2014–15 Greek Basket League
The 2014–15 Greek Basket League was the 75th season of the Greek Basket League, the highest tier professional basketball league in Greece.
Greek Basket League | ||||||||||
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Duration | October 12, 2014 – June 17, 2015 | |||||||||
Number of games | 182 (regular season) 25 (playoffs) | |||||||||
Number of teams | 14 | |||||||||
TV partner(s) | OTE Sport, Nova Sports | |||||||||
Regular season | ||||||||||
Top seed | Olympiacos | |||||||||
Season MVP | Sasha Vezenkov | |||||||||
Relegated | Panelefsiniakos Panionios | |||||||||
Finals | ||||||||||
Champions | Olympiacos 11th title | |||||||||
Runners-up | Panathinaikos | |||||||||
Third place | PAOK | |||||||||
Fourth place | Aris | |||||||||
Finals MVP | Vassilis Spanoulis & Giorgos Printezis | |||||||||
Statistical leaders | ||||||||||
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← 2013–14 2015–16 →
All statistics correct as of June 15, 2015. |
The season started on October 12, 2014, and ended June 14, 2015. Olympiacos won the title, after they beat Panathinaikos 3–0 in the Finals.[1] The season ended on June 17, when PAOK won the third-place series over Aris.
Teams
Club | Position 2013–14 |
Greek League Arena | Capacity |
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AEK | 1st (A2) |
OAKA Indoor Hall, Marousi | 19,250 |
Nea Kifissia | 5th |
Zirineio Indoor Hall, Kifisia | 1,500 |
Apollon Patras | 8th |
Apollon Patras Indoor Hall, Patras | 3,500 |
Aris | 7th |
Alexandrio Melathron, Thessaloniki | 5,138[2] |
KAOD | 6th |
Drama Indoor Hall, Drama | 1,700 |
Kolossos | 10th |
Venetoklio Indoor Hall, Rhodes | 1,700 |
Koroivos | 2nd (A2) |
Amaliada Indoor Hall, Koroivos | 2,000 |
Olympiacos | 2nd |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus | 12,000 |
Panathinaikos | 1st |
OAKA Indoor Hall, Marousi | 19,250 |
Panelefsiniakos | 12th |
Elefsina Indoor Hall, Eleusis | 1,100 |
Panionios | 4th |
Nea Smyrni Indoor Hall, Nea Smyrni | 1,832 |
PAOK | 3rd |
PAOK Sports Arena, Pylaia | 8,500[3] |
Rethymno Aegean | 9th |
Rethymno Indoor Hall, Rethymno | 1,600 |
Trikala | 11th |
Trikala Indoor Hall, Trikala | 2,500 |
Regular season
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HL | AW | AL | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Olympiacos[lower-alpha 1] | 26 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2160 | 1689 | +471 | 51 | Qualified to League Playoffs |
2 | Panathinaikos[lower-alpha 1] | 26 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 2102 | 1672 | +430 | 49 | |
3 | PAOK | 26 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1911 | 1802 | +109 | 45 | |
4 | Aris | 26 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1886 | 1847 | +39 | 42 | |
5 | AEK | 26 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2084 | 1965 | +119 | 41 | |
6 | Rethymno Aegean | 26 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1926 | 1931 | −5 | 40 | |
7 | Kolossos Rodou | 26 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 1893 | 1956 | −63 | 39 | |
8 | Koroivos | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 1886 | 1952 | −66 | 37 | |
9 | KAOD | 26 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 1853 | 1906 | −53 | 36 | |
10 | Apollon Patras | 26 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 1719 | 1808 | −89 | 36 | |
11 | Nea Kifissia | 26 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 1862 | 1958 | −96 | 35 | |
12 | Trikala Aries | 26 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 2008 | 2196 | −188 | 34 | |
13 | Panelefsiniakos | 26 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 1801 | 2078 | −277 | 32 | Relegated to 2015–16 Greek A2 Basket League |
14 | Panionios | 26 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 1814 | 2118 | −304 | 29 |
Notes:
Results
Playoffs
Teams in bold won the playoff series. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoff seeding. Numbers to the right indicate the score of each playoff game.
