Greek National Championships

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Greece
National Championships
Years held: 1995 to 2011
2017 & 2018
Host cities: Athens
Thessaloniki
Repeat titles: Ioannis Filippidis

National Championship tournaments were held annually in Greece from 1995 through to 2011, then again in 2017 and 2018.[1][2] The winner of these events was named Greek Champion and headed the national team at that years' World Championship.

Between 2012 and 2016, the title Greek Champion was instead given to the Greek player with the highest amount of Pro Points in a particular Pro Tour season.

National Championships (1995 to 2011)

National team members for the World Championships, where known, are marked in bold.

  • Between 1997 and 2000, and in 2007, teams had 4 players.[3]
  • Between 2001 and 2006, and 2008 to 2011, teams consisted of three players. The two losing semi-finalists would play off for 3rd place. 4th place still received an invitation as an Alternate. (Italicised)

Invitations could be formally declined and would be offered in turn to the next player in the standings.

1995 National Championship

Location: Athens
Date: May 6-7, 1995
Formats:
Attendance:

1. GRC flag Christos Toulis*
2. GRC flag Pelmritz*
3. GRC flag Ioannis Balis*
4. GRC flag Paraskeivpotdos*
5. NOFLAG flag
6. NOFLAG flag
7. NOFLAG flag
8. NOFLAG flag

Sources[4][5][6]  

1996 National Championship

Location:
Date:
Formats:
Attendance:

1-1. GRC flag K. Papaioannou
2-2. GRC flag E. Donanao
3-4. GRC flag Christos Kakarougas
3-4. GRC flag G. Giraleos
5-8. GRC flag Gavriill loannis
5-8. NOFLAG flag
5-8. NOFLAG flag
5-8. NOFLAG flag

Sources[7][8][9]  

1997 National Championship

Location:
Date:
Formats:
Attendance:

1. GRC flag Ioannis Filippidis
2. GRC flag Leyteris Giraleas
3. GRC flag Kostas Raftopoulos
4. GRC flag Nikos Grizis
5. NOFLAG flag
6. NOFLAG flag
7. NOFLAG flag
8. NOFLAG flag

Sources[10]  

1998 National Championship

Location: Athens
Date: April 26, 1998
Formats:
Attendance:

1. GRC flag Fotis Panoutsos
2. GRC flag Dimitris Apergis
3. GRC flag Nikolas Konstantakis
4. GRC flag Emmanouel Nanos
5. GRC flag Christos Kakarougas
6. GRC flag Dimitris Kopsidas
7. GRC flag Andreas Pazvantis
8. GRC flag Ioannis Filippidis

Sources[11][12]  

1999 National Championship

Location: Athens
Date: May 15-16, 1999
Formats: Standard and Rochester Draft
Attendance: 39

1. GRC flag John Papaioannou
2. GRC flag Mihalis Kermelis
3. GRC flag Nikolas Konstantakis
4. GRC flag Taxiarhis Beligiannis
5. GRC flag Dimitris Kopsidas
6. GRC flag Alexandros Giakoumakis
7. GRC flag Ilias Zografos
8. GRC flag Dimitrio Petridis

Sources[13][14][15]  

2000 National Championship

Location: Athens
Date: May 20-21, 2000
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance:

1. GRC flag Ioannis Filippidis
2. GRC flag George Velonis
3. GRC flag Georgios Kapalas
4. GRC flag Ilias Zografos
5. GRC flag Papadopoulis
6. GRC flag Pitaoulis
7. GRC flag Beligiannis Taelpxhe
8. GRC flag Alex Bakopoulos

Sources[16][17]  

2001 National Championship

Location: Athens
Date: May 12-13, 2001
Formats: Standard and Rochester Draft
Attendance: 64

1. GRC flag George Kapalas
2. GRC flag Panaiotis Zacharias
3. GRC flag Dimitris Aperghis
4. GRC flag Dimitris Kopsidas
5. GRC flag Dimitrio Petridis
6. GRC flag Valasiadis Giannis
7. GRC flag Zaharias Papiomytoglou
8. GRC flag Ilias Zografos

Sources[18][19][20][21][22]  

2002 National Championship

Location: Athens
Date: April 28, 2002
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance:

1. GRC flag Dimitrios Chatsios
2. GRC flag Dimitris Kopsidas
3. NOFLAG flag
4. NOFLAG flag
5. NOFLAG flag
6. NOFLAG flag
7. NOFLAG flag
8. NOFLAG flag

Sources[23][24][25][26]  

2003 National Championship

Location:
Date: May 4-5, 2003
Formats: Standard and Rochester Draft
Attendance:

1. GRC flag Dimitris Kopsidas
2. GRC flag Georgios Kapalas
3. GRC flag Dimitris Aperghis
4. GRC flag Alex Bakopoulos
5. GRC flag Alex Ioannidis
6. GRC flag Konstantinos Santikos
7. GRC flag Dimitris Koumbrakis
8. GRC flag Ioannis Filippidis

Sources[27][28][29]  

2004 National Championship

Location: Athens
Date: May 1-2, 2004
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance:

