Greek A2 Basketball League

"A2 Ethniki" redirects here. For other uses, see A2 Ethniki (disambiguation).

Greek A2 Basketball League

Current season, competition or edition: 2015–16 Greek A2 Basketball League
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Sport	Basketball
Founded	1986
Inaugural season	1986–87
No. of teams	14
Country	Greece
Continent	Europe
Most recent champion(s)	Kavala (1st title)
Most titles	Papagou (3 titles) Sporting (3 titles)
Level on pyramid	2nd Tier (Greece)
Promotion to	Greek Basket League
Relegation to	Greek B League
Domestic cup(s)	Greek Cup
Official website	basket.gr (Greek)

The Greek A2 Basketball League (Greek: Α2 Εθνική καλαθοσφαίρισης) (A2 Ethniki Basketball), often called the Greek A2 League, is the 2nd tier professional basketball competition among pro clubs in Greece. It is organized by the Hellenic Basketball Federation. The league has 14 teams. The first division is the Greek Basket League, which consists of 14 teams.

History

In the 1986–87 season, the current format for Greek professional basketball, consisting of the A1 National Category and the A2 National Category was formed.

Starting with the 2015–16 season, playoffs were added between the 2nd and 5th placed teams for promotion to the 1st tier Greek Basket League, and a one game play-out was added to decide relegation to the 3rd tier Greek B League.

Promotion and relegation

At the end of each season, the following promotion and relegation takes place:

• The top two teams in the A2 are promoted to the Greek Basket League.
• These teams are replaced by the bottom two teams from the Greek Basket League.
• The bottom two teams in the A2 are relegated to the Greek B League.
• These teams are replaced by the top two teams in the Greek B League.

Champions

• 1986–87 to 1991–92: A2 National Category
• 1992–93 to present: Greek A2 Basketball League

Season Champion Runner-up 1986–87 Panellinios Pagrati 1987–88 Sporting Philippos Thessaloniki 1988–89 Peristeri Pagrati 1989–90 Papagou Philippos Thessaloniki 1990–91 Sporting (2) Dafni 1991–92 Apollon Patras Peiraikos Syndesmos 1992–93 Papagou (2) Milon 1993–94 Ampelokipi Sporting 1994–95 Papagou (3) Irakleio 1995–96 Peiraikos VAO 1996–97 Irakleio Dafni 1997–98 Near East Maroussi 1998–99 Dafni Esperos Kallitheas 1999–00 Makedonikos Milon 2000–01 KAOD Ionikos N.F. 2001–02 Makedonikos (2) Olympia Larissa

Season Champion Runner-up 2002–03 Apollon Patras (2) Paleo Faliro 2003–04 Panellinios (2) MENT 2004–05 Kolossos Rodou Gymnastikos S. Larissas 2005–06 Olympias Patras Egaleo 2006–07 Sporting (3) Kolossos Rodou 2007–08 Trikala 2000 Panorama 2008–09 Peristeri (2) Ilysiakos 2009–10 Ikaros Iraklis Thessaloniki 2010–11 KAOD (2) Rethymno Aegean 2011–12 Panelefsiniakos Apollon Patras 2012–13 AENK Aries Trikala 2013–14 AEK Athens Koroivos 2014–15 Kavala Arkadikos 2015–16 TBD TBD

Eurobasket.com Player of the Year

(as awarded by the website Eurobasket.com)

Player of the Year	Team	Season
Dimos Dikoudis	Olympia Larissa	1996–97
Dimos Dikoudis (2)	Olympia Larissa	1997–98
Theo Papaloukas	Dafni	1998–99
Kostas Charalampidis	Makedonikos	1999–00
Kostas Sdrakas	KAOD	2000–01
Kostas Charalampidis (2)	Makedonikos	2001–02
Nikos Argyropoulos	Apollon Patras	2002–03
Kostas Christou	MENT	2003–04
Vangelis Karampoulas	Sporting	2004–05
Vasileios Symtsak	Doukas	2005–06
Dimitrios Spanoulis	Xanthi	2006–07
Nikos Kaklamanos	Trikala 2000	2007–08
Apostolos Koutroulias	Near East	2008–09
Nikos Liakopoulos	Ikaros	2009–10
Dionysios Giannakopoulos	Lavrio	2010–11
Nikos Argyropoulos (2)	Apollon Patras	2011–12
Vangelis Karampoulas (2)	AENK	2012–13
Petros Noeas	Koroivos	2013–14
Ioannis Dimakos	Psychiko	2014–15

See also

• Greek Basket League
• Greek Cup
• HEBA Greek All-Star Game
• Greek B League
• HEBA

External links

• Official Hellenic Basketball Federation Site (Greek)
• Greek A2 Basketball League Stats
• Greek A2 News, Results, Transfers, Opinions
• Basketblog.gr (Greek)
• Greekhoopz.com (Greek)
• Greekbball.com (Greek)