Olympia Larissa BC
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| Olympia Larissa BC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Leagues | Greek League, EuroCup |
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| Founded | 1979 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| History | 1979 - present | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Arena | Larissa Neapolis Arena (seating capacity: 3,958 5,500 with seat extension) |
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| Location | Larissa, Greece | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Team colors | Orange and blue | |||||||||||||||||||||
| President |  Georgios Malakos |
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| Head coach | Giorgos Bartzokas |
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| Championships | none | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympia Larissas Club (BC) is a Greek sports club founded in 1979, making it one of the youngest sports clubs in Greece. The club is based in Larissa, a Greek city located in the Thessaly periphery with a population of 124,376 and equally distant from Athens and Thessaloniki. Its colors are orange and blue. Olympia Larissa's home arena is the Larissa Neapolis Arena. The club has elected the famous Greek player Dimos Dikoudis.
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Olympia Larissa BC is a Greek prospect team that has been ascending of late in the Greek championship, A1 Ethniki. During the 2006-2007 season, Olympia Larissa placed 7th in regular season and qualified to the play-offs for the first time, with core leaders such as former University of Florida standout Matt Walsh, recent 2007 NBA Draft second round draft pick Giorgos Printezis and Giorgos Tsiaras. Olympia Larissas is a team composed of young players on the rise with a promising future. In 2007-2008, Olympia qualified for second consecutive year in play-offs placing 8th in regular season, as in EuroCup the team reached the stage of 16 and in Greek Cup the quarter-finals.
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[edit] External Links
- Official Club Website
- City of Larissa
- Hellenic Basketball League
- FIBA
- Union of European Leagues of Basketball
- Galanis Sports Data
- INTIME Sports Photo Agency
