Olympiacos B.C. B Development Team

Olympiacos B.C. B Development Team (alternate names: Olympiacos II, Olympiacos 2), also known as Olympiacos B.C. B Piraeus Bank for sponsorship reasons, is the reserve team of the Greek EuroLeague basketball club Olympiacos Piraeus.[1][2] The club is located in Neo Faliro, Piraeus, which is about 7.4 kilometers (4.6 miles) from Athens, Greece. The club's full name is Olympiacos Piraeus Basketball Club B Development Team. The team currently plays in the Greek A2 Basket League (Greek 2nd Division), which is the second-tier level of professional club basketball in Greece.

Olympiacos B Development Team
Leagues	Greek 2nd Division Greek Cup
Founded	September 2019 (2019-09)
History	Olympiacos B Development Team (2019–Present)
Arena	Peace and Friendship Training Facility
Location	Neo Faliro, Piraeus, Greece
Team colors	Red and White
President	Panagiotis Angelopoulos
Head coach	Dimitris Tsaldaris
Ownership	Panagiotis Angelopoulos Georgios Angelopoulos
Website	olympiacosbc.gr
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History

Olympiacos Basketball Club B, was founded as the reserve team of the Greek EuroLeague club Olympiacos Piraeus, in September 2019. The team was founded after the relegation of the senior Olympiacos team, from Greece's top-tier level Greek Basket League, down to the 2nd-tier level Greek A2 Basket League (Greek 2nd Division).[3][4] That relegation was due to a punishment by the Hellenic Basketball Federation, for the senior team's forfeiture of several 2018–19 Greek League season and 2018–19 Greek Cup games.

For its inaugural season, the B Development team was registered into the Greek 2nd Division's 2019–20 season,[5] taking the place of the club's senior team. The B Development team also took the senior team's place in the 2019–20 Greek Cup competition. While the senior Olympiacos team continued to function as a completely separate and different team, that competes only in the EuroLeague, which is Europe's premier continental-wide club competition. As a further punishment from the Hellenic Basketball Federation, the Olympiacos B Development Team had 6 points (3 wins) automatically deducted from their 2019–20 season's record, prior to the season's start.

For the team's first season, Dimitris Tsaldaris was hired as its first head coach, with Nikos Barlos working as his main assistant. The team's first player signings were Vangelis Tzolos, Andreas Petropoulos, Vassilis Christidis, Alexandros Nikolaidis, and Petros Noeas. The team played its first official game on 21 September 2019, in a 2019–20 Greek Cup game against Ermis Lagkada. Olympiacos B won the game, by a score of 64–58.[6] On 3 October 2019, the club announced a naming sponsorship deal with Piraeus Bank.[7][8]

Ultimately, in its inaugural season, Olympiacos B Development Team was eliminated at the Last 32 stage of the Greek Cup competition by Anatolia Thessaloniki, by a score of 91–76; and finished with a record of 17–4 in the Greek 2nd Division, which was the second best record in the league, behind only Charilaos Trikoupis. However, due to the Hellenic Basketball Federation's punishment of a deduction of 6 points (3 wins), the team was dropped down to a sixth place finish in the league's final standings.

Arena

Olympiacos Basketball Club B plays its home games at the Peace and Friendship Stadium's Training Facility, which is located in Neo Faliro, Piraeus, Athens, Greece.[9]

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	W–L	W–L P.O.	Greek Cup	European competitions
2019–20*	2	A2 Basket League	2nd (6th)*	17–4		Last 32	–
2020–21	2	A2 Basket League	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	–

* In the 2019–20 season, Olympiacos B Development Team had the 2nd best record in the Greek A2 Basket League's regular season, at 17–4, but they were deducted a total of 6 points (3 wins) by the Hellenic Basketball Federation. That was due to a punishment of the senior club of Olympiacos, for its forfeiting of several Greek Basket League and Greek Cup games, during the previous 2018–19 season. As a result, Olympiacos B Development Team was placed in 6th place in the Greek A2 Basket League's 2019–20 season standings.

