulos 3
  • 3rd leg
2 June
20:30 (UTC+2) 		Report Olympiacos 10–6 Panathinaikos Papastrateio natatorium, Piraeus
Referees:
Skalochoritis, Stavridis
Score by quarters: 4–2, 0–0, 3–3, 3–1
Fountoulis 3 Goals Theodoropoulos 2

Olympiacos won Championship final series 3–0.

Final standings

Pos Team
1 Olympiacos
2 Panathinaikos
3 Vouliagmeni
4 Ethnikos Piraeus
5 Ydraikos
6 PAOK
7 ANO Glyfada
8 NO Kalamaki
9 NO Chios
10 Palaio Faliro
11 Panionios
12 Nireas Lamias

References

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