2015–16 Greek Basket League

Sports season

Basketball league season

Season

2015–16

Duration

10 October 2015 – 13 April 2016 (regular season)
16 April – 30 May (playoffs)

Games played

182 (regular season)
25 (playoffs)

Teams

14

TV partner(s)

OTE Sport
Nova Sports

Regular season

Season MVP

Greece Vassilis Spanoulis

Relegated

Arkadikos
Kavala

Finals

Champions

Olympiacos (12th title)

Runners-up

Panathinaikos

Semifinalists

AEK
Aris

Finals MVP

Greece Vassilis Spanoulis

Statistical leaders

Points	Greece Loukas Mavrokefalidis	14.5
Rebounds	United States Dustin Hogue	8.3
Assists	Greece Nick Calathes	6.5
Index Rating	United States Okaro White	18.2

Records

Biggest home win

Olympiacos 115–61 Kavala
(29 February 2016)

Biggest away win

Lavrio 39–108 Olympiacos
(8 November 2015)

Highest scoring

Nea Kifissia 103–108 Aris
(23 April 2016)

Winning streak

29 games
Olympiacos

Losing streak

10 games
Kavala

← 2014–15

2016–17 →

All statistics correct as of 30 May 2016.

The 2015–16 Greek Basket League was the 76th season of the Greek Basket League, the top-tier professional basketball league in Greece.

Teams

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Promotion and relegation

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Panionios, Panelefsiniakos, and KAOD were relegated after the 2014–15 Greek Basket League.
Kavala, Arkadikos, and Lavrio were promoted from the A2 League.

2015–16 Greek Basket League is located in Greece

Athens

Athens

Athens teams AEK Nea Kifissia Panathinaikos

Athens teams
AEK
Nea Kifissia
Panathinaikos

Aris PAOK

Aris
PAOK

Rethymno

Apollon

Arkadikos

Trikala

Koroivos

Lavrio

Kolossos

Kavala

Olympiacos

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2015–16 Greek Basket League season club locations.

Locations and arenas

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Club	Ap.	City	Arena	Capacity
AEK	59	Marousi, Athens	OAKA Indoor Hall	19,250^[1]
Apollon Patras	31	Patras	Apollon Patras Indoor Hall	3,500
Aris	62	Thessaloniki	Alexandrio Melathron	5,138
Arkadikos	1	Tripoli	Tripoli Indoor Hall	1,100
Kolossos Rodou	10	Rhodes	Venetoklio Indoor Hall	1,242^[2]
Koroivos	2	Koroivos	Amaliada Indoor Hall	2,000
Lavrio	1	Lavrio	Lavrio Indoor Hall	1,700
Nea Kifissia	3	Kifissia, Athens	Zirineio Indoor Hall	1,500
Olympiacos	63	Piraeus, Athens	Peace and Friendship Stadium	12,000^[3]
Panathinaikos	66	Marousi, Athens	OAKA Indoor Hall	19,250^[1]
PAOK	59	Pylaia, Thessaloniki	PAOK Sports Arena	8,500^[4]
Rethymno Cretan Kings	6	Rethymno	Rethymno Indoor Hall	1,600
Trikala Aries	3	Trikala	Trikala Indoor Hall	2,500
Kavala	6	Kavala	Kalamitsa Indoor Hall	1,650

Personnel and kits

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Team	Head coach	Team Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
AEK	Slovenia Jure Zdovc	Greece Dušan Šakota	Fila	OPAP
Apollon Patras	Greece Kostas Mexas	Greece Nikos Argyropoulos	ASICS	Loux
Aris	Greece Dimitris Priftis	Greece Spyros Mourtos	NG6
Arkadikos	Greece Ioannis Kastritis	Greece Giorgos Kopsaftis	Macron
Union Kavala	Greece Steve Giatzoglou	Greece Dimitris Kalaitzidis	Nickan
Kolossos Rodou	Greece Aris Lykogiannis	Greece Ioannis Georgalis	Fila	Aegean Airlines
Koroivos	Greece Charis Markopoulos	Greece Panagiotis Vasilopoulos	Nickan
Lavrio	Greece Christos Serelis	Greece Sakis Giannakopoulos	Nickan
Nea Kifissia	Greece Ilias Papatheodorou	Greece Nikos Gkikas	Nickan
Olympiacos	Greece Ioannis Sfairopoulos	Greece Vassilis Spanoulis	Nike	OPAP
Panathinaikos	Greece Argyris Pedoulakis	Greece Dimitris Diamantidis	Adidas	Stoiximan.gr
PAOK	Greece Soulis Markopoulos	Greece Kostas Charalampidis	Luanvi
Rethymno Cretan Kings	Greece Thanasis Skourtopoulos	Greece Stavros Schizas	Nickan	OPAP
Trikala Aries	Greece Kostas Flevarakis	Greece Georgios Tsiaras	CAP	Olympos

