Kymis B.C.

{{Infobox Basketball club | color1 = white | color2 = #4169E1 | color3 = #FFCD35 | name = Kymi Seajets | nickname = | logo = Kymi_BC_New_logo.jpg | imagesize = 250px | leagues = | founded = 2010 | dissolved = 2019 | history = '''Kymis B.C.''' (2010 – 2019) | arena = Nikos Marinos Indoor Hall [[Tasos Kampouris Kanithou Indoor Hall|Tasos Kampouris Indoor Hall]] | capacity = Nikos Marinos Hall 1,100 Tasos Kampouris Hall 1,620 | location = [[Kymi, Greece|Kymi]], [[Euboea]], [[Greece]] | colors = {{color box|#4169E1}} {{color box|white}} {{color box|#FFCD35}} | president = Alexandros Theodorou | vice-presidents = | coach = vacant | manager = | owner = | sponsor = | captain = [[Stavros Toutziarakis]] | season = [[2018–19 Greek Basket League|2018–19]] | position = '''11th''' | championships = '''1''' [[Greek A2 Basket League|Greek A2 Championship]] ([[2015–16 Greek A2 Basket League|2016]]) '''1''' [[Greek B Basket League|Greek B League South Division]] (Beta Ethniki) (2015) '''1''' [[Greek C Basket League|Greek C League Fourth Group]] (Gamma Ethniki) (2014) | website = [http://www.gskimis.gr// gskimis.gr]

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'''Kymi B.C.''' or '''Kymis B.C.''' is a Greek professional [[basketball]] club that is located in [[Kymi, Greece|Kymi]], on the [[List of islands of Greece|island of]] [[Euboea]], [[Greece]]. The club is also known as G.S. Kymis, with the club's full name being Gymnastikos Syllogos Kymis ({{langx|el|Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Κύμης}}). The club has competed in the [[Greek Basket League]]. The team's [[emblem]] is the [[Greek Goddess]] [[Athena]].

Kymi was founded in 2010, with the creation of the men's basketball section. The club began its course very strongly, and managed to achieve several league [[promotion and relegation|promotions]], from their local regional championships, all the way up to the [[Greek basketball league system|top-tier]] level Greek national league.

In 2019, the club merged with [[Lavrio B.C.|Lavrio]], and granted its licence for the [[Greek Basket League]] to them. Kymis then temporarily suspended its basketball operations, and dropped out of all competitions for the time being.

==Logos== <gallery> Kymi bc logo.jpg | (2010–2016) Kymi_BC_New_logo.jpg | (2016–2019) </gallery>

==History== The Greek athletic club Gymnastikos Syllogos Kymis 1893, or G.S. Kymis 1893, was founded in the year 1893. G.S. Kymis was one of the first Greek [[sports clubs]], and the club's gym was used to train Greek athletes that competed at [[1896 Summer Olympics|the first modern Olympics in 1896]]. G.S. Kymis was also one of the original 28 founding clubs of the [[Hellenic Amateur Athletic Association]] (SEGAS) in 1897. In 1907, G.S. Kymis ceased operations as an active sporting club.

In 2010, an ownership group re-founded the club G.S. Kymis, as a legal continuation and rights successor of the original G.S. Kymis 1893 club. The club was re-founded using the same [[emblem]] that the original club used, the [[Greek Goddess]] [[Athena]].

===Local regional categories=== At the beginning of the 2010–11 season, the club joined the 3rd class of the local regional ESKASE division, and managed to directly achieve a [[promotion and relegation|promotion]] to the ESKASE local regional second division. In the following season, Kymis maintained its previous season's impetus, and in the next summer, it gained another promotion to the 1st class of the local regional ESKASE league.

In May 2012, the club named [[Vassilis Bratsiakos]], as the men's team's [[head coach|head]] basketball [[basketball coach|coach]]. The rise of the club's status in the 1st ESKASE local regional league continued the following year, when Kymi won their local regional championship against A.C. Kymi, and gained promotion to the [[Greek basketball league system|Greek lower level national leagues]].

