Two leading and clubs with rich history in Greece Olympiacos and Panathinaikos justified their status and presented two strong duels in the finals of Greek Cup 2021-2022 and clinched the titles in their respective men and women categories. On weekend May 14 and 15 in Peace and Friendship Stadium in the return of the institution to the program of Greek table tennis after 11 years Olympiacos emerged the winner in the men while Panathinaikos captured the gold medal in the women.
In the exciting final in men Olympiacos defeated Panathinaikos 3-2. A few minutes later in the also very interesting final of the women Panathinaikos defeated Olympiakos 3-1.
After the relaxation of measures for the covid-19 in the country the contests took part in front of about 150 fans and offered spectacle and suspense with Olympiacos and Panathinaikos to be the top seeded in both categories.
In the Cup 11 teams participated and competed for two days with a knockout system and a ranking for all positions. In the women the participations were only 4 and the games took place on Sunday 15/05. After the semifinals they had the “big” and the “small” final.
The bronze medal winners are the players from OEA Thessaloniki in men and Telamon Salaminas in women. The team of Thessaloniki beat AEK 3-1 in the match for the 3-4 places. The same time Telamon Salamina defeated GAO Piraeus 3-1 and won the 3rd place.
Olympiacos-Panathinaikos 3-2 men
Giannis SGOUROPOULOS-Iasonas KORDOUTIS 3-1 (11-3 10-12 11-8 11-3)
Tassos RINIOTIS-Konstantinos KONSTANTINOPOULOS 0-3 (7-11 3-11 10-12)
Enio MENTES-Petyo KRASTEV 1-3 (9-11 4-11 11-7 4-11)
SGOUROPOULOS-KONSTANTINOPOULOS 3-1 (7-11 11-5 11-5 11-3)
George STAMATOUROS/SGOUROPOULOS-KONSTANTINOPOULOS/KRASTEV 3-2 (11-5 7-11 11-3 8-11 11-8)
Olympiacos-Panathinaikos 1-3 women
Konstantina PARIDI-Elisavet TERPOU 2-3 (7-11 11-7 11-5 4-11 6-11)
Aliki KIOUFI-Ana TOFANT 0-3 (8-11 4-11 3-11)
Christina KALLBERG-Katerina TOLIOU 3-1 (13-11 11-6 9-11 11-3)
PARIDI-TOFANT 1-3 (9-11 5-11 11-5 1-11)
