Olympiacos Piraeus clinched its 34th title of the champion of Greece. This is its 8th national title in a row and the 18th “double crown” (this season, Olympiacos won the Greek Cup for the 21st time).
One of the crucial wins in the battle for the trophy, was a victory over Vouliagmeni (12:3) last week. After that, Olympiacos needed just a point in the remaining three matches to secure the title.
Olympiacos officially won the title after the 20th round of the national league, by a 20:6 win over Ethnikos.
Ethnikos, the only Greek water polo club which has more titles than Olympiacos (38 trophies in the national league – the last one was won in 2006), was the host of the match. But, it couldn’t stop the mighty squad of Olympiacos. The home team scored the opening goal in the game. But, the visitors responded with a 6:0 series for a 6:1 advantage early in the second period. At halftime, Olympiacos gad an 8:3 advantage. Ethnikos ran out of gas for the second half, the visitors dominated and cruised to a 20:6 victory. Kakaris was the top scorer with five goals. Besides him, nine players of the new-old champion found the net: Jokovic 3, Genidounias 3, Dervisis 3, Mitrovic 1, Gounas 1, Mourikis 1, A. Chalyvopoulos 1, Skoumpakis 1, Pappas 1.
This year, Olympiacos celebrated the title without spectators. After the suspension because of the coronavirus pandemic, the games in Greece have been playing behind closed doors.
There were no surprises in the other four matches of the 20th round. Vouliagmeni keeps the 2nd place, Ydraikos is in the 3rd place, Apollon is 4th, etc.
Greek League, 20th round
Glyfada – Chios 12:8 (3:1, 3:1, 2:2, 4:4)
Vouliagmeni – PAOK 22:7 (6:1, 5:2, 5:2, 6:2)
Ethnikos – Olympiacos 6:20 (1:5, 2:3, 2:8, 1:4)
Apollon Smirnis – Palaio Faliro 11:6 (4:3, 1:2, 3:0, 3:1)
Ydriakos – Panathinaikos 11:8 (6:1, 1:1, 3:1, 1:5)
Panionios – Chania 5:0 (Chania withdrew from the competition)
Match of the 18th round (played on Tuesday)
Palaio Faliro – PAOK 13:2 (3:0, 3:1, 3:1, 4:0)
1 Olympiacos 20 – 58
2 Vouliagmeni 20 – 50
3 Ydraikos 20 – 47
4 Apollon Smirnis 20 – 46
5 Glyfada 20 – 30
6 Ethnikos 20 – 29
7 Palaio Faliro 20 – 27
8 Panionios 20 – 26
9 Chania 20 – 13
10 PAOK 20 – 12
11 Chios 20 – 9
12 Panathinaikos 20 – 6
