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Greek A2 Basket League

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Sport
  
Basketball

Inaugural season
  
1986–87

Country
  
Greece

Founded
  
1986

No. of teams
  
16

Continent
  
Europe

Greek A2 Basket League

The Greek A2 Basket League (Greek: Ελληνική Α2 Μπάσκετ Λιγκ), is the 2nd-tier level professional basketball competition among pro clubs in Greece. It is organized by the Hellenic Basketball Federation (E.O.K.). The league has 16 teams. The top-tier first division is the Greek Basket League, which consists of 14 teams.

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History

In the 1986–87 season, the current format for Greek professional basketball, consisting of the A1 National Category and the A2 National Category was formed.

Starting with the 2015–16 season, playoffs were added between the 2nd and 5th placed teams for promotion to the 1st tier Greek Basket League, and a one-game play-out was added to decide relegation to the 3rd tier Greek B Basket League.

Promotion and relegation

At the end of each season, the following promotion and relegation takes place:

  • The top two teams in the A2 are promoted to the Greek Basket League.
  • These teams are replaced by the bottom two teams from the Greek Basket League.
  • The bottom two teams in the A2 are relegated to the Greek B Basket League.
  • These teams are replaced by the top two teams in the Greek B Basket League.

    • Champions

  • 1986–87 to 1991–92: A2 National Category
  • 1992–93 to present: Greek A2 Basket League

    • Greek A2 League MVP award (official)

    (as awarded by the InfoBasket.gr coach's poll)

    Eurobasket.com Player of the Year (unofficial)

    (as awarded by the website Eurobasket.com)

    References

    Greek A2 Basket League Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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