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| founded = 1937
| league = [[A1 Ethniki Water Polo]]
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| city = [[Vouliagmeni]], [[Athens]]
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| club_titles = European Titles: '''[[NC Vouliagmeni#European Honours|6]]'''
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| website = [https://nov.gr/ nov.gr]
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'''NO Vouliagmeni''' or '''"NOV"''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Ναυτικός Όμιλος Βουλιαγμένης, "NOB" = Nautical Club of Vouliagmeni) is a major [[aquatic sports]] club, founded by local sportsmen in 1937 in the seaside resort of [[Vouliagmeni]], [[Athens]], [[Greece]]. The club is located on the eastern edge of the Mikro Kavouri peninsula, adjacent to the Astir Palace Hotel and overlooking the bay, town and lake of [[Vouliagmeni]].

The club also takes particular pride in being an "extended family" for all its past and present athletes. Almost all its coaches and sports staff are past club athletes, and members are encouraged to involve their children in club sports from the youngest age possible.

== Activities ==
The club admits members and their guests and operates a [[marina]], a [[waterski]]ing school, junior and Olympic competition [[sailing (sport)|sailing]] boats and facilities, an open-air, heated swimming pool, two rocky beaches, members' indoor and outdoor lounges, reading and conference rooms, a first-aid station, a gym, and an upscale restaurant. The club publishes a quarterly illustrated newsletter, the "''Tríaina''" (Τρίαινα, "[[Trident]]"), distributed free. As part of the celebrations for the club's seventy years, a memorial volume, "''In Search of the Sporting Ideal''", was published in 2008, in commemoration of the club's history. The volume chronicles the club's foundation and development, and pays particular tribute to the many club athletes who have taken part in [[Olympic Games]] and won [[Olympic Games|Olympic medals]]. The most notable Olympic athlete to have been fostered at the club is windsurfer [[Nikolaos Kaklamanakis]] (gold medal, [[1996 Summer Olympics|Atlanta Olympics]], 1996, and silver medal, [[2004 Summer Olympics|Athens Olympics]], 2004).

The outdoor, heated pool hosts [[Swimming (sport)|swimming]], [[finswimming]], [[synchronized swimming]] and [[water polo]] teams and the respective training schools for children. The club hosts two annual competition meetings for youngsters, the "''Tzeláteia''" swimming gala and the "''Chatzitheodórou''" water polo Cup, as well as annual water skiing and sailing events. In addition to regular training for its young athletes, the club organises training schools for beginners, open to all children interested in swimming, finswimming, water polo, boat sailing, windsurfing, synchronized swimming, and waterskiing. Four periods are offered per year in total, two (winter and spring) during school season and two more during the summer vacations.

Sports activities for members include aquarobics, aerobics, martial arts classes, long-distance sea swimming, water skiing, and Olympic and recreational sailing and windsurfing. The club also provides [[Mooring (watercraft)|mooring]] for recreational boats owned by members. Several social events and functions are also held at the club, including concerts, art exhibitions, lectures, receptions, dinner parties, the Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve balls, the all-day "May Day at the Club" barbecue, and the [[midsummer]] "Full Moon Ball".

== Crest and colours ==
The club crest depicts a blue [[anchor]] set inside a white [[lifebuoy]] with eight red stripes; blue, white and red being the club colors.

== Water polo ==
The women's and men's [[water polo]] teams are a traditional force in European water polo and have won many Greek and several European Championships and Cups. The club often hosts [[LEN Euroleague]] and [[LEN Cup]] tournaments, its star players consistently being capped for the Greek [[Greece men's national water polo team|men's]] and [[Greece women's national water polo team|women's]] national teams.

The women's team are the reigning Greek champions (2010) and also the reigning European champions for the second consecutive year (2009, 2010). In 2009 they won the LEN Champions' Cup in [[Kirishi]], Russia, defeating the Italian champions, Orizzonte [[Catania]], in the final. In 2010 they won the LEN Champions' Cup in [[Corfu]], Greece, defeating the Russian champions, [[Kinef]] [[Kirishi]], in the final.

