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Sporting BC
Sporting B.C. (Greek: ΚΑΕ Σπόρτιγκ) is a Greek professional basketball team that is located at Ano Patissia, Athens, Greece, at the area of Elia Zervou 89 and Sarantaporoy. The club's full name is A.O. Sporting Athens B.C. (Greek: Α.Ο. Σπόρτιγκ Αθήνα KAE). History The A.O. Sporting parent athletic association was founded in 1936, after a group of Greeks moved the Sporting Istanbul (Constantinople) club that had been founded in 1924, to Athens. Sporting began with sports departments in basketball and volleyball, and later added the sports of boxing, swimming, and ping pong. Today, the A.O. Sporting athletic club has only the basketball department, A.O. Sporting B.C. Over the years, some of the players from Sporting B.C. played for the senior men's Greek National Basketball Team. The team competed in the FIBA Korać Cup competition in the 1979–80, 1980–81, 1995–96, and 1996–97 seasons. Sporting won the Greek Second Division championship three t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek A2 Basketball 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] |
1996–97 FIBA Korać Cup
Team allocation Country ranking For the 1996–1997 FIBA Korać Cup, the countries are allocated places according to their place on the FIBA country rankings, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1993–94 to 1995–96. Teams The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round: * 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position after Playoffs * WC: Wild card Qualifying round Regular season Source: Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals See also * 1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague * 1996–97 FIBA EuroCup The 1996–97 FIBA EuroCup was the thirty-first edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition. it occurred between September 17, 1996, and April 15, 1997. The competition was won by Real Madrid Teka, who ... References External linksOfficial websit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgios Limniatis
Georgios "George" Limniatis (alternate spellings: Giorgos, Giorgios) ( el, Γιώργος Λιμνιάτης; born March 22, 1971) is a Greek retired professional basketball player and a professional basketball coach. He played at the point guard position. Playing career Clubs Limniatis began his career in 1990, with the Greek club Panellinios. In 1992, he moved to the Greek club Olympiacos. With Olympiacos, he won three Greek League championships (1993, 1994, 1995), and the Greek Cup (1994). He then played with the Greek clubs Papagou, Panionios, and Dafnis. In 2000, he joined PAOK Thessaloniki, where he played for three seasons. He returned to Panellinios for the 2003–04 season. He then played with Ionikos NF, during the 2004–05 season. He spent the 2005–06 season with Doukas, and the 2006–07 season with Sporting. Following the 2006–07 season, he retired from playing professional basketball. Greek junior national team Limniatis was a member of the Greek junior n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikos Liakopoulos
Nikolaos "Nikos" Liakopoulos ( el, Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Λιακόπουλος; born March 16, 1983 in Greece) is a Greek professional basketball player for KAO Korinthou of the Greek 3rd division. He is a 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) tall point guard-shooting guard. Professional career Liakopoulos has played at the pro club level with some of the following clubs: Sporting, Maroussi, Irakleio, Ilysiakos, Dafni, Pagrati, Iraklis, Peramatos Ermis, Kolossos, Elefsina, AENK. In 2015, Liakopoulos signed a 2-year contract with the Greek 2nd Division club Faros Keratsiniou. In 2017, he joined the Greek 2nd Division club Doxa Lefkadas. In 2018, he moved to the Greek A2 League club Ionikos Nikaias Ionikos Nikaias (full name Athlitikos Omilos Ionikos Nikaias, A.O. Ionikos Nikaias / el, Α.Ο. Ιωνικός Νικαίας) is a Greek multi-sports club that is based in Nikaia, Piraeus. It was founded in 1965, and it has teams in football, b ..., where he helped the tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgios Kolokithas
Giorgos Kolokithas (alternate spelling: ''Georgios'' and ''Kolokythas''; el, Γεώργιος (Γιώργος) Κολοκυθάς; November 2, 1945 – March 2, 2013) was a Greek professional basketball player. He is considered one of the best scorers and players in Greek basketball history. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991. Club career Kolokithas played in his club career with the Greek clubs Sporting and Panathinaikos. While playing with Panathinaikos, he won 4 Greek League championships (1967, 1969, 1971, 1972). He scored a total of 3,529 points in the Greek League, having a personal record game of 51 points. In 1964, 1966, and 1967, he was the Greek League Top Scorer. In European-wide club competition, with Panathinaikos, he made it to the semifinals of the FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup (FIBA Saporta Cup) in 1969, and the semifinals of the FIBA European Champions' Cup ( EuroLeague) in 1972. He was a member of the FIBA European Selection in 1970. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fotis Katsikaris
Fotios Katsikaris (alternate spelling: Fotis) (Greek: Φώτιος Κατσικάρης, born 16 May 1967) is a Greek professional basketball coach and a former professional basketball player, he was most recently head coach for the Unicaja Málaga of the Spanish Liga ACB. Katsikaris has started coaching at the age of 31, following a career as player, and he has worked in Greece, Russia, and Spain. He has also co-operated with the scouting team of the Boston Celticsbr> Playing career Katsikaris began playing basketball in the youth system of Ionikos Nikaias, and was promoted to the senior men's team at the age of 15, setting a record (at the time) for being the youngest player ever in the Greek top division. After some years with Ionikos and Sporting, he made the big step up in his career to AEK Athens, in 1990. A sophisticated pass-first point guard, Katsikaris played for AEK for six seasons, but he didn't manage to win any titles with them. In 1996, he joined Irakleio, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vangelis Karampoulas
