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Panionios: Returns the “Andreas Varikas” tournament with AEK, Karditsa and Varese

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The Historic Tournament “Andreas Varikas” It revives and will take place in the closed of Glyfada on September 19 and 20. The host Panionios will take part with the AEK, Heart and the Italian Varese.

The announcement:

“OEM Panionios was committed to the” return “of the” Andreas Varikas “tournament and now the commitment is becoming an act.

On September 19-20, the “Andreas Varikas” tournament will be held at the DAK. Glyfada “Makis Liougas” with the participation of great teams. The goal is multiple: to watch a high -level spectacle from important teams, to be honored as the memory of the top Panion and visionary is worthy of the memory and of course to become the best possible “rehearsal” before the commencement of official obligations.

Panionios will be known to give the first official race of the year for Eurocup on October 1st against the German Chemnitz in Glyfada.

The teams that will take part in the “Andreas Varikas” tournament are as follows:

-Varese one of the most historic teams in European basketball as its trophy is adorned with 5 Euroleague, 2 Saporta Cups, 3 Intercontinental Cups, 10 Championships, 4 Cups and 1 Italy Supercu.

-AEK Betsson, 3rd in last year’s Stoiximan GBL championship that has won 1 intercontinental cup, 2 Saporta Cups, 1 BCL, 8 Championships and 5 Greek Cups.

-Karditsa Japanese, which reached the 5th place of Stoiximan GBL last year, securing its European participation for the first time in its history.

Gradually, Panionios’ friends will be informed of all the details of the tournament, and there has already been information on the awarding of the Great Vlado Jurovic.

Who was Andreas Varikas

For the basketball team, especially, but also for the club as a whole, Andreas Varikas is a timeless value and undoubtedly the top form of thinking and functioning. Varikas was a visionary and realist at the same time, a man of works and not of the reasons.

He was the one who envisioned the Great Panionios when he “plowed” the open courts with his associates in the 1980s to “build” the future. The infrastructure departments of the club dominated and numerous players were promoted and competed in the first team, forming the basis for winning the Greek Cup in 1991.

Andreas Varikas was not there in winning the cup as he passed away on August 29, 1990 at the age of just 45. The day after the triumph, the team went and left the cup in his memory, as they had announced a few minutes after the awards. It was the honor to the great “worker” and the visionary of the historian.

He was the son of a family of letters, since his father Vassos Varikas was a journalist and writer. He studied electrical engineer and was a scholar. He had translated architecture manuals, poems collections and philosophical essays.

In his memory, Panionios called “Andreas Varikas” the old indoor stadium used by the infrastructure departments at Nea Smyrna Stadium.

The “Andreas Varikas” tournament

The first tournament in memory of the Great Varika was organized a few days after his death, specifically on September 21-22, 1990. Top teams of the time participated, such as the then Greek champion Aris, the then European champion Yugoplastik Split.

Over the years, superpowers of European basketball have won international trophies. For the last time it was organized in 2023 at the “Andreas Varikas”.

Source: Sport Fm

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