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Greek Men's Handball Championship

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The Greek Men's Handball Championship, or Handball Premier, is the most important competition of Greek handball. The competition which is organised by Hellenic Handball Federation (Greek: ΟΧΕ) started in the 1979–80 season. The most successful team is Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia with ten titles. The last title (2025-26 period) was won by Olympiacos Piraeus.

Greek Men's Handball Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024–25 Greek Handball Premier
SportHandball
Founded1979
No. of teams12
CountryGreece
ConfederationEHF
Most recent
champion		Olympiacos Piraeus (6th)
(2025–2026)
Most titlesIonikos Nea Filadelfeia (10 titles)
BroadcasterERT
Relegation toA2 Ethniki Handball
International cupsEHF European League
EHF European Cup
Official websitehandball.org.gr

Evangelos Kalfarentzos, fitness director of Panellinios Gymnastikos Syllogos (Panhellenic Gymnastic Club) of Athens, physical education teacher, and author, recognized as rapporteur of the sport in Greece.

Competition format

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The season begins with a tournament between the twelve teams. The top four teams advance to the play-offs to determine the champion in the usual manner. There are usually no play-offs for 3rd and 4th place. The ranking is based on the positions the teams occupied in the regular season.[1]

2023/24 Season participants

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The following 12 clubs compete in the Handball Premier during the 2023–24 season.

Team City Arena
AEK Athens G. Kassimatis Indoor Hall
Aeropos Edessa Edessa Edessa Indoor Hall
AESH Pylaia Thessaloniki Mikra Indoor Arena III
ASE Douka Athens Dais Indoor Hall
Diomidis Argous Argos Nea Kios Indoor Hall
Drama 86 Drama Dimitris Krachtidis Indoor Hall
GAS Kilkis Kilkis Kilkis Indoor Arena
Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia Athens Zacharias Alexandrou Indoor Hall
Olympiacos Piraeus Ilioupoli Indoor Hall
Panellinios Athens Panellinios Indoor Hall
PAOK Thessaloniki Mikra Indoor Arena III
Zafeirakis Naousa Naousa Naousa Indoor Hall

Previous champions

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Performances

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By club

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Club Titles Seasons
Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia 10 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1999
Filippos Veria 9 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2016
Olympiacos Piraeus 6 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024, 2025, 2026
AEK 5 2011, 2013, 2020, 2021, 2023
Panellinios 5 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007
ASE Douka 3 1998, 2001, 2008
PAOK 2009, 2010, 2015
Diomidis Argous 2 2012, 2014
ESN Vrilissia 1 1996
GE Veria 1997
Athinaikos 2005
DIKEAS Nea Ionia 2017

By city

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Twelve clubs from five cities have won the championship.

City Number of Titles Clubs
Athens (7) 26 Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia (10)
Panellinios (5)
AEK (5)
ASE Douka (3)
ESN Vrilissia (1)
Athinaikos (1)
DIKEAS Nea Ionia (1)
Veria (2) 10 Filippos Veria (9)
GE Veria (1)
Piraeus (1) 6 Olympiacos Piraeus (6)
Thessaloniki (1) 3 PAOK (3)
Argos (1) 2 Diomidis Argous (2)

EHF coefficient ranking

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Countries club place distribution for 2025–26 EHF European competitions [2] EHF Club Ranking, as of 25 May 2026 [3]

Greek handball clubs in European competitions

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EHF Cup Winners' Cup:

Team Winner Runner-up Semifinals
Filippos Veria 1993

EHF European Cup:

Team Winner Runner-up Semifinals
AEK 2021 2018, 2025 2019
Diomidis Argous 2012
Filippos Veria 2003
Olympiacos Piraeus 2024

Sources

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References

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  1. ↑ "Announcement of the Greek Handball Championship for the 2025-26 season". 18 Jul 2025. Retrieved 1 Jun 2016.
  2. ↑ European Handball Federation (2 August 2024). "Place distribution released for 2025/26 season". eurohandball.com. Online. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
  3. ↑ "Europeam handball team ranking". eurotopteam.com. Online. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
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