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Amyntas BC
Amyntas B.C. ( gr, Α.Ο. Αμύντας), commonly known as Amyntas, is a Greek professional basketball club. The club's full name is Athlitikos Omilos Amyntas Ymittos B.C. The club is located in Dafni-Ymittos, Dafni, a suburb of Athens, Greece. The colors of the team are blue and orange. The club is named after the father of Philip II of Macedon, and grandfather of Alexander the Great, Amyntas III of Macedon. The club's emblem is King Amyntas. History Amyntas B.C. was originally founded in 1950. In 2010, Dafni and A.O. Amyntas merged, creating A.O. Amyntas Dafnis - Ymittos. The club then competed in the 2nd-tier level Greek A2 Basket League, during the 2010–11 season. After that, the two clubs separated again. Arena Amyntas plays its home games at the 600 seat Pyrkal Ymittos Indoor Hall. Roster Notable players *Dimitris Cheilaris *Spyros Diamantopoulos *Periklis Dorkofikis *Ioannis Karamalegkos *Dimitrios Lolas *Costas Rigas *Christos Zoupas Christos Zou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek A2 Basket League
The Greek A2 Basket League ( el, Ελληνική Α2 Μπάσκετ Λιγκ, link=no), is a professional basketball league in Greece. It is the 2nd-tier level of pro competition, among clubs in the country. It is organized by the Hellenic Basketball Federation (E.O.K.). History In the 1986–87 season, the current format for Greek professional basketball, consisting of the A1 National Category and the A2 National Category was formed. Starting with the 2015–16 season, playoffs were added between the 2nd and 5th placed teams for promotion to the 1st tier level Greek Basket League, and a one-game play-out was added to decide relegation to the 3rd tier level Greek B Basket League. * ''1986–87 to 2011–12: Alpha2 National Category'' * ''2012–13 to present: Greek A2 Basket League'' Promotion and relegation At the end of each season, the following promotion and relegation takes place: * The top two teams in the A2 are promoted to the Greek Basket League. * These teams are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Basketball League System
The Greek basketball league system is a number of interconnected competitions for professional basketball clubs in Greece. The system has a hierarchical format with a promotion and relegation system between competitions at different levels. There are several different competitions in the system. The highest level competitions are the nationwide competitions: the Greek Basket League, the Greek A2 Basket League, the Greek B Basket League, and the Greek C Basket League. Those competitions are followed by the regional level competitions: the A1, the A2, the B, the C, and/or the C1, and the C2 categories. Competitions Other competitions *Greek Cup See also *League system *European professional club basketball system *Spanish basketball league system *Italian basketball league system *French basketball league system *Russian basketball league system *Turkish basketball league system *German basketball league system *Serbian basketball league system *Polish basketball league system *Hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christos Zoupas
Christos Zoupas ( Greek: Χρήστος Ζούπας, born 26 November 1944) is a retired Greek professional basketball player. At a height of 1.80 m (5 ft. 11 in.), he played at the point guard position. Club career Zoupas started playing basketball with Amyntas in 1960. He then moved to the Greek club AEK Athens in 1962. With AEK, he won 5 Greek League championships (1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970). He also played in the final four of the FIBA European Champions Cup of the 1965–66 season, which was the first time that the EuroLeague ever used a final four system, thus being part of the first Greek team to play in a final four in the EuroLeague. He also helped AEK win the championship of the 2nd-tier Cup Winners' Cup of the 1967–68 season, which was the first European championship won by any Greek team. He scored 12 points in the tournament's final game. He was also a member of the FIBA European Selection team in the year 1966. National team career Zoupas was al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costas Rigas
Costas Rigas ( el, Κώστας Ρήγας),(born March 29, 1944 in Greece), is a retired Greek pro basketball player, and a former pro basketball referee. Rigas is a member of the EuroLeague's 50 greatest contributors. In 2013, he was enshrined into the FIBA Hall of Fame. Playing career Rigas played club basketball with Amyntas, in Greece. He also played with the youth national team of Greece, in one game. Reffing career In 1977, Rigas became an international referee, and throughout his career, he refereed 23 title games. Highlights of his reffing career are the 1984 Summer Olympic Games final, the 1986 FIBA World Championship title game, the 1992 Summer Olympic Games women's final, four EuroLeague Finals (1984, 1985, 1986, 1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitrios Lolas
Dimitrios Lolas (alternate spelling: Dimitris) ( Greek: Δημήτριος Λόλας; born January 31, 1986) is a Greek professional basketball player for Niki Volou of the Greek 3rd division. At a height of 6'8" (2.03 m), he can play at both the power forward and center positions. Professional career Lolas began his pro career in Greece's top-tier level Greek Basket League, with Maroussi. He also played in the Greek Basket League with Aigaleo and Kavala. National team career Lolas was a member of the junior national teams of Greece. With Greece's junior national teams, he played at the following tournaments: the 2004 FIBA Under-18 European Championship, the 2005 FIBA Under-20 European Championship, and the 2006 FIBA Under-20 European Championship. He also won a silver medal at the 2009 Mediterranean Games The 2009 Mediterranean Games, officially the XVI Mediterranean Games ( it, XVI Giochi del Mediterraneo) and commonly known as Pescara 2009, was a multi-sport event he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ioannis Karamalegkos
