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2018–19 Greek Basket League

The 2018–19 Greek betshop.gr Basket League was the 79th season of the Greek Basket League, the top-tier level professional club basketball league in Greece. The season started on 7 October 2018, and ended on 15 June 2019. Panathinaikos OPAP won the Greek Basket League championship for a record 37th time, after beating Promitheas Patras 3–0 in the Finals.

The season infamously featured a major feud between traditional rivals Panathinaikos and Olympiacos over refereeing decisions in the 2019 Greek Cup semifinals game between the two teams,[1] which eventually culminated in Olympiacos also forfeiting their playoffs. Finally, Olympiacos withdrew from the championship.[2]

Teams

Promotion and relegation

Relegated from the Greek betshop.gr Basket League 2017–18 season

Koroivos[3] and Trikala Aries[4] were relegated, after finishing in the last two places in the 2017–18 season.

Promoted from the A2 Basket League 2017–18 season

The first club that was promoted was Peristeri, which won its third A2 Basket League championship, after finishing with a 29–1 record, in the 2017–18 season.[5] The second team to be promoted was Holargos, as the winners of the promotion play-offs.[6] Holargos defeated Apollon Patras 3–0, in the finals of the play-offs.

Locations and arenas

2018–19 Greek Basket League is located in Greece
Athens
Athens
Athens teams AEK Holargos Panathinaikos Panionios Peristeri
Ifaistos
Aris PAOK
Aris
PAOK
Rethymno
Lavrio
Kolossos
Olympiacos
Kymi
Kymi
Promitheas
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Location of clubs for the 2018–19 Greek Basket League season.

Personnel and Sponsorship


Head coaching changes

Regular season

League table

Source: ESAKE
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Peristeri Vikos Cola and Panathinaikos OPAP finished tied with 43 points. The two clubs split their head to head season series 1–1. Peristeri won the head to head point differential in their two games against Panathinaikos OPAP by 3 points.
  2. ^ Panathinaikos OPAP did not receive a point for their forfeited loss to Kymi. As a punishment for forfeiting the game, Panathinaikos was deducted 6 points in the league standings.
  3. ^ Olympiacos did not receive a point for their forfeited loss to Panathinaikos OPAP. As a punishment, Olympiacos was deducted 8 points in the league standings.[29][30]
  4. ^ a b c d Aris, Rethymno Cretan Kings, Panionios, and Kymi finished tied with 34 points. The tie breakers resulted with Aris in 9th place, Rethymno in 10th place, Panionios in 11th place, and Kymi in 12th place.

Results

Source: ESAKE
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

The eight highest ranked teams in the regular season qualified for the playoffs. All series will be played with a 2–2–1 format.

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third place series

Finals

1 Olympiacos refused to participate in their playoff series against Panathinaikos over refereeing disputes.[2]

Final standings

NOTES:

Awards

Season MVP

Best Young Player

Best Defender

Most Improved Player

Coach of the Year

All-Greek League Teams

Clubs in European-wide competitions

Clubs in World-wide competitions

See also

References

  1. ^ Olympiacos decided to forfeit the semifinal Greek Cup game against Panathinaikos in protest for the refs.
  2. ^ a b c Olympiacos officially relegated to Second Division.
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  7. ^ a b "Indoor Basketball Arena". OAKA Indoor Hall official website. Archived from the original on 21 August 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
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  9. ^ "The Peace and Friendship Stadium". Olympiacos BC. Archived from the original on 2 August 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
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  22. ^ Ανακοίνωσε τον Βασίλη Φραγκιά ο Πανιώνιος. Sport24.gr (in Greek). October 31, 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
  23. ^ Παραιτήθηκε ο Φραγκιάς (in Greek). Sport24.gr. 2018-11-21. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
  24. ^ Το "τιμόνι" στον Οικονόμου. Sport24.gr (in Greek). November 24, 2018. Retrieved November 24, 2018./
  25. ^ Τέλος κι επισήμως ο Βετούλας, πηγαίνει στον Ιωνικό (in Greek). Sport24.gr. 2018-11-22. Retrieved 2018-11-22.
  26. ^ Με Φλεβαράκη στο "τιμόνι". Sport24.gr (in Greek). December 1, 2018. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  27. ^ Παρελθόν κι επίσημα ο Καστρίτης (in Greek). Sport24.gr. 2018-11-25. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
  28. ^ Ανέλαβε την Κύμη ο Κουτσός. Sport24.gr (in Greek). November 26, 2018. Retrieved November 26, 2018.
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  30. ^ "Olympiacos penalty reduced to two points". TalkBasket.net. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
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  32. ^ Olympiacos did not play against Panathinaikos in playoffs and will be relegated to the second division, and all results were voided by league officials."Olympiacos will forfeit the match against Panathinaikos". TalkBasket.net. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  33. ^ Η σημερινή (15/5) συνεδρίαση του Διοικητικού Συμβουλίου (in Greek).

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