X.A.N. Thessaloniki
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| Full name | Young Men's Christian Association Thessaloniki (Χριστιανική Αδελφότητα Νέων Θεσσαλονίκης) |
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| Founded | 1921 |
| Colours | Blue, Red |
X.A.N. Thessaloniki is a christian youth development organisation that is based in Thessaloniki, Greece, and which comprises the homonymous Greek multi-sport club. The club was founded in 1921, and has teams in basketball, volleyball, handball, water polo, and others sports. X.A.N. Thessaloniki is part of the YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) in Thessaloniki, which is a christian universal welfare movement.
The club name is also transliterated to H.A.N. Thessaloniki (abbreviation H.A.N.T.H.) or C.A.N. Thessaloniki (abbreviation C.A.N.T.H.). The club is most widely known as being the Y.M.C.A.'s Thessaloniki association (Y.M.C.A. Thessaloniki). Historically, the most successful sports team of X.A.N.T.H. is the men's basketball team. In recent years, the club's most successful teams are the volleyball and handball teams that play in the higher national championships.
X.A.N. Thessaloniki was the first team which imported the sport of basketball into Greece. X.A.N.T.H. organised the first unofficial regional basketball championship of Thessaloniki in 1924, with the participation of X.A.N.T.H., Aris Thessaloniki, Iraklis Thessaloniki, Armenian Union, VAO, Maccabi Thessaloniki, and Akoah. They also organised the first unofficial Panhellenic Basketball Championship in 1926, with the presence of X.A.N.T.H., Aris, PAOK, Iraklis, and AEK Athens. Since the beginning of the official Panhellenic Basketball Championship, X.A.N.T.H. has managed be the championship's finalist one time, in 1930.
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