NO Patras
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| Full name | Naftikos Omilos Patras |
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| Sports | Water polo, swimming |
| Founded | 1929 |
| Arena | NOP Arena |
| Colours | Blue, white |
| Championships | 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1945, 1946, 1950, 1995 |
NO Patras (NOP), (Greek: Ναυταθλητικός Όμιλος Πατρών = Nautical Club of Patras), is a water polo club participating in the First Division of the Greek Championship (A1 Ethniki).
History
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NOP was founded on April 19, 1929, in Patras, Western Greece and immediately became one of the protagonists of Greek water polo, dominating the 1930s and 1940s by winning 8 Greek Championships. During the next decades the club continually participated at the First Division (with the exception of six seasons in the Second Division/A2 Ethniki). The club also reached 8 times the final of the Greek Water Polo Cup, winning the trophy in 1995. NO Patras was the runner-up of the LEN Trophy in 1999.
Honours
[edit | edit source]- National Titles: 9
- Men
- Greek Championship
- Winners (8): 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1945, 1946, 1950
- Greek Cup
- Winners (1): 1995
- finalists (7): 1957, 1958, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005
- File:Shield of the European Union.svg LEN Euro Cup
- finalists (1): 1999
- Greek Championship
Rankings in the Greek First Division (A1 & A Ethniki)
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A1 League: 24 participations [1]
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Greek Cup
[edit | edit source]In the Greek Water Polo Cup, N.O. Patras has reached the final 7 times, winning the trophy once. The team was the Greek Cup Winner in 1995, when they defeated Vouliagmeni 13-12 in the OAKA Indoor Aquatic Centre.
It was defeated in the following finals:
| 1958 | to Ethnikos Piraeus | 5–2 |
| 1992 | to Olympiacos | 9–8 |
| 1996 | to Vouliagmeni | 11–8 |
| 1997 | to Olympiacos | 9–8 |
| 1998 | to Olympiacos | 10–8 |
| 2005 | to Ethnikos Piraeus | 12–8 |
European Cups
[edit | edit source]The greatest honour of NO Patras was in 1999 when they reached the LEN Trophy double finals against Újpest Budapest. In the first final, in Patras, NOP was defeated 7-12, while it won 9-10 in the second final in Budapest. Before reaching the final, NOP had eliminated Montpellier, Crişul Oradea, Adalar and Dynamo Lviv. In the quarter-finals they defeated Primorac Kotor and in the semi-finals the Real Canoe NC.
Another successful year for NOP in Europe was in 1992, when they reached the semi-finals of the LEN Cup Winners' Cup.
References
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