The 2005–06 Greek Basket League season was the 66th season of the

Greek Basket League The Greek Basketball League (GBL), and also known as the Stoiximan Greek Basketball League (GBL) for sponsorship reasons, is the Greek basketball league system, first tier level professional basketball league in Greece. It is run by the ...

, the highest tier professional

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

league in Greece. The winner of the league was Panathinaikos, which beat

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós (, Olympic Association of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number of different competitive departments which participate in football, ...

in the league's playoff's finals. The teams Iraklis and Kolossos Rodou were

relegated Promotion and relegation is used by sports leagues as a process where teams can move up and down among divisions in a league system, based on their performance over a season. Leagues that use promotion and relegation systems are sometimes call ...

to the Greek A2 League.

Teams

Regular season

Standings

Pts=Points, P=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, D=Points difference

Results

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals

(1) Panathinaikos vs. (8) Panionios

''Panathinaikos win the series 2-0''

(2) Olympiacos vs. (7) AEK Athens

''Olympiacos win the series 2-0''

(3) Maroussi vs. (6) PAOK

''Maroussi win the series 2-1''

(4) Aris vs. (5) Panellinios

''Aris win the series 2-0''

Semifinals

(1) Panathinaikos vs. (4) Aris

''Panathinaikos win the series 3-0''

(2) Olympiacos vs. (3) Maroussi

''Olympiacos win the series 3-2''

3rd place

(3) Maroussi vs. (4) Aris

''Aris win the series 3-2''

Finals

(1) Panathinaikos vs. (2) Olympiacos

''Panathinaikos win the series 3-0'' Game 1 ---- Game 2 ---- Game 3

Final league table

PAOK PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...

and AEK took the places of

Maroussi Marousi or Maroussi (), also known as Amarousio (), is a city and a suburb in the northeastern part of the Athens urban area, Greece. Marousi dates back to the era of the ancient Athenian Republic; its ancient name was '' Athmonon'' () and it r ...

and

Panellinios Panellinios G.S. (Greek: Πανελλήνιος Γ.Σ.), full name, Panellinios Gymnastikos Syllogos (Greek: Πανελλήνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος), is a Greek multi-sport club that is located in Athens and was founded i ...

in the Eurocup 2006–07 Regular Season.

Awards

Greek League MVP

Dimitris Diamantidis Dimitrios 'Dimitris' Diamantidis ( ; born 6 May 1980) is a retired Greek professional basketball player, who spent the last twelve seasons of his EuroLeague career with Panathinaikos BC, Panathinaikos. Widely regarded as one of the greatest Europ ...

– Panathinaikos

Greek League Finals MVP

Vassilis Spanoulis Vassilis Spanoulis (), also commonly known as Bill Spanoulis (), or Billy Spanoulis (; born 7 August 1982) is a Greek former professional basketball player and basketball coach, coach, who is currently the head coach for AS Monaco Basket, AS Mon ...

& *

– Panathinaikos

All-Greek League Team

* Roderick Blakney –

– Panathinaikos *

– Panathinaikos * Ryan Stack –

Aris Aris or ARIS may refer to: People * Aris (surname) Given name * Aris Alexandrou, Greek writer * Aris Brimanis, ice hockey player * Aris Christofellis, Greek male soprano * Aris Gavelas, Greek sprinter * Aris Konstantinidis, Greek architect * ...

Sofoklis Schortsanitis Sofoklis Schortsanitis ( Greek: Σοφοκλής Σχορτσανίτης; born 22 June 1985) is a Cameroonian-Greek former professional basketball player and Olympian. An All-EuroLeague First Team selection in 2011, Schortsanitis won the Eu ...

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Best Coach

Panagiotis Giannakis Panagiotis "Notis" Giannakis (, ; born January 1, 1959), alternatively spelled Panayiotis Yiannakis or Yannakis, is a former Greek professional basketball player and coach. He is considered to be one of the greatest sportspeople of Greece. He st ...

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Best Young Player

* Dimitrios Tsaldaris –

Most Improved Player

Loukas Mavrokefalidis Loukas Mavrokefalidis (alternate spelling: Mavrokefalides) (Greek: Λουκάς Μαυροκεφαλίδης; born 25 July 1984) is a Greek professional basketball player who last played for Ionikos Nikaias of the Greek Basket League. He has also ...

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Statistical leaders

Greek Basket League stats leaders are counted by totals, rather than averages, and include both regular season. Points Rebounds Assists Steals Blocks Source
Galanis Sports Data

Clubs in international competitions

External links

Official HEBA Site

Official Hellenic Basketball Federation Site

A1 League at Sportime magazine (Greek)

Galanis Sports Data
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