Greek Basketball Cup


The Greek Basketball Cup or Hellenic Basketball Cup is the top-tier level annual pro basketball national cup competition in Greece. It is organized by the Hellenic Basketball Federation.

History and format

There were no official Greek Cups, or Greek Cup records, with regards to the tournament before the 1975–76 season. But according to some sources, AEK won two unofficial versions of the Greek Cup in the seasons of 1966–67 and 1970–71. The first official Greek Cup took place during the 1975-76 season.
From the 1994-95 to 2003-04 seasons, the Final Four format was used. The competition format currently includes a total of 62 teams; 14 from the top-tier level Greek Basket League, 16 from the 2nd-tier level Greek A2 Basket League, and 32 teams from the third-tier level Greek B Basket League.
The top six placed teams from the previous season of the Greek Basket League have an automatic bye to the quarterfinals, while the other eight teams play in preliminary rounds for the other two quarterfinals places. The quarterfinals and onward rounds are played under a single elimination format.

Cup winners

Titles by club

Final Four (1994–2004)

The Final Four system was introduced in the 1994–95 season, while the last Final Four was held during the 2003–04 season.
Season1st2nd3rd4th
1994–95PAOK BravoChipita PanioniosAris IntersalonikaIlysiakos
1995–96PanathinaikosIraklis Aspis PronoiaDexim Apollon PatrasAEK
1996–97OlympiacosDexim Apollon PatrasAEKPanathinaikos
1997–98Aris Moda BagnoAEKOlympiacosPanathinaikos
1998–99PAOKAEKIraklisAris
1999–00AEKPanathinaikosMaroussiIraklis
2000–01AEKPanathinaikosOlympiacosIraklis
2001–02OlympiacosMaroussi TelestetPanathinaikosPanellinios
2002–03PanathinaikosArisMakedonikosIraklio
2003–04ArisOlympiacosPeristeriApollon Patras

Final 4 performance by club

Club1st2nd3rd4th
Panathinaikos2 2 1 2
AEK2 2 1 1
Olympiacos2 1 2 -
Aris2 1 1 1
PAOK2 ---
Iraklis-1 1 2
Apollon Patras-1 1 1
Maroussi-1 1 -
Panionios-1 --
Makedonikos--1 -
Peristeri--1 -
Ilysiakos---1
Panellinios---1
Irakleio---1

Greek Basketball Cup Finals game top scorers and MVPs

Since the first Greek Cup in 1976, the Top Scorer of the Greek Cup Finals is given an award, regardless of whether he plays on the winning or losing team. Since 1995, an MVP is also named at the conclusion of the finals.
Denotes the number of multiple times that the player was the Top Scorer or MVP.

All-time Greek Cup Finals game career scoring leaders

RankPlayerPoints Scored
1. Nikos Galis246
2. Panagiotis Giannakis155
3. Steve Giatzoglou144
4. Dimitris Diamantidis128
5. Georgios Kastrinakis97
6. Vassilis Spanoulis87
6. David Stergakos87
6. Mike Batiste87
9. Panagiotis Fasoulas81
10. Pavlos Diakoulas80
11. Minas Gekos73
12. Kostas Tsartsaris67
13. Bane Prelević64
14. Antonis Fotsis63
14. Nikos Stavropoulos63
16. Michalis Giannouzakos60
17. Fragiskos Alvertis59
18. Nikos Filippou56
19. Dimitris Kokolakis54
20. Lefteris Subotić53
21. Nick Calathes52
22. Takis Koroneos51

Players with the most appearances in the Greek Cup Finals

RankPlayerFinals Appearances
1. Dimitris Diamantidis12
2. Antonis Fotsis10
3. Mike Batiste9
3. Kostas Tsartsaris9
5. Vassilis Spanoulis8
5. Panagiotis Giannakis8
5. Nikos Galis8
5. Fragiskos Alvertis8
9. Kimon Kokorogiannis7
9. Panagiotis Fasoulas7
11. Georgios Printezis6
11. Stratos Perperoglou6
11. Bane Prelević6
11. Steve Giatzoglou6
11. Georgios Doxakis6
11. Georgios Kastrinakis6
11. Memos Ioannou6
11. Michalis Romanidis6
11. Nikos Boudouris6

Players with the most Greek Cup titles

RankPlayerGreek CupsYears Won
1. Dimitris Diamantidis102005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
2. Fragiskos Alvertis81993, 1996, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
2. Kostas Tsartsaris82003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013
4. Nikos Galis71985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993
4. Panagiotis Giannakis71985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1996
4. Mike Batiste72005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014
7. Michalis Romanidis61985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992
7. Antonis Fotsis62003, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
7. James Gist62013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019

Head coaches with multiple Greek Cup titles

Head CoachGreek CupsYears Won
Željko Obradović72003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012
Giannis Ioannidis61985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994
Dušan Ivković41997, 2000, 2001, 2011
Faidon Matthaiou21976, 1984
Kostas Mourouzis21977, 1978
Kostas Politis21979, 1982
Argyris Pedoulakis22013, 2014

All the official finals by decade

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s