HELLENIC VOLLEYBALL FEDERATION

Athens, Greece, February 21, 2020. Panathinaikos ATHENS claimed the 2019-2020 edition of the Greek League Cup ‘Nikos Samaras’ after two thrilling finals against Olympiacos PIRAEUS. The triumph coincides with the first title for the ‘Greens’ since 2010, when they won the Greek National Cup.

Athens, Greece, February 21, 2020. After two successful years at the helm of the women’s national team of Greece, the Spanish coach Guillermo Naranjo Hernandez has agreed to extend his contract with the Hellenic Volleyball Federation for at least another 12 months.

Karpenissi, Greece, February 17, 2020. The organisation of the 2020 #EuroVolleyU18M Final Round is slowly entering its final stages as Greece, co-hosts alongside Italy, prepare to host the competition in the mountain retreat of Karpenissi, 9-19 July.

Athens, Greece, November 13, 2019. The Greek women’s national league is underway and after four rounds, the 12 contenders are promising to all Volleyball fans around the country more exciting games during the 2019-2020 season.

Keratea, Greece, September 21, 2019. The Brazilian coach of top Greek team Vassiliki Arvaniti and Panagiota Karagkouni was the special guest of the Keratea Beach Volleyball Festival organised by the Hellenic Volleyball Federation and he had the opportunity to speak, play and learn some Beach Volleyball to kids from all over the Attica region.

Dmytro "Dima" Filippov is one of the most useful players in Greece at this year's Eurovolley. The experienced setter speaks exclusively to eurovolley.com delineating the team's goals and explaining his experience to strong opponents.

Athens, Greece, September 9, 2019. The final three friendly games played before travelling to Montpellier provided a boost of energy to Greece’s national team as they locked horns against Slovakia, another #EuroVolleyM contestant.

Athens, Greece, August 15, 2019. There is only one week to go until the first matches of #EuroVolleyW will be taking place in Pool A. After completing their preparation at Karpenisi, the Greek women’s national team returned to Athens to stay there until August 21, when they will travel to Ankara.

Athens, Greece, August 2, 2019. The 18-year-old outside hitter Alexandros Raptis was a member of the Greek team that recently finished second in the European Silver League, where he had his first opportunity to play with the men’s senior squad.

Rentis, Greece, July 20, 2019. Ten years after their last appearance at #EuroVolleyM in Izmir, Turkey, the men’s national team of Greece returns to compete with the best teams in Europe.

Karpenisi, Greece, July 17, 2019. Following eighteen years of drought, the Greek women’s national team returns to the final phase of #EuroVolleyW. Before travelling to Ankara for the Pool A matches of EuroVolley 2019, the team’s journey will begin on July 17 in Karpenisi in the west of Greece, where they will train for the challenges that lay ahead.

Athens, Greece, July 10, 2019. For Greek Volleyball, the challenges ahead in the summer of 2019 are great and the motivation to succeed is high. For the first time in 27 years, both the men’s and women’s national teams of Greece have qualified for the Final Round of EuroVolley. It was back in 1991 when the men’s team finished ninth in Berlin and the women claimed 8th place in Rome.

Athens, Greece, July 8, 2019. Three years have passed since the last time Greece participated at the #EuroBeachVolley. It was in 2016 when Vasiliki Arvaniti and Panagiota Karagkouni were in Switzerland and took the 17th place and it was only the second time the team made an appearance at Europe's top Beach Volleyball competition after previously doing so 2013 in Klagenfurt, Austria.

Thessaloniki, Greece, July 5, 2019. With a crowd of more than 700 spectators in attendance at the iconic Aristotelous Square in the centre of Thessaloniki, the first Masters tournament of the 2019 Panhellenic Beach Volleyball Championship took place this past weekend.

Piraeus, Greece, June 26, 2019 - Romania twice came back from a set down to hold off Greece for a 3-2 (20-25, 30-28, 20-25, 25-23, 15-10) win in the Piraeus suburb of Rentis in the first leg of the 2019 Men's European Silver League final, gaining a huge advantage ahead of the return match on Sunday in Alexandria.

Piraeus, Greece, June 25, 2019 - Greece host Romania Wednesday in the first leg of the 2019 Men's European Silver League final in the Piraeus suburb of Rentis, looking at building the foundation necessary to pick up the gold medal of the competition after the return match next week in Alexandria.

Schinias, Greece, June 23, 2019. The Olympic dreams of Sweden and Austria are still alive after they claimed second places at the 2018-2020 CEV Beach Volleyball Continental Cup - Pool D event held at the white sands of Karavi Sports Club in the Greek city of Schinias. With Greece and Turkey winning their respective finals on Saturday, all focus was on who would be joining them in Phase 2.

Schinias, Greece, June 22, 2019. Greece in the women’s table and Turkey in the men’s division secured from Saturday their spot in the second stage of the 2018-2020 CEV Beach Volleyball Continental Cup.

Ios, Greece, June 16, 2019 - Dimitra Manavi and Konstantina Tsopoulou defended their top seed entry of the tournament to claim gold in the 2019 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament on the Cycladic island of Ios following a 2-0 (21-18, 21-16) sweep of Romania's Beata Vaida / Ioana-Alexandra Ordean who had come into the Main Draw from the qualifiers.

Ios, Greece, June 16, 2019 - France's Florian Gosselin / Jeremy Silvestre took Ios by storm, sailing through the qualifiers, brushing off all opposition in the Main Draw and then, Sunday afternoon, toppling top seeds Maxim Sivolap / Artem Yarzutkin of Russia 2-1 (21-16, 15-21, 15-12) in the final to claim the men's gold medal at the 2019 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour 1-star event.