Apollon Patras BC

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Apollon Patras BC
Leagues	A2 Ethniki
Founded	1926
History	1926 - present
Arena	Apollon Patras Indoor Hall (capacity 4,150)
Location	Patras, Greece
Team colors	white and black
President
Head coach	Dimitris Papadopoulos
Championships	none
Website	apollon.gr
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KAE Apollon Patras BC (in English Apollo Patras BC), named after the Greek God Apollo, is a Greek professional basketball club that is located in Patras, Greece. The club was founded in the year 1926. Apollon Patras BC is the basketball club of the Greek sports athletic union Apollon Patras. Currently, Apollon competes in the A2 Ethniki, which is the second division of the Greek A League.

Contents 1 Club History 2 Championships 3 Notable Players 4 Notable Coaches 5 External Links

[edit] Club History

Apollon Patras BC has competed in the top division of the Greek basketball league, the A1 Ethniki in a total of 28 different seasons so far, making Apollon one of the constant teams in the Greek League's top division over the years. The club competed in the A1 for the first time in the 1971-72 season and as recently as the 2006-07 season. Apollon won the local Achaea tournament 4 times, in the years 1956, 1958, 1971, and 1973.

In 1997, Apollon BC made it to the championship game of the Greek Basketball Cup for the first and only time in the club's history, before losing in the championship game to Olympiacos BC. In that particular season, Olympiacos was considered to be one of the all-time great teams in European basketball history as they won the Triple Crown in Basketball that year. Apollon was not able to overcome Olympiacos in the final. In 2003, Apollon BC won the Greek League's Second Division Championship the A2 Ethniki.

[edit] Championships

• Total Titles: 2
• Divisional:
  • A2 Ethniki: 2
    • 1992
    • 2003

[edit] Notable Players

Vassilis Kikilias Nikos Barlos Panagiotis Liadelis Panayiotis Kafkis Christos Myriounis Giannis Milonas Dimitris Dimakopoulos Argiris Papapetrou Vaggelis Aggelou Christos Harisis

Joseph Forte Todd Fuller Chris Garner Pat Durham Ashraf Amaya Terence Morris Jimmy Oliver Buck Johnson Terrence Rencher Rod Sellers Danya Abrams Harold Ellis Dontae' Jones Derrick Hamilton Erik Meek

Neil Fingleton Alan Gregov Mladen Šekularac Ratko Varda Andres Guibert

[edit] Notable Coaches

• Dimitris Papadopoulos

[edit] External Links

• Apollon.gr website
• Eurobasket.com team profile page

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