Greek Men's Handball Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2022–23 Greek Handball Premier
SportHandball
Founded1979
No. of teams14
CountryGreece
ConfederationEHF
Most recent
champion(s)		AEK (5th)
(2022–23)
Most titlesIonikos Nea Filadelfeia (10 titles)
TV partner(s)ERT
Relegation toA2 Ethniki Handball
International cup(s)EHF European League
EHF European Cup
Official websitehandball.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: ΟΧΕ) started in the 1979–80 season. The most successful team is Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia who has won ten titles. The last title was won by AEK.

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 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.

2022/23 Season participants

Location of clubs for the 2022–23 Handball Premier season

The following 12 clubs compete in the Handball Premier during the 2022–23 season.

Team City Arena
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
ESN Vrilissia Athens Vrilissia Indoor Hall
Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia Athens Zacharias Alexandrou Indoor Hall
Olympiacos Piraeus Ilioupoli Indoor Hall
PAOK Thessaloniki Mikra Indoor Arena III
X.A.N. Thessaloniki Thessaloniki YMCA Indoor Sports 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 9 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2016
AEK 5 2011, 2013, 2020, 2021, 2023
Panellinios 5 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007
ASE Douka 3 1998, 2001, 2008
PAOK 2009, 2010, 2015
Olympiacos 2018, 2019, 2022
Diomidis Argous 2 2012, 2014
ESN Vrilissia 1 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) 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)
Thessaloniki (1) 3 PAOK (3)
Piraeus (1) 3 Olympiacos (3)
Argos (1) 2 Diomidis Argous (2)

EHF coefficient ranking

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

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  • 19. Rise +1 (20) Austria spusu LIGA (17.75) — 1 EHF League / 3 EHF Cup
  • 22. Rise +4 (26) Greece Handball Premier (10.50) — 1 EHF League / 3 EHF Cup
  • 30. Fall -1 (29) Netherlands Lotto Eredivisie (4.20) — 1 EHF League / 3 EHF Cup
 EHF Club Ranking, as of 20 May 2023:[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. ↑ "Europeam handball team ranking". eurotopteam.com. Online. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
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