2018–19 Greek Basket League

Greek Basket League
Competition details
Season 2018–19
Teams 14
Dates 7 October 2018 – May 2019
2019–20 →

The 2018–19 Greek Basket League will be the 79th season of the Greek Basket League, the top-tier level professional club basketball league in Greece.

Teams

Promotion and relegation

Relegated from Greek Basket League

Koroivos[1] and Trikala Aries[2] were relegated, after finishing in the last two places in the 2017–18 season.

Promoted from A2 Basket League

The first club that was promoted was Peristeri, which won its third A2 Basket League championship, after finishing with a 29–1 record, in the 2017–18 season.[3] The second team to be promoted was Holargos, as the winners of the promotion play-offs.[4] Holargos defeated Apollon Patras 3–0, in the finals of the play-offs.

Locations and arenas

2018–19 Greek Basket League season club locations.
Club City Arena Capacity App.
AEK Athens (Marousi) OAKA Indoor Hall 18,500[5]
62
Aris Thessaloniki Alexandrio Melathron 5,138
65
Holargos Athens (Cholargos) Antonis Tritsis Indoor Hall 1,665
1
Ifaistos Limnou Myrina, Lemnos Nikos Samaras Indoor Hall 1,260
1
Kolossos Rhodes City Venetoklio Indoor Hall 1,242[6]
13
Kymis Kymi Tasos Kabouris Kanithou Indoor Hall 1,620
3
Lavrio Megabolt Lavrio Lavrio Indoor Hall 1,700
4
Olympiacos Piraeus Peace and Friendship Stadium 12,000[7]
66
Panathinaikos Athens (Marousi) OAKA Indoor Hall 18,500[5]
69
Panionios Athens (Nea Smyrni) Nea Smyrni Indoor Hall 2,000
50
PAOK Thessaloniki (Pylaia) PAOK Sports Arena 8,162[8]
62
Peristeri Athens (Peristeri) Peristeri Arena 4,000
23
Promitheas Patras Patras Dimitris Tofalos Arena 5,150
3
Rethymno Cretan Kings Rethymno Melina Merkouri Sports Arena 1,600
9

Head coaching changes

TeamOutgoing Head CoachManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced withDate of appointment
Olympiacos Greece Ioannis Sfairopoulos End of contract 18 June 2018[9] Pre-season Israel David Blatt 27 June 2018[10]

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Panathinaikos 1 1 0 93 65 +28 2 Advance to play-offs
2 PAOK 1 1 0 81 64 +17 2
3 Promitheas Patras 1 1 0 83 68 +15 2
4 Olympiacos 1 1 0 88 78 +10 2
5 Kymis 1 1 0 93 89 +4 2
6 Peristeri 1 1 0 83 80 +3 2
7 Aris 1 1 0 73 70 +3 2
8 AEK 1 0 1 80 83 −3 1
9 Lavrio Megabolt 1 0 1 70 73 −3 1
10 Panionios 1 0 1 89 93 −4 1
11 Holargos 1 0 1 78 88 −10 1
12 Kolossos 1 0 1 68 83 −15 1
13 Rethymno Cretan Kings 1 0 1 64 81 −17 1 Relegation to A2 League
14 Ifaistos Limnou 1 0 1 65 93 −28 1
Updated to match(es) played on 7 October 2018. Source: ESAKE

Results

Home \ Away AEK ARIS HOL LIM KOL KYM LAV OLY PAO PAN PAOK PER PRO RCK
AEK — 91–71
Aris — 70–84
Holargos — 74–60
Ifaistos Limnou — 86–64
Kolossos — 68–83
Kymis —
Lavrio Megabolt 70–73 —
Olympiacos 88–78 —
Panathinaikos 93–65 —
Panionios 89–93 —
PAOK — 81–64
Peristeri 83–80 —
Promitheas Patras 73–76 —
Rethymno Cretan Kings 72–77 —
Updated to match(es) played on 13 October 2018. Source:
Colours: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Clubs in European-wide competitions

TeamCompetitionProgress
OlympiacosEuroLeagueRegular season
PanathinaikosRegular season
AEKChampions LeagueRegular season
PAOKRegular season
PromitheasRegular season
ArisSecond qualifying round
FIBA Europe CupRegular season
LavrioFirst qualifying round

References

  1. ↑ "Basket League: Τα ζευγάρια των πλέι οφ, στην Α2 Τρίκαλα-Κόροιβος" (in Greek). Onsports.gr. 13 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Το αφιέρωμα του ΕΣΑΚΕ στα Τρίκαλα που αποχαιρέτησαν την Basket League" (in Greek). Gazzzetta.gr. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Χωρίς Καραγιάννη στη Stoiximan.gr Basket League το Περιστέρι" (in Greek). Sport24.gr. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Για πρώτη φορά στην ιστορία του στην Basket League ο Χολαργός" (in Greek). Neakriti.gr. 26 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Indoor Basketball Arena". OAKA Indoor Hall official website. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "ΒΕΝΕΤΟΚΛΕΙΟ ΚΛΕΙΣΤΟ ΓΥΜΝΑΣΤΗΡΙΟ" (in Greek). Kolossos Rodou. Archived from the original on 2016-10-25. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  7. ↑ "The Peace and Friendship Stadium". Olympiacos BC. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  8. ↑ "Arena". P.A.O.K. B.C. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  9. ↑ "Olympiacos and Sfairopoulos part ways". Eurohoops.net. 2018-06-18. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  10. ↑ "Olympiacos makes former EuroLeague champ Blatt head coach". EuroLeague.net. June 27, 2018. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
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