The 2020–21 Greek Basket League, also known as the 2020–21 Stoiximan 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.
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.
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. Diagoras Dryopideon entered in the first league and absorbed by Ionikos Nikaias on 9 July 2020.Ο Ιωνικός Νίκαιας αγόρασε το ΑΦΜ του Διαγόρα Δρυοπιδέων politic.gr
Locations and arenas
Club Location Arena Capacity AEK Athens (Marousi) OAKA Indoor Hall Aris Thessaloniki Alexandrio Melathron Messolonghi Agrinio Agrinio Indoor Hall Ionikos Piraeus (Nikaia) Platon Indoor Hall Iraklis Thessaloniki Ivanofeio Sports Arena Kolossos Rhodes Kallithea Palais des Sports Larisa Larissa Neapolis Indoor Arena Lavrio Lavrio Lavrio Indoor Hall Panathinaikos Athens (Marousi) OAKA Indoor Hall PAOK Thessaloniki (Pylaia) PAOK Sports Arena Peristeri Athens (Peristeri) Peristeri Arena Promitheas Patras Dimitris Tofalos Arena
Regular season
League table
Results
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
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third-place series
Finals
Final standings
TeamQualification or Relegation 1Panathinaikos32284 Qualification to the EuroLeague 2Lavrio332310 Qualification to the Basketball Champions League 3 AEK332013 4 Promitheas342113 Qualification to the EuroCup 5 PAOK251411 Qualification to the Basketball Champions League 6 Peristeri251213 7 Kolossos24816 8 Ionikos24816 Qualification to the FIBA Europe Cup 9 Aris22715 10 Iraklis22715 Qualification to the FIBA Europe Cup 11 Larisa22616 12 Messolonghi22517 Relegation to the Greek A2 League
Awards All official awards of the 2020–21 Greek Basket League.
Greek League MVP Player Team Ioannis Papapetrou Panathinaikos
Greek League Finals MVP Player Team Ioannis Papapetrou Panathinaikos
All-Greek League Team Player Team G Vassilis MouratosLavrio G Tyson Carter Lavrio F Ioannis PapapetrouPanathinaikos F Dinos MitoglouPanathinaikos C Giorgos Papagiannis Panathinaikos
Best Coach Player Team Christos Serelis Lavrio
Defensive Player of the Year Player Team Howard Sant-Roos Panathinaikos
Best Young Player Player Team Nikos Chougkaz Ionikos
Most Improved Player Player Team Vassilis Mouratos Lavrio
Most Popular Player Player Team Mario Hezonja Panathinaikos
Most Spectacular Player Player Team Mario Hezonja Panathinaikos
Statistical leaders The Greek Basket League counts official stats leaders by stats totals, and not by per game averages. It also counts the total stats for both regular season combined.
Performance index rating
Points
Rebounds
Assists
Source:
Clubs in European-wide competitions Team Competition Result Panathinaikos EuroLeague Regular season, 16th place PromitheasEuroCup Regular season, 6th place AEK FIBA Champions League Playoffs, Top-16, 3rd place Peristeri Regular season, 3rd place Iraklis Qualification Group B, SemifinalsFIBA Europe Cup Playoffs, Quarterfinals
See also 2020–21 Greek Basketball Super Cup 2020–21 Greek Basketball Cup 2020–21 Greek A2 Basket League (2nd tier)
References
External links Official Basket League Site Official Basket League Site Official Hellenic Basketball Federation Site