Players

Current roster

Olympiacos B Development Team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G 1 Nikolaidis, Alexandros 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 17 – (2002-08-21)21 August 2002 G 4 Moraitis, Ilias 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 19 – (2001-01-25)25 January 2001 PG 6 Koloveros, Iosif 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 17 – (2002-08-28)28 August 2002 F/C 7 Kambouris, Nikos 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 28 – (1992-06-02)2 June 1992 C 14 Christidis, Vassilis 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 22 – (1998-07-10)10 July 1998 F 20 Pokuševski, Aleksej 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 18 – (2001-12-26)26 December 2001 C 21 Melissaratos, Petros 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 27 – (1993-04-10)10 April 1993 F/C 32 Tsamis, Panagiotis 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 18 – (2002-04-10)10 April 2002 F 77 Tsoumanis, Andreas 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 19 – (2001-07-15)15 July 2001 SF Skoulidas, Dionysis 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 23 – (1997-07-29)29 July 1997 G/F Papadionysiou, Stathis 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 28 – (1992-06-15)15 June 1992 F Kourtidis, Valantis 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 18 – (2001-11-17)17 November 2001 C Kadras, Konstantinos 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 18 – (2001-10-03)3 October 2001	Head coach Dimitris Tsaldaris Assistant coach(es) Nikos Barlos Antonis Kourmoulis Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: August 16, 2020

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Vassilis Christidis	Petros Melissaratos	Konstantinos Kadras	Nikos Kambouris
PF	Aleksej Pokuševski	Panagiotis Tsamis		Andreas Tsoumanis
SF	Dionysis Skoulidas	Valantis Kourtidis
SG	Stathis Papadionysiou	Ilias Moraitis
PG	Apollon Tsochlas	Alexandros Nikolaidis	Iosif Koloveros

Squad changes for the 2020–2021 season

In

Note: Flags indicate national team, as has been defined under FIBA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIBA nationality.

No. Position Player F Lefteris Mantzoukas (from Promitheas Patras) G Apollon Tsochlas (from PAOK Thessaloniki) F Valantis Kourtidis (from Dafni Dafniou) G/F Stathis Papadionysiou (from Charilaos Trikoupis) SF Dionysis Skoulidas (from Charilaos Trikoupis)

Out

Note: Flags indicate national team, as has been defined under FIBA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIBA nationality.

No. Position Player PG Thomas Nikou (to Eleftheroupoli) G Vangelis Tzolos (to Free agent) G Nikos Arsenopoulos (to Free agent) G/F Andreas Petropoulos (to Ionikos Nikaias) PF Petros Noeas (to Free agent) G/F Panagiotis Oikonomou (to Amyntas) F/C Thomas Zevgaras (to Incarnate Word Cardinals)

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club. Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time. Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

• Nikos Arsenopoulos
• Vassilis Christidis
• Iosif Koloveros
• Lefteris Mantzoukas
• Petros Melissaratos
• Alexandros Nikolaidis
• Thomas Nikou
• Petros Noeas
• Andreas Petropoulos
• / Aleksej Pokuševski
• Andreas Tsoumanis
• Vangelis Tzolos
• Thomas Zevgaras

Head coaches

Head Coach	Years
Dimitris Tsaldaris	2019–present

Sponsors

• Piraeus Bank[10][11]

References

1. Ολυμπιακός: Εγένετο η "Olympiacos B' - Development Team" (in Greek).
2. Εγένετο η Olympiacos B’ – Development Team (in Greek).
3. Olympiacos to register a B team in Greek second division.
4. OLYMPIACOS YOUTH TEAM TO COMPETE IN SECOND DIVISION, SENIORS ONLY TO PLAY IN EUROLEAGUE.
5. Olympiacos presented its development team of the Greek second division.
6. Ερμής Λαγκαδά-Ολυμπιακός B’ 58-64 (in Greek).
7. Και εγένετο OLYMPIACOS B – PIRAEUS BANK! (in Greek).
8. O Ολυμπιακός ανακοίνωσε ότι η δεύτερη ομάδα του θα λέγεται "Olympiacos B' - Piraeus Bank" (in Greek).
9. The facilities.
10. Και εγένετο OLYMPIACOS B – PIRAEUS BANK! (in Greek).
11. O Ολυμπιακός ανακοίνωσε ότι η δεύτερη ομάδα του θα λέγεται "Olympiacos B' - Piraeus Bank" (in Greek).

External links

• Official website (in Greek)
• Official website (in English)
• Eurobasket.com Team Profile