# 2017–18 Volleyleague (Greece)

The 2017–18 Greek Volleyleague is the 50th national championship and the 8th under the Volleyleague name. It is the highest volleyball league in Greece. Twelve teams were participating in the 2017–18 season; PAOK was the defending champion. Olympiacos Piraeus won its 28th championship.

## Teams

Twelve teams are participating in the 2017–18 season. The ten highest-ranked teams from the 2016–17 Volleyleague final standings were: PAOK, Olympiacos Piraeus, Panathinaikos Athens, Pamvohaikos Vocha, Kifissia, Foinikas Syros, Ethnikos Alexandroupolis, Iraklis Thessaloniki, Iraklis Chalkidas and Panachaiki. The two promoted teams from A2 Ethniki were Ethnikos Piraeus and Niki Aiginiou. Two teams from the 2016–17 Volleyleague were demoted to A2 Ethniki: Kyzikos Nea Peramos and Orestiada.
| Team | Appearances | Manager | Home City |
| Ethnikos Alexandroupolis | 40 | Thanasis Moustakidis | Alexandroupoli |
| Ethnikos Piraeus | 6 | Sakis Psaras | Piraeus |
| Iraklis Thessaloniki | 47 | Ioannis Orphanos | Thessaloniki |
| Iraklis Chalkidas | 2 | Spyros Golitsis | Chalkida |
| Kifissia | 17 | Kostas Arseniadis | Athens |
| Niki Aiginiou | 3 | Thanasis Strantzalis | Aiginio |
| Olympiacos Piraeus | 50 | Fernando Munioz Banitez | Piraeus |
| Pamvohaikos Vocha | 7 | Kostas Delikostas | Vrachati |
| Panathinaikos Athens | 50 | Dimitrios Andreopoulos | Athens |
| Panachaiki | 4 | Panagiotis Papadopoulos - Stavros Stamatopoulos (26/12/17) | Patras |
| PAOK | 39 | Danielle Ricci | Thessaloniki |
| Foinikas Syros | 9 | Sasha Stefanovich - Oscar Kacmarski (29/11/17) | Syros |

## Regular season

The regular season is held in a round-robin format, every team contesting 22 games in total. At the end of the regular season, teams occupying positions 1–8 advance to the 2017–18 Volleyleague Greece Playoffs, while teams occupying positions 9–12 compete in the 2017–18 Volleyleague Greece Playouts.

### League table

| P | Team | Pt. | G | W | L | Set | Sc. | Result |
| 1 | Olympiacos Piraeus | 64 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 66–9 | 7,33 | Play-offs |
| 2 | PAOK | 52 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 59–22 | 2,68 | Play-offs |
| 3 | Foinikas Syros | 37 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 46–39 | 1,18 | Play-offs |
| 4 | Iraklis | 36 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 45–43 | 1,05 | Play-offs |
| 5 | Kifissia | 33 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 45–44 | 1,02 | Play-offs |
| 6 | Iraklis Chalkidas | 31 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 41–46 | 0,89 | Play-offs |
| 7 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 31 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 37-43 | 0,86 | Play-offs |
| 8 | Pamvohaikos | 30 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 40–44 | 0,91 | Play-offs |
| 9 | Niki Aiginiou | 29 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 40–47 | 0,85 | Play out |
| 10 | Ethnikos Alexandroupolis | 26 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 36–49 | 0,73 | Play out |
| 11 | Panathinaikos | 25 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 38–49 | 0,77 | Play out |
| 12 | Panachaiki | 2 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 8–66 | 0,12 | Play out |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ETA | ETH | IRA | IRC | KIF | NIK | OSFP | VCH | PAO | PAN | PAOK | SYR |
| Ethnikos Alexandroupolis | | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 |
| Ethnikos Piraeus | 2–3 | | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 |
| Iraklis | 3–2 | 3–2 | | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 |
| Iraklis Chalkidas | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 2–3 |
| Kifissia | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 |
| Niki Aiginiou | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | | 0–3 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 |
| Olympiacos Piraeus | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Pamvohaikos | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 3–2 |
| Panathinaikos | 1–3 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 2–3 | | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 |
| Panachaiki | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 0–3 | 2–3 |
| PAOK | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | | 2–3 |
| Foinikas Syros | 0–3 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | |

## Play out, positions 9−11

Teams in positions 9-11 after the end of regular season participated in Play outs for the final classification in these positions.

### Table

| P | Team | Pt. | G | W | L | Set | Sc. | Result |
| 1 | Ethnikos Alexandroupolis | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8–4 | 2.00 | 2018-19 Volleyleague Greece |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8–6 | 1.33 | 2018-19 Volleyleague Greece |
| 3 | Niki Aiginiou | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5–11 | 0.45 | Relegation in Α2 |

### Results
## Playoffs, positions 1−8

Teams in positions 1-8 after the end of regular season participated in Play off for the final classification.
| Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Olympiacos | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Pamvohaikos | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Pamvohaikos | 0 | Olympiacos | Olympiacos | 3 | | | |
| | | | Kifisia | Kifisia | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Iraklis | 0 | Kifisia | Kifisia | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Kifisia | 2 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Kifisia | 2 | | | | Olympiacos | Olympiacos | 3 |
| | | | | | | PAOK Thessaloniki | PAOK Thessaloniki | 0 |
| 2 | PAOK Thessaloniki | 2 | | | | | | | PAOK Thessaloniki | PAOK Thessaloniki | 0 |
| 7 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 0 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 0 | PAOK Thessaloniki | PAOK Thessaloniki | 3 | | | |
| | | | Foinikas Syros | Foinikas Syros | 0 | | | |
| 3 | Foinikas Syros | 2 | Foinikas Syros | Foinikas Syros | 0 | | | |
| 6 | Iraklis Chalkidas | 0 | | | | | | |

## Round of 8

The four pairings for the Round of 8 were determined from the positions after the end of the regular season. The pairings were between the teams in 1st–8th, 2nd–7th, 3rd–6th and 4th–5th positions of the regular season. The first team in two victories advancers to the next round. The four eliminated teams were placed in positions 5–8 according to the classification of the regular season.