===Lower level national leagues=== With [[Vassilis Bratsiakos]] as the head coach, Kymi became the champion of the [[Greek basketball league system|4th-tier]] level [[Greek C Basket League]], finishing with 19 wins and just one defeat.

The next season, the club competed in the 3rd-tier level [[Greek B Basket League]], and in particular, in the South Group. Continuing its upward trend, the club once again finished in the top of the final standings, having collected 24 wins and 2 losses, against 13 rivals, while maintaining an unbeaten record at home games.

===A2 Basket League=== In the [[2015–16 Greek A2 Basket League|2015–16 season]], the club competed in the 2nd-tier level [[Greek A2 Basket League]], for the first time in its history. During the 2015 summer transfer window, Kymi managed to make some very good transfers (for that level of competition), including [[Stavros Toutziarakis]], [[Ioannis Psathas]], [[Alexandros Sigkounas]], and [[Vaidas Kariniauskas]], who was signed from the [[EuroLeague]] team [[BC Žalgiris|Žalgiris Kaunas]]. This made Kymi one of the favorites to win the A2 league.

On May 21, 2016, Kymi beat their main rivals for the league's [[promotion and relegation|promotion]], [[Faros Keratsiniou B.C.|Faros Keratsiniou]], by a score of 67–56, and secured their place in the top-tier level [[Greek Basket League]] for the first time in the club's history. Kymi also became the first club that had managed to get six straight promotions to higher-tier leagues.<ref>[http://www.sport24.gr/Basket/ElladaaBsket/A2/h-kumh-sthn-basket-league-skrats.4071720.html Η Κύμη στην Basket League ΣΚΡΑΤΣ. {{in lang|el}}]</ref><ref>[http://www.ebasket.gr/2016/05/xeperase-to-rekor-ton-ampelokipon Ξεπέρασε το ρεκόρ των Αμπελοκήπων. {{in lang|el}}]</ref>

===Greek Basket League=== Kymis played in the [[Greek basketball league system|top-tier]] level [[Greek Basket League]] for the first time, in the [[2016–17 Greek Basket League|2016–17 season]]. Following the [[2018–19 Greek Basket League|2018–19 season]], the club merged with [[Lavrio B.C.|Lavrio]], and granted its licence for the [[2019–20 Greek Basket League|2019–20 season]] to them. Kymis then temporarily suspended its basketball operations, and dropped out of all competitions for the time being, due to the delays on the construction of the new stadium in Kymi.

==Arenas== The club normally plays its home games at the Nikos Marinos Indoor Hall, a small arena that originally had a capacity of about 500.<ref>[http://www.gskimis.gr/index.php/%CE%B5%CE%B4%CF%81%CE%B1-%CE%B5%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%82 Έδρα και εγκαταστάσεις gskimis.gr (pics) {{in lang|el}}.]</ref> After the [[promotion and relegation|promotion]] of the club to the [[Greek basketball league system|top-tier]] level [[Greek Basketball League|Greek Basket League]], Kymi began to renovate and expand the arena, in order for it to be eligible for Greek Basket League matches. The capacity of the arena will be increased from 500 to 1,100 seats.

While the Nikos Marinos Indoor Hall was being renovated, Kymi decided to play their home Greek Basket League games at the 1,620 capacity [[Tasos Kampouris Kanithou Indoor Hall]],<ref>[http://www.sport24.gr/Basket/OmadesBasket/kymi/h-kumh-epistrefei-spiti-ths.4258653.html Η Κύμη επιστρέφει "σπίτι" της {{in lang|el}}.]</ref> which is also located on the [[List of islands of Greece|island of]] [[Euboea]], in [[Chalcis]].

