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1986 Greek Basketball Super Cup
The 1986 Greek Basketball Super Cup was the 1st edition of the professional basketball national domestic super cup competition of Greece, the Greek Basketball Super Cup. The first Greek Basketball Super Cup was held prior to the start of the 1986–87 season, and it was organised under the auspices of the Hellenic Basketball Federation (E.O.K.). It was contested between the 1985–86 Greek Basket League season champions, Aris Thessaloniki, and the 1985–86 Greek Basketball Cup winners, Panathinaikos Athens. In subsequent seasons, Aris went on to win both the Greek League championship and the Greek Cup (the domestic double title), for the next four consecutive seasons (1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, and 1989–90). So there was no reason to hold the Greek Super Cup over those next four seasons. Because of that, the Hellenic Basketball Federation (E.O.K.), decided that the Super Cup wasn't a needed competition, and never held it again. However, the Greek Super Cup was revived muc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Greek Basketball Super Cup
The 2020 Greek Basketball Super Cup is the 1st edition of the revived Greek professional domestic basketball super cup competition, under the auspices of the Hellenic Basketball Clubs Association (HEBA), and the 2nd overall. The Greek Basketball Super Cup had been played only once before, in 1986, under the auspices of the Hellenic Basketball Federation (E.O.K.). Promitheas Patras won the 2020 Super Cup. Format The competition will be played on a final-four format and single elimination games, between the teams placed in the four first places of the 2019–20 Greek Basket League The 2019–20 Greek betshop.gr Basket League was the 80th season of the Greek Basket League, the top-tier level professional club basketball league in Greece. The season started in September 2019, and ended prematurely in March 2020, due to the CO ..., which include the 2019–20 Greek Basketball Cup winner and finalist. Qualified Teams The following four teams qualified for the tournament. Bracke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandreio Melathron Nikos Galis Hall
Alexandreio Melathron Nick Galis Hall (Greek: Αλεξάνδρειο Μέλαθρον, Σάλα Νίκος Γκάλης) is an indoor sports arena that is located in Thessaloniki, Greece. It is also often referred to as the Palais des Sports (Greek: Παλαί ντε Σπορ). The arena is mainly used to host basketball and volleyball games. The arena's main hall, called Nikos Galis Hall, has a permanent seating capacity of 5,138, and a capacity of 6,000 with temporary seating, for basketball games. The arena also contains a practice court, club offices, shops, and a museum dedicated to the Aris basketball club. The arena hosts the home games of Aris Thessaloniki B.C., a member of the Greek League. Location The Alexandreio Melathron Nikos Galis Hall indoor arena is located in downtown Thessaloniki, inside the International trade fare grounds. Bus lines #2, #7, #8, #10, #14, #27, #31, and #58, running along Egnatia Avenue, stop right in front of the arena. Ιn 2020, the new me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kostas Mourouzis
Konstantinos "Kostas" Mourouzis ( el, Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Μουρούζης; May 10, 1934 to June 11, 2014), also known as Dinos Mourouzis ( el, Ντίνος Μουρούζης), was a Greek professional basketball player and coach. His nickname was, "The Fox of the Bench". Playing career Club career Mourouzis started playing youth club basketball in Greece, with the youth clubs of Triton, in 1945, and made the club's men's senior team in 1948. He also played in the top-tier level Italian League, with Sporting Club Gira Bologna, in the mid to late 1950s. National team career Mourouzis played with the senior Greek national basketball team in 24 games, averaging 10.1 points per game. With Greece, he won the bronze medal at the 1955 Mediterranean Games. He also played at the 1960 Pre-Olympic Tournament, and the EuroBasket 1961. Coaching career Clubs Mourouzis began working as a basketball coach in 1959, with the Greek club Triton. As the head coach of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikos Filippou
Nikolaos "Nikos" Filippou (alternate spelling: Filipou) ( el, Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Φιλίππου; born July 15, 1962, Ioannina, Greece) is a retired Greek professional basketball player. At a height of 2.02 m (6 ft 7 in.), he played at the power forward position.. Professional career As a member of the Greek club Aris, Filippou won 8 Greek League championships (1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991) and 5 Greek Cups (1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990). He also played at 3 EuroLeague Final Fours (1988, 1989, 1990) with Aris. In 1991, he moved to PAOK, and with them he won the Greek League championship in 1992. He also played at the EuroLeague Final Four with PAOK in 1993. He also played with the Greek club Papagou. Filippou is also a member of Eurobasket.com website's Greek Basketball Hall of Fame. National team career Filippou was also a member of the senior men's Greek national teams that won the gold medal at the 1987 EuroBasket, and the silver med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glossary Of Basketball Terms
This glossary of basketball terms is a list of definitions of terms used in the game of basketball. Like any other major sport, basketball features its own extensive vocabulary of unique words and phrases used by players, coaches, sports journalists, commentators, and fans. 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitris Kokolakis
Dimitris Kokolakis (alternate spelling: Dimitrios) ( Greek: Δημήτρης Κοκολάκης; born November 11, 1949) is a retired Greek professional basketball player. He was born in Rethymno, Greece. At a height of 2.15 m (7 ft. in.), he played at the center position. Professional career Kokolakis joined the Greek League club Panathinaikos in 1969. With Panathinaikos, he won 9 Greek League championships (1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982), and 3 Greek Cups (1979, 1982, 1983). He then moved to the Greek club Aris in 1983. With Aris, he won 3 more Greek League championships (1985, 1986, 1987), and two more Greek Cups (1985 and 1987). National team career Kokolakis was also a member of the senior men's Greek national basketball team. In 178 caps played with Greece's senior men's team, he scored 1,280 points, for an average of 7.2 points per game. He played at the FIBA EuroBasket 1975, the FIBA EuroBasket 1979, the FIBA EuroBasket 1981, and the F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panagiotis Giannakis
