Greek Men's Handball Championship

Greek Men's Handball Championship

Current season, competition or edition: 2023–24 Greek Handball Premier
Sport	Handball
Founded	1979
No. of teams	14
Country	Greece
Confederation	EHF
Most recent champion(s)	Olympiacos (4th) (2023–24)
Most titles	Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia (10 titles)
TV partner(s)	ERT
Relegation to	A2 Ethniki Handball
International cup(s)	EHF European League EHF European Cup
Official website	handball.org.gr

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 who has won ten titles. The last title was won by Olympiacos.

Evangelos Kalfarentzos, fitness director of the Panhellenic Gymnastics Association of Athens (Panellinios), physical education teacher, and author, recognized as rapporteur of the sport in Greece.

The season begins with a tournament between the twelve teams. The first six teams qualify for a play-off round, while the last three play play-out. The top two teams of the play-off round qualify directly to the semifinals, while the other four play the top two teams of the play-out round in the quarterfinals.

AEK
Doukas
Ionikos N.F.
Panellinios

Olympiacos

PAOK
AESH Pylaia

GAS Kilkis

Drama 86

Aeropos E.

Zafeirakis

Diomidis

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Location of clubs for the 2023–24 Handball Premier season

The following 12 clubs compete in the Handball Premier during the 2023–24 season.

Club	Titles	Seasons
Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia	10	1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1999
Filippos Veria	09	1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2016
Panellinios	05	2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007
AEK	05	2011, 2013, 2020, 2021, 2023
Olympiacos	04	2018, 2019, 2022, 2024
ASE Douka	03	1998, 2001, 2008
PAOK		2009, 2010, 2015
Diomidis Argous	02	2012, 2014
ESN Vrilissia	01	1996
GE Veria		1997
Athinaikos		2005
DIKEAS Nea Ionia		2017

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)	4	Olympiacos (4)
Thessaloniki (1)	3	PAOK (3)
Argos (1)	2	Diomidis Argous (2)

EHF Cup Winners' Cup:

Team	Winner	Runner-up	Semifinals
Filippos Veria			1993

EHF European Cup:

Team	Winner	Runner-up	Semifinals
AEK	2021	2018	2019
Diomidis Argous	2012
Filippos Veria		2003
Olympiacos		2024

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