2019–20 Greek Basket League

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The 2019–20 Greek betshop.gr Basket League was the 80th season of the Greek Basket League, the top-tier level professional club basketball league in Greece. The season started in September 2019, and ended prematurely in March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 21 May 2020, after a vote that was held between the league's 14 teams, Panathinaikos was crowned the Greek basketball league's champion for the season, marking the club's 38th Greek championship. The league's 14 teams also agreed that none of the teams would be relegated.[1]

Season2019–20
Dates28 September 2019 – 8 March 2020
Teams14
ChampionsPanathinaikos OPAP
(38th title)
Quick facts Greek Basket League, Season ...
Greek Basket League
Season2019–20
Dates28 September 2019 – 8 March 2020
Teams14
Finals
ChampionsPanathinaikos OPAP
(38th title)
Runners-upAEK
Statistical leaders
Points United States Conner Frankamp 397
Rebounds United States Sean Evans 186
Assists Greece Nick Calathes 137
Index Rating United States Conner Frankamp 406
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Proposed format changes

On 15 May 2019, the Greek Basket League announced that it was planning to expand from 14 teams to 16 teams, and that there were no league relegations scheduled from the previous 2018–19 Greek Basket League season. The teams that were scheduled to be promoted up from the secondary level Greek A2 Basket League, were to be inserted into the new 16-team league, for the 2019–20 season. However, Olympiacos was later relegated on 22 May 2019, following a meeting of the Hellenic Basketball Clubs Association's Board of Directors.[2]

Olympiacos was relegated because the club refused to play in its playoff series against Panathinaikos. That marked the club's third forfeited game of the season, which resulted in an automatic relegation, per league rules. As further punishment, the league also stripped Olympiacos of its season wins.[3] The league also eventually cancelled the planned expansion to 16 teams, after the proposal was rejected by the Hellenic Basketball Federation.

Teams

Promotion and relegation

Relegated from the Greek Basket League 2018–19 season

Olympiacos decided not to play against Panathinaikos in the league's playoffs, and was thus relegated down to the Greek Second Division as punishment. In addition, all of the club's wins were voided by league officials.[4]

Promoted from the Greek A2 Basket League 2018–19 season

Ionikos Nikaias won the A2 League championship, and was thus promoted up to the first tier level, for the first time in 32 years.[5] Iraklis Thessaloniki was also promoted, as a result of winning the playoffs round of the Greek second division. The club returned to the top-level league, after an absence of 8 years.[6]

Locations and arenas

Location of clubs for the 2019–20 Greek Basket League season.
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Club Location Arena Capacity App.
AEK Athens (Marousi) OAKA Indoor Hall 19,250[7]
63
Aris Thessaloniki Alexandrio Melathron 5,138
66
Ifaistos Lemnos Myrina Nikos Samaras Indoor Hall 1,260
2
Ionikos Nikaias Affidea Athens
(Palaio Faliro)		 Sofia Befon Indoor Hall
1,204[8]
13
Iraklis Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Ivanofeio Sports Arena
2,500[9]
52
Kolossos H Hotels Rhodes Kallithea Palais des Sports 1,400[10]
14
Larisa Larissa Larissa Neapolis Indoor Arena 4,000
1
Lavrio Megabolt Lavrio Lavrio Indoor Hall 1,700
5
Panathinaikos OPAP Athens (Marousi) OAKA Indoor Hall 19,250[7]
70
Panionios Su Casa Athens
(Palaio Faliro)		 Sofia Befon Indoor Hall 1,204[11]
51
PAOK Thessaloniki (Pylaia) PAOK Sports Arena 8,500[12]
63
Peristeri Winmasters Athens (Peristeri) Peristeri Arena 4,000
24
Promitheas Patras Patras Dimitris Tofalos Arena 4,200
4
Rethymno Cretan Kings Rethymno Melina Merkouri Sports Arena 1,600
10
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Head coaching changes

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TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced withDate of appointment
Greece PanathinaikosUnited States Rick PitinoMutual consent21 June 2019 [13]PreseasonGreece Argyris Pedoulakis21 June 2019 [14]
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Regular season

