Costas Rigas

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Costas Rigas
Born March 29, 1944 (1944-03-29) (age 64)
Greece
Nationality Flag of Greece Greece
Occupation Euroleague referee/
FIBA referee
(1977–1992)

Costas Rigas (born March 29, 1944 in Greece), is a retired Greek basketball player and a former basketball referee.

Rigas played for Amyntas bc, in Greece. He joined the youth greek national team for one game.

In 1977 Rigas became an international referee and through his career he refereed 23 title games. Highlights of his career are 1984 Olympic final and the 1986 FIBA World Championship title game, 1992 Olympics women final, four Euroleague finals (1984, 1985, 1986, 1991) and 4 Korac Cup title games.

Later he was chosen as Euroleague's director of referees. Costas Rigas is a member Euroleague's 50 greatest contributors and a candidate member of FIBA Hall of Fame.

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Euroleague's 50 Greatest Contributors List
Players

Fragiskos Alvertis • Sergei Belov • Miki Berkovich • Dejan Bodiroga • Wayne Brabender • Juan Antonio Corbalan • Krešimir Ćosić • Mike D'Antoni • Dražen Dalipagić • Predrag Danilović • Mirza Delibašić • Vlade Divac • Aleksandar Đorđević • Nikos Galis • Manu Ginóbili • Saras Jasikevičius • Radivoj Korać • Toni Kukoč • Clifford Luyk • Pierluigi Marzorati • Bob McAdoo • Dino Meneghin • Bob Morse • Aldo Ossola • Theo Papaloukas • Anthony Parker • Dražen Petrović • Dino Rađa • Manolo Raga • Antonello Riva • Emiliano Rodríguez • Arvydas Sabonis • J.A. San Epifanio • Walter Szczerbiak • Panagiotis Yannakis
Coaches
Pedro Ferrándiz • Pini Gershon • Alexandar Gomelskiy • Dušan Ivković • Božidar Maljković • Ettore Messina • Aca Nikolić • Željko Obradović • Dan Peterson • Lolo Sainz
Referees
Artenik Aradabjian • Mikhail Davidov • Lubomir Kotleba • Ivan Mainini • Costas Rigas