AEK-Olympiakos: For the first cup in Women’s volleyball

They claim the first title of the year in Women’s volleyball AEK and Olympic tonight (20:15, ERT3), as they face the final of the Final 4 of the Cup at the indoor gym “Giorgos Galanopoulos” in Loutraki.

The two teams will meet for the fourth time in their history in the final, with AEK eliminating Aris in the first semi-final by winning 3-0, thus having the opportunity to defend the title they won last year in Arta and Olympiakos being the winner in the second semi-final as they beat Panathinaikos 3-1, looking to celebrate their first Cup since 2019. This will be the third meeting of the two teams this year with Olympiakos winning both matches of the Women’s Volley League as in the 8th matchday they won 3-1 at the home of the Union, while two weeks ago they also won 3-0 at home.

“We are happy to be in the final for the second year in a row and I am sure it will be a great match because Olympiacos also deserved to qualify“, initially emphasized the AEK coach Yunus Ocal. “It will be a different match from the ones in the league and we know what we have to do. A final is always something different and we have the experience from last year. What is certain is that we will give everything to keep the trophy for AEK“, added the Turkish technician who emphasized that he considers “advantage for Olympiakos that they played a stronger match in their own semi-final. In these kinds of events, something like this helps. And this happened last year in Arta».

In the opposing camp, Lorenzo Micelli he said he was proud of his team claiming the 10th title in the Cup institution, being the team with the most trophies. “We are very proud to be in the final and continue to present a good level of volleyball. Tomorrow will be the most important match, we want the victory“, initially said the Italian technician. “We know AEK very well, so it will be a big match on the pitch again. We want to write another page of success in the history of Olympiakos“, he added.

Tomorrow’s match is not the first final that pits the two teams against each other, but the fourth overall with Olympiakos having won all three previous times.

Details of the previous finals of AEK and Olympiakos in the institution of the Cup:

Final: 16/04/2011 – Samos

AEK – Olympiacos 2-3 (22-25, 25-17, 25-19, 18-25, 10-15)

Olympiakos (Yiannis Nikolakis): Giakoumis 13 (1 ace, 11/15 ref., 1 block), Kyriakidou 12 (4 aces, 4/10 ref., 4 blocks), Gibson 7 (6/9 ref., 1 block) , Koleva 18 (16/39 ref., 38% ref., 2 blocks), Ognienovic 6 (4 aces, 2/2 ref.), Hadava 20 (20/41 ref., 45% ref.), Maghina (l , 69% sub.), Nikoulis 2 (2/5 ff.)

AEK (Kyriakos Kamperidis): Borovinsek 10 (1 ace, 8/10 ref., 1 block), Lambrinidou 4 (2/6 ref., 2 blocks), Koutouxidou 5 (3 aces, 1/3 ref., 1 block) , Kalainjieva 8 (8/24 ref., 31% ref.), Kiss 23 (20/42 ref., 3 blocks), Sakkula (l, 65% ref.), Del Rio 15 (1 ace, 11/23 ref. ., 41% sub., 3 blocks), Kounadis, Papageorgiou

8th Final Four: 12-13/4/2013 – Santorini

First semi-final: Iraklis Kifisias – Olympiacos 1-3 (25-18, 24-26, 20-25, 22-25)

2nd semi-final: AEK – Filathetikos Larisaikos 3-0 (25-14, 25-16, 25-04)

Final: Olympiacos – AEK 3-1 (20-25, 25-16, 25-22, 25-22)

OLYMPIAKOS (Sotirchos): Konstantinou 17 (11/23 ff., 3 aces, 3 blocks, 36% sub. – 24% excellent), Kosmas 14 (7/28 ff., 7 aces, 47% sub. – 20% excellent ), Trats 10 (6/13 ff., 4 blocks), Giakoumi 9 (4/17, 1 ace, 4 blocks), Christodoulou 9 (3/6 ff., 3 aces, 3 blocks), Teneva 14 (10/ 31 ref., 1 ace, 3 blocks, 50% sub. – 30% excellent) / Konomi (l, 80% sub. – 60% excellent), Lukovic 4 (4/9 ff.), Teza.

AEK (Oikonomou): Papageorgiou 5 (3/12 ref., 2 blocks, 30% sub. – 10% excellent), Kis 25 (22/56 ref., 1 ace, 2 blocks), Tzanakaki 9 (6/12 ref. ., 3 blocks), Borovincek 11 (10/17 ff., 1 block), Mendez 9 (7/29 ff., 1 block, 30% sub. – 27% excellent), Papafotiou 2 / Roga (l, 40% sub. – 25% excellent), Gouzou 1, Tsochatzi 1.

11th Final Four Astra Airlines 4-5/3/2016 Chios

First semi-final: Panathinaikos – Olympiacos 2-3 (18-25, 25-20, 25-23, 19-25, 7-15)

Second semi-final: GS Ilioupoli – AEK 1-3 (25-27, 25-23, 16-25, 07-25)

Final: Olympiacos – AEK 3-0 (25-18, 25-08, 25-13)

Olympiakos (Kovačević) Iota 11 (6/11 ref., 5 blocks), Lazarević 9 (6/12 ref., 1 ace, 2 blocks, 25% sub. – 12% excellent), Malasai 13 (11/20 ref. , 1 ace, 1 block, 43% sub. – 36% excellent), Christodoulou 6 (3/5 ref., 2 aces, 1 block), Tsvetanova 10 (8/22 ref., 2 aces), Konomi -l (78% sub. – 78% excellent) / Konstantinou, Kokkinaki, Emmanuilidou 2 (1/1 ff., 1 block)

AEK (Roumeliotis) Tsochatzi, Konstantinidou 10 (9/17 ff., 1 block), Ivanova 1 (1/8 ff., 50% sub. – 50% excellent), Katsantoni 2 (2/16 ff.), Lambrinidou 7 (4/9 ff., 3 blocks), Kosmas 3 (3/21 ff., 29% sub. – 14% excellent), Kakuratou -l (50% sub. – 33% excellent) / Spanou 4 (3/16 ep., 1 ace, 46% sub. – 38% excellent), Kounadis, Totai.