The 2007–08 Greek Basket League season was the 68th season of the Greek Basket League, the highest tier professional basketball league in Greece. The winner of the championship was Panathinaikos that won Olympiacos in the finals of the championship.
Teams
ClubHome cityAEK AthensAthensAEL 1964LarissaAigaleoAigaleo, AthensArisThessalonikiKolossos RodouRhodesMaroussiMaroussi, AthensOlympia LarissaLarissaOlympiacosPiraeusOlympias PatrasPatrasPanathinaikosAthensPanelliniosAthensPanioniosNea Smyrni, AthensPAOKThessalonikiRethymnoRethymno
Regular season
Standings PosTeamTotalHomeAwayPtsPldWLFADWLFAWLFA1.Panathinaikos492623323191857 +462121119393911211269182.Olympiacos482622422081835 +3731211093834103111510013.Aris442618819511816 +135103969862859829544.Panionios4026141220221935 +87851055936679679995.Panellinios4026141220101997 +138510451001679659966.Maroussi3926131319301934 -4859809305895010047.AEK Athens3926131319201902 +1810310259153108979878.Olympia Larissa3826121418341856 -2285952889498829679.Aigaleo3826121420362085 -49851085103649951104910.AEL 19643726111519342033 -99941033997211901103611.Kolossos Rodou352691719902213 -2236710021067310988114612.PAOK352691718451985 -14076942940211903104513.Rethymno Aegean352691718361922 -8676920896211916102614.Olympias Patras292632317932258 -46521194711451128461113
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
Results AEKAELAIGARIKOLMAROLLOLPOLYPAOPGSPANPAOKAGORAEK Athens 71-6677-6281-7090-7276-8084-6683-5977-8570-6688-8972-6273-6483-74AEL 196486-78 104-9869-7997-7672-6175-6270-6069-9677-10792-8865-6774-6383-62Aigaleo78-6581-7171-88 71-7573-7272-76102-66106-11276-8587-80101-9994-8073-67Aris76-6072-70 94-6775-6472-5948-5875-6675-8282-7574-5271-8183-7372-55Kolossos Rodou74-7976-6967-7692-89 88-8468-7088-7769-9665-10677-9073-7880-7385-80Maroussi71-6290-7463-7196-8284-76 82-6974-5866-7568-7965-7572-7470-5779-78Olympia Larissa71-6773-7558-7475-4776-6668-50 96-6789-9263-8358-7484-7380-6961-52Olympias Patras68-7681-7567-8580-8781-10773-9367-87 66-10366-9968-9269-7083-7678-95Olympiacos82-5384-5281-6176-63106-8492-7365-61100-58 64-8287-52100-8176-6680-48Panathinaikos78-5294-6581-7691-75105-6189-9394-56108-7281-77 95-8484-74103-7390-81Panellinios77-7581-9591-7380-7697-7773-7580-67101-7569-7467-94 76-7466-7087-76Panionios90-7189-6061-7371-7589-6592-8075-6295-6784-7278-8778-60 74-7779-87PAOK64-8776-6674-7571-7290-7965-7079-7770-6481-8068-7462-5866-77 76-61Rethymno Aegean72-7068-6359-7073-6985-8671-6078-7151-5769-7174-8965-7166-5789-62
Playoffs This is the outlook for the 2008 Α1 playoffs. Teams in italics have home advantage. Teams in bold advance to the next round. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoffs seeding. Numbers to the right indicate the score of each game.
Play-offs
Final standings Pos Team1.Panathinaikos 2.Olympiacos3.Panionios4.Maroussi5.Aris6.Panellinios 7.AEK Athens8.Olympia Larissa9.Aigaleo10.AEL 196411.Kolossos Rodou12.PAOK 13.Rethymno Aegean14.Olympias Patras
2008–09 Euroleague Regular Season Eurocup 2008–09 Regular Season Eurocup 2008–09 Qualification Round EuroChallenge 2008–09 Regular season Relegation to HEBA A2 2008–09
Greek Basket League 2007–08ChampionsPanathinaikos29th Title
Awards
Greek League MVP Dimitris Diamantidis – Panathinaikos
Greek League Finals MVP Vassilis Spanoulis – Panathinaikos All-Greek League Team Vassilis Spanoulis – Panathinaikos Anthony Grundy – Panellinios Dimitris Diamantidis – Panathinaikos Jeremiah Massey – Aris Giannis Bourousis – Olympiacos
Best Coach Soulis Markopoulos– Maroussi Defensive Player of the Year Dimitris Diamantidis – Panathinaikos
Best Young Player Ian Vougioukas – Rethymno
Statistical leaders Greek Basket League stats leaders are counted by totals, rather than averages, and include both regular season.
Points Pos. Player Club Total points 1. Anthony Grundy Panellinios 557 2. Jeremiah Massey Aris 450 3. Billy Keys A.E.L. 442 4. J. R. Pinnock Kolossos 389 5. Makis Nikolaidis Aigaleo 384 Rebounds Pos. Player Club Total Rebounds 1. K'zell Wesson AEK 223 2. Jeremiah Massey Aris 216 3. Dragan Ceranic A.E.L. 193 4. Giannis Bourousis Olympiacos 188 5. Tadas Klimavičius A.E.L. 168 Assists Pos. Player Club Total Assists 1. Vassilis Spanoulis Panathinaikos 125 2. Dimitris Diamantidis Panathinaikos 94 3. Šarūnas Jasikevičius Panathinaikos 87 4. Billy Keys A.E.L. 85 5. Fanis Koumpouras Olympia 79 Steals Pos. Player Club Total Steals 1. Anthony Grundy Panellinios 59 2. Jeremiah Massey Aris 55 3. Dimitris Diamantidis Panathinaikos 52 4. J. R. Pinnock Kolossos 51 5. Ibrahim Jaaber Aigaleo 42 Blocks Pos. Player Club Total Blocks 1. Tadas Klimavičius A.E.L. 38 2. Yiannis Bourousis Olympiacos 29 3. Jeremiah Massey Aris 24 4. Ian Vougioukas Rethymno 22 5. J. R. Pinnock Kolossos 19 Source:
Clubs in international competitions Team Competition Result Olympiacos EuroLeague Playoffs, Quarter finals Panathinaikos Top 16, 3rd place Aris Top 16, 4th placePanioniosULEB Cup Top 32, Knockout stage Panellinios Regular season, 6th place Olympia Larissa FIBA EuroCup Qualifying round, 3rd place PAOK Qualifying round, 4th place AEK Second elimination round, Home and away format Maroussi Second elimination round, Home and away format Olympias Patras Second elimination round, Home and away format
External links Official HEBA Site Official Hellenic Basketball Federation Site A1 League at Sportime magazine (Greek) Galanis Sports Data