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OLYMPIACOS PIRAEUS: DID YOU KNOW THAT….

...Olympiacos is at its 13th Final Four? Its last nine appearances have come over the last 15 years - 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2022, 2023 and 2024. 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.

…Olympiacos is 9-3 in the semifinals? Only Maccabi (10-2) has a better semifinals record.

... Kostas Papanikolaou has won back-to-back EuroLeague titles? He won the competition with Olympiacos in 2012 and 2013.

...Papanikolaou and Nikola Milutinov played at the 2017 EuroLeague Championship Game? Three more players that were in that game are in the 2024 Final Four: Kostas Sloukas, Melih Mahmutoglu and Ioannis Papaetrou.

... Papanikolaou is one of three Rising Star Trophy winners at this Final Four? Papanikolaou was chosen as the 2012-13 EuroLeague Rising Star He is joined by Yam Madar of Fenerbahce (2022-23), and Rudy Fernandez of Real Madrid (2006-07).

…Nigel Williams-Goss has a rare chance to win consecutive EuroLeague titles with different teams? He won the EuroLeague with Real Madrid last season. Dejan Bodiroga (Panathinaikos 2002, Barca 2003), Sarunas Jasikevicius (Barca 2003, Maccabi Tel Aviv 2004) and Ramunas Siskauskas (Panathinaikos Athens 2007, CSKA Moscow 2008) are the only players to achieve it.

…Thomas Walkup is one of the two EuroLeague Best Defender trophy winners present at the 2024 Final Four? Walter Tavares of Real Madrid is the other.

…head coach Georgios Bartzokas is in his fifth Final Four? He won the EuroLeague title with Olympiacos Piraeus in 2013, took Lokomotiv Kuban to the 2016 Final Four, and returned with the Reds in each of the last three seasons.

…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.

…Bartzokas is a three-time Alexander Gomelsky EuroLeague Coach of the Year award winner? He was chosen as the Coach of the Year in 2013, 2022, 2023, and is the only coach to win the award in consecutive seasons. Zeljko Obradovic also won the award three times: in 2007, 2011 and 2017.

…Alec Peters won a EuroLeague title with CSKA Moscow in 2019… and can go all the way again with Olympiacos in 2024?

…Filip Petrusev has a chance to win a second EuroLeague title? He previously lifted the trophy with Anadolu Efes Istanbul in 2022.

…Papanikolaou ranks second all-time in games started? He started in 308 EuroLeague games. Nick Calathes is the all-time leader with 309 EuroLeague starts.

…Papanikolaou ranks ninth all-time in steals at 303? Calathes is first overall with 446 steals.

…Moustapha Fall ranks second all-time in two-point shooting percentage? He hit 458 of 630 two-point shots (72.7%). Donta Hall is first overall at 75.1%.

…Peters is seventh overall in three-point shooting? He buried 229 of 510 three-pointers (44.9%). Only one player has a better percentage with at least 500 three-point shots taken: Petteri Koponen (247 of 535, 46.2% 3FG).

…Peters leads all Final Four players in career free throw shooting? He ranks 12th overall at 89.2%, hitting 206 of 231 free throw attempts.

…Walkup ranks second in steals this season? He averages 1.6 steals in 38 games, and only LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne playmaker Paris Lee (1.7 spg.) is ahead of him.

…Fall leads the 2023-24 EuroLeague in two-point shooting percentage? He hit 110 of 139 attempts inside the arc (79.1% 2FG).

…Peters ranks third in three-point shooting this season? Peters hit 51.2% of his three-point shots. Tarik Biberovic of Fenerbahce is first overall (54.4% 3FG).

…Milutinov leads the competition in PIR per 40 minutes? Milutinov has a PIR average of 32.1 per 40 minutes.

…Olympiacos leads the 2023-24 EuroLeague in steals? It gets 7.1 per game on average.

…Olympiacos is first in least points allowed per game? It allows just 74.4 points per game? The Reds lead this statistical category for the second consecutive season: it allowed a league-low 75.2 points per night in the 2022-23 campaign.

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 BKT 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.