Greek A2 Basket League

Greek A2 Basket League
Founded 1986
First season 1986–87
Country Greece
Confederation FIBA
Number of teams 16
Level on pyramid 2
Promotion to Greek Basket League
Relegation to Greek B Basket League
Domestic cup(s) Greek Cup
Current champions Maroussi BC (1st title)
Most championships Papagou (3 titles)
Sporting (3 titles)
Peristeri (3 titles)
Apollon Patras (3 titles)
Website www.basket.gr

The Greek A2 Basket League (Greek: Ελληνική Α2 Μπάσκετ Λιγκ), is a professional basketball league in Greece. It is the 2nd-tier level of pro competition, among clubs in the country. It is organized by the Hellenic Basketball Federation (E.O.K.). The league is also known as the Greek A2 Basket Elite League (Ελληνική Α2 Μπάσκετ Ελίτ Λιγκ) for sponsorship reasons.

History

In the 1986–87 season, the current format for Greek professional basketball, consisting of the A1 National Category and the A2 National Category was formed.

Starting with the 2015–16 season, playoffs were added between the 2nd and 5th placed teams for promotion to the 1st tier level Greek Basket League, and a one-game play-out was added to decide relegation to the 3rd tier level Greek B Basket League.

  • 1986–87 to 2011–12: Hellenic Alpha2 Basket
  • 2012–13 to present: Greek A2 Basket League

Promotion and relegation

At the end of each season, the following promotion and relegation takes place:

Title holders

Champions and runners-up

Season Champion Runner-up
1986–87
 Panellinios Pagrati
1987–88
 Sporting Philippos Thessaloniki
1988–89
 Peristeri Pagrati
1989–90
 Papagou Philippos Thessaloniki
1990–91
 Sporting (2x) Dafni
1991–92
 Apollon Patras Peiraikos Syndesmos
1992–93
 Papagou (2x) Milon
1993–94
 Ampelokipoi Sporting
1994–95
 Papagou (3x) Irakleio
1995–96
 Peiraikos VAO
1996–97
 Irakleio Dafni
1997–98
 Near East Maroussi
1998–99
 Dafni Esperos Kallitheas
1999–2000
 Makedonikos Milon
2000–01
 KAOD Ionikos N.F.
2001–02
 Makedonikos (2x) Olympia Larissa
2002–03
 Apollon Patras (2x) Palaio Faliro
2003–04
 Panellinios (2x) MENT
2004–05
 Kolossos Rodou Gymnastikos S. Larissas
2005–06
 Olympias Patras Aigaleo
2006–07
 Sporting (3x) Kolossos Rodou
2007–08
 Trikala 2000 Panorama
2008–09
 Peristeri (2x) Ilysiakos
2009–10
 Ikaros Kallitheas Iraklis Thessaloniki
2010–11
 KAOD (2x) Rethymno Aegean
2011–12
 Panelefsiniakos Apollon Patras
2012–13
 Nea Kifissia Aries Trikala
2013–14
 AEK Athens Koroivos
2014–15
 Kavala Arkadikos
2015–16
 Kymis Faros Keratsiniou
2016–17
 Panionios Faros Keratsiniou
2017–18
 Peristeri (3x) Holargos
2018–19
 Ionikos Nikaias Iraklis Thessaloniki
2019–20
 Charilaos Trikoupis Diagoras Dryopideon
2020–21
 Apollon Patras (3x) Olympiacos B
2021–22
 ASK Karditsas Psychiko
2022–23
 Maroussi Triton Athens

Titles by club

Club Titles Years
Sporting 3 1987–88, 1990–91, 2006–07
Papagou 3 1989–90, 1992–93, 1994–95
Peristeri 3 1988–89, 2008–09, 2017–18
Apollon Patras 3 1991–92, 2002–03, 2020–21
Panellinios 2 1986–87, 2003–04
Makedonikos 2 1999–2000, 2001–02
KAOD 2 2000–01, 2010–11
Ampelokipoi 1 1993–94
Peiraikos 1 1995–96
Iraklio 1 1996–97
Near East 1 1997–98
Dafni 1 1998–99
Kolossos Rodou 1 2004–05
Olympias Patras 1 2005–06
Trikala 2000 1 2007–08
Ikaros Kallitheas 1 2009–10
Panelefsiniakos 1 2011–12
Nea Kifissia 1 2012–13
AEK 1 2013–14
Kavala 1 2014–15
Kymis 1 2015–16
Panionios 1 2016–17
Ionikos Nikaias 1 2018–19
Charilaos Trikoupis 1 2019–20
ASK Karditsas 1 2021–22

