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(Top) 1 History 2 Promotion and relegation 3 Title holders 4 Champions and runners-up 5 Titles by club 6 Greek A2 League MVP award (official) 7 Eurobasket.com Player of the Year (unofficial) 8 Top Scorer by points per game 9 See also 10 References 11 External links

Greek A2 Basket League

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Elite League
Founded	1986; 38 years ago (1986)
First season	1986–87
Country	Greece
Confederation	FIBA
Number of teams	16
Level on pyramid	2
Promotionto	Greek Basket League
Relegationto	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[edit]

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.^[1]

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

Promotion and relegation[edit]

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

The top two teams in the A2 are promoted to the Greek Basket League.
These teams are replaced by the bottom two teams from the Greek Basket League.
The bottom four teams in the A2 are relegated to the Greek B Basket League.
These teams are replaced by the top four teams in the Greek B Basket League.

Title holders[edit]

1986–87 Panellinios

1987–88 Sporting

1988–89 Peristeri

1989–90 Papagou

1990–91 Sporting

1991–92 Apollon Patras

1992–93 Papagou

1993–94 Ampelokipoi

1994–95 Papagou

1995–96 Peiraikos

1996–97 Iraklio

1997–98 Near East

1998–99 Dafni

1999–2000 Makedonikos

2000–01 KAOD

2001–02 Makedonikos

2002–03 Apollon Patras

2003–04 Panellinios

2004–05 Kolossos Rodou

2005–06 Olympias Patras

2006–07 Sporting

2007–08 Trikala 2000

2008–09 Peristeri

2009–10 Ikaros Kallitheas

2010–11 KAOD

2011–12 Panelefsiniakos

2012–13 Nea Kifissia

2018–19 Ionikos Nikaias

2019–20 Charilaos Trikoupis

2020–21 Apollon Patras

2021–22 ASK Karditsas

2022–23 Maroussi

2023–24 Milon

Champions and runners-up[edit]

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[edit]

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)[edit]

(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)[edit]

(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[edit]

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^[2]
Igor Cvorovic	Oiakas Nafpliou	2021–22^[3]

References[edit]

^ Η κλήρωση της Α2 (in Greek).

^ Σκόρερ 2020-21 (in Greek)

^ Σκόρερ 2021-22 (in Greek)

External links[edit]

Official Hellenic Basketball Federation Site (in Greek)
Greek A2 Basketball League Stats Archived 2017-06-06 at the Wayback Machine
Greek A2 News, Results, Transfers, Opinions
Basketblog.gr (in Greek)
Greekhoopz.com (in Greek)
Greekbball.com (in Greek)
A2 Basket League: The Real Heartbeat of Greek Basketball

v t e Greek A2 Basket League
Hellenic Basketball Federation (EOK) Greek League System
Seasons	1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23
Current teams	Agrinio Ajax Evosmou Amyntas Charilaos Trikoupis Eleftheroupoli Ermis Schimatariou Iraklis Thessaloniki Kavala Koroivos Amaliadas Maroussi Megarida Panerythraikos Papagou Psychiko Tritonas Sepolion FEA Neas Filadelfeias/Neas Chalkidonas
Associated competitions	Greek Basket League Greek Cup Greek Super Cup Greek 3rd Division Greek 4th Division Greek UNICEF Cup

v t e Greek Basket League
Hellenic Basketball Association (HEBA) Hellenic Basketball Federation (EOK) Greek League System
Current clubs	AEK Aris Karditsa Kolossos Rodou Lavrio Maroussi Olympiacos Panathinaikos Panionios PAOK Peristeri Promitheas Patras
Seasons	1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Champions	Panathinaikos (41) Olympiacos (14) Aris (10) AEK (8) Panellinios (6) Iraklis (2) PAOK (2) Near East (1) Athens University (1)
Awards	MVP Finals MVP Top Scorer Best Five Best Defender MIP BYP MSP MPP All-Star Best Coach HOF
Statistics	Season Leaders Pro Career Leaders Amateur Career Leaders Tendex Economy
Associated Competitions	Greek Cup (MVP & Finals Top Scorer) Greek Super Cup Greek 2nd Division Greek 3rd Division Greek 4th Division Greek UNICEF Cup

v t e Greek Basket Championship
HEBA EOK System Awards MVP Finals MVP Cup MVP Cup Finals Top Scorer All-Star HOF Season Leaders Pro Career Leaders Amateur Career Leaders Tendex Economy
Panhellenic Basket Championship 1927–28 to 1962–63	1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63
Hellenic Alpha Basket 1963–64 to 1985–86	1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86
Hellenic Alpha1 Basket 1986–87 to 1991–92	1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92
HEBA Alpha1 1992–93 to 2011–12	1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12
Greek Basket League 2012–13 to present	2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Associated Competitions	Greek Cup Greek Super Cup Greek 2nd Division Greek 3rd Division Greek 4th Division Greek UNICEF Cup

v t e Basketball in Greece
Hellenic Basketball Federation (EOK) Hellenic Basketball Association (HEBA) Greek League System
National teams	Men's A Men's Under-26 Men's Under-21 Men's Under-20 Men's Under-19 Men's Under-18 Men's Under-17 Men's Under-16 Women's A Women's Under-20 Women's Under-18 Women's Under-16
League competitions	Greek Basket League Greek A2 Basket League Greek B Basket League Greek C Basket League Greek Women's Basket Greek A2 Women's Basket
Cup competitions	Greek Cup Greek Super Cup Greek UNICEF Cup Greek Women's Cup
Other	All-Star Game Hall of Fame Greek League Awards Greek League MVP Greek League Finals MVP Greek Cup MVP Greek clubs Greek clubs in Europe and worldwide Acropolis Tournament Greek NBA players / NBA draft picks Greek Championship career leaders Greek League career leaders Greek League season leaders Greek clubs by major honours won List of indoor arenas in Greece

Men's basketball leagues

Africa

Americas

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- 2nd
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International
tournaments

Africa	Basketball Africa League Arab Club Basketball Championship
Americas	FIBA Champions League Americas FIBA South American League
Asia	Basketball Champions League Asia East Asia Super League West Asia Super League ASEAN League Arab Club Basketball Championship AsiaBasket
Europe	EuroLeague EuroCup FIBA Champions League FIBA Europe Cup VTB United League Adriatic League 2nd Alpe Adria Cup Balkan League Caucasus Basketball League European North Basketball League Latvian–Estonian Basketball League Liga Unike

Defunct
tournaments

Africa	FIBA Africa Basketball League
Americas	FIBA Americas League Pan American Championship South American Championship Torneo InterLigas Argentina Brazil Chile United States ABA CBA USBL Uruguay
Asia	ABA Club Championship WABA Champions Cup Japan bj league NBL NBDL JBL Taiwan
Europe	SuproLeague Saporta Cup Korać Cup EuroChallenge EuroCup Challenge Baltic League Central European League Latin Cup North European League Czechoslovakia England Russia Serbia and Montenegro 2nd Spain Soviet Union Turkey Yugoslavia 2nd

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