Apollon Smyrnis defeated Terasa in Barcelona 18-14 to win the Challenger Cup. In the first match he won 12-11 and thus celebrated the first European trophy in his history.
Terrace (Didak Cobacho): Motos Martin, Wilson, Sanchez, Alarcon 3, Flores 3, Garcia, Delgado 4, Sabadell, Perez, De Lera 2, Rodriguez 1, Chico 1, Sanchez.
Apollon Smyrnis (Nikos Deligiannis): Galanopoulos, Alamanos 2, Bogdanovich 4, Mokkas 2, Goniotakis, Diplaros, Braimis 1, Chondrokoukis 1, Vickowitz 5, Gardikas 1, Myrilos, Solanakis 2, Kavousanos.
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The Smyrna team became the 5th representative of our country to reach the final of the European tournament, and the third to win the foreign tournament. The first club to reach the final was Vouliagmeni in 1997. They played in the Cup Winners’ Cup and basically won it. Olympiacos has participated in seven finals, Vouliagmeni and Panionios in two, and NO Patrons in one.
Source: Kathimerini
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