Bracket
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Olympiacos | 91 | 91 | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Koroivos | 52 | 59 | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Olympiacos | 98 | 92 | 74 | 79 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Aris | 53 | 57 | 84 | 62 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Aris | 71 | 54 | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||
5 | AEK | 69 | 92 | 68 | ||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Olympiacos | 76 | 76 | 93 | ||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Panathinaikos | 70 | 69 | 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Panathinaikos | 98 | 73 | 100 | ||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Kolossos Rodou | 71 | 75 | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Panathinaikos | 83 | 75 | 83 | 3rd Place | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | PAOK | 58 | 61 | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||
3 | PAOK | 66 | 61 | 75 | 3 | PAOK | 67 | 88 | 62 | 77 | ||||||||||||||
6 | Rethymno Aegean | 59 | 65 | 62 | 4 | Aris | 60 | 92 | 51 | 71 |
Finals
Game 1
7 June 2015 | Olympiacos | 76–70 | Panathinaikos | |
19:15 | Scoring by quarter: 10–17, 23–17, 22–16, 21–20 | |||
Pts: Sloukas 16,
Dunston, Lojeski 13, Printezis 12 |
Boxscore | Arena: Peace and Friendship Stadium Referees: Christodoulou, Karakatsounis, Psarianos |
Game 2
10 June 2015 | Panathinaikos | 69–76 | Olympiacos | |
19:15 | Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 19–17, 17–16, 19–22 | |||
Boxscore | Pts: Printezis 17,
Darden 14,
Spanoulis 11 |
Arena: O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall Referees: Anastopoulos, Piloidis, Mitsopoulos |
Game 3
14 June 2015 | Olympiacos | 93–74 | Panathinaikos | |
19:30 | Scoring by quarter: 16–12, 35–27, 24–19, 18–16 | |||
Pts: Spanoulis 23,
Printezis 12,
Lojeski 11 |
Boxscore | Arena: Peace and Friendship Stadium Referees: Gontas, Sxinas, Foufis |
Final league standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Olympiacos | 35 | 33 | 2 | 2015–16 Euroleague Regular Season |
2 | Panathinaikos | 35 | 28 | 7 | |
3 | PAOK | 36 | 24 | 12 | 2015–16 Eurocup Regular Season |
4 | Aris | 37 | 20 | 17 | |
5 | AEK | 29 | 16 | 13 | |
6 | Rethymno Aegean | 29 | 15 | 14 | |
7 | Kolossos Rodou | 29 | 14 | 15 | |
8 | Koroivos | 28 | 11 | 17 | |
9 | KAOD | 26 | 10 | 16 | |
10 | Apollon Patras | 26 | 10 | 16 | |
11 | Nea Kifissia | 26 | 9 | 17 | |
12 | Trikala Aries | 26 | 8 | 18 | |
13 | Panelefsiniakos (R) | 26 | 6 | 20 | Relegated to 2015–16 Greek A2 League[lower-alpha 1] |
14 | Panionios (R) | 26 | 3 | 23 |
(R) Relegated
Notes:
- Panelefsiniakos and Panionios were relegated down to the 3rd-tier level, Greek B Basket League, due to financial problems.
Greek Basket League 2014–15 Champions |
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Olympiacos 11th title |
Awards
Best Defensive Five – Α.E.Ν.Κ. |
Clubs in international competitions
Team | Competition | Result |
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Olympiacos | EuroLeague | Final Four, 2nd place |
Panathinaikos | Playoffs, Quarterfinals | |
PAOK | EuroCup | Last 32, 4th place |
References
- "Olympiacos is the champ! - Eurohoops". Archived from the original on 2015-06-18. Retrieved 2015-06-15.
- Capacity 5.138 seats. Archived 2015-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
- "worldstadiums.com Stadiums in Greece". Archived from the original on 2017-09-15. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
- "Vezenkov is the HEBA MVP - Eurohoops". Archived from the original on 2015-07-12. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
- Vassilis Spanoulis and Georgios Printezis named MVP of the Greek Finals,