Kolossos Rodou B.C. (

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: Κολοσσός Ρόδου K.A.E.), known as Kolossos H Hotels for sponsorship reasons, is a Greek professional

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team that is located on the island of

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, in Rhodes City. Kolossos currently plays in the top-tier level of Greek professional basketball, the Greek League. The club was founded in 1963, and also initially featured sports like

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and

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in the early 1980s. Today, the focus of the Greek athletic club is on the franchise's men's basketball department.

History

Early years

Due to geographical isolation, and very small financial abilities for most of the club's history, the basketball team was not able to compete at a high level for many years, and was not funded properly. Kolossos was the first Greek basketball team located in the

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region.

Rise

In 2000, the fate of the team finally changed, when Kostas Kostaridis became the new team President, and took over the reins of the club. Kostaridis changed almost the entire club management, and stated that it was the immediate goal of the team to rise from the 3rd-tier level Greek B League, to the 2nd-tier level Greek A2 League, and subsequently, the team did begin to rise up through Greece's club basketball league system. In 2003, head coach

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joined the team, and the ascent up into the Greek A2 League division commenced. In the 2004–05 season, Kolossos won the championship of the Greek A2 League, and was therefore automatically

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up into the top-tier level Greek League, the highest professional basketball league in Greece.

Merger with Holargos

In the 2018–19 Greek Basket League season, Kolossos finished in last place in the league. The team was thus facing

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down to the second-tier level Greek A2 League. However, Kolossos merged with

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, and gained their rights to play in the top-tier level Greek League, in the following

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season.

Arenas

Through the 2018–19 season, Kolossos played its domestic

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games at the 1,242 seat Venetokleio Indoor Hall. Prior to the 2019–20 season, Kolossos moved into the 1,400 seat Palais des Sports.Κολοσσός: Αλλάζει έδρα τη νέα αγωνιστική περίοδο .
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Season by season

Honours and titles

* Greek 2nd Division **Champion (1): 2004–05

Players

Current roster

Depth chart

Notable players

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Head coaches

References

External links

Official website

Eurobasket.com Team Page
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