E.A. Patras is a Greek omnisports club founded in 1927 and based is in

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. It is mostly known for its

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and

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sections, which compete at the highest level in

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. The volleyball section won the Greek championship in 1938, whereas the boxing section won the national title in 1979, 1983, 1984, 1988, and 1989.

E.A. Patras Volleyball - A1 Ethniki

E.A. Patras was one of the protagonists after the establishment of the Greek volleyball league in the 1930s, winning the title in 1937-38 and being the runner-up in the seasons 1935-36, 1936–37 and 1939-1940. E.A.P. returned to the first Greek league for the first time after the formation of the

A1 Ethniki Volleyball The A1 Ethniki (), often referred to as the Greek Volleyball League, is the highest professional volleyball league in Greece. It is run by the Hellenic Volleyball Federation. It is considered one of the top national leagues in European volleyball, ...

, by winning the A2 Ethniki title in 1999. It took the fifth place in A1 Ethniki two times in a row (2003–04, 2004–05) and during those three years it participated in the European Federation Cup. The season (2008–2009) was the most successful so far for EAP in the post-war period. It took the 3rd place in the national championship which allowed the club to participate once more to the European Federation Cup in the season 2009-2010. The next season (2009–2010) the club held an impressive record during the regular season of the

with 18 wins, 4 losses, and 53 points, finishing in the second place, only behind Panathinaikos VC. But in the playoffs the club's performance was disappointing ending up in the 7th place of the league. In the season 2010-2011, EAP finished in the fifth place in the championship.

Greek Cup

Apart from

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' and

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's major volleyball clubs, EAP - representing

- was the fourth club from a provincial Greek city that made it to the final of the

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, in the season 2007-2008. The previous ones were: Ethnikos Alexandroupolis (1981),

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(1993) and Lamia (2007). In the final EAP lost 1-3 to Panathinaikos VC.

Titles & honours

*National: (1) **

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: 1938 *Divisional: (3) ** Second Division (A2 Ethniki) Championship: 2002 ** Third Division (B Ethniki) Championship: 1996 ** Fourth Division (C Ethniki) Championship: 1993 *Greek Cup **

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finalist: 2008 *European Cup honours ** European Federation Cup quarter finals: 2006 **

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final four: 2009 **

semi finals: 2011

Rankings in the Greek Volleyball Leagues

European Cup Honours

In 2005–06 E.A. Patras reached the quarter-finals of the European Federation Cup, being defeated twice by the Italian club of Macerata Volleyball (0–3 in

and 3–1 in

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). EAP also participated in the 2008–09

's Final Four in

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, taking the fourth place. In 2010–11 it participated in the

going up to the semi-finals, where it lost (like in 2006) two times (1–3, 3–0) to the further champions Macerata Volleyball.

External links

Official site

References

{{A2 Ethniki Volleyball Volleyball clubs in Greece 1927 establishments in Greece Boxing clubs in Greece Sport in Patras