The OPAP Basket League is currently the top-tier level men's professional

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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

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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

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, will qualify to compete in the next season's

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'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 * 1970–71: PAEEK * 1971–72: PAEEK * 1972–73: Pezoporikos * 1973–74: AEL * 1974–75: Achilleas * 1975–76: APOEL * 1976–77: Achilleas * 1977–78: AEL * 1978–79: APOEL * 1979–80: AEL * 1980–81: APOEL * 1981–82: AEL * 1982–83: AEL * 1983–84: Achilleas * 1984–85: AEL * 1985–86: Achilleas * 1986–87: AEL * 1987–88: AEL * 1988–89: Keravnos * 1989–90: ENAD * 1990–91: Pezoporikos * 1991–92: Pezoporikos * 1992–93: Achilleas * 1993–94: Pezoporikos * 1994–95: APOEL * 1995–96: APOEL * 1996–97: Keravnos * 1997–98: APOEL * 1998–99: APOEL * 1999–00: Keravnos * 2000–01: Keravnos * 2001–02: APOEL * 2002–03: AEL * 2003–04: AEL * 2004–05: AEL * 2005–06: AEL * 2006–07: AEL * 2007–08: Keravnos * 2008–09: APOEL * 2009–10: APOEL * 2010–11: ETHA * 2011–12: ETHA * 2012–13: AEK * 2013–14: APOEL * 2014–15: AEK * 2015–16: AEK * 2016–17: Keravnos * 2017–18: AEK * 2018–19: Keravnos * 2019–20: Suspended * 2020–21: AEK * 2021–22: Keravnos * 2022–23: AEK * 2023–24: Keravnos * 2024–25: AEK

Finals

Performance by club

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