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
Teams	14
Games played	182 (regular season) 25 (playoffs)
Dates	October 12, 2014 – June 17, 2015
TV	OTE Sport, Nova Sports
Final positions
Top seed	Olympiacos
Champions	Olympiacos 11th title
Runners-up	Panathinaikos
Third place	PAOK
Fourth place	Aris
Relegated	Panelefsiniakos Panionios
Major awards
MVP	Sasha Vezenkov
Finals MVP	Vassilis Spanoulis
Statistical leaders
Points Sasha Vezenkov Rebounds Mouhammad Faye & Sasha Vezenkov Assists Vassilis Spanoulis
← 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

AEK
AENK
Panathinaikos
Panionios

Aris
PAOK

Rethymno

Apollon

Elefsina

Trikala

Koroivos

KAOD

Kolossos

Olympiacos

Location of teams in 2014–15 Greek Basket League

Club	Position 2013–14	Greek League Arena	Capacity
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
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

Source:
Notes:

1. 2015–16 Euroleague

Results

Home \ Away	AEK	APO	ARIS	KAO	KOL	KOR	NEA	OLY	PAO	PNF	PAN	PAOK	RET	TRI
AEK		67–64	93–77	89–79	96–73	76–67	97–73	62–81	62–70	105–80	77–64	85–93	85–77	96–73
Apollon Patras	48–89		76–60	63–67	71–55	77–72	69–65	56–67	71–77	91–82	93–84	80–70	56–71	83–70
Aris	86–75	69–64		78–75	65–77	80–59	83–80	58–69	56–72	79–61	67–63	62–57	68–62	91–60
KAOD	66–77	82–76	70–74		68–72	78–62	67–51	64–82	65–81	76–61	80–69	64–68	91–76	62–57
Kolossos Rodou	65–72	64–63	78–77	84–80		82–75	64–73	64–88	61–81	83–68	70–56	67–69	77–63	77–69
Koroivos	80–67	74–68	73–69	71–69	81–73		79–70	70–87	59–72	73–74	83–74	65–61	72–75	80–58
Nea Kifissia	75–80	63–54	65–79	78–79	73–84	76–83		68–67	66–72	68–67	86–85	60–62	64–74	81–72
Olympiacos	83–77	82–56	84–68	72–62	93–65	79–73	77–63		81–75	104–55	108–65	80–55	80–60	87–72
Panathinaikos	92–58	80–52	76–69	86–55	90–65	79–64	76–66	66–77		91–54	92–61	83–69	79–70	107–76
Panelefsiniakos	81–72	71–72	70–78	83–69	75–69	70–72	68–79	66–102	51–82		68–70	58–69	70–80	77–81
Panionios	78–94	68–71	71–65	72–79	76–92	74–69	89–98	56–73	46–79	94–95		61–65	79–84	60–98
PAOK	73–71	68–46	77–78	72–64	77–72	84–71	78–67	72–88	71–54	69–59	79–65		88–79	105–73
Rethymno Aegean	80–79	88–81	66–69	72–66	70–66	78–66	63–58	54–64	77–94	85–67	75–65	71–79		81–83
Trikala Aries	87–83	83–70	74–81	80–76	87–94	102–93	89–96	87–105	70–96	65–70	78–69	79–81	85–95

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

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
								3	PAOK	58	61	65					3rd Place
	3	PAOK	66	61	75
	6	Rethymno Aegean	59	65	62												3	PAOK	67	88	62	77
																	4	Aris	60	92	51	71

Final league standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Qualification or relegation
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

Source:
(R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. 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
Olympiacos 11th title

Awards

Most Valuable Player[4] Sasha Vezenkov – Aris Finals Most Valuable Player[5] Vassilis Spanoulis – Olympiacos Best Young Player Sasha Vezenkov – Aris Best Defender Bryant Dunston – Olympiacos Most Improved Player Sasha Vezenkov – Aris

Best Coach Ioannis Sfairopoulos – Olympiacos Most Popular Player Vassilis Spanoulis – Olympiacos Best Five Vassilis Spanoulis – Olympiacos Kostas Sloukas – Olympiacos Sasha Vezenkov – Aris Georgios Printezis – Olympiacos Loukas Mavrokefalidis – Panathinaikos

See also

• 2014–15 Greek Basketball Cup
• 2014–15 Greek A2 Basket League (2nd tier)

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-06-18. Retrieved 2015-06-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. Capacity 5.138 seats. Archived 2015-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
3. "worldstadiums.com Stadiums in Greece". Archived from the original on 2017-09-15. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-07-12. Retrieved 2015-07-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. Vassilis Spanoulis named MVP of the Greek Finals,

External links

• Official Basket League Site (in Greek)
• Official Basket League Site
• Official Hellenic Basketball Federation Site (in Greek)