2008–09 Greek Basket League

2008–09 Greek Basket League season
2008–09 Greek Basket League season
League	Greek Basket League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	4 October 2008 – 3 June 2009
Number of teams	14
TV partner(s)	ANT1, ERT, Nova Sports
Regular Season
Season champions	Olympiacos
Season MVP	Vassilis Spanoulis
Top scorer	Anthony Grundy 399 Points (15.3 PPG)
Playoffs
Finals
Champions	Panathinaikos
Runners-up	Olympiacos
Finals MVP	Drew Nicholas
Greek Basket League seasons
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

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]^[2]^[3]^[4] The playoffs ended on June 3, 2009.

Teams

AEK Athens
Aigaleo
Maroussi
Panathinaikos
Panellinios
Panionios

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

Standings

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

Results as of December 19, 2008^[5]

	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

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

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

Aris was granted a wildcard to play in the 2009–10 Euroleague Qualification Round.

Greek Basket League 2008–09 Champions
Panathinaikos 30th Title

Awards

Greek League Best Five

Player	Team
Best Five
Vassilis Spanoulis (MVP)	Panathinaikos
Šarūnas Jasikevičius	Panathinaikos
Mike Batiste	Panathinaikos
Ioannis Bourousis	Olympiacos
Nikola Peković	Panathinaikos

Player	Team
Best Defensive Five
Dimitris Diamantidis (Best Defender)	Panathinaikos
Marios Batis	Olympia Larissa
Josh Childress	Olympiacos
Torin Francis	Larisa
Antanas Kavaliauskas	Kavala

Clubs in international competitions

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

^ "Ντίνος Μήτογλου: Τιμωρία 32 μηνών για την υπόθεση ντόπινγκ". 7 February 2023.
^ "ΤΗΣ ΝΤΟΠΑΣ ΤΑ ΠΑΙΔΙΑ ΜΕΡΟΣ ΠΡΩΤΟ :: Reds Against The Machine". www.redsagainsthemachine.gr. Archived from the original on 2012-10-07.
^ "Περιπτώσεις ντόπινγκ στο μπάσκετ στην Ελλάδα (Pics) | Gazzetta".
^ "A1 Fixtures". Archived from the original on 2008-08-04. Retrieved 2008-12-19.
^ "Results table from esake.gr". Archived from the original on December 17, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-19.

External links

[1] "Ντίνος Μήτογλου: Τιμωρία 32 μηνών για την υπόθεση ντόπινγκ". 7 February 2023.

[2] "ΤΗΣ ΝΤΟΠΑΣ ΤΑ ΠΑΙΔΙΑ ΜΕΡΟΣ ΠΡΩΤΟ :: Reds Against The Machine". www.redsagainsthemachine.gr. Archived from the original on 2012-10-07.

[3] "Περιπτώσεις ντόπινγκ στο μπάσκετ στην Ελλάδα (Pics) | Gazzetta".

[4] "A1 Fixtures". Archived from the original on 2008-08-04. Retrieved 2008-12-19.

[5] "Results table from esake.gr". Archived from the original on December 17, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-19.

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2008–09 Greek Basket League

Teams

Regular season

Standings

Results

Playoffs

Final standings

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Finals MVP

Top scorer

Defensive Player of the Year

Best Young Player

Coach of the Year

Greek League Best Five

Clubs in international competitions

References

External links