Cyprus Basketball Division A

OPAP Basket League
Founded	1966; 58 years ago
First season	1966–67
Country	AEL Limassol (13 titles)
Website	www.cbf.basketball
	2023–24 Cyprus Basketball Division A

The OPAP Basket League is currently the top-tier level men's professional basketball competition of the Cypriot basketball league system. It is run and governed by the Cyprus Basketball Federation.

Format

All teams are playing against each other for the first part of the league, with the top 4 teams reaching the play-off semi-finals 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 play-off semi-finals and the championship winner will be decided after three wins. The championship winner, along with the winners of the Cypriot Cup, will qualify to compete in the next season's FIBA's European-wide continental competitions.

Teams and locations

The following eleven teams (in alphabetical order) are competing in

OPAP Basket League

:

Apollon

Locations of the 2022–23 Cyprus Basketball Division A teams

Team	City	Venue
Petrolina AEK	Larnaca	Kition Athletic Center
AEL	Limassol	Nicos Solomonides Arena
Anorthosis	Famagusta	B' Technical School Limassol Arena
APOEL	Nicosia	Lefkotheo
Apollon	Limassol	Apollon Arena
APOP	Paphos	Akis Kleanthous Arena
Achilleas	Nicosia	Pallouriotissas Lyceum Arena
Enosis Neon	Paralimni	Paralimni Arena
ETHA	Engomi	Eleftheria Indoor Hall
Keravnos	Strovolos	Costas Papaellinas Arena
Omonia	Nicosia	Eleftheria Indoor Hall

Team	Winners	Years Won
AEL	13	1974, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
APOEL	11	1976, 1979, 1981, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2009, 2010, 2014
Keravnos	8	1989, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2017, 2019, 2022
AEK	6	2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2023
Achilleas	5	1975, 1977, 1984, 1986, 1993
Pezoporikos	4	1973, 1991, 1992, 1994
PAEEK	3	1970, 1971, 1972
ETHA	2	2011, 2012
ENAD	2	1969, 1990
Digenis	2	1967, 1968

v t e Cyprus Basketball Division A
Seasons	2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Current Teams	AEL AEK APOEL Apollon E.N. Paralimni ETHA Keravnos PAEEK Anorthosis B.C. APOP

v t e Basketball in Cyprus
Cyprus Basketball Federation
League Competitions	Division A Division B Women's Division A
Cup Competitions	Cup Super Cup
National teams	Men Men U-20 Men U-18 Men U-16 Women Women U-18 Women U-16

v t e International men's basketball
FIBA National teams Olympics World Cup Universiade U-21 World Cup U-19 World Cup U-17 World Cup DBB U-18 Invitational TBF U-16 Invitational World Ranking
Africa	FIBA Africa – AfroBasket AfroCan U-18 U-16 African Games Basketball Africa League (BAL)
Americas	FIBA Americas – FIBA AmeriCup U-18 U-16 CBC Championship Centrobasket COCABA Championship Marchand Cup Pan American Games South American Championship Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA)
Asia	FIBA Asia – FIBA Asia Cup (includes Oceania) U-18 U-16 Asian Games FIBA Asia Challenge Basketball Champions League Asia Stanković Cup East Asian Championship East Asian Games SABA Championship SEABA Championship South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games West Asian Championship West Asian Games William Jones Cup ASEAN Basketball League
Europe	FIBA Europe – EuroBasket U-20 U-18 U-16 Acropolis Tournament Adecco Cup Belgrade Trophy FIBA European Championship for Small Countries Games of the Small States of Europe World Cup (Turkey) Basketball Champions League (BCL)
Oceania	FIBA Oceania – FIBA Oceania Championship (defunct) U-20 U-17 U-15 Pacific Games
Other tournaments	FIBA Intercontinental Cup Arab Basketball Championship Arab Games Commonwealth Games Diamond Ball FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament Lusophone Games Mediterranean Games
Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held. Basketball portal

Cyprus Basketball Division A

Format

Teams and locations

Champions

Performance by club

See also

External links