1. GRC flag Simon Bertiou
2. GRC flag Vagos Anagnostopoulos
3. GRC flag Dimitris Foteinakis
4. GRC flag Panagiotis Tsakiris
5. NOFLAG flag
6. NOFLAG flag
7. NOFLAG flag
8. NOFLAG flag

Sources[30][31]  

2005 National Championship

Location: Athens
Date: July 23-24, 2005
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance:

1. GRC flag Vasilis Fatouros
2. GRC flag Anthimos Papadopoulos
3. GRC flag Jon Kosmidis
4. GRC flag Dimitris Triantafillou
5. NOFLAG flag
6. NOFLAG flag
7. NOFLAG flag
8. NOFLAG flag

Sources[32][33]  

2006 National Championship

Location: Athens
Date: September 9-10, 2006
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance:

1-1. GRC flag Harry Yarhas
2-2. GRC flag Kostas Kapritsos
3-4. GRC flag Kyriakos Mitsopoulos
3-4. GRC flag Antonis Fyssas
5-8. GRC flag Theodoros Liapatis
5-8. GRC flag Giorgos Mavroudis
5-8. GRC flag Alex Bakopoulos
5-8. GRC flag Haris Giagras

Sources[34][35][36][37][38]  

2007 National Championship

Location: Athens
Date: September 8-9, 2007
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance:

1. GRC flag Petros Tziotis
2. GRC flag Evangelos Papatsarouchas
3. GRC flag Panaiotis Zacharias
4. GRC flag Konstantinos Karafotis
5. NOFLAG flag
6. NOFLAG flag
7. NOFLAG flag
8. NOFLAG flag

Sources[39][40]  

2008 National Championship

Location: Athens
Date: September 6-7, 2008
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 58

1. GRC flag Theodoros Liapatis
2. GRC flag Alex Bakopoulos
3. GRC flag Evangelos Papatsarouchas
4. GRC flag Socrates Rozakeas
5. GRC flag Antonis Fyssas
6. GRC flag George Dimitriadis
7. GRC flag Fondas Papadatos
8. GRC flag Georgios Kapalas

Sources[41][42][43]  

2009 National Championship

Location: Athens
Date: July 4-5, 2009
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance:

1. GRC flag Kostas Skounakis
2. GRC flag Panagiotis Papadopoulos
3. GRC flag Constantine Vernicos
4. GRC flag Vangelis Pelekanos
5. GRC flag Simon Bertiou
6. GRC flag Bill Chronopoulos
7. GRC flag Aggelos Daniilidis
8. GRC flag Alexis Mylonas

Sources[44][45][46]  

2010 National Championship

Location: Athens
Date: September 18-19, 2010
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 75

1. GRC flag Simon Bertiou
2. GRC flag Panagiotis Vournas
3. GRC flag Panagiotis Papadopoulos
4. GRC flag Paraskevas Papadopoulos
5. GRC flag Vasilis Kourtidis
6. GRC flag Bill Chronopoulos
7. GRC flag Thanos Amarantidis
8. GRC flag Dimitrios Mitritsas

Sources[47][48][49][50]  

2011 National Championship

Location: Athens
Date: June 18-19, 2011
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance:

1. GRC flag Fondas Papadatos
2. GRC flag Bill Panayotopoulos
3. GRC flag Simon Bertiou
4. GRC flag Thanos Amarantidis
5. NOFLAG flag
6. NOFLAG flag
7. NOFLAG flag
8. NOFLAG flag

Sources[51][52]  

World Magic Cup (2012 to 2016)

Year Pro Points Champion Qualifier 1 Qualifier 2 Qualifier 3
2012[53] Fondas Papadatos Antonis Fyssas Panagiotis Papadopoulos Vangelis Pelekanos
2013[54] Simon Bertiou Konstantinos Triantafyllou Nikolaos Molohadis Ioannis Filippidis
2014[55] Marios Angelopoulos Bill Chronopoulos Panagiotis Savvidis Socrates Rozakeas
2015[56] Bill Chronopoulos Charalambos Kikidis Antonis Fyssas Panagiotis Papadopoulos
2016[57] Bill Chronopoulos Nikolaos Kaponis Panagiotis Papadopoulos Petros Tziotis

National Championships (2017 and 2018)

2017 National Championship

Location: Athens
Date: September 16-17, 2017
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance:

1. GRC flag Lefteris Kotsialis
2. GRC flag Ioannis Kountouris
3. GRC flag
4. GRC flag
5. GRC flag
6. GRC flag
7. GRC flag
8. GRC flag

Pro Points Champion: Makis Matsoukas
[58][59]  

2018 National Championship

Location: Thessaloniki
Date: September 8-9, 2018
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance:

1. GRC flag Franck Pappas
2. GRC flag Michalis Foukarakis
3. GRC flag Panagiotis Papadopoulos
4. GRC flag Charalambos Kikidis
5. GRC flag Nick Fellahides
6. GRC flag Ioannis Kountouris
7. GRC flag Makis Matsoukas
8. GRC flag Giannis Kokkolis

Pro Points Champion: Makis Matsoukas
[60][61]  

Greek World Champions

Greece has won the Worlds team competition once: at the 2016 World Magic Cup. The team consisteed of Bill Chronopoulos, Panagiotis Papadopoulos, Nikolaos Kaponis, and Tziotis Petros.

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