Nea Ionia scored his 13th win in 13 games in A1 women’s handball, easily defeating Orfea Sourotis 37-11. Saša Zibulović’s team found no opposition at any stage of the game and deservedly took the win.

The five minutes: 4-1, 6-2, 10-2, 13-2, 16-4, 20-5 (w), 23-5, 27-7, 28-7, 32-8, 35-9, 37-11 .
From Nea Ionia (Zibulovic): M. Kepesidou, Manias 5, Mouratidou 8, Andritsou 2, Kotrotsiu 6, Kmirova 3, Krinics, Karela 2, Makri, Fragou 1, N. Kepesidou 4, Giannopoulou, Boziou 1, Davidovics, Mylonas, Stougiannidou 5.
Orpheus Sourotis (Boudoula): Papakosta, Kostoglidou, Christodoulidou 1, Pougaridou 1, Chorinou 1, Karavelis 5, Kamakatsou 1, Mame, Giartimidou, Tsolozigou, Kouklotidou 1, Kappa, Topalidou, Mavropoulou.
referee: Lefakis-Giavroutas. Two minutes: 1-3. penalty: 0/0 – 2/3

Easy afternoon for PAOK Mateco, who defeated GAS Kamaterou 31-11 on matchday 13 of the A1 Women in Thessaloniki. Regional international Agni Zygoura scored 3 goals in her first game after returning to PAOK and Greek League. Dubefska also made her debut with 3 goals.

The five minutes: 1-1, 2-1, 3-3, 6-4, 9-5, 12-7 (f), 15-8, 18-8, 21-9, 25-9, 28-10, 31- 11
PAOK (Pelekidis): Tsiknaki, Hatziparasidou 2, Mavrosavvidou, Mendesidou 4, Vrancits 1, Zygoura 3, Caprinioti, Samolada 1, Ambrosiadou, Sevdili 11, Gomes 1, Zeneli 2, Borizovska, Dabefska 3, Bruna Dias 1, Burato 2
CAMERA (Danilos): M. Vassiliou, Korkoli 1, Papadopoulou 1, Kazaki, Karamanou 3, Korats, Kurti 1, Georgiadou 2, Psarioti, An. Vassiliou 3, Anestaki.
referee: Theodosiou-Papoulias, Two minutes: 2-1, penalty: 3/4-1/2

Continuation of the great victories for Panorama, who, after beating AEK the previous week, surprisingly triumphed 24:28 against Renaissance on the 13th matchday of the A1 women’s league in Arta.

The hosts took the lead in the first half and entered the dressing room with a two-goal difference (13:11), but in the replay the guests turned the situation around and conceded only 5 goals from 30′ to 50′ (18:23 ) and scored the victory.

The five minutes: 2-4, 4-4, 7-6, 10-8, 11-10, 13-11, 14-16, 17-19, 17-20, 18-23, 21-25, 24-28 .
Renaissance (Seyrekidis): Kollyri, Dimu, Trietina 8, Nadotsi, Skara, Noula 3, Spyridopoulou, Mournou 2, Saidova, Tserepi, Surhan 6, Prokopidou 2, Kovtoun 3, Tsvetkoska, Papakosma.
GDP panorama (Vakalis): Florou, Liouka, Emmanuilidou 2, G. Papadopoulou, Tsartsiu 4, Michalakou, Amanatidou 7, Kouklotidou 2, Agn. Papadopoulou 3, Minga, Nikolaou 1, Abramovich, Vraba, Gonsalves, Koulouri, Abilda 9.
referee: Mertinian-Tolios. Two minutes: 4-6. Red: Cut (56:32 – three two minutes). penalty: 1/4 – 1/1

The schedule and the results of the 13th game day

• Renaissance-Panorama 24-28
• Nea Ionia-Orpheus 37-11
• PAOK-Kamatero 31-11
• 28/01 18:00 AEK-Pylaia
• Philip – Korydallos 0-10*

* Philippos Verias has retired from the league

The program of the 14th match day

• AESH Pylias-Renaissance
• GAS Kamaterou – AEK
• Korydallos – Nea Ionia
• Orpheas-PAOK

Olympiacos easily passed Argos and beat her Diomedes with 17-30as part of the 16th match day of the handball premier and celebrated his 15th consecutive victory in the championship.

The Reds and Whites were in control from the start, the defense was excellent and they shot into goal little by little, even though Montoro was injured in the first half.

Ostrusko was the top scorer for Olympiakos with 6 goals, while Diomedis Tzimboulas and Asvestas each scored 4 goals.

