2024–25 Greek Basket League

Basket League
Season2024–25
Dates5 October 2024 – 8 June 2025
Games played169
Teams12
Regular season
Season MVP Sasha Vezenkov
RelegatedLavrio
Finals
ChampionsOlympiacos
(15th title)
Runners-upPanathinaikos
Finals MVP Sasha Vezenkov
Statistical leaders
Points Sasha Vezenkov 382
Rebounds Chris Coffey 166
Assists Nikos Diplaros 134
Index Rating Sasha Vezenkov 494
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The 2024–25 Basket League was the 13th season of the Basket League, the top professional basketball league in Greece, since its establishment in 2012, and the 85th season of top-flight Greek basketball overall.

The season began on 5 October 2024, and concluded on 8 June 2025 with Olympiacos being crowned champions for the 15th time in their history, after defeating eternal rivals Panathinaikos 3–1 in the Finals series.[1][2]

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

Relegated from the 2023–24 Basket League
Promoted from the 2023–24 A2 League

* Milon B.C. declined promotion to the Greek Basketball League due to financial problems.

Locations and arenas

Location map for competing teams in GBL 2024–25.
Club Location Arena Capacity
AEK Athens (Ano Liosia) Ano Liosia Olympic Hall 9,327
Aris Thessaloniki Alexandrio Melathron 5,138
Karditsa Karditsa Karditsa New Indoor Hall 3,000
Kolossos Rhodes Kallithea Palais des Sports 1,400
Lavrio Lavrio Lavrio Indoor Hall 1,700
Maroussi Athens (Marousi) Maroussi Saint Thomas Indoor Hall
1,700
Olympiacos Piraeus Peace and Friendship Stadium 11,319
Panathinaikos Athens (Marousi) OAKA Indoor Hall 19,443
Panionios Athens (Glyfada) National Athletic Center Glyfada Makis Liougas 3,500
PAOK Thessaloniki (Pylaia) PAOK Sports Arena 8,500
Peristeri Athens (Peristeri) Peristeri Arena 4,000
Promitheas Patras Dimitris Tofalos Arena 4,150

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Panathinaikos AKTOR 22 22 0 2065 1675 +390 44 Advanced to playoffs
2 Olympiacos 22 20 2 1965 1617 +348 42
3 AEK 22 14 8 1871 1781 +90 36
4 Promitheas Patras 22 11 11 1790 1815 −25 33
5 Karditsa 22 11 11 1683 1725 −42 33
6 PAOK mateco 22 10 12 1738 1810 −72 32
7 Panionios 22 9 13 1696 1739 −43 31 Advanced to play-in
8 Aris Thessaloniki 22 9 13 1699 1839 −140 31
9 Peristeri bwin 22 8 14 1677 1810 −133 30
10 Lavrio Megabolt 22 7 15 1759 1873 −114 29
11 Kolossos H Hotels 22 6 16 1720 1798 −78 28 Advanced to play-out
12 Maroussi 22 5 17 1705 1886 −181 27
Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2025. Source: ESAKE

Results

Home \ Away AEK ARI KAR KOL LAV MAR OLY PAN PNN PAOK PER PRO
AEK — 102–89 96–65 86–75 97–86 104–83 77–96 80–103 75–71 91–68 96–67 91–71
Aris Thessaloniki 59–70 — 69–96 83–74 82–65 72–74 77–88 73–83 80–72 88–82 77–71 86–75
Karditsa 85–83 76–82 — 98–73 87–70 80–67 61–77 66–80 72–63 81–84 89–83 70–64
Kolossos 85–86 84–85 72–52 — 83–100 96–57 73–88 84–91 83–67 84–83 78–80 89–85
Lavrio 79–90 93–84 82–89 74–82 — 94–92 75–93 68–85 84–80 96–71 64–69 78–92
Maroussi 81–83 73–78 71–85 70–67 80–84 — 88–104 95–102 65–64 80–81 73–79 80–84
Olympiacos 89–70 102–72 93–72 95–76 87–77 106–94 — 71–78 95–64 86–60 84–78 106–66
Panathinaikos 94–74 126–74 96–72 94–82 98–70 100–74 78–72 — 97–66 100–81 104–68 92–67
Panionios 75–80 79–62 82–69 67–65 86–80 86–62 78–84 83–85 — 73–62 83–73 93–101
PAOK 87–82 75–63 71–61 94–70 69–74 93–84 60–90 93–96 98–105 — 84–74 86–73
Peristeri 89–82 73–68 71–78 85–81 84–82 81–86 69–82 84–99 82–72 72–80 — 75–82
Promitheas 84–76 106–96 96–79 78–64 93–84 63–76 74–77 78–84 85–87 87–76 86–70 —
Source: ESAKE
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Play-in

