Bogoria of Gionis advances to the final of the Polish league

Successful results continue in top European leagues for the clubs, in which top Greek table tennis athletes compete.

With the assistance of Panagiotis Gionis, Bogoria Grodzisk defeated Orlis 1924 3-1 at home on Friday night 02/06, in the first semi-final of the Polish championship and took an important step towards qualifying for the final.

Tomorrow Sunday 04/06, in the decisive away second leg she will look to build on the advantage and progress to the final on 11 June to defend her title. Gionis played two matches as the 1st player, shaped the final score, while he had experienced a defeat in the opening game. We remind you that the similar effort of Yannis Sgouropoulos’s Enebon is also developing in France. On Wednesday 31/05, they won 3-1 in the first semi-final of the playoffs against Dzura More and tonight 03/06, at their “home”, they are preparing to confirm their qualification to the final.

In the Polish league, Bogoria, which had finished 3rd in the regular season, crossed paths in the semi-finals with the 2nd ranked Orlis 1924 (a team in which Giorgos Konstantinopoulos played last year) having the first match as home team. Hundreds of her friends filled the hall, music, cheerleaders and presentation ritual created a special atmosphere.

The visitors took the lead with a win from Japan’s Maki, who was without them at the Peace and Friendship Stadium in late March when they reached the Europe Trophy final against eventual champions Olympiakos. Gionis lost to the very remarkable Asian 3-1 in a very close and spectacular game, where the first three sets were decided by a narrow margin.

Despite this specific defeat, Bogoria did not lose its role as the favorite and this was proven later. According to the system of the league after the first three matches each match is decided in favor of the best of 3 sets, Gionis was better than the 4th athlete, who Orlis used as a substitute, Buck and achieved the decisive victory with 2-0 sets .

The evolution of the match Bogoria-Orlis 1924 3-1 in detail:

Panagiotis Gionis-Asuka Maki 1-3 (11-9, 14-16, 10-12, 5-11)

Milos Regimski-Robert Floras 3-1 (11-9, 10-12, 11-6, 11-4)

Marek Badowski-Piotr Cirnek 3-0 (11-9, 11-3, 11-5)

Gionis-Daniel Buck 2-0 (11-6, 11-4)

The rematch will take place on Sunday 04/06 and in case of Bogoria’s defeat, the team with the best score of the semi-finals will go through. At 17:00 Greek time is the start time and the live streaming from the championship channel on YouTube.

In the other pair of the 4th group, Dzialdovo beat Gviazda Bydgosz away 3-1 and are also favorites to qualify for the final.

In the French Pro A Enebon wants to seal the “ticket” for the final of the playoffs. Without Sgouropoulos in the trio, they had taken the first step in midweek with a 3-1 victory and they have their chances in tonight’s (Saturday) home replay. The match starts at 20:30 Greek time and is broadcast live.