2018–19 Greek Basket League

Greek Basket League
Greek Basket League
Season	2018–19
Dates	7 October 2018 – 15 June 2019
Teams	14
Regular season
Season MVP	Nick Calathes
Finals
Champions	Panathinaikos OPAP
Runners-up	Promitheas Patras
Finals MVP	Deshaun Thomas
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Steve Burtt Jr.
Rebounds	Sean Evans
Assists	Nick Calathes
Index Rating	Davion Berry
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The 2018–19 Greek betshop.gr Basket League was the 79th season of the Greek Basket League, the top-tier level professional club basketball league in Greece. The season started on 7 October 2018, and ended on 15 June 2019. Panathinaikos OPAP won the Greek Basket League championship for a record 37th time, after beating Promitheas Patras 3–0 in the Finals.

Season2018–19

Dates7 October 2018 – 15 June 2019

Teams14

Season MVP

Nick Calathes

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The season featured a major feud between traditional rivals Panathinaikos and Olympiacos over refereeing decisions in the 2019 Greek Cup semifinals game between the two teams,^[1] which eventually culminated in Olympiacos also forfeiting their playoffs. Finally, Olympiacos withdrew from the championship.^[2]

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Club	Location	Arena	Capacity	App.
AEK	Athens (Marousi)	OAKA Indoor Hall	19,250^[7]	62
Aris	Thessaloniki	Alexandrio Melathron	5,138	65
Holargos	Athens (Cholargos)	Antonis Tritsis Indoor Hall	1,665	1
Ifaistos Lemnos	Myrina	Nikos Samaras Indoor Hall	1,260	1
Kolossos H Hotels	Rhodes	Venetoklio Indoor Hall	1,242^[8]	13
Kymi	Chalkida	Tasos Kampouris Kanithou Indoor Hall	1,620	3
Lavrio Aegean Cargo	Lavrio	Lavrio Indoor Hall	1,700	4
Olympiacos	Piraeus	Peace and Friendship Stadium	12,000^[9]	66
Panathinaikos OPAP	Athens (Marousi)	OAKA Indoor Hall	19,250^[7]	69
Panionios	Athens (Nea Smyrni)	Sofia Befon Indoor Hall	1,204^[10]	50
PAOK	Thessaloniki (Pylaia)	PAOK Sports Arena	8,500^[11]	62
Peristeri Vikos Cola	Athens (Peristeri)	Peristeri Arena	4,000	23
Promitheas Patras	Patras	Dimitris Tofalos Arena	4,200	3
Rethymno Cretan Kings	Rethymno	Melina Merkouri Sports Arena	1,600	9

Club	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Main shirt sponsor
AEK	Luca Banchi	Dušan Šakota	Fila	Betshop.gr
Aris	Ioannis Kastritis	Lefteris Bochoridis	Spalding	-
Holargos	Aris Lykogiannis	Toarlyn Fitzpatrick	BillyBro	BoConcept
Ifaistos Limnou	Sotiris Manolopoulos	Sotirios Manolopoulos	GSA Sport	-
Kolossos H Hotels	Stergios Koufos	Ioannis Georgallis	Fila	Aegean Airlines
Kymi	Isidoros Koutsos	Stavros Toutziarakis	Nickan	-
Lavrio Aegean Cargo	Christos Serelis	Michalis Perrakis	Athios	Advanced Hair Clinics
Olympiacos	David Blatt	Vassilis Spanoulis	Nike	bwin
Panathinaikos OPAP	Rick Pitino	Nick Calathes	Adidas	Pame Stoixima
Panionios	Vassilis Fragkias	Nikos Diplaros	Nickan	-
PAOK	Ilias Papatheodorou	Vangelis Margaritis	Erreà	Watt+Volt
Peristeri Vikos Cola	Argyris Pedoulakis	Panagiotis Vasilopoulos	Flex One	Vikos Cola
Promitheas Patras	Makis Giatras	Nikos Gkikas	Athios	Medfrigo
Rethymno Cretan Kings	Vangelis Ziagkos	Antreas Christodoulou	Nickan	-

