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2008–09 Greek Basket League

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.

2008–09 Greek Basket League season
LeagueGreek Basket League
SportBasketball
Duration4 October 2008 – 3 June 2009
Number of teams14
TV partner(s)ANT1, ERT, Nova Sports
Regular Season
Season championsOlympiacos
Season MVPGreece Vassilis Spanoulis
Top scorerUnited States Anthony Grundy 399 Points
Playoffs
Finals
ChampionsPanathinaikos
  Runners-upOlympiacos
Finals MVPUnited States Drew Nicholas
Greek Basket League seasons

Teams edit

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Location of teams in Greek Basket League 2008–09
Club Home city
AEK Athens Athens
AEL 1964 Larissa
Aigaleo Aigaleo, Athens
Aris Thessaloniki
Kavala Kavala
Kolossos Rodou Rhodes
Maroussi Maroussi, Athens
Olympia Larissa Larissa
Olympiacos Piraeus
Panathinaikos Athens
Panellinios Athens
Panionios Nea Smyrni, Athens
PAOK Thessaloniki
Trikala 2000 Trikala

Regular season edit

Standings edit

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. Aigaleo 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 edit

Results as of December 19, 2008[2]

AEK AEL AIG ARI KAV KOL MAR OLL OLY PAO PGS PAN PAOK TRI
AEK Athens 89-88 65-71 71-57 78-75 78-59 75-84 72-70 75-95 70-79 59-72 85-87 93-85 69-67
AEL 63-62 83-85 68-75 72-80 69-76 76-87 87-107 72-90 78-83 78-92 67-79 95-97 73-71
Aigaleo 59-61 90-56 80-66 72-77 72-81 62-66 72-81 65-90 81-96 88-99 53-76 78-74 78-71
Aris 77-61 77-62 75-57 78-59 72-53 83-73 62-46 73-77 69-74 70-64 71-59 87-76 68-61
Kavala 73-59 66-65 68-74 63-50 66-58 72-81 64-53 51-82 55-94 52-68 58-62 73-72 80-66
Kolossos Rodou 86-68 79-70 79-85 75-62 101-84 81-77 68-65 73-79 66-92 79-86 88-71 70-66 86-87
Maroussi 86-81 87-69 66-70 66-72 82-73 82-67 69-49 81-82 80-70 102-80 70-78 87-76 87-74
Olympia Larissa 82-77 68-67 55-73 77-61 72-61 62-73 69-78 66-82 65-90 64-71 78-82 74-80 67-66
Olympiacos 100-62 74-57 106-61 90-68 80-70 77-75 92-77
Panathinaikos 86-82 102-58 84-59 103-77 96-69 91-53 82-54 80-61 86-69 93-64 97-50 107-97 81-62
Panellinios 74-82 91-71 76-55 83-68 74-61 70-66 81-84 82-60 84-88 84-74 66-60 68-65 99-52
Panionios 74-57 89-85 93-77 78-67 75-60 70-84 71-91 72-70
PAOK 65-57 50-57 88-65 85-66 104-79 76-71 77-76 60-74 76-80
Trikala 79-70 82-84 73-61 86-82 75-94 73-81 69-93 93-88 66-77

Playoffs edit

This is the outlook for the 2009 Α1 playoffs. Teams in bold advance to the next round.

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 – – EuroLeague Qualification Rounds Match
3 Aris 80 53 69 – –
3 Aris 75 79 – 3 Aris 90 78 82 70 72
6 Panionios 74 75 – 4 Maroussi 86 85 57 72 76

Final standings edit

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. Aigaleo
14. AEL
2009–10 Euroleague Regular Season
2009–10 Euroleague Qualification Round
Eurocup 2009–10 Regular Season
Eurocup 2009–10 Qualification Round
Relegation to HEBA A2 2009–10
Greek Basket League 2008–09
Champions
 
Panathinaikos
30th Title

Awards edit

Main article: Greek Basket League awards

Most Valuable Player edit

Finals MVP edit

Top scorer edit

Defensive Player of the Year edit

Best Young Player edit

Coach of the Year edit

Greek League Best Five edit

Best Five
Player Team
  Vassilis Spanoulis (MVP) Panathinaikos
  Šarūnas Jasikevičius Panathinaikos
  Mike Batiste Panathinaikos
  Ioannis Bourousis Olympiacos
  Nikola Peković Panathinaikos
Best Defensive Five
Player Team
  Dimitris Diamantidis (Best Defender) Panathinaikos
  Marios Batis Olympia Larissa
  Josh Childress Olympiacos
  Torin Francis Larisa
  Antanas Kavaliauskas Kavala

Clubs in international competitions edit

Team Competition Result
Panathinaikos EuroLeague Final-4, 1st place
Olympiacos Final-4, 4th place
Panionios Regular season, 6th place
Maroussi EuroCup Top 16, 3rd place
Panellinios Top 16, 4th place
Aris Regular season, 3rd place
Olympia Larissa FIBA EuroChallenge Regular season, 4th place

References edit

  1. ^ "A1 Fixtures". Archived from the original on 2008-08-04. Retrieved 2008-12-19.
  2. ^ "Results table from esake.gr". Archived from the original on December 17, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-19.

External links edit

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