Second place in the Europe Trophy Papadimitriou with Serbian Josip Columbus

The Europe Trophy Grand Final was completed on Sunday night 06/04 in Igalo, Montenegro with a very pleasant time for Greek colors. Malamates Papadimitriou won the silver medal with Serbian Yosip Columbus.

A few hours after the end of the Panathinaikos men’s and men’s teams (with 3rd place and positions 5-6 respectively) a worthy representation was recorded at the individual level. Our 21-year-old champion competed in the semifinals and in the trophy match and, regardless of the 3-1 defeat in the finale by Croatian Douga Ressa, holds the remarkable appearances and the special moment he lived. In addition, she may feel the honor of becoming the first Greek pingelist with a European final with a foreign team. Also positive was the attempt of 19 -year -old Stella Tzaridou, who also gained valuable experience by playing with Mittc from Malta and made wins.

Josip Columbus began her career by defeating Panathinaikos in the first group. He entered the board with a first, he had bye in the first round and in this first track the coaching team did not use Papadimitriou. But today, it was a basic and had a winning match in the 4th. In the 3-0 win over Belgian Leuven, he surpassed Dea Majer 3-1 with Belgium.

In a 3-1 missing final with Duga Rea, he competed in the opening match and was naturally defeated by Chinese-born Croatian Sue Han Vukela. It is also noteworthy that with the left -handed international the… aroma of Greece in the finals in the four years of the institution. After the Panathinaikos trophies in 2022 in women, in 2024 in men and the title of Olympiacos in men in 2023, this year’s distinction from Papadimitriou came.

In addition, Stella Tzaridou was essential to Mittc and after the regional phase of the same event lived new and important performances in the Grand Final. In her first year in a overseas team, she took part in all matches in Montenegro and on Sunday she had two more rankings. In a 3-2 defeat by Austrian Stokerau, a great 3-2 set win over the experienced Hungarian Sandra Pergel, a former Panathinaikos athlete. In the afternoon in the match against Italian Sassari for 9-10 positions he paid five sets and Lisa Bressan from the neighboring country. Mittc defeated Sassari 3-1 and ranked 9th.

Finally, the men’s winner of the Europe Trophy 2025 had three athletes known to the Greek public from their presence in A1. Stk Novi from Montenegro, who also had the role of hostess, was based on Croatian Tomislav Poukar, who is also in Olympiacos, the Serb Marko Jfetovic, who has previously fought in Pera Athens and Portugal,

In the final, Novi surpassed MSK Cantka from Slovakia 3-1 to succeed Panathinaikos at the top. In 2023, when Olympiacos took the trophy, Pukar was also in his power.