Cup winner Greece for the third consecutive year and 12th in its history, the Olympic: 69-58 tons Panathinaikos after a defense seminar in neutral Heraklion.
The Olympians were separated for the first time shortly before the end of the half, despite starting with 0/12 three-pointers, and led 30-25 at the break. Isaiah Kanaan’s first three-pointer made it 37-34, but the accurate Dinos Mitoglou tied the game (39-39). However, this was the last glimpse of the “greens”.
The “red and white” closed the third period with an 8-0 run, led by the unstoppable Mustafa Fal and with a steely defense (47-39). Olympiacos reached a double-digit difference in the 35th minute: 59-46 with back-to-back baskets by the outstanding Moses Wright in the final and a three-pointer by Philip Petrusev. The rest of the final turned into a “red” party.
Giorgos Bartzokas used Walkup 5, Mitrou-Long 3, Kanaan 6, Larentzakis 4, Papanikolaou 9, Brazdeikis, Peters 6, Petrusef, Fall 13, Wright 13. Nigel Williams-Goss, who was injured in the quarter-final with Peristeri, did not play . Olympiacos counts 3 victories in this year’s 5 “eternal” derbies.
Slukas 3, Grant 11, Nan 10, Kalaitzakis, Grigonis 4, Papapetrou 2, Hernangometh, Mitoglou 16, Lesor 12, K. Antetokounmpo played with Ergin Ataman’s disappointing Panathinaikos. The injured Vildosa was absent. Earlier, in the same stadium, the “clover” won the Women’s Greek Cup, with an 87-62 win over Hesperides in the final
The final of the Men’s Greek Cup was attended by 5,000 spectators at Dio Aorakia in Heraklion, after the tickets had been sold out days in advance. Olympiakos owners Panagiotis and George Angelopoulos were also in the stands, but the Panathinaikos strong man did not arrive in Heraklion on time due to a problem with the flight that was transporting him.
In Saturday’s semifinals, Olympiacos eliminated Prometheus 91-77 and Panathinaikos eliminated Aris 76-65.
The conquests of the Greek Cup
- Panathinaikos (20): 1979, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1993, 1996, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021.
- Olympic (12): 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1994, 1997, 2002, 2010, 2011, 2022, 20232024.
- Mars (8): 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1998, 2004.
- AEK (5): 1981, 2000, 2001, 2018, 2020.
- PAOK (3): 1984, 1995, 1999.
- Panionios (1): 1991.
The golden book of the organization
- 1976: Olympiacos
- 1977: Olympiacos
- 1978: Olympiacos
- 1979: Panathinaikos
- 1980: Olympiacos
- 1981: AEK
- 1982: Panathinaikos
- 1983: Panathinaikos
- 1984: PAOK
- 1985: Mars
- 1986: Panathinaikos
- 1987: Mars
- 1988: Mars
- 1989: Mars
- 1990: Mars
- 1991: Panionios
- 1992: Mars
- 1993: Panathinaikos
- 1994: Olympiacos
- 1995: PAOK
- 1996: Panathinaikos
- 1997: Olympiacos
- 1998: Mars
- 1999: PAOK
- 2000: AEK
- 2001: AEK
- 2002: Olympiacos
- 2003: Panathinaikos
- 2004: Mars
- 2005: Panathinaikos
- 2006: Panathinaikos
- 2007: Panathinaikos
- 2008: Panathinaikos
- 2009: Panathinaikos
- 2010: Olympiacos
- 2011: Olympiacos
- 2012: Panathinaikos
- 2013: Panathinaikos
- 2014: Panathinaikos
- 2015: Panathinaikos
- 2016: Panathinaikos
- 2017: Panathinaikos
- 2018: AEK
- 2019: Panathinaikos
- 2020: AEK
- 2021: Panathinaikos
- 2022: Olympiacos
- 2023: Olympiacos
- 2024: Olympiacos
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