2011–12 Greek Basket League

The 2011–12 Greek Basket League was the 72nd season of the Greek Basket League, the highest tier professional basketball league in Greece. The 156-game regular season (24 games for each of the 13 teams) began on Saturday, October 22, 2011, and ended on Wednesday, April 11, 2012. The playoffs ended on June 2, 2012. The championship was held without the presence of Panellinios that withdrew because of economic problems. So the championship was held with only 13 teams.^[1]

2011–12 Greek Basket League season
League	Greek Basket League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	22 October 2011 – 2 June 2012
Number of teams	13
TV partner(s)	SKAI TV, ERT, Nova Sports
Regular Season
Season champions	Olympiacos
Season MVP	Vassilis Spanoulis
Top scorer	Dionte Christmas 484 Points
Playoffs
Finals
Champions	Olympiacos
Runners-up	Panathinaikos
Finals MVP	Georgios Printezis & Kostas Papanikolaou

Teams

Ilysiakos
Maroussi
Panathinaikos
Panionios
Peristeri
Ikaros

Aris
PAOK

Olympiacos

KAOD

Rethymno

Kolossos

Kavala

Location of teams in Greek Basket League 2011–12

Club	Home city
Aris	Thessaloniki
Ikaros Kallitheas	Kallithea, Athens
Ilysiakos	Ilisia, Athens
KAOD	Drama, Greece
Kavala	Kavala
Kolossos Rodou	Rhodes
Maroussi	Maroussi, Athens
Olympiacos	Piraeus
Panathinaikos	Athens
Panionios	Nea Smyrni, Athens
PAOK	Thessaloniki
Peristeri	Peristeri, Athens
Rethymno	Rethymno

Regular season

Standings

As of matchday 26th (final) on April 11, 2012 ^[2]

Pos	Team	Total							Home		Away
		Pts	Pld	W	L	F	A	D	W	L	W	L
1.	Olympiacos	47	24	23	1	2025	1600	+425	12	0	11	1
2.	Panathinaikos	46	24	22	2	2114	1650	+464	12	0	10	2
3.	Kolossos Rodou	40	24	16	8	1787	1696	+91	10	2	6	6
4.	Rethymno Aegean	39	24	15	9	1881	1779	+82	9	3	6	6
5.	Panionios	38	24	14	10	1745	1630	+115	9	3	5	7
6.	Kavala	37	24	13	11	1708	1764	-56	10	2	3	9
7.	Aris	35	24	11	13	1770	1748	22	8	4	3	9
8.	PAOK	34	24	10	14	1658	1784	-126	9	3	1	11
9.	KAOD	33	24	9	15	1787	1900	-113	8	4	1	11
10.	Ikaros Kallitheas	32	24	8	16	1723	1892	-169	6	6	2	10
11.	Ilysiakos	31	24	7	17	1639	1802	-163	5	7	2	10
12.	Peristeri	31	24	7	17	1529	1742	-213	5	7	2	10
13.	Maroussi	25	24	1	23	1631	1990	-359	0	12	1	11

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 2012–13

Playoffs

Teams in bold won the playoff series. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoff seeding. Numbers to the right indicate the score of each playoff game.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals									Finals
	1	Olympiacos	81	68	-
	8	PAOK	53	61	-
								1	Olympiacos	83	90	87	-	-
								5	Panionios	67	65	66	-	-
	4	Rethymno Aegean	71	67	-
	5	Panionios	83	74	-
																	1	Olympiacos	84	79	84	74	82
																	2	Panathinaikos	78	81	72	84	76
	2	Panathinaikos	83	88	-
	7	Aris	68	65	-
								2	Panathinaikos	103	102	68	74	-			3rd Place
								3	Kolossos Rodou	67	71	73	66	-
	3	Kolossos Rodou	82	73	-												3	Kolossos Rodou	71	64	70	71	63
	6	Kavala	61	67	-												5	Panionios	68	81	66	88	73

Quarterfinal 1

Game 1

19 April 2012 19:00 EEST

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Olympiacos	81–53	PAOK
Scoring by quarter: 34-6, 23-15, 15-16, 9-16
Pts: Antić 18 Rebs: Antić 9 Asts: Sloukas 7		Pts: Dikoudis 10 Rebs: Aleksić 6 Asts: Pappas 4

Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus Referees: Kyriakos Tavoulareas, Athanasios Deslis, Kyriakos Pantelidis

Game 2

21 April 2012 18:00 EEST

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PAOK	61–68	Olympiacos
Scoring by quarter: 20-20, 11-17, 15-18, 15-13
Pts: Pappas 15 Rebs: Aleksić, Pettway 8 Asts: Pappas 5		Pts: Spanoulis 15 Rebs: Dorsey 8 Asts: Spanoulis 4

PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Referees: Nikos Somos, Dimitris Pafilis, Georgios Poursanidis

Quarterfinal 2

Game 1

18 April 2012 16:00 EEST

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Rethymno Aegean	71–83	Panionios
Scoring by quarter: 16-19, 37-43, 50-63, 71-83
Pts: Christmas 17 Rebs: Petway 9 Asts: Tsochlas 4		Pts: Barlos 19 Rebs: Stepheson 11 Asts: Xanthopoulos 9

Rethymno Indoor Hall, Rethymno Referees: Georgios Tanatzis, Charalambos Karakatsounis, Georgios Andrikopoulos

Game 2

20 April 2012 19:00 EEST

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Panionios	74–67	Rethymno Aegean
Scoring by quarter: 12-24, 14-11, 28-13, 20-19
Pts: Xanthopoulos 21 Rebs: Stepheson, Xanthopoulos 7 Asts: Xanthopoulos 5		Pts: Christmas 30 Rebs: Latovic 6 Asts: Christmas 3

Nea Smyrni Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: in camera Referees: Anastasios Poloïdis, Petros Papapetrou, Christos Panagiotou

Quarterfinal 3

Game 1

19 April 2012 19:00 EEST

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Panathinaikos	83–68	Aris
Scoring by quarter: 20-18, 18-25, 26-5, 19-20
Pts: Logan 14 Rebs: Smith 7 Asts: Jasikevičius 5		Pts: Verginis 18 Rebs: Kerusch 7 Asts: Verginis 4

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Referees: Christos Christodoulou, Stefanos Magglogiannis, Vasilis Mpikas

Game 2

21 April 2012 16:00 EEST

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Aris	65–88	Panathinaikos
Scoring by quarter: 18-21, 18-25, 17-22, 12-20
Pts: Bogris 16 Rebs: Bogris 8 Asts: Verginis 5		Pts: Logan 13 Rebs: Smith 8 Asts: Jasikevičius 9

Alexandreio Melathron, Thessaloniki Referees: Ilias Koromilas, Konstantinos Xenikakis, Argyrios Kaldiris

Quarterfinal 4

Game 1

18 April 2012 16:00 EEST

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Kolossos Rodou	82–61	Kavala
Scoring by quarter: 20-15, 21-23, 17-7, 24-16
Pts: Hatten 23 Rebs: two players 6 Asts: five players 2		Pts: Angelopoulos 13 Rebs: Simtsak 6 Asts: Stefanidis 3

Venetoklio Indoor Hall, Rhodes Referees: V. Afentoulidis, D. Mpitis, G. Georgiadis

Game 2

21 April 2012 16:00 EEST

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Kavala	67–73	Kolossos Rodou
Scoring by quarter: 18-20, 10-21, 21-13, 18-19
Pts: Angelopoulos 23 Rebs: Simtsak 11 Asts: Pašalić 3		Pts: Tsamis, Hopson 14 Rebs: Tsamis 5 Asts: Hatten 7

Kalamitsa Sports Center, Kavala Referees: Panagiotis Anastopoulos, Panagiotis Diamantis, Andreas Vardalos

Semi-finals 1

Game 1

24 April 2012 19:00 EEST

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Olympiacos	83–67	Panionios
Scoring by quarter: 23-23, 19-15, 25-16, 16-13
Pts: Dorsey, Spanoulis 13 Rebs: Dorsey 7 Asts: Sloukas 4		Pts: Diebler 17 Rebs: Diebler 6 Asts: Xanthopoulos 6

Peace and Friendship Stadium Referees: Ioannis Foufis, Charalambos Karakatsounis, Christos Panagiotou

