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 (Greek: ΟΧΕ) started in the 1979–80 season. The most successful team is Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia with ten titles. The last title (2025-26 period) was won by Olympiacos Piraeus.
Evangelos Kalfarentzos, fitness director of Panellinios Gymnastikos Syllogos (Panhellenic Gymnastic Club) 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 top four teams advance to the play-offs to determine the champion in the usual manner. There are usually no play-offs for 3rd and 4th place. The ranking is based on the positions the teams occupied in the regular season.
2023/24 Season participants
The following 12 clubs compete in the Handball Premier during the 2023–24 season. TeamCityArenaAEKAthensG. Kassimatis Indoor HallAeropos EdessaEdessaEdessa Indoor HallAESH PylaiaThessalonikiMikra Indoor Arena IIIASE DoukaAthensDais Indoor HallDiomidis ArgousArgosNea Kios Indoor HallDrama 86DramaDimitris Krachtidis Indoor HallGAS KilkisKilkisKilkis Indoor ArenaIonikos Nea FiladelfeiaAthensZacharias Alexandrou Indoor HallOlympiacosPiraeusIlioupoli Indoor HallPanelliniosAthensPanellinios Indoor HallPAOKThessalonikiMikra Indoor Arena IIIZafeirakis NaousaNaousaNaousa Indoor Hall
Previous champions
Panhellenic Championship (1979–80 to 1981–82) 1980 : Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia 1981 : Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia (2) 1982 : Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia (3) Alpha Ethniki (1982–83 to 1988–89) 1983 : Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia (4) 1984 : Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia (5) 1985 : Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia (6) 1986 : Filippos Veria 1987 : Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia (7) 1988 : Filippos Veria (2) 1989 : Filippos Veria (3) A1 Ethniki (1989–90 to 2014–15) 1990 : Filippos Veria 1991 : Filippos Veria (5) 1992 : Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia (8) 1993 : Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia (9)
1994 : Filippos Veria (6) 1995 : Filippos Veria (7) 1996 : ESN Vrilissia 1997 : GE Veria 1998 : ASE Douka 1999 : Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia (10) 2000 : Panellinios 2001 : ASE Douka (2) 2002 : Panellinios (2) 2003 : Filippos Veria (8) 2004 : Panellinios (3) 2005 : Athinaikos 2006 : Panellinios (4) 2007 : Panellinios (5) 2008 : ASE Douka (3) 2009 : PAOK 2010 : PAOK (2) 2011 : AEK
2012 : Diomidis Argous 2013 : AEK (2) 2014 : Diomidis Argous (2) 2015 : PAOK (3) Handball Premier (2015–16 to present) 2016 : Filippos Veria (9) 2017 : IEK Xini DIKEAS 2018 : Olympiacos Piraeus 2019 : Olympiacos Piraeus (2) 2020 : AEK (3) 2021 : AEK (4) 2022 : Olympiacos Piraeus (3) 2023 : AEK (5) 2024 : Olympiacos Piraeus (4) 2025 : Olympiacos Piraeus (5) 2026 : Olympiacos Piraeus (6)
Performances
By club ClubTitlesSeasons Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia 10 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1999 Filippos Veria 9 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2016 Olympiacos Piraeus 6 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024, 2025, 2026 AEK 5 2011, 2013, 2020, 2021, 2023 Panellinios 5 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007 ASE Douka 3 1998, 2001, 2008 PAOK 2009, 2010, 2015 Diomidis Argous 2 2012, 2014 ESN Vrilissia 1 1996 GE Veria 1997 Athinaikos 2005 DIKEAS Nea Ionia 2017
By city Twelve clubs from five cities have won the championship.
City Number of Titles Clubs Athens (7) 26 Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia (10) Panellinios (5) AEK (5) ASE Douka (3) ESN Vrilissia (1) Athinaikos (1) DIKEAS Nea Ionia (1) Veria (2) 10 Filippos Veria (9) GE Veria (1) Piraeus (1) 6 Olympiacos Piraeus (6) Thessaloniki (1) 3 PAOK (3) Argos (1) 2 Diomidis Argous (2)
EHF coefficient ranking +Countries club place distribution for 2025–26 EHF European competitions
1. REMA 1000-ligaen (47.67) — 0 CL/ 0 EHF League / 4 EHF Cup 2. Arkus Liga (36.00) — 0 CL/ 0 EHF League / 4 EHF Cup 3. Handball Premier (33.67) — 0 CL/ 0 EHF League / 4 EHF Cup 4. Chance Extraliga (28.00) — 0 CL/ 0 EHF League / 4 EHF Cup 5. Belarusian First League (28.00*) — 0 CL/ 0 EHF League / 4 EHF CupEHF Club Ranking, as of 25 May 2026 30. Olympiacos Piraeus (170p) 46. AEK Athens (127p) 62. Diomidis Argous (84p) 92. PAOK (53p) 100. Drama 1986 (50p) 209. ESN Vrilissia (9p) 222. AESH Pylaia (8p)
Greek handball clubs in European competitions EHF Cup Winners' Cup: Team Winner Runner-up Semifinals Filippos Veria 1993
EHF European Cup:
Team Winner Runner-upSemifinals AEK 20212018, 20252019 Diomidis Argous 2012 Filippos Veria 2003 Olympiacos Piraeus 2024
Sources Hellenic Handball Federation, Champions
References
External links Hellenic Handball Federation handball.org.gr Greek Champions (From 1979-80 up to 2025-26) handball.org.gr Greek handball greekhandball.com