# 2011–12 Volleyleague (Greece)

The 2011–12 Greek Volleyleague season was the 44th season of the Greek Volleyleague, the highest tier professional volley league in Greece. The winner of the league was Iraklis Thessaloniki, which beat Foinikas Syros in the league's playoff's finals. The last match of the finals didn't held because Foinikas withdrew protested for a previous match. The clubs E.A. Patras and Apollon Kalamarias were relegated to the Greek A2 League. The championship finished with only 11 team because Apollon Kalamarias withdrew in the middle of season. The MVP of the league was Andrej Kravárik, player of Iraklis.

## Teams

| Club | Home city |
| Apollon Kalamarias | Thessaloniki |
| Aris Thessaloniki | Thessaloniki |
| E.A. Patras | Patras |
| Ethnikos Alexandroupolis | Alexandroupoli |
| Foinikas Syros | Ermoupolis |
| Iraklis | Thessaloniki |
| Kifissia | Kifissia, Athens |
| Lamia | Lamia |
| Olympiacos | Piraeus |
| Pamvohaikos | Vrachati |
| Panathinaikos | Athens |
| PAOK | Thessaloniki |

## Regular season

| Pos | Team | Pts | Pld | W | L | Set | |
| 1 | Iraklis Thessaloniki | 50 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 55–18 | 3.06 |
| 2 | Foinikas Syros | 44 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 50–22 | 2.27 |
| 3 | Olympiacos | 43 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 50–23 | 2.17 |
| 4 | Pamvohaikos | 36 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 43–34 | 1.26 |
| 5 | Lamia | 27 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 36–43 | 0.84 |
| 6 | Aris Thessaloniki | 27 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 36–44 | 0.82 |
| 7 | PAOK | 27 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 37–42 | 0.88 |
| 8 | Ethnikos Alexandroupolis | 25 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 33–44 | 0.75 |
| 9 | Kifissia | 25 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 34–44 | 0.77 |
| 10 | E.A. Patras | 16 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 26–50 | 0.52 |
| 11 | Panathinaikos | 10 | 20 | 2 | 18 | 19–55 | 0.35 |
| 12 | Apollon Kalamarias (withdrew) | 0 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 7–25 | 0.28 |
Source: volleyleague.gr

## Play-out

| tenth place | tenth place | tenth place |
| 10 | E.A. Patras | 1 |
| 11 | Panathinaikos | 3 |

## Play-off (5-8) and (4-5)

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Fourth Place | Fourth Place | Fourth Place |
| 5 | Lamia | 3 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Lamia | 3 | | | | 3 | Olympiacos | 1 |
| 8 | Ethnikos | 1 | | | | 3 | Olympiacos | 1 |
| 8 | Ethnikos | 1 | 5 | Lamia | 0 | 6 | Aris Thessaloniki | 3 |
| | | | 6 | Aris Thessaloniki | 3 | | | |
| 6 | Aris Thessaloniki | 3 | 6 | Aris Thessaloniki | 3 | | | |
| 7 | PAOK | 2 | | | | | | |

## Play-off (1-4)

| Semi finals | Semi finals | Finals | Finals |
| Iraklis Thessaloniki | 2 |
| Pamvohaikos | 1 | | |
| Pamvohaikos | 1 | Iraklis Thessaloniki | 3 |
| | | Foinikas Syros | 2 |
| Foinikas Syros | 2 | Foinikas Syros | 2 |
| Olympiacos | 0 | | |
| Olympiacos | 0 | Third Place | Third Place |
| | | Olympiacos | 0 |
| | | Pamvohaikos | 2 |

## Final standings

| Pos | Team |
| 1 | Iraklis Thessaloniki |
| 2 | Foinikas Syros |
| 3 | Pamvohaikos |
| 4 | Aris Thessaloniki |
| 5 | Olympiacos |
| 6 | Lamia |
| 7 | PAOK |
| 8 | Ethnikos Alexandroupolis |
| 9 | Kifissia |
| 10 | Panathinaikos |
| 11 | E.A. Patras |
| 12 | Apollon Kalamarias (withdrew) |

## Awards

* Most valuable player
    Andrej Kravárik (Iraklis Thessaloniki)
* Best setter
    Konstantinos Stivachtis (Pamvohaikos)
* Best outside spikers
    Jernej Potočnik (Pamvohaikos)
    Konstantinos Christofidelis (Iraklis Thessaloniki)
* Best middle blockers
    Dimitrios Soultanopoulos (Foinikas Syros)
    Nikolaos Smaragdis (Iraklis Thessaloniki)
* Best opposite spiker
    Mark Dusharme (Pamvohaikos)
* Best libero
    Georgios Stefanou (Iraklis Thessaloniki)