Olympiacos 4-3 Panathinaikos became a firm favorite for the A1 Ping Pong title title

In yet another exciting and very spectacular derby with Panathinaikos, a match full of table tennis stars, Olympiacos prevailed 4-3 sets after 3 hours and 45 ‘and ended the regular season of the A1 men. Olympiacos scored 28 points and will go to the playoffs with the huge two -degree difference from the second Panathinaikos, which means it has a margin of defeat.

Over 200 friends of the sport were found in the SEF, many more hundreds watched the postponement of the 14th match from the EFEPE channel on YouTube.

If Olympiacos increased the series, he would virtually take a step towards maintaining the leads, which he has had since 2022. If Panathinaikos had come to victory then the two contenders would go to the playoffs with the same points and the same chances.

Top Greek athletes and top names from the world scene offered an excellent spectacle and suspense, shaking the fans from their seats many times. With two wins of Sweden, two-silver Olympic champion, Troulles Meregord and one at the beginning of George Stamatouros, Olympiacos led 3-1.

The Spanish European Mixed European Champion, Alvaro Robels, was perfectly effective for Panathinaikos in his own games and at 3-2 Panagiotis Gionis brought the equalizer with a great victory against Croatian Asos Tomislav Pukar. So we arrived at the decisive double, where Panathinaikos also used a fourth athlete, putting his Robs partner, also left -handed, but also very strong in the double, George Constantinopoulos.

On the other hand, Olympiacos chose a twin with foreigners, even though Pukar came from a defeat and had earlier stopped the match with discomfort in the middle, while there was also no previous cooperation between them, as well as for the Panathinaikos couple.

There was a new firm counter with the final winners of Piraeus in the four sets. The third set proved to be very crucial, where Panathinaikos athletes led 8-4 and lost seven consecutive points.

It should also be noted that the roster of the teams left on the bench by Yiannis Sgouropoulos from Olympiacos and Konstantinos Constantinopoulos from Panathinaikos, who were steadily participating in the last derby.

In detail, the evolution of the Panathinaikos-Olympic 3-4 race:

Konstantinos Angelakis-Giorgos Stamatouros 1-3 (12-14, 11-9, 6-11, 9-11)

Panagiotis Gionis-Trulls Meregord 0-3 (10-12, 10-12, 8-11)

Alvaro Robels-Tomislav Pukar 3-2 (11-7, 8-11, 9-11, 12-10, 11-2)

Angelakis-Meregord 1-3 (11-8, 5-11, 6-11, 7-11)

Robels-Stamatouros 3-1 (11-3, 11-3, 7-11, 11-8)

Gionis-Poukar 3-1 (11-6, 7-11, 11-4, 11-7)

Robels/George Constantinopoulos-Meregord/Pukar 1-3 (12-14, 11-8, 8-11, 8-11)

THE FINAL RATE IN THE NORMAL DURATION OF A1 MEN (in 14 races):

1. Olympiacos 28

2. Panathinaikos 26

3. AEK 23

4. Apart from Athens 22

——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

5. AO Tatavla 21

6. Aris Nicaea 17 (7-5)

7. OEA Thessaloniki 17 (5-7)

8. ASEA Kavala 14