Ifaistos Limnou B.C.

Ifaistos Limnou
Nickname	Ta Sfyria (The Hammers)
Founded	2017; 8 years ago (2017)
Folded	2020; 5 years ago (2020)
Arena	Kleisto Gimnastirio Myrinas Nikos Samaras
Capacity	1,260
Location	Myrina, Lemnos, Greece
Team colors	Burgundy, Black, and White
Home Away

Ifaistos Limnou B.C. (also known as: Ifestos Limnou B.C. or Hephaestus Lemnos B.C.) (Greek: Ήφαιστος Λήμνου K.A.E.) was a Greek professional basketball club that was based on the Greek island of Lemnos, in Myrina. The club was named after the Greek god Hephaestus.

History

Foinix Larissas was replaced in its Greek competition by Gymnastikos S. Larissas, after the two clubs merged in 2015, thus ending Foinix's presence in Greek basketball competitions.[1] The club played in the 3rd-tier level Greek B League during the 2015–16 season,[2][3][4] and was promoted to the 2nd-tier level Greek A2 League, for the 2016–17 season.

In the summer of 2017, Gymnastikos then merged with Faros Keratsiniou, and then took Faros' place in the upcoming top-tier level Greek Basket League's 2017–18 season.[5][6] Faros retained all of its amateur and junior clubs. Gymnastikos' club name then officially became Gymnastikos Syllogos Larissas Faros 2017, abbreviated as G.S.L. Faros 2017.

Ifaistos Lemnou was then officially created on 25 October 2017, under the ownership of Pantelis Boumbouras, and being based in Myrina, on the Greek island of Lemnos. In July 2018, Ifaistos merged with GSL Faros. After the merger of the two clubs, GSL Faros' club history was then returned to the club, which was re-named to Gymnastikos S. Larissas 1928. The club played its first official game against Peristeri, on 3 October 2018, in the Round 16 phase of the Greek Cup. Ifaistos lost the game, by a score of 91–81.

After the end of the 2019–20 Greek Basket League season, the club was disbanded.

Arena

The club played its home games at the 1,260 seat capacity Nikos Samaras Indoor Hall, which is located in Myrina, on the Greek Island of Lemnos. The arena is named after the late Greek volleyball player Nikos Samaras.[7][8]

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	W–L	Greek Cup	European competitions
2018–19	1	Basket League	6th	Round of 16
2019–20	1	Basket League	5th	Quarterfinals

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Greece:

• Dimitris Charitopoulos
• Georgios Diamantakos
• Costis Gontikas
• Sotirios Manolopoulos
• Spyros Mourtos
• Michalis Pelekanos
• Dimitris Stamatis
• Michalis Tsairelis

Europe:

• Rolands Freimanis
• Vlad Moldoveanu

USA:

• Tyrone Brazelton
• Sean Evans
• Marcus Gilbert
• Toddrick Gotcher
• Cliff Hammonds
• Mario Little
• Jerry Smith
• Antwaine Wiggins

Head coaches

• Sotiris Manolopoulos

References

1. "Foinix Larissas". foinix. Archived from the original on 10 June 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
2. "Ο Γυμναστικός των Λαρισαίων επέστρεψε". eleftheria.gr. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
3. "Η επιστροφή του ΓΣΛ!". larissasportnews.gr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
4. "Συγχώνευση Φοίνικα – Γυμναστικού Λάρισας!". karditsasportiva.gr. Archived from the original on 12 May 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
5. "Τα εισιτήρια διαρκείας του ΓΣΛ Φάρου 2017" (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2017-08-13. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
6. "Ανακοίνωσε Σκουρτόπουλο ο ΓΣΛ Φάρος" (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2017-07-28. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
7. "Το Κλειστό Γυμναστήριο «Νίκος Σαμαράς" στη Μύρινα της Λήμνου αποκτάει νέα μορφή" (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2018-08-11. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
8. "Προχωράει η μετακόμιση του Φάρου, επιτόπια αυτοψία στην Λήμνο" (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2018-08-11. Retrieved 2018-08-11.

External links

• Official website Archived 2019-08-02 at the Wayback Machine (in Greek)
• Greek Basket League Profile (in Greek)