Greek national basketball team
Greece Ελλάδα |
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Association | EOK |
FIBA member since | 1932 (founding member) |
FIBA world rankings | 6th |
Trainer | Thanasis Skourtopoulos |
Record player | Panagiotis Giannakis |
World championships | |
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Participation in the finals | 7 (first: 1952 ) |
Best results | 2nd place (2006) |
Olympic games | |
Participation in the finals | 4 (first: 1986) |
Best results | 5th place (1996, 2004, 2008) |
Continental championships | |
championship | European Championship |
Participation in the finals | 24 (first: 1949 ) |
Best results | 1st place ( 1987 , 2005 ) |
(As of October 28, 2013) |
The Greek national basketball team represents the Republic of Greece in international or friendly matches. Her greatest successes to date have been the European championship victories in 1987 and 2005 and the vice world championship in 2006.
title
- World Championship
- Silver (1 ×): 2006
- European Championship
- Gold (2 ×): 1987, 2005
- Silver (1 ×): 1989
- Bronze (2 ×): 1949, 2009
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Stanković Cup
- Gold (1 ×): 2006
- Mediterranean Games:
- Gold (1 ×): 1979
- Silver (4 ×): 1991, 2001, 2005, 2009
- Bronze (3 ×): 1955, 1971, 1987
Performing at international tournaments
Olympic games
For the first time in the Olympic Games, Greece has 1,952 in Finland Helsinki participated. Until 1996 this should be the country's only participation. After 1996, Greece also took part in the competitions in its own country in 2004 and achieved fifth place in each case.
World championships
The Greek national team first took part in a world championship in 1986 and came in tenth there. Since then, Greece has only missed the 2002 finals in the United States and has always managed to place itself in the top ranks. While Greece made it into the semi-finals every time in 1994 and in their own country in 1998, they lost their games in a row and only finished both tournaments with fourth place. In 2006 at the World Cup in Japan , Greece won the silver medal and on the way to the final, among other things, prevailed against the highly favored selection of the USA.
European championships
For the first time, the Greek national team took part in a European Championship in 1949 and immediately won third place. As a result, Greece took part in the finals only irregularly until 1985 and had no particular success to show. The first major success that was to be the breakthrough for the national team in Greece was winning the European Championship in 1987. In their own country, Greece defeated the highly favored team from the Soviet Union in the final after extra time with 103: 101. The star of this tournament was, to date, the greatest Greek sports icon Nikos Galis , who was elected MVP of the tournament. At the following tournament in 1989, Greece again reached the final, but had to admit defeat to the Yugoslav team, which, led by their star Dražen Petrović , could win the tournament without a defeat. With the silver medal in 1989, Greece consolidated its position among Europe's leading basketball nations two years earlier. Since then, the Greek national team has not missed a final round at European Championships and has usually always ended up in the top ranks. In 2005 Greece finally won its second gold medal in Serbia after beating the German national team with 78:62 in the final . The defense of the title at the following tournament failed with the defeat against Spain in the semi-finals. The Greeks also passed the game for third place to the Lithuanian team. In 2009 the national team of Greece failed again in the semifinals against later European champions Spain. While, measured by your own standards, you achieved two rather disappointing placements at the tournaments in 2011 and 2013. In 2015, after all nominated players had announced their commitment to participate in the tournament, expectations were raised again with a placement among the top three. This hope ended in the quarter-finals again the Spanish team, which the Greeks were able to defeat with 73:71 points. After reaching 5th place, Vasilis Spanoulis , head and leading player of this selection, announced his retirement from the national team.
Mediterranean Games
As a Mediterranean border, Greece has always participated in the Mediterranean Games. The gold medal from 1979 represents the greatest success of the national team. Furthermore, four silver (1991, 2001, 2005, 2009) and three bronze medals (1955, 1971, 1987) could be won.
statistics
Record national player
city square player Games 1 Panagiotis Giannakis 351 2 Panagiotis Fasoulas 244 3 Theofanis Christodoulou 220 4th Nikolaos Zisis 189 5 Georgios Sigalas 185 6th Antonios Fotsis 184 7th Liveris Andritsos 182 8th Dimitrios Kokolakis 178 9 Nikos Galis 168 10 Ioannis Bourousis 166
Most successful basket hunter
city square player Points 1 Panagiotis Giannakis 5309 2 Nikos Galis 5125 3 Panagiotis Fasoulas 2384 4th Theofanis Christodoulou 2270 5 Panagiotis Koroneos 1832 6th Georgios Kolokithas 1807 7th Vasilios Goumas 1641 8th Georgios Kastrinakis 1614 9 Fragiskos Alvertis 1606 10 Georgios Trontzos 1543
Others
- The player with ...
