Greek Men's Handball Cup

Greek Handball Cup
Sport	Handball
Founded	1982
Founder	Hellenic Handball Federation
Country	Greece
Most recent; champion(s)	PAOK (4th title)
Most titles	Filippos Veria (6 titles)
TV partner(s)	ERT
Domestic cup(s)	Handball Premier; Greek Super Cup
Official website	www.handball.org.gr

The Greek Handball Cup is the second more important competition of Greek handball. The Cup is organised by the Hellenic Handball Federation (Greek: ΟΧΕ). The first Cup took place in 1982–83 season. The most successful team of the competition is Filippos Veria who have won six trophies.^[1] The current Cup holders are PAOK.

Previous winners[edit]

1983 : V.A.O.
1984 : V.A.O. (2)
1985 : Filippos Veria
1986 : Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia
1987 : Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia (2)
1988 : Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia (3)
1989 : Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia (4)
1990 : Archelaos Katerinis
1991 : Filippos Veria (2)
1992 : Filippos Veria (3)
1993 : Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia (5)
1994 : Archelaos Katerinis (2)
1995 : AS Xini
1996 : ESN Vrilissia
1997 : Athinaikos
1998 : ASE Douka
1999 : ASE Douka (2)
2000 : Panellinios
2001 : Panellinios (2)
2002 : Panellinios (3)
2003 : Filippos Veria (4)
2004 : GAS Kilkis
2005 : Athinaikos (2)
2006 : Athinaikos (3)
2007 : Filippos Veria (5)
2008 : ASE Douka (3)
2009 : AEK
2010 : ASE Douka (4)
2011 : ESN Vrilissia (2)
2012 : PAOK
2013 : AEK (2)
2014 : AEK (3)
2015 : PAOK (2)
2016 : Filippos Veria (6)
2017 : PAOK (3)
2018 : Olympiacos
2019 : Olympiacos (2)
2021 : AEK (4)
2022 : AESH Pylea
2023 : Olympiacos (3)
2024 : PAOK (4)

Finals[edit]

Year	Winner	Score	Runner up	Stadium	Location
1983	V.A.O.	19–16	Athinaikos	Panellinios Indoor Hall	Athens
1984	V.A.O.	21–19	Archelaos Katerinis	Nea Smyrni Indoor Hall	Athens
1985	Filippos Veria	20–19	Nea Elvetia	Ilissia Indoor Hall	Athens
1986	Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia	23–21	ASE Douka	Ilissia Indoor Hall	Athens
1987	Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia	31–20	ASE Douka	Ilissia Indoor Hall	Athens
1988	Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia	23–19	Athinaikos	Ilissia Indoor Hall	Athens
1989	Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia	20–19	Filippos Veria	Mets Indoor Hall	Athens
1990	Archelaos Katerinis	27–21	ASE Douka	Mets Indoor Hall	Athens
1991	Filippos Veria	30–23	ESN Vrilissia	Mets Indoor Hall	Athens
1992	Filippos Veria	28–24	GE Veria	Makrochori Municipal Indoor Hall	Veria
1993	Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia	34–33 overtime (regular time 30–30)	Archelaos Katerinis	Vyronas Indoor Hall	Athens
1994	Archelaos Katerinis	27–25	Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia	Mikra National Gym	Thessaloniki
1995	AS Xini	30–29 overtime (regular time 22–22, 1st overtime 26–26)	Filippos Veria	Ilissia Indoor Hall	Athens
1996	ESN Vrilissia	22–21	Archelaos Katerinis	Neapoli Indoor Hall	Thessaloniki
1997	Athinaikos	26–24	AS Xini	Mets Indoor Hall	Athens
1998	ASE Douka	29–25 overtime (regular time 23–23)	Athinaikos	Ilissia Indoor Hall	Athens
1999	ASE Douka	21–18	GAS Kilkis	Kilkis Arena	Kilkis
2000	Panellinios	24–18	Archelaos Katerinis	Agia Varvara Indoor Arena	Athens
2001	Panellinios	20–16	Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia	Loutraki Municipal Indoor Hall	Loutraki
2002	Panellinios	20–17	Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia	Kerkyra Indoor Hall	Corfu
2003	Filippos Veria	32–31 overtime (regular time 25–25, 1st overtime 29–29)	Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia	Ilioupoli Indoor Hall	Athens
2004	GAS Kilkis	29–27	ASE Douka	Dimitris Tofalos Arena	Patras
2005	Athinaikos	25–19	GAS Kilkis	Katerini Indoor Hall	Katerini
2006	Athinaikos	26–24	Panellinios	Kerkyra Indoor Hall	Corfu
2007	Filippos Veria	29–26	Panellinios	Mets Indoor Hall	Athens
2008	ASE Douka	25–24	Panellinios	Makrochori Municipal Indoor Hall	Veria
2009	AEK	33–31 overtime (regular time 27–27, 1st overtime 30–30)	Filippos Veria	Serres Indoor Arena	Serres
2010^[a]	ASE Douka	26–23	ESN Vrilissia	Vyronas Indoor Hall	Athens
2011	ESN Vrilissia	19–18	AEK	Kladissos Arena	Chania
2012	PAOK	25–24	AEK	Dimitris Tofalos Arena	Patras
2013	AEK	27–23	PAOK	Kerkyra Indoor Hall	Corfu
2014	AEK	18–16	Diomidis Argous	Ano Liosia Olympic Hall	Athens
2015	PAOK	29–27	AEK	PAOK Sports Arena	Thessaloniki
2016	Filippos Veria	21–19	ASE Douka	Loutraki Municipal Indoor Hall	Loutraki
2017	PAOK	25–23	Panellinios	Lefkovrisi Indoor Hall	Kozani
2018	Olympiacos Piraeus	26–22	ASE Douka	Glyfada Indoor Hall	Athens
2019	Olympiacos Piraeus	23–13	AEK	Koukouli Indoor Hall	Patras
2020	Cancelled^[b]
2021	AEK	24–22	PAOK	Lefkovrisi Indoor Hall	Kozani
2022	AESH Pylea	21–20	AEK	Lefkovrisi Indoor Hall	Kozani
2023	Olympiacos Piraeus	28–27	ASE Douka	Nafplio Indoor Hall	Nafplio
2024	PAOK	21–20	Drama 86	Chalkida Indoor Hall	Chalkida

