Greek Women's Basketball League

Greek Women's Basketball League
Sport Basketball
Founded 1967
No. of teams 10
Country  Greece
Continent European Union FIBA Europe (Europe)
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

Location of teams in Greek Women's Basketball League 2017–18

The clubs for the 2017–18 season:

Club Home city
Aris ThessalonikiThessaloniki
AthinaikosVyronas, Athens
Dafni Agiou DimitriouDafni, Athens
Kronos Agiou DimitriouAgios Dimitrios, Athens
Niki LefkadasLefkada
Olympiacos S.F. PiraeusPiraeus
PanathinaikosAmpelokipoi, Athens
PanathlitikosThessaloniki
PanioniosNea Smyrni, Athens
PAOKThessaloniki
Proteas VoulasVoula, Athens
Esperides KallitheasKallithea, Athens
Olympiacos VolouVolos
Faros KeratsiniouKeratsini, Piraeus

Titles holders

Performance by club

Club Titles Seasons
Sporting Athens
21
 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987,
1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999,
2004
Panathinaikos
4
 1998, 2000, 2005, 2013
Athinaikos
4
 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Iraklis Thessaloniki
3
 1968, 1971, 1972
Ano Liosia
3
 2001, 2002, 2003
Olympiacos Piraeus
3
 2016, 2017, 2018
Peiraikos
2
 1969, 1970
Apollon Kalamarias
2
 1974, 1992
Palaio Faliro
2
 1975, 1982
Esperides Kallitheas
2
 2006, 2008
Elliniko-Sourmena
2
 2014, 2015
Athens College
1
 1973
Olympiacos Volou
1
 1978
Panionios
1
 2007

Sponsors and supporters

References

  1. ↑ Hellenic Basketball Federation History of the women’s championship.
  2. ↑ Greek Basketball Federation, Women's Basketball League, Champions. Archived 2013-08-04 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ "Athinaikos enters the Guinness book of records". eurobasket.com. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "Στο Γκίνες ο Αθηναϊκός". sport24.gr. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  5. ↑ "Τέλος στο ρεκόρ Γκίνες του Αθηναϊκού!". sentragoal.gr. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  6. ↑ "History of women's championship". Greek Basketball Federation. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "Αλλαγές στην Α1 μπάσκετ γυναικών". sport-fm.gr. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
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