Greek Women's Basketball League
Sport | Basketball |
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Founded | 1967 |
No. of teams | 10 |
Country |
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Continent |
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Most recent champion(s) |
Olympiacos Piraeus (3rd title) |
Most titles |
Sporting Athens (21 titles) |
Relegation to | A2 Ethniki Women's Basketball |
Domestic cup(s) | Greek Women's Cup |
The Greek women’s Basketball League, also known as A1 Ethniki (A1 National) Women's Basketball is the most important competition of Greek women’s professional basketball. It is organised by the EOK (Hellenic Basketball Federation). It began with the 1967–68 season. The first championship of the league, which was held in the 1967–68 season, was organised by ΕΟΑΠ (Greek: Ελληνική Ομοσπονδία Αθλοπαιδιών). Two years later, the EOK assumed control of the competition.[1]
Iraklis Thessaloniki won the first championship of the league, in the 1967–68 season. From 1976 to 1999, Sporting Athens dominated the competition, winning 20 championships in that period (they also won another championship in 2004). So far, Sporting has won the most league championships (21 in total).[2] From 2008 to 2012, Athinaikos dominated exclusively, breaking the record of consecutive wins in the Greek Women's League. The successes of Athinaikos were entered into the Guinness book of records.[3][4] The consecutive win streak of Athinaikos was finally stopped at 105 wins.[5] The current champion of the league is Olympiacos, which has won the last three league championships.
History
The Greek Women's Basketball League competition started in 1968. In the 1984–85 season, the competition was renamed to A Ethniki, and in the 1997–98 season, it was renamed to A1 Ethniki. Simultaneously, the second division was created under the name A2 Ethniki.[6] In 2010, the organisers of the league championship decided to add playoff rounds to the competition.[7]
Current teams
The clubs for the 2017–18 season:
Club | Home city |
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Aris Thessaloniki | Thessaloniki |
Athinaikos | Vyronas, Athens |
Dafni Agiou Dimitriou | Dafni, Athens |
Kronos Agiou Dimitriou | Agios Dimitrios, Athens |
Niki Lefkadas | Lefkada |
Olympiacos S.F. Piraeus | Piraeus |
Panathinaikos | Ampelokipoi, Athens |
Panathlitikos | Thessaloniki |
Panionios | Nea Smyrni, Athens |
PAOK | Thessaloniki |
Proteas Voulas | Voula, Athens |
Esperides Kallitheas | Kallithea, Athens |
Olympiacos Volou | Volos |
Faros Keratsiniou | Keratsini, Piraeus |
Titles holders
Performance by club
Club | Titles | Seasons |
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Sporting Athens | 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2004 | |
Panathinaikos | 1998, 2000, 2005, 2013 | |
Athinaikos | 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 | |
Iraklis Thessaloniki | 1968, 1971, 1972 | |
Ano Liosia | 2001, 2002, 2003 | |
Olympiacos Piraeus | 2016, 2017, 2018 | |
Peiraikos | 1969, 1970 | |
Apollon Kalamarias | 1974, 1992 | |
Palaio Faliro | 1975, 1982 | |
Esperides Kallitheas | 2006, 2008 | |
Elliniko-Sourmena | 2014, 2015 | |
Athens College | 1973 | |
Olympiacos Volou | 1978 | |
Panionios | 2007 | |
Sponsors and supporters
References
- ↑ Hellenic Basketball Federation History of the women’s championship.
- ↑ Greek Basketball Federation, Women's Basketball League, Champions. Archived 2013-08-04 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Athinaikos enters the Guinness book of records". eurobasket.com. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
- ↑ "Στο Γκίνες ο Αθηναϊκός". sport24.gr. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
- ↑ "Τέλος στο ρεκόρ Γκίνες του Αθηναϊκού!". sentragoal.gr. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
- ↑ "History of women's championship". Greek Basketball Federation. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ↑ "Αλλαγές στην Α1 μπάσκετ γυναικών". sport-fm.gr. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
External links
- Hellenic Basketball Federation (in Greek)
- Greek Women's Basketball League at basket.gr (in Greek)
- Eurobasket.com, Greek Basketball (Women)