In addition to the men's and women's teams, the club maintains water polo teams for girls and boys aged 9 and upwards, and participates in all relevant youth competitions. All teams train under the supervision of head coaches (2010) [[Ioannis Giannouris]] and [[Alexia Kammenou]], both former NOV players.

=== Notable players ===
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====Men====
* {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Angelos Vlachopoulos]]
* {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Dimitrios Nikolaidis]]
* {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Georgios Afroudakis]]
* {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Christos Afroudakis]]
* {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Zachos Afroudakis]]
* {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Nikos Darras]]
* {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Ioannis Giannouris]]
* {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Theodoros Lorantos]]
* {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Dimitrios Mazis]]
* {{flagicon|Greece}} [[George Mavrotas]]
* {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Georgios Psykhos]]
* {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Georgios Reppas]]
* {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Vangelis Roupakas]]
* {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Stefanos Santa]]
* {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Konstantinos Tsalkanis]]
* {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Anthony Hrysanthos]]<ref>[https://neoskosmos.com/en/2021/08/16/sport/swimming-to-success-qa-with-the-australian-mens-water-polo-goalie-anthony-hrysanthos/ Swimming to success: Q&A with the Australian men’s water polo goalie Anthony Hrysanthos] Marianna Alepidis ([[Neos Kosmos (newspaper)|Neos Kosmos]]), 16 August 2021. Accessed 13 September 2021.</ref>
* {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Petar Trbojević]]
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====Women====
* {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Rebecca Rippon]]
* {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Alexandra Asimaki]]
* {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Alexia Kammenou]]
* {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Angeliki Gerolymou]]
* {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Kelina Kantzou]]
* {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Dina Kouteli]]
* {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Georgia Lara]]
* {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Kyriaki Liosi]]
* {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Antiopi Melidoni]]
* {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Evangelia Moraitidou]]
* {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Anthoula Mylonaki]]
* {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Aikaterini Oikonomopoulou]]
* {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Antigoni Roumpesi]]
* {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Christina Tsoukala]]
* {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Patricia del Soto]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Heather Petri]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Moriah van Norman]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ashleigh Johnson]]

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=== Notable coaches ===
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====Men====
* {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Ioannis Giannouris]]
* {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Theodoros Lorantos]]
* {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Dimitris Mavrotas]]
* {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Vangelis Roupakas]]
* {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Josep Brasco Cata]]
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====Women====
* {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Alexia Kammenou]]
* {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Giorgos Katsoulis]]
* {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Vangelis Roupakas]]
* {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Akis Tsatalios]]
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=== Water polo titles ===
*'''Men''':
**'''[[A1 Greek water polo|Greek water polo championships]] (4):''' 1991, 1997, 1998, 2012
**'''[[Greek Water Polo Cup|Greek water polo cups]] (4):''' 1996, 1999, 2012, 2017
**'''Double (1):''' 2012
**'''Greek Super Cup (1):''' 1996
** [[File:Shield of the European Union.svg|20px]] '''[[LEN Cup Winners' Cup]] (1):''' 1997
** [[File:Shield of the European Union.svg|20px]] '''[[LEN Euro Cup]]'''
***''Runners-up (1): 2004''
*'''Women''':
**'''[[Greek Women's Water Polo Championship|Greek water polo championships]] (12):''' 1991, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012,2013,2025
**'''[[Greek Women's Water Polo Cup|Greek water polo cups]] (1):'''2019
** [[File:Shield of the European Union.svg|20px]] '''[[Women's LEN Champions' Cup]] (2):''' 2009, 2010
***''Runners-up (3): 2008, 2012, 2014''
** [[File:Shield of the European Union.svg|20px]] '''[[Women's LEN Trophy]] (1):''' 2003
***''Runners-up (3): 2000, 2005, 2016''
** [[File:Shield of the European Union.svg|20px]] '''[[LEN Women's Supercup]] (2):''' 2009, 2010

