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Achilleas Agrou
Achilleas Agrou (official name "Achilleas Agrou Athletic Club") is a sports association of the Agros Community in the Limassol District. It was founded on 8 May 1958 in the village of Agrou by village residents, as a cultural group, with the first official football section, with the aim of spreading the sports to the community. Today, the club has a basketball team that participates in the Division B, as well as teams of Teenagers (U19) and children (U16) participating in the Cyprus Basketball Federation championships. During the period 2014–2015 the basketball team re-opened and managed to reach the final of the championship, where it lost from the Anagennisi Germasogeias. Basketball In 1988 the basketball section of Achilleas Agrou was founded, which was the first to participate in the Division B in the period 1988–1989. In the late 1990s, the team will make history, as after winning the first basketball championship in 1998, the team will be in the Division A and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyprus Basketball Division B
The Cypriot Basketball Division B is currently the second-tier level men's professional basketball competition of the Cypriot basketball league system. It is run and governed by the Cyprus Basketball Federation. Format At present, eight clubs compete in the league. One team (the last one) at the end of the season is promoted to the first division, whilst one team from the first division is relegated. Teams The following six teams (in alphabetical order) are competing in the 2017–18 season: * AEL - Limassol * Achilleas Agrou - Agros, Limassol *Achilleas Kaimakli - Kaimakli, Nicosia * Asteras - Mesa Geitonia, Limassol * ENAD - Ayios Dometios, Nicosia * Kentro Neon - Limassol *National Guard - Nicosia * Omonia - Nicosia Champions Performance by club See also * Cyprus Basketball Division A * Cypriot Basketball Cup The Cypriot Basketball Cup is an annual professional basketball national cup competition, organized by the Cyprus Basketball Federation since 1969. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports Center Glafkos Clerides
Sport is a physical activity or game, often competitive and organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The number of participants in a particular sport can vary from hundreds of people to a single individual. Sport competitions may use a team or single person format, and may be open, allowing a broad range of participants, or closed, restricting participation to specific groups or those invited. Competitions may allow a "tie" or "draw", in which there is no single winner; others provide tie-breaking methods to ensure there is only one winner. They also may be arranged in a tournament format, producing a champion. Many sports leagues make an annual champion by arranging games in a regular sports season, followed in some cases by playoffs. Sport is generally recognised as system of activities based in physical athleticism or physical dexterity, with major competitions admitt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agros, Cyprus
Agros (, ) is a village built on the Troödos Mountains, in the region of Pitsilia, in southwest Cyprus, which has built amphitheatrically among high mountains at an altitude of 1100 metres with a population of approximately 1,000. The village is located 45 minutes away from the cities of Nicosia and Limassol, 20 minutes from Troodos Square and 80 minutes from the List of airports in Cyprus, international airports of Larnaca International Airport, Larnaca and Paphos International Airport, Paphos. Naming The village of Agros was named after the Monastery of Megalos Agros, which was built at the spot where the Church of Panayia of Agros is found today. According to legend, 40 monks from Cyzicus of Asia Minor, during the era of Byzantine Iconoclasm abandoned the Monastery of Megalos Agros and arrived in Cyprus carrying the icon of the Mary, mother of Jesus, Holy Mother. They ended up at the area where Agros is located today, staying in a cave. They built a new m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limassol District
The Limassol District, or simply Limassol or Lemesos, is one of the six districts of Cyprus. , it had a population of 262,238, 75,7% of which was urban The district's capital city is Limassol. Part of the British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia forms an enclave on the Akrotiri Peninsula (Cyprus), Akrotiri Peninsula, under the sovereignty of the SBA (Snus Brotherhood Administration). History The buried ancient city of Amathus is from Limassol. Archaeological excavations have unearthed ruins of the Byzantine period and a tomb of the 7th century BC. The ancient Kolossi Castle, which is located to the west of Limassol, reflects the fall of Acre, Israel, Acre and history of the Templars and their confiscated property allotted to the Limassol District for cultivation of wine and sugarcane. Geography Limassol District forms much of the southwestern-central part of Cyprus. The Kouris River rises in the southern slopes of Troodos Mountains, which lie in the northern part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyprus Basketball Federation
