27 sets played in the 16th round of Volleyleague

Sixteenth round had 6 great battles and 27 played sets. This week Olympiakos drop a point to Aris in Athens.

Iraklis celebrated a great victory 3-2 against Pamvohaikos in Thessaloniki taking 2 very crucial points. Panathinaikos on the other hand did not manage to get a point by losing 3-1 in Thessaloniki from PAOK. In Athens Milonas won the battle against the Niki Aiginiou in the tie-break although there are no chances to stay in the Volleyleague.

All results of the 16th round:

Iraklis Thessalonikis - Pamvohaikos: 3-2 (18-25, 25-18, 26-24, 16-25, 15-11).

Top Scorers: Georgios Tzioumakas 29, Kostas Bakas 19, Leonardo Caldeira 19, Dimitrios Efaimidis 15, Chrisostomos Koltsiakis 12, Pantaleon Sotiris 10.

Milon - Niki Aiginiou: 3-2 (29 - 31, 25 - 23, 25 - 18, 24 - 26, 15 – 10)

Top Scorers: Jorge Emilio Moreno Payan 28, Ventsislav Georgiev 26, Kostas Vasilakos 15, Julian Andres Churi Zapata14, Theodoros Papadimitiou 14, Tasos Yatsis 12, Spencer McLachlin 11, Paschalis Potolidis 10.

Foinikas Syrou - Ethnikos Alexandroupolis: 3-1 (22-25, 25-19, 26-24, 25-23)

Top Scorers: Ilias Lappas 21, Ivan Raic 20, Pedro Dornellas 15, Georgios Papazoglou 15, Rafail Koumentakis 14.

Lamia – Kifisia: 3-1 (25-27, 25-22, 25-22, 25-18)

Top Scorers: Darko Filipas 22, Theoklitos Karypidis 21, Steven Robert Hunt 20, Christos Bellos 19, Alan Kommel 15.

Olympiakos - Aris Thessalonikis: 3-2 (25-27, 28-30, 25-21, 25-16, 15-13)

Top Scorers: Menelaos Kokkinakis 22, Giannis Kyriakidis 20, Bojan Yordanov 18, Ainias Tzelatis 18, Jernej Potocnik 17, Dimitrios Rizopoulos 14, Milan Jurisic 11, Georgios Papadopoulos 10.

PAOK – Panathinaikos: 3-1 (25-23, 21-25, 25-21. 25-20)

Top Scorers: Leonardo Ribeiro Nascimento Dos Santos 18, Ioannou Kostas 18, Dimitrios Chatziiliadis 14, Apostolos Armenakis 14, Athanasios Protopsaltis 13, Joshua Walker 11, Nick Vogel 11, Giannis Pantakidis 9, Gerasimos Kanellos 8.

Standings

Olympiakos 42, Pamvohaikos 31, Ethnikos Alexandroupolis 31, Foinikas Syroy 30, PAOK 29, Aris Thessalonikis 26, Lamia 23, Iraklis Thessalonikis 18, Kifisia 18, Niki Aiginiou 16, Panathinaikos 12, Milonas 7

Best action of 15th (previous) round games

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PAOK’s great victory against Pamvohaikos

On the last game of 14^th round PAOK easily won 3-0 the team of Pamvohaikos. Nascimento Dos Santos was amazing scoring 20 points.

There were four straight-set victories in Volleyleague. PAOK, Olympiakos, Lamia and Panathinaikos easily won over their opponents with the same score 3-0. Ethnikos Alexandroupolis and Foinikas Syroy had also great performance against Niki Aiginiou and Aris Thessalonikis.

  

All results of the 14th round:

PAOK – Pamvohaikos: 3-0 (25-23, 25-23,25-23)

Top Scorers: Leonardo Ribeiro Nascimento Dos Santos 20, Zoran Jovanovic 16,

Mantekas 14, Leonardo Caldeira 11, Armenakis 11

Ethnikos Alexandroupolis - Niki Aiginiou: 3-1 (25 – 16, 22 – 25, 25-23, 25-22)

Top Scorers: Ivan Raic 22, Dalakouras Anestis 17, Ventsislav Georgiev 17, Spencer McLachlin 16,  Paschalis Potolidis 15, Rafail Koumentakis 14, Georgios Papazoglou 11,

Iraklis Thessalonikis – Lamia: 0-3 (20-25, 21-25, 11-25)

Top Scorers: Steven Robert Hunt 15, Darko  Filipas 13, Georgios Sfendylakis 13, Georgios Tzioumakas 13, Alan Kommel 9, Dimitrios Efaimidis 9.

Milonas – Panathinaikos: 0-3 (20-25, 14-25, 19-25)

Top Scorers: Jorge Emilio Moreno Payan 14, Joshua Walker 13, Athanasios Protopsaltis 13, Kassandros Stigas 12, Ioannou Kostas 8.

Foinikas Syrou – Aris Thessalonikis: 3-1 (25-22, 22-25, 25-23, 25-17)

Top Scorers: Ainias Tzelatis 24, Pedro Dornellas 23, Ilias Lappas 17, Kostas Girtzikis 13, Antonios Thanos 11, Dinas Thanasis 11, Toni Kavacevic 9.

Olympiakos – Kifisia:  3-0 (25-12, 25-17, 25-12)

Top Scorers: Menelaos Kokkinakis 18, Bojan Yordanov 10, Christos Bellos 10, Jernej Potocnik 9,

Standings

Olympiakos 38, Ethnikos Alexandroupolis 28, Pamvohaikos 27, PAOK 25, Foinikas Syroy 24, Aris  Thessalonikis 22, Lamia 20, Iraklis Thessalonikis 16, Kifisia 16, Niki Aiginiou 15, Panathinaikos 11, Milonas 2

Olympiakos first loss in Greek Volleyleague

Pamvohaikos managed to win 3-0 (18-25, 23-25, 16-25) the team of Olympiakos in Vrachati. For the home team Zoran Jovanovic scored 21 and Leonardo Caldeira 14 points.