Game 2

26 April 2012 17:00 EEST

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Olympiacos	90–65	Panionios
Scoring by quarter: 27-6, 22-24, 24-18, 17-17
Pts: Spanoulis 21 Rebs: Dorsey 8 Asts: Spanoulis 7		Pts: Nađfeji, Keys 13 Rebs: four players 5 Asts: five players 2

Peace and Friendship Stadium Referees: Georgios Tanatzis, Kyriakos Tavoulareas, Georgios Andrikopoulos

Game 3

28 April 2012 19:00 EEST

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Panionios	66–87	Olympiacos
Scoring by quarter: 18-22, 14-23, 21-21, 13-21
Pts: Keys 18 Rebs: Sarikopoulos 9 Asts: Xanthopoulos 5		Pts: Printezis 17 Rebs: Dorsey 6 Asts: Spanoulis 10

Nea Smyrni Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: in camera Referees: Chrysostomos Schinas, Alexandros Psarianos, Konstantinos Mitsopoulos

Semi-finals 2

Game 1

24 April 2012 17:00 EEST

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Panathinaikos	103–67	Kolossos Rodou
Scoring by quarter: 23-20, 30-12, 29-18, 21-17
Pts: Kaimakoglou, Vougioukas 13 Rebs: Vougioukas 5 Asts: Diamantidis 8		Pts: Hopson 19 Rebs: Boykin, Panos 5 Asts: Liakopoulos, Hatten 3

Olympic Indoor Hall Referees: Spyridon Gontas, Nikos Somos, Konstantinos Mitsopoulos

Game 2

26 April 2012 19:00 EEST

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Panathinaikos	102–71	Kolossos Rodou
Scoring by quarter: 28-20, 23-13, 21-13, 30-25
Pts: Marić 16 Rebs: four players 6 Asts: Jasikevičius 7		Pts: Hatten 17 Rebs: Asimakopoulos 9 Asts: Kalaitzis 5

Olympic Indoor Hall Referees: Ioannis Koromilas, Konstantinos Stamatopoulos, Kyriakos Poursanidis

Game 3

28 April 2012 17:00 EEST

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Kolossos Rodou	73–68	Panathinaikos
Scoring by quarter: 20-20, 13-14, 17-18, 23-16
Pts: Liakopoulos 17 Rebs: four players 5 Asts: Liakopoulos, Kalaitzis 2		Pts: Vougioukas 14 Rebs: Smith 6 Asts: Diamantidis 3

Venetoklio Indoor Hall, Rhodes Referees: Panagiotis Anastopoulos, Dimitris Bitis, Asterios Goumas

Game 4

30 April 2012 17:00 EEST

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Kolossos Rodou	66–74	Panathinaikos
Scoring by quarter: 14-16, 13-17, 18-24, 21-17
Pts: Liakopoulos 20 Rebs: Asimakopoulos 8 Asts: Tsamis 3		Pts: Vougioukas 17 Rebs: Kaimakoglou 6 Asts: Jasikevičius, Logan 3

Venetoklio Indoor Hall, Rhodes Referees: Christos Christodoulou, Vasilis Afentoulidis, Georgios Andrikopoulos

3rd Place play-offs

Game 1

9 May 2012 17:00 EEST

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Kolossos Rodou	71–68	Panionios
Scoring by quarter: 14-18, 12-19, 23-20, 22-11
Pts: Hatten 15 Rebs: Tsamis, Asmimakopoulos 7 Asts: Hatten 5		Pts: Barlos 19 Rebs: Diebler 8 Asts: Xanthopoulos 7

Venetoklio Indoor Hall, Rhodes Referees: Spyridon Gontas, Petros Papapetrou, Kyriakos Tavoulareas

Game 2

12 May 2012 17:30 EEST

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Panionios	81–64	Kolossos Rodou
Scoring by quarter: 28-25, 18-11, 24-8, 11-20
Pts: Keys 16 Rebs: Athanasoulas 5 Asts: Xanthopoulos 5		Pts: Hopson, Liakopoulos 10 Rebs: Harissis 8 Asts: Liakopoulos 4

Nea Smyrni Indoor Hall, Athens Referees: Georgios Tanatzis, Ilias Koromilas, Dimitris Bitis