- most points in a game: Nikos Galis , 53 points, July 5, 1986
- the highest point average per game: Nikos Galis, 30.46
- most medals: Antonios Fotsis , Vasilios Spanoulis , Nikolaos Zisis , 3 each (EM gold 2005, WC silver 2006, EM bronze 2009)
- The highest victories in history:
opponent | Result | difference | date | venue | contest |
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Canada | 123-49 | +74 | 08/17/2010 | Athens | Acropolis Tournament 2010 |
Luxembourg | 119-46 | +73 | May 10, 1980 | Vevey | Olympic qualifying tournament |
Libya | 123-51 | +72 | 09.09.1967 | Tunis | Mediterranean Games |
Switzerland | 112-47 | +65 | 08/19/1972 | augsburg | Olympic qualifying tournament |
Romania | 106-48 | +58 | 08/07/2017 | Patras | Friendly match |
Lebanon | 119-62 | +57 | 14.70.2008 | Athens | Olympic qualifying tournament |
Morocco | 115-60 | +55 | 06/26/2005 | Almeria | Mediterranean Games |
Denmark | 87-33 | +54 | 05/04/1972 | Arnhem | Olympic qualifying tournament |
Bulgaria | 125-73 | +52 | 04/16/1977 | ? | Friendly match |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 103-52 | +51 | 06/09/1997 | Bari | Mediterranean Games |
Current squad
No | Surname | position | Size (cm] | vintage | society |
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5 | Giannoulis Larentzakis | Guard | 196 | 1993 | without a club |
8th | Nick Calathes | Guard | 198 | 1989 | FC Barcelona |
9 | Ioannis Bourousis (C) | center | 213 | 1983 | CB Gran Canaria |
10 | Konstantinos Sloukas | Guard | 198 | 1990 | Olympiacos Piraeus |
14th | Georgios Papagiannis | center | 219 | 1997 | Panathinaikos Athens |
15th | Georgios Printezis | Forward | 206 | 1985 | Olympiacos Piraeus |
16 | Konstantinos Papanikolaou | Forward | 206 | 1990 | Olympiacos Piraeus |
19th | Ioannis Papapetrou | Forward | 206 | 1994 | Panathinaikos Athens |
21 | Panagiotis Vasilopoulos | Forward | 205 | 1984 | GS Peristeri |
34 | Giannis Antetokounmpo | Forward | 211 | 1994 | Milwaukee Bucks |
43 | Thanasis Antetokounmpo | Forward | 201 | 1992 | Milwaukee Bucks |
- As of August 11, 2019.
Extended roster
The extended roster includes the following players:
Surname | position | Size (cm] | vintage | society |
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Kostas Antetokounmpo | Forward | 211 | 1997 | Los Angeles Lakers |
Ioannis Athinaiou | Guard | 194 | 1988 | CB Bilbao Berri |
Tyler Dorsey | Guard | 194 | 1996 | without a club |
Elefterios Bochoridis | Guard | 196 | 1994 | Panathinaikos Athens |
Kostas Koufos | center | 213 | 1989 | Olympiacos Piraeus |
Evangelos Mantzaris | Guard | 195 | 1990 | GS Peristeri |
Konstantinos Mitoglou | Forward | 210 | 1996 | AX Armani Exchange |
Cadre depth
Item | starter | Bank | Bank | reserve |
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C. | Bourousis | Parrots | ||
PF | Printezis | Vasilopoulos | ||
SF | Antetokounmpo, G. | Papapetrou | Papanikolaou | Antetokounmpo, T. |
SG | Sloukas | Larentzakis | ||
PG | Calathes | Mantzaris | Koniaris |
Significant former players
→ See also: List of Greek national basketball players
- Fragiskos Alvertis (1990-2004, Forward, 155 missions)
- Two-time Olympian and long-time captain
- Nikolaos Chatzivrettas (2000-2007, Guard, 116 missions)
- European champion from 2005, vice world champion from 2006
- Theofanis Christodoulou (1983-1997, Forward, 219 missions)
- European Champion from 1987, Vice European Champion 1989
- Dimitrios Diamantidis (2001-2010, Guard, 126 missions)
- European champion from 2005, vice world champion from 2006
- Dimosthenis Dikoudis (1999-2008, Forward, 114 missions)
- European champion from 2005, vice world champion from 2006
- Panagiotis Fasoulas (1981-1998, Center, 241 missions)
- European Champion from 1987, Vice European Champion 1989
- Antonios Fotsis (1999-2013, Forward, 189 missions)
- European champion from 2005, vice world champion from 2006
- Nikos Galis (1980-1991, Guard, 168 missions)
- European champion from 1987, vice-European champion 1989, member of the FIBA Hall of Fame , European basketball player of the year 1987
- Panagiotis Giannakis (1976-1996, Guard, 351 missions)
- European champion from 1987, vice-European champion 1989, record national player with 351 appearances
- Michalis Kakiouzis (1994-2007, forward, 115 appearances)
- European champion from 2005, vice world champion from 2006
- Theodoros Papaloukas (2000-2008, Guard, 131 missions)
- European champion from 2005, vice world champion from 2006
- Konstantinos Tsartsaris (2000-2010, forward, 123 appearances)
- European Champion from 2005, Vice World Champion from 2006,
- Nikolaos Zisis (2001-2015, Guard, 189 missions)
- European champion from 2005, vice world champion from 2006
Record against national teams from the German-speaking area
All results from a Greek point of view.
nation | Games | Victories | draw | Defeats | Points ratio |
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Germany | 50 | 33 | 0 | 17th | 4.033: 3.767 |
GDR | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4th | 342: 362 |
Luxembourg | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 202: 112 |
Austria | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 974: 881 |
Switzerland | 9 | 8th | 0 | 1 | 751: 547 |
total | 79 | 54 | 0 | 25th | 6.302: 5.669 |
As of August 26, 2013
Awards
The Italian sports newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport voted the Greek national team in 1987 " World Team of the Year ".
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on international matches on the official website of the association ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Point information on the official website of the association ( Memento of the original from July 30, 2014 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Information on the official website of the association ( Memento of the original from July 30, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://mahr.sb-vision.de/dbb/html/herren/gegner/spielegegner.aspx?Gegner=Griechenland
Web links
- www.basket.gr Greek Basketball Federation