Olympiacos and Panathinaikos will meet in the Greek League final.
Olympiacos will battle for its 14th consecutive national championship and the 40th overall. Panathinaikos has played in the final only once, in 2015, and lost to Olympiacos.
Olympiacos advanced to the final after two matches against Vouliagmeni. The “Red Whites” secured a convincing 20:10 victory in the first game. In the second match of the series, the young Vouliagmeni team came very close to winning. With just one minute left, Vouliagmeni held a 13:12 lead. However, Kakaris equalized with 59 seconds remaining, and Papanastasiou scored the decisive goal, securing a 14:13 win for Olympiacos just eight seconds before the final buzzer.
Panathinaikos played three very close matches against Apollon Smyrnis. Panathinaikos opened the semifinal series with an 18:15 victory at home, led by Nikolaos Papanikolaou, who scored seven goals. Apollon took revenge with a narrow 14:13 win in the second match; Bogdanovic and Daube scored three goals each for Apollon, while Skoumpakis netted five for Panathinaikos. In the third game, Panathinaikos led for most of the time, defeating Apollon 12:9. Kourovanis and Papasifakis netted three goals each.
The upcoming final series will be the second clash between Olympiacos and Panathinaikos for a gold medal this season. Olympiacos narrowly defeated Green and Whites in the final of the Greek Cup (13:12), scoring a winner with 19 seconds to go
2026 Greek League, semifinals (best of three)
Game 1
Olympiacos – Vouliagmeni 20:10 (6:3, 5:2, 5:3, 4:2)
Panathinaikos – Apollon 18:15 (5:5, 3:2, 7:5, 3:3)
Game 2
Vouliagmeni – Olympiacos 13:14 (4:5, 3:3, 4:1, 2:5)
Apollon Smyrnis – Panathinaikos 14:13 (6:5, 3:4, 2:3, 3:1)
Game 3
Panathinaikos – Apollon Smyrnis 12:9 (4:2, 1:2, 4:2, 3:3)
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