Keravnos BC
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| Leagues | Cyprus Basketball Division A | ||
| Founded | 1926 | ||
| History |
Keravnos B.C. (1926–present) |
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| Arena | Costas Papaellinas Arena | ||
| Capacity | 2,000 | ||
| Location | Strovolos, Nicosia, Cyprus | ||
| Team colors | Yellow and Red | ||
| President | Paris Papaellinas | ||
| Vice-president(s) | Andreas Kyprianou | ||
| Head coach | Christoforos Livadiotes | ||
| Championships |
6 Cypriot Championships 9 Cypriot Cups |
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| Website | www.keravnosbc.com | ||
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Keravnos Strovolou B.C. (Greek: Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Στροβόλου «Ο Κεραυνός») is a professional basketball club based in Strovolos, Nicosia, Cyprus. The plays its home games in the Costas Papaellinas Arena, which has a capacity of 2,000 spectators.
The club’s president since 1996 is businessman Paris C. Papaellinas, who has also been the main sponsor of the club for the last 20 years.
The men's basketball department of Keravnos was established in 1964. The club was one of the founding members of the Cyprus Basketball Federation in 1966.
Keravnos competed for 18 consecutive years in European competitions from 1995 to 2013. The first time Keravnos B.C. took part in European competitions was in 1982, when the team played against KK Zadar. In the 1997–98 season the team reached the second round of a European Cup for the first time. In the Second Round, Keravnos achieved one of their greatest victories in the history of Cypriot Basketball after defeating Žalgiris Kaunas 61-57 in Nicosia. In the second leg, they lost at Kaunas and were eliminated from the competition. Žalgiris progressed to win the European Cup that year (1998) as well as the European Championship the following year (1999), known as Euroleague.
The year 2001 was a great one for Keravnos. The team won the Championship for a second consecutive time and also recorded the greatest success that had ever been achieved by any Cypriot sports team, in Pan-European competitions by qualifying for the quarter-finals of the European Saporta Cup. They defeated the Bosnian team KK Borac Banja Luka, before they were eliminated by Pamesa Valencia. During this campaign, the team had unbelievable success defeating Red star of Belgrade and Paris Basket of Tony Parker among others. In 2004, the team qualified to the Final Four of South Conference of FIBA Europe Cup Challenge, where the team finished fourth in the competition. They qualified to the final four again the following year (2005) and this time they finished in the third position. In 2007, Keravnos again recorded a new success story. The team qualified for the final of the EuroCup Challenge after beating in the semi-finals Dnipro twice in the semi-finals. Keravnos was the only Cypriot club from any sport ever to reach a major European Final. In the EuroCup Challenge Final, Keravnos faced the Russian Club from Samara, defeating them by 85-83 at home but the score was not enough to give the team the trophy after losing in Samara 101-81 away.
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