Country | Greece |
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Sport | Basketball |
Promotion and relegation | Yes |
National system | |
Federation | Hellenic Basketball Association (HEBA) & Hellenic Basketball Federation (HBF) |
Confederation | FIBA Europe |
Top division | Greek Basket League |
Second division | A2 Basket League |
Cup competition |
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Basketball in Greece |
The Greek basketball league system is a number of interconnected competitions for professional basketball clubs in Greece. The system has a hierarchical format with a promotion and relegation system between competitions at different levels. There are nine different competition levels in the system. The highest level competitions are the professional and semi professional nationwide competitions, which include the top-tier level Greek Basket League, the second-tier level Greek A2 Basket League, the third-tier level Greek B Basket League, and the fourth-tier level Greek C Basket League. Those competitions are then followed by the regional amateur level competitions, which include: the A1, the A2, the B, the C, and/or the C1, and the C2 categories.
The top-tier level Greek Basket League is organized by the Hellenic Basketball Association (HEBA), while all of the league levels below the top-tier are organized by the Hellenic Basketball Federation (HBF).
Competitions
[edit]League | ||||||||
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Professional Level | ||||||||
HEBA Greek Basket League (A1) National 1st Division (All clubs must be legally licensed, registered, and recognized as fully professional clubs.) (12 teams) | ||||||||
HBF Greek A2 Basket League (A2) National 2nd Division (Clubs don't have to be legally licensed as professional entities. Some are and some are not.) (16 teams) | ||||||||
HBF Greek National League 1 (B) National 3rd Division (36 teams) (2nd-tier from 1961 to 1986)[citation needed] | ||||||||
Semi Professional Level | ||||||||
HBF Greek National League 2 (C) National 4th Division (60 teams) | ||||||||
HBF Amateur Level | ||||||||
ESKAH, ESKAK, EKASKENOP, EKASK, ESKASE, T.E. Chiou, T.E. Lesvou, T.E. Samou, T.E. Dodekanisou, E.S.K. Kikladon, ESKA, ESKANA, ESKABDE, ESKATH, EKASKEM, EKASDYM, EKASAMATH, EKASX A1 Category Regional 1st Division | ||||||||
ESKAH, ESKAK, EKASKENOP, EKASK, ESKASE, T.E. Chiou, T.E. Lesvou, T.E. Samou, T.E. Dodekanisou, E.S.K. Kikladon, ESKA, ESKANA, ESKABDE, ESKATH, EKASKEM, EKASDYM, EKASAMATH, EKASX A2 Category Regional 2nd Division | ||||||||
ESKAH, ESKAK, EKASKENOP, EKASK, ESKASE, T.E. Chiou, T.E. Lesvou, T.E. Samou, T.E. Dodekanisou, E.S.K. Kikladon, ESKA, ESKANA, ESKABDE, ESKATH, EKASKEM, EKASDYM, EKASAMATH, EKASX B Category Regional 3rd Division | ||||||||
ESKAH, ESKAK, EKASKENOP, EKASK, ESKASE, T.E. Chiou, T.E. Lesvou, T.E. Samou, T.E. Dodekanisou, E.S.K. Kikladon, ESKA, ESKANA, ESKABDE, ESKATH, EKASKEM, EKASDYM, EKASAMATH, EKASX C or C1 Category Regional 4th Division | ||||||||
ESKAH[1] C2 Category Regional 5th Division |
Other competitions
[edit]- Greek Cup
- Greek Super Cup
- Greek Second Division Cup
See also
[edit]- League system
- European professional club basketball system
- Spanish basketball league system
- Italian basketball league system
- French basketball league system
- Russian basketball league system
- Turkish basketball league system
- German basketball league system
- Serbian basketball league system
- Polish basketball league system
- Hungarian basketball league system
- South American professional club basketball system
References
[edit]- ^ Γ2 ΕΣΚΑΗ 2017-18. stagipedathseskah.gr