==Season by season== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center" !Season ![[Greek basketball league system|Tier]] !Division !{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position after play-offs}} ![[Greek Basketball Cup|Greek Cup]] !colspan=2|[[Greek basketball clubs in European and worldwide competitions|European competitions]] |- |- |bgcolor=#efefef|2013–14 | {{center|4}} | align=left| [[Greek C Basket League|C Basket League]] | bgcolor=#BBF3BB | {{center|1st}} | | colspan=2 | |- |bgcolor=#efefef|2014–15 | {{center|3}} | align=left| [[Greek B Basket League|B Basket League]] | bgcolor=#BBF3BB |{{center|1st}} | | colspan=2 | |- |bgcolor=#efefef|[[2015–16 Greek A2 Basket League|2015–16]] | {{center|2}} | align=left| [[Greek A2 Basket League|A2 Basket League]] | bgcolor=#BBF3BB |{{center|1st}} | | colspan=2 | |- |bgcolor=#efefef|[[2016–17 Greek Basket League|2016–17]] | {{center|1}} | align=left| [[Greek Basket League]] | bgcolor= |{{center|12th}} | | colspan=2 | |- |bgcolor=#efefef|[[2017–18 Greek Basket League|2017–18]] | {{center|1}} | align=left| [[Greek Basket League]] | bgcolor= |{{center|7th}} | | colspan=2 | |- |bgcolor=#efefef|[[2018–19 Greek Basket League|2018–19]] | {{center|1}} | align=left| [[Greek Basket League]] | bgcolor= |{{center|11th}} | | colspan=2 | |}

==Championships and honors== *'''Total Titles: 3''' *'''Divisional: 3''' **'''[[Greek A2 Basket League|Greek A2 League]] (A2 Ethniki):''' ***[[2015–16 Greek A2 Basket League|2016]] **'''[[Greek B Basket League|Greek B League South Division]] (Beta Ethniki):''' ***2015 **'''[[Greek C Basket League|Greek C League Fourth Group]] (Gamma Ethniki):''' ***2014

==Notable players== {{Basketball notable players criteria}} {{div col|colwidth=14em}} * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|25px]] [[Nikos Barlos]] * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|25px]]/[[Image:Flag of Nigeria.svg|25px]] [[Etinosa Erevbenagie]] * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|25px]] [[Markos Kolokas]] * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|25px]] [[Thanos Konstantakopoulos]] * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|25px]] [[Dimitrios Lolas]] * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|25px]]/[[Image:Flag of Serbia.svg|25px]] [[Igor Milošević]] * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|25px]] [[Ioannis Psathas]] * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|25px]] [[Angelos Siamandouras]] * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|25px]] [[Alexandros Sigkounas]] * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|25px]] [[Stavros Toutziarakis]] * [[Image:Flag of Lithuania.svg|25px]] [[Vaidas Kariniauskas]] * [[Image:Flag of Sweden.svg|25px]] [[Martin Pahlmblad]] * [[Image:Flag of Serbia.svg|25px]] [[Slaven Čupković]] * [[Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg|25px]] [[Chavdar Kostov]] * [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|25px]] [[Jason Cadee]] * [[Image:Flag of United Kingdom.svg|25px]] [[Teddy Okereafor]] * [[Image:Flag of USA.svg|25px]] [[Muhammad El-Amin]] * [[Image:Flag of USA.svg|25px]] [[Chris Horton (basketball)|Chris Horton]] * [[Image:Flag of USA.svg|25px]] [[Cameron Jones (basketball)|Cameron Jones]] * [[Image:Flag of USA.svg|25px]] [[Michale Kyser]] * [[Image:Flag of USA.svg|25px]] [[JeQuan Lewis]] * [[Image:Flag of USA.svg|25px]] [[Thad McFadden (basketball)|Thad McFadden]] * [[Image:Flag of USA.svg|25px]] [[Gary McGhee]] * [[Image:Flag of USA.svg|25px]] [[Jordan Morgan (basketball)|Jordan Morgan]] * [[Image:Flag of USA.svg|25px]] [[Daniel Orton]] * [[Image:Flag of USA.svg|25px]] [[Lenzelle Smith Jr.]] * [[Image:Flag of USA.svg|25px]] [[Scott Suggs]] * [[Image:Flag of USA.svg|25px]] [[DeVaughn Washington]] * [[Image:Flag of USA.svg|25px]] [[Matt Williams (basketball)|Matt Williams]] {{div col end}}

==Head coaches== * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|25px]] [[Ioannis Kastritis]]

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.gskimis.gr// Kymis B.C. – Official Website] {{in lang|el}} *[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/Greece/GS_Kymis/18299?Page=0 Eurobasket.com Team Profile]

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