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Olympiacos B Basketball Club
Olympiacos B.C. B Development Team (alternate names: Olympiacos II, Olympiacos 2), also known as Olympiacos B.C. B Piraeus Bank for sponsorship reasons, is the reserve team of the Greek EuroLeague basketball club Olympiacos Piraeus. The club is located in Neo Faliro, Piraeus, which is about 7.4 kilometers (4.6 miles) from Athens, Greece. The club's full name is Olympiacos Piraeus Basketball Club B Development Team. The team currently plays in the Greek A2 Basket League (Greek 2nd Division), which is the second-tier level of professional club basketball in Greece. History Olympiacos Basketball Club B, was founded as the reserve team of the Greek EuroLeague club Olympiacos Piraeus, in September 2019. The team was founded after the relegation of the senior Olympiacos team, from Greece's top-tier level Greek Basket League, down to the 2nd-tier level Greek A2 Basket League (Greek 2nd Division). That relegation was due to a punishment by the Hellenic Basketball Federation, for the s ... [...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] |
Hellenic Basketball Federation
The Hellenic Basketball Federation ( el, Ελληνική Ομοσπονδία Καλαθοσφαίρισης, abbreviated as Ε.Ο.Κ.) is the main basketball governing body for the sport in Greece. It directs and oversees all of the national basketball teams of Greece, including both the junior and senior national teams, of both men and women. From 1969 to 1992, the E.O.K. also solely oversaw the top-tier level men's Greek National Basketball League, before its basic operation was taken over by HEBA, starting with the 1992–93 basketball season. Competitions organized The E.O.K. organizes numerous club and national team competitions. Among them are: Club competitions * Men's Greek Cup * Greek Men’s Super Cup * Men's Greek 2nd Division * Men's 3rd Division * Men's 4th Division * Women's Greek League * Women's Greek 2nd Division * Women's Greek Cup National team competitions * Acropolis International Tournament National team honours Men's National Team * FIBA World Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piraeus Bank
Piraeus Bank ( el, Τράπεζα Πειραιώς) is a Greek multinational financial services company with its headquarters in Athens, Greece. Piraeus Bank's shares have been listed on the Athens Stock Exchange (ATHEX) since January 1918. In Greece, with a 30% market share in loans (34.4 billion) and 29% in deposits (54.6 billion), is the country's largest bank. Activities Piraeus Bank is a universal bank providing various banking services. Historically a bank supportive of SMEs it now also possesses particular know-how in the areas of agricultural banking, consumer and mortgage credit, green banking, capital markets, investment banking, leasing and electronic banking. Piraeus Bank Group Piraeus Bank and its subsidiaries form the Piraeus Bank Group. History Foundation A group of shipowners in Piraeus founded ''Banque du Pirée'' (Piraeus Bank; BP) in 1916 to finance trade. The bank started trading on the Athens Exchange in 1918. The Greek government bought the bank in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petros Noeas
Petros Noeas ( el, Πέτρος Νοέας; born 1987) is a Greek professional basketball player. At a height of 2.06 m (6'9") in height, he plays at the power forward position. Professional career Noeas started his career with the Greek Basket League club Maroussi, where he played from 2004 to 2009. He then moved to the Greek club Trikala 2000 (2009–10), and then back to Maroussi (2010–11). He joined the Greek club AEK Athens for the 2011–12 season, and then moved to the Greek club Koroivos. He moved to the Greek club Arkadikos, in 2014. On 12 August 2016, Noeas joined Panionios, of the Greek 2nd Division. On 12 July 2017, Noeas joined Doukas, of the Greek 2nd Division, but his contract was later cancelled. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandros Nikolaidis (basketball)
Alexandros Nikolaidis ( el, Αλέξανδρος Νικολαΐδης); born August 21, 2002) is a Greek professional basketball player for Maroussi of the Greek Basket League. He is a 1.90 m (6'2 ") tall combo guard. Professional career After playing in the Greek minor leagues with Mandoulides, Nikolaidis began his pro career in 2019, during the 2019–20 season, with the Greek 2nd Division club Olympiacos B Development Team, which is the reserve team of the Greek EuroLeague club Olympiacos Piraeus. Nikolaidis made his EuroLeague debut, with Olympiacos Piraeus, on 4 February 2020, in a EuroLeague 2019–20 season game versus the Lithuanian League club Žalgiris Kaunas. He replaced Georgios Printezis, as the youngest Greek born Olympiacos player to ever play in a EuroLeague game, and the second youngest Olympiacos player to ever play in a EuroLeague game overall, after Aleksej Pokuševski. On August 16, 2021, Nikolaidis was loaned to Lavrio for the 2021-2022 season. In 21 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vassilis Christidis
Vassilis Christidis (alternate spellings: Vasilis, Vasileos) ( el, Βασίλης Χρηστίδης; born July 10, 1998) is a Greek professional basketball player for Karditsa of the Greek Basket League. He is a 2.08 m (6'10") tall center. Professional career Christidis started playing basketball with the youth teams of Mantoulidis. He then played in the Greek minors with Mantoulidis. He signed a contract with Aris in 2015, but he was loaned back to Mantoulidis for the 2015–16 season. Christidis began his pro career in 2016, with the top-tier level Greek League club Aris, when he debuted in a Greek League game against Promitheas Patras. He joined Olympiacos' new reserve team of the Greek 2nd Division, Olympiacos B, for the 2019–20 season. On December 21, 2021, Christidis was loaned from Olympiacos to Peristeri, under coach Milan Tomić. In 13 league games, he averaged 7 points, 4.6 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 0.3 blocks, playing around 18 minutes per contest. On July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Petropoulos