• The five minutes: 3-2, 3-3, 3-6, 4-9, 6-12, 7-13 (mch), 9-18, 13-20, 14-24, 16-25, 16-29, 17- 30
• Diomedes (Zaravinas): Kostoulas, Takalos 1, Tzibulas 4, Tsigaridas 2, Tsvigetics 2, Asvestas 4, Hadjikonstaninou, Kaimakamis 1, Totos, Betzilali 1, Manthos 2, Bekiaris, Angelic, Zifkovic 1, Mugic
• Olympic (Grammar): Kotanidis, Niokas 1, Karabourniotis 3, Papavasilis 4, Papadimitriou, Kandynas, Bayios 1, Papadopoulos 4, Bourze 2, Weber 5, Pasias 1, Montoro 1, Slavoulitsa 1, Ostrusko 6, Michaelidis 1, Bauer
• referee: Kinatzidis – Fotakidis. Two minutes: 1-3. penalty: 0/0-0/0

PAOK – Zafiraki’s Naoussa 28-25

Return to wins for PAOK after losing to Doukas in the Men’s Cup. The two-headed of the north prevailed 28-25 from Zafiraki Naoussa.

• The five minutes: 2-1, 5-3, 7-4, 11-6, 13-9, 17-11 (am), 19-12, 19-14, 22-17, 24-21, 26-22, 28- 25
• PAOK (Gousios): Gigof, Dougias 1, Eleftheriadis 2, Tsamouridis 1, Nikolaidis 2, Papazoglou, Tzorginis 1, Apostolou, Moisilov, Tsanaxidis 3, Koukmisis 5, Kavousanakis 2, Triantafyllidis D. 5, Ladakis 5, Triantafyllidis An. 1, Giavasidis
• ZAFIRAKIS (Deligiannis): Athanasiou 1, Bolas 1, Tsoukalas, Tzouvaras, Tsageras 2, Theodoropoulos 5, Rotzios 5, Misailidis 5, Apostolidis 4, Galitis, Milovics 2, Vafeidis, Tsatsas 1, Daskalopoulos, Lolas
• referee: Nikolaidis-Linardos, Two minutes: 7-1, penalty: 5/5-2/3

Brilissia – AEK 20-30

AEK proceeded with the imposed winner results 30-20 from vrillion Path.

Croatian regional player Jakic made his debut for Vrilissia and scored four goals, while the team’s coach Thanos Toutsis was absent through illness.

• The five minutes: 1-5, 4-9, 4-12, 6-14, 7-17, 9-19 (em.), 11-21, 14-24, 16-26, 18-28, 20-28, 20- 30
• VRILISSIA: Tsikogiannopoulos, Perros 2, Vlachos 5, Tombros 1, Pantazis 1, Aslis, Antoniadis, Iakits 4, Karamasiotis 1, Zarikos 1, Cherubim 1, Vamvakas 1, Khoursoundian 2, Stathis, Chalaris 1, Tsamouris
• AEK (Albanian): Matskevich, Arabatzis, Tick, Zivkovic 5, Madalinic 4, Nikolaidis, Kalamatas, Almeida 1, Iliopoulos 3, Kotsionis, Liapis 2, Arsic, Sokolic 3, Tsitobi 5, Rogulski 6, Kederis 1
• referee: Geroulanos K. – Geroulanos A.., Two minutes: 2-2, penalty: 1/2-1/1.

Aeropos Edessa – AESH Pylaia 28-24

After three consecutive losses, he returned to positive results aeropimposed on her Goal with 28-24.

The game was a derby, with a lot of passion on both sides. In the first half Aeropos led 12:11 and in the first five minutes of the second half the hosts increased the difference to four goals with a 3:0 run, which they kept until the end.

A blow to Pylaia was the ejection of Zafeiris with three and two minutes at 38:50.

Bokarev with 6 goals for Aeropos and Seirekidis with 7 goals for Pylaia were the top scorers of both teams.

• The five minutes: 2-1, 3-3, 5-5, 7-7, 9-8, 12-11 (morning), 15-11, 18-14, 19-15, 22-18, 25-21, 28- 24
• aerop (Toutsis): Kostakidis 3, Tselios 2, Yovanovits, Mingas 3, Totidis, Krallis 2, Semenchenko 3, Butkaris, Veremtsuk, Koukoutsidis 5, Bokaref 6, Nelson 1, Giannoussis, Bulkin 3, Georgalis, Papagiannis
• AESH of Pylias (Ananiadis): Zafeiris, Manolakoudis 3, Antoniadis 1, Metsis, Karagiozopoulos, Giannakidis, Orfanoudakis, Batzios 2, Alexandridis 4, Kyriakidis, Athanasiadis, Alatsatianos, Seirekidis 7, Stoyanovich 1, Koukmisis 4 Sigiridis 2
• referee: Patios – Tsianas. Two minutes: 4-11. Red: Zafiris (38:50 – three two minutes). penalty: 2/3 – 4/6

The referees wrote the following on the score sheet: “In the 55th minute of the game, AESH Pylaia’s supervisor Ambatzidis Ioannis was progressively sent off with a red card for stepping onto the field and protesting heavily to the referees.”

