The men’s handball team started this season well winning against RK Borac (30-21) in the first qualification round of the EHF Cup and did an important step for the qualification to the next phase in the view of the rematch held in Bosnia on Saturday (7/9). 

Match data:

 Olympiacos (Giorgos Zaravinas): Arapakopoulos 3, Bogunovic, Kandylas, Karampourniotis 2, Karvatski 6, Liapis, Mallios 3, Michailidis, Mougits, Sanikis 3, Spikic, Tinkir, Lemos 3, Tsilimparis, Tsilis 2, Tziras 8. 

RK Borac: Celic, Dakic 8, Djurdjevic 7, Dragicevic 3, Grahovac, Knezevic, Ljubisic, Lukic 1, Njezic 2, Radjenovic, Subotic. 

Statements:

The Head Coach, Giorgos Zaravinas stated: “This was the first game of the season. Given the fact that we didn’t have a good rhythm, I am very satisfied with our performance. In the first half, we didn’t have much energy and could avoid serious mistakes. I am happy with the victory and we will try to fix these mistakes for the next matches”. 

Charalambos Mallios mentioned: "It was the first game of the season and we wanted a good performance and score in the view of the rematch. The team played well but we need time to reach our standards. It was a good victory and our goal is to have a strong presence in the European competition and believe that we have the roster to do that’’.