Greek A2 League MVP award (official)

(as awarded by the InfoBasket.gr coach's poll)

MVP Team Season
Vangelis Karampoulas Ikaros Kallitheas
2009–10
Sakis Giannakopoulos Lavrio
2010–11
Nikos Argyropoulos Apollon Patras
2011–12
Vangelis Karampoulas (2x) AENK
2012–13
Sakis Karidas Koroivos
2013–14
Ioannis Gagaloudis Livadeia
2014–15
Stavros Toutziarakis Kymis
2015–16
Vangelis Karampoulas (3x) Faros Keratsini
2016–17
Kee Kee Clark Peristeri
2017–18

Eurobasket.com Player of the Year (unofficial)

(as awarded by the website Eurobasket.com)

Player of the Year Team Season
Dimos Dikoudis Olympia Larissa
1996–97
Dimos Dikoudis (2x) Olympia Larissa
1997–98
Theo Papaloukas Dafni
1998–99
Kostas Charalampidis Makedonikos
1999–2000
Kostas Sdrakas KAOD
2000–01
Kostas Charalampidis (2x) Makedonikos
2001–02
Nikos Argyropoulos Apollon Patras
2002–03
Kostas Christou MENT
2003–04
Vangelis Karampoulas Sporting
2004–05
Vassilis Symtsak Doukas
2005–06
Dimitrios Spanoulis Xanthi
2006–07
Nikos Kaklamanos Trikala 2000
2007–08
Apostolos Koutroulias Near East
2008–09
Nikos Liakopoulos Peramatos Ermis
2009–10
Sakis Giannakopoulos Lavrio
2010–11
Nikos Argyropoulos (2x) Apollon Patras
2011–12
Vangelis Karampoulas (2x) AENK
2012–13
Petros Noeas Koroivos
2013–14
Ioannis Dimakos Psychiko
2014–15
Stavros Toutziarakis Kymis
2015–16
Ioannis Gagaloudis Iraklis
2016–17
Kee Kee Clark Peristeri
2017–18
Loukas Mavrokefalidis Ionikos Nikaias
2018–19
Stathis Papadionysiou Charilaos Trikoupis
2019–20

Top Scorer by points per game

Top Scorer Team Season
Daren Queenan Apollon Patras
1999–2000
Giannis Manos Sporting
2000–01
Nikos Michalos Milon
2001–02
Alexis Kyritsis Papagou
2002–03
Vassilis Moulakis MENT
2003–04
Vangelis Karampoulas Sporting
2004–05
Ivan Mimica MENT
2005–06
Dimitrios Spanoulis Xanthi
2006–07
Dimos Fotiou Sporting
2007–08
Apostolos Koutroulias Near East
2008–09
Nikos Liakopoulos Peramatos Ermis
2009–10
Ioannis Kakiouzis Lavrio
2010–11
Alex Stevović AEK Argous
2011–12
Georgios Anagnostopoulos Ermis Lagkada
2012–13
Nikos Pettas Psychiko
2013–14
Ioannis Dimakos Psychiko
2014–15
Ioannis Gagaloudis Livadeia
2015–16
Alexis Kyritsis (2×) Doukas
2016–17
Alexis Kyritsis (3×) Doukas
2017–18
Loukas Mavrokefalidis Ionikos Nikaias
2018–19
Nikos Liakopoulos (2×) Diagoras Dryopideon
2019–20
Alexis Kyritsis (4×) Psychiko
2020–21
Igor Cvorovic Oiakas Nafpliou
2021–22

See also