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2021–22 Greek Basket League

The 2021–22 Basket League was the 10th season of the Basket League, the top professional basketball league in Greece since its establishment in 2012, and the 82nd season of top-flight greek basketball overall.

Basket League
Season2021–22
Number of games175
Number of teams13
Regular season
Season MVPBulgaria Sasha Vezenkov
RelegatedIraklis
Finals
ChampionsOlympiacos
(13th title)
  Runners-upPanathinaikos
Finals MVPBulgaria Sasha Vezenkov
Statistical leaders
Points United States Anthony Cowan 359
Rebounds United States Ousman Krubally 203
Assists Greece Vassilis Mouratos 152

Teams edit

Promotion and relegation (pre-season) edit

Relegated from the 2020-21 Basket League

Messolonghi

Promoted from the 2020-21 A2 League

Apollon
Olympiacos

Locations and arenas edit

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Locations of the 2021–22 Basket League teams
Club Location Arena Capacity
AEK Athens (Ano Liosia) Ano Liosia Olympic Hall 9,327
Apollon Patras Apollon Patras Indoor Hall 3,500
Aris Thessaloniki Alexandrio Melathron 5,138
Ionikos Piraeus (Nikaia) Platon Indoor Hall
1,206
Iraklis Thessaloniki Ivanofeio Sports Arena
2,500
Kolossos Rhodes Kallithea Palais des Sports 1,400
Larisa Larissa Neapolis Indoor Arena 4,000
Lavrio Lavrio Lavrio Indoor Hall 1,700
Olympiacos Piraeus Peace and Friendship Stadium 11,319
Panathinaikos Athens (Marousi) OAKA Indoor Hall 19,443
PAOK Thessaloniki (Pylaia) PAOK Sports Arena 8,500
Peristeri Athens (Peristeri) Peristeri Arena 4,000
Promitheas Patras Dimitris Tofalos Arena 4,150

Regular season edit

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos 24 23 1 2223 1743 +480 47 Advanced to playoffs
2 Panathinaikos OPAP 24 22 2 2003 1644 +359 46
3 Kolossos H Hotels 24 15 9 1801 1771 +30 39
4 AEK Athens 24 13 11 1827 1925 −98 37
5 Promitheas Patras 24 12 12 1857 1878 −21 36
6 Larisa 24 12 12 1856 1953 −97 36
7 Aris Thessaloniki 24 11 13 1832 1853 −21 35
8 Peristeri bwin 24 10 14 1808 1862 −54 34
9 PAOK mateco 24 10 14 1829 1818 +11 34
10 Lavrio Megabolt 24 8 16 1773 1928 −155 32
11 Apollon Patras 24 8 16 1748 1913 −165 32
12 Ionikos 24 6 18 1835 1988 −153 30
13 Iraklis 24 6 18 1795 1911 −116 27[a] Relegated to Greek A2 Basket League
Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2022. Source: ESAKE
Notes:
  1. ^ Iraklis were deducted 3 points by HEBA

Results edit

Home \ Away AEK APO ARIS ION IRA KOL LAR LAV OLY PAN PAOK PER PRO
AEK — 77–75 64–63 92–75 80–74 82–85 81–69 90–75 74–80 69–83 72–67 78–72 81–77
Apollon 84–68 — 74–73 80–72 89–95 76–80 74–82 72–62 68–94 48–90 95–91 74–72 59–71
Aris Thessaloniki 91–73 70–56 — 79–75 68–78 81–85 82–70 69–73 76–87 81–71 77–76 87–68 76–73
Ionikos 59–65 82–96 93–83 — 74–62 86–84 84–89 84–91 78–86 61–68 66–69 82–87 65–88
Iraklis 86–74 81–82 91–86 89–84 — 62–64 85–90 83–67 90–96 59–81 73–84 76–79 82–95
Kolossos 62–65 73–56 77–64 88–81 76–59 — 93–75 82–59 69–87 64–88 69–60 74–65 68–61
Larisa 82–65 83–74 84–81 86–84 55–70 81–77 — 66–75 70–101 86–90 74–70 63–78 84–77
Lavrio 81–82 82–66 68–64 59–61 84–71 81–84 77–91 — 72–108 82–91 59–61 52–75 90–82
Olympiacos 103–78 98–78 89–67 109–65 94–65 93–74 93–84 101–58 — 76–81 86–68 104–85 108–75
Panathinaikos 100–75 78–68 103–83 92–78 70–58 77–54 98–67 102–83 62–68 — 77–67 75–57 92–67
PAOK 96–72 81–76 96–64 79–80 72–69 86–80 82–71 73–89 73–84 64–81 — 86–87 84–65
Peristeri 101–81 78–68 67–70 79–82 71–68 70–78 71–77 91–80 67–93 62–77 68–67 — 81–88
Promitheas 85–89 80–60 62–82 88–84 78–69 76–61 91–77 79–71 66–85 67–76 84–77 82–77 —
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs edit

