Greek Men's Handball Championship


The Greek Men's Handball Championship, or Handball Premier, is the most important competition of Greek handball. The competition which is organised by Hellenic Handball Federation started in 1979–80 season. The most successful team is Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia who has won ten titles. The last title was won by AEK.
Evangelos Kalfarentzos, fitness director of the Panhellenic Gymnastics Association of Athens, physical education teacher and author, recognized as rapporteur of the sport in Greece.

Competition Format

The season begins with a tournament between the twelve teams. The first six teams qualify for a play-off round, while the last three plays play-out.
The top two teams of the play-off round qualifies directly to the semifinals, while the others four plays the top two teams of the play-out round in quarterfinals.

2019/20 Season participants

The following 12 clubs compete in the Handball Premier during the 2019–20 season.
TeamCityArena
AEKAthensG. Kassimatis Indoor Hall
Aeropos EdessaEdessaEdessa Indoor Hall
Aris NikaiasPiraeusPlatonas Indoor Hall
ASE DoukaAthensDais Indoor Hall
Diomidis ArgousArgosArgos Indoor Hall
Drama 86DramaDimitris Krachtidis Indoor Hall
Faiakas KerkyrasCorfuKerkyra Indoor Hall
Filippos VeriaVeriaFilippio Indoor Hall
Ionikos Nea FiladelfeiaAthensZacharias Alexandrou Indoor Hall
OlympiacosPiraeusMelina Merkouri Indoor Hall
PAOKThessalonikiNeapoli Indoor Hall
PylaiaThessalonikiEAK Mikras

Greek Men's Handball Championship past champions

Panhellenic Championship
Alpha Ethniki
A1 Ethniki
Handball Premier

By clubs

By cities

12 clubs have won the championship, from a total of 5 cities.
CityNumber of TitlesClubs
Athens 24Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia, Panellinios
ASE Douka, AEK,
ESN Vrilissia, Athinaikos
IEK Xini DIKEAS
Veria 10Filippos Veria, GE Veria
Thessaloniki 3PAOK
Argos 2Diomidis Argous
Piraeus 2Olympiacos

[EHF coefficient rank]ing

Greek handball clubs in European competitions

EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
EHF Challenge Cup:
TeamWinnerRunners-upSemifinals
Diomidis Argous2012
AEK20182019
Filippos Veria2003