The best players for the 13^th round was

Setter: Nikolakis (Kiifsia)

Diagonal: Ivan Raic (Ethnikos Alexandroupolis)

Outside Hitters: Leonardo Caldeira (Pamvochaikos) – Alan Kommel (Lamia)

Middle blockers: Papagelopoulos Nikos (Kifisia) – Dinas Athanasios (Aris Thessalonikis)

Libero: Garas (Finikas Syrou)

Leonardo Caldeira was also voted as the MVP of round. 

All results of the 13^th round:

Panathinaikos - Foinikas Syrou: 0-3 (18-25, 23-25, 16-25)

Top Scorers: Ilias Lappas 17, Protopsaltis Thanasis 12, Toni Kavacevic 11, Ioannou Kostas 11.

Niki Aiginiou - Iraklis Thessalonikis: 1-3 (20-25, 25-19, 22-25, 19-25)

Top Scorers: Georgios Tzioumakas 18, Dimitrios Efaimidis 18, Spencer McLachlin 17, Ventsislav Georgiev 14.

Lamia – PAOK: 3-2 (25-19, 22-25, 24-26, 25-22, 15-11)

Top Scorers: Alan Kommel 31, Leonardo Ribeiro Nascimento Dos Santos 28, Darko  Filipas 17, Steven Robert Hunt 16, Argyris Mavrovouniotis 16, Gerasimos Kannelos 13.

Kifisia – Milon: 3-1 (25-19, 25-15, 23-25, 25-16)

Top Scorers: Christos Bellos 23, Theoklitos Karipidis 18, Julian Andres Churi Zapata15, Papagelopoulos Nikos 14.

Pamvohaikos - Olympiakos:  3-0 (25-23, 25-22, 26-24)

Top Scorers: Zoran Jovanovic 21, Leonardo Caldeira 14, Nikos Karagiannis 9.

Aris Thessalonikis - Ethnikos Alexandroupolis: 2-3 (15-25, 25-23, 36-34, 21-25, 14-16)       

Top Scorers: Ivan Raic 35, Ainias Tzelatis 30, Rafail Koumentakis 22, Dalakouras Anestis 16, Dinas Thanasis 15, Kiosis Christos 14.

Standings

Olympiakos 35, Pamvohaikos 27, Ethnikos Alexandroupolis 22, Aris 22, , PAOK 22, Foinikas Syroy 21, Lamia 17, Iraklis Thessalonikis 16, Kifisia 16, Niki Aiginiou 15, Panathinaikos 8, Milonas 2

Nikos Samaras, one of the best Greek volleyball players, died from a brain aneurysm on 4^th of January. The loss has shocked his family, the volleyball society, and especially his former teammates, coaches and their relatives and friends in his hometown in Orestiada, and Lemnos where he and his wife Elena lived in the last couple of years.

RIP, Nikos Samaras!

Five straight-set victories in Greek Volleyleague.

 The strongest teams easily defeated their opponents in the tenth round of Greek Championship. There were five straight-set victories in Volleyleague.

On Saturday games Foinikas easily won 0-3 (23-25, 23-25, 13-25) over the home team of Lamia. The new players of Syros team were the stars of the game. The Brazilian diagonal Pedro Dornellas scored 19, Stelios Nikiforidis 15 and Toni Kovacevic 12 points.

Aris Thessalonikis continue climbing in the standings by easily winning 0-3 (17-25, 20-25, 20-25) the home team of Panathinaikos in Athens. For Aris the Greek diagonal Tzelatis scored 17 points.

Kifisia also claimed straight-set victory (17-25, 20-25, 20-25) against Niki Aiginiou. Christos Bellos and Theoklitos Karipidis had both scored from 16 points leading their team to an easily home win.

Although Pamvohaikos lost the first set he finally managed to win 3-1 (21-25, 25-22, 25-20, 25-23) over Ethnikos Alexandroupolis. Leonardo Caldeira scoring 17 and Zoran Jovanovic scoring 19 points were the leaders of Vrahati’s team.

On Sunday’s game PAOK having a great performance managed to win 3-0 over MIlonas and climb at the third position of the standings. For PAOK team Xatziiliadis, Mavronouniotis, Armenakis and Kanelos were in a great day.

Olympiakos on Monday at the last game of the round easily won 0-3 (18-25, 22-25, 19-25) over the home team of Iraklis in Thessaloniki. For Olympiakos team the Bulgarian left handed diagonal Boyan Yordanov scored 15, the middle blocker Nikolaos Smaragdis 9 and the outside hitter Kokkinakis 11 points.

Tenth round results in Greek Volleyleague

PAOK – Milonas: 3-0 (25-19, 25-11, 25-17)

Lamia – Foinikas Syrou: 0-3 (23-25, 23-25, 13-25)

Pamvohaikos - Ethnikos Alexandroupolis: 3-1 (21-25, 25-22, 25-20, 25-23)

Kifisia - Niki Aiginiou: 3-0 (25-15, 25-18, 25-19)

Panathinaikos - Aris Thessalonikis: 0-3 (17-25, 20-25, 20-25)

Iraklis Thessalonikis – Olympiakos: 0-3 (18-25, 22-25, 19-25)

               

Standings

Olympiakos 29, Aris 20, PAOK 19, Pamvohaikos 18, Ethnikos Alexandroupolis 17, Foinikas Syroy 15, Lamia 14, Kifisia 13, Iraklis Thessalonikis 10, Niki Aiginiou 10, Panathinaikos 7, Milonas 3,

Best action of ninth round games