Time for the second one Final 4 of the UNICEF Trophy, which will be held at the Olympic Center of Ano Liosion, has arrived. Today (5/1) the four teams of the national categories that reached the final four, Youth Center Megaridos, Milos, Panionios and Doxa Lefkadawill challenge for Saturday’s grand final (6/1, 6:00 p.m.), with the team that reaches the end of the course winning the trophy.
At the same time, however, it will ensure the participation in the Final 8 of the Cup (February 15-18)where the top seven teams in the Basket League ranking at the end of the first round will take part, ie Panathinaikos, Olympiacos, Prometheus, PAOK, Aris, Peristeri and AEK.
Ticket sales continue through Ticketmaster. General admission for each day of matches is 10 euros and 50 euros for court seats, while admission is free for children under the age of five, but without a guaranteed seat.
The UNICEF Trophy matches will be broadcast live on the EEC YouTube channel, and there will be full statistical coverage. Detailed program and referees/commissioners:
Friday 5/1
17.00 NE Megaridos-Milon Manos-Tsonos-Leventakos (Palatos) (1)
20.00 Panionios-Doxa Lefkada Karpanos-Katsaprakakis-Geranios (Dibinoudis) (2)
Saturday 6/1
18.00 Winner 1 – Winner 2 Pitsilkas-Christinakis-Martinakos (Hipiotis)
Megaridos-Milon Youth Center 17:00
The action begins at 17:00 with the first semi-final, where Megaridos Youth Home will face Milonas.
The Megara team reached the final four by successively eliminating GS Almyrou (63-93), APAS Naxos Ta Fanaria (66-72) and AO Mykonos (70-72). Giorgos Mandalou’s side finished the first round in the Errikos Dunan Elite League in fourth place with 9 wins.
See the Megaridos Youth Center roster here
On the other hand, Milo returned strongly to the Elite League Erricos Dunan and closed the first round in third place with 10 wins. Neosmyrniotes reached the Final 4 having successively overcome the obstacles of Panserraikos (43-66), Cholargos (73-79) and Eleftheroupolis (88-67) in the previous rounds of the competition.
See Milo’s roster here
Panionios-Doxa Lefkada 20:00
At 20:00 the second semi-final is held, between title holder Panionio and Doxa Lefkada.
The Nea Smyrni team returns to the Final 4 of the UNICEF Trophy with the aim of defending the title they won last year. Aris Lykogianni’s team qualified for the Final 4 by knocking out Panerythraikos (86-63), Ermis Schimatariou (80-90) and Papagou (88-83). The “blue and red” finished the first round of the Elite League Henry Dunant in first place with 12-3 having won eight consecutive championships.
See the Panionio roster here
Doxa Lefkada, having already made its presence felt in the Elite League, Errikos Dunan aspires to stir up the waters in the Final 4 of the UNICEF Trophy, where he arrived by successively overcoming the obstacles of Iraklis (without a match), Trikala (63-67) and Amyntas (76-84). It closed the first round of the championship with a record of 7-8 counting five consecutive losses, however it was imposed 90-70 of Panioni for the fifth game.
See the roster of Doxa Lefkada here
Source: Sport Fm
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