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| − | *[[February 1]]: [[Aris BC|Aris Thessaloniki]] (coached by Christos Magotsios) put aside the financial problems to win the Greek Cup by overcoming [[AEK BC|AEK]] (coached by [[ | + | *[[February 1]]: [[Aris BC|Aris Thessaloniki]] (coached by Christos Magotsios) put aside the financial problems to win the Greek Cup by overcoming [[AEK BC|AEK]] (coached by [[Yiannis Ioannidis]]) 71-68 in the final. [[Panagiotis Liadelis]] is voted MVP |
*[[February 10]]: Young [[PAOK FC|PAOK]] midfielder Panagiotis Katsouris is killed in a car accident. | *[[February 10]]: Young [[PAOK FC|PAOK]] midfielder Panagiotis Katsouris is killed in a car accident. | ||
*[[February 15]]: [[Glafkos Clerides]] is re-elected President of [[Cyprus]]. | *[[February 15]]: [[Glafkos Clerides]] is re-elected President of [[Cyprus]]. | ||
Revision as of 12:12, August 10, 2007
Contents
Events
January
- January 16: Christofori Bakatselou, Maria Galani and Katerina Pantaina become the first female judges on the Disciplinary Committee of EPAE (Greek Football Clubs Association)
- January 16: Greece finish 5th at Women's Waterpolo World Championship in Perth, Australia after beating Canada 10-9 in overtime
- January 24: Krzysztof Warzycha scores his 182nd League goal against Apollon Athens earning first place on Panathinaikos' all-time scoring list. Antonis Antoniadis had previously held the record with 181.
February
- February 1: Aris Thessaloniki (coached by Christos Magotsios) put aside the financial problems to win the Greek Cup by overcoming AEK (coached by Yiannis Ioannidis) 71-68 in the final. Panagiotis Liadelis is voted MVP
- February 10: Young PAOK midfielder Panagiotis Katsouris is killed in a car accident.
- February 15: Glafkos Clerides is re-elected President of Cyprus.
May
- May 16: Newcastle defender Nikos Dabizas is the first Greek to play in an English FA Cup final at Wembley (Newcastle Utd. - Arsenal 2-0)
- May 17: Stelios Manolas plays his last game as AEK defeat SKODA Xanthi (2-0).
- May 23: Olympiakos lose to Ferencvaros in the Waterpolo European Cup double final.
- May 24: Panathinaikos win their first Greek championship in 14 years by defeating PAOK 68-58 in the playoffs. After this game PAOK star Predrag Stojakovic moves to the Sacramento Kings becoming the first Greek to play in NBA.
- May 31: Greece U21 rank 2nd after losing to Spain 1-0 in the final of European Football Championship.
July
- July 30: Fanis Christodoulou announces his retirement from professional basketball.
August
- August 10: 31 year-old trainer Giorgos Loukanidis, son of the legendary Panathinaikos and Doxa Drama striker Takis Loukanidis, dies in a car accident.
- August 27: The Greek stock market ("Sofokleous Street") has its worst day ever as stocks tumble 7.7%.
September
- September 5: Cyprus defeat Spain 3-2 in a Euro 2000 qualifier.
- September 14: ESAKE approve the plan of Aris BC to retire Nikos Galis' number 6 jersey. Aris are allowed the use of number 16 for the missing number 6.
December
- December 29: The governments of Greece and Cyprus decide to proceed with the installation of Russian made antiballistic missiles S-300 in Crete, ignoring Turkey's strong objections and reactions.
Deaths
January
- January 16: Dimitris Horn, stage and screen actor.
- January 18: Dan Georgiadis, football coach.
February
- February 28: Gregorios Staktopoulos, journalist convicted of the George Polk murder.
April
- April 10: Seraphim, Archbishop of Athens and all Greece.
- April 23: Constantine Karamanlis, Greek politician and Prime Minister.
July
- July 13: Constantine Kollias, jurist and Prime Minister
September
- September 5: Takis Papoulidis, football player
