2014–15 A1 Ethniki (men's water polo)
# 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 The clubs Panionios and Nireas Lamias (withdrawn shortly before the end of the championship) were relegated to the Greek A2 League.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:

A1 Ethniki :

| Team | City | Pool | Founded |
| - | - | - | - |
| 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.

* Nireas Lamias was docked 3 points.

**Schedule and results**

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. 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.

| Play-out | Play-out | Play-out | 9th place | 9th place | 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 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | 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 | Third place | Third place | Third place | 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Papastrateio natatorium, Piraeus Referees: Boudramis, Kourtidis |||
| 27 May 17:00 (UTC+3) | Report | Mallarach 4 | Goals | Gerakoudis, Kalogerakos 1 | Papastrateio natatorium, Piraeus Referees: Boudramis, Kourtidis |

* 2nd leg

| 29 May 19:00 (UTC+2) | Report | Panathinaikos | 7–8 | Olympiacos | Ilisio Swimming Pool, Athens Referees: Miralis, Birakis |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ilisio Swimming Pool, Athens Referees: Miralis, Birakis |||
| 29 May 19:00 (UTC+2) | Report | Kalogerakos, Papadogonas, Theodoropoulos 2 | Goals | Vlachopoulos 3 | Ilisio Swimming Pool, Athens Referees: Miralis, Birakis |

* 3rd leg

| 2 June 20:30 (UTC+2) | Report | Olympiacos | 10–6 | Panathinaikos | Papastrateio natatorium, Piraeus Referees: Skalochoritis, Stavridis |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Papastrateio natatorium, Piraeus Referees: Skalochoritis, Stavridis |||
| 2 June 20:30 (UTC+2) | Report | Fountoulis 3 | Goals | Theodoropoulos 2 | Papastrateio natatorium, Piraeus Referees: Skalochoritis, Stavridis |

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 |
