HELLENIC VOLLEYBALL FEDERATION

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.

Ios, Greece, June 15, 2019. Top seeds Dimitra Manavi and Konstantina Tsopoulou and Stylianos Tzioumakas/Iason Kanellos of Greece keep the home flag flying at the 2019 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour 1-Star stop on the Cycladic island of Ios after scoring two wins Saturday - the opening day of Main Draw - to advance to Sunday's quarterfinals.

Ios, Greece, June 15, 2019 - Two-time Olympian in Beijing 2008 and London 2012, European Championship silver medallist in 2012 and with a trphy cabinet full of regional and domestic titles, Maria Tsiartsiani is one of Greece's all-time greatest beach volleyball legends.

Ios, Greece, June 14, 2019 - The top two seeds of the men's Qualification Tournament at the 2019 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour 1 star event at the stunning location of Mylopotas Beach on the Cycladic island of Ios advanced Friday to the 16-team Main Draw of the tournament which begins Saturday morning.

Ios, Greece, June 14, 2019 - Turkey's No. 1 and No. 3 seeds crashed out of the 2019 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour 1 Star event in the Cycladic island of Ios at the conclusion of the women's Qualification Tournament on Friday, ahead of the 16-team Main Draw which begins Saturday on picturesque Mylopotas Beach.

Ios, Greece, June 13, 2019 - After a 13-year hiatus Greece returns tomorrow to the world beach volleyball scene as the qualifiers of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour 1* by Luxurios get underway at the idyllic Mylopotas Beach on the Cycladic island of Ios.

Piraeus, Greece, June 11, 2019 - Greece aim for a clean sweep of Bosnia & Herzegovina twice in the last two games of pool play at the 2019 Men's European Silver League, starting on Wednesday at home in the Piraeus suburb of Rentis before travelling to Lukavac on the weekend.

Vrachati, Greece, June 11, 2019 - With renewed hopes for a ticket to the final, after Portugal's win over table leaders Slovenia over the weekend, Greece host Estonia Wednesday afternoon in the northern Peloponnese town of Vrachati, just west of Corinth, for the 2019 Women's European Silver League.

Piraeus, Greece, June 1, 2019 - Greece are back in the race for a ticket to the final of the 2019 Men's European Silver League, after a convincing 3-0 (27-25, 25-21, 25-13) sweep of Austria Saturday evening in the Piraeus suburb of Rentis.

Vrachati, Greece, June 1, 2019 - Portual shattered any glimmer of hope Greece may have had at a shot at the final of the women's European Silver League when they ran away with the first set in the northern Peloponnese town of Vrachati, Saturday afternoon.

Piraeus, Greece, May 31, 2019 - In a match the in all likelihood will decide first place in the pool, Greece host Austria Saturday evening in the Piraeus suburb of Rentis for Pool A of the 2019 Men's European Silver League. This is a rematch of last week's game in Innsbruck, which saw Austria victorious in four sets.