Greek Men's Handball Championship
Current season, competition or edition: 2023–24 Greek Handball Premier | |
Sport | Handball |
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Founded | 1979 |
No. of teams | 14 |
Country | Greece |
Confederation | EHF |
Most recent champion(s) | Olympiacos (4th) (2023–24) |
Most titles | Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia (10 titles) |
TV partner(s) | ERT |
Relegation to | A2 Ethniki Handball |
International cup(s) | EHF European League EHF European Cup |
Official website | handball.org.gr |
The Greek Men's Handball Championship, or Handball Premier, is the most important competition of Greek handball. The competition which is organised by Hellenic Handball Federation (Greek:
Evangelos Kalfarentzos, fitness director of the Panhellenic Gymnastics Association of Athens (Panellinios), physical education teacher, and author, recognized as rapporteur of the sport in Greece.
Competition format
[edit]The season begins with a tournament between the twelve teams. The first six teams qualify for a play-off round, while the last three play play-out. The top two teams of the play-off round qualify directly to the semifinals, while the other four play the top two teams of the play-out round in the quarterfinals.
2023/24 Season participants
[edit]The following 12 clubs compete in the Handball Premier during the 2023–24 season.
Team | City | Arena |
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AEK | Athens | G. Kassimatis Indoor Hall |
Aeropos Edessa | Edessa | Edessa Indoor Hall |
AESH Pylaia | Thessaloniki | Mikra Indoor Arena III |
ASE Douka | Athens | Dais Indoor Hall |
Diomidis Argous | Argos | Nea Kios Indoor Hall |
Drama 86 | Drama | Dimitris Krachtidis Indoor Hall |
GAS Kilkis | Kilkis | Kilkis Indoor Arena |
Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia | Athens | Zacharias Alexandrou Indoor Hall |
Olympiacos | Piraeus | Ilioupoli Indoor Hall |
Panellinios | Athens | Panellinios Indoor Hall |
PAOK | Thessaloniki | Mikra Indoor Arena III |
Zafeirakis Naousa | Naousa | Naousa Indoor Hall |
Previous champions
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Panhellenic Championship (1979–80 to 1981–82)
Alpha Ethniki (1982–83 to 1988–89)
A1 Ethniki (1989–90 to 2014–15)
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Handball Premier (2015–16 to present)
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Performances
[edit]By club
[edit]Club | Titles | Seasons |
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Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia | 10 | 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1999 |
Filippos Veria | 9 | 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2016 |
Panellinios | 5 | 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007 |
AEK | 5 | 2011, 2013, 2020, 2021, 2023 |
Olympiacos | 4 | 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024 |
ASE Douka | 3 | 1998, 2001, 2008 |
PAOK | 2009, 2010, 2015 | |
Diomidis Argous | 2 | 2012, 2014 |
ESN Vrilissia | 1 | 1996 |
GE Veria | 1997 | |
Athinaikos | 2005 | |
DIKEAS Nea Ionia | 2017 |
By city
[edit]Twelve clubs from five cities have won the championship.
City | Number of Titles | Clubs |
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Athens (7) | 26 | Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia (10) Panellinios (5) AEK (5) ASE Douka (3) ESN Vrilissia (1) Athinaikos (1) DIKEAS Nea Ionia (1) |
Veria (2) | 10 | Filippos Veria (9) GE Veria (1) |
Piraeus (1) | 4 | Olympiacos (4) |
Thessaloniki (1) | 3 | PAOK (3) |
Argos (1) | 2 | Diomidis Argous (2) |
National leagues for season 2022–23 [1]
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EHF Club Ranking, as of 20 May 2023:[2]
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Greek handball clubs in European competitions
[edit]Team | Winner | Runner-up | Semifinals |
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Filippos Veria | 1993 |
Team | Winner | Runner-up | Semifinals |
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AEK | 2021 | 2018 | 2019 |
Diomidis Argous | 2012 | ||
Filippos Veria | 2003 | ||
Olympiacos | 2024 |
Sources
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "EHF ANNOUNCES PLACE DISTRIBUTION FOR 2022/23 EUROPEAN CLUB COMPETITIONS". eurohandball.com. Online. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- ^ "Europeam handball team ranking". eurotopteam.com. Online. Retrieved 1 June 2023.