Greek Men’s Volleyball Cup: Olympiacos won the derby with Foinikas, Panathinaikos, PAOK and Milonas completing the Final Four

After a battle that lasted 2.5 hours, Olympiacos left Syros with the qualification. This is the 22nd time that the red-whites are competing in the final 4 or final 8 of the cup and let last year’s finalists out of the final phase Phoenix ONEX.

Olympiacos started the game impressively and with one hand his serve quickly reached +4 (2-6) but failed to hold the difference as Phoinikas immediately responded 5-6, with the Syrians back-to-back counterattacking from 6-8 to 10-8 made . From that point a terrible battle began, with the home side consistently leading (13-11, 15-12) and Olympiacos equalizing (18-18) and missing an opportunity to take a 20-20 lead (Juric block against Hidalgo). . At 22:22, two mistakes by Red-White Foinikas with Papalexiou and a block for Koumendakis resulted in an equal number of bowls for Foinikas at 25:23.

In the second, a quick 3-0 from Phoenix turned into a 10-12 with an ace from Hidalgo, but the home team converted 11-13 to 16-14 with red-white errors to take it to 21-18. Pagenk switched Hidalgo to serve and left when the score was tied at 21-24 and Jerezuelo’s broken serve ended the set.

Despite being 1-1, Phoenix dominated early in the third set, escaping 11-6 to go 18-12. Olympiacos took advantage of the home team’s mistakes and reduced to 18-14 and 19-18, but Fromm’s ace made it 23-20. The home side didn’t finish the counterattack in the next phase, Stern took the switch and Travisa became Hidalgo as he served spoiled the Syrians’ reception with an ace to wrap up an impressive 0-5 series to make it 23-25 ​​and 1-2 in sentences.

The thriller culminated in the fourth set, where the two teams fought a bitter point-to-point battle. At 11-13 it became 15-13 on Michalovic’s serve but Olympiacos answered 15-16. The Reds and Whites again came away by two points (20-22) and Sterns Out brought the game to a draw again (23-23). Fromm faded in the first bowl match (24:24), Foinikas missed three chances to prevail (24:25 Travitsa block against Roumeliotakis) and Koumentakis ended the match for good.

• The sentences: 1-3 (25-23, 22-25, 23-25, 24-26) in 139′
• *Phoenix Syros points come from 6 aces, 49 attacks, 10 blocks and 30 enemy errors and Olympiakos points come from 13 aces, 53 attacks, 9 blocks and 24 enemy errors
• PHOENIX UNITED (Alexander Senisic): Michalovic 16 (ref. 14/35, 2 aces), Papalexiou 8 (ref. 6/16, 2 blocks), Charalambidis 4 (ref. 3/6, 1 block), Klinkenberg 8 (4/21 ref, 4 blocks, 42% ref – 33% excellent), Jerezuelo 7 (5/8 ref, 1 ace, 1 block), Fromm 21 (17/34 ref, 3 aces, 1 block, 59% ref ..-41% excellent) / Konstantinidis (l, 54% sub.-46% excellent), Galiotos, Roumeliotakis, Tzourits 1 (1 block), Papadopoulos
• OLYMPIC (Alberto Giuliani): Page 16 (12/17 ff., 2 aces, 2 blocks), star 20 (14/34 ff., 3 aces, 3 blocks), Koumendakis 12 (12/29 ff., 67% ff. -53% excellent), Travitsa 1 (1 ace), Papagelopoulos 5 (1/7 ref, 1 ace, 3 blocks), Hidalgo 20 (13/18 ref, 6 aces, 1 block, 39% ref-36 % excellent) / Tziavras (l, 76% sub.-62% excellent), Komitoudis, Chandrinos, Zoupani, Dalakouras, Linardos 1 (1/5 ff.)

Ten days after winning the Agios Thomas Hall for the Volleyleague, Panathinaikos also defeated the in Orestiada Sports with 3-0 setthis time for the cup, qualified for the Final Four.

• The sentences: 22-25, 19-25, 22-25

PAOK defends its title

Defending champions PAOK were the first semi-finalist in time as they prevailed in Zirineio Kifisia with 3-0 set. Dikefalos qualified for the 9th consecutive year in the final stages of the cup (it has 4 conquests) and caused a terrible upset in the 2nd set, losing 19-13.

PAOK started the 1st set strong and caused problems with her serve in Kifissia. In fact, he “built” an early 5-1 difference with a block three against Chevers and an ace from Van De Dries. The home side temporarily increased their percentages on the outside, finding points from Okosanovics and Ricardo, but mid-set Walsh’s ‘blitz’ from 9 yards brought the double head to 9-4.

