The curtain rises on the Volley League Women’s Semifinals with Olympiacos – Aris and Panathinaikos – PAOK

The semi-final series of the Women’s Volley League will start on Holy Wednesday (April 20) from the “Melina Mercouri” hall in Rentis and the gym in Agios Thomas, from which the final couple and their champion team will emerge. Season 2021-22.

Olympiacos welcomes Aris and Panathinaikos welcomes PAOK with qualification for the final, which will be judged on the two wins, while the next matches will be played at the headquarters of PAOK (Easter Tuesday 26/4) and Aris (Wednesday 27/4).

The first serve of the semi-finals will be dealt at Agios Thomas’s hall, where Panathinaikos will host PAOK at 16:00 about a month after the game between them at Mikra hall for the final game of the regular season in which PAOK wins by 3 -1 threw off Panathinaikos for first place.

“It’s a big test for us to see what we’ve achieved after the work we’ve done over the past few weeks. I have faith in my team and I’m sure we’ll come together from start to finish and we’ll win.”said Greens coach Branko Gates, adding:

“I saw the game that took place at PAOK headquarters a month ago and we certainly didn’t play there at the level that we can achieve as a team. However, I am sure that this time we will show our good selves and we will have more stability to achieve the desired result”.

Panathinaikos eliminated AO Thira in the quarterfinals with two wins, while PAOK needed the golden set to break AEK’s resistance, with Marco Feolio scoring from his side: “I’m really happy to play in games like the semi-finals or the final of the league.

It will definitely be a very difficult game because Panathinaikos are a very strong team, but we are also full of confidence after difficult games with AEK.

We defeated Panathinaikos at our headquarters a month ago and are psychologically and competitively ready for such a match and I personally believe the qualification is 50-50.

At 18:30 the match starts indoors at Rentis, with Olympiakos at the same stadium for their 10th game of the regular season, forcing Aris to his first loss of the year.

The red and white have no problems, Carlo Paris says: “Aris will contest this match after a strong quarterfinal. We have to try to limit the opponents’ attack and at the same time play an aggressive match on our field from the first ball.

Olympiakos reached the quarter-finals with two wins against Lamia, while Aris beat Thetida away but needed the golden set in Mikra to shut out Voula’s team, with Giannis Tsairelis scoring on his side:

“We achieved our main goal, namely the four, but that doesn’t mean that we don’t have ambitions for the semi-finals as well. Olympiacos is not only the favorite in the games between us, but at the moment also for the title win.

Detailed program and referees:

Women’s Volley League – Semifinals

First game – Wednesday 20 April 2022

Indoor Gym of Agios Thomas 16.00: Panathinaikos AO – PAOK

Referee: Gerothodoros, Meneslis Observers: Georgouleas Coaches: Tsitsikas, Katsiaras Secretariat: Talarou.

“Melina Mercouri” Renti, 18.30: Olympiakos SFP v AS Aris

Referee: Moula L., Kyriopoulou Observer: Mavrikidis Coaches: Samothrake, Papagiannopoulos Secretariat: Kapourani.