APOP Paphos (in
Greek
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: ΑΠΟΠ Πάφου), is a
Cypriot
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professional
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
club based in
Paphos
Paphos ( el, Πάφος ; tr, Baf) is a coastal city in southwest Cyprus and the capital of Paphos District. In classical antiquity, two locations were called Paphos: Old Paphos, today known as Kouklia, and New Paphos.
The current city of Pap ...
,
Cyprus
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. The club competes in the
Cypriot League
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. The president of the team is Soteris Georgiades and the current head coach is Yiannis Livanos. The club also has a woman’s team in the Cypriot League and a wheelchair team.
History
The parent club was founded in 1953, therefore, the department of basketball founded in 2003, 3 years after the dissolution of the parent club.
Players
Current roster
Sources
Cyprus Basketball FederationEurobasket.com APOP Paphos BC Page
Basketball teams in Cyprus
Enosis Neon Paralimni
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