The Athens team “replied” with an ace from Spiliotis, taking advantage of one of the few errors in welcoming the guests. However, with an excellent development in their game, PAOK went back to +5, 16-11 with a place from Giorna. Thessaloniki team went 20-14 with an impressive block from Skrendau against Okosanovic, Kifisia reduced to 22-18 with Maikon but the visitors were unthreatened and finished the set 25-19 with a winning block from Van De Dries.

In the 2nd set, PAOK took an early lead 5-3, with Kifisia “chasing” them and passing them 9-8 with a successful blockout by Chevers. The quality of serve dropped for the two teams, who tied for 11-11 with back-to-back errors. Kifissia with a block from Rikandro against Van De Dries took the lead midway down Route 13-11. In fact, the home team took back-to-back points with Maikon on serve and Okosanovic’s counter-attack made it 17-12. Kifissia set the difference to 19-13 with the “gas pressed” like a block from Spiliotis “shot down”. The doubleheader countered and reduced to 21-19 with blocks from Skrendau and Rapti and an out attack from Okosanovic.

Chevers got the Athens side out of a difficult rotation, Okosanovic’s ace made it 23-19, and PAOK came back to level the game at 23-23 with Van De Dries at serve. The Belgian with an out serve gave Kifissia a set bowl 24-23, but Ricardo’s counter went out 24-24. Kifissia reached three more bowl sets, with PAOK staying alive by finding points from Van De Dries. Eventually, Rapti’s block gave the double-header a 28-27 bowl set, which the Greece international completed 29-27 by ‘piercing’ the Kifisio block.

The 3rd set began with several service errors by both teams and changes in the lead. Despite trailing 5-3, Kifisia overtook them 8-7 after a successful block from Papadopoulos and a mistake by the visitors. In the development of the set, Roussopoulos’ difficult defense had no answer as in the development phase Van De Dries’ counterattack gave PAOK a 10-9 lead.

The “battles” at the net continued, with Kifissia finding points from Okosanovic’s blocks, but also Maikon 13-12. PAOK took a 16-12 lead with a 4-0 series at a critical point in the set. Kifissia was not disappointed and equalized with enormous energy to 17:17 with an impressive block from Roussopoulos.

Then Rapti’s whistle took PAOK to 19-17, while Van De Dries scored to 22-18 a little later. Kifissia failed to return to win the set with PAOK winning 25-19 with a block from Skrendau.

• The sentences: 0-3 (19-25, 27-29, 19-25) in 83′
• *AOP Kifisia’s points come from 3 aces, 31 attacks, 5 blocks, 26 errors and PAOK’s points come from 4 aces, 44 attacks, 7 blocks, 24 errors
• PDO KIFISIA (Kostas Christofidelis): Okosanovich 14 (11/28 ff., 1 ace, 2 blocks), Stivachtis, Ricardo 6 (5/11 ff., 1 block, 70% sub.-20% excellent), Spiliotis 2 (1/ 2 ref, 1 ace), Moreira 9 (7/11 ref, 1 ace, 1 block), Chevers 6 (6/22 ref, 31% ref – 00% excellent) / Kontostathis (L, 65% ref ..-25% excellent), Roussopoulos 1 (1 block), Tsikatos, Papadopoulos 1 (1/5 ff., 38% sub.-00% excellent)
• PAOK (Josko Milenkonski): Giorna 11 (11/23 ff., 64% sub.-07% excellent), Walsh 3 (1/1 ff., 1 ace, 1 block), Voulkidis 4 (4/6 ff.), Raptis 14 (13/22, 1 block, 63% under 16% excellent), Skrento 6 (2/5 RPG, 1 ace, 3 blocks), Van de Dries 16 (13/20 RPG, 2 aces, 1 block) / Kokkinakis (l, 80% sub.- 10% excellent), Gatsis 1 (1 block)

THE Milonas eliminated the only pre-league team, Aris, by beating me 3-0 set in the closed Mikras and for the first time in its history qualified among the four of the competition.

• The sentences: 24-26, 12-25, 20-25

The last phase of the cup is reported to take place on April 1st and 2nd, and the final four pairs will be determined by the draw, which will take place on Thursday (23/02, 12:00) in the EOPE offices.

The results of the quarterfinals

• Finikas – Olympiacos 1-3 (25-23, 22-25, 23-25, 24-26)
• Kifissia-PAOK 0-3 (19-25, 27-29, 19-25)
• Athlos – Panathinaikos 0-3 (22-25, 19-25, 22-25)
• Aris-Milonas 0-3 (24-26, 12-25, 20-25)