Under the new format, the 7th to 10th-ranked teams faced each other in the play-in. Each game is hosted by the team with the higher regular season record. The format was similar to the first two rounds of the Page–McIntyre system for a four-team playoff that was identical to that of the NBA play-in tournament. First, the 7th seed will host the 8th seed, with the winner advancing to the playoffs as the 7th seed; likewise the 9th seed will host the 10th seed, with the loser eliminated. Then the loser of the 7-v-8 game will host the winner of the 9-v-10 game, with the winner of that game getting the final playoff spot, as the 8th seed.

Round 1Round 2
Play-In A
7Panionios92
Play-In C
8Aris78
8Aris78
Play-In B
9Peristeri83
9Peristeri90
10Lavrio77

Play-out

The 11th and 12th-ranked teams in the regular season, together with the two teams that got eliminated from the play-in tournament will participate in the play-out. They play against each other twice (6 matches per team). The team that finishes last gets relegated to the Elite League.

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
9 A.S. Aris 28 13 15 2232 2359 −127 41
10 Kolossos Rodou 28 10 18 2280 2289 −9 38
11 Maroussi 28 9 19 2239 2407 −168 37
12 Lavrio 28 7 21 2215 2429 −214 35 Relegated to the Elite League
Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2025. Source: ESAKE

Results

Home \ Away ARI KOL MAR LAV
Aris — 84–86 114–109 79–61
Kolossos Rodou 98–99 — 99–74 120–80
A.S. Maroussi 91–68 80–74 — 90–85
Lavrio 75–89 74–83 81–95 —
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

The six highest ranked teams from the regular season and the two teams that went through from the play-in tournament, qualify for the playoffs. Quarterfinals and Semifinals are being played in a "best of 3" format, while the Finals are being played in a "best of 5" format.

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Panathinaikos2
 
 
 
Peristeri0
 
Panathinaikos2
 
 
 
Promitheas0
 
Promitheas2
 
 
 
 Karditsa1
 
Panathinaikos1
 
 
 
Olympiacos3
 
Olympiacos2
 
 
 
Panionios0
 
Olympiacos2
 
 
 
AEK0 Third place
 
AEK2
 
 
 
PAOK1
 
AEK91
 
 
Promitheas67
 

Quarterfinals (best of 3)

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Panathinaikos 2–0 Peristeri 88–68 97–82
Promitheas 2–1 Karditsa 80–76 74–75 85–65
Olympiacos 2–0 Panionios 106–67 91–85
AEK 2–1 PAOK 89–76 69–94 89–85

Semifinals (best of 3)

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Panathinaikos 2–0 Promitheas 101–69 97–59
Olympiacos 2–0 AEK 87–85 90–64

Finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Panathinaikos 1–3 Olympiacos 80–68 83–91 88–99 71–85

Game 1

30 May 2025 Panathinaikos 80–68 Olympiacos
21:00 Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 22–15, 16–16, 22–18
Pts: Grant 17
Nunn 14
Rebs: Hernangomez 9
Yurtseven 7
Asts: Nunn 6
Sloukas 5 		Boxscore Pts: Vezenkov 20
Fall 15
Fournier 12
Rebs: Vezenkov 10
Fall 7
Asts: Fournier 5
Walhup 3 		Arena: O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall
Referees: Tsaroucha
Tiganis
Katrachouras