The eight highest ranked teams in the regular season qualify for the playoffs. Quarterfinals are being played in a "best of 3" format, while the rest of the series are being played in a "best of 5" format.

Bracket edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Olympiacos2
 
 
 
Peristeri0
 
Olympiacos3
 
 
 
Promitheas0
 
AEK0
 
 
 
Promitheas2
 
Olympiacos3
 
 
 
Panathinaikos0
 
Panathinaikos2
 
 
 
Aris0
 
Panathinaikos3
 
 
 
Larisa2 Third place
 
Kolossos0
 
 
 
Larisa2
 
Promitheas3
 
 
Larisa2
 


Quarterfinals edit

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Olympiacos 2–0 Peristeri 79–67 92–57 0
AEK 0–2 Promitheas 82–95 75–77 0
Panathinaikos 2–0 Aris 109–79 85–65 0
Kolossos 0–2 Larisa 63–71 82–83

Semifinals edit

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Olympiacos 3–0 Promitheas 116–73 102–72 106-69 0 0
Panathinaikos 3–2 Larisa 84–77 77-84 94-82 62-74 89-43

Third place series edit

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Promitheas 3–2 Larisa 78-89 84-88 83-78 94-76 96-56

Finals edit

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Olympiacos 3–0 Panathinaikos 74-61 78-72 93-74 0 0

Game 1 edit

11 June 2022 Olympiacos 74–61 Panathinaikos
21:00 Scoring by quarter: 23–4, 15–16, 17–18, 19–23
Pts: Sloukas 16,

Fall 14, Vezenkov 12
Rebs: Vezenkov, Fall 10
Asts: Walkup, Sloukas 4

Boxscore Arena: Peace and Friendship Stadium
Referees: Papapetrou, Poursanidis, Pitsilas

Game 2 edit

14 June 2022 Panathinaikos 72–78 Olympiacos
21:00 Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 25–12, 10–29, 16–17
Boxscore Pts: Sloukas 20,

Vezenkov 19, Dorsey 17
Rebs: Fall 10
Asts: Sloukas 4

Arena: O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall
Referees: Koromilas, Tsaroucha, Kardaris

Game 3 edit

17 June 2022 Olympiacos 93–74 Panathinaikos
21:00 Scoring by quarter: 28–26, 27–14, 8–13, 30–21
Pts: Vezenkov 25,

Sloukas 14
Rebs: Fall 7, Vezenkov 6
Asts: Sloukas 5

Boxscore Arena: Peace and Friendship Stadium
Referees: Papapetrou, Poursanidis, Zaxaris

Final standings edit

Pos Team Pld W L Qualification or Relegation
1 Olympiacos 32 31 1 Qualification to the EuroLeague
2 Panathinaikos 34 27 7
3 Promitheas 34 17 17 Qualification to the EuroCup
4 Larisa 36 18 18 Relegation to the Greek A2 League*
5 Kolossos 26 15 11
6 AEK 26 13 13 Qualification to the Basketball Champions League
7 Aris 26 11 15 Qualification to the FIBA Europe Cup
8 Peristeri 26 10 16 Qualification to the Basketball Champions League
9 PAOK 24 10 14
10 Lavrio 24 8 18
11 Apollon 24 8 18
12 Ionikos 24 6 18
13 Iraklis 24 6 18 Relegation to the Greek A2 League
  • *Larisa, despite finishing among the top four teams, did not get the necessary licence to compete to the next years' competition and thus relegrated to the lower category (Greek A2 League)

Awards edit

All official awards of the 2021–22 Greek League.

