2007–08 Greek Basket League Explained

2007–08 Greek Basket League season
League:	Greek Basket League
Sport:	Basketball
Pixels:	180px
Duration:	20 October 2007 – 4 June 2008
No Of Teams:	14
Tv:	SKAI TV, ERT, Nova Sports
Season:	Regular Season
Season Champs:	Panathinaikos
Mvp:	Dimitris Diamantidis
Mvp Link:	Greek Basket League MVP
Top Scorer:	Anthony Grundy 557 Points
Top Scorer Link:	Greek Basket League stats leaders
Playoffs:	Playoffs
Playoffs Link:	2007–08 Greek Basket League#Playoffs
Finals:	Finals
Finals Link:	2007–08 Greek Basket League#Finals
Finals Champ:	Panathinaikos
Finals Runner-Up:	Olympiacos
Finals Mvp:	Vassilis Spanoulis
Finals Mvp Link:	Greek Basket League Finals MVP
Seasonslistnames:	Greek Basket League
Prevseason Link:	2006–07 Greek Basket League
Prevseason Year:	2006–07
Nextseason Link:	2008–09 Greek Basket League
Nextseason Year:	2008–09

The 2007–08 Greek Basket League season was the 68th season of the Greek Basket League, the highest tier professional basketball league in Greece. The winner of the championship was Panathinaikos that won Olympiacos in the finals of the championship.

Teams

Club	Home city
AEK Athens	Athens
AEL 1964	Larissa
Aigaleo	Aigaleo, Athens
Aris	Thessaloniki
Kolossos Rodou	Rhodes
Maroussi	Maroussi, Athens
Olympia Larissa	Larissa
Olympiacos	Piraeus
Olympias Patras	Patras
Panathinaikos	Athens
Panellinios	Athens
Panionios	Nea Smyrni, Athens
PAOK	Thessaloniki
Rethymno	Rethymno

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Total							Home				Away
		Pts	Pld	W	L	F	A	D	W	L	F	A	W	L	F	A
1.	Panathinaikos	49	26	23	3	2319	1857	+462	12	1	1193	939	11	2	1126	918
2.	Olympiacos	48	26	22	4	2208	1835	+373	12	1	1093	834	10	3	1115	1001
3.	Aris	44	26	18	8	1951	1816	+135	10	3	969	862	8	5	982	954
4.	Panionios	40	26	14	12	2022	1935	+87	8	5	1055	936	6	7	967	999
5.	Panellinios	40	26	14	12	2010	1997	+13	8	5	1045	1001	6	7	965	996
6.	Maroussi	39	26	13	13	1930	1934	-4	8	5	980	930	5	8	950	1004
7.	AEK Athens	39	26	13	13	1920	1902	+18	10	3	1025	915	3	10	897	987
8.	Olympia Larissa	38	26	12	14	1834	1856	-22	8	5	952	889	4	9	882	967
9.	Aigaleo	38	26	12	14	2036	2085	-49	8	5	1085	1036	4	9	951	1049
10.	AEL 1964	37	26	11	15	1934	2033	-99	9	4	1033	997	2	11	901	1036
11.	Kolossos Rodou	35	26	9	17	1990	2213	-223	6	7	1002	1067	3	10	988	1146
12.	PAOK	35	26	9	17	1845	1985	-140	7	6	942	940	2	11	903	1045
13.	Rethymno Aegean	35	26	9	17	1836	1922	-86	7	6	920	896	2	11	916	1026
14.	Olympias Patras	29	26	3	23	1793	2258	-465	2	11	947	1145	1	12	846	1113

Pts=Points, Pld=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, D=Points difference

