The Greek women's Basketball League, also known as A1 Ethniki (A1 National) Women's Basketball is the most important competition of Greek women's professional

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. It is organised by the EOK (

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). It began with the 1967–68 season. The first championship of the league, which was held in the 1967–68 season, was organised by ΕΟΑΠ (

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: ''Ελληνική Ομοσπονδία Αθλοπαιδιών''). Two years later, the EOK assumed control of the competition.

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won the inaugural championship of the league, in the 1967–68 season. From 1976 to 1999, Sporting Athens dominated the competition, winning 20 championships in that period (they also won another championship in 2004). So far, Sporting has won the most league championships (21 in total). From 2008 to 2012,

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dominated exclusively, breaking the record of consecutive wins in the Greek Women's League. The successes of Olympiacos Piraeus were entered into the

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. The consecutive win streak of Olympiacos was finally halted at 117 wins. The current champion of the league is Olympiacos Piraeus, which has won nine league championships.

History

The Greek Women's Basketball League competition started in 1968. In the 1984–85 season, the competition was renamed to A National, and in the 1997–98 season, it was renamed to A1 National. Simultaneously, the second division was created under the name A2 National. In 2010, the organisers of the league championship decided to add playoff rounds to the competition.

Current teams

The clubs for the 2023–24 season:

Titles holders

* 1967–68

* 1968–69

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* 1969–70

* 1970–71

* 1971–72

* 1972–73

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* 1973–74

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* 1974–75

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* 1975–76 Sporting Athens * 1976–77 Sporting Athens * 1977–78 Olympiacos Volou * 1978–79 Sporting Athens * 1979–80 Sporting Athens * 1980–81 Sporting Athens * 1981–82

* 1982–83 Sporting Athens * 1983–84 Sporting Athens * 1984–85 Sporting Athens * 1985–86 Sporting Athens * 1986–87 Sporting Athens * 1987–88 Sporting Athens * 1988–89 Sporting Athens * 1989–90 Sporting Athens * 1990–91 Sporting Athens * 1991–92

* 1992–93 Sporting Athens * 1993–94 Sporting Athens * 1994–95 Sporting Athens * 1995–96 Sporting Athens * 1996–97 Sporting Athens * 1997–98 Panathinaikos * 1998–99 Sporting Athens * 1999–00 Panathinaikos * 2000–01

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* 2001–02

* 2002–03

* 2003–04 Sporting Athens * 2004–05 Panathinaikos * 2005–06 Esperides Kallitheas * 2006–07

Panionios Panionios G.S.S. Football Club (Greek: ΠΑΕ Πανιώνιος Γ.Σ.Σ.), the ''Pan-Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'' (Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis''), ...

* 2007–08 Esperides Kallitheas * 2008–09

* 2009–10

* 2010–11

* 2011–12

* 2012–13 Panathinaikos * 2013–14 Elliniko-Sourmena * 2014–15 Elliniko-Sourmena * 2015–16 Olympiacos Piraeus * 2016–17 Olympiacos Piraeus * 2017–18 Olympiacos Piraeus * 2018–19 Olympiacos Piraeus * 2019–20 Olympiacos Piraeus * 2020–21 Panathinaikos * 2021–22 Olympiacos Piraeus * 2022–23 Olympiacos Piraeus * 2023–24 Olympiacos Piraeus * 2024–25 Olympiacos Piraeus

Performance by club

Sponsors supporters

* Spalding * Aegean

References

External links

Hellenic Basketball Federation

Greek Women's Basketball League
at basket.gr
Eurobasket.com, Greek Basketball (Women)
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