The Cyprus Basketball Federation (CBF) ( Greek: Κυπριακή Ομοσπονδία Καλαθοοσφαίρισης (ΚΟΚ)) is the governing body for basketball on the island of Cyprus and is a division of the Cyprus Sport Organisation (ΚΟΑ-Κυπριακός Οργανισμός Αθλητισμού). It was established in 1966 and became a full member of FIBA in 1974. It is responsible for representing Cyprus on the international stage and for running the national teams that represent Cyprus at all levels. Currently it runs: * Three national men's leagues: : OPAP Basket League : Division B1 : Division B2 * The yearly Cypriot Basketball Cup (that employs a knockout format) * The yearly Cypriot Super Cup (Champion vs Cup Winner match) * One national Women's League History of Basketball in Cyprus Cyprus has a total population of around 800,000 most of whom follow the sport of basketball. In terms of popularity and spectator following, basketball only comes second to f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anagennisi Germasogeias
{{primary sources, date=July 2012 Anagennisis Germasoyias is a Cypriot football club based in Yermasoyia, Lemesos province, Cyprus. Anagennisis were founded in 1956. Their colours are blue and white and they play in Yermasoyia Municipal Stadium. Annagennisis is well known for its close relationship with Apollon Limassol, for many considered to be their satellite team. Achievements * Cypriot Fourth Division Winners: 1 **2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ... External links*http://www.soccerway.com/teams/cyprus/anagennisi-germasoyias/ 1956 establishments in Cyprus Football clubs in Cyprus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 nine teams (in alphabetical order) are competing in OPAP Basket League: Champions * 1965–66: Suspended * 1966–67: Digenis * 1967–68: Digenis * 1968–69: ENAD * 1969–70: PAEEK ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cypriot Basketball Cup
The Cypriot Basketball Cup is an annual professional basketball national cup competition, organized by the Cyprus Basketball Federation since 1969. Format Starting in 2007, the Cypriot Cup competition's format changed to where only teams from the Cypriot A Division compete at the cup. The cup employs a knock-out stage and a final four format. The Cup's winner automatically qualifies to compete in the next season of the FIBA Europe Cup competition. Teams The following six teams (in alphabetical order) competed in the 2018–19 season: *AEK Larnaca - Larnaca * APOEL - Nicosia *Apollon Limassol - Limassol *Enosis Neon Paralimni - Paralimni * ETHA Engomis - Engomi, Nicosia * Keravnos - Strovolos, Nicosia *Omonoia - Nicosia *AEL Limassol - Limassol Cup winners *1969 – Pezoporikos *1970 – Pezoporikos *1971 – Pezoporikos *1972 – Pezoporikos *1973 – APOEL *1974 – Achilleas *1975 – Achilleas *1976 – Achilleas *1977 – A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
APOEL B
APOEL FC (; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") is a Cypriot professional football club based in Nicosia, Cyprus. APOEL is the most successful football team in Cyprus with an overall tally of 29 national championships, 21 cups, and 13 super cups. APOEL's greatest moment in European competition occurred in the 2011–12 season, when they advanced out of the group stage of the UEFA Champions League (winning a group that included FC Porto, Shakhtar Donetsk, and Zenit St. Petersburg), then eliminated Olympique Lyonnais in the last 16, to become the first Cypriot team to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League. APOEL's European competitions highlights also include appearances in the group stages of the 2009–10 and 2014–15 UEFA Champions League and the group stages of the 2013–14, 2015–16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports Clubs And Teams Established In 1956
Sport is a physical activity or game, often Competition, competitive and organization, organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The number of participants in a particular sport can vary from hundreds of people to a single individual. Sport competitions may use a team or single person format, and may be Open (sport), open, allowing a broad range of participants, or closed, restricting participation to specific groups or those invited. Competitions may allow a "tie" or "draw", in which there is no single winner; others provide tie-breaking methods to ensure there is only one winner. They also may be arranged in a tournament format, producing a champion. Many sports leagues make an annual champion by arranging games in a regular sports season, followed in some cases by playoffs. Sport is generally recognised as system of activities based in physical athleticism or physical de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