Drama ’86 – HANTH 34-29

THE theatre hit her HANTH with 34-29 and gained ground in the standings to overtake the top 4.

HANTH, although bottom of the table, made things difficult for the hosts and led by Palaska (12 goals) they were in front of goal until 40′ (21-23).

From that point on, the Dramas improved their defense, taking a 28-25 lead with a 7-2 run at the 50th mark to earn a 34-29 win.

Moraitis and Zibulovic were Drama’s top scorers with six goals each.

• The five minutes: 3-3, 6-7, 9-8, 11-10, 13-15, 15-17 (mch), 16-19, 21-23, 25-24, 28-25, 31-27, 34- 29
• Drama ’86 (Valavanis): Vassiliou, Moraitis 6, Lazaridis, Haitidis 5, Kovoglanidis, Kotsamarikoglou, Polydoros 4, Tornikidis 2, Toskas 5, Papazoglou, Kalaitzidis, Barbas, Papageorgiou 3, Zivoulovics 6, Papadopoulos 2, Sina 1
• HANTH (Papavasilis): Palaskas 12, Skoufas, Sarigiannidis, Sarafis 1, Panzios 1, Andreadakis, Ioannidis, Daios, Vardakas 3, Kouklotidis 2, Giannakidis, Billias 4, Karangelos, Agathonikos, Samaras, Kyriakides 6
• referee: You wrote – Kyriakou. Two minutes: 3-4. penalty: 2/3 – 3/3

The results of the 16th round

• ESN Virlission – AEK 20-30
• PAOK – Zafiirakis 28-25
• Drama 1986 – CHANTH 34-29
• Diomedes – Olympiacos 17-30
• Aeropos-Pylaia 28-24
• 01/02 21:00 ASE Duka – Ionians of New Philadelphia

The program of the 17th game day

• 04/02 17:00 AEK-PAOK
• 04/02 17:00 Olympiacos – ENS Virlission
• 04/02 16:00 Pylaia—Diomedes
• 04/02 17:00 HANTH—Ionic of New Philadelphia
• 04/02 18:00 Zafirakis – Drama 1986
• 04/02 18:00 Aeropos-ACE Duka

Olympiacos qualified for the Greek Handball Cup Final Four for the third time in their history as they were defeated away from home Drama ’86 with 39-37 in a penalty shoot-out match (regular time 30-30, overtime 35-35). In the semifinals of the Final Four, the Reds and Whites meet AEK, who in turn take out Pylaia.

The match had all the makings of a… thriller. Excitement, passion and suspense until the end. In the first half the defense fell into the background, both sides kept scoring goals and the Dramani, led by Achillea Tosca, went into the dressing room with an 18:17 lead.

In the second half, the defense improved and the offensive lanes were blocked. In the 54th minute, the home team managed to take the lead by 29:25, with goalkeeper Lefteris Papazoglou improving his performance. Olympiacos responded with a 3-0 run and reduced to 29:28, Toskas made 30:28 for the home side but the visitors managed to level the game at 30:30 at 59:20 with goals from Kandylas and Papavasilis.

In the home team’s final attack, the referees indicated a penalty at 59:59, attributing the touch to Niokas Papageorgiou, who tried to shoot from the corner. Cena duly took the penalty, but the referees ordered a retake to show they had not kicked off the execution. Sina took over the execution again, but this time Thomas Bauer stopped him, just as he had done with Pantelis Kostakidis in injury time a few days earlier in Olympiakos’ 23-22 win over Aeropos.

As a result, the two teams were led to two five-minute overtime periods. At 66:35 Drama led by 34:32 and at 67:25 by 35:33, but Olympiacos managed to equalize by 35:35 at 69:07, which was also the result of overtime as neither team had an attack Mistakes failed both sides.

Kostas Kotanidis became the hero of Olympiacos on penalties, saving shots from Haitidis and Moraitis. Ostroutsko, Weber and Papavasilis scored for Olympiakos while Babis Dombris sealed the Reds’ victory with 37:39.