European competitions

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Team	Competition	Result
Panathinaikos	Euroleague	Top 8
Olympiacos	Euroleague	Top 16
Aris	Eurocup	Last 32
PAOK	Eurocup	Last 32
AEK	Eurocup	Regular Season

Regular season

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League table

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos	26	25	1	2235	1688	+547	51	Qualification to Playoffs
2	Panathinaikos	26	25	1	2135	1770	+365	51
3	Aris	26	20	6	2010	1761	+249	46
4	AEK	26	18	8	2010	1834	+176	44
5	PAOK	26	13	13	1956	1924	+32	39
6	Nea Kifissia	26	12	14	1964	1998	−34	38
7	Kolossos H Hotels	26	11	15	1918	1990	−72	37
8	Rethymno Cretan Kings	26	10	16	1953	2098	−145	36
9	Trikala Aries	26	9	17	1938	2061	−123	35
10	Apollon Patras Carna	26	9	17	1797	1952	−155	35
11	Lavrio	26	9	17	1895	2027	−132	35
12	Koroivos	26	8	18	1809	1991	−182	34
13	Arkadikos	26	8	18	1785	2032	−247	34	Relegated to Greek A2 Basket League
14	Kavala	26	5	21	1830	2109	−279	31	Relegated to Greek A2 Basket League

Source: ESAKE

Results

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Home \ Away	AEK	APO	ARIS	ARK	KAV	KOL	KOR	LAV	NEA	OLY	PAO	PAOK	RET
AEK	84–78	74–83	87–74	80–72	92–57	70–49	90–82	76–73	93–100	64–67	65–53	86–70	82–65
Apollon Patras	63–82	65–73	56–76	66–59	58–74	60–62	90–73	73–66	72–77	80–90	69–68	75–57	83–77
Aris	77–76	82–50	86–52	68–50	83–68	99–56	82–68	81–68	70–74	70–76	84–72	72–60	84–79
Arkadikos	74–78	82–59	50–90	74–68	77–67	88–89	98–90	64–78	60–103	61–78	66–68	75–70	79–66
Kavala	55–65	72–91	71–77	85–74	72–85	74–89	68–66	72–77	57–71	76–82	74–87	103–102	90–72
Kolossos Rodou	85–86	60–54	76–70	83–70	98–79	94–73	61–72	87–90	53–73	64–77	74–56	80–67	79–69
Koroivos	67–76	58–59	67–65	60–61	72–78	68–71	86–69	87–77	65–84	57–75	65–75	83–79	64–73
Lavrio	65–70	80–64	68–76	79–67	99–63	84–73	81–72	74–70	55–71	72–79	62–78	69–67	75–80
Nea Kifissia	54–78	79–82	65–67	68–66	83–79	77–69	60–61	83–80	73–75	75–84	97–92	100–88	115–79
Olympiacos	79–71	83–62	76–64	89–44	115–61	88–62	83–64	108–39	97–59	80–66	83–76	95–59	84–52
Panathinaikos	78–71	87–81	80–59	90–69	88–54	107–66	88–76	94–56	73–67	73–69	70–69	84–62	77–64
PAOK	79–75	80–67	69–77	74–54	71–60	64–59	92–78	69–75	67–73	99–104	67–90	87–94	82–67
Rethymno Cretan Kings	70–69	87–73	83–88	89–76	84–74	95–87	75–67	87–85	74–61	70–85	60–84	63–74	83–79
Trikala Aries	65–70	84–67	68–83	82–54	73–64	89–86	85–74	81–77	73–76	69–89	81–98	79–88	87–58

Source: ^{[citation needed ]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

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Main article: 2016 Greek Basket League Playoffs

Bracket

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Teams in bold won the playoff series. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoff seeding. Numbers to the right indicate the score of each playoff game.

