32 Facts About Olympiacos BC

Olympiacos BC has been established as one of the most successful clubs in Greek basketball history and one of the most successful clubs in European basketball, having won three EuroLeagues, one FIBA Intercontinental Cup, one Triple Crown, thirteen Greek League titles and ten Greek Cups.

Later on, Olympiacos BC won the Intercontinental Cup, celebrating a third international title in 17 months.

Olympiacos BC was the first Greek team to familiarize itself with American style basketball, as Alekos Spanoudakis learned to imitate the American style jump shot, and his brother, Ioannis Spanoudakis, met basketball legend Bob Cousy, and practiced many of his secrets and techniques on the court.

Olympiacos BC won another Greek Cup title in 1980 which was the last of the successful Giatzoglou–Kastrinakis era.

Olympiacos BC were the unquestionable favorites to win the EuroLeague championship and they made it, after two dominating performances in the Final Four.

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Rivers led Olympiacos BC, scoring an average of 27 points in the two games, and was eventually voted Final Four MVP.

Olympiacos BC went on to complete the coveted Triple Crown in convincing fashion: they won the Greek League title and the Greek Cup, to mark the most successful season in the club's long history.

Olympiacos BC became the first Greek team to ever win the Triple Crown, and remained the only to do so one up until 2007.

Olympiacos BC played in the round of 16 of the EuroLeague, with a home court advantage against Partizan in a three-game series, but they lost both matches in Athens and Belgrade and the European Champions suffered an early and disappointing elimination.

That was the first time Olympiacos BC lost a playoff game to Panathinaikos in SEF after 10 consecutive wins.

Especially in the latter season, Olympiacos BC had a dismal performance in the EuroLeague, which filled many of the club's fans with uncertainty.

Olympiacos BC survived a difficult EuroLeague regular season and shined in the Top 16, advancing to the quarterfinal playoffs.

Olympiacos BC shined in its domestic competition, as the Reds made it to the Greek League finals for the first time in five years by surviving a thrilling five-game series against Maroussi.

Olympiacos BC returned to the EuroLeague Final after 1997, facing Regal FC Barcelona, the very team they had beaten in the 1997 Final.

Olympiacos BC did not manage to win any of the next two away games, and got eliminated from the 2011 EuroLeague Final Four.

Olympiacos BC lifted the trophy in front of their ecstatic fans from the Greek community of Brazil, and celebrated their third international title in less than 2 years.

Olympiacos BC had possession of the ball, and just a small amount of time for a last play.

In Greece, Olympiacos BC had a great regular season, ending up with an impressive record of 25 wins and only 1 defeat.

At first, Olympiacos BC was punished with a deduction of 6 points from the same year's league table.

Olympiacos BC announced that their decisions were fully supported by the parent club's Olympiacos BC CFP chairman, Michalis Kountouris.

Totally, Olympiacos BC were deducted 12 points from their league total, plus one more point that was not awarded to them because of the forfeit in the league's derby.

Later Olympiacos BC penalty was reduced to a 2-point deduction for the Cup game, which meant that the total deduction from the league table was 8 points.

That meant that if Olympiacos BC insisted on their position not to take part in a game officiated by Anastopoulos, Manos and Panagiotou, then the red giant would be relegated to the second division, a penalty for any team that forfeits two league games.

However, Olympiacos BC proceeded to legal action, asking from the high council for the solution of athletic disputes to void the last matchday of the regular season, pointing out that all referees assignments were illegal, thus the playoffs were postponed for one week.

The Hellenic Basketball Clubs Association decided to confirm the final standings, with Olympiacos BC talking about violation of the sporting legislation.

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Olympiacos BC announced that they would not compete in the playoffs against Panathinaikos, since not only were foreign referees not appointed, but two of the Cup semi-final referees were drawn to officiate the first playoffs derby.

Olympiacos BC, finally, did not appear in the first playoffs game at Panathinaikos home arena, which meant that the Reds would get relegated to the second division for forfeiting two league games, while shameful incidents occurred once more in Panathinaikos court, where a chicken was laid out on Olympiacos BC bench.

Club's former coach, Ioannis Sfairopoulos, stated that Olympiacos BC chose the extreme way to change a situation that existed for years, something they tried to do in various ways in the past but nothing worked, and that they have to change the status in Greek basketball.

Newly appointed Greek Deputy Minister for Sports, Lefteris Avgenakis, and Vassilakopoulos, both agreed that Olympiacos BC should be part of the Greek Basket League and that a solution should be found, while his predecessor, Giorgos Vasiliadis, accused of his passive stance, revealed that he had requested FIBA to send foreign referees to the league games.

Since 1985, Olympiacos BC had a specific kit manufacturer and a shirt sponsor.

Olympiacos BC' long-time home court is the Peace and Friendship Stadium, which is an indoor arena that is located in Faliro, Piraeus, on the Athens coast land, exactly opposite of the Olympiacos BC FC football department's home stadium, Karaiskakis Stadium.

On 18 October 1997, Olympiacos BC became the first Greek team to play against an NBA team.