Greek Men's Handball Championship

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: ΟΧΕ) started in 1979–80 season. The most successful team is Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia who has won ten titles. The last title was won by AEK.

Greek Men's Handball Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
2021–22 season
CountriesGreece
ConfederationEHF
Founded1979
Number of teams14
Relegation toA2 Ethniki Handball
Level on pyramidLevel 1
Domestic cup(s)Greek Cup
Greek Super Cup
International cup(s)EHF European League
EHF European Cup
Current championsAEK (4th) (2020–21)
Most championshipsIonikos Nea Filadelfeia (10 titles)
TV partnersERT
Websitehandball.org.gr

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

The season begins with a tournament between the twelve teams. The first six teams qualify for a play-off round, while the last three plays play-out. The top two teams of the play-off round qualifies directly to the semifinals, while the others four plays the top two teams of the play-out round in quarterfinals.

2021/22 Season participants
Salamina
PAOK
Pylaia
Drama 86
Aeropos E.
Zafeirakis
Faiakas
Location of clubs for the 2021–22 Handball Premier season

The following 14 clubs compete in the Handball Premier during the 2021–22 season.

Team City Arena
AEK Athens G. Kassimatis Indoor Hall
Aeropos Edessa Edessa Edessa Indoor Hall
Aris Nikaias Nikaia, Piraeus Manos Loizos Indoor Hall
ASE Douka Maroussi, Athens Dais Indoor Hall
Diomidis Argous Argos Nea Kios Indoor Hall
Drama 86 Drama Dimitris Krachtidis Indoor Hall
Faiakas Kerkyras Corfu Kerkyra Indoor Hall
Filippos Veria Veria Filippeio Indoor Hall
Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia Nea Filadelfeia, Athens Zacharias Alexandrou Indoor Hall
Olympiacos Piraeus Melina Merkouri Indoor Hall
PAOK Thessaloniki Mikra Indoor Arena III
Pylaia Pylaia, Thessaloniki Mikra Indoor Arena III
Salamina Salamina Nikos Grammatikos Indoor Hall
Zafeirakis Naousa Naousa Naousa Indoor Hall

Previous champions

Performances

By club
Club Titles Seasons
Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia 10 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1999
Filippos Veria 09 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2016
Panellinios 05 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007
AEK 04 2011, 2013, 2020, 2021
ASE Douka 03 1998, 2001, 2008
PAOK 2009, 2010, 2015
Diomidis Argous 02 2012, 2014
Olympiacos 2018, 2019
ESN Vrilissia 01 1996
GE Veria 1997
Athinaikos 2005
DIKEAS Nea Ionia 2017

By city

Twelve clubs from five cities have won the championship.

City Number of Titles Clubs
Athens (7) 25 Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia (10)
Panellinios (5)
AEK (4)
ASE Douka (3)
ESN Vrilissia (1)
Athinaikos (1)
DIKEAS Nea Ionia (1)
Veria (2) 10 Filippos Veria (9)
GE Veria (1)
Thessaloniki (1) 3 PAOK (3)
Argos (1) 2 Diomidis Argous (2)
Piraeus (1) 2 Olympiacos (2)

EHF coefficient ranking
National leagues for season 2022–23 [1]
  • 18. -1 (17) Extraliga (20.40) — 0 CL/ 2 EHF League / 2 EHF Cup

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  • 19. +1 (20) spusu LIGA (17.75) — 1 EHF League / 3 EHF Cup
  • 22. +4 (26) Handball Premier (10.50) — 1 EHF League / 3 EHF Cup
  • 30. -1 (29) Lotto Eredivisie (4.20) — 1 EHF League / 3 EHF Cup
 EHF Club Ranking, as of 22 February 2022:[2]

Greek handball clubs in European competitions

EHF Cup Winners' Cup:

Team Winner Runner-up Semifinals
Filippos Veria 1993

EHF European Cup:

Team Winner Runner-up Semifinals
AEK 2021 2018 2019
Diomidis Argous 2012
Filippos Veria 2003

Sources

References
  1. "EHF ANNOUNCES PLACE DISTRIBUTION FOR 2022/23 EUROPEAN CLUB COMPETITIONS". eurohandball.com. Online. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  2. "Handball - Men's European clubs ranking". the-sports.org. Online. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
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