Blackhawk

Came up short. Lost 3:2. Blackhawks pretty much gifted the series to the Blues.

Now that AEK has qualified to the final of the Greek Cup, PAOK has secured a spot in the next season's European Competition. If PAOK wins the playoffs, we will take part in the Champions League qualifying rounds. Any other finish in the playoffs means that PAOK will take part in Europa League. PAOK should be seeded in most Europa League rounds, and probably in the Qualifying Round 3 of the Champions League.

PAOK lost 2:0, but we had a good goal disallowed. Entertaining match.

The U-15 PAOK team meets Olympiakos in the final of the U-15 championship. The game will take place April 26 at 16:30 GR in Ioannina. It will be televised live on PAOKTV.

Lost 3:1. Next game and hopefully the last one, on Thursday.

The decision was made. PAOK will not travel to Piraeus to take part in this game. Punishments to follow. I think it will more than just the -3 points from the next season that the stupid media propagates.

I would not take that risk. Win today and go on vacation. Currently tied 1;1 on sets in the third game. Syros one the first set 35:33 in a dramatic battle.

Do or die for the defending champs, the Blackhawks, tonight in St. Louis. Down 3:1 in the series we came back to tie it up on Saturday. This should be an exciting game.

Won the second game 3:1 at Palataki today. Now back to Syro for the 3rd and possibly final game of the series.

First leg result: PAOK - Olympiakos 0:3 by forfeit The most exciting part about this game is the drama revolving around the decision if PAOK will show up for the game or not.

vs MATCHUP: Olympiakos Piraeus - P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki COMPETITION: Greek Cup - Semifinal - Leg 2 DATE: 27-April-2016 TIME: 17:00 GR (15:00 GMT, 09:00 CST, 00:00 AEDT next day) CITY/STADIUM: Piraeus - G. Karaiskakis Stadium (Capacity: 32,115) REFEREES: Haralambos Kalogeropoulos (Athens) - Christos Akrivos (Athens, Ioannis Spikas (Pella) - Anastasios Papapetrou (Athens), Ioannis Delfakis (Arkadia) TELEVISION: OTE Sport TV (Greece), Laola1.TV (Worldwide), Antenna Satellite (USA/Canada), Antenna Pacific (Australia) Olympiakos vs. P.A.O.K. Greek Cup History: 2013-2014: 2:1 (Athanasiadis) - Attendance: 32,000 (Semifinal ? Leg 1) 2010-2011: 1:1 (Vieirinha) - Attendance: 28,404 (Quartefinal ? Leg 1) 2008-2009: 2:0 (Extra time) - Attendance: 23,983 (Quartefinal ? Leg 2 - ELIMINATED) 2002-2003: 1:2 (Georgiadis, Okkas) - Attendance: 11,466 (Quartefinal ?Leg 2, Rizoupoli Stadium - QUALIFIED) 2000-2001: 2:4 (Egkomitis, Borbokis, Georgiadis, Nalitzis) - Attendance: 13,300 (Final ? Nea Filadelfia Stadium ? GREEK CUP WINNER) 1999-2000: 2:1 (Frousos) - Attendance: 17,317 (Round of 16 ? OAKA Stadium ? Single Leg tie - ELIMINATED) 1996-1997: 2:1 (Tasiopoulos) - Attendance: 4,503 (Round of 16 ? Leg 1) 1991-1992: 2:0 - Attendance: 29,831 (Final ? Leg 1) 1990-1991: 2:0 - Attendance: 17,789 (Round of 32 ? Leg 1) 1989-1990: 1:0 (5:3 pen) - Attendance: 22,090 (Round of 16 ? Leg 2 - ELIMINATED) 1985-1986: 0:0 (4:3 pen) - Attendance: 25,955 (Round 2 ? OAKA Stadium - Single Leg Tie - ELIMINATED) 1980-1981: 3:1 (Damanakis) - Attendance: 30,512 (Final ? Nea Filadelfia Stadium) 1979-1980: 1:2 (Orfanos, Vasilakos) - Attendance: 38,150 (Round of 32 ? Single Leg Tie ? QUALIFIED)) 1978-1979: 2:2 (6:5 pen) (Guerino, Kermanidis) - Attendance: 29,453 (Round of 16 ? Single Leg Tie - ELIMINATED) 1975-1976: 1:1 (6:5 pen) (Guerino) - Attendance: 38,846 (Round of 16 ? Single Leg Tie - ELIMINATED) 1974-1975: 4:0 - Attendance: ? (Semifinal ? Single Leg Tie - ELIMINATED) 1973-1974: 2:2 (3:4 pen)(Paridis, Aslanidis) - Attendance: 26,402 (Final ? Nea Filadelfia Stadium ? GREEK CUP WINNER) 1972-1973: 1:0 - Attendance: 40,070 (Final- Karaiskaki Stadium) 1970-1971: 3:1 (Sarafis) - Attendance: 38,000 (Final ? Karaiskaki Stadium) 1950-1951: 4:0 - Attendance: ? (Final ? Leoforos Alexandras Stadium) GAMES: 20 WINS: 4 TIES: 2 LOSSES: 14 Unless otherwise noted, games were played at Karaiskaki Stadium in Piraeus, including single leg ties. PAOK never played a single leg tie at home against Olympiakos. On the other hand Olympiakos played seven (7) single leg ties at Karaiskaki, and seven (7) cup finals against PAOK in Athens/Piraeus, including three (3) cup finals at Karaiskaki Stadium, their home stadium.

