The Inaugural Greek Community Cup began the tournament at the Partridge Street Reserve in Lalor where the competition kicked off with Group Two competitors Heidelberg United FC and West Preston SC facing off, on Saturday.
The Greek Community Cup organised by the Greek Community of Melbourne and hosted at the football facilities of the Greek Cypriot team Mill Park continued on Tuesday.
On the second day of the games, East Kew won 1-0 over PAOK (Altona East) and Alexandros (Heidelberg United) defeated Malvern City 2-0.
On Wednesday there was a match against Doncaster Rovers at Mill Park.
There will be two matches where Hellas Melbourne will face PAOK on Thursday night, January 19 at 7pm at Mill Park SC, Field 1. At the same time Bentleigh Cobras will go against Pythagoras at Mill Park SC, Field 2.
Program details:
1st Group
East Kew – PAOK (Altona East) 1-0
2nd Group
Alexandros (Heidelberg United) – West Preston 1-1
Alexandros (Heidelberg United) – Malvern City 2-0
3rd Group
Mill Park – Oakley 1-2
Wednesday, January 18
Mill Park – Doncaster Rovers
The Greek Community Cup (Greek Cup) is a Greek community of Melbourne initiative aimed at bringing together teams of Greek heritage and identity on the football pitch. The Cup will feature teams from across competitive leagues in both Men’s and Women’s football.
The teams participating in the inaugural competition are: Altona East Phoenix SC, Bentleigh Utd Cobras Lemnos, Box Hill Utd FC, Doncaster Rovers SC, East Kew Olympiakos FC, Heidelberg Utd FC, Kingston City FC, Oakleigh CanonsFC, Malvern City FC, Mill Park SC, Sth Melbourne FC, West Preston FC.