Panagiotis Giannakis ( el, Παναγιώτης Γιαννάκης, ; born January 1, 1959), alternatively spelled Panayiotis Yiannakis or Yannakis, is a retired Greek professional basketball player and coach. As a player, he was primarily a point guard, but he could also play at the shooting guard position. During his playing career, Giannakis was also widely-known under his nickname of "''O Drákos''" (), or "The Dragon" in English. A true floor general, Giannakis began his club basketball playing career in Greece, with Ionikos Nikaias. After that, he before moved to the Greek club Aris Thessaloniki, where he spent the most important part of his pro playing career. In Thessaloniki, he helped to lead "The Yellows" (Aris) to three consecutive EuroLeague Final Four appearances between 1988 and 1990, as well as to a FIBA European Cup (later renamed to Saporta Cup) title in 1993. In the summer of 1993, he was transferred to the Greek club Panionios Athens, and finally a year later, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lefteris Subotić
Eleutherios or Lefteris ( el, Ελευθέριος, "the liberator") is an epithet and formal attribution in the Greek pantheon, including: *Dionysus * Eros *Zeus From Eleuther, son of Apollo and Aethusa. # He is renowned for having an excellent singing voice, which earned him a victory at the Pythian games, # and for having been the first to erect a statue of Dionysus. # as well as for having given his name to Eleutherae. # His sons were Iasius. # and Pierus. He also had several daughters, who spoke impiously of the image of Dionysus wearing a black aegis, and were driven mad by the god; as a remedy, Eleuther, in accordance with an oracle, established a cult of "Dionysus of the Black Aegis". # Eleuther, a variant of the name Eleutherios, early Greek god who was the son of Zeus and probably an alternate name of Dionysus. # Eleuther, one of the twenty sons of Lycaon. He and his brother Lebadus were the only not guilty of the abomination prepared for Zeus, and fled to Boeotia. # Eleu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vassilis Lipiridis
Vassilis Lipiridis (alternate spellings: Vasilis, Lypiridis) ( el, Βασίλης Λυπηρίδης; born January 1, 1967, in Edessa, Greece) is a retired Greek professional basketball player. At 2.02 m (6 ft 7 in) tall, he played at the power forward position. Professional career Lipridis started his basketball playing career with the youth clubs of Edessaikos. He spent one season with HAN Thessaloniki, during the 1984–85 season. Lipiridis played with great success as a defensive power forward with Aris, winning with them, the Greek League championship six times (1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991) and the Greek Cup 5 times (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992). He also took part in 3 consecutive EuroLeague Final Fours of the FIBA European Champions Cup: Ghent 1988, Munich 1989, and Zaragoza 1990. While he played there, Aris joined the elite of European basketball clubs, but a European-wide title did not come for Lipiridis until much later, in 1993, when the club won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgios Doxakis
Georgios Doxakis (alternate spelling: Giorgos) (Greek: Γιώργος Δοξάκης) (born 3 March 1962 in Thessaloniki, Greece) is a former Greek professional basketball player and a basketball coach. He was a 1.84 m (6' 0") tall point guard. Playing career Doxakis played with the Greek League clubs Aris (1981–91) and Panionios (1991–93). Coaching career After he retired from playing basketball, he began a career as a basketball coach. Awards and accomplishments Player *8× Greek League Champion: (1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991) *5× Greek Cup The Greek Football Cup ( el, Κύπελλο Ελλάδος Ποδοσφαίρου), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Kypello Elladas is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second most im ... Winner: (1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990) References External linksFIBA Archive Player Profile [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michalis Romanidis
Michalis Romanidis (alternate spelling: Michail) ( el, Μιχάλης Ρωμανίδης; born June 19, 1966, Thessaloniki, Greece) is a retired Greek professional basketball player. At 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in.) tall, he played at the small forward and power forward positions. Professional career While a member of the Greek club Aris, Romanidis won 8 Greek League championships (1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991) and 6 Greek Cup titles (1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992). He also played at 3 EuroLeague Final Fours (1988, 1989, 1990) with Aris. He also played with Pagrati. National team career Romanidis was also a member of the senior men's Greek national team. He played with Greece at the 1983 EuroBasket, the 1984 FIBA European Olympic Qualifying Tournament, and the 1986 FIBA World Championship. He was also a member of Greece's team that won the gold medal at 1987 EuroBasket. He played in 82 games with Greece, averaging 4.4 points per game. Post-playing career Aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giannis Ioannidis
Giannis Ioannidis (alternate spellings: Ioannis, Yiannis, Yannis) (Greek: Γιάννης Ιωαννίδης; born 26 February 1945 in Thessaloniki, Greece) is a former Greek basketball player, professional basketball coach, and Greece New Democracy (ND) politician. He is generally considered to be the best Greek basketball head coach of all-time, since he is the one with the most major Greek national titles won (18 in total, 13 with Aris, and 5 with Olympiacos). Biography Ioannidis was born in Thessaloniki, and studied Agriculture in the Faculty of Geotechnical Sciences at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He is married and has one daughter. Basketball career Playing career During his youth, Ioannidis became a member of the youth clubs of Aris, in 1959. He joined the senior men's team of Aris BC, Aris, of the Greek Basket League, in 1960. He played with Aris in the Greek League, until 1978, when he retired. With 4,970 points scored as a member of Aris, he is the second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
