AS Ionikos
Results
| ESKANA A1 | 04/29 18:30 | - | Ionikos Nikaias v Enosi Arminion Athliton | W | 78-69 | |
| ESKANA A1 | 04/22 18:00 | - | AON Argiroupolis v Ionikos Nikaias | W | 68-74 | |
| ESKA-ESKANA Cup | 04/19 19:00 | - | Ionikos Nikaias v Ikaros Neas Smyrnis AO | W | 97-94 | |
| ESKANA A1 | 04/15 18:30 | - | Ionikos Nikaias v AE Renti | W | 91-41 | |
| ESKANA A1 | 04/08 18:45 | - | Ermis Piraeus v Ionikos Nikaias | L | 66-61 | |
| ESKANA A1 | 04/01 18:30 | - | Ionikos Nikaias v DAS Drapetsonas | W | 84-60 | |
| ESKANA A1 | 03/20 20:00 | - | GS Ermis Peramatos v Ionikos Nikaias | W | 33-101 | |
| ESKANA A1 | 03/11 18:30 | - | Asteras Agiou Dimitriou v Ionikos Nikaias | W | 70-74 | |
| ESKANA A1 | 03/04 19:30 | - | Ionikos Nikaias v Proodeftiki | W | 83-55 | |
| ESKANA A1 | 02/26 18:00 | - | AGOG Evriali v Ionikos Nikaias | W | 68-90 | |
| ESKANA A1 | 02/19 19:30 | - | Ionikos Nikaias v Foinikas Piraeus | W | 79-48 | |
| ESKANA A1 | 02/12 19:30 | - | Aris Nikaias v Ionikos Nikaias | W | 60-84 |
Wikipedia - Ionikos Nikaias B.C.
Ionikos Nikaias B.C. (Greek: Iωνικός Νίκαιας K.A.E.) is a Greek professional basketball club that is located in Nikaia, a suburban town within the Piraeus, agglomeration, which in turn is also a part of the Athens agglomeration. The club was founded in 1965. It is a part of the A.O. Ionikos Nikaias (Α.Ο. Ιωνικός Νίκαιας) multi-sports club. The team's colors are white and blue. The team currently plays in the Greek Elite League, the second-tier level in Greek basketball.
History
Early years
Ionikos Nikaias' men's basketball club was founded in 1965, and it played its first game in 1966, during the 1966–67 season. Over the years, the club has featured Greek players such as: Panagiotis Giannakis, Fotis Katsikaris, Nikos Oikonomou, Vangelis Margaritis, Vassilis Kavvadas, and Marios Batis. Ionikos Nikaias played in the Greek 2nd Division for the first time, in the 1972–73 season. The club won the Greek 2nd Division first group in the 1974–75 season, and was thus promoted to the top-tier level Greek League, for the first time, for the 1975–76 season.
The club made 12 consecutive season appearances in the top-tier level Greek Basket League, during the 1970s and 1980s period, from the 1975–76 season, to the 1986–87 season. The club also competed in the 3rd-tier level European-wide competition, the FIBA Korać Cup, in both the 1979–80 and 1984–85 seasons.
On January 24, 1981, Ionikos Nikaias, led by a then 22-year-old Giannakis, played against Aris Thessaloniki, which was led at the time by Nikos Galis. Aris won in a tight game, by a score of 114–113. The game is memorable in the history of Greek pro club basketball, because in the game, Giannakis scored 73 points, and Galis scored 62 points, achieving the 2nd and 4th most points scored in a single game of the Greek League basketball championship.
On August 3, 1984, Ionikos Nikaias transferred its club star Panagiotis Giannakis, to the Greek club Aris Thessaloniki. Aris paid Ionikos Nikaias a transfer fee for his player rights, in the amount of 42 million Greek Drachmas, which was considered a huge amount of money for a transfer at that time. In order to complete the transfer, Giannakis also personally received a BMW car, a sporting goods store, and 8 million drachmas from Aris.
Recent years
Ionikos Nikaias won the Greek 3rd Division south conference in the 2017–18 season, and thus earned a league promotion to the Greek 2nd Division, for the 2018–19 season. That marked the first time the club had played in the Greek 2nd Division, since the 2003–04 season. In the 2018–19 season, Ionikos won the Greek 2nd Division (A2) championship, and was promoted up to the first tier level Greek Basket League, for the 2019–20 season. That marked the first time the club had played in Greece's first division, since the 1986–87 season.
**Historie:**
* AS Ionikos blev grundlagt i 1934 som en sportsforening, der omfattede en række forskellige sportsgrene, herunder basketball.
* Holdet har vundet den græske mesterskabstitel to gange, i 1996 og 1997.
* Ionikos har også nået finalen i den græske cup tre gange, men har aldrig vundet turneringen.
* I europæisk konkurrence har Ionikos deltaget i flere FIBA EuroLeague-kampagner, men har aldrig nået Final Four.
**Spillere:**
* Ionikos' nuværende trup omfatter en blanding af erfarne græske spillere og talentfulde unge spillere.
* Nogle af de mest bemærkelsesværdige spillere på holdet omfatter Georgios Printezis, Dimitrios Agravanis og Leonidas Kaselakis.
**Træner:**
* Ioannis Kastriti er Ionikos' nuværende træner.
* Kastriti er en tidligere professionel basketballspiller, der har spillet for flere græske hold.
* Som træner har Kastriti ført Ionikos til andenpladsen i den græske anden liga i sæsonen 2021-22.
**Fans:**
* Ionikos har en loyal fanskare, kendt som "Nikæas tigere".
* Fansene er kendt for deres passionerede støtte og deres entusiastiske atmosfære ved hjemmekampe.
**Håb for fremtiden:**
* Ionikos har som mål at vende tilbage til den græske liga og at etablere sig som et konkurrencedygtigt hold på højeste niveau.
* Holdet investerer i ungdomsudvikling og forsøger at udvikle unge græske spillere til fremtidens stjerner.