Ifaistos Limnou B.C. (also known as: Ifestos Limnou B.C. or Hephaestus Lemnos B.C.) (

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: Ήφαιστος Λήμνου K.A.E.) was a Greek professional

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club that was based on the

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, in Myrina. The club was named after the

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History

Foinix Larissas was replaced in its Greek competition by Gymnastikos S. Larissas, after the two clubs merged in 2015, thus ending Foinix's presence in Greek basketball competitions. The club played in the 3rd-tier level Greek B League during the 2015–16 season, and was

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to the 2nd-tier level Greek A2 League, for the 2016–17 season. In the summer of 2017, Gymnastikos then merged with Faros Keratsiniou, and then took Faros' place in the upcoming top-tier level

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's 2017–18 season. Faros retained all of its amateur and junior clubs. Gymnastikos' club name then officially became Gymnastikos Syllogos Larissas Faros 2017, abbreviated as G.S.L. Faros 2017. Ifaistos Lemnou was then officially created on 25 October 2017, under the ownership of Pantelis Boumbouras, and being based in Myrina, on the

. In July 2018, Ifaistos merged with GSL Faros. After the merger of the two clubs, GSL Faros' club history was then returned to the club, which was re-named to Gymnastikos S. Larissas 1928. The club played its first official game against

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, on 3 October 2018, in the Round 16 phase of the Greek Cup. Ifaistos lost the game, by a score of 91–81. After the end of the 2019–20 Greek Basket League season, the club was disbanded.

Arena

The club played its home games at the 1,260 seat capacity Nikos Samaras Indoor Hall, which is located in Myrina, on the

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. The arena is named after the late Greek

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player

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Season by season

Notable players

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Head coaches

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References

External links

Official website

Greek Basket League Profile
{{Ifaistos Limnou B.C. current roster Basketball teams established in 2017 Basketball teams in Greece Lemnos Basketball teams disestablished in 2020