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

Greek Basket League The Greek Basket League (GBL), often also referred to as the Greek A1 Basketball League, or Greek Basketball Championship (originally called Panhellenic Basketball Championship), and also known as the Stoiximan Basket League for sponsorship reaso ...

, 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

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a numbe ...

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.

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

Peristeri Peristeri ( Greek: Περιστέρι, meaning "pigeon/dove" in Greek) is a suburban municipality in the western part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. With 139,981 inhabitants (2011 census), it is the seventh-largest municipality of Greece ...

, 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 Holargos ( el, Χολαργός, also: ''Cholargos'') is a suburb of Athens, Greece, located northeast of the city center and about away from Syntagma Square. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Papagou-Cholar ...

, 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:'' *

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 Laurium or Lavrio ( ell, Λαύριο; grc, Λαύρειον (later ); before early 11th century BC: Θορικός ''Thorikos''; from Middle Ages until 1908: Εργαστήρια ''Ergastiria'') is a town in southeastern part of Attica, Greec ...

, which thus avoided being relegated. *

was

on 22 May 2019, following a meeting of the

Hellenic Basketball Clubs Association The Hellenic Basketball Clubs Association (HEBA, el, Ελληνικός Σύνδεσμος Ανωνύμων Καλαθοσφαιρικών Εταιρειών, ΕΣΑΚΕ) is a governing body for basketball in Greece. It directs the 14 pro Greek ...

'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.Η σημερινή (15/5) συνεδρίαση του Διοικητικού Συμβουλίου .
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Awards

MVP

Nick Calathes Nicholas William Calathes (Greek: Νικόλαος Γουίλιαμ "Νικ" Καλάθης, born February 7, 1989) is a Greek-American professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe Beko of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL) and the Eu ...

– Panathinaikos

Best Young Player

Zois Karampelas Zois Karampelas (Greek: Ζωής Καράμπελας, born April 27, 2001) is a Greek professional basketball player for AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Champions League. He plays at the point guard position. Professiona ...

– Aris

Best Defender

– Panathinaikos

Most Improved Player

* Dimitris Kaklamanakis –

Coach of the Year

* Makis Giatras – Promitheas Patras

Best Five

Clubs in European-wide competitions

References

External links

Official Basket League Site

Official Basket League Site

Official Hellenic Basketball Federation Site
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