Standings after Match Day 5
Match Day 6
Apollon Kalamarias - Aris : 14/11/2008
Lamia - Ethnikos Alexandroupolis : 15/11/2008
PAOK - AO Kifisias : 15/11/2008
Olympiakos - AONS Milon : 16/11/2008
Foinikas Syrou - Iraklis : 16/11/2008
Panathinaikos - EA Patron : 17/11/2008
Player Awards of Match Day 5
MVP : Leonardo Augusto Lopes Caldeira (AO Foinikas Syrou)
19 points, 16/27 attacks, 1 ace, 2 blocks, 4 digs, 68% perfect receptions (17/25, 1 Error)
Best in Evaluation Index : Aleh Akhrem (Iraklis Thessaloniki)
22,50 points, 21/31 attacks, 1 ace, 0,50 block, 11 digs, 74% perfect receptions (17/23, 1 Error)
Match Day 6
Apollon Kalamarias - Aris : 0-3 (22-25, 20-25, 20-25) stats
Lamia - Ethnikos Alexandroupolis : 3-1 (25-15, 25-23, 25-27, 25-22) stats
PAOK - AO Kifisias : 3-2 (23-25, 25-23, 25-23, 20-25, 15-11) stats
Olympiakos - AONS Milon : 3-0 (25-19, 25-17, 25-19) stats
Foinikas Syrou - Iraklis : 1-3 (23-25, 22-25, 25-21, 23-25) stats
Panathinaikos - EA Patron : 3-0 (25-18, 25-20, 25-22) stats
Standings after Match Day 6
Match Day 7
EA Patron - Lamia : 26/11/2008
Ethnikos Alexandroupolis - Olympiakos : 26/11/2008
AONS Milon - Apollon Kalamarias : 26/11/2008
AO Kifisias - Panathinaikos : 26/11/2008
Iraklis - PAOK : 26/11/2008
Aris - Foinikas Syrou : 26/11/2008
Player Awards of Match Day 6
MVP : Osvaldo Hernantez (Lamia)
26 points, 20/32 attacks, 3 aces, 3 blocks, 1 dig
Best in Evaluation Index : Tine Urnaut (Olympiakos Piraeus)
14,17 points, 12/17 attacks, 1 ace, 1,17 block, 5 digs, 89% perfect receptions (8/9, 1 Error)
All Star Game this Saturday, 22/11/08, in Amaliada.
Greeks' team
Wing- spikers: Ilias Lappas, Marios Giourdas, Petros Petroglou, Kostas Ioannou
Middle blockers: Andreas Andreadis, Nikos Smaragdis, Giorgos Papazoglou, Kyriakos Kalaitzidis
Setters: Sakis Psarras, Jannis Livathinos
Opposites: Apostolos Armenakis, Nikos Roumeliotis, Aineias Tzelatis
Libero: Achilleas Papadimitriou, Thanassis Panoussos.
Foreigners' team
Wing-spikers: Plamen Konstantinov, Björn Andrae, Oleksey Gatin, Marek Novotny
Middle blockers: Andrija Geric, Matthew Denmark, Rolf Bergmann
Setters: Jeremy Wilcox, Andrey Zhekov
Opposites: Ivan Miljkovic, Boyan Yordanov, Bruno Furtado, Osvaldo Hernandez
Libero: Leonardo Caldeira (who's actually a wing-spiker).
Does anyone know how Frank Depestele is doing in the Greek competition? Thanks!
Does anyone know how Frank Depestele is doing in the Greek competition? Thanks!
Frank is doing fine so far. He is a starter for Panathinaikos. I haven't managed to watch any of his matches, but from what I'm reading, he is quite good.
On Sunday there is the big match between Panathinaikos and Iraklis, my team. So I will watch the game and share my thoughts about the game, about Frank and other players.
