Kolossos Rodou B.C. Explained

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Kolossos H Hotels
Leagues:Greek Basket League
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History:Kolossos Rodou B.C.
(1963–present)
Arena:Kallithea Palais des Sports
Capacity:1,400
Location:Rhodes, Greece
Colors:White and Cyan
President:Michalis Kokkinos
Coach:Giorgos Sigalas
Captain:Sotiris Billis
Sponsor:H Hotels Collection
Championships:1 Greek 2nd Division
Website:kolossosbc.gr
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Kolossos Rodou B.C. (Greek: Κολοσσός Ρόδου K.A.E.), known as Kolossos H Hotels for sponsorship reasons, is a Greek professional basketball team that is located on the island of Rhodes, in Rhodes City. Kolossos currently plays in the top-tier level of Greek professional basketball, the Greek League. The club was founded in 1963, and also initially featured sports like volleyball and judo in the early 1980s.[1] Today, the focus of the Greek athletic club is on the franchise's men's basketball department.

History

Early years

Due to geographical isolation, and very small financial abilities for most of the club's history, the basketball team was not able to compete at a high level for many years, and was not funded properly. Kolossos was the first Greek basketball team located in the Aegean Sea region.

Rise

In 2000, the fate of the team finally changed, when Kostas Kostaridis became the new team President, and took over the reins of the club.[2] Kostaridis changed almost the entire club management, and stated that it was the immediate goal of the team to rise from the 3rd-tier level Greek B League, to the 2nd-tier level Greek A2 League, and subsequently, the team did begin to rise up through Greece's club basketball league system.

In 2003, head coach Vassilis Fragkias joined the team, and the ascent up into the Greek A2 League division commenced. In the 2004–05 season, Kolossos won the championship of the Greek A2 League, and was therefore automatically promoted up into the top-tier level Greek League, the highest professional basketball league in Greece.

Merger with Holargos

In the 2018–19 Greek Basket League season, Kolossos finished in last place in the league. The team was thus facing relegation down to the second-tier level Greek A2 League. However, Kolossos merged with Holargos, and gained their rights to play in the top-tier level Greek League, in the following 2019–20 Greek Basket League season.[3]

Arenas

Through the 2018–19 season, Kolossos played its domestic Greek Basket League games at the 1,242 seat Venetokleio Indoor Hall. Prior to the 2019–20 season, Kolossos moved into the 1,400 seat[4] Palais des Sports.[5]

Season by season

SeasonTierDivisionGreek CupEuropean competitions
2009–10Basket League6th
2010–11Basket League8thQuarterfinalist
2011–12Basket League
2012–13Basket League
2013–14Basket League
2014–15Basket League
2015–16Basket League7th
2016–17Basket League7thQuarterfinalist
2017–18Basket League8thQuarterfinalist
2018–19Basket League13thQuarterfinalist
2019–20Basket League9th
2020–21Basket League7thQuarterfinalist

Honours and titles

Players

Notable players

Head coaches

Head CoachYears
Georgios Zevgkolis
Michalis Koutalianos

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://esake.gr/el/action/EsaketeamView?idteam=0000000A&mode=4 Έτος Ίδρυσης 1963 .
  2. Web site: ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ ΣΥΛΛΟΓΟΥ . . 2017-09-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170908020237/http://www.kolossosbc.gr/Team_History.php . 2017-09-08 . dead .
  3. https://www.sport24.gr/Basket/OmadesBasket/A1Kolossos/kolossos-h-synenwsh-me-ton-xolargo-einai-gegonos.5563687.html Κολοσσός: Η συνένωση με τον Χολαργό είναι γεγονός .
  4. http://www.esake.gr/el/1BB2E8B3 ΑΦΙΕΡΩΜΑ ΣΤΟΝ ΚΟΛΟΣΣΟ H HOTELS: Νέο ξεκίνημα στη Ρόδο .
  5. https://www.sport24.gr/Basket/OmadesBasket/A1Kolossos/kolossos-allazei-edra-th-nea-agwnistikh-periodo.5565219.html Κολοσσός: Αλλάζει έδρα τη νέα αγωνιστική περίοδο .