Greece Men's National Water Polo: Zerdevas and Papanastasiou Return for European Championship

Manos Zerdevas and Alexandros Papanastasiou are returning to the national water polo team ahead of the European Championship in Belgrade in January. Olympiacos goalkeeper Manos Zerdevas had been absent from the World Championship due to a disciplinary offense, while Alexandros Papanastasiou was out due to injury.

National coach Thodoris Vlachos has called up 21 water polo players for training and evaluation at the OAKA from November 23 to 25. Stelios Argyropoulos and Stathis Kalogeropoulos are not included in the call-up due to obligations abroad, while the Vouliagmeni players will join later due to a league match.

The full list of called players: Nikos Gardikas, Kostas Limarakis, Christos Laskaridis (Apollon Smyrnis), Manos Andreadis, Nikos Giannatos, Nikos Kastrinakis, Semir Spahic, Dimitris Chatzis (Vouliagmeni), Zannis Alaphrangis, Dinos Genidounias, Nikos Gkillas, Manos Zerdevas, Kostas Kakaris, Dimitris Nikolaidis, Alexandros Papanastasiou, Vangelis Pouros, Panagiotis Tzortzatos (Olympiacos), Kostas Giouvetsis, Nikos Papanikolaou, Dimitris Skoumpakis, Aristidis Chalyvopoulos (Panathinaikos).