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals

1 Olympiacos 2

8 Rethymno Cretan Kings 0

1 Olympiacos 3

4 AEK 0

4 AEK 2

5 PAOK 1

1 Olympiacos 3

2 Panathinaikos 1

2 Panathinaikos 2

7 Kolossos Rodou 0

2 Panathinaikos 3 Third place

3 Aris 2

3 Aris 2 3 Aris 1

6 Nea Kifissia 0 4 AEK 3

Quarter-finals

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In the quarterfinals, teams playing against each other had to win two games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins two games before all three games have been played, the games that remain are omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first and the third (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.^[5]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Olympiacos	2–0	Rethymno Cretan Kings	102–71	77–73	—
AEK	2–1	PAOK	78–83	68–59	61–54
Panathinaikos	2–0	Kolossos Rodou	91–63	80–71	—
Aris	2–0	Nea Kifissia	78–60	108–103	—

Semi-finals

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In the semi-finals, teams playing against each other had to win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team won three games before all five games had been played, the games that remained were omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place played the first, the second, and the fifth (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Olympiacos	3–0	AEK	93–58	80–67	89–75	—	—
Panathinaikos	3–2	Aris	85–79	74–60	68–77	50–56	84–68

Third place

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In the series for the third place, teams playing against each other had to win three games to win the 3rd place in the final rankings of the season. Thus, if one team won three games before all five games had been played, the remaining games were omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first, the third, and the fifth (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.^[6]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Aris	1–3	AEK	67–77	84–89	74–69	81–89	—

Finals

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In the finals, teams playing against each other had to win three games to win the title. Thus, if one team won three games before all five games were played, the remaining games were omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first, the third, and the fifth (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.^[6]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Olympiacos	3–1	Panathinaikos	81–83	68–66	77–72	82–81	—

Finals

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Game 1

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Olympiacos v Panathinaikos

19 May 2016	Olympiacos	81–83	Panathinaikos	Piraeus
19:30 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 26–23, 21–14, 19–22
Pts: Lojeski 21, Printezis 17, Spanoulis 15 Rebs: Hunter 6 Asts: Hackett 7 PIR: Lojeski 26	Report	Pts: Calathes 16 Rebs: Calathes 8 Asts: Calathes 8 PIR: Calathes 27	Arena: Peace and Friendship Stadium Referees: Christos Christodoulou, Chrysostomos Schinas, Kostas Mitsopoulos

Game 2

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Panathinaikos v Olympiacos

22 May 2016	Panathinaikos	66–68	Olympiacos	Athens
19:30 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 14–11, 17–21, 15–18, 20–18
Pts: Pappas 12 Rebs: Calathes 7 Asts: Calathes 6 PIR: Pappas 16	Report	Pts: Printezis 20, Spanoulis 11 Rebs: Printezis 9, Asts: Lojeski 5 PIR: Printezis 24	Arena: O.A.C.A. Referees: Antonis Anastopoulos, Elias Koromilas, Anastasios Manos

Game 3

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Olympiacos v Panathinaikos

26 May 2016	Olympiacos	77–72	Panathinaikos	Piraeus
19:30 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 24–23, 16–18, 20–10
Pts: Spanoulis 22 Rebs: Printezis 7 Asts: Hackett 3 PIR: Hackett 16	Report	Pts: Feldeine 17 Rebs: Calathes, Fotsis, Papagiannis 5 Asts: Calathes, Diamantidis, Feldeine 3 PIR: Calathes, Diamantidis 14	Arena: Peace and Friendship Stadium Referees: Anastasios Piloidis, Charalampos Karakatsounis, Christos Panagiotou

Game 4

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Panathinaikos v Olympiacos

30 May 2016	Panathinaikos	81–82(OT)	Olympiacos	Athens
19:30 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 19–12, 15–21, 13–11, Overtime: 18–19
Pts: Pappas 16 Rebs: Pappas 9 Asts: Diamantidis 6 PIR: Diamantidis 24	Report	Pts: Spanoulis 25, Hunter 14, Mantzaris, Papanikolaou 13 Rebs: Agravanis 9, Hunter 7 Asts: Spanoulis 6 PIR: Agravanis, Hunter 18	Arena: O.A.C.A. Referees: Christos Christodoulou, Chrysostomos Schinas, Kostas Mitsopoulos

