2018–19 Greek Basket League


The 2018–19 Greek betshop.gr Basket League was the 79th season of the Greek Basket League, the top-tier level professional club basketball league in Greece. The season started on 7 October 2018, and ended on 15 June 2019. Panathinaikos OPAP won the Greek Basket League championship for a record 37th time, after beating Promitheas Patras 3–0 in the [|Finals].
The season infamously featured a major feud between traditional rivals Panathinaikos and Olympiacos over refereeing decisions in the 2019 Greek Cup semifinals game between the two teams, which eventually culminated in Olympiacos also forfeiting their playoffs, and being relegated to the second tier level 2019–20 Greek A2 Basket League for the first time since 1964.

Teams

Promotion and relegation

;Relegated from the Greek betshop.gr Basket League 2017–18 season:
Koroivos and Trikala Aries were relegated, after finishing in the last two places in the 2017–18 season.
;Promoted from the A2 Basket League 2017–18 season:
The first club that was promoted was Peristeri, which won its third A2 Basket League championship, after finishing with a 29–1 record, in the 2017–18 season. The second team to be promoted was Holargos, as the winners of the promotion play-offs. Holargos defeated Apollon Patras 3–0, in the finals of the play-offs.

Locations and arenas

ClubLocationArenaCapacity
AEKAthens OAKA Indoor Hall62
ArisThessalonikiAlexandrio Melathron65
HolargosAthens Antonis Tritsis Indoor Hall1
Ifaistos LemnosMyrinaNikos Samaras Indoor Hall1
Kolossos H HotelsRhodesVenetoklio Indoor Hall13
KymiChalkidaTasos Kampouris Kanithou Indoor Hall3
Lavrio Aegean CargoLavrioLavrio Indoor Hall4
OlympiacosPiraeusPeace and Friendship Stadium66
Panathinaikos OPAPAthens OAKA Indoor Hall69
PanioniosAthens Sofia Befon Indoor Hall50
PAOKThessaloniki PAOK Sports Arena62
Peristeri Vikos ColaAthens Peristeri Arena23
Promitheas PatrasPatrasDimitris Tofalos Arena3
Rethymno Cretan KingsRethymnoMelina Merkouri Sports Arena9

Personnel and Sponsorship

ClubHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerMain shirt sponsor
AEK Luca Banchi Dušan ŠakotaFilaBetshop.gr
Aris Ioannis Kastritis Lefteris BochoridisSpalding-
Holargos Aris Lykogiannis Toarlyn FitzpatrickBillyBroBoConcept
Ifaistos Limnou Sotiris Manolopoulos Sotirios ManolopoulosGSA Sport-
Kolossos H Hotels Stergios Koufos Ioannis GeorgallisFilaAegean Airlines
Kymi Isidoros Koutsos Stavros ToutziarakisNickan-
Lavrio Aegean Cargo Christos Serelis Michalis PerrakisAthiosAdvanced Hair Clinics
Olympiacos David Blatt Vassilis SpanoulisNikebwin
Panathinaikos OPAP Rick Pitino Nick CalathesAdidasPame Stoixima
Panionios Vassilis Fragkias Nikos DiplarosNickan-
PAOK Ilias Papatheodorou Vangelis MargaritisErreàWatt+Volt
Peristeri Vikos Cola Argyris Pedoulakis Panagiotis VasilopoulosFlex OneVikos Cola
Promitheas Patras Makis Giatras Nikos GkikasAthiosMedfrigo
Rethymno Cretan Kings Vangelis Ziagkos Antreas ChristodoulouNickan-

Head coaching changes

Regular season

League table

Results

Playoffs

The eight highest ranked teams in the regular season qualified for the playoffs. All series will be played with a 2–2–1 format.

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third place series

Finals

Final standings

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