== European honours ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!season
![[NC Vouliagmeni#Water polo titles|men's water polo]]
![[NC Vouliagmeni#Water polo titles|women's water polo]]
|-
|'''1993-94'''
|
| style="background:LemonChiffon;"|[[LEN Euro League Women|LEN Euro League]]
semi-finals
|-
|'''1996-97'''
| style="background:gold;"|[[LEN Cup Winners' Cup]]
'''Winners'''
|
|-
|'''1999-00'''
|
| style="background:silver;"|[[Women's LEN Trophy|LEN Trophy]]
'''Final'''
|-
|'''2000-01'''
| style="background:LemonChiffon;"|[[LEN Euro Cup]]
semi-finals
|
|-
|'''2001-02'''
|
| style="background:LemonChiffon;"|[[Women's LEN Trophy|LEN Trophy]]
4th place
|-
|'''2002-03'''
|
| style="background:gold;"|[[Women's LEN Trophy|LEN Trophy]]
'''Winners'''
|-
|'''2003-04'''
| style="background:silver;"|[[LEN Euro Cup]]
'''Final'''
| style="background:LemonChiffon;"|[[LEN Euro League Women|LEN Euro League]]
semi-finals
|-
|'''2004-05'''
|
| style="background:silver;"|[[Women's LEN Trophy|LEN Trophy]]
'''Final'''
|-
|'''2005-06'''
|
| style="background:LemonChiffon;"|[[LEN Euro League Women|LEN Euro League]]
semi-finals
|-
|'''2007-08'''
|
| style="background:silver;"|[[LEN Euro League Women|LEN Euro League]]
'''Final'''
|-
|'''2008-09'''
|
| style="background:gold;"|[[LEN Euro League Women|LEN Euro League]]
'''Champions'''
|-
| rowspan="2" |'''2009-10'''
| rowspan="2" |
| style="background:gold;"|[[Women's LEN Super Cup|LEN Super Cup]]
'''Super Champions'''
|-
| style="background:gold;"|[[LEN Euro League Women|LEN Euro League]]
'''Champions'''
|-
|'''2010-11'''
|
| style="background:gold;"|[[Women's LEN Super Cup|LEN Super Cup]]
'''Super Champions'''
|-
|'''2011-12'''
|
| style="background:silver;"|[[LEN Euro League Women|LEN Euro League]]
'''Final'''
|-
|'''2013-14'''
|
| style="background:silver;"|[[LEN Euro League Women|LEN Euro League]]
'''Final'''
|-
|'''2014-15'''
|
| style="background:#cd7f32;"|[[Women's LEN Trophy|LEN Trophy]]
3rd place
|-
|'''2015-16'''
|
| style="background:silver;"|[[Women's LEN Trophy|LEN Trophy]]
'''Final'''
|-
|'''2018-19'''
|
| style="background:LemonChiffon;"|[[LEN Euro League Women|LEN Euro League]]<br />
|}

== References ==
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==External links==
*[https://nov.gr/ Official website] {{in lang|el}}
*[http://sikinos.unige.ch/NOB The photographic archive of NOV, tracking the club's course from the 1940s to the present]{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (in English and Greek)
*[http://www.waterpolodevelopmentworld.com/news_dettaglio.php?id=5401 "La regina Alexia" - news item from the Water Polo Development World website] (in Italian and English)

{{A1 Greek water polo}}
{{A1 Greek water polo women}}
{{Vouliagmeni 1997 LEN Cup Winners' Cup Winners}}
{{Vouliagmeni women's Water Polo 2002–03 LEN Trophy Winners}}
{{Vouliagmeni Women's Water Polo 2008-09 European Champions}}
{{Vouliagmeni Women's Water Polo 2009-10 European Champions}}

[[Category:NC Vouliagmeni| ]]
[[Category:Water polo clubs in Greece]]
[[Category:Yacht clubs in Greece]]
[[Category:1937 establishments in Greece]]
[[Category:Multi-sport clubs in Athens]]
[[Category:Sports clubs and teams established in 1937]]
[[Category:Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni]]

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