Andreas Petropoulos ( el, Ανδρέας Πετρόπουλος; born February 11, 1994) is a Greek professional basketball player for AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Champions League. He is a 1.96 m (6'5") tall swingman. Professional career Petropoulos began his pro career in 2013, with the Greek 2nd Division club Pagrati. In 2014, he debuted in the top-tier level Greek Basket League, with Panionios. He joined Olympiacos' new reserve team of the Greek 2nd Division, Olympiacos B, for the 2019–20 season. Petropoulos averaged 12.2 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game. On August 27, 2020, he signed with Ionikos Nikaias. On August 13, 2021, Petropoulos signed a one-year contract with AEK Athens A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greece, Greek multi-sport club based in Nea .... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vangelis Tzolos
Evangelos "Vangelis" Tzolos (alternate spellings: Vaggelis, Tzollos) ( el, Ευάγγελος "Βαγγέλης" Τζόλος; born 14 August 1991) is a Greek professional basketball player who last played for Grindavík of the Úrvalsdeild karla. He is 1.92 m (6'3 ") tall and he can play at the point guard and shooting guard positions. Professional career Tzolos started his professional career playing with AEK Athens in 2009. After playing 4 years with the club, he joined Filathlitikos. In 2014, Tzolos moved to Ikaros Kallitheas of the Greek 3rd Division. His amazing performances with the club drew the interest of several other clubs, and he finally moved to Ethnikos Piraeus of the Greek 2nd Division. Tzolos was the reserve point guard of the team, behind Fotis Vasilopoulos, and he helped his team to finish in 3rd place in the regular season, and in 4th place in the overall final league standings. On 22 July 2016, Tzolos joined the newly promoted to the top-tier level Greek B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikos Barlos
Nikolaos "Nikos" Barlos (alternate spelling: Mparlos) ( el, Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Μπάρλος; born July 12, 1979) is a Greek retired professional basketball player and coach. During his playing career, at a height of 2.03 m (6'8") tall, he played at both the small forward and power forward positions. Professional playing career Barlos won the Greek 2nd Division championship with Apollon Patras in 2003. He was named the MVP of the 2005 Greek All-Star Game. In the next season, he moved to Olympiacos, and with them he played in the EuroLeague. In 2015, he signed with Lavrio. On November 12, 2017, Barlos joined Kymis of the top-tier level Greek Basket League. National team playing career Barlos was a member of Greece's under-26 national selection that won the silver medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games. Coaching career After he retired from playing professional basketball, Barlos began his basketball coaching career in 2018, as he became a head coach of the Olympia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Head Coach
A head coach, senior coach or manager is a professional at training and developing athletes. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than other coaches. In some sports, the head coach is instead called the "manager", as in association football and professional baseball. In other sports, such as Australian rules football, the head coach is generally termed a senior coach. A head coach normally reports to a sporting director or a general manager of the team. Other coaches are usually subordinate to the head coach, often in offensive positions or defensive positions, and occasionally proceed down into individualized position coaches. American football Head coaching responsibilities in American football vary depending on the level of the sport. High school football As with most other head coaches, high school coaches are primarily tasked with organizing and training football players. This includes creating game plans, evaluating players, and leading the team dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019–20 Greek Basketball Cup
The 2019–20 Greek Basketball Cup was the 45th edition of Greek top-tier level professional domestic basketball cup competition. The previous winner of the cup was Panathinaikos. The cup competition started on 18 September 2019 and ended on 16 February 2020. AEK won the competition. Format The top six placed teams from the top-tier level Greek Basket League's 2018–19 season, gained an automatic bye to the 2019–20 Greek Cup quarterfinals. While the eight lower placed teams from the 2018–19 Greek Basket League season; along with all of the teams from the 2nd-tier level Greek A2 Basket League's 2018–19 season, and the 3rd-tier level Greek B Basket League's 2018–19 season, played in preliminary rounds, competing for the other two quarterfinals places. All rounds were played under a single elimination format. Preliminary rounds Phase 1 Round 1 Round 2 ''Note: Ippokratis Kos decided to forfeit their game against Farsalon.'' Round 3 Phase 2 Round 1 Round 2 Roun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019–20 Greek A2 Basket League
The 2019–20 Greek A2 Basket League was the 34th season of the Greek A2 Basket League, the second-tier level professional club basketball league in Greece. The league was organized by the Hellenic Basketball Federation. It was the fifth season with the participation of 16 teams. The season was prematurely cancelled, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to that, none of the league's teams were relegated. Teams Regular season (final league standings) SourceBasket.gr/small> * Diagoras Dryopideon declined to be promoted to the Greek Basket League. ** Olympiacos B started the season with a 6-point deduction, a rebuke imposed by the Hellenic Basketball Federation as a result of senior club Olympiacos's forfeiting of several Greek Basket League and Greek Cup games, during the 2018–19 season. Promotion playoffs *''Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic'' Relegation playoffs *''Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic'' See also * 2019–20 Greek Basketball Cup *2019–20 Greek Bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
