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Chalkida B.C.
AGEH Gymnastikos B.C. is a Greek professional basketball club that is located in Chalkida, Greece. History AGEH Gymnastikos was founded in 1976, as AGE Chalkida. In 2010, it merged with Gymnastikos Syllogos Chalkida, to form AGEH Gymnastikos. The club competed in the Greek 2nd Division, during the period 2001–2008. In the 2008–09 and 2009-10 seasons, the club was relegated in two straight seasons, and ended up in the Greek local regional divisions. In 2013, the club was dissolved because of financial problems. The club returned in 2017. Arena AGEH plays its home games at the Tasos Kampouris Kanithou Indoor Hall, which is also located on the island of Euboea, in Chalcis, and has a seating capacity of 1,620 people. Notable players * Fotis Vasilopoulos * Makis Dreliozis * Fanis Koumpouras * Alexis Falekas * Andronikos Gizogiannis * Ioannis Psathas Ioannis Psathas (alternate spellings: Giannis, Yiannis) ( el, Γιάννης Ψαθάς; born April 15, 1983) is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tasos Kampouris Kanithou Indoor Hall
Tasos Kampouris Kanithou Indoor Hall, or Chalkida Indoor Hall (alternate spellings: Kabouris, Halkida; Greek: Κλειστό Γυμναστήριο Κανήθου «Τάσος Καμπούρης»), is a multi-purpose indoor arena that is located in Kanithou, Chalcis, Greece. It is named after Tasos Kampouris, a politician from the island of Euboea. The arena is mainly used to host concerts and basketball, handball and volleyball games. The arena has 1,120 regular seats available, plus another 500 seats, which are located in the arena's amphitheater. The total regular seating capacity of the arena for sporting events is 1,620 people. History Tasos Kampouris Kanithou Indoor Hall has been used as the home arena of the Greek men's professional basketball clubs AGEH Gymnastikos and Ikaros Kallitheas. The men's professional basketball club Kymis, also used the arena to host its home games, when it played in the top-tier level Greek Basket League. The arena has also been used to h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fotis Vasilopoulos
Fotios Vasilopoulos (alternative spellings: Fotis, Vassilopoulos) ( el, Φώτης Βασιλόπουλος; born 1986) is a Greek professional basketball player who plays for Ethnikos Piraeus B.C. of the Greek B Basket League. He is 1.87 m (6' 1") tall, and he plays at the point guard position. Professional career Vasilopoulos started his career with Panionios B.C., Panionios (2002–04). Then he played for AGE Halkida B.C., AGE Halkida (2004–05) in the Greek A2 Basket League, Greek 2nd Division. He then moved back to Panionios B.C., Panionios (2005–07), before returning to AGE Halkida (2007–08). He then played with AEK Athens B.C., AEK Athens in 2008–09, and then with Dafni BC, Dafni (2009–10), and Pagrati B.C., Pagrati (2010–11), before returning again to AEK Athens for the 2011–12 season. Vasilopoulos returned to Pagrati B.C., Pagrati, and he finished first in the Greek 2nd Division in assists, and fourth in points, during the 2013–14 season. In August 2014, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kostas Missas
Konstantinos "Kostas" Missas (alternate spelling: Constandinos, Costas) (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Μίσσας; born August 15, 1953 in Greece) is a Greek former professional basketball player, and current professional basketball coach. He is currently the head coach of Olympiacos women basketball team. He also coached the Greece men's national basketball team at the 2017 FIBA EuroBasket. During his playing career, he was nicknamed "The General". Playing career Club playing career In his club playing career, Missas played with the Greek clubs Panionios (1968–1986, 1988–1989), and Panathinaikos (1986–1988). With Panionios, he won the Greek 2nd Division twice, in 1974 and 1981. With Panionios, he also played in the European-wide 3rd-tier level league, the FIBA Korać Cup. He also played in the Greek Cup final in 1977, while with Panionios. With Panathinaikos, he played in the European-wide 2nd-tier level league, the FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup (lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vangelis Angelou
