Greek A2 Basketball League

Greek A2 Basketball League

Current season, competition or edition: 2014–15 Greek A2 Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1986
Inaugural season	1986–87
No. of teams	14
Country	Greece
Continent	Europe
Most recent champion(s)	AEK Athens (1st title)
Most titles	Papagou (3 titles) Sporting (3 titles)
TV partner(s)	NERIT Sports Nova Sports SKAI TV
Level on pyramid	2nd Tier (Greece)
Promotion to	Greek Basket League
Relegation to	Greek B Basketball League
Domestic cup(s)	Greek Cup
Official website	basket.gr (Greek)

The Greek A2 Basketball League (Greek: Α2 Εθνική καλαθοσφαίρισης), 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.

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 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 B League.

Champions

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

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	Olympia Larissa	1997–98
Theo Papaloukas	Dafni	1998–99
Kostas Charalampidis	Makedonikos	1999–00
Kostas Sdrakas	KAOD	2000–01
Kostas Charalampidis	Makedonikos	2001–02
Nikos Argyropoulos	Apollon Patras	2002–03
Kostas Christou	MENT	2003–04
Vangelis Karampoulas	Sporting	2004–05
Vassilis Simtsak	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	Apollon Patras	2011–12
Vangelis Karampoulas	AENK	2012–13
Petros Noeas	Koroivos	2013–14

See also

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

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