Greek national basketball team

Greece Ελλάδα
Association	EOK
FIBA member since	1932 (founding member)
FIBA world rankings	6th
Trainer	Thanasis Skourtopoulos
Record player	Panagiotis Giannakis
World championships
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
• 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.

1936 - did not take part 1948 - did not take part 1952 - 17th place 1956 - did not take part 1960 - did not participate 1964 - did not take part 1968 - did not take part 1972 - did not participate 1976 - did not participate

1980 - did not participate 1984 - did not participate 1988 - did not participate 1992 - did not participate 1996 - 5th place 2000 - did not participate 2004 - 5th place 2008 - 5th place 2012 - did not participate

World championships

Vice World Championship 2006

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.

1950 - did not participate 1954 - did not take part 1959 - did not take part 1963 - did not take part 1967 - did not participate 1970 - did not participate 1974 - did not take part 1978 - did not participate 1982 - did not participate

1986 - 10th place 1990 - 6th place 1994 - 4th place 1998 - 4th place 2002 - did not participate 2006 - silver medal 2010 - 11th place 2014 - 9th place 2019 - 11th place

European championships

Scene from the encounter between Greece and Turkey (EM 2009)

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.

1947 - did not take part 1949 - bronze medal 1951 - 8th place 1953 - did not take part 1955 - did not take part 1957 - did not take part 1959 - did not take part 1961 - 17th place 1963 - did not take part 1965 - 8th place 1967 - 12th place 1969 - 10th place

1971 - did not participate 1973 - 11th place 1975 - 12th place 1977 - did not participate 1979 - 9th place 1981 - 9th place 1983 - 11th place 1985 - did not participate 1987 - gold medal 1989 - silver medal 1991 - 5th place 1993 - 4th place

1995 - 4th place 1997 - 4th place 1999 - 16th place 2001 - 9th place 2003 - 5th place 2005 - gold medal 2007 - 4th place 2009 - bronze medal 2011 - 6th place 2013 - 11th place 2015 - 5th place 2017 - 8th place

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

National team in July 2008

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

Panagiotis Giannakis

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
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
05	Giannoulis Larentzakis	Guard	196	1993	without a club
08th	Nick Calathes	Guard	198	1989	FC Barcelona
09	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
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
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
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

• List of Greek national basketball players
• Basketball in Greece
• Greek champion (basketball)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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.  
2. ↑ 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.  
3. ↑ 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.  
4. ↑ http://mahr.sb-vision.de/dbb/html/herren/gegner/spielegegner.aspx?Gegner=Griechenland

Web links

• www.basket.gr Greek Basketball Federation