A2 Ethniki Volleyball

A2 Ethniki Volleyball or Greek A2 Volleyball League is the third-tier of the Greek volleyball championship system in Greece. It used to be the second-tier until the founding of the Pre-league tier replacing A2 as the second tier making A2 the third one, since 2019. It was founded in 1988. The winner teams promoted to A1 Ethniki Volleyball. The championship is held in three groups of teams. The winner of each group plays in a play-off championship and the two best teams of play-off promoted to A1 Ethniki. The recent season, the winners are AEK Athens and AE Komotinis^[1]

A2 Ethniki Volleyball

Current season, competition or edition: 2018–19 A2 Ethniki Volleyball
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	1988
No. of teams	35
Country	Greece
Continent	Europe
Most recent champion(s)	Iraklis
Most titles	AEK Athens (5)
Promotion to	A1 Ethniki Volleyball - 1st Tier
Relegation to	Beta Ethniki Volleyball - 3rd Tier
Domestic cup(s)	Greek Volleyball Cup
Official website	www.volleyball.gr

Winners

1988–2017

Season Champion^[2]^[3] 1988–89 Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia 1989–90 AGS Giannena 1990–91 Ellinika Naupigeia V.C. 1991–92 Panellinios G.S. 1992–93 Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia 1993–94 AEK Athens 1994–95 AONS Milon 1995–96 Filia Ilioupolis 1996–97 AE Komotinis 1997–98 Ionikos Nikaias V.C. 1998–99 Panellinios G.S. 1999–00 Aris Nikaias 2000–01 OPE Rethymnou 2000–02 E.A. Patras 2002–03 AEK Athens

Season Champion^[2]^[3] 2003–04 Panellinios G.S. 2004–05 G.S. Lamias Achilleus 2005–06 AEK Athens 2006–07 Kifissia AC 2007–08 Apollon Kalamarias 2008–09 AEK Athens 2009–10 Epikouros Polichnis 2010–11 Foinikas Syros V.C. 2011–12 Niki Aiginiou 2012–13 Panachaiki V.C. 2013–14 M.E.N.T. V.C. 2014–15 Iraklis Thessaloniki 2015–16 APS Kyzikos 2016–17 Ethnikos Piraeus V.C.

2018–today

Season	Champion
	South Group	North Group
2017–18	AEK Athens	AE Komotinis

Performance by club

Club	Winner
AEK Athens	5
Panellinios G.S.	3
Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia, AE Komotinis	2
AGS Giannena, Epikouros Polichnis, Apollon Kalamarias, Kifissia AC, G.S. Lamias Achilleus, E.A. Patras, OPE Rethymnou, Aris Nikaias, Ionikos Nikaias, Filia Ilioupolis, AONS Milon, Ellinika Naupigeia, Foinikas Syros V.C., Niki Aiginiou, Panachaiki V.C., MENT VC, Iraklis	1

Current teams

The clubs taking part in the 2017–18 league are:

1st Group^[4]	2nd Group^[4]	3rd Group^[4]	4th Group^[4]
Panerythraikos V.C. Pallene V.C. Apollon Smyrnis Panionios V.C. APS Kyzikos APS Apollon AEP Olympias AO Kalamata 1980 OFI Crete SFP Chania AS Kerkis	Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia AEK Athens Markopoulo V.C. SFAM Pheobus DAS Drapetsonas AON Argyroupolis E.A. Patras AO Egaleo AO Athlopedion Cos Rodion Athelesis	AS Athlos Orestias G.S. Alexandroupolis MSAE Komotinis Orestiada V.C. A.O. Serron AS Elpis Ampelokipon Aris Thessaloniki Apollon Kalamarias	GAS Archelaos Katerinis Anagennisi Artas APS Phthia AS Makedonikos AMS Nestor Pegasos Polichnis X.A.N. Thessaloniki

References

1. "Στη Volley League μετά από 20 χρόνια η Κομοτηνή". gazzetta.g. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
2. "Χρυσή βίβλος πρωταθλητών, Α2 Ανδρών". sport24.gr. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
3. "Χρυσή βίβλος". volleynews.gr. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
4. . Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.

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