A tough game for Iraklis. Not only because we are facing Panathinaikos in Athens, but mostly because some of our key-players are injuried. Our setter, Simon Tischer was injured during the game against PAOK in Wednesday and he will be out for 2 weeks. Aleh Akhrem also suffers from a minor injury and probably he won't play either. Moreover our captain Andrej Kravarik has just recovered from his injury and I don't know if he is 100% ready to play. He was out for about 2 months and maybe our coach won't use him. I hope Iraklis beats Panathinaikos but I'm not very optimistic with so many problems.
Match Day 7
EA Patron - Lamia : 3-0 (25-21, 26-24, 25-18 ) stats
Ethnikos Alexandroupolis - Olympiakos : 0-3 (17-25, 14-25, 18-25) stats
AONS Milon - Apollon Kalamarias : 3-1 (28-26, 19-25, 25-23, 25-23) stats
AO Kifisias - Panathinaikos : 1-3 (25-22, 23-25, 21-25, 23-25) stats
Iraklis - PAOK : 3-2 (25-23, 13-25, 23-25, 25-15, 15-11) stats
Aris - Foinikas Syrou : 3-0 (25-20, 25-15, 25-21) stats
Standings after Match Day 7
Match Day 8
Lamia - AO Kifisias : 29/11/2008
Apollon Kalamarias - Ethnikos Alexandroupolis : 29/11/2008
Panathinaikos - Iraklis : 30/11/2008
Foinikas Syrou - PAOK : 30/11/2008
Aris - AONS Milon : 30/11/2008
Olympiakos - EA Patron : 1/12/2008
Two big derbies this week in Greece - first vs. second, third vs. fourth... I think both games will be equally interesting, since these are the top four teams in Greece this season. I wish I could watch any of them... Commentaries from the Greek members of the forum will be valuable 
Olympiacos - EA Patron 0 - 3
wow, I know the team from Patra is good, but 3-0 away at Piraeus is kinda shocking... Excellent game for Zhekov, Yordanov and Sacchi, Miljkovic on the other side was simply not enough...
It was not a good match for Miljkovic.. he made some unusual for him errors, for example at the end of the first set, and while the score was 23-23, he crossed the 3m line twice in a row.
Speaking of Zhekov... yes, he was very good yesterday, but he was really impressive against Lamia last week (he was also MVP of that week). Lamia was leading 19-24, Zhekov went to the serve line and the set ended 26-24 
QuoteIt was not a good match for Miljkovic.. he made some unusual for him errors, for example at the end of the first set, and while the score was 23-23, he crossed the 3m line twice in a row.
I watched the game you uploaded and you are right - he made two very crucial mistakes in a row at 23-23. I was wondering how it is possible for Olympiacos to lose a set when they lead 23-20, but then I saw the mistakes... I don't think it was a bad match for Miljkovic, definitely not his best one, but still he did well!
5/12/09 9th day
Paok Thessaloniki-Panathinaikos:0-3(16-25,20-25,18-25)Armenakis 13 - Agamez 13.5(12/18 ),Herpe 10,5(9/12)
Iraklis Thessaloniki-G.S Lamias: 1 - 3 (17 - 25, 36 - 38, 25 - 23, 22 - 25)Nilsson 16,5,Akhrem 18,5 - Hernandez 27,5
Match Day 8
Lamia - AO Kifisias : 3-1 (22-25, 25-20, 25-14, 25-20) stats
Apollon Kalamarias - Ethnikos Alexandroupolis : 3-1 (18-25, 25-21, 25-21, 25-16) stats
Panathinaikos - Iraklis : 3-2 (27-25, 16-25, 17-25, 25-23, 17-15) stats
Foinikas Syrou - PAOK : 3-0 (25-20, 25-21, 25-19) stats
Aris - AONS Milon : 3-0 (25-20, 27-25, 25-17) stats
Olympiakos - EA Patron : 0-3 (23-25, 22-25, 22-25) stats