Team	Outgoing Head Coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced with	Date of appointment
Panionios	Vangelis Alexandris	End of contract	18 May 2018^[12]	Preseason	Thanasis Skourtopoulos	29 June 2018^[13]
Ifaistos Limnou	Thanasis Skourtopoulos	End of contract	1 June 2018	Preseason	Sotiris Manolopoulos	8 June 2018^[14]
AEK	Dragan Šakota	Promoted to General Manager	6 June 2018^[15]	Preseason	Luca Banchi	1 July 2018^[16]
Olympiacos	Ioannis Sfairopoulos	End of contract	18 June 2018^[17]	Preseason	/ David Blatt	27 June 2018^[18]
Panionios	Thanasis Skourtopoulos	Re-signed	28 August 2018^[19]	Preseason	Chris Chougkaz	2 September 2018^[20]
Panionios	Chris Chougkaz	Re-signed	30 October 2018^[21]	11th (1-3)	Vassilis Fragkias	31 October 2018^[22]
Panionios	Vassilis Fragkias	Re-signed	21 November 2018^[23]	9th (2-4)	Nikos Oikonomou	24 November 2018^[24]
Kolossos H Hotels	Nikos Vetoulas	Sacked	22 November 2018^[25]	12th (1–5)	Kostas Flevarakis	1 December 2018^[26]
Kymi	Ioannis Kastritis	Sacked	25 November 2018^[27]	13th (1–6)	Isidoros Koutsos	26 November 2018^[28]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	AEK	26	18	8	2129	1995	+134	44	Advanced to playoffs
2	Peristeri Vikos Cola	26	17	9	2009	1977	+32	43^[a]
3	Panathinaikos OPAP^[b]	26	24	2	2151	1668	+483	43^[a]
4	Promitheas Patras	26	16	10	2003	1907	+96	42
5	PAOK	26	15	11	1992	1955	+37	41
6	Olympiacos^[c] (R)	26	23	3	2108	1708	+400	40
7	Ifaistos Limnou	26	13	13	1914	1995	−81	39
8	Holargos	26	12	14	1850	1899	−49	38
9	Aris	26	8	18	1811	1883	−72	34^[d]
10	Rethymno Cretan Kings	26	8	18	1906	2053	−147	34^[d]
11	Panionios	26	8	18	1950	2210	−260	34^[d]
12	Kymi	26	8	18	1899	2100	−201	34^[d]
13	Lavrio Aegean Cargo (R)	26	7	19	1997	2123	−126	33	Relegated to Greek A2 League
14	Kolossos H Hotels (R)	26	5	21	1958	2204	−246	31	Relegated to Greek A2 League

Home \ Away	AEK	ARIS	HOL	IFA	KOL	KYMI	LAV	OLY	PAO	PNN	PAOK	PER	PRO	RET
AEK	—	81–73	73–63	83–69	94–79	96–92	83–64	67–76	72–104	73–62	91–71	96–70	83–62	82–62
Aris	77–81	—	58–59	65–54	75–81	95–60	84–70	64–68	70–84	79–56	58–62	62–68	66–65	81–87
Holargos	70–81	76–63	—	65–62	74–60	73–66	82–71	68–73	64–81	74–73	74–68	75–76	57–69	66–61
Ifaistos Limnou	74–87	73–64	72–70	—	82–76	81–74	80–76	53–73	62–84	86–64	80–79	77–73	82–67	77–80
Kolossos H Hotels	69–106	61–72	75–81	60–78	—	97–90	76–80	67–86	78–88	106–109	60–75	77–84	68–83	74–63
Kymi	67–78	75–57	57–66	90–83	91–86	—	89–88	74–77	62–87	92–82	73–90	56–87	86–82	77–84
Lavrio Aegean Cargo	94–100	70–73	76–69	96–76	74–70	86–68	—	76–81	55–80	90–60	64–77	83–55	73–85	93–94
Olympiacos	101–75	76–67	88–78	83–46	95–74	92–69	102–63	—	0–20	98–72	80–59	92–69	86–59	84–60
Panathinaikos OPAP	111–79	85–65	86–64	93–65	95–68	0–20	108–63	79–70	—	96–71	89–51	80–75	87–76	88–64
Panionios	78–74	70–66	90–110	76–93	88–80	89–93	101–91	65–101	67–88	—	69–73	77–75	60–74	88–72
PAOK	88–79	95–79	80–73	73–75	79–83	78–60	99–88	68–78	83–93	83–73	—	87–73	81–56	81–64
Peristeri Vikos Cola	83–80	81–61	71–62	89–81	73–70	94–93	87–78	81–76	80–72	74–71	83–65	—	79–86	80–64
Promitheas Patras	79–69	71–61	86–61	73–68	101–95	94–61	71–63	77–80	69–86	104–67	82–59	73–76	—	86–81
Rethymno Cretan Kings	57–66	74–76	83–76	82–85	93–67	78–64	72–77	58–92	75–87	65–72	78–88	83–73	72–73	—

