G.S. Lavrio B.C.

Lavrio Megabolt
Nickname	Metallorichoi (The Miners)
Leagues	Greek Basket League Greek Cup
Founded	1990; 34 years ago (1990)
History	G.S. Lavrio B.C. (1990–present)
Arena	Lavrio Indoor Hall
Capacity	1,700
Location	Lavrio, Attica, Greece
Team colors	Yellow, Blue
Main sponsor	Megabolt
President	Sotiris Kostidis
Head coach	Kostas Mexas
Team captain	Theodoros Zaras
2022–23 position	Greek Basket League, 9th
Championships	1 Greek 3rd Division Championship 1 Greek 4th Division Championship
Website	lavrio-bc.gr
Home Away

G.S. Lavrio B.C. (Greek: Γ.Σ. Λαυρίου K.A.E.), commonly known as simply Lavrio B.C., and also known for sponsorship reasons as Lavrio Megabolt and Lavrio Aegean Cargo, is a Greek professional basketball club that is based in Lavrio, Attica, Greece. The club's full name is Gymnastikos Syllogos Lavrio Basketball Club. The club's current logo is an owl, which symbolizes the ancient Athenian coins, which were made of metals from Lavrio's mines. The team currently plays in the Greek Basket League, the top-tier level basketball league in Greece, and also recently competed in the secondary level European-wide league, the FIBA Champions League.

History

In 1990, Lavrio was established. From 1990 to 2002, the club competed in the neighborhood regional ESKA leagues. The club then spent five years playing at the Greek C National League level, from 2002 until 2007, when the club was promoted to the Greek B National League. During the club's first two seasons in the Greek National B League, 2007–08 and 2008–09, Lavrio ranked 6th in the final league standings. But the next season, 2009–10, it was declared the champion team of the category, after winning a tie-breaker with Panelefsiniakos (24 wins and 6 losses ). Therefore, for the first time in the club's history, it came up to the Greek A2 National League. At the same time, in the Greek Cup competition, the club was eliminated after four games, losing in the 2nd leg of the second phase of the tournament, against PAOK, by a score of 73–83.

During its first season in the Greek A2 Basket League, in 2010–11, Lavrio finished in 4th place in the league standings. In the Greek Cup tournament, the club was eliminated on the 2nd game day, where they were defeated by a score of 69–63, against Nea Kifissia. In the following season, 2011–12, while still competing in the Greek A2 League category, they finished in 8th place in the league standings. In the course of the Greek Cup, they were eliminated on the 2nd game day of Phase A, after being defeated by a score of 74–59, against Panerythraikos. In the 2012–13 season, the team continued its good performances, and finished in 5th place in the final standings of the league classification tables. In the Greek Cup, they were eliminated at the first game of the second phase, when they were defeated by Ikaroi Serron, by a score of 64–60.

In the 2014–15 Greek A2 Basket League season, Lavrio finished in third place in the league. Because the club KAOD withdrew from the top-tier level Greek Basket League, Lavrio was then promoted up to the top professional national basketball league in Greece, for the first time in its history.^[1] Lavrio managed to secure their place in the league for the next season, one game before the end of the season, even though the team lost that game to Aries Trikala. The club finished the 2015–16 Greek League season in 11th place.

The club played in a European-wide competition for the first time in the 2018–19 season, as it competed in the first qualifying round of Europe's fourth-tier level competition, the FIBA Europe Cup. On September 20, 2018, Lavrio played its first European game, which resulted in an 82–73 victory over the Ukrainian SuperLeague club Dnipro.^[2] Lavrio made it to the finals of the 2020–21 Greek Basket League season, and thus qualified to play in the European-wide secondary competition, the FIBA Champions League, in the 2021–22 season.

Arenas

Lavrio plays its domestic national home league games at the Lavrio Indoor Hall, which is located in Lavrio, Attica. The arena has a seating capacity of 1,700 people for basketball games. Lavrio plays its European-wide home league games at the Peace and Friendship Stadium, which is located in the Neo Faliro district of, Piraeus, Athens. The arena has a seating capacity of 12,000 people for basketball games.

Sponsorship names

Due to sponsorship reasons, the club has known several names:

• Lavrio DHI: (2016–2017)
• Lavrio Megabolt: (2017–2018),^[3] (2019–present)
• Lavrio Aegean Cargo: (2018–2019)

Titles and honors

Domestic competitions

• Greek League Finalist: (2021)
• Greek 3rd Division Champion: (2010)
• Greek 4th Division First Group Champion: (2007)

Season by season

Logos

• 
  Primary club logo (2013–2017)
• 
  Megabolt sponsored logo (2017–present)

Players

Current roster

Lavrio Megabolt roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age F/C 0 Tsamis, Panagiotis 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 22 – (2002-04-10)10 April 2002 SF 1 Flatten, Skyler 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 28 – (1995-07-02)2 July 1995 PF 2 Moore, Khalid 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 23 – (2000-07-29)29 July 2000 G 3 Castañeda, Xavier 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 24 – (2000-03-26)26 March 2000 PG 5 Jackson, Marreon 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 25 – (1998-10-29)29 October 1998 C 6 Kavvadas, Vassilis 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 127 kg (280 lb) 32 – (1991-12-28)28 December 1991 PG 7 Mouratos, Vassilis (C) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 26 – (1997-11-24)24 November 1997 G 8 Migurenko, Aleksandr 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 21 – (2002-07-03)3 July 2002 SF 9 Lampropoulos, Giorgos (TW) 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 18 – (2005-08-28)28 August 2005 G 10 Aivazidis, Giannikos 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 19 – (2004-09-23)23 September 2004 C 11 Gromovs, Ilja 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 29 – (1994-08-04)4 August 1994 G/F 13 Zaras, Theodoros (C) 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 36 – (1987-08-12)12 August 1987 PF 14 Horchler, Noah 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 26 – (1998-01-01)1 January 1998 SG 15 Thornton, Marcus 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 31 – (1993-02-09)9 February 1993 PF 16 Deimezis, Dimitris 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 20 – (2004-01-16)16 January 2004 C 19 Gontikas, Costis  2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 112 kg (247 lb) 30 – (1994-03-15)15 March 1994 G 55 Vazoukis, Giannis (TW) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 21 – (2002-05-17)17 May 2002	Head coach Kostas Mexas Assistant coach(es) Savvas Symeonidis Kostas Paschalis Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 14 April 2024

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3	Inactive
C	Khalid Moore	Ilja Gromovs		Vassilis Kavvadas	Costis Gontikas
PF	Noah Horchler	Panagiotis Tsamis	Dimitris Deimezis
SF	Skyler Flatten	Thodoris Zaras		Giorgos Lampropoulos
SG	Marcus Thornton	Xavier Castañeda	Giannis Vazoukis	Aleksandr Migurenko
PG	Vassilis Mouratos	Marreon Jackson		Giannikos Aivazidis

Notable players

Head coaches

• Christos Serelis: (2005–2022, 2022–2023)

References

External links

• Official website (in Greek)
• Eurobasket.com Team Profile
• FIBA Basketball Champions League Team Profile
• FIBA Europe Cup Team Profile
• Greek Basket League Profile (in English)
• Greek Basket League Profile (in Greek)

This page was last edited on 14 April 2024, at 16:07