Greek basketball league system

The Greek basketball league system or Greek basketball league pyramid, is a series of interconnected competitions for professional basketball clubs in Greece. The system has a hierarchical format with a promotion and relegation system between competitions at different levels. There are currently eight different competitions on the pyramid: the 1st-tier Greek Basket League, the 2nd-tier Greek A2 Basket League, the 3rd-tier Greek B Basket League, the 4th-tier Greek C Basket League, the 5th-tier ESKA A Category, the 6th-tier ESKA B Category, the 7th-tier ESKA C Category, and the 8th-tier ESKA D Category.

The tier pyramid

Level	League
1	Greek Basket League National Professional 1st Division (The 1st Division of the First National League, or "A1 National") (All clubs must be legally licensed, registered, and recognized as fully professional clubs.) (14 teams)
2	Greek A2 Basket League National Professional 2nd Division (The 2nd Division of the First National League, or "A2 National") (Clubs don't have to be legally licensed as professional entities. Some are and some are not.) (14 teams)
3	Greek B Basket League National Semi-professional 3rd Division (The Second National League, or "B National") (26 teams)
4	Greek C Basket League National Amateur Division (The Third National League, or "C National") (48 teams)
5	ESKA A Category Local 1st Division (138 teams)
6	ESKA B Category Local 2nd Division (132 teams)
7	ESKA C Category Local 3rd Division (110 teams)
8	ESKA D Category Local 4th Division (77 teams)

v t e Greek Basketball Championship
HEBA Greek Basketball League System Greek Basketball Awards Statistical Leaders All-Star Game Economy
Panhellenic Basketball Championship 1927–28 to 1962–63	1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63
A National Category 1963–64 to 1985–86	1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86
A1 National Category 1986–87 to 1991–92	1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92
HEBA A1 1992–93 to 2009–10	1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
Greek Basket League 2010–11 to present	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

v t e Basketball in Greece
Hellenic Basketball Federation
National Teams	Men's A Men's B Women's A Men's Under-21 Men's Under-20 Men's Under-19 Men's Under-18 Men's Under-17 Men's Under-16
League Competitions	Greek Basket League Greek A2 Basketball League Greek B Basketball League Greek C Basketball League Greek Women's Basketball League Greek A2 Women's Basketball Greek Basketball League System
Cup Competitions	Greek Cup Greek Women's Cup
Other	HEBA Greek All-Star Game Greek Basketball Awards Greek Basket League MVP Greek Clubs Greek clubs in Europe Acropolis Tournament Greek NBA Players / NBA Draft Picks Statistical Leaders By number of titles List of indoor arenas in Greece