Olympiacos “beat” Panathinaikos and retained the table tennis champion title

Champion of Greece in Ping pong Olympiacos!

The “red and white” prevailed with 4-3 Panathinaikos wins after a tough five-hour battle in the table tennis hall of SEF, winning the title for the third time in a row and 17th overall in its history!

the croatian Tomislav Pukarit was he who gave the first victory to Olympiakos, prevailing with a 3-0 set of Konstantinopoulos, with the “greens” tying at 1-1, when Lebesson beat him 3-2 Curly bird. The “red and whites” then took a 2-1 lead thanks to a win by Ovcharov, but Panathinaikos found a reaction, equalizing at 3-3, when Gionis beat Sgouropoulos.

Finally, the title was decided in the seventh game, in the doubles, with the Lebesson/Konstantinopoulo to lead with 5-1, but with the Pukar/Ovcharov to come back, taking the first set with 11-8 and the second with 11-9, crowning Olympiakos as champion!

The development of the final in detail:



Olympiacos – Panathinaikos 4-3

Tomislav Pukar – Konstantinos Konstantinopoulos 3-0 (11-9, 11-6, 14-12)

Yannis Sgouropoulos – Emmanuel Lebesson 2-3 (11-8, 8-11, 11-6, 7-11, 8-11)

Dimitri Ovcharov – Panagiotis Gionis 3-1 (11-7, 11-6, 11-13, 11-6)

Tomislav Pukar – Emmanuel Lebesson 2-3 (11-9, 11-9, 2-11, 6-11, 8-11)

Dimitri Ovcharov – Konstantinos Konstantinopoulos 3-0 (11-6, 11-3, 11-6)

Giannis Sgouropoulos – Panagiotis Gionis 2-3 (5-11, 6-11, 11-6, 11-9, 14-16)

Pukar / Ovcharov – Lebesson / Konstantinopoulos 3-0 (11-8, 11-4, 11-9)