The 18th and last matchday of A1 women’s handball ended without any surprises. Nea Ionia defeated Anagennisi Artas in the northern suburbs 45-30 in the theoretical derby of the day and left them in fourth place, with the two teams facing each other in the playoffs, while the victories of PAOK 31-27 at Panorama and AESH Pylaia in Korydallos over the trailing AOAOD 32-14 brought them respectively to the second and third place in the ranking, thus opponents in the playoffs.
AEP PANORAMA- PAOK MATECO 27-31
The five minutes: 3-3, 6-7, 8-10, 9-12, 11-13, 14-16 (m), 16-18, 20-20, 21-23, 23-26, 24-26, 27-31
PANORAMA (S. Vakalis): Koutsimani, Liouka 1, Emmanouilidou 3, Giannopoulou, Koukmisi 4, Florou, Amanatidou 4, E. Kouklotidou, Miga, Tsiamoura 1, Nikolaou, , Gonsalves 6, Gomes 1, El. Kouklotidou, Abilda 7, Christodoulidou
PAOK (Pelekidis): Tsiknaki, Kerlidis, Mendesidou 2, Vrancic 2, Jovisevic, Samolada 5, Caprinioti, Sevdili, Silva 8, Zeneli 1, Borisovska 2, Grbasevich, Koulouri 4, Burato 5, Milojevic 2
Referees: Gogas-Sakhinoglou, Two minutes: 2-0, Penalty: 2/2-1/1
AOD KORYDALLOS – AESH PYLIAS 14-32
The five minutes: 1-4, 2-6, 3-9, 4-13, 6-14, 6-16 (mch)m 7-20, 10-23, 10-25, 10-27, 12-30, 14-32
LARK: N. Mavrogeorgi 5, Karagianni 5, Sitoglou, Z. Mavrogeorgi 1, Blas, Mylona 3, Despotidou, Boziou, Tsiapa, Christopoulou, Paresoglou
PYLAIA (G. Vakalis): Souska 1, X. Trohidou 2, E. Trohidou 3, Koukmisi 7, Tsartsiou 1, Athan. Tsigarida 1, Theodosopoulou, Taki, Kostopoulou 3, Ath. Tsigarida, Machairidou, Selemidou 1, Argyropoulou 6, Panagiotidou 1, G. Papadopoulou 2, A. Papadopoulou 4
Referees: Sklavenitis- Drakopoulos, Red: 58:59 Mylona (three two minutes), Two minutes: 3-3, Penalty: 3/4-3/4
OFN IONIA – ARTAS REVIVAL 45-30
The five minutes: 2-1, 6-3, 9-5, 12-8, 15-12, 20-15 (am), 22-18, 27-20, 33-22, 39-25, 43-26, 45- 30
OFNI (Gousios): M. Kepesidou, Manias 5, Loubiania 4, Araldi 4, Kmirova 7, Krnics, Makri, Fragou 5, N. Kepesidou 9, Tsakalou 5, Yiannopoulou, Dimtsoudi, Diakoiannis 1, Davidovich 2, Papa 3, Lytrivi
ARTA (Lazaridis): Kollyri, Tsoushidou 3, Moschou 1, Skara, Noula 5, Papakosta, Spyridopoulou, Mournou 3, Saidova, Andritsou 7, Karacharisi 5, Prokopidou 5, Mastaka 1
Referees: Tolios- Fokitis, Seconds: 6-1, Penalty: 5/5-3/6
AEK-GAS KAMATEROU 21-26
The five minutes: 2-1, 4-4, 6-7, 8-8, 10-9, 11-10 (em.), 12-12, 14-16, 15-17, 16-20, 18-24, 21- 26
AEK (Papadopoulos): Magou 2, Psarioti 4, Varverarkis, Petkovska, Katsika 2, Gaspari 3, Zouma, Zafeiropoulou, Pavlou 2, Sarkiri, Fabis 1, Banasis 1, Nikolovska 5, Metzri 1, Drougidou
KAMATERO (Danilos): Mich. Vassiliou, Mar. Vassiliou, Nadotsi 2, Karamanou 3, Kurti 7, Adnar, Christopoulou, Papaioannou, Georgiadou 2, Psarioti, A. Vassiliou 4, Roussou 7, Tsamali, Anestaki, Patroni 1
Referees: Geroulanos- Geroulanos, Red: 22:00 A. Vassiliou (dangerous play – no ticket was kept), two minutes: 4-5, Penalty: 0/2-3/4
The playoff pairings:
OFN Ionia – Renaissance Arta
PAOK Mateco – AESCH Pylaia
The playoffs start next Wednesday and the qualification to the final will be decided on the two victories, with home advantage for OFNI and a “doubleheader”.
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