Greek Women's Basketball League

Greek Women's Basketball League
The Greek women's Basketball League, also known as A1 Ethniki (A1 National) Women's Basketball is the most important competition of Greek women's professional basketball. It is organised by the EOK (Hellenic Basketball Federation). It began with the 1967–68 season. The first championship of the league, which was held in the 1967–68 season, was organised by ΕΟΑΠ (Greek: Ελληνική Ομοσπονδία Αθλοπαιδιών). Two years later, the EOK assumed control of the competition.
Iraklis Thessaloniki won the inaugural championship of the league, in the 1967–68 season. From 1976 to 1999, Sporting Athens dominated the competition, winning 20 championships in that period (they also won another championship in 2004). So far, Sporting has won the most league championships (21 in total). From 2008 to 2012, Athinaikos dominated exclusively, breaking the record of consecutive wins in the Greek Women's League. The successes of Olympiacos were entered into the Guinness book of records. Theconsecutive win streak of Olympiacos was finally halted at 117 wins. The current champion of the league is Olympiacos, which has won six league championships.
History
The Greek Women's Basketball League competition started in 1968. In the 1984–85 season, the competition was renamed to A National, and in the 1997–98 season, it was renamed to A1 National. Simultaneously, the second division was created under the name A2 National. In 2010, the organisers of the league championship decided to add playoff rounds to the competition.
Current teams
The clubs for the 2019–20 season:
Titles holders
1967–68 Iraklis Thessaloniki
1968–69 Peiraikos
1969–70 Peiraikos
1970–71 Iraklis Thessaloniki
1971–72 Iraklis Thessaloniki
1972–73 Athens College
1973–74 Apollon Kalamarias
1974–75 Palaio Faliro
1975–76 Sporting Athens
1976–77 Sporting Athens
1977–78 Olympiacos Volou
1978–79 Sporting Athens
1979–80 Sporting Athens
1980–81 Sporting Athens
1981–82 Palaio Faliro
1982–83 Sporting Athens
1983–84 Sporting Athens
1984–85 Sporting Athens
1985–86 Sporting Athens
1986–87 Sporting Athens
1987–88 Sporting Athens
1988–89 Sporting Athens
1989–90 Sporting Athens
1990–91 Sporting Athens
1991–92 Apollon Kalamarias
1992–93 Sporting Athens
1993–94 Sporting Athens
1994–95 Sporting Athens
1995–96 Sporting Athens
1996–97 Sporting Athens
1997–98 Panathinaikos
1998–99 Sporting Athens
1999–00 Panathinaikos
2000–01 Ano Liosia
2001–02 Ano Liosia
2002–03 Ano Liosia
2003–04 Sporting Athens
2004–05 Panathinaikos
2005–06 Esperides Kallitheas
2006–07 Panionios
2007–08 Esperides Kallitheas
2008–09 Athinaikos
2009–10 Athinaikos
2010–11 Athinaikos
2011–12 Athinaikos
2012–13 Panathinaikos
2013–14 Elliniko-Sourmena
2014–15 Elliniko-Sourmena
2015–16 Olympiacos
2016–17 Olympiacos
2017–18 Olympiacos
2018–19 Olympiacos
2019–20 Olympiacos
2020–21 Panathinaikos
2021–22 Olympiacos
2022–23 Olympiacos
Performance by club
Sponsors supporters
Spalding
Aegean
References
External links
Hellenic Basketball Federation
Greek Women's Basketball League at basket.gr
Eurobasket.com, Greek Basketball (Women)
Women's basketball competitions in Greece
Sports leagues established in 1967
Basketball leagues in Greece
1967 establishments in Greece
Basketball
Professional sports leagues in Greece