2018–19 Greek Basket League

Teams

Promotion and relegation

Locations and arenas

Personnel and sponsorship

Head coaching changes

Regular season

League table

Results

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third-place series

Finals

Final standings

Awards

Greek League MVP

Greek League Finals MVP

All-Greek League Team

Best Coach

Defensive Player of the Year

Best Young Player

Most Improved Player

Most Popular Player

Most Spectacular Player

Statistical leaders

Performance index rating

Points

Rebounds

Assists

Clubs in European-wide competitions

Clubs in World-wide competitions

See also

References

External links

Related Articles

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



AEK	2

Holargos	1
		AEK	2

		Promitheas Patras	3
Promitheas Patras	2

PAOK	0
				Panathinaikos OPAP	3

				Promitheas Patras	0
Peristeri Vikos Cola	2

Ifaistos Limnou	1
		Peristeri Vikos Cola	0

		Panathinaikos OPAP	3	Third place
Panathinaikos OPAP	w/o ¹

Olympiacos
				AEK	3

				Peristeri Vikos Cola	1

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
AEK	2–1	Holargos	84–62	72–88	88–75
Peristeri Vikos Cola	2–1	Ifaistos Limnou	84–81	71–77	74–64
Panathinaikos OPAP	w/o	Olympiacos	20–0	20–0
Promitheas Patras	2–0	PAOK	81–66	76–68

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
AEK	2–3	Promitheas Patras	83–82	65–74	88–60	54–70	84–85
Peristeri Vikos Cola	0–3	Panathinaikos OPAP	68–91	66–86	75–82

Pos	Team	Overall record			Qualification or Relegation
		Pld	W	L
1.	Panathinaikos	33	31	2	Qualification to the EuroLeague *Club qualified for EuroLeague by having a contract
2.	Promitheas Patras	36	21	15	Qualification to the EuroCup
3.	AEK Athens	38	25	13	Qualification to the Champions League *AEK declined EuroCup participation
4.	Peristeri	36	20	16	Qualification to the Champions League
5.	PAOK	28	15	13	Qualification to the Champions League
6.	Ifaistos Limnou	29	14	15
7.	Holargos	29	13	16	Relegation to the Greek A2 League
8.	Aris	26	8	18
9.	Rethymno	26	8	18
10.	Panionios	26	8	18
11.	Kymi	26	8	18	Relegation to the Greek A2 League
12.	Lavrio	26	7	19
13.	Kolossos Rodou	26	5	21
14.	Olympiacos^[31]^[32]	27	23	4	Qualification to the EuroLeague *Club qualified for EuroLeague by having a contract

Pos.	Player	Team
G	Nick Calathes	Panathinaikos
G	Davion Berry	Panionios
F	Ioannis Papapetrou	Panathinaikos
F	Panagiotis Vasilopoulos	Peristeri
C	Nikola Milutinov	Olympiacos

Team	Competition	Progress
Olympiacos	EuroLeague	Regular season
Panathinaikos	EuroLeague	Playoffs
AEK	Champions League	Quarterfinals
PAOK		Round of 16
Promitheas		Round of 16
Aris		Second qualifying round
Aris	FIBA Europe Cup	Regular season
Lavrio	FIBA Europe Cup	First qualifying round