Pos. Player Team Ref.
Season MVP
PF   Sasha Vezenkov Olympiacos [1]
Finals MVP
PF   Sasha Vezenkov Olympiacos [2]
Top Scorer
SG   Anthony Cowan Jr. Aris [3]
Most Popular Player
PF   Sasha Vezenkov Olympiacos [4]
Most Improved Player
PF   Sasha Vezenkov Olympiacos [5]
Most Spectacular Player
SG   Stefan Moody Larisa [6]
Best Defender
PG   Thomas Walkup Olympiacos [7]
Best Young Player
SG   Omiros Netzipoglou Aris [8]
Best Coach
HD   Fotis Takianos Larisa [9]
All-Greek League Teams
First Team
PG   Kostas Sloukas Olympiacos [10]
SG   Stefan Moody Larisa
SF   Dimitris Agravanis Promitheas Patras
PF   Sasha Vezenkov (MVP) Olympiacos
C   Giorgos Papagiannis Panathinaikos
Second Team
PG   Vassilis Mouratos Lavrio [11]
SG   Tyler Dorsey Olympiacos
SF   Kostas Papanikolaou Olympiacos
PF   Ousman Krubally Larisa
C   Moustapha Fall Olympiacos

Statistics edit

Individual game highs edit

Category[12] Player Team Statistic
Points   Nemanja Nedović Panathinaikos 38
Rebounds   Ousman Krubally Larisa 19
Assists   Vassilis Mouratos Lavrio 16
Steals   Howard Sant-Roos Panathinaikos 6
Blocks   Reggie Lynch Iraklis 6

Clubs in international competitions edit

Team Competition Result
Olympiacos EuroLeague Final Four, 4th place
Panathinaikos Regular season, 13th place
Promitheas EuroCup Regular season, Group B, 10th place
Lavrio Champions League Play-ins
PAOK Play-ins
AEK Regular season, Group D, 4th place
Peristeri Qualifying rounds, Semifinals
Ionikos FIBA Europe Cup Regular season, Group F, 3rd place
Peristeri Regular season, Group G, 3rd place
Iraklis Regular season, Group E, 4th place

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "MVP της χρονιάς ο Βεζένκοφ". - Ε.Σ.Α.Κ.Ε. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  2. ^ "O Σάσα Βεζένκοφ MVP τών Τελικών". - Ε.Σ.Α.Κ.Ε. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  3. ^ "Πρώτος σκόρερ του Πρωταθλήματος ο Καουαν τού Άρη". - Ε.Σ.Α.Κ.Ε. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  4. ^ "Σάσα Βεζένκοφ ο πιο δημοφιλής παίχτης". - Ε.Σ.Α.Κ.Ε. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  5. ^ "Πιο βελτιωμένος παίχτης ο Βεζένκοφ". - Ε.Σ.Α.Κ.Ε. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  6. ^ "Ο Στέφαν Μούντι ο πιο θεαματικός παιχτης". - Ε.Σ.Α.Κ.Ε. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  7. ^ "Τόμας Γουόκαπ ο καλύτερος αμυντικός". - Ε.Σ.Α.Κ.Ε. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  8. ^ "Κορυφαίος νέος παίκτης ο Νετζιπογλου'". - Ε.Σ.Α.Κ.Ε. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  9. ^ "Προπονητής της Χρονιάς ο Τακιανο'ς". - Ε.Σ.Α.Κ.Ε. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  10. ^ "Αυτή είναι η κορυφαία πεντάδα της χρονιάς!". - Ε.Σ.Α.Κ.Ε. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  11. ^ "Ε.Σ.Α.Κ.Ε." - Ε.Σ.Α.Κ.Ε. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
  12. ^ Proballers. "Greece - Heba A1, Basketball Records (2021-2022)". Proballers. Retrieved 2023-06-16.

External links edit

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