Match Day 9
Iraklis - Lamia : 1-3 (17-25, 36-38, 25-23, 22-25) stats
AO Kifisias - Olympiakos : 0-3 (15-25, 17-25, 23-25) stats
EA Patron - Apollon Kalamarias : 3-0 (25-17, 25-23, 25-18 ) stats
Ethnikos Alexandroupolis - Aris : 2-3 (25-21, 25-19, 16-25, 21-25, 15-17) stats
PAOK - Panathinaikos : 0-3 (16-25, 20-25, 18-25) stats
AONS Milon - Foinikas Syrou : 3-1 (21-25, 25-21, 31-29, 25-23) stats
Match Day 10
Lamia - PAOK : 3-0 (25-23, 25-22, 25-21) stats
Olympiakos - Iraklis : 3-1 (27-25, 25-15, 18-25, 25-20) stats
Apollon Kalamarias - AO Kifisias : 2-3 (25-22, 21-25, 34-32, 24-26, 9-15) stats
Aris - EA Patron : 3-0 (25-23, 25-20, 27-25) stats
AONS Milon - Ethnikos Alexandroupolis : 3-1 (28-30, 25-20, 25-20, 26-24) stats
Foinikas Syrou - Panathinaikos : 2-3 (25-22, 25-21, 16-25, 22-25, 8-15) stats
Match Day 11
Panathinaikos - Lamia : 3-1 (25-21, 22-25, 25-14, 25-19) stats
PAOK - Olympiakos : 1-3 (25-22, 18-25, 22-25, 22-25) stats
Iraklis - Apollon Kalamarias : 0-3 (23-25, 23-25, 21-25) stats
AO Kifisias - Aris : 3-1 (25-23, 27-29, 25-14, 25-18 ) stats
EA Patron - AONS Milon : 3-0 (25-18, 25-21, 25-18 ) stats
Ethnikos Alexandroupolis - Foinikas Syrou : 1-3 (25-27, 24-26, 25-23, 23-25) stats
Standings after Match Day 11
Match Day 12
Panathinaikos - Olympiakos : 07/01/2009
PAOK - Apollon Kalamarias : 07/01/2009
EA Patron - Ethnikos Alexandroupolis : 07/01/2009
Foinikas Syrou - Lamia : 07/01/2009
AO Kifisias - AONS Milon : 21/01/2009
Iraklis - Aris : 04/02/2008
Match Day 13
Olympiakos - Lamia : 10/01/2009
Apollon Kalamarias - Panathinaikos : 10/01/2009
AONS Milon - Iraklis : 10/01/2009
EA Patron - Foinikas Syrou : 10/01/2009
Aris - PAOK : 10/01/2008
Ethnikos Alexandroupolis - AO Kifisias : 31/01/2009
The first round of the championship is over. So here are some of my thoughts about the top-4 teams so far.
Iraklis Thessaloniki : The last results were really shocking for my team. 4 defeats in a row and 4th place at the standings table. This doesn’t happen very often. In fact the last time we lost 4 matches in a row was back in 1996!! The team doesn’t play good at all, at the moment. We have been facing some injury problems since the season began but that’s not an excuse. The main problem is that our reception is rather bad. In order to solve this problem, the administration signed the outside hitter Todor Baev (ex-Halkbank) for the rest of the season. It is also rumored that we want to sign a middle blocker because Andrej Kravarik’s performance, after his injury, is not good at all. I hope all our problems will be solved quickly, because some difficult and important games are coming up next. First of all the Greek Cup games. The Greek Cup final 8 will be held in Patra, between 30/1 and 1/2. And right after that, there will be the Champions League playoffs, so it is almost vital to be competitive again.
Panathinaikos : First and undefeated. They have a very well-balanced team and they are very consistent so far. But I think their potential to play better then they do now is very limited. Also in some games, both in Greek League and Champions League, when they didn’t play better then their opponents, they were lucky and won. They will finish the regular season at the top, but the playoffs are a completely different story.