Evangelos "Vangelis" Karampoulas (alternate spellings: Vaggelis, Karaboulas) (Greek: Ευάγγελος "Βαγγέλης" Καράμπουλας; born November 18, 1981) is a Greek professional basketball player. He is a 2.00 m (6 ft 6 in) tall shooting guard–small forward. His nickname is Mr. Promotion, due to the fact that the clubs he plays with almost always get promoted to the next higher league level. Professional career During his professional career, Karampoulas has played with some of the following clubs in Greece: Sporting, Makedonikos, MENT, Panellinios ( EuroCup), Iraklis, Ikaros Kallitheas, AENK, AEK Athens, Kavala, and Faros Keratsiniou. He was voted the Greek 2nd Division's MVP in 2010, 2013, and 2017. His teams managed to earn a league promotion from the Greek 2nd Division to the top-tier level Greek 1st Division in five consecutive seasons, achieving this eight times overall (2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020), while also winning the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kostas Diamantopoulos
Kostas or Costas ( el, Κώστας) is a Greek given name and surname. As a given name it is the hypocorism for Konstantinos (Constantine). Given name * Costas Andreou, Greek musician * Kostas Antetokounmpo (born 1997), a Greek basketball player * Costas Azariadis (born 1943), Greek economist * Kostas Biris (1899–1980), Greek architect * Costas Georgiou (1951–1976), Greek Cypriot mercenary * Kostas Lazarides (born 1949), aka Kostas (songwriter), Greek-American country music songwriter * Costas Mandylor (born 1965), Greek Australian actor * Kostas Papanikolaou (born 1990), Greek basketball player * Costas Rigas (born 1944), Greek basketball player * Costas Simitis (born 1936), former Prime Minister of Greece * Kostas Hatzichristos (1921–2001), Greek actor * Kostas Karamanlis (born 1956), former Prime Minister of Greece * Kostas Koufogiorgos (born 1972), Greek-German cartoonist Surname * Bob Costas (born 1952), American sportscaster and talk show host * John P. Costas (enginee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christos Christodoulou
Christos Christodoulou ( el, Χρήστος "Κρις" Χριστοδούλου; born August 13, 1961) is a Greek former professional basketball player. At a height of 2.00 m (6' 6") tall, he played at the small forward and power forward (basketball), power forward positions. Professional career After playing with the youth teams of Dafni BC, Dafni, Christodoulou played at the senior level with Panionios BC, Panionios, with whom he won the Greek Basketball Cup, Greek Cup title in 1991. In 1994, he moved to Sporting BC, Sporting. National team career Christodoulou was a member of the senior men's Greek national basketball team that finished in 10th place at the 1986 FIBA World Championship. Post-playing career After he retired from playing professional basketball, Christodoulou worked as the general manager (basketball), sports manager of the Greek Basket League club Panionios BC, Panionios. Personal life Christodoulou's younger brother, Fanis Christodoulou, Fanis, was also a pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Caligaris
David Caligaris ( el, Ντέιβιντ Καλιγκάρις) on 1956 is a retired Greek American professional basketball player. He played college basketball with Northeastern University. He was selected by the Detroit Pistons The Detroit Pistons are an American professional basketball team based in Detroit. The Pistons compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division and play their home games at Li ... in the 5th round of the 1978 NBA Draft, 95th overall. He played from 1978 to 1981 for Sporting in Greece. He is considered to be one of the greatest players in Sporting history. He was the third scorer for the Greek championship in the 1978–79 period scoring 649 points and the second scorer in 1979–80 period scoring 727 points. External links Northeastern University Legends [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of The United States
The national flag of the United States, United States of America, often referred to as the ''American flag'' or the ''U.S. flag'', consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in the Glossary of vexillology#Flag elements, canton (referred to specifically as the "union") bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows, where rows of six stars (top and bottom) alternate with rows of five stars. The 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 U.S. states, and the 13 stripes represent the Thirteen Colonies, thirteen British colonies that declared independence from Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain, and became the first states in the U.S. Nicknames for the flag include the ''Stars and Stripes'', ''Old Glory'', and the ''Star-Spangled Banner''. History The current design of the U.S. flag is its 27th; the design of the flag has been modified officially 26 times since 1777. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgios Barlas
Georgios (, , ) is a Greek name derived from the word ''georgos'' (, , "farmer" lit. "earth-worker"). The word ''georgos'' (, ) is a compound of ''ge'' (, , "earth", "soil") and ''ergon'' (, , "task", "undertaking", "work"). It is one of the most usual given names in Greece and Cyprus. The name day is 23 April (St George's Day). The English form of the name is George, the latinized form is ''Georgius''. It was rarely given in England prior to the accession of George I of Great Britain in 1714. The Greek name is usually anglicized as ''George''. For example, the name of ''Georgios Kuprios'' is anglicized as George of Cyprus, and latinized as ''Georgius Cyprius''; similarly George Hamartolos (d. 867), George Maniakes (d. 1043), George Palaiologos (d. 1118). In the case of modern Greek individuals, the spelling ''Georgios'' may be retained, e.g. Georgios Christakis-Zografos (1863–1920), Georgios Stanotas (1888–1965), Georgios Grivas (1897–1974), Georgios Alogoskoufis (b. 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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