Pera Athens in Greece captured the title in men and women A1 division

March 16, 2010
12:00 am
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16/03/2010 – The ?.S. Pera Athens dominated in the national division A1 in Greece for this season. In the tournament which ended on Sunday the club become champion in men’s and women’s category without defeat and fully confirmed the pr

In men A.S. Pera captured the 5th consecutive championship title after 16 wins. That is their 15th overall win in the history of the club. At the same time they equaled the record set in 1997-2001 when Pear also has been champion for five times in the row. Kostas PAPAGEORGIOU Kostas LAGOGIANNIS Lefteris MAKRAS carried the success while John FONTOULIS who was cadet had three participations. Coach is John KORDOUTIS.

In women A.S. Pera Athens emerged as champion with 12 victories in 12 games. It is their 3rd title after those won in 2004 and 2008. New champions are Christina FILI Angelina PAPADAKI Olga GEORGOPOULOU and coach is Costas IOANNIDIS.

In the men’s ?1 Olympiakos contested in 2nd place for the 5th year in a row while the top four completed the AO Tatavla and OA Chania. The champion of A2 category AO Heraklion 2001 mooved forward in the first category while in the play off will play the 2nd AO Amfitheas and the 3rd AS The Gymnasium.

In the women’s A1 Olympiakos the champion of the last year finished at 3rd position while P.K.D. Tavrou is ranked 2nd. The first four places completed D.A.O. Tavrou. In the A2 category demoted from the start of championship AO Pefkis which withdrew from the tournament. Champion in the A2 class became the AO Tatavla and returned directly to the A1. The Foinikes Patras and YMCA Kalamarias were the second and third team of A2 respectively and will participate in the baraz for A1.

(by Ioannis FAKAROS courtesy of Hellenic Table Tennis Federation)

MEN’ S A1 FINAL CLASSIFICATION

TEAM POINTS – W.-L. – GAMES

1. A.S. Pera Athens – 32 16-0 64-11
2. Olympiakos Piraeus – 29 13-3 57-27
3. ?.?. ?;atavla 27 11-5 53-32
4. Omilos Chanion Crete – 26 10-6 45-38
5. P.?.D. ?;avrou – 25 9-7 42-38
6. A.C. Zografou – 22 6-10 37-49
7. ?.?. Pefkis – 20 4-12 31-44
8. Emmetropia ?rakliou Crete – 19 3-13 25-54
9. Panathinaikos A.O. – 16 0-16 10-64

WOMEN’S A1 FINAL CLASSIFICATION

TEAM – POINTS – W.-L. – GAMES

1. A.S. Pera Athens – 24 12-0 48-8
2. P.?.D. ?;avrou – 21 9-3 43-18
3. Olympiakos Piraeus 20 8-4 35-20
4. D.A.O. ?;avrou – 18 6-6 31-28
5. YMCA Thessaloniki – 16 4-8 21-39
6. ?thina Magoufanas – 15 3-9 16-41
7. Panathinaikos A.O. – 12 0-12 8-48

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