# 2007–08 Greek Basket League

The 2007–08 Greek Basket League season was the 68th season of the Greek Basket League, the highest tier professional basketball league in Greece. The winner of the championship was Panathinaikos that won Olympiacos in the finals of the championship.

## Teams

| Club | Home city |
| AEK Athens | Athens |
| AEL 1964 | Larissa |
| Aigaleo | Aigaleo, Athens |
| Aris | Thessaloniki |
| Kolossos Rodou | Rhodes |
| Maroussi | Maroussi, Athens |
| Olympia Larissa | Larissa |
| Olympiacos | Piraeus |
| Olympias Patras | Patras |
| Panathinaikos | Athens |
| Panellinios | Athens |
| Panionios | Nea Smyrni, Athens |
| PAOK | Thessaloniki |
| Rethymno | Rethymno |

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| | | Pts | Pld | W | L | F | A | D | W | L | F | A | W | L | F | A |
| 1. | Panathinaikos | 49 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 2319 | 1857 | +462 | 12 | 1 | 1193 | 939 | 11 | 2 | 1126 | 918 |
| 2. | Olympiacos | 48 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 2208 | 1835 | +373 | 12 | 1 | 1093 | 834 | 10 | 3 | 1115 | 1001 |
| 3. | Aris | 44 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 1951 | 1816 | +135 | 10 | 3 | 969 | 862 | 8 | 5 | 982 | 954 |
| 4. | Panionios | 40 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 2022 | 1935 | +87 | 8 | 5 | 1055 | 936 | 6 | 7 | 967 | 999 |
| 5. | Panellinios | 40 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 2010 | 1997 | +13 | 8 | 5 | 1045 | 1001 | 6 | 7 | 965 | 996 |
| 6. | Maroussi | 39 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 1930 | 1934 | -4 | 8 | 5 | 980 | 930 | 5 | 8 | 950 | 1004 |
| 7. | AEK Athens | 39 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 1920 | 1902 | +18 | 10 | 3 | 1025 | 915 | 3 | 10 | 897 | 987 |
| 8. | Olympia Larissa | 38 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 1834 | 1856 | -22 | 8 | 5 | 952 | 889 | 4 | 9 | 882 | 967 |
| 9. | Aigaleo | 38 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 2036 | 2085 | -49 | 8 | 5 | 1085 | 1036 | 4 | 9 | 951 | 1049 |
| 10. | AEL 1964 | 37 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 1934 | 2033 | -99 | 9 | 4 | 1033 | 997 | 2 | 11 | 901 | 1036 |
| 11. | Kolossos Rodou | 35 | 26 | 9 | 17 | 1990 | 2213 | -223 | 6 | 7 | 1002 | 1067 | 3 | 10 | 988 | 1146 |
| 12. | PAOK | 35 | 26 | 9 | 17 | 1845 | 1985 | -140 | 7 | 6 | 942 | 940 | 2 | 11 | 903 | 1045 |
| 13. | Rethymno Aegean | 35 | 26 | 9 | 17 | 1836 | 1922 | -86 | 7 | 6 | 920 | 896 | 2 | 11 | 916 | 1026 |
| 14. | Olympias Patras | 29 | 26 | 3 | 23 | 1793 | 2258 | -465 | 2 | 11 | 947 | 1145 | 1 | 12 | 846 | 1113 |
Pts=Points, Pld=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, D=Points difference
* Qualified to League Playoffs
* Relegated to HEBA A2

### Results

| | AEK | AEL | AIG | ARI | KOL | MAR | OLL | OLP | OLY | PAO | PGS | PAN | PAOK | AGOR |
| AEK Athens | | 71-66 | 77-62 | 81-70 | 90-72 | 76-80 | 84-66 | 83-59 | 77-85 | 70-66 | 88-89 | 72-62 | 73-64 | 83-74 |
| AEL 1964 | 86-78 | | 104-98 | 69-79 | 97-76 | 72-61 | 75-62 | 70-60 | 69-96 | 77-107 | 92-88 | 65-67 | 74-63 | 83-62 |
| Aigaleo | 78-65 | 81-71 | 71-88 | | 71-75 | 73-72 | 72-76 | 102-66 | 106-112 | 76-85 | 87-80 | 101-99 | 94-80 | 73-67 |
| Aris | 76-60 | 72-70 | | 94-67 | 75-64 | 72-59 | 48-58 | 75-66 | 75-82 | 82-75 | 74-52 | 71-81 | 83-73 | 72-55 |
| Kolossos Rodou | 74-79 | 76-69 | 67-76 | 92-89 | | 88-84 | 68-70 | 88-77 | 69-96 | 65-106 | 77-90 | 73-78 | 80-73 | 85-80 |
| Maroussi | 71-62 | 90-74 | 63-71 | 96-82 | 84-76 | | 82-69 | 74-58 | 66-75 | 68-79 | 65-75 | 72-74 | 70-57 | 79-78 |
| Olympia Larissa | 71-67 | 73-75 | 58-74 | 75-47 | 76-66 | 68-50 | | 96-67 | 89-92 | 63-83 | 58-74 | 84-73 | 80-69 | 61-52 |
| Olympias Patras | 68-76 | 81-75 | 67-85 | 80-87 | 81-107 | 73-93 | 67-87 | | 66-103 | 66-99 | 68-92 | 69-70 | 83-76 | 78-95 |
| Olympiacos | 82-53 | 84-52 | 81-61 | 76-63 | 106-84 | 92-73 | 65-61 | 100-58 | | 64-82 | 87-52 | 100-81 | 76-66 | 80-48 |
| Panathinaikos | 78-52 | 94-65 | 81-76 | 91-75 | 105-61 | 89-93 | 94-56 | 108-72 | 81-77 | | 95-84 | 84-74 | 103-73 | 90-81 |
| Panellinios | 77-75 | 81-95 | 91-73 | 80-76 | 97-77 | 73-75 | 80-67 | 101-75 | 69-74 | 67-94 | | 76-74 | 66-70 | 87-76 |
| Panionios | 90-71 | 89-60 | 61-73 | 71-75 | 89-65 | 92-80 | 75-62 | 95-67 | 84-72 | 78-87 | 78-60 | | 74-77 | 79-87 |
| PAOK | 64-87 | 76-66 | 74-75 | 71-72 | 90-79 | 65-70 | 79-77 | 70-64 | 81-80 | 68-74 | 62-58 | 66-77 | | 76-61 |
| Rethymno Aegean | 72-70 | 68-63 | 59-70 | 73-69 | 85-86 | 71-60 | 78-71 | 51-57 | 69-71 | 74-89 | 65-71 | 66-57 | 89-62 | |