• The five minutes: 2-2, 5-6, 9-8, 11-10, 14-13, 18-17 (mch), 20-18, 22-20, 25-23, 26-24, 29-26, 30- 30 (qa), 33-32, 35-35 (par.), 37-39 (pen.)
• Drama ’86 (Valavanis): Vassiliou, Moraitis 8, Filippou, Haitidis 5, Koboglanidis, Kotsamarikoglou, Polydoros 1, Tornikidis, Toskas 10, Papazoglou, Demertzidis, Barbas, Papageorgiou 2, Zibulovits 3, Papadopoulos 5, Sina 3
• Olympic (Grammar): Kotanidis, Niokas 3, Karabourniotis 1, Papavasilis 7, Koutoulogenis, Kandylas 4, Bayios, Papadopoulos, Dombris 2, Weber 11, Pasias 2, Montoro 4, Slavoulitsa 1, Ostrusko 3, Michaelidis 1, Bauer
• referee: Patios – Tsianas. Two minutes: 4-3. Red: Zibulovic (57:29 – dangerous game). penalty: 3/3 – 8/8

AEK – AESH Pylias 35-23

In impressive fashion, AEK reached the last four of the Greek Cup for the sixth time in their history as they beat last year’s trophy winners Goal with 35-23in OAK.

Union was in control from the start, maintained a small lead and was leading 16-13 at halftime. In the second half she continued to improve her defense and it is characteristic that she conceded only four goals from 40′ to 55′ and managed to build a difference and take the win comfortably.

Madalinic was AEK’s offensive leader with 9 goals.

In the semi-finals of the Final Four, AEK meets Olympiakos, like last year in Kozani’s Final Four.

• The five minutes: 2-2, 5-4, 8-5, 11-8, 13-10, 16-13 (f), 18-14, 23-16, 27-18, 28-19, 32-20, 35- 23
• AEK (Albanian): Matskevich, Arabatzis 4, Tick, Zifkovic 3, Mandalinic 9, Nikolaidis, Almeida, Iliopoulos 2, Papadionisiou 1, Liapis 5, Arsic, Skokolic 2, Tsitobi 1, Rogulski 4, Lemos, Kederis 4
• AESH of Pylias (Ananiadis): Zafeiris 1, Manoloudis 3, Metsis, Karagiozopoulos 3, Koukmisis 3, Giannakidis, Tsortekis 1, Orfanoudakis, Batzios, Alexandridis 2, Kyriakidis 1, Athanasiadis 2, Alachatianos 2, Seirekidis 3, Antoniadis 2
• referee: Tolios-Mertinian. Two minutes: 3-2. penalty: 2/2 – 1/1

PAOK – ASE Duka 22-24

THE duke surprised the institution, defeated PAOK in the micra me 24-22 and reached the last four for the tenth time in its history. In fact, it set a record as it became the team with the most appearances in the institution’s last four, overtaking Filippos Verias and Panhellenios.

The school association is now waiting to see who his opponent will be in the semifinals, where he will emerge from the winning pair Aris Nikaia – Diomedes Argos.

Against Dikephalos from the north, ASED had a very good day with international winger Dimitris Tziras leading his team to victory with 10 goals scored.

PAOK started with a 2-0 lead, but Doukas took the lead in the 8th minute and was in charge from then on. He finished the first half with a 2-goal difference (13-15), was even ahead by 4 goals (14-18 and 17-21), and no matter how hard PAOK tried to turn back, Borodai and his teammates wouldn’t let it to reach the qualification (22-24).

• The five minutes: 3-2, 5-5, 8-8, 9-9, 11-11, 13-15 (Em.), 14-16, 16-18, 17-19, 18-20, 19-21, 22 -24
• PAOK (Panos Gousios): Gigof, Eleftheriadis 5, Tsamouridis 1, Nikolaidis 4, Papazoglou 2, Velissariou, Tzorginis 1, Apostolou, Moisilov, Tsanaxidis 4, Koukmisis 3, Kavousanakis 1, Triantafyllidis D. 1, Ladakis, Triantafyllidis An.
• Bless you, Duke (Giorgos Chalkidis): Borodai, Markatatos, Tziras 10, Payatis 3, Batis, Tsakouridis 4, Panagiotou 1, Geroulanos 1, Anastasiou, Yantsa 1, Charitonidis, Zafeirakis, Gasevics 2, Kollyris, Stefanitsis 2
• referee: Tzaferopoulos-Bettman. Two minutes: 3-5, penalty: 0/2 – 6/7

Shift to Aris Nikaia – Diomedes

The fight between Aris Nikias and Diomedes postponed due to the participation of Sofian Bezilali from Argytes in the matches of the World Cup with the national team of Algeria, which will be held in Poland and Sweden.

The results of the quarterfinals

• Mars of Nice – Diomedes postponed
• PAOK-ASE Duka 22-24
• AEK-Pylaia 35-23
• Drama 1986 – Olympiacos 37-39