2020–21 Greek Basket League
Greek Basket League | |||||||||||||
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Season | 2020–21 | ||||||||||||
Dates | October 24 2020 – June 2021 | ||||||||||||
Teams | 12 | ||||||||||||
Finals | |||||||||||||
Champions | Panathinaikos (39th title) | ||||||||||||
Runners-up | Lavrio | ||||||||||||
Third place | AEK | ||||||||||||
Statistical leaders | |||||||||||||
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← 2019–20 2021–22 → |
The 2020–21 Greek Basket League, also known as the 2020–21 Stoiximan Greek Basket League for sponsorship reasons, is the 81st season of the Greek Basket League, the top-tier level professional club basketball league in Greece. The season begun on 24 October 2020.
Teams
[edit ]Promotion and relegation
[edit ]- Relegated from the Greek Basket League 2019–20 season
Ifaistos Lemnos, Rethymno Cretan Kings and Panionios decided not to participate in the Greek Basket League in the 2020–21 season, due to financial problems.[1] [2]
- Promoted from the Greek A2 Basket League 2019–20 season
Messolonghi won the A2 League championship, and was thus promoted to the first tier level, for the first time in its history. Diagoras Dryopideon entered in the first league and absorbed by Ionikos Nikaias on 9 July 2020.[3]
Locations and arenas
[edit ]Club | Location | Arena | Capacity | App. |
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AEK | Athens (Marousi) | OAKA Indoor Hall | 19,443 | 71
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Aris | Thessaloniki | Alexandrio Melathron | 5,138 | 67
|
Messolonghi | Agrinio | Agrinio Indoor Hall | 1,500 | 1
|
Ionikos | Piraeus (Nikaia) | Platon Indoor Hall | 1,200
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14
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Iraklis | Thessaloniki | Ivanofeio Sports Arena | 2,500
|
53
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Kolossos | Rhodes | Kallithea Palais des Sports | 1,400 | 15
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Larisa | Larissa | Neapolis Indoor Arena | 4,000 | 2
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Lavrio | Lavrio | Lavrio Indoor Hall | 1,700 | 6
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Panathinaikos | Athens (Marousi) | OAKA Indoor Hall | 19,443 | 71
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PAOK | Thessaloniki (Pylaia) | PAOK Sports Arena | 8,162 | 64
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Peristeri | Athens (Peristeri) | Peristeri Arena | 4,000 | 25
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Promitheas | Patras | Dimitris Tofalos Arena | 4,200 | 5
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Regular season
[edit ]League table
[edit ]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Panathinaikos OPAP | 22 | 20 | 2 | 1949 | 1578 | +371 | 42 | Advanced to playoffs |
2 | Lavrio Megabolt | 22 | 17 | 5 | 1810 | 1722 | +88 | 39 | |
3 | Promitheas Patras | 22 | 16 | 6 | 1768 | 1677 | +91 | 38 | |
4 | AEK Athens | 22 | 14 | 8 | 1813 | 1666 | +147 | 36 | |
5 | PAOK | 22 | 13 | 9 | 1736 | 1729 | +7 | 35 | |
6 | Peristeri | 22 | 11 | 11 | 1615 | 1634 | −19 | 33 | |
7 | Kolossos H Hotels | 22 | 8 | 14 | 1720 | 1703 | +17 | 30 | |
8 | Ionikos Hellenic Coin | 22 | 8 | 14 | 1699 | 1789 | −90 | 30 | |
9 | Aris Thessaloniki | 22 | 7 | 15 | 1622 | 1704 | −82 | 29 | |
10 | Iraklis | 22 | 7 | 15 | 1617 | 1769 | −152 | 29 | |
11 | Larisa Bread factory | 22 | 6 | 16 | 1633 | 1785 | −152 | 28 | |
12 | Messolonghi BAXI | 22 | 5 | 17 | 1594 | 1820 | −226 | 27 | Relegated to Greek A2 Basket League |
Results
[edit ]Home \ Away | AEK | ARIS | ION | IRA | KOL | LAR | LAV | MES | PAN | PAOK | PER | PRO |
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AEK | — | 84–67 | 81–74 | 100–97 | 89–72 | 87–68 | 94–97 | 98–76 | 76–56 | 91–59 | 75–82 | |
Aris | 68–73 | — | 74–62 | 81–75 | 74–84 | 70–52 | 89–94 | 77–48 | 75–93 | 71–77 | 71–84 | 94–83 |
Ionikos | 68–81 | 68–64 | — | 67–77 | 83–76 | 88–89 | 100–85 | 53–79 | 83–84 | 75–80 | 86–77 | |
Iraklis | 72–79 | 54–76 | 75–78 | — | 66–65 | 73–69 | 60–77 | 100–78 | 66–100 | 75–57 | 71–75 | |
Kolossos | 79–72 | 83–72 | 94–74 | 84–61 | — | 90–64 | 77–62 | 66–77 | 82–95 | 84–85 | 80–65 | 79–84 |
Larisa | 76–75 | 84–88 | 76–97 | 80–76 | 82–73 | — | 58–66 | 84–58 | 89–98 | 88–91 | 78–98 | 85–81 |
Lavrio | 78–70 | 92–71 | 81–91 | 105–77 | 83–77 | — | 87–70 | 92–82 | 84–77 | 88–71 | 75–72 | |
Messolonghi | 66–87 | 73–70 | 79–66 | 68–71 | 87–77 | 79–77 | 75–79 | — | 66–73 | 63–70 | 82–88 | |
Panathinaikos | 80–75 | 94–72 | 98–74 | 106–74 | 90–67 | 69–60 | 105–69 | 102–68 | — | 96–67 | 76–57 | 78–80 |
PAOK | 85–87 | 75–64 | 86–84 | 79–72 | 82–74 | 91–93 | 83–65 | 96–87 | 68–74 | — | 85–66 | 81–78 |
Peristeri | 62–66 | 86–70 | 70–79 | 84–81 | 82–78 | 70–78 | 84–72 | 68–74 | 76–67 | — | 70–73 | |
Promitheas | 80–78 | 90–69 | 82–72 | 85–61 | 69–67 | 81–63 | 90–88 | 84–68 | 61–83 | 83–80 | 75–58 | — |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.
