• Match-Day 20 News - by G. Bina, 02/23/04

• Match-Day 20 Postponed - by G. Bina, 02/14/04

• Match-Day 19 News by G. Bina 02/09/04: Aris storms back; Peristeri falling?; Traina steps up; Tapoutos efected

• Match-Day 18 News by G. Bina 02/02/04: Hatzis goes 6/6 from beyond the arc; Panathinaikos, Aris, Iraklis all rising; Olympiakos still struggling

ESAKE is the professional basketball league in Greece. If you are not familiar with ESAKE, please read Nifel's Introduction to ESAKE.

ESAKE is very exciting this year. Many traditional powerhouse teams (like AEK and Olympiakos) have been upset, leading to Maroussi's incredible start for the first fourteen games. (Also see Gianfranco's commentary on the state of ESAKE).

ESAKE 2003-2004 Updated February 23, 2004

 

A Note from Nifel: The ESAKE league hosts 14 teams. The regular season consists of 26 game-days, after which a round robin tournament is played. At the end of the regular season, the last two teams get relegated to the A2 division, to be replaced the following year by the first two teams of the A2 division.   The end of the regular season is followed by 4 rounds of play-offs. Recently, the play-offs format changed. Only the first 8 teams of the regular season advance in the play-offs. The current format of the play-offs is as follows:

 

AEK-

12-7

Makedonikos-

9-11

Apollon-

7-13

Maroussi-

16-3

Aris-

13-6

Olympiakos-

9-11

Ilisiakos-

5-14

Panionios Smyrna-

9-11

Ionikos NF-

4-16

Panathinaikos-

14-4

Irakleio-

6-14

PAOK-

11-9

Iraklis-

12-8

Peristeri-

10-9