# 2019–20 Greek Basket League

The 2019–20 Greek betshop.gr Basket League was the 80th season of the Greek Basket League, the top-tier level professional club basketball league in Greece. The season started in September 2019, and ended prematurely in March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 21 May 2020, after a vote that was held between the league's 14 teams, Panathinaikos was crowned the Greek basketball league's champion for the season, marking the club's 38th Greek championship. The league's 14 teams also agreed that none of the teams would be relegated.

## Proposed format changes

On 15 May 2019, the Greek Basket League announced that it was planning to expand from 14 teams to 16 teams, and that there were no league relegations scheduled from the previous 2018–19 Greek Basket League season. The teams that were scheduled to be promoted up from the secondary level Greek A2 Basket League, were to be inserted into the new 16-team league, for the 2019–20 season. However, Olympiacos was later relegated on 22 May 2019, following a meeting of the Hellenic Basketball Clubs Association's Board of Directors.
Olympiacos was relegated because the club refused to play in its playoff series against Panathinaikos. That marked the club's third forfeited game of the season, which resulted in an automatic relegation, per league rules. As further punishment, the league also stripped Olympiacos of its season wins. The league also eventually cancelled the planned expansion to 16 teams, after the proposal was rejected by the Hellenic Basketball Federation.

## Teams
### Promotion and relegation
#### Relegated from the Greek Basket League 2018–19 season

Olympiacos decided not to play against Panathinaikos in the league's playoffs, and was thus relegated down to the Greek Second Division as punishment. In addition, all of the club's wins were voided by league officials.

#### Promoted from the Greek A2 Basket League 2018–19 season

Ionikos Nikaias won the A2 League championship, and was thus promoted up to the first tier level, for the first time in 32 years. Iraklis Thessaloniki was also promoted, as a result of winning the playoffs round of the Greek second division. The club returned to the top-level league, after an absence of 8 years.

### Locations and arenas

| Club | Location | Arena | Capacity | App. |
| AEK | Athens (Marousi) | OAKA Indoor Hall | 19,250 | 63 |
| Aris | Thessaloniki | Alexandrio Melathron | 5,138 | 66 |
| Ifaistos Lemnos | Myrina | Nikos Samaras Indoor Hall | 1,260 | 2 |
| Ionikos Nikaias Affidea | Athens (Palaio Faliro) | Sofia Befon Indoor Hall | 1,204 | 13 |
| Iraklis Thessaloniki | Thessaloniki | Ivanofeio Sports Arena | 2,500 | 52 |
| Kolossos H Hotels | Rhodes | Kallithea Palais des Sports | 1,400 | 14 |
| Larisa | Larissa | Larissa Neapolis Indoor Arena | 4,000 | 1 |
| Lavrio Megabolt | Lavrio | Lavrio Indoor Hall | 1,700 | 5 |
| Panathinaikos OPAP | Athens (Marousi) | OAKA Indoor Hall | 19,250 | 70 |
| Panionios Su Casa | Athens (Palaio Faliro) | Sofia Befon Indoor Hall | 1,204 | 51 |
| PAOK | Thessaloniki (Pylaia) | PAOK Sports Arena | 8,500 | 63 |
| Peristeri Winmasters | Athens (Peristeri) | Peristeri Arena | 4,000 | 24 |
| Promitheas Patras | Patras | Dimitris Tofalos Arena | 4,200 | 4 |
| Rethymno Cretan Kings | Rethymno | Melina Merkouri Sports Arena | 1,600 | 10 |

### Head coaching changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced with | Date of appointment |
| Panathinaikos | Rick Pitino | Mutual consent | 21 June 2019 | Preseason | Argyris Pedoulakis | 21 June 2019 |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Panathinaikos OPAP (C) | 20 | 18 | 2 | 2075 | 1537 | +538 | 38 | Already qualified to EuroLeague |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 20 | 16 | 4 | 1653 | 1493 | +160 | 36 | Qualification to Champions League |
| 3 | Peristeri Winmasters | 20 | 13 | 7 | 1559 | 1434 | +125 | 33 | Qualification to Champions League |
| 4 | Promitheas Patras | 19 | 12 | 7 | 1449 | 1436 | +13 | 31 | Qualification to EuroCup |
| 5 | Ifaistos Limnou | 20 | 11 | 9 | 1436 | 1435 | +1 | 31 | |
| 6 | Lavrio Megabolt | 20 | 11 | 9 | 1523 | 1597 | −74 | 31 | |
| 7 | Iraklis | 20 | 9 | 11 | 1557 | 1550 | +7 | 29 | Qualification to Champions League qualifying rounds |
| 8 | Larisa | 20 | 8 | 12 | 1524 | 1676 | −152 | 28 | |
| 9 | Kolossos H Hotels | 20 | 8 | 12 | 1578 | 1602 | −24 | 28 | |
| 10 | Ionikos Nikaias Affidea | 20 | 8 | 12 | 1570 | 1709 | −139 | 28 | |
| 11 | Rethymno Cretan Kings | 19 | 8 | 11 | 1319 | 1376 | −57 | 27 | |
| 12 | Panionios Su Casa | 20 | 6 | 14 | 1469 | 1707 | −238 | 26 | |
| 13 | Aris Thessaloniki | 20 | 6 | 14 | 1548 | 1648 | −100 | 26 | |
| 14 | PAOK | 20 | 5 | 15 | 1635 | 1695 | −60 | 25 | |
* 1 2 On 21 May 2020, the league agreed there was no relegation to the 2020–21 Greek A2 Basket League for the 13th and 14th team this season.

