Greek basketball player and basketball referee

Costas Rigas (Greek: Κώστας Ρήγας),(born March 29, 1944 in Greece), is a retired Greek pro basketball player, and a former pro basketball referee. Rigas is a member of the EuroLeague's 50 greatest contributors. In 2013, he was enshrined into the FIBA Hall of Fame.

Contents

• 1 Playing career
• 2 Reffing career
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Playing career

Rigas played club basketball with Amyntas, in Greece. He also played with the youth national team of Greece, in one game.

Reffing career

In 1977, Rigas became an international referee, and throughout his career, he refereed 23 *le games. Highlights of his reffing career are the 1984 Summer Olympic Games final, the 1986 FIBA World Championship *le game, the 1992 Summer Olympic Games women's final, four EuroLeague Finals (1984, 1985, 1986, 1991), and 4 Korać Cup *le games.

Later, he was named the EuroLeague's director of referees.

References

External links

• EuroLeague referee nominees

Technical officials

• Arabadjian
• Bain
• Belošević
• Blanchard
• Dimou
• Hopenhaym
• K*ai
• Kostin
• Lazarov
• Pfeuti
• Rae
• Reverberi
• Rigas
• Righetto

Teams

• 1992 USA Men's "Dream Team"