The Greek women's Basketball League, also known as A1 Ethniki (A1 National) Women's Basketball is the most important competition of Greek women's professional basketball. It is organised by the EOK (Hellenic Basketball Federation). It began with the 1967–68 season. The first championship of the league, which was held in the 1967–68 season, was organised by ΕΟΑΠ (Greek: Ελληνική Ομοσπονδία Αθλοπαιδιών). Two years later, the EOK assumed control of the competition.Hellenic Basketball Federation History of the women’s championship.
Iraklis Thessaloniki won the inaugural championship of the league, in the 1967–68 season. From 1976 to 1999, Sporting Athens dominated the competition, winning 20 championships in that period (they also won another championship in 2004). So far, Sporting has won the most league championships (21 in total).Greek Basketball Federation, Women's Basketball League, Champions. From 2008 to 2012, Athinaikos dominated exclusively, breaking the record of consecutive wins in the Greek Women's League. The successes of Olympiacos Piraeus were entered into the Guinness book of records. The consecutive win streak of Olympiacos was finally halted at 117 wins. The current champion of the league is Athinaikos women's basketball which has won five league championships.
History The Greek Women's Basketball League competition started in 1968. In the 1984–85 season, the competition was renamed to A National, and in the 1997–98 season, it was renamed to A1 National. Simultaneously, the second division was created under the name A2 National. In 2010, the organisers of the league championship decided to add playoff rounds to the competition.
Current teams
The clubs for the 2023–24 season: ClubHome cityA.S. Athinaikos Vyronas, AthensA.O. Eleutheria Moschatou Moschato, Piraeus Esperides Kallitheas Kallithea, Athens G.A.S. Evnicos Ano Liosia, Athens PAS Giannina IoanninaG.S. Iraklis Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Niki Lefkadas Lefkada Olympiacos S.F. Piraeus Piraeus Panathinaikos A.O. Athens PAOK Thessaloniki Proteas Voulas B.C. Voula, Athens
Titles holders
1967–68 Iraklis Thessaloniki 1968–69 Peiraikos 1969–70 Peiraikos 1970–71 Iraklis Thessaloniki 1971–72 Iraklis Thessaloniki 1972–73 Athens College 1973–74 Apollon Kalamarias 1974–75 Palaio Faliro 1975–76 Sporting Athens 1976–77 Sporting Athens 1977–78 Olympiacos Volos 1978–79 Sporting Athens 1979–80 Sporting Athens 1980–81 Sporting Athens 1981–82 Palaio Faliro 1982–83 Sporting Athens 1983–84 Sporting Athens 1984–85 Sporting Athens 1985–86 Sporting Athens 1986–87 Sporting Athens 1987–88 Sporting Athens 1988–89 Sporting Athens 1989–90 Sporting Athens 1990–91 Sporting Athens 1991–92 Apollon Kalamarias 1992–93 Sporting Athens 1993–94 Sporting Athens 1994–95 Sporting Athens 1995–96 Sporting Athens 1996–97 Sporting Athens 1997–98 Panathinaikos 1998–99 Sporting Athens 1999–00 Panathinaikos 2000–01 Ano Liosia 2001–02 Ano Liosia 2002–03 Ano Liosia 2003–04 Sporting Athens 2004–05 Panathinaikos 2005–06 Esperides Kallitheas 2006–07 Panionios 2007–08 Esperides Kallitheas 2008–09 Athinaikos 2009–10 Athinaikos 2010–11 Athinaikos 2011–12 Athinaikos 2012–13 Panathinaikos 2013–14 Elliniko-Sourmena 2014–15 Elliniko-Sourmena 2015–16 Olympiacos Piraeus 2016–17 Olympiacos Piraeus 2017–18 Olympiacos Piraeus 2018–19 Olympiacos Piraeus 2019–20 Olympiacos Piraeus 2020–21 Panathinaikos 2021–22 Olympiacos Piraeus 2022–23 Olympiacos Piraeus 2023–24 Olympiacos Piraeus 2024–25 Olympiacos Piraeus 2025-26 Athinaikos
Performance by club ClubTitlesSeasons Sporting Athens 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2004 Olympiacos Piraeus 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 Panathinaikos 1998, 2000, 2005, 2013, 2021 Athinaikos 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2026 Ano Liosia 2001, 2002, 2003 Iraklis Thessaloniki 1968, 1971, 1972 Peiraikos 1969, 1970 Apollon Kalamarias 1974, 1992 Palaio Faliro 1975, 1982 Esperides Kallitheas 2006, 2008 Elliniko-Sourmena 2014, 2015 Athens College 1973 Olympiacos Volos 1978 Panionios 2007
Sponsors supporters Spalding Aegean
References
External links Hellenic Basketball Federation Greek Women's Basketball League at basket.gr Eurobasket.com, Greek Basketball (Women)