Panachaiki Volleyball Club is the volleyball department of

Panachaiki Panachaiki G.E. (Greek: Παναχαϊκή Γυμναστική Ένωση, ''Panachaiki Gymnastiki Enosi'', "Pan- Achaean Gymnastic Union") is a Greek multi-sport club based in the city of Patras, Greece. The history of Panachaiki began in 1891, ...

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. It was founded in 1928. Its home is the Panachaiki Indoor Hall. In the 2013-14 season the team played in the

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(first division) for the first time.

History

Panachaiki participated in the 1937-38 Panhellenic championship. The final stage of this championship took place in Patras and the winner was

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, the other volleyball Club of Patras. Panachaiki also took place in the 1961-62 Panhellenic championship but was disqualified early. Since the 1970s, Panachaiki has been mostly participating in Gamma and Beta Ethniki (fourth and third division respectively).
In the 2007-08 season, it was promoted to the

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(second division) for the first time. In the 2012-13 season, they finished first of their group. After the end of the regular season, the team won the special ascension tournament and it was promoted to the

for the first time.
In the 2015-16 season Panachaiki finished in the 8th place of the Volleyball League, which is the team's most important success so far.

Recent seasons

References

External links

Panachaiki Volley Club
Official site {{A1 Greek volleyball Volleyball clubs in Greece