AGEH Gymnastikos B.C. is a Greek professional
basketball
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club that is located in
Chalkida,
Greece
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.
History
AGEH Gymnastikos was founded in 1976, as AGE Chalkida. In 2010, it merged with Gymnastikos Syllogos Chalkida, to form AGEH Gymnastikos. The club competed in the
Greek 2nd Division, during the period 2001–2008. In the 2008–09 and 2009-10 seasons, the club was
relegated
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in two straight seasons, and ended up in the Greek local regional divisions.
In 2013, the club was dissolved because of financial problems.
The club returned in 2017.
Arena
AGEH plays its home games at the
Tasos Kampouris Kanithou Indoor Hall, which is also located on the
island of Euboea
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, in
Chalcis, and has a seating capacity of 1,620 people.
Notable players
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Fotis Vasilopoulos
Fotios Vasilopoulos (alternative spellings: Fotis, Vassilopoulos) ( el, Φώτης Βασιλόπουλος; born 1986) is a Greek professional basketball player who plays for Ethnikos Piraeus B.C. of the Greek B Basket League. He is 1.87 m (6' ...
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Makis Dreliozis
Prodromos "Makis" Dreliozis (Greek: Πρόδρομος "Μάκις" Δρελιώζης; born March 31, 1975 in Athens, Greece), is a retired Greek professional basketball player. At 2.01 m (6 ft. 7 in.) in height and 91 kg. (200 lb ...
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Fanis Koumpouras
Theophanis "Fanis" Koumpouras (; born December 8, 1983) is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 6 ft 1 in (1.87 m) in height, and he plays at the point guard position.
Professional career
Koumpouras began his career playing with th ...
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Alexis Falekas
Alexandros "Alexis" Falekas ( el, Αλέξανδρος "Αλέξης" Φαλέκας; born August 1, 1976) is a Greek retired professional basketball player, and current head coach of the Zhejiang Lions in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). ...
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Andronikos Gizogiannis
Andronikos Gizogiannis ( el, Ανδρόνικος Γκιζογιαννης; born 1983) is a Greece, Greek professional basketball player. He is 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) in height and he can play at the Power forward (basketball), power forward and ...
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Ioannis Psathas
Head coaches
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Vangelis Angelou
Evangelos "Vangelis" Angelou (alternate spelling: Vaggelis Aggelou) ( el, Ευάγγελος "Βαγγέλης" Αγγέλου; born November 11, 1962, in Chalkida, Greece), is a Greek retired professional basketball player and current professiona ...
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Kostas Missas
Konstantinos "Kostas" Missas (alternate spelling: Constandinos, Costas) ( Greek: Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Μίσσας; born August 15, 1953 in Greece) is a Greek former professional basketball player, and current professional baske ...
References
External links
Eurobasket.com team page
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Basketball teams in Greece
Basketball teams established in 1976