Evangelos "Vangelis" Angelou (alternate spelling: Vaggelis Aggelou) ( el, Ευάγγελος "Βαγγέλης" Αγγέλου; born November 11, 1962, in Chalkida, Greece), is a Greek retired professional basketball player and current professional basketball coach. At in height, Angelou played at the point guard position. Professional playing career Angelou began playing basketball with the youth teams of AGE Chalkida. In his pro playing career, Angelou played with Apollon Patras, Olympiacos, Panionios, and Iraklis. He scored 1,782 points in 254 games played in the Greek League. He also played in the FIBA Korać Cup with Olympiacos and Panionios, and in the FIBA EuroLeague with Iraklis. Coaching career Angelou began his coaching career with AGE Chalkida from 1996 to 2002, where he led the club from the lower categories of Greek basketball up to the Greek 2nd Division. He then worked as an assistant coach under Milan Minić at Aris in the 2002–03 season. He then moved to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ioannis Psathas
Ioannis Psathas (alternate spellings: Giannis, Yiannis) ( el, Γιάννης Ψαθάς; born April 15, 1983) is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) in height, and he can play at both the small forward and power forward positions. Professional career Psathas started his amateur career with Aetos Polygyrou and AO Polygyrou, where he stayed from 1997 to 2002. Then, he played for Aetos Toumpas, and one year later, he signed with Achileas Triandias. In 2004, he joined ICBS of the Greek A2 League, where he stayed for three seasons. From 2007 through 2012, Psathas played with multiple teams, such as Chalkida, Rethymno, Apollon Patras, and Psychiko. In 2012, he moved to Nea Kifissia. With Kifissia, he gained the league promotion to the top-tier level Greek Basket League The Greek Basket League (GBL), often also referred to as the Greek A1 Basketball League, or Greek Basketball Championship (originally called Panhellenic Basketball Championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andronikos Gizogiannis
Andronikos Gizogiannis ( el, Ανδρόνικος Γκιζογιαννης; born 1983) is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) in height and he can play at the power forward and center positions. He is currently playing with Telethriakos Istiaias B.C,Telethriakos. Professional career Gizogiannis started his pro career with AGE Chalkida (2001–05). He then played with Apollon Patras (2005–07), Olympia Larissa (2007–08), Aigaleo (2008–09), AEK Athens (2009–10), AEK Argous (2010–11), Arkadikos (2011–12), and in August 2012, he returned to AEK Athens. In the summer of 2014, he moved to Ethnikos Piraeus. National team career * 1999 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship: * 2002 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship: *2009 World Military Championship The World Military Championships (WMC) are the world championships of the military sports, regularly organized by the Conseil International du Sport Militaire, in each of the 26 disciplines of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexis Falekas
Alexandros "Alexis" Falekas ( el, Αλέξανδρος "Αλέξης" Φαλέκας; born August 1, 1976) is a Greek retired professional basketball player, and current head coach of the Zhejiang Lions in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). At 1.90 m (6'2 ") in height, he played at the point guard position. Professional career Falekas started his pro career with Maroussi (1997–02), winning the FIBA Saporta Cup with them in 2001. He then moved to Panionios (2002–05), and then Kolossos (2005–06), and then AGE Chalkida (2006–07), Panorama (2007–08), and then to Ikaros Kallitheas (2008–11). He then played at AEK Athens from 2011 to 2014. National team career Falekas won a silver medal with Greece's under-26 national team selection at the 2001 Mediterranean Games. Coaching career Falekas began his coaching career in 2014, when he became an assistant coach with AEK Athens during the time that Vangelis Ziagkos was the head coach A head coach, senior coach or manage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fanis Koumpouras
Theophanis "Fanis" Koumpouras (; born December 8, 1983) is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 6 ft 1 in (1.87 m) in height, and he plays at the point guard position. Professional career Koumpouras began his career playing with the Panionios youth teams. He began his pro career in 2001, with Chalkida. In 2004, he moved to Apollon Patras. In 2007, he joined Olympia Larissa, where he had a great year during the 2007–08 season. In 2008, he signed with Maroussi. National team career With the Greek junior national teams, Koumpouras played at the 1999 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, where he won a silver medal, at the 2000 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, where he won a bronze medal, and at the 2002 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, where he won a gold medal. With the Greek under-26 national team, he won the silver medal at both the 2005 Mediterranean Games and the 2009 Mediterranean Games The 2009 Mediterranean Games, officially the XVI Mediterranean Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makis Dreliozis