Olympiakos : They have the best players among the top-4 teams, but they don’t play as a team yet. They played some very good games, but in others they were very bad. The key for them is to find consistency and I think Kristiansson will manage to do that. They will finish the regular season in 2nd place and I predict that they will be one of the two teams to reach the final.
E.A. Patron : They have a good team, but I don’t think they can be championship contenders. They have some great players, such as Zekov and Yordanov. Sacchi is good too, but he is rather inconsistent. Novotny plays worse than I expected. I think their main problem is that the level of their middle blockers is only average. They need better middle blockers and a better Novotny to claim the championship. I predict that they will finish 4th at the end.
The recent signings and releases from the Greek teams :
IN
Iraklis Thessaloniki
Todor Baev (GRE/BUL) : Outside Hitter
PAOK Thessaloniki
Evan Patak (USA) : Opposite
Paul Lotman (USA) : Outside Hitter
Ethnikos Alexandroupolis
Ivailo Barutov (BUL) : Opposite
Marco Narancic (SRB) : Outside Hitter
Darko Tesic (BIH) : Middle Blocker
Apollon Kalamarias
Gabriel Zobo-Lebay (FRA) : Opposite
Lauris Iecelnieks (LAT) : Outside Hitter
AO Foinikas Syrou
Pavlos Kouzounis (GRE) : Libero
OUT
Panathinaikos Athens
Chrysanthos Kyriazis (GRE) : Outside Hitter
Olympiakos Piraeus
Ivan Marquez (VEN) : Middle Blocker
Pavlos Kouzounis (GRE) : Libero
PAOK Thessaloniki
Apostolos Armenakis (GRE) : Opposite
Steve Keir (AUS) : Outside Hitter
Ralph Bergmann (GER) : Middle Blocker
Ethnikos Alexandroupolis
Thiago de Souza Maciel (BRA) : Opposite
Nikos Samaras (GRE) : Outside Hitter
Lafit de Almeida Alves (BRA) : Outside Hitter
Apollon Kalamarias
Bruno Augusto Furtado (BRA) : Opposite
Match Day 12
Panathinaikos - Olympiakos : 0-3 (21-25, 22-25, 11-25) stats
PAOK - Apollon Kalamarias : 3-0 (25-17, 25-20, 25-20) stats
EA Patron - Ethnikos Alexandroupolis : 3-0 (25-19, 25-17, 25-19) stats
Foinikas Syrou - Lamia : 1-3 (22-25, 25-23, 22-25, 22-25) stats
AO Kifisias - AONS Milon : 3-2 (21-25, 25-15, 25-23, 17-25, 16-14) stats
Iraklis - Aris : 1-3 (25-17, 22-25, 23-25, 22-25) stats
Match Day 13
Olympiakos - Lamia : 3-0 (27-25, 25-17, 25-21) stats
Apollon Kalamarias - Panathinaikos : 0-3 (21-25, 18-25, 19-25) stats
AONS Milon - Iraklis : 0-3 (18-25, 22-25, 23-25) stats
EA Patron - Foinikas Syrou : 3-0 (28-26, 25-19, 25-23) stats
Aris - PAOK : 2-3 (16-25, 25-20, 29-27, 22-25, 16-18 ) stats
Ethnikos Alexandroupolis - AO Kifisias : 3-0 (25-23, 25-19, 25-20) stats
Standings after Match Day 13
Match Day 14
PAOK - AONS Milon
Foinikas Syrou - Olympiakos
Panathinaikos - Aris
Lamia - Apollon Kalamarias
Iraklis - Ethnikos Alexandroupolis
AO Kifisias - EA Patron
The games of Match Day 14 have been rescheduled and they will be played on the weekend 7-8 of February.
Match Day 15
Ethnikos Alexandroupolis - PAOK : 24/01/2009
Apollon Kalamarias - Olympiakos : 24/01/2009
AONS Milon - Panathinaikos : 24/01/2009
AO Kifisias - Foinikas Syrou : 26/01/2009
Aris - Lamia : 26/01/2009
EA Patron - Iraklis : 26/01/2009