AEK Athens crowned EHF European Cup winners

AEK Athens crowned EHF European Cup winners
AEK Athens crowned EHF European Cup winners
*AEK F.C. Twitter

AEK Athens has made history, winning its first ever European trophy in handball!

The Greek players defeated Swedish club Ystads 30-26 in the first leg of the finals last week in Halkida, Central Greece.

They then won the second leg again by four goals, 24-20, on Sunday.

AEK Athens crowned EHF European Cup winners
*Home of Handball Twitter

AEK was coached to the cup triumph by Dimitris Dimitroulias, who had also earned Greece’s first European trophy with Diomidis Argous in 2012.

https://twitter.com/HomeofHandball/status/1399098023268044807

Hundreds of fans took to the streets in Nea Filadelfeia to celebrate the win.

*More on GCT: See images of AEK’s new Hagia Sofia stadium
GCT Team

This article was researched and written by a GCT team member.