Volleyball Greece 2021-2022

    Lamia was targeting Fidon throughout the match with their serves - which worked especially in set 3

    Receives were flying everywhere so it was tough for DY, but yesterday was actually much better than other days
    She managed to send a lot more sets to the middles unlike their last Asterix match, Polynopolou scored as much as Maya with 11 points each (excluding serves & blocks) in this match against Lamia


    PAOK receives are worrying... if its falling apart so easily against a weaker opponent like Lamia, what about stronger opponents (like seen against Thetis, Asterix)

    Aris - AEK 3-0 (75p.-0p.)




    Panathinaikos - AO Thiras 3-0 (25-17, 25-22, 25-09)


    Panathinaikos: Konstantinou 17 (15/29), Cross 12 (7/10)

    AO Thiras: Abbott 14 (12/27), Mitrovic 10 (8/25)




    Markopoulo - Olympiakos 0-3 (13-25, 15-25, 17-25)


    Markopoulo: Kullerkann 11 (10/14), Kalantaridou 10 (8/26)

    Olympiakos: Hippe 20 (16/23), Genitsaridi 17 (9/19)




    AO Lamias - PAOK 0-3 (15-25, 19-25, 27-29)


    AO Lamias: Pereira 16 (15/30), Robles 15 (13/41)

    PAOK: Polinopoulou 16 (11/16, 4 block, 1 ace), Collar 13 (11/24), Fidon 8 (8/15)




    Pannaxiakos - Amazones 1-3 (27-29, 25-12, 16-25, 25-27)


    Pannaxiakos: Liagki 26 (19/53), Nikologianni 15, Peixoto 14

    Amazones: Santos 23 (16/39), Greka 11




    Porfyras - Aias 3-0 (25-23, 26-24, 25-22)


    Porfyras: Rodrigues 30 (25/66)

    Aias: Chamalidou 12 (6/12, 4 block, 2 ace)

    Fun fact, the Korean YouTuber who has been following the PAOK team to each of their matches said that there were more Greek Lamia home fans who took photos with Dayeong at PAOK's away game there, compared to PAOK fans back at their home stadium haha

    There were Greek fans who lifted their kids onto the court from the stands to take photos with Dayeong, so she stood up against the railings instead to take photos with them haha
    Surprised they know her enough to want a photo, and even after a home game loss



    Interestingly there was also a female Korean fan who travelled down to Lamia to watch Dayeong's match. She didn't know which stadium the match would be played at so she visited Lamia for 4 days and asked the local residents where it would be held.

    4 precious days in a city like Lamia with nothing to do 😅wow

    Quote from charalampos

    the korean youtuber broadcast the game against lamia? i couldnt find it

    He went to the game, but stopped broadcasting because the Lamia staff knew about his livestreaming and approached him saying they would sue if he streamed the match:white: Guess he got too famous there

    He shared the above story in a separate livestream one day after while chatting with people who tuned in.


    Standings


    1. Aris 26

    2. Panathinaikos 25

    3. Olympiakos 24

    4. PAOK 23

    5. AEK 20

    6. AO Thiras 17

    7. Thetis 15

    8. Amazones 12

    9. Markopoulo 7

    10. AO Lamias 6

    11. Pannaxiakos 6

    12. Aias 4

    13. Porfyras 3

    14. Ilisiakos 1

    according to fosonline they got corona-virus in the match against AO Lamias



    unfortunately many players are missing



    • Olympiakos in the last games is playing without Giota (MB) and Costa Paraiaba (OH, BRA, injured)
    • PAOK: Lee Jaeyeong (OH, KOR)
    • Aris: Tsombanidou (serious injury, she was the 2nd blocker in the league)
    • AO Thiras without Alex Holston (USA-OPP, serious injury). Against Panathinaikos, the libero of the team (Artakianou) also didnt play
    • Carla Moreira (OH, BRA) of Amazones got injured in the first game of the season and she hasnt returned
    • Markopoulo played against Olympiakos without Jovanovic (S), Dikaioulia (MB, injured), Kotta (L). Naomi Santos (OH) got injured during the match
    • AO Lamias played against PAOK without Boukoura (l), Giannelou (MB). The main setter (Koudoura) wasnt ready.
    • AEK: Vergidou (S) and Dioti (OH/OPP) got injured during the second game of the season.
    • Porfyras: Alishanova (S, AZE) will be back in 2022. In the last game the other player from Azerbaijan (Pavlenko) didnt play.

    Thanks charalampos , that's really helpful since I'm not familiar/following the news of the other teams


    When you say some teams played without some players, or that they weren't ready. Do you know what the reasons are? Covid?

