Panionios Women's Basketball Explained

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Panionios
Leagues:Greek Championship
Greek Cup
Founded:1947
Arena:Nea Smyrni Indoor Hall
Capacity:2,000
Location:Nea Smyrni, Athens, Greece
Coach:Angelos Tsikliras
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Panionios Women's Basketball is the women's basketball department of Panionios GSS, the Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Smyrni. The first basketball department of the club was founded in 1919 and was one of the first in Greece. The women's department in turn was established in the post-war period. Its last reconstitution took place in the late 1990s. The club plays in A2 Ethniki (2nd tier) but recently it has played in A1 Ethniki. They have won one Greek Championship, in 2007.[1]

History

Panionios Women's basketball team was founded in 1947. It took part in the local championship of Athens-Piraeus since those years there wasn't a Panhellenic women championship. The club ceased its activities for some years but it returned in action in the late 1990s. Panionios achieved to win the Panhellenic championship immediately after its promotion to A1 Ethniki.[2] It is the only time that a Greek team wins a championship coming from a second division. The next years, Panionios is weakened and the current season it plays in A2 Ethniki.

Recent seasons

SeasonDivisionPlaceNotes
2003-04Beta Ethniki1stPromoted to A2
2005-06A2 Ethniki2ndPromoted to A1
2006-07A1 Ethniki1st
2007-08A1 Ethniki2nd
2008-09A1 Ethniki8th
2009-10A1 Ethniki7th
2010-11A1 Ethniki5th
2011-12A1 Ethniki3rd
2012-13A1 Ethniki11thRelegated to A2
2013-14A2 Ethniki6th
2014-15A2 Ethniki4th
2015-16A2 Ethniki2ndPromoted to A1
2016-17A1 Ethniki9th
2017-18A1 Ethniki3rd
2018-19A1 Ethniki8th
2019-20A2 Ethniki5th

Honours

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Η "χρυσή Βίβλος" της Α1 μπάσκετ γυναικών. contra.gr. 5 January 2016.
  2. Web site: Α1 Γυναικών: Πρωταθλητής ο Πανιώνιος. contra.gr. 5 January 2016.