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{{Short description|Greek professional basketball club}}
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| founded         = 1999
| folded =2010
| history         = '''Trikala 2000'''<br/>(2000–2010)
| arena           = [[Trikala Municipal Sports Hall]]
| capacity        = 2,500
| location        = [[Trikala]], [[Greece]]
| colors          =  White and Blue<br/>{{color box|white}} {{color box|#151B54}}
| president       = George Giannoulas
| vice-presidents =
| coach           = Vangelis Angelou
| championships   = [[Greek A2 Basket League|Greek 2nd Division]]: (1)<br/>(2008)
| website         = [http://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/AS_Trikalla_2000/4508 Eurobasket.com/ASTrikalla2000]
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'''A.S. Trikala 2000 B.C.''' was a Greek professional [[basketball]] club located in [[Trikala]], [[Greece]]. The club was commonly known as either shortly '''Trikala'''  or '''Trikala 2000'''. Trikala previously competed in the [[Greek Basket League|Greek League]], the [[Greek basketball league system|top tier of Greek basketball]].

==History==

The Athletic Association of Trikala 2000 was founded on September 13, 1999, following the merger of local Trikala teams Danaos and Sporting. The club had a rapid rise up the Greek basketball leagues. In 2002, just three years after they were founded, Trikala won [[promotion and relegation|promotion]] to the [[Greek basketball league system|3rd-tier]] level [[Greek B Basket League]]. In 2006, they again won promotion, that time to the 2nd-tier level [[Greek A2 Basket League]]. Just two years later, they completed their journey, by gaining promotion to the top-tier level [[Greek Basket League]], after winning the A2 League, during the 2007–08 season.

The team's first season in the top league in Greece was a relatively successful and dramatic one, as they safeguarded their survival in the league, in the last game of the season, on April 22, 2009. In October 2010, the club went bankrupt.

==Honors and titles==
*'''[[Greek A2 Basket League|Greek 2nd Division]]:'''
**2008

==Notable players==
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'''Greece:'''
* [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] [[Georgios Apostolidis]]
* [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] [[Dimitris Bogdanos]]
* [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] [[Dimitris Charitopoulos]]
* [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] [[Nikos Kaklamanos]]
* [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] [[Dimitris Marmarinos]]
* [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] [[Makis Nikolaidis]]
* [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] [[Petros Noeas]]
* [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] [[Michalis Polytarchou]]
* [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] [[Vassilis Symtsak]]
* [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] [[Michalis Tsairelis]]

'''Europe:'''
* [[Image:Flag of Montenegro.svg|20px]] [[Bojan Bakić]]
* [[Image:Flag of Georgia.svg|20px]] [[Giorgi Tsintsadze]]
* [[Image:Flag of Slovenia.svg|20px]] [[Miha Zupan]]

'''USA:'''
* [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] [[A.J. Abrams]]
* [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] [[William Avery (basketball)|William Avery]]
* [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]]-[[Image:Flag of France.svg|20px]] [[Jelani Gardner]]
* [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] [[Kasib Powell]]
* [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] [[David Young (basketball)|David Young]]

'''Oceania:'''
* [[Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg|20px]] [[Mark Dickel]]
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==Head coaches==
*[[File:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] [[Vangelis Angelou]]
*[[File:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] [[Yannis Christopoulos]]

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080218070240/http://www.astrikala.gr/site/ Trikala B.C. Website] {{in lang|el}}
*[http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=GRE&Team=4508 Eurobasket.com Team Page]

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[[Category:Basketball teams established in 1999]]
[[Category:Defunct basketball teams in Greece]]
[[Category:Sport in Trikala]]
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[[Category:Basketball teams disestablished in 2010]]
[[Category:2010 disestablishments in Greece]]


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