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The most popular team sports in Greece are football, basketball, volleyball, water polo and handball. The first four sports have a big tradition in Greece as well as have taken place official championships since the decade of twenties or thirties. The official handball championship commenced with delay, in 1980, but won popularity gradually.
The 1987 gold medal was the first win for a Greece national team in a major tournament in any team sport, thus basketball became extremely popular in Greece after that achievement. The youth national teams of Greece have also enjoyed great success, having been crowned World and European Champions and having won a hatful of medals in all the ...
This is a list of the major honours won by football clubs in Greece. It lists every club to have won any of the domestic and international trophies. It lists every club to have won any of the domestic and international trophies.
Athens teams AEK Athens B Apollon Sm. Athens Kallithea F.C. Egaleo Ilioupoli Kifisia PAO Rouf. ... Greek name Settlement Regional unit Region Current status Achaiki:
The Big Three (Greek: Οι Τρεις Μεγάλοι, Oi Treis Megaloi) is the nickname of the three most successful sports clubs in Greece, all of whom are located within the so called Attica basin or Athens metropolitan area. The football teams of AEK, Olympiacos and Panathinaikos have a great rivalry, and are usually the main contenders for ...
Superleague Greece is the top-flight professional football division within Greece. The league contains 14 clubs, with the winners of the league becoming the Champions of Greece. The team with the most national championships is Olympiacos, who have won 47 times - 13 Super League titles, 19 Alpha Ethniki titles and 15 Panhellenic Championships. [10]
Olympiacos received a heavy fine from UEFA, who obliged the Greek Football Federation to find another team to replace Olympiacos, otherwise all Greek clubs would be banned from next season's European competitions. Eventually, Panionios was the replacing team and played the three remaining matches of the group stage. 16: Match played by Olympiacos.
Women's national sports teams of Greece (2 C, 9 P) A. Greece at the World Athletics Championships (1 C, 15 P) B. Greece national basketball team (5 C, 9 P) C.