The Cordoban basketball classic in the National League, between Atenas vs Instituto, Instituto vs Atenas, is played again. After a “white” season (2023/2024) with Verde playing in the Argentine League, the General Bustos neighborhood team faces the Alta Córdoba team.
The first match of the 2024/2025 campaign will be on Monday, from 10:10 p.m., at the Structures Pretensa Atenas stadium, with television by TyC Sports. The classic duel was scheduled to be played at the Ángel Sandrín, but the Gloria stage is still under construction and has moved to another neighborhood.
It will be the 32nd confrontation between Atenas and Instituto in national competitions, such as the League, the Super 20, and also in the Argentine Club Championship o Transition League, 1984. Institute adds 20 winscontra 11 victories for Athens.
Precisely, the first duel in Córdoba was on September 2, 1984, for the Transition League, which Athens won 87 to 83. There were four victories in a row for the Green at the beginning of the National League. The last one was in 1986. In 1985 and 1987 they did not face each other. That year, the Alta Córdoba club was relegated.
Gloriosos and Griegos met again in the 2015/2026 season in the “modern era” of the League, after the promotion of Albirrojo. The first duel was October 2, 2015 and Instituto won 59-48, as a visitor.
Between October 15, 2016, in the match played at Orfeo (80-72), and March 11, 2018 (two seasons), the Alta Córdoba club won eight consecutive matches. In addition, Instituto won the last four classics, between January 10, 2021 and April 18, 2023.
The last time Athens won the classic was on October 13, 2021, 87-78, for the Super 20on the Quimsa court in Santiago del Estero. In the National League, the Green’s last victory was on November 8, 2019, 92-88, defined in overtime after equaling at 77.
The last classic was played on April 18, 2023, at the Sandrín Instituto, which was won 90-70. That season, Atenas was relegated to the Argentine League.
All the matches Athens vs Institute
- 2/9/1984 Athens 87 – Institute 83
- 11/16/1984 Institute 76 – Athens 103
- 29/03/1986 Athens 95 – Institute 87
- 05/9/1986 Institute 85 – Athens 95
- 2/10/2015 Athens 48 – Institute 59
- 9/10/2015 Institute 78 – Athens 89
- 18/12/2015 Institute 82 – Athens 64
- 21/01/2016 Athens 77 – Institute 59
- 10/15/2016 Athens 72 – Institute 80 (at the Orpheus)
- 29/10/2016 Institute 72 – Athens 69
- 20/01/2017 Institute 89 – Athens 60
- 05/12/2017 Athens 95 – Institute 102
- 7/10/2017 Institute 105 – Athens 74
- 9/10/2017 Athens 86 – Institute 88
- 1/30/2018 Athens 69 – Institute 83
- 11/03/2018 Institute 92 – Athens 89
- 8/10/2018 Athens 59 – Institute 50
- 10/22/2018 Institute 75 – Athens 77
- 2/13/2019 Athens 81 – Institute 91
- 24/3/2019 Institute 73 – Athens 70
- 8/10/2019 Athens 81 – Institute 77
- 19/10/2019 Institute 81 – Athens 68
- 8/1/2020 Athens 92 – Institute 88 (77)
- 26/2/2020 Institute 82 – Athens 61
- 4/11/2020 Institute 81 – Atenas 71 (in the Works field)
- 3/19/2021 Athens 73 – Institute 82 (on Ferro field)
- 13/10/2021 Athens 87 – Institute 78 (on the Quimsa field)
- 10/1/2022 Institute 91 – Athens 63
- 18/4/2022 Athens 84 – Institute 95
- 3/3/2023 Athens 72 – Institute 84
- 4/18/2023 Institute 90 – Athens 70