Prodromos "Makis" Dreliozis (Greek: Πρόδρομος "Μάκις" Δρελιώζης; born March 31, 1975 in Athens, Greece), is a retired Greek professional basketball player. At 2.01 m (6 ft. 7 in.) in height and 91 kg. (200 lbs.) in weight, he played at the shooting guard and small forward positions. Professional career Dreliozis made his pro debut in 1990, with Panionios, at the age of 15 years and 6 months. He was the youngest player to have played in the top-tier level Greek Basket League, from the time the league had formed into the A1 national category, in the 1986–87 season. Georgios Papagiannis holds the current mark for being the youngest player to play in the league, under its current format (since 1992–93). Dreliozis was the first Greek basketball player to use the Bosman ruling, when he signed with the Italian League The Italic League or Most Holy League was an international agreement concluded in Venice on 30 August 1454, between the Papal S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of Greece
The national flag of Greece, popularly referred to as the "blue and white one" ( el, Γαλανόλευκη, ) or the "sky blue and white" (, ), is officially recognised by Greece as one of its national symbols and has nine equal horizontal stripes of blue alternating with white. There is a blue canton in the upper hoist-side corner bearing a white cross; the cross symbolises Eastern Orthodox Christianity. The blazon of the flag is Azure, four bars Argent; on a canton of the field a Greek cross throughout of the second. The official flag ratio is 2:3. The shade of blue used in the flag has varied throughout its history, from light blue to dark blue, the latter being increasingly used since the late 1960s. It was officially adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus on 13 January 1822. The nine stripes do not have any official meaning; the most popular theory says that they represent the syllables of the phrase ("Freedom or Death"), the five blue stripes for the syllabl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chalkida
Chalcis ( ; Ancient Greek & Katharevousa: , ) or Chalkida, also spelled Halkida (Modern Greek: , ), is the chief town of the island of Euboea or Evia in Greece, situated on the Euripus Strait at its narrowest point. The name is preserved from antiquity and is derived from the Greek χαλκός (copper, bronze), though there is no trace of any mines in the area. In the Late Middle Ages, it was known as Negropont(e), an Italian name that has also been applied to the entire island of Euboea. History Ancient Greece The earliest recorded mention of Chalcis is in the Iliad, where it is mentioned in the same line as its rival Eretria. It is also documented that the ships set for the Trojan War gathered at Aulis, the south bank of the strait near the city. Chamber tombs at Trypa and Vromousa dated to the Mycenaean period were excavated by Papavasiliou in 1910. In the 8th and 7th centuries BC, colonists from Chalcis founded thirty townships on the peninsula of Chalcidice and se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chalcis
Chalcis ( ; Ancient Greek & Katharevousa: , ) or Chalkida, also spelled Halkida (Modern Greek: , ), is the chief town of the island of Euboea or Evia in Greece, situated on the Euripus Strait at its narrowest point. The name is preserved from antiquity and is derived from the Greek χαλκός (copper, bronze), though there is no trace of any mines in the area. In the Late Middle Ages, it was known as Negropont(e), an Italian name that has also been applied to the entire island of Euboea. History Ancient Greece The earliest recorded mention of Chalcis is in the Iliad, where it is mentioned in the same line as its rival Eretria. It is also documented that the ships set for the Trojan War gathered at Aulis, the south bank of the strait near the city. Chamber tombs at Trypa and Vromousa dated to the Mycenaean period were excavated by Papavasiliou in 1910. In the 8th and 7th centuries BC, colonists from Chalcis founded thirty townships on the peninsula of Chalcidice and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
