Country | Greece |
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Sport | Basketball |
Promotion and relegation | Yes |
National system | |
Federation | Hellenic Basketball Association (HEBA) & Hellenic Basketball Federation (HBF) |
Confederation | FIBA Europe |
Top division | Greek Basket League |
Second division | A2 Basketball League |
Cup competition |
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Basketball in Greece |
The Greek basketball league system is a number of interconnected competitions for professional basketball clubs in Greece. The system has a hierarchical format with a promotion and relegation system between competitions at different levels. There are nine different competition levels in the system. The highest level competitions are the professional and semi professional nationwide competitions, which include the top-tier level Greek Basketball League (GBL), the second-tier level Greek A2 Basketball League, the third-tier level Greek B Basketball League, and the fourth-tier level Greek C Basketball League. Those competitions are then followed by the regional amateur level competitions, which include: the A1, the A2, the B, the C, and/or the C1, and the C2 categories.
The top-tier level Greek Basketball League is organized by the Hellenic Basketball Association (HEBA), while all of the league levels below the top-tier are organized by the Hellenic Basketball Federation (HBF).