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.

A1 Ethniki

Season	2015-16
Top goalscorer	Ioannis Fountoulis (100 goals)
← 2014-15 2016-17 →

Team information

Athens

Athens teams
Glyfada
GS Ilioupolis
Kalamaki
Palaio Faliro
Panathinaikos

Piraeus

Piraeus teams
Ethnikos
Olympiacos

Vouliagmeni

PAOK

Chios

Ydraikos

NE Patras

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Location of teams in 2015-16 A1 Ethniki

The following 12 clubs compete in the A1 Ethniki during the 2015–16 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
GS Ilioupolis	Ilioupoli
NE Patras	Patras		2006
Olympiacos	Piraeus	Papastrateio natatorium	1925
Palaio Faliro	Palaio Faliro
Panathinaikos	Athens	Olympic Aquatic Centre	1930
PAOK	Thessaloniki	Poseidoneio natatorium	1931
Vouliagmeni	Vouliagmeni	NOV natatorium	1937
Ydraikos	Hydra

Regular season

Standings

		Championship Playoff
		Relegation Playout

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff	Pts
1	Olympiacos	22	22	0	0	387	72	+315	66
2	Vouliagmeni	22	19	1	2	213	115	+98	58
3	Panathinaikos	22	14	4	4	217	151	+66	46
4	Ydraikos	22	13	3	6	191	176	+15	42
5	Ethnikos	22	12	3	7	189	160	+29	39
6	PAOK	22	10	2	10	198	199	−1	32
7	Glyfada	22	9	3	13	193	192	+1	30
8	Chios	22	9	2	11	143	181	−38	29
9	Palaio Faliro	22	7	2	13	171	207	−36	23
10	Kalamaki	22	3	1	18	151	262	−111	10
11	GS Ilioupolis	22	3	0	19	120	257	−137	9
12	NE Patras	22	0	1	21	103	304	−201	−2

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

Source: A1 Ethniki

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
								1	Olympiacos	13	13	–
	4	Ydraikos	11	7	7			5	Ethnikos Piraeus	7	5	–
	5	Ethnikos Piraeus	9	10	12										1	Olympiacos	11	10	10	–	–
															2	Vouliagmeni	3	8	5	–	–
								2	Vouliagmeni	12	4	12
	3	Panathinaikos	12	12	–			3	Panathinaikos	10	8	6
	6	PAOK	6	6	–										Third place
															3	Panathinaikos	7	12	–
															5	Ethnikos Piraeus	2	10	–

	5th place match
	4	Ydraikos	7
	6	PAOK	6

Play outs

	Relegation series									9th place match
	9	Palaio Faliro	12	17	22	–	–
	12	NE Patras	9	6	2	–	–
										9	Palaio Faliro	13
										10	Kalamaki	6
	10	Kalamaki	6	10	5	–	–
	11	GS Ilioupolis	3	8	4	–	–			11th place match
										11	GS Ilioupolis	27
										12	NE Patras	2

Final standings

	Qualified for the 2016–17 LEN Champions League
	Qualified for the 2016–17 LEN Euro Cup
	Relegated to the 2016–17 A2 Ethniki

Rank	Team
	Olympiacos
	Vouliagmeni
	Panathinaikos
4	Ethnikos
5	Ydraikos
6	PAOK
7	Glyfada
8	Chios
9	Palaio Faliro
10	Kalamaki
11	GS Ilioupolis
12	NE Patras

See also

• 2015–16 LEN Champions League
• 2015–16 LEN Euro Cup

External links

• Official website (in Greek)
• Waterpololive.gr (in Greek)
• Waterpolonews.gr (in Greek)