### (1) Olympiacos – (8) Pamvochaikos (2–0)

| Date | Time | Home team | Score | Away team | 1st set | 2nd set | 3rd set | 4th set | 5th set | Total | Report |
| 27 Mar. | 16:30 | Olympiacos Piraeus | 3–0 | Pamvohaikos | 25–19 | 25–20 | 25–14 | – | – | 75–53 | |
| 14 Apr. | 17:00 | Pamvohaikos | 1–3 | Olympiacos Piraeus | 21–25 | 25–23 | 21–25 | 21–25 | – | 88–98 | |

#### (2) PAOK – (7) Ethnikos Piraeus (2–0)

| Date | Time | Home team | Score | Away team | 1st set | 2nd set | 3rd set | 4th set | 5th set | Total | Report |
| 5 Apr. | 16:30 | PAOK | 3–0 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 25–19 | 25–22 | 25–14 | – | – | 75–55 | |
| 12 Apr. | 16:30 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 1–3 | PAOK | 25–23 | 24–26 | 22–25 | 21–25 | – | 92–99 | |

#### (3) Foinikas Syros – (6) Iraklis Chalkidas (2–0)

| Date | Time | Home team | Score | Away team | 1st set | 2nd set | 3rd set | 4th set | 5th set | Total | Report |
| 4 Apr. | 19:00 | Foinikas Syros | 3–2 | Iraklis Chalkidas | 25–27 | 25–19 | 23–25 | 25–20 | 15–11 | 113–102 | |
| 12 Apr. | 18:00 | Iraklis Chalkidas | 1–3 | Foinikas Syros | 18–25 | 23–25 | 26–24 | 20–25 | – | 87–99 | |

#### (4) Iraklis – (5) Kifissia (0–2)

| Date | Time | Home team | Score | Away team | 1st set | 2nd set | 3rd set | 4th set | 5th set | Total | Report |
| 4 Apr. | 18:00 | Iraklis | 0–3 | Kifissia | 20–25 | 24–26 | 16–25 | – | – | 60–76 | |
| 12 Apr. | 19:00 | Kifissia | 3–0 | Iraklis | 25–21 | 25–20 | 25–23 | – | – | 75–64 | |

## Semifinals
### (1) Olympiakos – (5) Kifissia (3–0)

| Date | Time | Home team | Score | Away team | 1st set | 2nd set | 3rd set | 4th set | 5th set | Total |
| 25 Apr. | 19:00 | Olympiacos Piraeus | 3–0 | Kifissia | 25–18 | 25–21 | 25–17 | – | – | 75–56 |
| 27 Apr. | 17:00 | Olympiacos Piraeus | 3–0 | Kifissia | 25–20 | 25–20 | 25–23 | – | – | 75–63 |
| 30 Apr. | 18:00 | Kifissia | 0–3 | Olympiacos Piraeus | 18–25 | 21–25 | 18–25 | – | – | 57–75 |

#### (2) PAOK – (3) Foinikas Syros (2–0)

| Date | Time | Home team | Score | Away team | 1st set | 2nd set | 3rd set | 4th set | 5th set | Total |
| 25 Apr. | 17:00 | PAOK | 3–1 | Foinikas Syros | 25–18 | 25–21 | 23–25 | 27–25 | – | 100–89 |
| 27 Αpr. | 19:00 | PAOK | 3–0 | Foinikas Syros | 25–18 | 25–14 | 25–19 | – | – | 75–51 |
| 30 Apr. | 20:00 | Foinikas Syros | 2–3 | PAOK | 25–18 | 22–25 | 18–25 | 25–21 | 11–15 | 101–104 |

## Finals
### (1) Olympiacos – (2) PAOK (3–0)

| Date | Time | Home team | Score | Away team | 1st set | 2nd set | 3rd set | 4th set | 5th set | Total |
| 3 May. | 19:00 | Olympiacos Piraeus | 3–2 | PAOK | 25–15 | 17–25 | 25–22 | 22–25 | 15–06 | 104–93 |
| 6 May. | 19:00 | PAOK | 0–3 | Olympiacos Piraeus | 19–25 | 23–25 | 21–25 | – | – | 63–75 |
| 9 May. | 19:00 | Olympiacos Piraeus | 3–0 | PAOK | 25–22 | 25–21 | 25–20 | – | – | 75–63 |

## Final standings

| P | Team | Result |
| | Olympiacos Piraeus | CEV Cup 2018-19 |
| | PAOK | Champions League 2018-19 |
| | Foinikas Syros | |
| 4 | Kifissia | |
| 5 | Iraklis | |
| 6 | Iraklis Chalkidas | |
| 7 | Ethnikos Piraeus | |
| 8 | Pamvohaikos | |
| 9 | Ethnikos Alexandroupolis | |
| 10 | Panathinaikos | |
| 11 | Niki Aiginiou | Relegation in Α2 |
| 12 | Panachaiki | Relegation in Α2 |