Amyntas B.C.


Amyntas B.C., commonly known as Amyntas, is a Greek professional basketball club. The club's full name is Athlitikos Omilos Amyntas Ymittos B.C. The club is located in Dafni-Ymittos, Dafni, a suburb of Athens, Greece. The colors of the team are blue and orange. The club is named after the father of Philip [II of Macedon], and grandfather of Alexander the Great, Amyntas [III of Macedon]. The club's emblem is King Amyntas.

History

Amyntas B.C. was originally founded in 1950. In 2010, Dafni and A.O. Amyntas merged, creating A.O. Amyntas Dafnis - Ymittos. The club then competed in the Greek [basketball league system|2nd-tier] level Greek [A2 Basket League], during the 2010–11 season. After that, the two clubs separated again.

Arena

Amyntas plays its home games at the 600 seat Pyrkal Ymittos Indoor Hall.

Notable players