The 2015–16
Greek Basketball Cup
The Greek Basketball Cup or Hellenic Basketball Cup (also stylized as Basket Cup; Greek: Κύπελλο Ελλάδος καλαθοσφαίρισης ανδρών) is the top-tier level annual professional basketball national cup competition i ...
was the 41st edition of
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's top-tier level professional national domestic
basketball
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cup competition. The competition started on September 29, 2015, and ended on March 6, 2016.
Format
The top six placed teams from the
top-tier level Greek Basket League
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2014–15 season, had an automatic
bye to the quarterfinals. While the eight lower placed teams from the Greek Basket League 2014–15 season, along with the 16 teams from the 2nd-tier level
Greek A2 Basket League
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2015–16 season, played in preliminary rounds, competing for the other two quarterfinals places. The quarterfinals and onward rounds were played under a
single elimination
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format.
Bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
This was the
12th straight Greek Cup Final appearance of
Panathinaikos.
Faros Keratsiniou was just the third team from the
Greek 2nd Division that played in a Cup Final,
Faros Keratsiniou in the cup final!
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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 1987, and Rethymno Aegean in 2007, previously accomplished the feat.
The game ended with the biggest margin between two teams in a Greek Cup Final in history. Panathinaikos broke the winning-margin record of 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
* ...
, who won 110–70 in the 1987 Greek Cup Final against 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 ...
.
Awards
Most Valuable Player
Finals Top Scorer
References
External links
Official Hellenic Basketball Federation Site
Official Greek Basket League Site
Official Greek Basket League English website
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Greek Basketball Cup
Cup
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