Cyprus Basketball Division 1

Cypriot Basketball First Division A

Sport	Basketball
Founded	1967
Motto	Το άθλημα μας (Our Sport)
No. of teams	9
Country(ies)	Cyprus
Continent	Europe
Most recent champion(s)	ETHA
Related competitions	Cypriot Basketball Cup
Official website	Cyprus Basketball Federation (Greek) Cyprus Basketball (Unofficial in English)

The Cypriot First Division A of the Men’s Basketball League is currently the top competition on the Cyprus Basketball calendar. It is run and governed by the Cyprus Basketball Federation. The 9 teams play each other twice (home and away) during the regular season, with the top 8 teams reaching the playoff stage. One team (the last one) at the end of the season is relegated to the second division, whilst one team from the second division is promoted. The top team automatically qualifies to compete in FIBA's EuroChallenge competition.

Teams

The following teams (in alphabetical order) compete in the 2010-11 season.

• Cytavision APOEL - Nicosia
• AEK Larnaca - Larnaca
• Frederick Achilleas - Kaimakli, Nicosia
• Intercollege ETHA - Engomi, Nicosia
• Keravnos Strovolos - Strovolos, Nicosia
• Omonia - Nicosia
• Pizza Express Apollon - Limassol
• Proteas DaNoi AEL - Limassol
• Ydra Asphalistiki ENAD - Agios Dometios, Nicosia

Champions

1967 – Digenis Akritas Morphou 1968 – Digenis Akritas Morphou 1969 – ENAD 1970 – PAEEK 1971 – PAEEK 1972 – PAEEK 1973 – Pezoporikos Larnaca 1974 – AEL 1975 – Achilleas Kaimakli 1976 – APOEL 1977 – Achilleas Kaimakli

1978 – AEL 1979 – APOEL 1980 – AEL 1981 – APOEL 1982 – AEL 1983 – AEL 1984 – Achilleas Kaimakli 1985 – AEL 1986 – Achilleas Kaimakli 1987 – AEL 1988 – AEL

1989 – Keravnos Strovolos 1990 – ENAD 1991 – Pezoporikos Larnaca 1992 – Pezoporikos Larnaca 1993 – Achilleas Kaimakli 1994 – Pezoporikos Larnaca 1995 – APOEL 1996 – APOEL 1997 – Keravnos Strovolos 1998 – APOEL 1999 – APOEL

2000 – Keravnos Strovolos 2001 – Keravnos Strovolos 2002 – APOEL 2003 – AEL 2004 – AEL 2005 – AEL 2006 – AEL 2007 – AEL 2008 – Keravnos Strovolos 2009 – APOEL 2010 – APOEL

2011 – ETHA Engomis

Performance by club

Team	Winners	Years Won
AEL	13	1974, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
APOEL	10	1976, 1979, 1981, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2009, 2010
Keravnos	5	1989, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2008
Achilleas	5	1975, 1977, 1984, 1986, 1993
Pezoporikos	4	1973, 1991, 1992, 1994
PAEEK	3	1970, 1971, 1972
ENAD	2	1969, 1990
Digenis Morphou	2	1967, 1968
ETHA Engomis	1	2011

See also

• Cypriot Basketball Cup

External links

• Cyprus Basketball Federation Official Site (Greek)
• Cyprusbasketball.com Site
• Eurobasket.com League Page