The 2018–19 Greek betshop.gr Basket League was the 79th season of the

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, the top-tier level professional club

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league in Greece. The season started on 7 October 2018, and ended on 15 June 2019. Panathinaikos OPAP won the Greek Basket League championship for a record 37th time, after beating Promitheas Patras 3–0 in the

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. The season infamously featured a major feud between traditional rivals Panathinaikos and

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over refereeing decisions in the 2019 Greek Cup semifinals game between the two teams, which eventually culminated in Olympiacos also forfeiting their playoffs. Finally,

withdrew from the championship.Olympiacos officially relegated to Second Division.
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Teams

Promotion and relegation

;Relegated from the Greek betshop.gr Basket League 2017–18 season: Koroivos and Trikala Aries were

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, after finishing in the last two places in the 2017–18 season. ;Promoted from the A2 Basket League 2017–18 season: The first club that was promoted was

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, which won its third A2 Basket League championship, after finishing with a 29–1 record, in the 2017–18 season. The second team to be promoted was Holargos, as the winners of the promotion play-offs. Holargos defeated

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3–0, in the finals of the play-offs.

Locations and arenas

Personnel and sponsorship

Head coaching changes

Regular season

League table

Results

Playoffs

The eight highest ranked teams in the

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qualified for the playoffs. All series will be played with a 2–2–1 format.

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third-place series

Finals

refused to participate in their playoff series against Panathinaikos over refereeing disputes.

Final standings

''NOTES:'' * Holargos was faced financial problems. The club's registered place in the top-tier Greek Basket League was purchased by Kolossos Rodou, which thus avoided being relegated. * Kymi was faced financial problems. The club's registered place in the top-tier Greek Basket League was purchased by Lavrio, which thus avoided being relegated. *

was

on 22 May 2019, following a meeting of the

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's Board of Directors. This was due to the club refusing to play in its playoff series against Panathinaikos, which marked its third forfeited game of the season, and which resulted in an automatic relegation, per league rules. The league also stripped the team of all of its season wins, as a further punishment.

Awards

All official awards of the 2018–19 Greek Basket League.

Greek League MVP

Greek League Finals MVP

All-Greek League First Team

Best Coach

Best Defender

Best Young Player

Most Improved Player

Most Spectacular Player

Statistical leaders

The Greek Basket League counts official stats leaders by stats totals, and not by per game averages. It also counts the total stats for both regular season combined.

Performance index rating

Points

Rebounds

Assists

Source:

Clubs in European-wide competitions

Clubs in World-wide competitions

References

External links

Official Basket League Site

Official Basket League Site

Official Hellenic Basketball Federation Site
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