## Playoffs

This is the outlook for the 2008 Α1 playoffs. Teams in italics have home advantage. Teams in bold advance to the next round. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoffs seeding. Numbers to the right indicate the score of each game.

### Play-offs

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Panathinaikos | 74 | 78 | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Olympia Larissa | 55 | 58 | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Olympia Larissa | 55 | 58 | – | 1 | Panathinaikos | 91 | 80 | 98 | – | – | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Panionios | 75 | 76 | 75 | – | – | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Panionios | 83 | 95 | – | 4 | Panionios | 75 | 76 | 75 | – | – | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Panellinios | 70 | 80 | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Panellinios | 70 | 80 | – | | | | | | | | 1 | Panathinaikos | 83 | 55 | 78 | 57 | 90 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Olympiacos | 79 | 71 | 67 | 59 | 76 |
| 2 | Olympiacos | 92 | 70 | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Olympiacos | 79 | 71 | 67 | 59 | 76 |
| 7 | AEK Athens | 62 | 68 | – | | | | | | | |
| 7 | AEK Athens | 62 | 68 | – | 2 | Olympiacos | 87 | 90 | 85 | 75 | 64 | EuroLeague Match | EuroLeague Match | EuroLeague Match | EuroLeague Match | EuroLeague Match | EuroLeague Match | EuroLeague Match |
| | | | | | 6 | Maroussi | 61 | 97 | 69 | 86 | 63 |
| 3 | Aris | 61 | 98 | 79 | 6 | Maroussi | 61 | 97 | 69 | 86 | 63 | 4 | Panionios | 60 | 65 | 89 | 96 | 88 |
| 6 | Maroussi | 72 | 95 | 85 | | | | | | | | 6 | Maroussi | 67 | 76 | 82 | 84 | 74 |

## Final standings

| Pos | Team |
| 1. | Panathinaikos |
| 2. | Olympiacos |
| 3. | Panionios |
| 4. | Maroussi |
| 5. | Aris |
| 6. | Panellinios |
| 7. | AEK Athens |
| 8. | Olympia Larissa |
| 9. | Aigaleo |
| 10. | AEL 1964 |
| 11. | Kolossos Rodou |
| 12. | PAOK |
| 13. | Rethymno Aegean |
| 14. | Olympias Patras |
* 2008–09 Euroleague Regular Season
* Eurocup 2008–09 Regular Season
* Eurocup 2008–09 Qualification Round
* EuroChallenge 2008–09 Regular season
* Relegation to HEBA A2 2008–09
* Greek Basket League 2007–08 Champions
* Panathinaikos 29th Title

## Awards
### Most Valuable Player

* Dimitris Diamantidis– Panathinaikos

### Finals MVP

* Vassilis Spanoulis – Panathinaikos

### Top scorer

* Anthony Grundy– Panellinios

### Defensive Player of the Year

* Dimitris Diamantidis – Panathinaikos

### Best Young Player

* Ian Vougioukas – Rethymno

### Coach of the Year

* Soulis Markopoulos– Maroussi

### Greek League Best Five

Best Five :
| Player | Team |
| Vassilis Spanoulis | Panathinaikos |
| Anthony Grundy | Panellinios |
| Dimitris Diamantidis (MVP) | Panathinaikos |
| Jeremiah Massey | Aris |
| Ioannis Bourousis | Olympiacos |

## Clubs in international competitions

| Team | Competition | Result |
| Olympiacos | EuroLeague | Playoffs, Quarter finals |
| Panathinaikos | EuroLeague | Top 16, 3rd place |
| Aris | EuroLeague | Top 16, 4th place |
| Panionios | ULEB Cup | Top 32, Knockout stage |
| Panellinios | ULEB Cup | Regular season, 6th place |
| Olympia Larissa | FIBA EuroCup | Qualifying round, 3rd place |
| PAOK | FIBA EuroCup | Qualifying round, 4th place |
| AEK | FIBA EuroCup | Second elimination round, Home and away format |
| Maroussi | FIBA EuroCup | Second elimination round, Home and away format |
| Olympias Patras | FIBA EuroCup | Second elimination round, Home and away format |