It was a real derby! PAOK defeated Nea Ionia in Thessaloniki 24-22 in the big top derby of the 15th round of A1 women’s handball, but the visitors keep the first place in their hands, having a +2 lead in the standings, but also the advantage in case of a tie, since they had won by +3 in the first round at home.
The five minutes: 3-2, 3-5, 4-7, 6-9, 10-11, 12-12 (m), 14-13, 17-14, 18-15, 20-18, 21-18, 24-22
PAOK (Pelekidis): Tsiknaki, Hatziparasidou 10, Kerlidis, Mendesidou, Vrancic, Jovisevic, Samolada 1, Sevdili 6, Silva, Zeneli 1, Borisovska 2, Tomasevich, Koulouri, Milojevic 1, Burato 3, Grbacevich
OFNI (Gousios): M. Kepesidou, Manias, Liubianaia 2, Araldi, Kmirova 4, Krnics 2, Makri, Fragou 3, N. Kepesidou 3, Tsakalou, Giannopoulou, Dimtsoudi, Diakoiannis, Davidovich 2, Papa 4, Stougiannidou 2
Referees: Bettman- Tzaferopoulos, Seconds: 7-6, Penalties: 6/6-2/3
In Panorama, the local team easily won 39-20 against the trailing AOAOD Korydallos and moved even closer to the top four of the playoffs, while they are now the big favorites for the fifth privileged position.
The five minutes: 6-2, 11-2, 15-5, 16-7, 17-7, 21-9 (w), 23-10, 27-13, 30-16, 31-18, 35-18, 39-20
PANORAMA (S. Vakalis): Koutsimani, Liuka 7, Emmanouilidou, Giannopoulou 1, Koukmisi, Florou, Amanatidou 4, E. Kouklotidou 3, Miga 1, Tsiamoura 8, Nikolaou 5, Christodoulidou 2, Gonsalves 1, Gomes 2, El. Kouklotidou 3, Abilda 9
KORYDALLOS (Dorotheou): Skala, Karagianni 4, Sitoglou 2, Mylona 7, Despotidou 1, Boziou 2, Babe 1, Christopoulou 3, Paresoglou
Referees: Kyriakou- Violitzis, Two minutes: 1-2, Penalty: 1/1-4/5
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