G.S. Olympia Larissa B.C.

Olympia Larisas
Leagues	Greek League Greek Cup
Founded	1979
History	1979 – Present
Arena	Larissa Neapolis Arena
Arena Capacity	Basketball: 4,000 (permanent upper-tier seats) 5,500 (with retractable lower-tier seats)[1]
Location	Larissa, Greece
Team colors	Orange      Blue
President	Georgios Malakos
Uniforms
Home Away

Olympia Larissa B.C. (alternate spellings: Olimpia, Larissas, Larisa, Larisas) (Greek: Ολύμπια Λάρισας) is a Greek professional basketball club that is based in Larissa, Greece. The club's full name is Olympia Larissa Basketball Club. It was founded in 1979, making it one of the youngest sports clubs in Greece. Its colors are orange and blue. Olympia Larissa's home arena is the Larissa Neapolis Arena.

Notable Greek players that have played with the club include: Georgios Printezis, Dimos Dikoudis, and Nikos Oikonomou.

History

Olympia Larissa B.C. is a team that ascended in the mid to late 2000s, as a team primarily composed of young players on the rise, with a promising future. During the 2006–07 season, Olympia Larissa placed 7th in the Greek League regular season, and qualified to the Greek League playoffs for the first time, with core leaders such as former University of Florida standout Matt Walsh, 2007 NBA Draft second round draft pick Georgios Printezis, Georgios Tsiaras, and head coach Georgios Bartzokas.

In the 2007–08 season of the Greek League, Olympia qualified for the playoffs for the second consecutive year, after placing 8th in the regular season standings. In the 2007–08 season of the EuroChallenge, the team reached the Top 16 stage of the competition, and that same season in the Greek Cup, the club reached the quarterfinals.

In 2009, Olympia Larissa merged with AEL 1964, under the name G.S. Olympia Larissas. After a year, the club was relegated.

Notable players

Notable coaches

Women's team

The club's women's basketball section, compete in the 2015-16 season of the Greek Women's basketball second national tier, the A2 women's league.

References

External links

• Eurobasket.com Team Profile
• Olympia B.C. Channel

EuroCup 2007–08 Champions Barons LMT Runners-up Dexia Mons-Hainaut Third place Proteas EKA AEL Four place Tartu Ülikool/Rock Eliminated in quarter-finals CSK VSS Samara Khimik KK Zagreb Ural Great Eliminated in Group Stage Banvit BC Cherkasky Cholet Basket Lappeenrannan Lokomotiv Rostov Olympia Larissa PAOK BC Spartak Saint Petersburg Eliminated in Round 2 AEK Athens APOEL BC Dnipro BC Strumica BCM Gravelines BK Prostejov Iscar Nahariya K.R. Basket Keravnos KK Igokea Partizan Maroussi My Guide Amsterdam Olympiada Patras Plannja Basket U Mobitelco Cluj Zlatorog Lasko Eliminated in Round 1 Bakken Bears BC Odessa Cedevita Zagreb Elba Timisoara Energy Invest Rustavi Spartak-Pleven Group A Group B Group C Group D

International men's basketball FIBA National teams Olympics World Cup Universiade U-21 World Championship U-19 World Championship U-17 World Championship World Rankings Africa FIBA Africa – AfroBasket U-18 U-16 Americas FIBA Americas – FIBA Americas Championship U-18 U-16 Asia FIBA Asia – FIBA Asia Championship U-18 U-16 Europe FIBA Europe – EuroBasket U-20 U-18 U-16 Oceania FIBA Oceania – FIBA Oceania Championship U-20 U-18 U-16 Other tournaments Acropolis Tournament Adecco Cup Albert Schweitzer Tournament All-Africa Games Asian Games Commonwealth Games Belgrade Trophy Diamond Ball FIBA Asia Cup FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament Lusophony Games Marchand Cup Mediterranean Games MVP Cup Stanković Cup Pan American Games Pan Arab Games South Asian Games TBF International Under-16 Tournament William Jones Cup World Cup (Turkey) Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held.