2020–21 Greek Basket League

The 2020–21 Greek Basket League, also known as the 2020–21 betshop.gr Greek Basket League for sponsorship reasons, is the 81st season of the Greek Basket League, the top-tier level professional club basketball league in Greece. The season begun on 24 October 2020.

Greek Basket League
Season2020–21
Teams12
DatesOctober 24 2020 – June 2021
Final positions
ChampionsPanathinaikos
(39th title)
Runners-upLavrio
Third placeAEK
2021–22 →

Teams

Promotion and relegation
Relegated from the Greek Basket League 2019–20 season

Ifaistos Lemnos, Rethymno Cretan Kings and Panionios decided not to participate in the Greek Basket League in the 2020–21 season, due to financial problems.[1][2]

Promoted from the Greek A2 Basket League 2019–20 season

Messolonghi won the A2 League championship, and was thus promoted to the first tier level, for the first time in its history.

Locations and arenas
Location of clubs for the 2020–21 Greek Basket League season.
Club Location Arena Capacity App.
AEK Athens (Marousi) OAKA Indoor Hall 18,310
71
Aris Thessaloniki Alexandrio Melathron 5,090
67
Mesologgi Agrinio Agrinio Indoor Hall 1,500
1
Ionikos Piraeus (Nikaia) Platon Indoor Hall
1,200
14
Iraklis Thessaloniki Ivanofeio Sports Arena
2,500
53
Kolossos Rhodes Kallithea Palais des Sports 1,400
15
Larisa Larissa Neapolis Indoor Arena 4,000
2
Lavrio Lavrio Lavrio Indoor Hall 1,700
6
Panathinaikos Athens (Marousi) OAKA Indoor Hall 18,310
71
PAOK Thessaloniki (Pylaia) PAOK Sports Arena 8,142
64
Peristeri Athens (Peristeri) Peristeri Arena 4,000
25
Promitheas Patras Dimitris Tofalos Arena 4,200
5

Regular season

League table
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Panathinaikos OPAP 22 20 2 1949 1578 +371 42 Advanced to playoffs
2 Lavrio Megabolt 22 17 5 1810 1722 +88 39
3 Promitheas Patras 22 16 6 1768 1677 +91 38
4 AEK Athens 22 14 8 1813 1666 +147 36
5 PAOK 22 13 9 1736 1729 +7 35
6 Peristeri 22 11 11 1615 1634 −19 33
7 Kolossos H Hotels 22 8 14 1720 1703 +17 30
8 Ionikos Hellenic Coin 22 8 14 1699 1789 −90 30
9 Aris Thessaloniki 22 7 15 1622 1704 −82 29
10 Iraklis 22 7 15 1617 1769 −152 29
11 Larisa Bread factory 22 6 16 1633 1785 −152 28
12 Messolonghi BAXI 22 5 17 1594 1820 −226 27 Relegated to Greek A2 Basket League
Updated to match(es) played on 10 April 2021. Source: ESAKE

Results
Home \ Away AEK ARI ION IRA KOL LAR LAV MES PER PTH POK PRO
AEK Athens — 84–67 81–74 100–97 89–72 87–68 94–97 98–76 91–59 76–56 75–82
Aris Thessaloniki 68–73 — 74–62 81–75 74–84 70–52 89–94 77–48 71–84 75–93 71–77 94–83
Ionikos Hellenic Coin 68–81 68–64 — 67–77 83–76 88–89 100–85 75–80 53–79 83–84 86–77
Iraklis 72–79 54–76 75–78 — 66–65 73–69 60–77 100–78 71–75 66–100 75–57
Kolossos H Hotels 79–72 83–72 94–74 84–61 — 90–64 77–62 66–77 80–65 82–95 84–85 79–84
Larisa Bread factory 76–75 84–88 76–97 80–76 82–73 — 58–66 84–58 78–98 89–98 88–91 85–81
Lavrio Megabolt 78–70 92–71 81–91 105–77 83–77 — 87–70 88–71 92–82 84–77 75–72
Charilaos Trikoupis BAXI 66–87 73–70 79–66 68–71 87–77 79–77 75–79 — 63–70 66–73 82–88
Peristeri 62–66 86–70 70–79 84–81 82–78 70–78 84–72 — 68–74 76–67 70–73
Panathinaikos OPAP 80–75 94–72 98–74 106–74 90–67 69–60 105–69 102–68 76–57 — 96–67 78–80
PAOK 85–87 75–64 86–84 79–72 82–74 91–93 83–65 96–87 85–66 68–74 — 81–78
Promitheas Patras 80–78 90–69 82–72 85–61 69–67 81–63 90–88 84–68 75–58 61–83 83–80 —
Updated to match(es) played on January 31, 2021. Source: esake.gr
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

The eight highest ranked teams in the regular season qualified for the playoffs. Quarterfinals will be played in a Best of 3 format while the rest of the series will be played in a Best of 5 format.

Bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Panathinaikos2
 
 
 
Ionikos0
 
Panathinaikos3
 
 
 
AEK1
 
AEK2
 
 
 
PAOK1
 
Panathinaikos3
 
 
 
Lavrio1
 
Lavrio2
 
 
 
Kolossos0
 
Lavrio3
 
 
 
Promitheas2 Third place
 
Promitheas2
 
 
 
Peristeri1
 
Promitheas1
 
 
AEK3
 

Quarterfinals
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Panathinaikos 2–0 Ionikos 102–64 90–61 0
AEK 2–1 PAOK 102–89 73–81 87–81
Lavrio 2–0 Kolossos 87–68 88–84 0
Promitheas 2–1 Peristeri 66–83 90–79 86–58

Semifinals
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3Game 4Game 5
Panathinaikos 3–1 AEK 78–72 80–92 94-8378-710
Lavrio 3–2 Promitheas Patras 79–86 66-68 85-79 (OT)92-7781-74


Third place series
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3Game 4Game 5
Promitheas 1–3 AEK 77-73 101-113 80-8172-950

Finals
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3Game 4Game 5
Panathinaikos 3–1 Lavrio 100-72 89-94 (OT) 103-7482-660

Final standings
Pos Team Pld W L Qualification or Relegation
1Panathinaikos OPAP 32 28 4 Qualification to the EuroLeague
2Lavrio Megabolt 33 23 10 Qualification to the Basketball Champions League
3AEK 33 20 13
4Promitheas 34 21 13 Qualification to the EuroCup
5PAOK 25 14 11 Qualification to the Basketball Champions League
6Peristeri 25 12 13
7Kolossos H Hotels 24 8 16
8Ionikos Hellenic Coin 24 8 16 Qualification to the FIBA Europe Cup
9Aris 22 7 15
10Iraklis 22 7 15 Qualification to the FIBA Europe Cup
11Larisa Bread factory 22 6 16
12Messolonghi BAXI 22 5 17 Relegation to the Greek A2 League

Clubs in European-wide competitions
Team Competition Result
PanathinaikosEuroLeagueRegular season, 16th place (11-23)
PromitheasEuroCupRegular season (2-8)
AEKFIBA Champions LeaguePlayoffs, Top-16 (7-5)
PeristeriRegular season, (2-4)
IraklisFIBA Europe CupPlayoffs, Quarterfinals (4-1)

See also

References
  1. "Rethymno and Ifaistos will not participate in the Greek League next season". 12 June 2020.
  2. "Αποχώρηση της ΚΑΕ Πανιώνιος, νέα κλήρωση και μετάθεση του τζάμπολ για τις 17/10".
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