The men’s water polo team had an impressive performance winning Mladost with 14-6 in Croatia and did another important step for the qualification to the Final-8 in Hannover (Germany). After the great victory against Szolnoki, the European Champions celebrated a very important win having an excellent performance. The “Reds’’ had a strong defense keeping the Croatian team scoreless for 12 minutes and boosted a good margin.

Olympiacos volleyball player, Maria Nomikou supports the social action "Sports For Different Heroes''. 

''Sports For Different Heroes'' is a sport and social initiative of Olympiacos under the framework of the European Erasmus+ programme. 

For more information, visit the website  www.sportsfordifferentheroes.com​​

Olympiacos did an important step for the qualification to the Champions League final-7 winning Szolnoki in the match held in Papastrateio for the 10th match-day of the top European competition. Having the support of the fans who didn’t stop singing, the European Champion proved their enormous mental reserves and overturned the 5-2 advantage of the Hungarian team at the beginning of the game. The “Reds’’ led with 11-9 two minutes before the end and Pavic stopped the last Szolnoki shot taking an important and significant victory.

The women’s water polo team did an impressive performance against Sant Andreu and qualified to the Euroleague Final-4. Having won the first game with a nine-goal margin in Spain, the “Reds’’ dominated with 10-6 in the rematch held in Papastrateio. Our team competed without Asimaki and Diamantopoulou who were injured, took the lead from the beginning and celebrated the qualification to the final-4 that will take place on 19 to 20 April.

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Olympiacos was defeated by Trentino in the CEV Cup semifinal and completed its European journey for this year. The World Champion won 3-1 (25-19, 25-19, 17-25, 25-17) in the rematch held in Italy and secured the qualification to the final. The mission of our team was too difficult against one of the best team in the world which participates in the best league but completed their European presence being among the four best teams of the CEV Cup.

In the first CEV Cup semifinal where the Olympiacos fans created an impressive atmosphere, the “Reds’’ were defeated by Trentino (3-0). The match against the World Champion was very difficult and the team fought for the victory but didn’t achieve to get a positive a result in the view of the rematch held in Italy on Tuesday (5/3). The “Reds’’ were passionate and fought in the three sets against a team that participates in the best championship in the world and is in the second position but the high quality of the Italians led to the victory.

Olympiacos did an important step for the qualification to the Euroleague Final-4 winning 16-7 against Sant Andreu in the first game of the quarter-finals held in Barcelona. The “Reds’’ had an outstanding performance taking a nine-goal difference and are expected to secure the qualification to the final-4 in the rematch in Piraeus on 9 March. Asimaki was the top scorer with 4 goals and Avramidou added 3. 

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The periods: 2-3, 0-4, 4-4, 1-5

Olympiacos was defeated by Perfumerias Avenida (72-48) in the last Euroleague game for its first year at the top European club competition. The “Reds’’ were close to the score in the first period but were bad offensively and went back with 39-31 in the first half. Perfumerias Avenida pressed on the defense and got the seventh victory in the tournament. Olympiacos completed its European journey with two wins. 

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The periods: 18-10, 39-31, 52-40, 72-48

 The men’s volleyball team celebrated the qualification to the CEV CUP semi-finals overturning the score of the first game and winning the golden set against Burga. The “Reds’’ won 3-0, led in the golden set with 15-11 and reached a great success. The “Legend’’ had an impressive performance and celebrated the qualification having the support of the fans and continues the European journey against Trentino. The first game will be held on 26 February in Renti aiming to overcome a strong opponent and qualify to another European final.