1999–2000 Greek Basket League

1999–2000 Greek Basket League season
1999–2000 Greek Basket League season
League	Greek Basket League
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	14
Regular Season
Season champions	Olympiacos
Season MVP	Željko Rebrača
Top scorer	Alphonso Ford 586 Points
Playoffs
Finals
Champions	Panathinaikos
Runners-up	PAOK
Finals MVP	Dejan Bodiroga
Greek Basket League seasons
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

The 1999–2000 Greek Basket League season was the 60th season of the Greek Basket League, the highest tier professional basketball league in Greece. It was also the 8th season of Greek Basket League championship that was regulated by HEBA (ESAKE). The winner of the league was Panathinaikos, which beat PAOK in the league's playoff's finals, although the regular season winner was Olympiacos.^[1] The clubs Sporting and Esperos were relegated to the Greek A2 League. The top scorer of the league was Alphonso Ford, a player of Peristeri.^[2] Željko Rebrača was voted the MVP of the league.^[3]

Teams

AEK Athens
Maroussi
Panathinaikos
Near East
Panionios
Peristeri
Esperos
Dafni
Sporting

Aris
Iraklis
PAOK

Olympiacos

Irakleio

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Location of teams in Greek Basket League 1999–2000

Club	Home city
AEK Athens	Athens
Aris	Thessaloniki
Dafni	Dafni, Athens
Esperos	Kallithea, Athens
Irakleio	Irakleio
Iraklis	Thessaloniki
Maroussi	Maroussi, Athens
Near East	Kaisariani, Athens
Olympiacos	Piraeus
Panathinaikos	Athens
Panionios	Nea Smyrni, Athens
PAOK	Thessaloniki
Peristeri	Peristeri, Athens
Sporting	Athens

Regular season

Pos	Team	Total							Home		Away
		Pts	Pld	W	L	F	A	GD	W	L	W	L
1.	Olympiacos	47	26	21	5	1.869	1.642	+227	12	1	9	4
2.	Panathinaikos	47	26	21	5	1.990	1.681	+309	11	2	10	3
3.	AEK Athens	45	26	19	7	1.938	1.740	+198	11	2	8	5
4.	PAOK	42	26	16	10	1.916	1.813	+103	11	2	5	8
5.	Peristeri	41	26	15	11	1.935	1.880	+55	9	4	6	7
6.	Panionios	40	26	14	12	1.920	1.891	+29	10	3	4	9
7.	Iraklis	40	26	14	12	1.882	1.789	+93	10	3	4	9
8.	Aris	40	26	14	12	1.847	1.850	-3	9	4	4	9
9.	Near East	37	26	11	15	1.992	2.009	-107	10	3	1	12
10.	Maroussi	37	26	11	15	1.823	1.873	-50	5	8	6	7
11.	Irakleio	37	26	11	15	2.008	1.985	+22	7	6	4	9
12.	Dafni	34	26	8	18	1.829	2.014	-185	5	8	3	10
13.	Esperos	31	26	5	21	1.783	2.110	-327	5	8	0	13
14.	Sporting	29	26	3	23	1.719	2.083	-364	2	11	1	12

Source: esake.gr, galanissportsdata.com Archived 2014-07-07 at the Wayback Machine

Playoffs

Play-off		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

		Olympiacos	2
Aris	2	Aris	0
Near East	0			Olympiacos	0
				PAOK	2
		PAOK	2
Peristeri	2	Peristeri	1
Dafni	1					Panathinaikos	3
						PAOK	0
		Panathinaikos	2
Iraklis	2	Iraklis	0
Maroussi	0			Panathinaikos	2	Third place
				AEK Athens	1
		AEK Athens	2			Olympiacos	3
Panionios	2	Panionios	1			AEK Athens	1
Irakleio	2

The finals

Panathinaikos

85–58

PAOK

62–69

Panathinaikos

76–63

PAOK

Final standings

Pos	Team
1.	Panathinaikos
2.	PAOK
3.	Olympiacos
4.	AEK Athens
5.	Peristeri
6.	Panionios
7.	Iraklis
8.	Aris
9.	Near East
10.	Maroussi
11.	Irakleio
12.	Dafni
13.	Esperos
14.	Sporting

Top Players

Category	Player	Team	Average
Points	Alphonso Ford	Peristeri	22,7
Rebounds	James Forrest	Irakleio	11,3
Assists	Byron Dinkins	Iraklis	4,5
Steals	Vassil Evtimov	Dafni	1,9
Blocks	Željko Rebrača	Panathinaikos	1,7

Clubs in international competitions

Team	Competition	Result
Panathinaikos	FIBA EuroLeague	Final 4, 1st place
Olympiacos		Playoffs, Top 16
PAOK		Playoffs, Top 16
AEK	FIBA Saporta Cup	Final, 1st place
Iraklis	FIBA Saporta Cup	Quarterfinals, Home and away format
Maroussi	FIBA Korać Cup	Playoffs, Quarterfinals, Home and away format
Aris		Playoffs, Top 16, Home and away format
Peristeri		Playoffs, Top 16, Home and away format
Near East		Playoffs, Third round, Home and away format

References

^ "Όλοι οι τελικοί της Α1 και η χρυσή Βίβλος". sport24.gr. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
^ "Η μεγάλη των σκόρερ σχολή". ebasket.gr. Archived from the original on 19 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
^ "Οι παλιοί MVP". sport24.gr. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.

External links

Official HEBA Site
Official Hellenic Basketball Federation Site
HEBA Site, season 1999/00
Galanis Sports Data Archived 2014-07-07 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "Όλοι οι τελικοί της Α1 και η χρυσή Βίβλος". sport24.gr. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.

[2] "Η μεγάλη των σκόρερ σχολή". ebasket.gr. Archived from the original on 19 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.

[3] "Οι παλιοί MVP". sport24.gr. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.

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