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Cyprus Basketball All-Star Day
The OPAP Cyprus Basketball Division A, Cyprus Basketball All-Star Game is an annual basketball event in Cyprus, organised by the Cyprus Basketball Federation and sponsored by OPAP and was established in 2011. The event is being held mostly at the end of the year, around Christmas time and consists of a game between a Cyprus/Europe and a Rest of the World team, a three-point shoot contest and slam-dunk exhibition activities which replaced the slam-dunk contest. Since its inception it has been considered the biggest annual basketball event in Cyprus. All the games have been held in the 6,000 Eleftheria Indoor Hall, in Nicosia.The event was not held in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic, but it resumed on 17 December 2022. List of games Bold: Team that won the game. Three-Point Shoot Contest Slam-Dunk champions Players with most appearances References {{reflist Basketball all-star games Basketball in Cyprus Basketball in Greece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OPAP
OPAP – Greek Organisation of Football Prognostics S.A. () is a Greek company organizing and conducting games of chance. It is headquartered in Athens and for many years OPAP was a state-owned gambling monopoly. The company holds the exclusive rights to organize and manage numerical lotteries and sports betting in Greece. In 2013 the privatization of the company was completed through the sale of the State's remaining 33% stake to the Emma Capital, Emma Delta investment scheme. History In the 1950s, an effort to upgrade Greek sport and improve its infrastructure began. In this framework, the General Secretariat for Sports (Greek: :el:Γενική Γραμματεία Αθλητισμού, Γ.Γ.Α) was established in 1957. In order to secure funding, the idea to utilize revenue from football prognostics - following the example of other European countries - came to fruition. With this aim, OPAP was established in 1958 as a :el:Νομικό πρόσωπο, private legal entity und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
