Greek Volleyball Cup

Greek Volleyball Cup

Countries	Greece
Confederation	Hellenic Volleyball Federation
Founded	1980
Domestic championship	Greek championship
Current winner	Olympiacos
Most titles	Olympiacos (15)

The Greek Volleyball Cup began with 1980-81 season. It is organized by Hellenic Volleyball Federation. At the beginning, the competition faced many problems and interrupted sometimes. Concretely, it had been interrupted during the period 1985-88, the season 1990-91 and the period 1993-96. Olympiacos won the first cup. During later years Olympiakos and Panathinaikos dominated, winning all the cups until 1999. The next years, Iraklis Thessaloniki starred, winning six Cups until 2012. The most Cups has been won by Olympiakos that is winner of the last Cup.^[1]

In season 2008-09 it was carried out the final four tournament, but the tournament wasn't carried out and the next years because of riots in the place of final four's tournament, between the fans of Olympiakos and Panathinaikos.^[2][3] By the season 2011-12, the final four tournament is taken place again. From 2003 to 2012 in the competitions were taking part clubs of first division only. From 2013 takes part clubs of all divisions.^[4]

Titles

Season	Winner	Score	Finalist	Τhe sets	Place
1980–81	Olympiacos	3–0	Ethnikos Alexandroupolis	16–14, 15–10, 15–11	Kypseli, Athens
1981–82	Panathinaikos	3–0	Esperos Byzantium	15–4, 15–2, 17–15	Athens
1982–83	Olympiacos	3–1	PAOK	16–14, 15–11, 4–15, 15–8	Thessaloniki
1983–84	Panathinaikos	3–1	Olympiacos	15–11, 9–15, 15–9, 15–13	Kypseli, Athens
1984–85	Panathinaikos	3–0	Olympiacos	15–13, 16–14, 15–7	Piraeus
1985–88	Not held
1988–89	Olympiacos	3–0	Aris Thessaloniki	15–6, 15–13, 15–12	Nea Smyrni
1989–90	Olympiacos	3–0	Panathinaikos	15–11, 15–12, 17–15	Nea Smyrni
1990–91	Not held
1991–92	Olympiacos	3–0	Aris Thessaloniki	15–4, 15–10, 15–5	Thessaloniki
1992–93	Olympiacos	3–0	A.O. Orestiada	15–7, 15–12, 15–5	Thessaloniki
1993–96	Not held
1996–97	Olympiacos	3–1	Aris Thessaloniki	6–15, 15–3, 15–8, 15–7	Lamia
1997–98	Olympiacos	3–0	Aris Thessaloniki	15–13, 18–16, 15–4	Pyrgos
1998–99	Olympiacos	3–1	AEK	25–16, 21–25, 25–17, 26–24	Drama
1999–00	Iraklis	3–0	Olympiacos	25–20, 25–21, 25–21	Patras
2000–01	Olympiacos	3–0	Iraklis	27–25, 25–21, 25–16	Xanthi
2001–02	Iraklis	3–1	Aris Thessaloniki	25–20, 25–27, 25–19, 25–19	Thessaloniki
2002-03	A.E. Nikaia	3–2	Panathinaikos	25–22, 25–27, 25–21, 22–25, 18–16	Kalamata
2003–04	Iraklis	3–1	Olympiacos	22–25, 25–23, 25–17, 25–19	Orestiada
2004–05	Iraklis	3–0	Olympiacos	27–25, 25–20, 25–21	Rethymno
2005–06	Iraklis	3–0	Panathinaikos	25–19, 25–17, 25–22	Amaliada
2006–07	Panathinaikos	3–0	Achilleas Lamia	25–17, 25–21, 26–24	Patras
2007–08	Panathinaikos	3–1	EA Patras	21–25, 25–16, 25–18, 25–17	Orestiada
2008–09	Olympiacos	3–2	Panathinaikos	25–23, 22–25, 23–25, 25–20, 17–15	Palaio Faliro
2009–10	Panathinaikos	3–2	Olympiacos	20–25, 25–22, 22–25, 25–23, 18–16	Palaio Faliro
2010–11	Olympiacos	3−1	Iraklis	21–25, 25–20, 25–21, 25–12	Orestiada
2011–12	Iraklis	3−0	Achilleas Lamia	25–21, 25–20, 25–19	Ermoupoli
2012–13	Olympiacos	3−0	Foinikas Syros	28–26, 25–21, 25–22	Rethymno
2013–14	Olympiacos	3−1	Kifissia	19-25, 25-18, 25–20, 25-23	Kalamata
2014–15	PAOK	3−1	Olympiacos	25-21, 26-28, 25–22, 25-22	Ermoupoli
2015–16	Olympiacos	3−0	Kifissia	25–19, 25–23, 25–22	Glyfada

Performance by club

Club	Cups	Season
Olympiacos	15	1981, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016
Panathinaikos	6	1982, 1984, 1985, 2007, 2008, 2010
Iraklis	6	2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2012
PAOK	1	2015
A.E. Nikaia	1	2003

Titles won by city

5 clubs have won the Greek Volleyball Cup, from a total of 3 cities.

City	Titles	Clubs
Piraeus	16	Olympiacos (15) A.E. Nikaia (1)
Thessaloniki	7	Iraklis (6) PAOK (1)
Athens	6	Panathinaikos (6)

References

1. Greek Volleyball Federation, cup's winners
2. "Επεισόδια στην Πάτρα μεταξύ οπαδών Ολυμπιακού και Παναθηναϊκού στο Κύπελλο βόλεϊ". sports.in.gr. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
3. "Νέα επεισόδια στην Πάτρα, αναβολή του τελικού". contra.gr. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
4. "Αποφάσεις από το 25ο Δ.Σ. της ΕΟΠΕ" Hellenic Volleyball Federation

External links

• Hellenic Volleyball Federation