A1 Ethniki Volleyball

A1 Ethniki Volleyball

Current season, competition or edition: 2015–16 Volleyleague (Greece)
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	1935
No. of teams	12
Country	Greece
Continent	Europe
Most recent champion(s)	PAOK
Most titles	Olympiacos (27)
TV partner(s)	Nova Sports
Relegation to	A2 Ethniki Volleyball - 2nd Tier
Domestic cup(s)	Greek Volleyball Cup
Official website	www.volleyball.gr

The A1 Ethniki (Greek: Α1 Εθνική Κατηγορία), often referred to as the Greek Volleyball League, is the highest professional volleyball league in Greece. It is run by the Hellenic Volleyball Federation. It is considered one of the top national leagues in European volleyball, as its clubs have made significant success in European competitions.

Current teams

Panathinaikos
Kifissia

Aris
PAOK
Iraklis

Olympiacos

Pamvochaikos

Foinikas

Lamia

Ethnikos

Orestiada

Panachaiki

Location of teams in Greek Volleyball League 2015-16

The clubs for the 2015–16 season:

Championship history

• 1935-36 to 1967-68: Panhellenic Championship
• 1968-69 to 1987-88: A Ethniki
• 1988-89 to 2009−10: A1 Ethniki
• since 2010−11: Volleyleague

Season Team 1935–36 Panellinios 1936–37 Panellinios 1937–38 EA Patras 1938–39 Panellinios 1939–40 Panellinios 1940–41 Not Held 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 Panellinios 1944–45 Not Held 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

Season Team 1960–61 Panellinios 1961–62 Milon 1962–63 Panathinaikos 1963–64 Milon 1964–65 Panathinaikos 1965–66 Panathinaikos 1966–67 Panathinaikos 1967–68 Olympiacos 1968–69 Olympiacos 1969–70 Panathinaikos 1970–71 Panathinaikos 1971–72 Panathinaikos 1972–73 Panathinaikos 1973–74 Olympiacos 1974–75 Panathinaikos 1975–76 Olympiacos 1976–77 Panathinaikos 1977–78 Olympiacos 1978–79 Olympiacos 1979–80 Olympiacos 1980–81 Olympiacos 1981–82 Panathinaikos 1982–83 Olympiacos 1983–84 Panathinaikos 1984–85 Panathinaikos 1985–86 Panathinaikos

Season Team 1986–87 Olympiacos 1987–88 Olympiacos 1988–89 Olympiacos 1989–90 Olympiacos 1990–91 Olympiacos 1991–92 Olympiacos 1992–93 Olympiacos 1993–94 Olympiacos 1994–95 Panathinaikos 1995–96 Panathinaikos 1996–97 Aris 1997–98 Olympiacos 1998–99 Olympiacos 1999–00 Olympiacos 2000–01 Olympiacos 2001–02 Iraklis 2002–03 Olympiacos 2003–04 Panathinaikos 2004–05 Iraklis 2005–06 Panathinaikos 2006–07 Iraklis 2007–08 Iraklis 2008–09 Olympiacos 2009–10 Olympiacos 2010–11 Olympiacos 2011–12 Iraklis

Season Team 2012–13 Olympiacos 2013–14 Olympiacos 2014–15 PAOK

A1 Finals

Performance by club

Club	Champions	Winning years
Olympiacos	27	1968, 1969, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014
Panathinaikos	18	1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1995, 1996, 2004, 2006
Panellinios	6	1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1944, 1961
Iraklis	5	2001-02, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2011–12
Milon	2	1961-62, 1963–64
EA Patras	1	1937-38
Aris	1	1996-97
PAOK	1	2014-15

Titles won by city

8 clubs have won the Greek Volleyball Championships, from a total of 4 cities.

City	Titles	Clubs
Piraeus	27	Olympiacos (27)
Athens	24	Panathinaikos (18), Panellinios (6)
Thessaloniki	7	Iraklis (5) PAOK (1) Aris (1)
Nea Smyrni	2	Milon (2)
Patras	1	EA Patras (1)

Sponsors and supporters

• OPAP
• Pame Stoixima
• Nova Sports
• Blue Star Ferries
• Euromedica

See also

• Greek Volley League MVP

External links

• Greek-volley.blogspot.com all news about Greek Volleyball
• Hellenic Volleyball Federation (Greek)
• volleyleague.gr
• Galanis Sports Data
• Greek Volleyball News on Twitter

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