Greek Women's Basketball League

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]

Greek Women's Basketball League
SportBasketball
Founded1967
No. of teams10
Country Greece
Continent FIBA Europe (Europe)
Most recent
champion(s)		Olympiacos
(5th title)
Most titlesSporting Athens
(21 titles)
Relegation toA2 National Women's Basketball
Domestic cup(s)Greek Women's Cup

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 Olympiacos were entered into the Guinness book of records.[3][4] The consecutive win streak of Olympiacos was finally stopped at 117 wins.[5][6] The current champion of the league is Olympiacos, which has won the last five league championships.

History

The Greek Women's Basketball League competition started in 1968. In the 1984–85 season, the competition was renamed to A National, and in the 1997–98 season, it was renamed to A1 National. Simultaneously, the second division was created under the name A2 National.[7] In 2010, the organisers of the league championship decided to add playoff rounds to the competition.[8]

Current teams
A.O. Sporting
Dafni AG
Kronos
Panathinaikos
Melissia
Chania
Niki Lefkadas
PAS Giannina
Location of clubs for the 2019–20 Greek Women's Basketball League season.

The clubs for the 2019–20 season:

Club Home city
A.O. Eleutheria MoschatouMoschato, Athens
O.A. ChanionChania
Dafni Agiou DimitriouDafni, Athens
Kronos Agiou DimitriouAgios Dimitrios, Athens
Niki LefkadasLefkada
Olympiacos S.F. PiraeusPiraeus, Athens
PanathinaikosAmpelokipoi, Athens
A.O. SportingAno Patissia, Athens
K.A.O. MelissionMelissia, Athens
PAOKThessaloniki
PAS GianninaIoannina
Esperides KallitheasKallithea, Athens

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
Olympiacos Piraeus
5
 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Panathinaikos
4
 1998, 2000, 2005, 2013
Athinaikos
4
 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Ano Liosia
3
 2001, 2002, 2003
Iraklis Thessaloniki
3
 1968, 1971, 1972
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 Archived 2013-08-05 at the Wayback Machine 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. https://www.sport24.gr/Basket/ElladaBasket/A1Women/a1-gynaikwn-o-olympiakos-prosperase-to-connecticut-kai-ekane-pagkosmio-rekor.5677459.html
  6. "Τέλος στο ρεκόρ Γκίνες του Αθηναϊκού!". sentragoal.gr. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  7. "History of women's championship". Greek Basketball Federation. Archived from the original on 5 August 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  8. "Αλλαγές στην Α1 μπάσκετ γυναικών". sport-fm.gr. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
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