In the season 2007–08, Olympiacos was considered amongst the favourites to reach the Final Four of the EuroLeague. It is also considered the favourite along with Panathinaikos in the A1 Ethniki. In the Regular Season the team had the record of 22 wins and 4 defeats, having produced the second most offensive basketball in the Greek League. For the Quarter-finals of the Playoffs, Olympiacos swept AEK Athens in a best-of-three series and for the Semi-finals won Maroussi in a best-of-five series by 3-2. In the Finals of the Greek League Reds faced the eternal enemy Panathinaikos. Meanwhile, in Europe the team qualified for the third phase (quarter-finals) of the Euroleague, where it was eliminated by CSKA Moscow. Additionally, Olympiacos qualified to the Greek Cup Final, where they lost to the arch-rival Panathinaikos in a very impressive game, which was dramatic up to the last second.
A1 2007–08
Regular season Last match
Play-offs
This is the outlook for the 2008 Α1 playoffs. Teams in bold advance to the next round.
Quarter-finals Game 1st Game 2nd Game 3rd Game Arena Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens – Date 3 May 2008 5 May 2008 – Report QF-Game1 QF-Game2 –
Semi-finals Game 1st Game 2nd Game 3rd Game 4th Game 5th Game Arena Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens Agios Thomas Indoor Hall, Athens Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens Agios Thomas Indoor Hall, Athens Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens Date 10 May 2008 13 May 2008 15 May 2008 18 May 2008 21 May 2008 Report SF-Game1 SF-Game2 SF-Game3 SF-Game4 SF-Game5
Finals Game 1st Game 2nd Game 3rd Game 4th Game 5th Game Arena Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Date 24 May 2008 27 May 2008 29 May 2008 1 June 2008 4 June 2008 Report F-Game1 F-Game2 F-Game3 F-Game4 21:00 LT
Greek Cup 2007–08
Quarter-final
Semi-final
Final
Euroleague 2007–08
Regular season
TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. CSKA Moscow 14 12 2 1123 942 +181 2. Montepaschi Siena 14 10 4 1098 974 +124 3. TAU Cerámica 14 9 5 1170 1051 +119 4. Žalgiris Kaunas 14 8 6 1110 1126 −16 5. Olympiacos 14 7 7 1185 1099 +86 6. Olimpija Ljubljana 14 4 10 1030 1147 −117 7. Prokom Trefl Sopot 14 4 10 973 1143 −170 8. VidiVici Bologna 14 2 12 1008 1215 −207
+ Key to colors Qualified to Top 16 Eliminated
Top 16
TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. Maccabi Tel Aviv 6 4 2 516 496 +20 2. Olympiacos 6 4 2 443 436 +7 3. Real Madrid 6 3 3 489 493 −4 4. Žalgiris Kaunas 6 1 5 457 480 −23
Maccabi win the group on the second tiebreaker of head-to-head point differential against Olympiacos.
+ Key to colors Qualified to Quarter-finals Eliminated
Quarter-finals
Teams Agg. 1st Game 2nd Game 3rd Game CSKA Moscow 2 74 83 81 Olympiacos 1 76 73 56 Arena CSKA Universal Sports Hall, Moscow Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens CSKA Universal Sports Hall, Moscow
+ Key to colors Qualified to Final Four 2008 Eliminated
Last match
See also 2008–09 Olympiacos B.C. season
References