2008–09 Greek Basket League

2008–09 Greek Basket League season
League	Greek Basket League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	4 October 2008 – 3 June 2009
Number of teams	14
TV partner(s)	ANT1, ERT, Nova Sports
Regular Season
Season champions	Olympiacos
Season MVP	Vassilis Spanoulis
Top scorer	Kee-Kee Clark
Playoffs
Finals
Champions	Panathinaikos
Runners-up	Olympiacos

The 2008–09 Greek Basket League season was the 69th season of the Greek Basket League, the highest tier professional basketball 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.^[1] The playoffs ended on June 3, 2009.

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Total							Home		Away
		Pts	Pld	W	L	F	A	D	W	L	W	L
1.	Olympiacos	51	26	25	1	2229	1826	+403	13	0	12	1
2.	Panathinaikos	48	26	22	4	2277	1797	+480	13	0	9	4
3.	Aris	45	26	19	7	1883	1775	+108	11	2	8	5
4.	Maroussi	43	26	17	9	2035	1921	+114	9	4	8	5
5.	Panellinios	43	26	17	9	2037	1888	+149	10	3	7	6
6.	Panionios	42	26	16	10	1948	1931	+17	10	3	6	7
7.	PAOK	38	26	12	14	2005	1991	+14	9	4	3	10
8.	Kolossos Rodou	38	26	12	14	1900	1988	-88	8	5	4	9
9.	AEK Athens	37	26	11	15	1896	1998	-102	8	5	3	10
10.	Kavala	35	26	9	17	1765	1948	-183	7	6	2	11
11.	Olympia Larissa	34	26	8	18	1769	1907	-138	5	8	3	10
12.	Trikala	32	26	6	20	1901	2115	-214	5	8	1	12
13.	Egaleo	32	26	6	20	1793	2035	-242	4	9	2	11
14.	AEL	28	26	2	24	1833	2151	-318	2	11	0	13

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

	Qualification to League Playoffs
	Relegation to HEBA A2

Results

Results as of December 19, 2008^[1]

	AEK	AEL	ARI	EGA	KAV	KOL	MAR	OLL	OLY	PAO	PGS	PAN	PAOK	TRI
AEK Athens				71-57		78-59		72-70			59-72	85-87
AEL	63-62					69-76			72-90					73-71
Aris	77-61			75-57		72-53	83-73				70-64		87-76
Egaleo					72-77			72-81	65-90	81-96
Kavala
Kolossos Rodou										66-92
Maroussi				66-72		82-67
Olympia Larissa									66-82					67-66
Olympiacos			74-57
Panathinaikos		102-58					82-54
Panellinios								82-60
Panionios
PAOK											60-74	76-80
Trikala													66-77

Playoffs

This is the outlook for the 2009 Α1 playoffs. Teams in italics have home advantage. Teams in bold advance to the next round. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoffs seeding. Numbers to the right indicate the score of each game.

Quarter-finals					Semi-finals							Finals

1	Olympiacos	84	86	–
8	Kolossos Rodou	61	76	–
					1	Olympiacos	102	93	81	–	–

					4	Maroussi	80	78	67	–	–
4	Maroussi	82	93	–

5	Panellinios	77	57	–
												1	Olympiacos	67	64	74	81	–
												2	Panathinaikos	69	91	70	94	–
2	Panathinaikos	97	82	–
7	PAOK	54	78	–
					2	Panathinaikos	84	66	71	–	–

					3	Aris	80	53	69	–	–	Euroleague Qualification Rounds Match
3	Aris	75	79	–

6	Panionios	74	75	–								3	Aris	90	78	82	70	72
												4	Maroussi	86	85	57	72	76

Final standings

Pos	Team
1.	Panathinaikos
2.	Olympiacos
3.	Maroussi
4.	Aris
5.	Panellinios
6.	Panionios
7.	PAOK
8.	Kolossos Rodou
9.	AEK Athens
10.	Kavala
11.	Olympia Larissa
12.	Trikala
13.	Egaleo
14.	AEL

	Euroleague 2009-10 Regular Season
	Euroleague 2009-10 Qualification Round
	Eurocup 2009-10 Regular Season
	Eurocup 2009-10 Qualification Round
	Relegation to HEBA A2 2009-10

Aris was granted a wildcard to play in the Euroleague 2009-10 Qualification Round.

Greek Basket League 2008-09 Champions
Panathinaikos 30th Title

Greek League Best Five

Player	Team
Best Five
Vassilis Spanoulis (MVP)	Panathinaikos
Šarūnas Jasikevičius	Panathinaikos
Mike Batiste	Panathinaikos
Ioannis Bourousis	Olympiacos
Nikola Peković	Panathinaikos

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "A1 Fixtures". Archived from the original on 2008-08-04. Retrieved 2008-12-19.

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