Greek Men's Handball Championship
Appearance
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Sport | Handball |
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Founded | 1979 |
First season | 1979-80 |
No. of teams | 12 |
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Most recent champion(s) | Olympiacos Xini (1st title) |
Most titles | Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia (10 titles) |
Level on pyramid | 1 |
Relegation to | A2 Ethniki |
Domestic cup(s) | Greek Cup |
The Greek Handball Championship (A1 Ethniki/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 Philadelphia who has won ten titles. The last title was won by Olympiacos/IEK XINI (1st).
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.
Current teams
Location of teams in Greek Handball Championship 2015-16
The clubs for the 2017–18 season:
Champions
Performances
Clubs
Club | Titles | Seasons |
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10 | 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1999 |
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9 | 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2016 |
5 | 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007 | |
File:600px Bianco e Blu Bordato Doukas.png ASE Douka | 3 | 1998, 2001, 2008 |
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3 | 2009, 2010, 2015 |
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2 | 2011, 2013 |
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2 | 2012, 2014 |
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1 | 1996 |
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1 | 1997 |
File:Giallo e Rosso 2.png Athinaikos | 1 | 2005 |
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1 | 2017 |
File:600px Quadrado Branco com uma figura olimpica grega.PNG Olympiacos/IEK XINI | 1 | 2018 |
Titles by city
11 clubs have won the championship, from a total of 4 cities
City | Number of Titles | Clubs |
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Athens | 23 | ![]() File:600px Bianco e Blu Bordato Doukas.png ASE Douka (3), ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Veria | 10 | ![]() ![]() |
Thessaloniki | 3 | ![]() |
Argos | 2 | ![]() |
Piraeus | 1 | File:600px Quadrado Branco com uma figura olimpica grega.PNG Olympiacos/IEK XINI (1) |
In European competitions
EHF coefficient ranking
- For season 2017/2018[1]
- 24.
(20)
Süper Ligi (9.67)
- 25.
(26)
Handball Liga Austria (9.00)
- 26.
(23)
Handball premier (8.00)
- 27.
(36)
Olís deildin (7.00)
- 28.
(34)
Meistriliiga (6.83)
Greek handball clubs in European competitions
Team | Final | Semi-Final |
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- | 1993 |
Team | Winner | Runners-up |
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2012 | - |
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- | 2003 |
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- | 2018 |