Greek Basketball Super Cup

Greek Basketball Super Cup
Current season, competition or edition:; 2021 Greek Basketball Super Cup
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1986 under Hellenic Basketball Federation (E.O.K.); Re-founded 2020 under Hellenic Basketball Clubs Association (HEBA)
CEO	Andreas Miaoulis
No. of teams	2 (1986) ; 4 (since 2020)
Country	Greece
Continent	Europe
Most recent; champion(s)	Panathinaikos OPAP (1st title)
Most titles	Aris (1); Promitheas Patras (1); Panathinaikos OPAP (1)
TV partner(s)	ERT
Related; competitions	Greek Basket League; Greek Basketball Cup
Official website	esake.gr (in Greek)

The Greek Basketball Super Cup or Greek Basket League Super Cup is the top-tier level professional basketball national super cup competition in Greece. The first edition of the tournament, was organized by the Hellenic Basketball Federation (E.O.K.), in 1986. It was contested by the Greek Basket League champions and the Greek Basketball Cup winners. However, the original tournament was cancelled after just one year.

The Greek Basketball Super Cup was revived in 2020, by the Hellenic Basketball Clubs Association (HEBA), under a final four tournament format.^[1]^[2]

History and competition format[]

The Greek Basketball Super Cup was first held in 1986. It featured Aris, the champions of the Greek Basket League's 1985–86 season, and Panathinaikos, the winners of the 1985–86 Greek Basketball Cup. It was contested under a two-legged format, and the winner was decided by aggregate score. Aris won the first game at home, by a score of 117–85, and they also won the second game on the road, by a score of 104–88, and thus won the first Greek Super Cup, by an aggregate score of 221–173.^[3] Aris then went on to win both the Greek Basket League championship and the Greek Basketball Cup title, or the Greek domestic double, for the next four consecutive seasons (1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90). As a result, the tournament was not held again during that time, since its format didn't allow it to be held, after the same team won both titles in the same season. Eventually, the original organizers of the competition, the Hellenic Basketball Federation (E.O.K.), decided that the Greek Super Cup was no longer needed, and they cancelled it.

In September 2020, the Hellenic Basketball Clubs Association (HEBA), decided to hold its own new version of the Greek Basketball Super Cup competition. Under the current competition format, the top two ranked teams from the previous Greek Basket League season, along with the two finalists of the previous Greek Cup tournament, compete against each other, in a final four, with single elimination games.^[4] If the same team or teams, finished in both the top two places of the previous season's Greek League and Greek Cup competitions, then the next highest-placed team or teams from the previous season's Greek League competition will take part in the Greek Super Cup.

Promitheas Patras won the 2020 edition of the Greek Super Cup, on September 24, 2020.^[5] Panathinaikos OPAP won the 2021 edition of the Greek Super Cup, on September 26, 2021.^[6]

Greek Super Cup winners[]

Finals[]

Year (Season)	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Location	Finals Top Scorer	MVP
1986 (1986–87)	Aris	Game 1: 117–85 Game 2: 104–88 Aggregate: (221–173)	Panathinaikos	Alexandreio Melathron & Peace and Friendship Stadium	Thessaloniki & Piraeus, Athens	Nikos Galis	None
2020 (2020–21)	Promitheas Patras	82–74	Peristeri	"A. Papandreou" Peristeri Indoor Hall	Peristeri, Athens	Ian Miller	Danny Agbelese
2021 (2021–22)	Panathinaikos OPAP	92–83	Promitheas Patras	Dimitris Tofalos Arena	Patra

Titles by club[]

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Years Won	Years Lost
Promitheas Patras	1	1	2020	2021
Panathinaikos	1	1	2021	1986
Aris	1	—	1986
Peristeri	—	1		2020

Titles by city[]

Three clubs have won the Greek Basketball Super Cup.

Urban Area	Clubs	Titles Won	City	Club Home Arena
Athens	Panathinaikos (1)	1	Athens	O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall, Marousi, Athens
Patras	Promitheas Patras (1)	1	Patras	Dimitris Tofalos Arena, Proastio, Patras
Thessaloniki	Aris (1)	1	Thessaloniki	Alexandreio Melathron Nick Galis Hall, Thessaloniki

Final Four (2020–)[]

The 2020 Greek Super Cup competition introduced the Final Four system.

Year	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
2020	Promitheas Patras	Peristeri	Panathinaikos OPAP	AEK
2021	Panathinaikos OPAP	Promitheas Patras	AEK	Lavrio

Final 4 performance by club[]

Club	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Promitheas Patras	1 (2020)	1 (2021)	—	—
Panathinaikos	1 (2021)	—	1 (2020)	—
Peristeri	—	1 (2020)	—	—
AEK	—	—	1 (2021)	1 (2020)
Lavrio	—	—	—	1 (2021)

References[]

^ "Το πρόγραμμα του 1ου Super Cup!". esake.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
^ ΕΣΑΚΕ TV. "Έρχεται το SUPER CUP, ο νέος θεσμός του ΕΣΑΚΕ!". youtube.com. Online. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
^ "Όταν ο Άρης κατέκτησε το ένα και μοναδικό Super Cup! (vid)". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
^ "Η μπασκετική δράση επιστρέφει!". esake.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
^ "ΠΡΩΤΟΣ ΤΙΤΛΟΣ ΓΙΑ ΠΑΤΡΑ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΟΜΗΘΕΑ ΜΕ ΘΡΙΑΜΒΟ ΜΕ 82-74 ΕΠΙ ΤΟΥ ΠΕΡΙΣΤΕΡΙΟΥ ΣΤΟΝ ΤΕΛΙΚΟ ΤΟΥ SUPER CUP (ΔΗΛΩΣΕΙΣ, PICS)". promitheasbc.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
^ "«Σουπερκουπάτος» Παναθηναϊκός, καθάρισε τον Προμηθέα στον τελικό και συνεχίζει το σερί του!". sport-fm.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 26 September 2021.

External links[]

Official website (in Greek)
Official Hellenic Basketball Federation Site (in Greek)

[1] "Το πρόγραμμα του 1ου Super Cup!". esake.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 18 September 2020.

[2] ΕΣΑΚΕ TV. "Έρχεται το SUPER CUP, ο νέος θεσμός του ΕΣΑΚΕ!". youtube.com. Online. Retrieved 18 September 2020.

[3] "Όταν ο Άρης κατέκτησε το ένα και μοναδικό Super Cup! (vid)". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 25 September 2020.

[4] "Η μπασκετική δράση επιστρέφει!". esake.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 10 September 2020.

[5] "ΠΡΩΤΟΣ ΤΙΤΛΟΣ ΓΙΑ ΠΑΤΡΑ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΟΜΗΘΕΑ ΜΕ ΘΡΙΑΜΒΟ ΜΕ 82-74 ΕΠΙ ΤΟΥ ΠΕΡΙΣΤΕΡΙΟΥ ΣΤΟΝ ΤΕΛΙΚΟ ΤΟΥ SUPER CUP (ΔΗΛΩΣΕΙΣ, PICS)". promitheasbc.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 25 September 2020.

[6] "«Σουπερκουπάτος» Παναθηναϊκός, καθάρισε τον Προμηθέα στον τελικό και συνεχίζει το σερί του!". sport-fm.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 26 September 2021.

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