2008–09 Greek Basket League Explained

2008–09 Greek Basket League season
League:Greek Basket League
Sport:Basketball
Pixels:180px
Duration:4 October 2008 – 3 June 2009
No Of Teams:14
Tv:ANT1, ERT, Nova Sports
Season:Regular Season
Season Champs:Olympiacos
Mvp: Vassilis Spanoulis
Mvp Link:Greek Basket League MVP
Top Scorer: Anthony Grundy 399 Points
Top Scorer Link:Greek Basket League stats leaders
Playoffs:Playoffs
Playoffs Link:2008–09 Greek Basket League#Playoffs
Finals:Finals
Finals Champ:Panathinaikos
Finals Runner-Up:Olympiacos
Finals Mvp: Drew Nicholas
Finals Mvp Link:Greek Basket League Finals MVP
Seasonslistnames:Greek Basket League
Prevseason Link:2007–08 Greek Basket League
Prevseason Year:2007–08
Nextseason Link:2009–10 Greek Basket League
Nextseason Year:2009–10

The 2008–09 Greek Basket League season was the 69th season of the Greek Basket League, the highest tier professional basketball league in Greece. The 182-game regular season (26 games for each of the 14 teams) began on Saturday, October 4, 2008, and ended on Sunday, May 10, 2009.[1] [2] [3] [4] The playoffs ended on June 3, 2009.

Teams

ClubHome city
AEK AthensAthens
AEL 1964Larissa
AigaleoAigaleo, Athens
ArisThessaloniki
KavalaKavala
Kolossos RodouRhodes
MaroussiMaroussi, Athens
Olympia LarissaLarissa
OlympiacosPiraeus
PanathinaikosAthens
PanelliniosAthens
PanioniosNea Smyrni, Athens
PAOKThessaloniki
Trikala 2000Trikala

Regular season

Standings

PosTeamTotalHomeAway
PtsPldWLFADWLWL
1.Olympiacos512625122291826+403130121
2.Panathinaikos482622422771797+48013094
3.Aris452619718831775+10811285
4.Maroussi432617920351921+1149485
5.Panellinios432617920371888+14910376
6.Panionios4226161019481931+1710367
7.PAOK3826121420051991+1494310
8.Kolossos Rodou3826121419001988-888549
9.AEK Athens3726111518961998-10285310
10.Kavala352691717651948-18376211
11.Olympia Larissa342681817691907-13858310
12.Trikala322662019012115-21458112
13.Aigaleo322662017932035-24249211
14.AEL282622418332151-318211013

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

Qualification to League Playoffs
Relegation to HEBA A2

Results

Results as of December 19, 2008[5]

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AEK Athens89-8865-7171-5778-7578-5975-8472-7075-9570-7959-7285-8793-8569-67
AEL63-6283-8568-7572-8069-7676-8787-10772-9078-8378-9267-7995-9773-71
Aigaleo59-6190-5680-6672-7772-8162-6672-8165-9081-9688-9953-7678-7478-71
Aris77-6177-6275-5778-5972-5383-7362-4673-7769-7470-6471-5987-7668-61
Kavala73-5966-6568-7463-5066-5872-8164-5351-8255-9452-6858-6273-7280-66
Kolossos Rodou86-6879-7079-8575-62101-8481-7768-6573-7966-9279-8688-7170-6686-87
Maroussi86-8187-6966-7066-7282-7382-6769-4981-8280-70102-8070-7887-7687-74
Olympia Larissa82-7768-6755-7377-6172-6162-7369-7866-8265-9064-7178-8274-8067-66
Olympiacos100-6274-57106-6190-6880-7077-7592-77
Panathinaikos86-82102-5884-59103-7796-6991-5382-5480-6186-6993-6497-50107-9781-62
Panellinios74-8291-7176-5583-6874-6170-6681-8482-6084-8884-7466-6068-6599-52
Panionios74-5789-8593-7778-6775-6070-8471-9172-70
PAOK65-5750-5788-6585-66104-7976-7177-7660-7476-80
Trikala79-7082-8473-6186-8275-9473-8169-9393-8866-77

Playoffs

This is the outlook for the 2009 Α1 playoffs. Teams in bold advance to the next round.

Final standings

PosTeam
1.Panathinaikos
2.Olympiacos
3.Maroussi
4.Aris
5.Panellinios
6.Panionios
7.PAOK
8.Kolossos Rodou
9.AEK Athens
10.Kavala
11.Olympia Larissa
12.Trikala
13.Aigaleo
14.AEL
2009–10 Euroleague Regular Season
2009–10 Euroleague Qualification Round
Eurocup 2009–10 Regular Season
Eurocup 2009–10 Qualification Round
Relegation to HEBA A2 2009–10

Awards

See main article: Greek Basket League awards.

Most Valuable Player

Finals MVP

Top scorer

Defensive Player of the Year

Best Young Player

Coach of the Year

Greek League Best Five

Best Five
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Vassilis Spanoulis (MVP) Panathinaikos
Panathinaikos
Panathinaikos
Olympiacos
Panathinaikos
Best Defensive Five
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Dimitris Diamantidis (Best Defender) Panathinaikos
Olympia Larissa
Josh ChildressOlympiacos
Torin FrancisLarisa
Antanas KavaliauskasKavala

Clubs in international competitions

TeamCompetitionResult
EuroLeague Final-4, 1st place
Final-4, 4th place
Regular season, 6th place
MaroussiEuroCup Top 16, 3rd place
Top 16, 4th place
Regular season, 3rd place
FIBA EuroChallenge Regular season, 4th place

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.protothema.gr/sports/article/1337320/dinos-mitoglou-timoria-32-minon-gia-tin-upothesi-doping/
  2. http://www.redsagainsthemachine.gr/articles/120805/tis-ntopas-ta-paidia-meros-proto
  3. https://www.gazzetta.gr/stili/afierwmata/article/748796/periptoseis-ntopingk-sto-mpasket-stin-ellada-pics
  4. Web site: A1 Fixtures. 2008-12-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080804170419/http://www.esake.gr/basket/agonistiko.php . 2008-08-04.
  5. Web site: Results table from esake.gr . 2008-12-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081217041145/http://www.esake.gr/archives/table2008-09.html . December 17, 2008 .

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