Final standings

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Pos	Team	Games	Wins	Losses	Qualification or Relegation
1	Olympiacos	35	33	2	Qualification to the EuroLeague *Club qualified for EuroLeague by having a contract
2	Panathinaikos	37	31	6
3	AEK	36	23	13	Qualification to the Champions League *AEK, Aris and PAOK declined EuroCup participation.
4	Aris	37	25	12
5	PAOK	29	14	15
6	Nea Kifissia	28	12	16	Qualification to the Champions League qualifying rounds Nea Kifissia declined Champions League participation. Relegated down to Greek B League, due to financial problems.
7	Kolossos Rodou	28	11	17
8	Rethymno Cretan Kings	28	10	18
9	Trikala Aries	26	9	17
10	Apollon Patras	26	9	17
11	Lavrio	26	9	17
12	Koroivos	26	8	18
13	Arkadikos	26	8	18	Relegation to the Greek A2 League
14	Kavala	26	5	21	Relegation to the Greek A2 League

Awards

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Pos.	Player	Team
All-Greek League First Team^[7]
PG	Greece Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos
SG	Greece Vassilis Spanoulis (MVP)	Olympiacos
SF	United States Okaro White	Aris
PF	Greece Georgios Printezis	Olympiacos
C	Greece Loukas Mavrokefalidis	AEK

Pos.	Player	Team
All-Greek League Second Team^[8]
PG	Greece Nick Calathes	Panathinaikos
SG	United States Jerel McNeal	Aris
SF	United States Matt Lojeski	Olympiacos
PF	United States James Gist	Panathinaikos
C	Greece Dimitrios Mavroeidis	AEK

Pos.	Player	Team
All-Greek League Defensive Team^[9]
PG	United States Greece Nick Calathes (Best Defender)	Panathinaikos
SG	Greece Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos
SF	United States Jerel McNeal	Aris
PF	United States Okaro White	Aris
C	United States James Gist	Panathinaikos

Statistical leaders

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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.

Category^[10]	Player	Team	Total	Average
Points	Greece Loukas Mavrokefalidis	AEK	377	14.5
Rebounds	United States Dustin Hogue	Nea Kifissia	216	8.3
Assists	Greece Nick Calathes	Panathinaikos	163	6.5
Steals	Greece Nick Calathes	Panathinaikos	48	1.9
Blocks	Greece Vassilis Kavvadas	Arkadikos	36	1.7
PIR	United States Okaro White	Aris	474	18.2

Individual game highs

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Category^[11]	Player	Team	Statistic
Points	United States Dwayne Davis	Koroivos	36
Rebounds	United States Leon Williams	Kavala	20
Assists	United States Chris Warren	AEK	14
Steals	Greece Vassilis Xanthopoulos	Aris	8
Blocks	Serbia Nikola Milutinov	Olympiacos	4
	United States Will Davis	Kolossos Rodou
	United States Jamelle Hagins	Aris
PIR	Greece Christos Tapoutos	Kavala	35

Clubs in international competitions

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Team	Competition	Result
Panathinaikos	EuroLeague	Playoffs, Quarterfinals
Olympiacos	EuroLeague	Top-16, 7th place
Aris	EuroCup	Last 32, 3rd place
PAOK		Last 32, 4th place
AEK		Regular season, 5th place

References

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^ ΒΕΝΕΤΟΚΛΕΙΟ ΚΛΕΙΣΤΟ ΓΥΜΝΑΣΤΗΡΙΟ (in Greek). Kolossos Rodou. Archived from the original on 2016年10月25日. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
^ Έτοιμο το ΣΕΦ για τον τελικό Ολυμπιακός-Ραβένα(pics) (in Greek).
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^ "The All-Greek Basket League team of 2015/2016". Eurohoops. 2016年07月06日. Retrieved 2023年03月29日.
^ "The All-Greek Basket League team of 2015/2016". Eurohoops. 2016年07月06日. Retrieved 2023年03月29日.
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External links

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Teams

Promotion and relegation

Locations and arenas

Personnel and kits

European competitions

Regular season

League table

Results

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place

Finals

Finals

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Game 4

Final standings

Awards

Statistical leaders

Individual game highs

Clubs in international competitions

See also

References

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