    I'm hearing there's quite a bit of covid cases (or hidden ones? not sure) in the league which is worrying if true

    Quote from suminj

    Thanks charalampos , that's really helpful since I'm not familiar/following the news of the other teams


    When you say some teams played without some players, or that they weren't ready. Do you know what the reasons are? Covid?

    I'm hearing there's quite a bit of covid cases (or hidden ones? not sure) in the league which is worrying if true

    Sometimes i know the reasons but not always



    3 players of AO Thiras have covid, so they will not play in cev cup. Although they won the first match 3-0, their opponent will qualify to top16.

    Quote from charalampos

    Sometimes i know the reasons but not always



    3 players of AO Thiras have covid, so they will not play in cev cup. Although they won the first match 3-0, their opponent will qualify to top16.

    Couldn't they win without these 3 players? Or the team is not allowed to play at all?

    they were allowed, but they decided to protect the athletes etc...


    Its not only the 3 players with covid, their main opposite and one MB are injured...but even if they couldnt win the match, in golden set would be easier

    Pannaxiakos - Thetis 0-3 0-75p.

    Amazones - AO Thiras 3-0 75-0p.


    *due to covid19 restriction



    Standings


    1. Aris 26

    2. Panathinaikos 25

    3. Olympiakos 24

    4. PAOK 23

    5. AEK 20

    6. Thetis 18

    7. AO Thiras 17

    8. Amazones 15

    9. Markopoulo 7

    10. AO Lamias 6

    11. Pannaxiakos 6

    12. Aias 4

    13. Porfyras 3

    14. Ilisiakos 1

    AEK - Panathinaikos 0-3 (22-25, 17-25, 24-26)



    AEK: Terrell 16 (14/36), Weide 15 (13/33), Kosma 5 (4/21), Brown 4 (1/8), Vergidou 2, Gudimenko 1 , Georgiadou l, Kavvadia 2


    Panathinaikos: Grothues 13 (10/25), Stepanenko 12 (7/28, 5 block), Chatziefstratiadou 7 (5/8), Cross 7 (2/10. 5 block), Papafotiou 5 (3 aces), Konstantinou 3 (2/15), Rogka l, Chantava 9 (9/23)




    Olympiakos - Aris 3-0 (25-23, 25-14, 25-23)


    Olympiakos: Salas 14 (11/23), Hippe 14 (13/31), Genitsaridi 9 (8/24), Emmanouilidou 7 (4/7), Giota 6 (6/12), Christodoulou 3, Kakouratou l


    Aris: Mercado 22 (19/43), Evans 13 (11/26), Schwan 6 (5/17), Kioutsouki 3, Drakoulidou 3, Lappa, Petrinoli l




    PAOK - Porfyras 3-0 (25-12, 25-17, 25-19)


    PAOK: Merteki 13 (10/16), Collar 13 (11/20), Fidon 12 (9/20)


    Porfyras: Rogriguez 15 (13/36)




    Aias - Markopoulo 0-3 (21-25, 19-25, 15-25)


    Aias: Theodosiou 10 (9/16)


    Markopoulo: Kullerkann 19 (15/33), Santos 11 (8/14)




    Ilisiakos - AO Lamias 1-3 (21-25, 25-22, 22-25, 16-25)


    Ilisiakos: Radovic 15 (15/39), Legros 15 (13/45)


    AO Lamias: Robles 21 (21/42), Helo Pereira 16 (15/33)

    After the PAOK vs Porfyras match on the 27th, there was a group of female Greek audience members who went up to take a photo with Dayeong.


    The Korean YouTuber who was there at the time overheard them saying that they were ex-Greece NT volleyball players who gathered together (from all over Greece) to come watch this match, after hearing that Lee Dayeong is playing in Greece.

    They said that they remembered playing against Dayeong's mother (Kim Gyeonghui, ex-Korean NT setter) 30 years ago in Busan, Korea🤯


    (short clip, but without the conversation)


    I tried finding articles about the match they supposedly had 30 years back, but was unfortunately unable to find any.

    If it was 30 years ago and in Busan, I can only think of the 1988 Olympics.

    But Greece didn't qualify, unless they played a practice match together?

    Standings



    1. Panathinaikos 28

    2. Olympiakos 27

    3. PAOK 26

    4. Aris 26

    5. AEK 20

    6. Thetis 18

    7. AO Thiras 17

    8. Amazones 15

    9. Markopoulo 10

    10. AO Lamias 9

    11. Pannaxiakos 6

    12. Aias 4

    13. Porfyras 3

    14. Ilisiakos 1