### Results

| Home \ Away | AEK | ARI | IFA | ION | IRA | KOL | LAR | LAV | PTH | PNN | POK | PER | PRO | RET |
| AEK | — | 92–79 | 74–68 | 103–70 | 86–61 | 93–69 | | 72–80 | 100–97 | 91–61 | | 90–91 | 73–68 | 84–83 |
| Aris | | — | 88–77 | 72–77 | 69–63 | 85–87 | 90–72 | 61–73 | 81–88 | 80–86 | 85–82 | 72–59 | | |
| Ifaistos Limnou | 72–68 | 85–59 | — | 68–79 | | 72–64 | | 67–65 | | 79–74 | 77–69 | | 72–75 | 66–50 |
| Ionikos | | 72–65 | | — | 88–74 | 79–86 | 68–64 | 90–94 | 65–110 | 108–74 | 83–66 | 100–95 | | |
| Iraklis | 68–77 | 82–66 | | 107–75 | — | | 83–67 | 92–62 | | 96–101 | 99–82 | 69–76 | | 74–56 |
| Kolossos H Hotels | 70–79 | 90–86 | | | 86–88 | — | 80–83 | 73–74 | 69–103 | 89–61 | 87–66 | 101–84 | 73–70 | |
| Larisa | | 92–78 | 58–63 | 82–72 | 74–87 | 95–90 | — | | 68–110 | | 95–85 | | 69–96 | 82–65 |
| Lavrio Aegean Cargo | 80–73 | 95–83 | 66–61 | 75–67 | 83–78 | 78–68 | 86–72 | — | 112–104 | 104–71 | 92–88 | 75–57 | 100–75 | 86–78 |
| Panathinaikos OPAP | 89–68 | 108–86 | 67–77 | 107–71 | 75–77 | 67–75 | 121–78 | 79–95 | — | 89–91 | 117–79 | 75–87 | 99–68 | 96–74 |
| Panionios | 96–101 | | 69–83 | | 60–76 | 76–67 | 74–71 | 71–77 | 74–115 | — | 97–87 | 48–61 | 88–69 | 70–67 |
| PAOK | 67–71 | 101–84 | 94–74 | 110–80 | | 77–88 | 87–61 | | 88–104 | | — | 68–75 | 86–90 | 78–56 |
| Peristeri Vikos Cola | 73–77 | | 75–79 | | 75–59 | | 101–63 | 88–62 | 82–78 | 95–69 | 80–75 | — | 78–64 | 71–61 |
| Promitheas Patras | 100–68 | 95–79 | 81–61 | 87–80 | | 81–80 | 62–76 | 77–66 | 76–99 | 87–76 | | 64–60 | — | |
| Rethymno Cretan Kings | 75–67 | 70–63 | 75–59 | 90–76 | 69–63 | 72–61 | | 75–77 | 95–63 | 73–61 | | 60–79 | 70–63 | — |

## Statistical leaders

The Greek Basket League counts official stats leaders by stats totals, and not by per game averages. It also counts the total stats for both regular season combined.
| Category | Player | Team | Total | Average |
| Points | Conner Frankamp | Rethymno Cretan Kings | 397 | 20.9 |
| Rebounds | Sean Evans | Ifaistos Limnou | 186 | 9.3 |
| Assists | Nick Calathes | Panathinaikos | 137 | 7.2 |
| Steals | Howard Sant-Roos | AEK | 29 | 2.2 |
| Blocks | Jehyve Floyd | Larisa | 44 | 2.2 |
| PIR | Conner Frankamp | Rethymno Cretan Kings | 406 | 21.3 |

### Individual game highs

| Category | Player | Team | Statistic |
| Points | Keith Langford | AEK | 35 |
| Points | Steve Burtt Jr. | Ionikos | 35 |
| Rebounds | Terell Parks | Larisa | 15 |
| Rebounds | Darrius Garrett | Iraklis | 15 |
| Assists | Petros Melissaratos | Larisa | 13 |
| Steals | Theodoros Tsiloulis | Larisa | 5 |
| Steals | Wesley Johnson | Panathinaikos | 5 |
| Steals | Panagiotis Vasilopoulos | Peristeri | 5 |
| Blocks | Jehyve Floyd | Larisa | 7 |
| PIR | Loukas Mavrokefalidis | Promitheas Patras | 36 |

## Clubs in European-wide competitions

| Team | Competition | Result |
| Panathinaikos | EuroLeague | Regular season, Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic, 6th place |
| Promitheas | EuroCup | Playoffs, Quarterfinals, Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| AEK | FIBA Champions League | Final 8, 2nd place |
| Peristeri | FIBA Champions League | Playoffs, Round of 16 |
| PAOK | FIBA Champions League | Regular season, 7th place |