The 2008–09 Greek Basket League season was the 69th season of the

Greek Basket League The Greek Basketball League (GBL), and also known as the Stoiximan Greek Basketball League (GBL) for sponsorship reasons, is the Greek basketball league system, first tier level professional basketball league in Greece. It is run by the ...

, the highest tier professional

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league in Greece. The 182-game regular season (26 games for each of the 14 teams) began on Saturday, October 4, 2008, and ended on Sunday, May 10, 2009. The playoffs ended on June 3, 2009.

Teams

Regular season

Standings

Pts=Points, Pld=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, D=Points difference

Results

''Results as of December 19, 2008''

Playoffs

This is the outlook for the 2009 Α1 playoffs. Teams in bold advance to the next round.

Final standings

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was granted a wildcard to play in the

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Qualification Round.

Awards

Greek League MVP

Vassilis Spanoulis Vassilis Spanoulis (), also commonly known as Bill Spanoulis (), or Billy Spanoulis (; born 7 August 1982) is a Greek former professional basketball player and basketball coach, coach, who is currently the head coach for AS Monaco Basket, AS Mon ...

– Panathinaikos

Greek League Finals MVP

* Drew Nicholas – Panathinaikos

All-Greek League Team

– Panathinaikos *

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– Panathinaikos * Mike Batiste – Panathinaikos *

Ioannis Bourousis Ioannis Bourousis, commonly known as Giannis Bourousis (alternate spelling: Yannis, Greek: Ιωάννης "Γιάννης" Μπουρούσης; born November 17, 1983) is a Greek former professional basketball player and basketball executive. He ...

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Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós (, Olympic Association of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number of different competitive departments which participate in football, ...

Nikola Peković Nikola Peković (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Пековић; born 3 January 1986) is a Montenegrin businessman, basketball executive and former professional player who is the current president of the Basketball Federation of Montenegro. He beg ...

– Panathinaikos

Best Coach

Željko Obradović Željko Obradović ( sr-cyrl, Желимир "Жељко" Обрадовић, ; born 9 March 1960) is a Serbian professional basketball Coach (basketball), coach and former professional player who is the head coach for KK Partizan, Partizan of the ...

– Panathinaikos

Best Defender

Dimitris Diamantidis Dimitrios 'Dimitris' Diamantidis ( ; born 6 May 1980) is a retired Greek professional basketball player, who spent the last twelve seasons of his EuroLeague career with Panathinaikos BC, Panathinaikos. Widely regarded as one of the greatest Europ ...

– Panathinaikos

Best Young Player

Kostas Papanikolaou Konstantinos "Kostas" Papanikolaou (; born 31 July 1990) nicknamed "Air Pap" is a Greek professional basketball player and the team captain for Olympiacos of the Greek Basket League (GBL) and the EuroLeague. Standing at 2.04 m (6'8 "), he play ...

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Statistical leaders

Greek Basket League stats leaders are counted by totals, rather than averages, and include both regular season.

Points

Rebounds

Assists

Steals

Blocks

Source:

Clubs in international competitions

References

External links

Official HEBA Site

Official Hellenic Basketball Federation Site

Galanis Sports Data
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