Well he did not really say that we are going to play. He said that it is possible that we will show up for the game without giving a firm answer. By next Wednesday he might change his decision five different times. In my opinion if he decides to send the team to Piraeus, it will be a bad decision on his part. Grow some balls, and don't change your decision every other day.

Panionios won the appeal, but there is still a slim chance UEFA might step in examines the EPO decisions. Does not make much difference for PAOK unless AEK gets back the three points as well.

Nothing. He is a retired player raising a family.

The stream has started. Two hours late.

Allready an hour and a half late. Only in Greece.

Yes indeed.

He'll be there in spirit ...

At the same time organized fans are holding their own celebration at Lefko Pyrgo. Meanwhile, some of the notable attendees at the official celebration: Ivan Savvidis Most of the current soccer team players and coaches Most of the current basketball team players and coaches Most of the current volleyball team players and coaches Aggelos Anastasiadis Zlatan Muslimovic Tzak Aggelidis Frank Arnesen Georgios Koudas Bladen Fortula Christos Terzanidis Stavros Sarafis Pablo Garcia Theodoros Zagorakis and his wife Lily Zisis Vryzas Lino Yannis Boutaris

Good. i expect him to say something concerning the matter during the celebration today.

It's live on the PAE PAOK official youtube channel. As usual things are always late in Greece. Right now there are interviews with various people, including Muslimovic, who grew some hair.

Gus Poyet was just fired by AEK. Considering that Pablo Garcia tried to bring him to PAOK before he went to AEK, I wonder if he might be considered for the position.

I read somewhere that they already had first contacts to make ERT World available in Canada. I think it was on the SDTV website. The European feed is now uploaded on Eutelsat Hotbird 13D. The video feed currently only displays an ERT World logo, but four radio stations are operating normally: Proto, Devtero, ERA Spor and Voice of Greece. The Trito radio station is also expected to be included in the lineup. Not sure if the radio stations are going to be available for the non-European feeds, but Dish used to carry ERA Spor and Voice of Greece in the past.

Later in 2016. Most likely in August. Possible clubs are big teams we faced in European competitions in the past (Bayern, Arsenal, Benfica, AC Milan, etc.). At least those are Ivan's plans. They will have to agree to play us first though, before anybody else knows.