Handball
Women’s Handball Cup: PAOK and Artas Renaissance qualified for the Final Four
PAOK defeated Pylaia 31-26 and Artas Renaissance 36-30 against Panorama to qualify for the Final Four of the women’s handball cup.
PAOK Mateco showed character and will defend the title of Greek Cup Winners in the 19th Final Four to be held on February 4-5, 2023.
The “Two Heads” of the North prevailed 31:26 from AESH Pylaias at the joint venue of the two teams, the “Home of Handball”, in the big derby of the quarter-final phase of the institution and took “revenge” for their defeat in the championship .
International playmaker Maria Hadjiparasidou had a great game with 11 goals followed by Avramina Sevdili with 7 goals while Katerina Koukmisi was the top scorer for Pylaia with 8 goals.
PAOK, holders of the last four cups and six overall, qualified for the Final Four for the fifth time in their history.
Return to the Cup Final Four for Renaissance Artas after defeating Panorama 36-30 in the Quarterfinals.
The “Empress” of Greek women’s handball and institution polynics with 10 wins will be in the Final Four for the 18th time, with just one absence, last year in Xalkida!
Leading the winners was Olena Koftun of Ukraine, who scored 12 goals.
The statistics of the games
AESH PYLIAS-PAOK MATECO 26-31
The five minutes: 2-3, 4-7, 4-9, 6-12, 7-12, 9-15 (mch) 11-17, 13-19, 14-22, 17-23, 22-28, 26-31
PYLAIA (Vakalis): Piantini, Kerlidis 4, Trohidou, Moschou, K. Koukmisi 8, Karacharisi, Theodosopoulou, M. Koukmisi, Taki, Kostopoulou 5, Torres, Azevedo 4, Souska, Selemidou, Argyropoulou 1, Gomes 4.
PAOK (Pelecidis): Tsiknaki, Hatziparasidou 11, Mavrosavvidou, Mendesidou, Vransits 3, Christoforis, Samolada 2, Ambrosiadou, Caprinioti, Sevdili 7, Gomes 1, Zeneli, Borisovska 4, Grbavcevic, Ribeiro, Burato 3.
Referee: Kinatzidis- Tzaferopoulos, Red: 48:24 Gomes (three two minutes), Two minutes: 6-7. Penalty: 7/8-4/4
ARTAS REVIVAL – GDP PANORAMA 36-30
The five minutes: 1-1, 3-2, 5-5, 10-8, 14-11, 18-13 (morning), 20-17, 24-20, 26-23, 30-25, 34-26, 36-30
RENAISSANCE OF ARTAS (Seyrekidis): Kollyri, Dimu, Trietina 3, Nadotsi, Skara, Noula 2, Spyridopoulou, Mournou 6, Saidova 1, Tserepi, Surhan 4, Prokopidou 7, Koftoun 12, Tsvetkovska 1, Papakosma.
PANORAMA (Vakalis): Liuka 1, Emmanuilidou 2, G. Papadopoulou, Tsartsiu 1, Florou, Amanatidou, Kouklotidou 1, Miga 2, Nikolaou, Karaveli, Vramba 2, Gonsalves 5, Koulouri 7, Abilda 7, Agn. Papadopoulou 2.
Referee: Slaves-Bitas, Red: 56:43 G. Papadopoulou (dangerous game – no ticket saved), Second minute: 4-5. Penalty: 5/5 – 3/3
Source: sport 24
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