Apollon Limassol Basketball Club (), is a Cypriot

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club. The team competes in the Cyprus Basketball Division A, the top tier of Cypriot basketball. The team represents the city of

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. Having been one of the founding members of the Cyprus Basketball Division A, Apollon Limassol have been a regular in the first division for many years. Despite this, the team has yet to see significant success both domestically and internationally.

History

The

Apollon Limassol Apollon Limassol FC (, ''Apollon Lemesou'') is a Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol. It has football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1954, Apollon FC currently plays in the Cypriot First Division and has won the championship tit ...

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was founded in the year 1954, the basketball section of Apollon Limassol was formed in 1967. The team was one of the original founding member of the Cyprus Basketball Federation, one of the first professional basketball leagues in Cyprus. Since the team's inception in 1967, Apollon Limassol has regularly participated in the Cyprus Basketball Division A, the first tier of Cypriot Basketball. The titles in the history of the basketball department are Cypriot Basketball Cups in 2002 and 2014, and a Super Cup in 2004-05. Despite having stayed in the first tier for many years, Apollon Limassol have yet to achieve greater success in the league. Having failed to win the league since its inception, and as well as having not finished runners-up in the league since 2001. Apollon Limassol have briefly participated in international competitions such as the now defunct

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and the

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, however, the team has not participated in any competitions internationally since 2013. Recently, the team lack of success domestically has proven it difficult to qualify for either the

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or the FIBA Europe Cup.

Season by season

Honours

Total titles: 3

Domestic competitions

* Cypriot Championship :''Runners-up:'' 1999, 2000, 2001 *

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:Winners: 2002, 2014 :''Runners-up: 2004'' *

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:Winners: 2005 :''Runners-up:'' 2002, 2014

European competitions

* FIBA EuroCup Challenge: : ''Semifinalist (2)'': 2002–03, 2006–07

European cups

* 1999–00:

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* 2000–01:

: lost to Hemofarm Vršac in eliminations * 2001–02:

* 2002–03: FIBA Regional Challenge Final 4: lost to eventual Challenge Cup winners

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by 73–52. * 2003–04: FIBA Europe Cup: took 2nd place (2-2) in Group D of South Conference * 2004–05: FIBA Europe Cup: took 3rd place (1-3) in Conference South Group C * 2005–06: EuroCup Challenge: took 1st place (3-1) in Group G, lost to Khimik in 1/8 Finals * 2006–07: Europe Cup Challenge: took 1st place (4-2) in Group A, lost to

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77–75, 50–76 in the Semifinals * 2012–13: EuroChallenge: took 4th place (1–5) in Group G

Current roster

Notable players

* Sam Jones * Kenny Satterfield * Joey Dorsey

Notable managers

* Guillermo Vecchio

External links

* http://www.apollonbc.net/ Apollon BC Official Site * http://www.apollon1954.com/ Apollon Limassol News * http://www.fygas.net/ Apollon Limassol Fan Page
Eurobasket.com Apollon Limassol BC Page
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