Playoffs
[edit ]The eight highest ranked teams in the regular season qualified for the playoffs. Quarterfinals will be played in a Best of 3 format while the rest of the series will be played in a Best of 5 format.
Bracket
[edit ]Quarterfinals
[edit ]Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
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Panathinaikos | 2–0 | Ionikos | 102–64 | 90–61 | |
AEK | 2–1 | PAOK | 102–89 | 73–81 | 87–81 |
Lavrio | 2–0 | Kolossos | 87–68 | 88–84 | |
Promitheas | 2–1 | Peristeri | 66–83 | 90–79 | 86–58 |
Semifinals
[edit ]Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
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Panathinaikos | 3–1 | AEK | 78–72 | 80–92 | 94-83 | 78-71 | |
Lavrio | 3–2 | Promitheas | 79–86 | 66-68 | 85-79 (OT) | 92-77 | 81-74 |
Third place series
[edit ]Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
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Promitheas | 1–3 | AEK | 77-73 | 101-113 | 80-81 | 72-95 |
Finals
[edit ]Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
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Panathinaikos | 3–1 | Lavrio | 100-72 | 89-94 (OT) | 103-74 | 82-66 |
Final standings
[edit ]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Qualification or Relegation |
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1 | Panathinaikos | 32 | 28 | 4 | Qualification to the EuroLeague |
2 | Lavrio | 33 | 23 | 10 | Qualification to the Basketball Champions League |
3 | AEK | 33 | 20 | 13 | |
4 | Promitheas | 34 | 21 | 13 | Qualification to the EuroCup |
5 | PAOK | 25 | 14 | 11 | Qualification to the Basketball Champions League |
6 | Peristeri | 25 | 12 | 13 | |
7 | Kolossos | 24 | 8 | 16 | |
8 | Ionikos | 24 | 8 | 16 | Qualification to the FIBA Europe Cup |
9 | Aris | 22 | 7 | 15 | |
10 | Iraklis | 22 | 7 | 15 | Qualification to the FIBA Europe Cup |
11 | Larisa | 22 | 6 | 16 | |
12 | Messolonghi | 22 | 5 | 17 | Relegation to the Greek A2 League |
Awards
[edit ]Season MVP
[edit ]Finals MVP
[edit ]Top scorer
[edit ]Best Coach
[edit ]Statistical leaders
[edit ]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[5] | Player | Team | Total | Average |
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Points | Turkey Kerem Kanter | Kolossos | 382 | 17.4 |
Rebounds | Turkey Kerem Kanter | Kolossos | 162 | 7.3 |
Assists | Greece Vassilis Xanthopoulos | Kolossos | 138 | 6.2 |
Steals | United States Malcolm Griffin | PAOK | 41 | 1.8 |
Blocks | United States Danny Agbelese | Promitheas | 41 | 1.8 |
PIR | Turkey Kerem Kanter | Kolossos | 402 | 18.2 |
Individual game highs
[edit ]Category[6] | Player | Team | Statistic |
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Points | United States Kenny Goins | Kolossos | 34 |
Rebounds | United States Chad Brown | Charilaos Trikoupis | 16 |
Turkey Kerem Kanter | Kolossos | ||
Assists | Greece Vassilis Xanthopoulos | Kolossos | 13 |
Steals | United States Ken Brown | Larisa | 7 |
Blocks | United States Danny Agbelese | Promitheas | 6 |
PIR | United States Danny Agbelese | Promitheas | 36 |
Clubs in European-wide competitions
[edit ]Team | Competition | Result |
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Panathinaikos | EuroLeague | Regular season, 16th place |
Promitheas | EuroCup | Regular season, 6th place |
AEK | FIBA Champions League | Playoffs, Top-16, 3rd place |
Peristeri | Regular season, 3rd place | |
Iraklis | Qualification Group B, Semifinals | |
FIBA Europe Cup | Playoffs, Quarterfinals |
See also
[edit ]- 2020–21 Greek Basketball Super Cup
- 2020–21 Greek Basketball Cup
- 2020–21 Greek A2 Basket League (2nd tier)
References
[edit ]- ^ "Rethymno and Ifaistos will not participate in the Greek League next season". 12 June 2020.
- ^ "Αποχώρηση της ΚΑΕ Πανιώνιος, νέα κλήρωση και μετάθεση του τζάμπολ για τις 17/10".
- ^ Ο Ιωνικός Νίκαιας αγόρασε το ΑΦΜ του Διαγόρα Δρυοπιδέων politic.gr
- ^ Φωτόπουλος, Θάνος (2021年07月07日). "ΕΣΑΚΕ: Καλύτερος αμυντικός της σεζόν ο Σάντ Ρος". Kingsport.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2023年03月24日.
- ^ "Στατιστικά - Ε.Σ.Α.Κ.Ε." - Ε.Σ.Α.Κ.Ε. Retrieved 2024年12月23日.
- ^ Proballers. "Greece - Heba A1, Basketball Records (2020-2021)". Proballers. Retrieved 2024年12月25日.