2012–13 Volleyleague (Greece)

The 2012−2013 Volleyleague is the 45th season of the Greek national volleyball league. Olympiacos was the winner beating Pamvochaikos in the finals.[1] This was Olympiacos' 26th Championship. The teams that were relegated were Iraklis Thessaloniki (because of financial problems)[2] and AONS Milon. The MVP of championship was awarded to Olympiacos' Boyan Yordanov.[3]

2012–13 Greek Volleyleague
League	Greek Volley League
Sport	Volleyball
Number of teams	12
Regular Season
Season champions	Olympiacos
Season MVP	Boyan Yordanov
Finals
Champions	Olympiacos
Runners-up	Pamvohaikos

Teams

Niki Aiginio

Pamvochaikos

Foinikas Syros

GS Lamia Achilleus

Ethnikos Alexandroupoli

Kifissia Panathinaikos Milon

Olympiacos

Iraklis
PAOK
Aris

Locations of teams in the 2012−2013 Volleyleague

Team	City
Niki Aiginio	Aiginio
Aris Marmouris	Thessaloniki
Pamvochaikos	Vrachati
Ethnikos Alexandroupoli	Alexandroupoli
Kifissia AC	Athens
Iraklis Thessaloniki	Thessaloniki
AONS Milon	Athens
GS Lamia Achilleus	Lamia
Olympiacos	Piraeus
Panathinaikos	Athens
Foinikas Syros	Syros
PAOK Thessaloniki	Thessaloniki

Regular season

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Olympiacos	56	20	2	60	19	3.158	1906	1640	1.162
2	Pamvochaikos	43	14	8	52	34	1.529	1964	1792	1.096
3	PAOK Thessaloniki	41	14	8	49	36	1.361	1905	1848	1.031
4	Ethnikos Alexandroupoli	41	15	7	53	37	1.432	2081	1963	1.060
5	Foinikas Syros ^1	38	14	8	49	35	1.400	1925	1812	1.062
6	Aris	34	11	11	45	42	1.071	1940	1950	0.995
7	Kifissia AC	31	11	11	41	42	0.976	1856	1837	1.010
8	GS Lamia Achilleus	29	8	14	40	47	0.851	1942	1941	1.001
9	Niki Aiginio	25	7	15	35	50	0.700	1848	1939	0.953
10	Iraklis Thessaloniki ^2	23	8	14	34	50	0.680	1774	1890	0.939
11	Panathinaikos	20	6	16	30	53	0.566	1770	1920	0.922
12	AONS Milon	10	4	18	18	61	0.295	1500	1882	0.797

Source:

• Equality criteria :1) head-to-head wins-losses, 2) head-to-head points, 3) head-to-head ratio sets, 4) head-to-head ratio points, 5) total wins-losses, if still equal play-off game

¹Foinikas Syros has -3 points from previous season

²Iraklis Thessaloniki has -2 points from previous season

Playoffs

Semifinals

(1) Olympiacos – (4) Ethnikos Alexandroupoli (3−0)

	Score		sets
Olympiacos	3–1	Ethnikos Alexandroupoli	25−18	27−25	21−25	25−17	—
Olympiacos	3–0	Ethnikos Alexandroupoli	28−26	25−20	25−23	—	—
Ethnikos Alexandroupoli	0–3	Olympiacos	16−25	19−25	18−25	—	—

(2) Pamvochaikos – (3) PAOK Thessaloniki(3−0)

	Score		sets
Pamvochaikos	3–2	PAOK Thessaloniki	22−25	25−22	25−21	20−25	16−14
Pamvochaikos	3–1	PAOK Thessaloniki	25−23	24−26	25−19	25−22	—
PAOK Thessaloniki	2–3	Pamvochaikos	25−16	24−26	26−24	21−25	8−15

Finals

(1) Olympiacos – (2) Pamvochaikos(3−1)

	Score		sets
Olympiacos	0–3	Pamvochaikos	17−25	20−25	26−28	—	—
Olympiacos	3–0	Pamvochaikos	25−19	25−19	31−29	—	—
Pamvochaikos	0–3	Olympiacos	19−25	20−25	17−25	—	—
Pamvochaikos	0–3	Olympiacos	17−25	23−25	14−25	—	—

Places 5-8 and Playout

Semifinals (5-8 places)

	Score		sets
Foinikas Syros	3–2	Lamia	25−20	20−25	25−14	22−25	15−6
Aris	3–1	Kifissia	23−25	25−18	26−24	25−21	—

Final (5-6 places)

(5) Foinikas Syros – (6) Aris(2−0)

	Score		sets
Aris	0–3	Foinikas Syros	22−25	22−25	19−25	—	—
Foinikas Syros	3–0	Aris	25−16	25−22	25−16	—	—

Play Out (9-11 places)

Final standings

Rnk	Club	P.	Mts	W	L	Sets
9	Niki Aiginiou	32	3	3	0	9–5
10	Iraklis ^a	26	2	1	1	4–3
11	Panathinaikos	22	3	0	3	4–9

Final standings

Position Team 1. Olympiacos 2. Pamvochaikos 3. PAOK Thessaloniki 4. Ethnikos Alexandroupoli 5. Foinikas Syros 6. Aris 7. Kifissia AC 8. GS Lamia Achilleus 9. Niki Aiginiou 10. Panathinaikos 11. AONS Milon 12. Iraklis ^a

Champions League CEV Cup Challenge Cup BVA Cup Relegation to A2 Ethniki

Notes

^a Iraklis Thessaloniki was relegated to A2 division due to debts, after the decision of Greek sport court (ΑΣΕΑΔ).[4]

References

1. "Πρωταθλητής Ελλάδας ο Ολυμπιακός στο βόλεϊ ανδρών". iefimerida.gr. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
2. "Το ΑΣΕΑΔ δεν έκανε δεκτή την έφεση του Ηρακλή στο βόλεϊ". tanea.gr. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
3. "MVP ο Μπόγιαν Γιορντάνοφ". volleyleague.g. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
4. "Μηδενίστηκε από το ΑΣΕΑΔ ο Ηρακλής, ελπίζει ο ΠΑΟ". contra.gr. Retrieved 7 August 2013.

External links

• Official site