Notes

^ The first semifinal between AEK and PAOK was interrupted because of riots in the stadium. The F4 was scheduled originally at Lamia. ^[2] So the winner came out by second semifinal, after 4 months^[3]
^ The two teams that reached the final were AEK and Diomidis Argous. The final was never held due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Performances[edit]

By club[edit]

A total of 14 clubs have won the Greek Cup and 18 clubs have reached the Final.

Club	Cups	Winning years	Finalist
Filippos Veria	6	1985, 1991, 1992, 2003, 2007, 2016	3
Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia	5	1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993	4
ASE Douka	4	1998, 1999, 2008, 2010	7
AEK	4	2009, 2013, 2014, 2021	5*
PAOK	4	2012, 2015, 2017, 2024	2
Panellinios	3	2000, 2001, 2002	4
Athinaikos	3	1997, 2005, 2006	3
Olympiacos	3	2018, 2019, 2023	–
Archelaos Katerinis	2	1990, 1994	4
ESN Vrilissia	2	1996, 2011	2
V.A.O.	2	1983, 1984	–
GAS Kilkis	1	2004	2
AS Xini	1	1995	1
AESH Pylea	1	2022	–
Diomidis Argous			1*
Nea Elvetia			1
GE Veria			1
Drama 86			1

In addition to this total, AEK and Diomidis Argous both qualified for the 2020 Greek Cup Final which was eventually cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

By city[edit]

Fourteen clubs from six cities have won the Cup.

City (No of teams)	Number of Titles	Clubs
Athens (7)	22	Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia (5) AEK (4) ASE Douka (4) Panellinios (3) Athinaikos (3) ESN Vrilissia (2) AS Xini (1)
Thessaloniki (3)	7	PAOK (4) V.A.O. (2) AESH Pylea (1)
Veria (1)	6	Filippos Veria (6)
Piraeus (1)	3	Olympiacos (3)
Katerini (1)	2	Archelaos Katerinis (2)
Kilkis (1)	1	GAS Kilkis (1)

References[edit]

^ "All time cup winners". Greek handball federation's official website. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
^ "Fans hurt in Greek handball riot". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
^ "Τιμωρία στους δικέφαλους, τελικός Δούκας-Βριλήσσια". contra.gr. Retrieved 26 July 2013.

External links[edit]

"All time cup winners". Greek handball federation's official website. Retrieved 9 May 2023.

[4] The first semifinal between AEK and PAOK was interrupted because of riots in the stadium. The F4 was scheduled originally at Lamia. ^[2] So the winner came out by second semifinal, after 4 months^[3]

[5] The two teams that reached the final were AEK and Diomidis Argous. The final was never held due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[1] "All time cup winners". Greek handball federation's official website. Retrieved 12 June 2020.

[2] "Fans hurt in Greek handball riot". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 26 July 2013.

[3] "Τιμωρία στους δικέφαλους, τελικός Δούκας-Βριλήσσια". contra.gr. Retrieved 26 July 2013.

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