Olympiacos B.C. B Development Team
Olympiacos B.C. B Development Team (alternate names: Olympiacos II, Olympiacos 2), also known as Olympiacos B.C. B Piraeus Bank for sponsorship reasons, is the reserve team of the Greek EuroLeague basketball club Olympiacos Piraeus.[1][2] The club is located in Neo Faliro, Piraeus, which is about 7.4 kilometers (4.6 miles) from Athens, Greece. The club's full name is Olympiacos Piraeus Basketball Club B Development Team. The team currently plays in the Greek A2 Basket League (Greek 2nd Division), which is the second-tier level of professional club basketball in Greece.
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| Leagues | Greek 2nd Division Greek Cup | |||
| Founded | September 2019 | |||
| History | Olympiacos B Development Team (2019–Present) | |||
| Arena | Peace and Friendship Training Facility | |||
| Location | Neo Faliro, Piraeus, Greece | |||
| Team colors | Red and White | |||
| President | Panagiotis Angelopoulos | |||
| Head coach | Dimitris Tsaldaris | |||
| Ownership | Panagiotis Angelopoulos Georgios Angelopoulos | |||
| Website | olympiacosbc.gr | |||
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History
Olympiacos Basketball Club B, was founded as the reserve team of the Greek EuroLeague club Olympiacos Piraeus, in 2019.[3][4] For its inaugural season, the club was registered into the Greek 2nd Division's 2019–20 season.[5] For the team's first season, the club named Dimitris Tsaldaris as its first head coach, with Nikos Barlos working as his main assistant.
The club's first signings were Vangelis Tzolos, Andreas Petropoulos, Vassilis Christidis, Alexandros Nikolaidis, and Petros Noeas. The club played its first official game on 21 September 2019, in a 2019–20 Greek Cup game against Ermis Lagkada. Olympiacos B won the game, by a score of 64–58.[6]
On 3 October 2019, the club announced a naming sponsorship deal with Piraeus Bank.[7][8]
Arena
Olympiacos Basketball Club B plays its home games at the Peace and Friendship Stadium's Training Facility, which is located in Neo Faliro, Piraeus, Athens, Greece.[9]
Season by season
| Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | W–L | W–L P.O. | Greek Cup | European competitions | ||
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| 2019–20* | 2 | A2 Basket League | 2nd (3rd)* | 17–4 | Last 32 | – | |||
| 2020–21 | 2 | A2 Basket League | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | – | ||
* In the 2019–20 season, Olympiacos B Development Team had the second best record in the Greek A2 Basket League's regular season, at 17–4, but they were deducted a total of 3 wins by the Hellenic Basketball Federation. That was due to a punishment of the senior club of Olympiacos, for its forfeiting of several Greek Basket League and Greek Cup games, during the previous 2018–19 season. As a result, Olympiacos B Development Team was placed in 3rd place in the Greek A2 Basket League's 2019–20 season standings.
Players
Current roster
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Depth chart
| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 |
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| C | Petros Melissaratos | Vassilis Christidis | Petros Noeas | Nikos Kambouris |
| PF | Lefteris Mantzoukas | Andreas Tsoumanis | Thomas Zevgaras | Panagiotis Tsamis |
| SF | Aleksej Pokuševski | Nikos Arsenopoulos | Panagiotis Oikonomou | |
| SG | Andreas Petropoulos | Alexandros Nikolaidis | Ilias Moraitis | |
| PG | Vangelis Tzolos | Thomas Nikou | Iosif Koloveros |
Squad changes for the 2020–2021 season
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Sponsors
References
- Ολυμπιακός: Εγένετο η "Olympiacos B' - Development Team" (in Greek).
- Εγένετο η Olympiacos B’ – Development Team (in Greek).
- Olympiacos to register a B team in Greek second division.
- OLYMPIACOS YOUTH TEAM TO COMPETE IN SECOND DIVISION, SENIORS ONLY TO PLAY IN EUROLEAGUE.
- Olympiacos presented its development team of the Greek second division.
- Ερμής Λαγκαδά-Ολυμπιακός B’ 58-64 (in Greek).
- Και εγένετο OLYMPIACOS B – PIRAEUS BANK! (in Greek).
- O Ολυμπιακός ανακοίνωσε ότι η δεύτερη ομάδα του θα λέγεται "Olympiacos B' - Piraeus Bank" (in Greek).
- The facilities.
- Και εγένετο OLYMPIACOS B – PIRAEUS BANK! (in Greek).
- O Ολυμπιακός ανακοίνωσε ότι η δεύτερη ομάδα του θα λέγεται "Olympiacos B' - Piraeus Bank" (in Greek).
External links
- Official website (in Greek)
- Official website (in English)
- Eurobasket.com Team Profile