Olympiacos B.C. B Development Team (alternate names: Olympiacos II, Olympiacos 2), also known as Olympiacos B.C. B Piraeus Bank for sponsorship reasons, is the

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team of the Greek EuroLeague basketball club

Olympiacos Piraeus 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 number ...

. The club is located in

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, which is about 7.4 kilometers (4.6 miles) from

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. The club's full name is Olympiacos Piraeus Basketball Club B Development Team. The team currently plays in the

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(Greek 2nd Division), which is the second-tier level of professional club

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in Greece.

History

Olympiacos Basketball Club B, was founded as the

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of the Greek EuroLeague club

, in September 2019. The team was founded after the

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of the senior Olympiacos team, from Greece's top-tier level Greek Basket League, down to the 2nd-tier level

(Greek 2nd Division). That relegation was due to a punishment by the Hellenic Basketball Federation, for the senior team's forfeiture of several 2018–19 Greek League season and 2018–19 Greek Cup games. In response to that, the senior Olympiacos Piraeus team refused to play in any Greek competitions going forward. Therefore, the new Olympiacos B Development Team was formed, and it would compete in all Greek competitions instead. For its inaugural season, the B Development team was registered into the Greek 2nd Division's 2019–20 season, taking the place of the club's senior team. The B Development team also took the senior team's place in the 2019–20 Greek Cup competition. While the senior Olympiacos team continued to function as a completely separate and different team, that competes only in the EuroLeague, which is Europe's premier continental-wide club competition. As a further punishment from the Hellenic Basketball Federation, the Olympiacos B Development Team had 6 points (3 wins) automatically deducted from their 2019–20 season's record, prior to the season's start. For the team's first season, Dimitris Tsaldaris was hired as its first

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, with

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working as his main assistant. The team's first player signings were Vangelis Tzolos, Andreas Petropoulos, Vassilis Christidis,

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, and

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. The team played its first official game on 21 September 2019, in a 2019–20 Greek Cup game against Ermis Lagkada. Olympiacos B won the game, by a score of 64–58. On 3 October 2019, the club announced a naming sponsorship deal with

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. Ultimately, in its inaugural season, Olympiacos B Development Team was eliminated at the Last 32 stage of the Greek Cup competition by Anatolia Thessaloniki, by a score of 91–76; and finished with a record of 17–4 in the Greek 2nd Division, which was the second best record in the league, behind only Charilaos Trikoupis' 19–2 record. However, due to the Hellenic Basketball Federation's punishment of a deduction of 6 points (3 wins), the team was dropped down to a sixth place finish in the league's final standings.

Arena

Olympiacos Basketball Club B plays its home games at the Peace and Friendship Stadium's Training Facility, which is located in

Season by season

* In the 2019–20 season, Olympiacos B Development Team had the 2nd best record in the

's regular season, at 17–4, but they were deducted a total of 6 points (3 wins) by the Hellenic Basketball Federation. That was due to a punishment of the senior club of

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 number ...

, for its forfeiting of several Greek Basket League and Greek Cup games, during the previous 2018–19 season. As a result, Olympiacos B Development Team was placed in 6th place in the Greek A2 Basket League's 2019–20 season standings.

Players

Current roster

Depth chart

Squad changes for the 2021–2022 season

In

( return from loan)

Out

(

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) (

)

Notable players

Greece: *

Nikos Arsenopoulos Nikolaos "Nikos" Arsenopoulos ( el, Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Αρσενόπουλος; born May 19, 2000) is a Greek professional basketball player for PAOK of the Greek Basket League. He is a 1.98 m (6'6") tall and 91 kg (200 lb.) ...

* Vassilis Christidis * Iosif Koloveros *

Petros Melissaratos Petros-Charalampos Melissaratos ( el, Πέτρος-Χαράλαμπος Μελισσαράτος; born April 10, 1993) is a Greek professional basketball player for Milon Athens of the Greek A2 Basket League. He is a 2.06 m (6'9") tall center. ...

Thomas Nikou Thomas Nikou ( el, Θωμάς Νίκου; born June 25, 1980) is a Greek professional basketball player for Eleftheroupoli of the Greek A2 Basket League. He is a 1.85 m (6'1") tall point guard. Professional career After playing in the Greek mi ...

* Stathis Papadionysiou * Andreas Petropoulos *

Dionysis Skoulidas Dionysis "Sakis" Skoulidas (alternate spelling: Dionisis) (Greek: Διονύσης "Σάκης" Σκουλίδας; born July 29, 1997) is a Greek professional basketball player for Doxa Lefkadas of the Greek 2nd Division. Born in Maroussi, Athe ...

Andreas Tsoumanis Andreas Tsoumanis (alternate spelling: Antreas) ( el, Ανδρέας Τσουμάνης; born July 15, 2001) is a Greek professional basketball player for Sagrado Corazón Cáceres of the Liga EBA. He is a tall small forward-power forward. Prof ...

* Apollon Tsochlas * Vangelis Tzolos *

Thomas Zevgaras Thomas Zevgaras ('' el, Θωμάς Ζευγαράς''; born January 16, 2001) is a Greek college basketball player for the Newman Jets for the seasons 2022-23 and 2023-24. Previously, he played at the Incarnate Word Cardinals of the NCAA Division ...

Europe: *

Aleksej Pokuševski Aleksej Pokuševski ( sr-cyr, Алексеј Покушевски; born 26 December 2001) is a Serbian professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Standing at and weighing , he plays ...

Head coaches

References

External links

Eurobasket.com Team Profile
{{Greek A2 Basket League Olympiacos Olympiacos B.C. Olympiacos B.C. B 2019 establishments in Greece Basketball teams established in 2019 Basketball teams in Greece Sports clubs in Piraeus