Greek Men's Handball Championship

A1 Ethniki

Sport	Handball
Founded	1979
No. of teams	12
Country	Greece
Continent	(Europe)
Most recent champion(s)	Diomidis Argous (2nd title)
Most titles	Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia (10 titles)
Relegation to	A2 Ethniki
Domestic cup(s)	Greek Cup

The Greek Handball Championship (A1 Ethniki) is the most important competition of Greek handball. The competition which is organised by Greek Handball Federation (Greek: ΟΧΕ) started in 1979-80 season. The most successful team is Ionikos Nea Philadelphia who has won ten titles. The last title was won by Diomidis Argous.

Champions

Panhellenic championship

A Ethniki

Performance by club

Club	Titles	Seasons
Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia	10	1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1999
Filippos Veria	8	1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 2003
Panellinios	5	2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007
ASE Douka	3	1998, 2001, 2008
Diomidis Argous	2	2012, 2014
AEK	2	2011, 2013
PAOK	2	2009, 2010
ESN Vrilissia	1	1996
GE Veria	1	1997
Athinaikos	1	2005

Titles by city

10 clubs have won the championship, from a total of 4 cities

City	Number of Titles	Clubs
Athens	22	Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia (10), Panellinios (5), ASE Douka (3), AEK Athens (2), ESN Vrilissia (1), Athinaikos (1)
Veria	9	Filippos Veria (8) , GE Veria (1)
Thessaloniki	2	PAOK (2)
Argos	2	Diomidis Argous (2)

Source

• Hellenic Handball Federation, Champions

External links

• Hellenic Handball Federation

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