A2 Ethniki

A2 Ethniki

sport	basketball
Association	EOK
League foundation	1986
Teams	16
Country countries	Greece
Title holder	GS Peristeri
Record champions	Sporting Athens AS Papagou GS Peristeri (3 each)
TV partner	ERT
Website	esake.gr
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The A2 Ethniki ( Greek Α2 Εθνική ) is a basketball league from Greece . After the Basket League , it is the second highest class in the country and consists of 16 teams.

history

The A2 Ethniki was founded in 1986. In 1987 Panellinios Athens went down in history as the first master . Up until 1990, at the end of the regular season, the two winners were allowed to take part in the playoff games for the national championship in addition to their promotion to the A1 Ethniki . With three titles each, the two Athens teams from Sporting and Papagou are record winners of the A2 Ethniki.

Game mode

Each club plays in a first and second round against each of the other teams. After 26 match days, the championship is over and the first in the table immediately moves up to the highest Greek division. The clubs in places 2-5 play the second promoted team in a play-off round. The last two clubs in the table are relegated to the B Ethniki . The teams in places 11-14 play two more relegated teams in a play-off round.

Teams 2018/2019

Kavala Kastoria Iraklis , Evropi Pefkochoriou Ermis Agias Trikala Karditsa Charilaos Trikoupis Amyntas , Psychiko , Marousi Diagoras Dryopideon Ethnikos Ionikos Apollo Koroivos Ippokratis

A2 Ethniki clubs in the 2018/19 season

Koroivos Amaliadas (relegated) Evropi Pefkochoriou Iraklis Thessaloniki Apollo Patras Ethnikos Piraeus EK Kavalas Amyntas Dafnis Ermis Agias

AS Kastoria AS Karditsa AE Psyhiko GS Marousi Ippokratis Kos (climber) Charilaos Trikoupis (promoted) Ionikos Nikaias (climber) Diagoras Dryopideon Egaleo (climber)

Title holder

1987: Panellinios Athens 1988: Sporting Athens 1989: GS Peristeri 1990: AS Papagou 1991: Sporting Athens 1992: Apollon Patras 1993: AS Papagou 1994: AO Ampelokipoi 1995: AS Papagou 1996: Peiraikos 1997: Heraklion OAA

1999: Niar Ist 1999: Amyntas Dafnis 2000: Makedonikos 2001: KAO Dramas 2002: Makedonikos 2003: Apollon Patras 2004: Panellinios Athens 2005: Colossus Rhodes 2006: Olympiada Patron 2007: Sporting Athens 2008: AS Trikala 2000

2009: GS Peristeri 2010: Ikaros Kallitheas 2011: KAO Dramas 2012: Panelefsiniakos 2013: AENK Dimoulas 2014: AEK Athens 2015: EK Kavalas 2016: GS Kymis 2017: Panionios Athens 2018: GS Peristeri 2019: Ionikos Nikaias

Web links

• Greek Basketball Federation (Greek)
• Association of Greek Basketball Teams (Greek)