Current season, competition or edition: 2018–19 A2 Ethniki Volleyball | |
Sport | Volleyball |
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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 |
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]
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Season | Champion | |
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South Group | North Group | |
2017–18 | AEK Athens | AE Komotinis |
The clubs taking part in the 2017–18 league are:
1st Group [4] | 2nd Group [4] | 3rd Group [4] | 4th Group [4] |
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