Olympiacos wins Greece's men water polo championship

Source: Xinhua| 2018-05-27 09:09:14|Editor: Yamei
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(SP)GREECE-PIRAEUS-WATERPOLO-GREEK CHAMPIONSHIP

Olympiacos' players celebrate with the trophy after the water polo final match of Greek championship between Olympiacos and Vouliagmeni at the Papastratio swimming pool arena in Piraeus, Greece, May 26, 2018. (Xinhua/Panagiotis Moschandreou)

ATHENS, May 26 (Xinhua) -- The Olympiacos men's water polo team were crowned Greek champions on Saturday, after beating Vouliagmeni 8-5 in the third and last match between them.

The Piraeus team celebrated the 32rd title in their history and the sixth consecutive in recent years.

Although the visiting Vouliagmeni had a stronger start and once led at 3-1, gradually the hosts took the lead and prevailed.

The best scorers for Olympiacos were Costas Mourikis, Alexandros Gounas and Paulo Obradovic, each with two goals, while the star for Vouliagmeni was Marios Kapotsis who scored three goals.

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