PRESS RELEASE |

OLYMPIACOS PIRAEUS: DID YOU KNOW THAT….
(CHAMPIONSHIP GAME EDITION)

...Olympiacos is at its 9th EuroLeague Championship Game? It previously reached this stage in 1994, 1995, 1997, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2017. Olympiacos has the chance to win its fourth EuroLeague title.

...Olympiacos is one of the five teams that have successfully defended the EuroLeague crown in the Final Four era? Olympiacos won back-to-back EuroLeague titles in 2012 and 2013. Olimpia Milano (1987, 1988), KK Split (1989, 1990, 1991) , Maccabi Tel Aviv (2004, 2005) and Anadolu Efes Istanbul (2022, 2023) are also in this exclusive list.

...two current Olympiacos players have won back-to-back EuroLeague titles together? Kostas Sloukas and Kostas Papanikolaou won the competition in 2012 and 2013.

...Papanikolaou and Sloukas played at the 2017 EuroLeague Championship Game? Sloukas helped Fenerbahce win the title against Olympiacos. Sloukas was with Olympiacos in the 2015 EuroLeague Championship Game, too. This is their fourth Championsjip Game together?

... Papanikolaou is one of five Rising Star Trophy winners at this year’s Championship Game? He is joined by Rudy Fernandez of Real Madrid. He is in his fourth EuroLeague championship game with Olympiacos after previous appearances in 2012, 2013 and 2017.

... Sloukas has the chance to win his fourth Euroleague title? Sloukas won titles with Olympiacos in 2012 and 2013 and lifted the trophy again with Fenerbahce in 2017.

...Sloukas is 7-2 in the EuroLeague Semifinals? Sloukas registered six consecutive wins (Olympiacos 2012, 2013, 2015; Fenerbahce 2016, 2017, 2018), but lost against Anadolu Efes with Fenerbahce in 2019 and with Olympiacos in 2022. He just got back in the winning track!

…Sloukas is the second player to reach a seventh EuroLeague Championship Game? Matjaz Smodis played seven finals with Virtus, Fortitudo and CSKA. Derrick Sharp played six EuroLeague finals and the 2001 SuproLeague final with Maccabi.

...Sloukas can join a list of four-time winners with different teams? Dino Meneghin (five titles with Varese, two with Milan), leads the table. Fausto Bargna (two with Cantu, two with Milan), Kyle Hines (two with Olympiacos, two with CSKA) and Sarunas Jasikevicius (one with Barcelona, two with Maccabi, one with Panathinaikos) belong to this list.

…Sloukas is in his ninth Final Four? He is tied with Theo Papaloukas, Kyle Hines, Andrey Vorontsevich and Sergio Llull for second place in the most Final Four appearances list. Victor Khryapa leads with 12 Final Four appearances!

…head coach Georgios Bartzokas is in his second Championship Game? He won the EuroLeague title with Olympiacos Piraeus in 2013.

…Bartzokas is one of two Greek coaches to win the EuroLeague. He led Olympiacos to the 2013 crown. Dimitris Itoudis (CSKA 2015, 2018) is the other.

…Alec Peters and Joel Bolomboy won the EuroLeague together with CSKA Moscow in 2019, and can do it again with Olympiacos in 2023.

Euroleague Basketball (EB) is a global leader in the sports and entertainment business, devoted to running the top European competitions of professional basketball clubs under a unique and innovative organizational model. Owned and administered by some of the most successful and historic clubs in the world, EB manages the continent’s two premier men’s basketball competitions, the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and the 7DAYS EuroCup, as well as the sport’s premier under-18 showcase, the EB Adidas Next Generation Tournament.

The EB competitions bring the elite of European basketball to all five continents and to the entire sports community through the OTT platform EuroLeague TV. EB also organizes a series of community and educational activities, led by the One Team program, in alignment with the United Nations Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. On the academic side, the EB Sports Business MBA trains future professionals in sports management.