1999–2000 Greek Basket League

The 1999–2000 Greek Basket League season was the 60th season of the Greek Basket League, the highest tier professional basketball league in Greece. It was also the 8th season of Greek Basket League championship that was regulated by HEBA (ESAKE). The winner of the league was Panathinaikos, which beat PAOK in the league's playoff's finals, although the regular season winner was Olympiacos.[1] The clubs Sporting and Esperos were relegated to the Greek A2 League. The top scorer of the league was Alphonso Ford, a player of Peristeri.[2] Željko Rebrača was voted the MVP of the league.[3]

1999–2000 Greek Basket League season
LeagueGreek Basket League
SportBasketball
Number of teams14
Regular Season
Season championsOlympiacos
Season MVPFederal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Rebrača
Top scorerUnited States Alphonso Ford 586 Points
Playoffs
Finals
ChampionsPanathinaikos
  Runners-upPAOK
Finals MVPFederal Republic of Yugoslavia Dejan Bodiroga
Greek Basket League seasons
← 1998–99

Teams edit

Club Home city
AEK Athens Athens
Aris Thessaloniki
Dafni Dafni, Athens
Esperos Kallithea, Athens
Irakleio Irakleio
Iraklis Thessaloniki
Maroussi Maroussi, Athens
Near East Kaisariani, Athens
Olympiacos Piraeus
Panathinaikos Athens
Panionios Nea Smyrni, Athens
PAOK Thessaloniki
Peristeri Peristeri, Athens
Sporting Athens

Regular season edit

Pos Team Total Home Away
Pts Pld W L F A GD W L W L
1. Olympiacos 47 26 21 5 1.869 1.642 +227 12 1 9 4
2. Panathinaikos 47 26 21 5 1.990 1.681 +309 11 2 10 3
3. AEK Athens 45 26 19 7 1.938 1.740 +198 11 2 8 5
4. PAOK 42 26 16 10 1.916 1.813 +103 11 2 5 8
5. Peristeri 41 26 15 11 1.935 1.880 +55 9 4 6 7
6. Panionios 40 26 14 12 1.920 1.891 +29 10 3 4 9
7. Iraklis 40 26 14 12 1.882 1.789 +93 10 3 4 9
8. Aris 40 26 14 12 1.847 1.850 -3 9 4 4 9
9. Near East 37 26 11 15 1.992 2.009 -107 10 3 1 12
10. Maroussi 37 26 11 15 1.823 1.873 -50 5 8 6 7
11. Irakleio 37 26 11 15 2.008 1.985 +22 7 6 4 9
12. Dafni 34 26 8 18 1.829 2.014 -185 5 8 3 10
13. Esperos 31 26 5 21 1.783 2.110 -327 5 8 0 13
14. Sporting 29 26 3 23 1.719 2.083 -364 2 11 1 12

Source: esake.gr, galanissportsdata.com Archived 2014-07-07 at the Wayback Machine

Playoffs edit

Play-off Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Olympiacos 2
Aris 2 Aris 0
Near East 0 Olympiacos 0
PAOK 2
PAOK 2
Peristeri 2 Peristeri 1
Dafni 1 Panathinaikos 3
PAOK 0
Panathinaikos 2
Iraklis 2 Iraklis 0
Maroussi 0 Panathinaikos 2 Third place
AEK Athens 1
AEK Athens 2 Olympiacos 3
Panionios 2 Panionios 1 AEK Athens 1
Irakleio 2

The finals edit

Final standings edit

Pos Team
1. Panathinaikos
2. PAOK
3. Olympiacos
4. AEK Athens
5. Peristeri
6. Panionios
7. Iraklis
8. Aris
9. Near East
10. Maroussi
11. Irakleio
12. Dafni
13. Esperos
14. Sporting

Top Players edit

Category Player Team Average
Points   Alphonso Ford Peristeri 22,7
Rebounds   James Forrest Irakleio 11,3
Assists   Byron Dinkins Iraklis 4,5
Steals   Vassil Evtimov Dafni 1,9
Blocks   Željko Rebrača Panathinaikos 1,7

Clubs in international competitions edit

Team Competition Result
Panathinaikos FIBA EuroLeague Final 4, 1st place
Olympiacos Playoffs, Top 16
PAOK Playoffs, Top 16
AEK FIBA Saporta Cup Final, 1st place
Iraklis Quarterfinals, Home and away format
Maroussi FIBA Korać Cup Playoffs, Quarterfinals, Home and away format
Aris Playoffs, Top 16, Home and away format
Peristeri Playoffs, Top 16, Home and away format
Near East Playoffs, Third round, Home and away format

References edit

  1. ^ "Όλοι οι τελικοί της Α1 και η χρυσή Βίβλος". sport24.gr. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Η μεγάλη των σκόρερ σχολή". ebasket.gr. Archived from the original on 19 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Οι παλιοί MVP". sport24.gr. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.

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