Game 2

1 June 2025 Olympiacos 91–83 Panathinaikos
21:00 Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 18–13, 25–24, 25–28
Pts: Dorsey 16
Walkup 16
Vezenkov 15
Rebs: Vezenkov 9
Fall 5
Asts: Papanikolaou 5
Williams-Goss 3 		Boxscore Pts: Papapetrou 16
Sloukas 16
Nunn 10
Rebs: Yurtseven 6
Asts: Sloukas 8, Grant 7 		Arena: Peace and Friendship Stadium
Referees: Tsibouris
Magklogiannis
Christinakis

Game 3

6 June 2025 Panathinaikos 88–99 Olympiacos
21:00 Scoring by quarter: 28–30, 17–14, 22–34, 21–21
Pts: Nunn 25
Osman 25
Rebs: Gabriel 7
Yurtseven 4
Asts: Grant 8
Sloukas 4 		Boxscore Pts: Vezenkov 25
Milutinov 17
Fournier 15
Rebs: Milutinov 6
Papanikolaou 6
Asts: Walkup 6
Vezenkov 4 		Arena: O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall
Referees: Papapetrou
Poursanidis
Theonas

Game 4

8 June 2025 Olympiacos 85–71 Panathinaikos
21:00 Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 23–23, 22–14, 21–19
Pts: McKissic 20
Dorsey 17
Fournier 13
Rebs: Milutinov 10
Fournier 6
Asts: Fournier 4
Dorsey 3 		Boxscore Pts: Nunn 18
Sloukas 11
Rebs: Hernangomez 9
Yurtseven 6
Asts: Sloukas 7
Nunn 3 		Arena: Peace and Friendship Stadium
Referees: Papapetrou
Tsibouris
Tiganis

5th-8th Placement Tournament

The 4 teams that lost in the quarterfinals participate in a tournament, identical to the play-in, to determine their final placement in the standings.

Pos. Team
5th Karditsa
6th PAOK
7th Panionios
8th Peristeri

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W L Qualification or Relegation
1 Olympiacos 30 27 3 Qualification to the EuroLeague
2 Panathinaikos 30 27 3
3 AEK 28 17 9 Qualification to the Basketball Champions League
4 Promitheas 28 13 15
5 Karditsa 26 13 13
6 PAOK 27 12 15 Qualification to the Basketball Champions League Qualifying Rounds
7 Panionios 27 11 16 Qualification to the EuroCup
8 Peristeri 27 11 16
9 Aris 30 13 17 Qualification to the EuroCup
10 Kolossos Rodou 28 10 18
11 Maroussi 28 9 19
12 Lavrio 29 7 22 Relegation to the Elite League

Awards

All official awards of the 2024–25 Greek Basket League.

Greek League MVP

Pos. Player Team
PF Sasha Vezenkov Olympiacos

Greek League Finals MVP

Pos. Player Team
PF Sasha Vezenkov Olympiacos

All-Greek League Team

Pos. Player Team
PG Kendrick Nunn Panathinaikos
SG Evan Fournier Olympiacos
SF Juancho Hernangómez Panathinaikos
PF Sasha Vezenkov Olympiacos
C Nikola Milutinov Olympiacos

Best Coach

Pos. Player Team
HD Massimo Cancellieri PAOK

Best Defender

Pos. Player Team
PG Jerian Grant Panathinaikos

Best Young Player

Pos. Player Team
SG Neoklis Avdalas Karditsa

Most Impoved Player

Pos. Player Team
SG Neoklis Avdalas Karditsa

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.

Source:[3]

Clubs in international competitions

Team Competition Result
Olympiacos EuroLeague Final Four, 3rd place
Panathinaikos Final Four, 4th place
Aris EuroCup Regular Season, 10th
AEK Champions League Final Four, 3rd place
Promitheas Round of 16
Peristeri Play-ins
Kolossos Rodou Regular Season
PAOK Qualifying Rounds
Europe Cup Playoffs, 2nd place
Maroussi Second Round

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ολυμπιακός - Παναθηναϊκός 85-71: Θρυλική ισοπέδωση και επιστροφή στον θρόνο!". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  2. ^ "Olympiacos overcomes Vezenkov exit against Panathinaikos to win Greek championship". eurohoops.net. Online. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  3. ^ "Στατιστικά - Ε.Σ.Α.Κ.Ε." - Ε.Σ.Α.Κ.Ε. Retrieved 2025-05-27.
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