Greek basketball league system

The Greek basketball league system or Greek basketball league pyramid, is a series of interconnected competitions for professional basketball clubs in Greece. The system has a hierarchical format with a promotion and relegation system between competitions at different levels. There are currently eight different competitions on the pyramid: the 1st-tier Greek Basket League, the 2nd-tier Greek A2 Basket League, the 3rd-tier Greek B Basket League, the 4th-tier Greek C Basket League, the 5th-tier ESKA A Category, the 6th-tier ESKA B Category, the 7th-tier ESKA C Category, and the 8th-tier ESKA D Category.

The tier pyramid

Level	League
1	Greek Basket League National Professional 1st Division (The 1st Division of the First National League, or "A1 National") (All clubs must be legally licensed, registered, and recognized as fully professional clubs.) (14 teams)
2	Greek A2 Basket League National Professional 2nd Division (The 2nd Division of the First National League, or "A2 National") (Clubs don't have to be legally licensed as professional entities. Some are and some are not.) (16 teams)
3	Greek B Basket League National Semi-professional 3rd Division (The Second National League, or "B National") (31 teams) (2nd-tier level from 1961–1986)
4	Greek C Basket League National Amateur Division (The Third National League, or "C National") (57 teams)
5	ESKA A Category Local 1st Division (138 teams)
6	ESKA B Category Local 2nd Division (132 teams)
7	ESKA C Category Local 3rd Division (110 teams)
8	ESKA D Category Local 4th Division (77 teams)

Other competitions

Greek Cup

References

External links

Basketball in Greece
Hellenic Basketball Federation
National Teams	Men's A Men's B Women's A Men's Under-21 Men's Under-20 Men's Under-19 Men's Under-18 Men's Under-17 Men's Under-16
League Competitions	Greek Basket League Greek A2 Basket League Greek B Basket League Greek C Basket League Greek Women's Basket Greek A2 Women's Basket Greek Basket League System
Cup Competitions	Greek Cup Greek Women's Cup
Other	HEBA Greek All-Star Game Greek League Awards Greek League MVP Greek League Finals MVP Greek Cup MVP Greek Clubs Greek clubs in Europe Acropolis Tournament Greek NBA Players / NBA Draft Picks Greek League Statistical Leaders Greek Clubs By Number Of Titles List of indoor arenas in Greece

Greek Basketball Championship
HEBA Greek League System Greek League Awards Greek League MVP Greek League Finals MVP Greek Cup MVP Statistical Leaders All-Star Game Tendex Economy
Panhellenic Basketball Championship 1927–28 to 1962–63	1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63
Alpha National Category 1963–64 to 1985–86	1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86
Alpha1 National Category 1986–87 to 1991–92	1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92
HEBA Alpha1 1992–93 to 2011–12	1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12
Greek Basket League 2012–13 to present	2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18

Greek A2 Basket League
Seasons	2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
Current Teams	AEL Amyntas Arkadikos Doukas Ethnikos Piraeus G.S. Larissas Holargos Iraklio Iraklis Thessaloniki Kavala Machites Pagrati Psychiko

League systems in sport

Association
football

AFC	Afghanistan Australia Bahrain Bangladesh China East Timor Guam Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Japan Korea Kuwait Macau Malaysia Mongolia Myanmar Northern Mariana Islands Pakistan Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Thailand Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Vietnam
CAF	Algeria Burkina Faso Burundi Cape Verde Central African Republic Comoros Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Ghana Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Madagascar Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Nigeria Réunion São Tomé and Príncipe Seychelles Somalia South Africa
CONCACAF	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Canada Cayman Islands Costa Rica Cuba Curaçao Dominican Republic El Salvador French Guiana Guadeloupe Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Martinique Mexico Montserrat Nicaragua Panama Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Martin Sint Maarten Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands United States United States Virgin Islands
CONMEBOL	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela
OFC	New Zealand Papua New Guinea Tahiti Tuvalu
UEFA	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England (women's) Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany (women's) Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

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Shinty

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Greek basketball league system

The tier pyramid

Other competitions

See also

References

External links