Game 3

16 May 2012 16:00 EEST

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Kolossos Rodou	70–66	Panionios
Scoring by quarter: 20-19, 17-16, 16-10, 17-21
Pts: Hatten 13 Rebs: Tsamis 6 Asts: Harissis 4		Pts: Keys 20 Rebs: Barlos 6 Asts: three players 3

Venetoklio Indoor Hall, Rhodes Referees: Anastasios Piloïdis, Charalabos Karakatsounis, Alexandros Psarianos

Game 4

19 May 2012 16:00 EEST

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Panionios	88–71	Kolossos Rodou
Scoring by quarter: 19-11, 25-24, 24-19, 20-17
Pts: Nađfeji 15 Rebs: Barlos 8 Asts: Xanthopoulos 8		Pts: Liakopoulos 19 Rebs: Boykin 7 Asts: Harissis 3

Nea Smyrni Indoor Hall, Athens Referees: Chrisostomos Schinas, Ioannis Foufis, Asterios Goumas

Game 5

22 May 2012 17:00 EEST

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Kolossos Rodou	63–73	Panionios
Scoring by quarter: 18-18, 18-21, 14-16, 13-18
Pts: Asimakopoulos 16 Rebs: Asimakopoulos 6 Asts: Liakopoulos 5		Pts: Diebler 20 Rebs: Kavvadas 7 Asts: Xanthopoulos 7

Venetoklio Indoor Hall, Rhodes Referees: Georgios Tanatzis, Spyridon Gontas, Panagiotis Anastopoulos

Finals

Game 1

21 May 2012 19:00 EEST

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Olympiacos	84–78	Panathinaikos
Scoring by quarter: 15-20, 26-13, 17-19, 26-26
Pts: Printezis 18, Papanikolaou 16, Hines 13, Rebs: Papanikolaou 8, Antic 6 Asts: Spanoulis 5		Pts: Vougioukas 20 Rebs: four players 5 Asts: Diamantidis 6

Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus Referees: Panagiotis Anastopoulos, Ioannis Foufis, Vassilis Afedoulidis

Game 2

24 May 2012 19:00 EEST

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Panathinaikos	81–79	Olympiacos
Scoring by quarter: 20-19, 18-22, 29-18, 14-20
Pts: Diamantidis 23 Rebs: Kaimakoglou 10 Asts: Diamantidis 4		Pts: Hines 18, Papanikolaou 11, Spanoulis, Printezis 10 Rebs: Papanikolaou 9 Asts: Spanoulis 5, Mantzaris 4

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Referees: Georgios Tanatzis, Spyridon Godas, Anastasios Piloïdis

Game 3

27 May 2012 19:00 EEST

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Olympiacos	84–72	Panathinaikos
Scoring by quarter: 29-18, 24-17, 16-16, 15-21
Pts: Printezis 16, Spanoulis 15, Rebs: Dorsey 9, Papanikolaou 5 Asts: Spanoulis 4		Pts: Batiste, Diamantidis 12 Rebs: Kaimakoglou 7 Asts: Calathes 6

Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus Referees: Christos Christodoulou, Charalambos Karakatsounis, Ilias Koromilas

Game 4

30 May 2012 19:00 EEST

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Panathinaikos	84–74	Olympiacos
Scoring by quarter: 14-19, 22-19, 19-20, 29-16
Pts: Diamantidis 15 Rebs: Batiste 11 Asts: Jasikevičius 7		Pts: Law 16, Printezis 9, Papanikolaou, Spanoulis 8 Rebs: Dorsey 8, Spanoulis 5 Asts: Spanoulis 8

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Referees: Chrysostomos Shinas, Panagiotis Anastopoulos, Dimitris Mpitis

Game 5

2 June 2012 19:00 EEST

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Olympiacos	82–76	Panathinaikos
Scoring by quarter: 24-20, 24-16, 22-20, 12-20
Pts: Spanoulis 24, Printezis 14 Rebs: Printezis, Papanikolaou 7 Asts: Law, Spanoulis, Mantzaris 2		Pts: Calathes 17 Rebs: Perperoglou 8 Asts: Diamantidis 5

Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus Attendance: 16500 Referees: Chrysostomos Shinas, Spyridon Godas, Panagiotis Anastopoulos

Final league standings

Position	Team	Overall Record
		Games	Wins	Losses
1.	Olympiacos	34	31	3
2.	Panathinaikos	35	29	6
3.	Panionios	34	19	15
4.	Kolossos	35	21	14
5.	Rethymno Aegean	26	15	11
6.	Kavala	26	13	13
7.	Aris	26	11	15
8.	PAOK	26	10	16
9.	KAOD	24	9	15
10.	Ikaros Kallitheas	24	8	16
11.	Ilysiakos	24	7	17
12.	Peristeri	24	7	17
13.	Maroussi	24	1	23

	2012–13 Euroleague Regular Season
	Eurocup 2012–13 Regular Season
	Relegation to HEBA A2 2012–13

• Kolossos and Rethymno forfeited their places in the Eurocup 2012–13 Regular Season.

Greek Basket League 2011–12 Champions
Olympiacos 10th Title

Awards

Most Valuable Player

• Vassilis Spanoulis – Olympiacos

Finals MVP

• Kostas Papanikolaou &
• Georgios Printezis – Olympiacos

Top scorer

• Dionte Christmas – Rethymno

Most Improved Player

• Georgios Printezis – Olympiacos

Defensive Player of the Year

• Joey Dorsey – Olympiacos

Best Young Player

• Kostas Papanikolaou – Olympiacos

Coach of the Year

• Dusan Ivkovic – Olympiacos &
• Georgios Bartzokas – Panionios^[3]

All-Greek League Team
Pos.	Player	Team
PG	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos
SG	Vassilis Spanoulis MVP	Olympiacos
SF	Kostas Papanikolaou	Olympiacos
PF	Georgios Printezis	Olympiacos
C	Mike Batiste	Panathinaikos

All-Greek League Defensive Team[4]
Pos.	Player	Team
PG	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos
SG	Vangelis Mantzaris	Olympiacos
SF	Kostas Papanikolaou	Olympiacos
PF	Kyle Hines	Olympiacos
C	Joey Dorsey Best Defender	Olympiacos

Stats leaders

Greek Basket League stats leaders are counted by totals, rather than averages, and include both regular season and playoff games.^[5]

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Points	Games
1.	Dionte Christmas	Rethymno	484	26
2.	Georgios Printezis	Olympiacos	427	34
3.	Angelos Tsamis	Kolossos	397	35
4.	Dimos Dikoudis	PAOK	383	26
5.	Marcus Hatten	Kolossos	379	34

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	Rebounds	Games
1.	Aron Baynes	Ikaros	199	23
2.	Ruben Boykin	Kolossos	166	35
3.	Vassilis Simtsak	Kavala	166	26
4.	Nana Enguaier	Ilysiakos	164	25
5.	Angelos Tsamis	Kolossos	162	35

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Assists	Games
1.	Vassilis Spanoulis Vassilis Xanthopoulos	Olympiacos Panionios	155 155	31 34
3.	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos	146	33
4.	Šarūnas Jasikevičius	Panathinaikos	110	35
5.	Nick Calathes	Panathinaikos	106	35

Clubs in international competitions

Team	Competition	Result
Olympiacos	EuroLeague	Final-4, 1st place
Panathinaikos		Final-4, 4th place
PAOK		Qualifying rounds, Bracket A, First qualifying round
Aris	EuroCup	Last 16, 4th place
PAOK		Regular season, 4th place

References

1. "Όχι ΕΕΑ σε Πανελλήνιο, με 13 ομάδες η Α1!". sport24.gr. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
2. "Standings". Retrieved 12 April 2012.
3. "ESAKE.gr - Top Coach G. Bartzokas" (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2010-06-19. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
4. "ΚΟΡΥΦΑΙΟΣ ΑΜΥΝΤΙΚΟΣ ΤΗΣ Α1 Ο ΝΤΟΡΣΕΪ!". NewsNowgr.com. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
5. "Statistics". Retrieved 23 July 2012.

External links

• Official Basket League Site (in Greek)
• Official Basket League Site
• Official Hellenic Basketball Federation Site (in Greek)