Panionios Women's Basketball is the women's basketball department of Panionios, the Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Smyrni. The first basketball department of the club was founded in 1919 and was one of the first in Greece. The women's department in turn was established in the post-war period. Its last reconstitution took place in the late 1990s. The club plays in A2 Ethniki (2nd tier) but recently it has played in A1 Ethniki. They have won one Greek Championship, in 2007.
History Panionios Women's basketball team was founded in 1947. It took part in the local championship of Athens-Piraeus since those years there wasn't a Panhellenic women championship. The club ceased its activities for some years but it returned in action in the late 1990s. Panionios achieved to win the Panhellenic championship immediately after its promotion to A1 Ethniki. It is the only time that a Greek team wins a championship coming from a second division. The next years, Panionios is weakened and the current season it plays in A2 Ethniki.
Recent seasons
SeasonDivisionPlaceNotes2003-04Beta Ethniki 1stPromoted to A22005-06A2 Ethniki 2ndPromoted to A12006-07A1 Ethniki 1st2007-08A1 Ethniki 2nd2008-09A1 Ethniki 8th2009-10A1 Ethniki 7th2010-11A1 Ethniki 5th2011-12A1 Ethniki 3rd2012-13A1 Ethniki 11thRelegated to A22013-14A2 Ethniki 6th2014-15A2 Ethniki 4th 2015-16A2 Ethniki 2ndPromoted to A12016-17A1 Ethniki 9th2017-18A1 Ethniki 3rd2018-19A1 Ethniki 8th2019-20A2 Ethniki 5th
Honours Greek Women's Basketball League Winners (1): 2007 Runners-up (1): 2008 Greek Women's Basketball Cup Runners-up (1): 2017
Roster
References
External links Official page Women Panionios B.C. at Eurobasket.com