Ioannis Karamalegkos (alternative spellings: Giannis, Yiannis, Karamalegos) ( Greek: Ιωάννης Καραμαλέγκος; born 19 September 1994 in Maroussi, Athens, Greece) is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 1.92 m (6 ft 3 " in) tall, and he can play at both the point guard and shooting guard positions. Professional career Karamalegkos began his professional career with the Greek Basket League club Panathinaikos Athens in 2009. He was a member of the Panathinaikos team that won the EuroLeague championship in 2011. After that, he signed with Amyntas. In 2013, he signed with Arkadikos. He moved to Kastorias in 2017. National team career Karamalegkos was a member of the junior national teams of Greece. With Greece's junior national teams he played at the 2010 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, the 2012 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, and the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship The 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the 16th edition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Periklis Dorkofikis
Periklis Dorkofikis ( el, Περικλής Δορκοφίκης; born August 30, 1980) is a Greek former professional basketball player. At a height of 2.07 m (6'9 ") tall, he played at the power forward and center positions. Professional career During his pro career, Dorkofikis played in the Greek top-tier level GBL, the Italian top-tier level LBA, and the European-wide top-tier level EuroLeague. National team career Dorkofikis played with the junior national teams of Greece at the 1998 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, where he won a bronze medal, at the 1999 FIBA Under-19 World Cup, and the 2000 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. He also won a silver medal with Greece's under-26 selection at the 2001 Mediterranean Games The XIV Mediterranean Games ( ar, ألعاب البحر الأبيض المتوسط 2001), commonly known as the 2001 Mediterranean Games, were the 14th Mediterranean Games held in Tunis, Tunisia, from 2-15 September 2001, where 2,991 athletes ( . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spyros Diamantopoulos
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Dimitris Cheilaris
Dimitris Cheilaris ( el, Δημήτρης Χείλαρης, ; born August 18, 1990) is a Greek professional basketball player who last played for Charilaos Trikoupis of the Greek A2 Basket League. Born in Leonidio, he started his professional career with Amyntas. Subsequently, he moved to Filathlitikos, where he was a teammate with Giannis Antetokounmpo. He played one season of top-tier basketball with Rethymno BC, before returning to the second-tier to play for Iraklis Thessaloniki. He has represented Greece at youth level and has won the bronze medal in the 2015 World Military Basketball Championship. Professional career Cheilaris started playing basketball in ''Leonidio BC'', the team of his hometown. In 2011 he transferred to Amyntas of the Greek A2, thus starting his professional career. In 2012 he moved to Filathlitikos, playing alongside Giannis Antetokounmpo. In his first season with the team he only appeared in 8 games averaging 4.9 points and 2 rebounds per game. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dafni BC
Dafnis B.C. is a Greek professional basketball club. The club's full name is Athlitikos Omilos Dafnis B.C., or A.O. Dafnis B.C. The club is located in Dafni, Athens, Greece. The colors of the team are yellow and black, and the team's symbol is the laurel branch. History The athletic organization's parent athletic union, the A.O. A.C. Dafni, was founded in 1939, when the sports club started with a football club. In 1967, the athletic union added the basketball club, A.O. Dafni B.C., as one of its sports sections. In 1969, the team competed in the top-tier level Greek Basket League for the first time, and stayed there until 1975. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the club often competed in the Greek top-tier league ( A1). Legendary EuroLeague player Theo Papaloukas, played with the club from 1997 to 1999. In the 1998–99 season, Papaloukas led Dafni B.C. to the Greek 2nd Division championship. In 2010, Dafni and A.O. Amyntas merged, creating A.O. Amyntas Dafnis. In 2015, the two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Basketball Cup
The Greek Basketball Cup or Hellenic Basketball Cup (Greek language, Greek: Κύπελλο Ελλάδος καλαθοσφαίρισης ανδρών) is the top-tier level annual pro basketball national cup competition in Greece. It is organized by the Hellenic Basketball Federation, Hellenic Basketball Federation (E.O.K.). History and format There were no official nation-wide Greek Cup competitions prior to the 1975–76 season. However, there was a precursor tournament to the Greek Cup, called the Attica State Cup, which was won by AEK Athens B.C., AEK, in the 1966–67 and 1970–71 seasons. The first official Greek Cup took place during the 1975–76 season. From the 1994–95 to 2003–04 seasons, the Final Four format was used. The competition format currently includes a total of 62 teams; 14 from the Greek basketball league system, top-tier level Greek Basket League, 16 from the Greek basketball league system, 2nd-tier level Greek A2 Basket League, and 32 te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amyntas III Of Macedon
Amyntas III (Greek: Αμύντας Γ΄ της Μακεδονίας) (420 – 370 BC) was king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia in 393 BC and again from 392 to 370 BC. He was the son of Arrhidaeus and grandson of Amyntas, one of the sons of Alexander I. His most famous son is Philip II, father of Alexander the Great. Reign He came to the throne after the ten years of confusion which followed the death of Archelaus I. But he had many enemies at home; in 393 he was driven out by the Illyrians, but in the following year, with the aid of the Thessalians, he recovered his kingdom. Medius, head of the house of the Aleuadae of Larissa, is believed to have provided aid to Amyntas in recovering his throne. The mutual relationship between the Argeadae and the Aleuadae dates to the time of Archelaus. To shore up his country against the threat of the Illyrians, Amyntas established an alliance with the Chalcidian League led by Olynthus. In exchange for this support, Amyntas gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