	Qualified to League Playoffs
	Relegated to HEBA A2

Results

	width=40	AEK	width=40	AEL	width=40	AIG	width=40	ARI	width=40	KOL	width=40	MAR	width=40	OLL	width=40	OLP	width=40	OLY	width=40	PAO	width=40	PGS	width=40	PAN	width=40	PAOK	width=40	AGOR
AEK Athens		71-66	77-62	81-70	90-72	76-80	84-66	83-59	77-85	70-66	88-89	72-62	73-64	83-74
AEL 1964	86-78		104-98	69-79	97-76	72-61	75-62	70-60	69-96	77-107	92-88	65-67	74-63	83-62
Aigaleo	78-65	81-71	71-88		71-75	73-72	72-76	102-66	106-112	76-85		87-80	101-99	94-80	73-67
Aris	76-60	72-70		94-67	75-64	72-59	48-58	75-66	75-82	82-75	74-52	71-81	83-73	72-55
Kolossos Rodou	74-79	76-69	67-76	92-89		88-84	68-70	88-77	69-96	65-106	77-90	73-78	80-73	85-80
Maroussi	71-62	90-74	63-71	96-82	84-76		82-69		74-58		66-75	68-79	65-75	72-74	70-57	79-78
Olympia Larissa	71-67	73-75	58-74	75-47	76-66	68-50		96-67	89-92	63-83	58-74	84-73	80-69	61-52
Olympias Patras	68-76	81-75	67-85	80-87	81-107	73-93	67-87		66-103	66-99	68-92	69-70	83-76	78-95
Olympiacos	82-53	84-52	81-61	76-63	106-84	92-73	65-61	100-58		64-82	87-52	100-81	76-66	80-48
Panathinaikos	78-52	94-65	81-76	91-75	105-61	89-93	94-56	108-72	81-77		95-84	84-74	103-73	90-81
Panellinios	77-75	81-95	91-73	80-76	97-77	73-75	80-67	101-75	69-74	67-94		76-74	66-70	87-76
Panionios	90-71	89-60	61-73	71-75	89-65	92-80	75-62	95-67	84-72	78-87	78-60		74-77	79-87
PAOK	64-87	76-66	74-75	71-72	90-79	65-70	79-77	70-64	81-80	68-74	62-58	66-77		76-61
Rethymno Aegean	72-70	68-63	59-70	73-69	85-86	71-60	78-71	51-57	69-71	74-89	65-71	66-57	89-62

Playoffs

This is the outlook for the 2008 Α1 playoffs. Teams in italics have home advantage. Teams in bold advance to the next round. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoffs seeding. Numbers to the right indicate the score of each game.

Play-offs

Final standings

Pos	Team
1.	Panathinaikos
2.	Olympiacos
3.	Panionios
4.	Maroussi
5.	Aris
6.	Panellinios
7.	AEK Athens
8.	Olympia Larissa
9.	Aigaleo
10.	AEL 1964
11.	Kolossos Rodou
12.	PAOK
13.	Rethymno Aegean
14.	Olympias Patras

	2008–09 Euroleague Regular Season
	Eurocup 2008–09 Regular Season
	Eurocup 2008–09 Qualification Round
	EuroChallenge 2008–09 Regular season
	Relegation to HEBA A2 2008–09

Awards

See main article: Greek Basket League awards.

Most Valuable Player

• Dimitris Diamantidis– Panathinaikos

Finals MVP

• Vassilis Spanoulis – Panathinaikos

Top scorer

• Anthony Grundy– Panellinios

Defensive Player of the Year

• Dimitris Diamantidis – Panathinaikos

Best Young Player

• Ian Vougioukas – Rethymno

Coach of the Year

• Soulis Markopoulos– Maroussi

Greek League Best Five

Best Five
width=25%	Player	width=20%	Team
	Panathinaikos
	Panellinios
Dimitris Diamantidis (MVP)	Panathinaikos
	Aris
	Olympiacos

Clubs in international competitions

Team	Competition	Result
	EuroLeague	Playoffs, Quarter finals
		Top 16, 3rd place
		Top 16, 4th place
Panionios	ULEB Cup	Top 32, Knockout stage
		Regular season, 6th place
	FIBA EuroCup	Qualifying round, 3rd place
		Qualifying round, 4th place
		Second elimination round, Home and away format
		Second elimination round, Home and away format
		Second elimination round, Home and away format

External links

• Official HEBA Site
• Official Hellenic Basketball Federation Site
• A1 League at Sportime magazine (Greek)
• Galanis Sports Data