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Panathinaikos OPAP (C) 20 18 2 2075 1537 +538 38 Already qualified to EuroLeague
2 AEK Athens 20 16 4 1653 1493 +160 36 Qualification to Champions League
3 Peristeri Winmasters 20 13 7 1559 1434 +125 33
4 Promitheas Patras 19 12 7 1449 1436 +13 31 Qualification to EuroCup
5 Ifaistos Limnou 20 11 9 1436 1435 +1 31
6 Lavrio Megabolt 20 11 9 1523 1597 −74 31
7 Iraklis 20 9 11 1557 1550 +7 29 Qualification to Champions League qualifying rounds
8 Larisa 20 8 12 1524 1676 −152 28
9 Kolossos H Hotels 20 8 12 1578 1602 −24 28
10 Ionikos Nikaias Affidea 20 8 12 1570 1709 −139 28
11 Rethymno Cretan Kings 19 8 11 1319 1376 −57 27
12 Panionios Su Casa 20 6 14 1469 1707 −238 26
13 Aris Thessaloniki[a] 20 6 14 1548 1648 −100 26
14 PAOK[a] 20 5 15 1635 1695 −60 25
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Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 2020. Source: ESAKE
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. [a]
    On 21 May 2020, the league agreed there was no relegation to the 2020–21 Greek A2 Basket League for the 13th and 14th team this season.

Results

More information Home \ Away, AEK ...
Home \ Away AEK ARI IFA ION IRA KOL LAR LAV PTH PNN POK PER PRO RET
AEK — 92–79 74–68 103–70 86–61 93–69 100–97 91–61 90–91 73–68 84–83
Aris — 88–77 72–77 69–63 85–87 90–72 61–73 81–88 80–86 85–82 72–59
Ifaistos 72–68 85–59 — 68–79 79–65 72–64 67–65 79–74 77–69 72–75 66–50
Ionikos 72–65 — 88–74 79–86 68–64 90–94 65–110 108–74 83–66 100–95 69–73
Iraklis 68–77 82–66 107–75 — 83–67 92–62 96–101 99–82 69–76 74–56
Kolossos 70–79 90–86 86–88 — 80–83 73–74 69–103 89–61 87–66 101–84 73–70
Larisa 92–78 58–63 82–72 74–87 95–90 — 68–110 95–85 69–96 82–65
Lavrio 80–73 66–61 75–67 78–68 86–72 — 81–112 104–71 92–88 75–57 86–78
Panathinaikos 89–68 108–86 87–74 107–71 130–81 121–78 105–74 — 117–79 99–68 96–74
Panionios 96–101 69–83 60–76 76–67 74–71 71–77 74–115 — 97–87 48–61 88–69 70–67
PAOK 67–71 101–84 94–74 110–80 77–88 87–61 88–104 — 68–75 86–90 78–56
Peristeri 73–77 75–79 75–59 101–63 88–62 82–78 95–69 80–75 — 78–64 71–61
Promitheas 95–79 81–61 87–80 81–80 62–76 77–66 76–99 87–76 64–60 —
Rethymno 75–67 70–63 75–59 90–76 69–63 72–61 75–77 73–61 60–79 70–63 —
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Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Statistical leaders

The Greek Basket League counts official stats leaders by stats totals, and not by per game averages. It also counts the total stats for both regular season combined.

Performance Index Rating

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Pos Player Club PIR
1 United States Conner Frankamp Rethymno 406
2 United States Keith Langford AEK 358
3 Greece Kostas Mitoglou Panathinaikos 351
4 Greece Loukas Mavrokefalidis Promitheas Patras 331
5 Montenegro Vladimir Dragičević Aris 321
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Points

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Pos Player Club Total Points
1 United States Conner Frankamp Rethymno 397
2 United States Keith Langford AEK 346
3 Canada Olivier Hanlan Iraklis 326
4 United States Lasan Kromah Kolossos Rodou 314
5 Greece Loukas Mavrokefalidis Promitheas Patras 298
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Rebounds

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Pos Player Club Total Rebounds
1 United States Sean Evans Ifaistos 186
2 Greece Kostas Mitoglou Panathinaikos 148
3 Montenegro Vladimir Dragičević Aris 142
4 Bosnia and Herzegovina Milan Milošević Aris 140
5 United States Wesley Gordon Rethymno 129
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Assists

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Pos Player Club Total Assists
1 Greece Nick Calathes Panathinaikos 137
2 Greece Nondas Papantoniou Larisa 100
3 United States Tyrese Rice Panathinaikos 87
4 United States Langston Hall Promitheas 80
5 United States Conner Frankamp Rethymno 79
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Source:[15]

Clubs in European-wide competitions

More information Team, Competition ...
Team Competition Result
PanathinaikosEuroLeagueRegular season, Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic, 6th place
PromitheasEuroCupPlayoffs, Quarterfinals, Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
AEKFIBA Champions LeagueFinal 8, 2nd place
PeristeriPlayoffs, Round of 16
PAOKRegular season, 7th place
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