Cyprus Basketball Division 1

Cypriot Basketball First Division

Current season, competition or edition: 2015–16 Cyprus Basketball Division 1
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Sport	Basketball
Founded	1967
Motto	Το άθλημα μας (Our Sport)
No. of teams	8
Country	Cyprus
Continent	FIBA Europe
Most recent champion(s)	AEK Larnaca (2nd title) (2014–15)
Related competitions	Cypriot Basketball Cup
Official website	Cyprus Basketball Federation

The Cypriot First Division of the Men’s Basketball League is currently the top competition on the Cyprus Basketball calendar. It is run and governed by the Cyprus Basketball Federation.

Format

At present, 8 clubs compete in the league. Since 2015–16 season, the league takes place in three phases. In the first phase, each club plays the others twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents, which makes a total of 14 games for each club.

In the second phase, the 8 teams are separated into two groups of four teams according to their position at the end of the first phase. The first four teams of the first phase will compete in the championship group, while the teams which finished in places 5-8 will compete in the relegation group. The points from the first phase are carried to the second phase and the teams play each other twice (6 more matches).

In the third phase, the third-placed team of the championship group will face the runners-up of the relegation group (tie-1) and the fourth-placed team of the championship group will face the winners of the relegation group (tie-2) in the championship quarter-finals. The winners of these two ties (winners will be decided after two wins) will advance to the championship semi-finals. At the same time, the third-placed team of the relegation group will face the fourth-placed team of the same group in the relegation play-offs, with the losing team to be relegated to the second division (winner will be decided after two wins).

In the championship semi-finals, the winners of the championship group will face the winners of the quarter-finals tie-1 and the runners-up of the championship group will face the winners of the quarter-finals tie-2. The two winners of the semi-finals (winners will be decided after three wins) will advance to the play-offs final to compete for the championship title. The championship winner will be decided after three wins and along with the winners of the Cypriot Cup qualify to compete in the next season's FIBA's EuroChallenge competition.

Teams

The following teams (in alphabetical order) are competing in the 2015–16 season:

• AEK Larnaca - Larnaca
• Anagennisi Germasogeias - Yermasoyia, Limassol
• APOEL - Nicosia
• Apollon Limassol - Limassol
• Enosis Neon Paralimni - Paralimni
• ETHA Engomis - Engomi, Nicosia
• Keravnos - Strovolos, Nicosia
• Omonia - Nicosia

Champions

Season	Champion
1966–67	Digenis
1967–68	Digenis
1968–69	ENAD
1969–70	PAEEK
1970–71	PAEEK
1971–72	PAEEK
1972–73	Pezoporikos
1973–74	AEL
1974–75	Achilleas
1975–76	APOEL
1976–77	Achilleas
1977–78	AEL
1978–79	APOEL
1979–80	AEL
1980–81	APOEL
1981–82	AEL
1982–83	AEL

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1983–84	Achilleas	Keravnos	2–1
1984–85	AEL	APOEL	3–1
1985–86	Achilleas	APOEL	3–2
1986–87	AEL	Achilleas	3–0
1987–88	AEL	APOEL	4–0
1988–89	Keravnos	Achilleas	4–3
1989–90	ENAD	Achilleas	4–1
1990–91	Pezoporikos	APOEL	4–1
1991–92	Pezoporikos	Achilleas	4–3
1992–93	Achilleas	APOEL	4–0
1993–94	Pezoporikos	APOEL	4–3
1994–95	APOEL	AEK	4–2
1995–96	APOEL	Keravnos	4–0
1996–97	Keravnos	Achilleas	4–1
1997–98	APOEL	Keravnos	4–3
1998–99	APOEL	Achilleas	4–0
1999–00	Keravnos	Apollon	3–1

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2000–01	Keravnos	Apollon	3–0
2001–02	APOEL	Keravnos	3–1
2002–03	AEL	Keravnos	3–2
2003–04	AEL	Keravnos	3–1
2004–05	AEL	Apollon	3–0
2005–06	AEL	Apollon	3–0
2006–07	AEL	APOEL	3–2
2007–08	Keravnos	APOEL	3–2
2008–09	APOEL	Keravnos	3–1
2009–10	APOEL	AEL	3–1
2010–11	ETHA	AEL	3–2
2011–12	ETHA	Keravnos	3–1
2012–13	AEK	APOEL	3–1
2013–14	APOEL	AEK	3–2
2014–15	AEK	APOEL	3–1

Performance by club

Team	Winners	Years Won
AEL	13	1974, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
APOEL	11	1976, 1979, 1981, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2009, 2010, 2014
Keravnos	5	1989, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2008
Achilleas	5	1975, 1977, 1984, 1986, 1993
Pezoporikos	4	1973, 1991, 1992, 1994
PAEEK	3	1970, 1971, 1972
AEK	2	2013, 2015
ETHA	2	2011, 2012
ENAD	2	1969, 1990
Digenis	2	1967, 1968

See also

• Cypriot Basketball Cup
• Cypriot Basketball Super Cup

External links

• Cyprus Basketball Federation Official Site (Greek)
• Cyprusbasketball.com Site
• Eurobasket.com League Page