Greece national basketball team

Greece
FIBA ranking	13 3
Joined FIBA	1932 (co-founders)
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	Hellenic Basketball Federation
Coach	Kostas Missas
Olympic Games
Appearances	4
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	7
Medals	Silver: 2006
EuroBasket
Appearances	27
Medals	Gold: 1987, 2005 Silver: 1989 Bronze: 1949, 2009
Uniforms
Light Dark
Biggest win
Greece 123–49 Canada (Athens, Greece; 17 August 2010)[1]
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 0 0 FIBA World Cup 0 1 0 EuroBasket 2 1 2 Mediterranean Games 1 4 3 Total 3 6 5 FIBA World Cup 2006 Japan EuroBasket 1987 Athens 2005 Serbia and Montenegro 1989 Yugoslavia 1949 Egypt 2009 Poland Mediterranean Games 1979 Croatia Team 1991 Athens Team 2001 Tunis Team 2005 Spain Team 2009 Italy Team 1955 Spain Team 1971 Turkey Team 1987 Syria Team

The National Basketball Team of Greece (Greek: Eθνική Oμάδα Καλαθοσφαίρισης Ελλάδος) is the representative for Greece in international men's basketball competitions, organized and run by the Hellenic Basketball Federation. They were runners-up in the 2006 FIBA World Championship, after beating the United States 101–95 in the tournament's semifinal. They have won the FIBA EuroBasket twice; in 1987, after beating the Soviet Union 103–101 in the final in Athens and in 2005, after beating Germany with a convincing 78–62 in the final in Belgrade. Greece is currently placed thirteenth in the FIBA World Rankings (down from fourth a few years ago, due to relatively poor results in recent years).

Greece has also won one silver (1989) and two bronze medals (1949, 2009) in FIBA EuroBasket, having closely missed a medal in several occasions in world and continental tournaments (4th place in the 1994 and 1998 FIBA World Championships, 4th place in the 1993, 1995, 1997 and 2007 FIBA EuroBasket), as well as ending up in the fifth place in their last three Olympic appearances (United States 1996, Greece 2004, China 2008). Between 1990 and 1997, following their consecutive successes in FIBA EuroBasket, the Greeks participated in all major international tournaments but one, with their lowest ranking being a sixth place in the 1990 FIBA World Championship.

Greece is also the only national team in the world that defeated the United States team during Mike Krzyzewski's era (2005–2016), as the latter had an undefeated record following the loss in 2006, all major competitions included.

History

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Basketball has a long tradition in Greece, as the country was one of the eight founding members of the International Basketball Federation, more commonly known by its French acronym FIBA, in 1932. However, the men's national team was considered as a second-class power in international basketball for several decades and only came into prominence in the mid-1980s by winning the EuroBasket 1987. It was the first ever major international title won by a Greek national team in any sports. As a result, basketball became extremely popular in the country and since then Greece has been placed in the high level on the basketball stage.

International debut and first successes

Greece was to take part in EuroBasket 1935, the inaugural FIBA European Championship held in Geneva, but were not able to travel to Switzerland due to financial problems.^[3] Thus, Greece made their international debut fourteen years later in the EuroBasket 1949 in Cairo, Egypt. That tournament has been marked as the weakest in the history of the competition, as most of the leading European basketball nations at the time refused to travel by plane to Egypt. Greece entered the tournament as a rookie and got through to make their first major success in their very first appearance in the competition, finishing in the third place behind hosts Egypt and strong side France.^[4]

After their first international success, the Greeks were also present in the following tournament in 1951, where they qualified to the semi-final round and finally finished 8th among the eighteen nations that participated. They also made their first appearance at the Olympic Games, taking part at the basketball tournament in 1952. They were narrowly eliminated in the preliminary round, finishing at the bottom of the classification along with other six teams, ending the first period in the history of the team as Greece did not enter any major tournament for the rest of the 1950s.

During the 1960s, the 1970s and the first half of the 1980s, Greece appeared in most of the EuroBasket competitions, with their best performances being the 8th place in 1965 and the 9th place in both 1979 and 1981. They didn't manage to qualify for the Summer Olympic Games and the FIBA World Cup but in 1979 they managed to win the gold medal at the Mediterranean Games, beating Yugoslavia 85–74 in the final.

Rise to the top level: European Champions

The history of the national team was not overly impressive until the mid-1980s, when Greece arose as the new power in international basketball spearheaded by top-class players Nikos Galis, the top scorer in the history of European basketball, Panagiotis Giannakis, Panagiotis Fasoulas and Fanis Christodoulou. The beginning was their qualification for the 1986 FIBA World Championship, for the first time in their history and the end of the tournament found them 10th among the twenty-four nations.

In the next year, Greece faced up their biggest challenge, as the country was the host of the EuroBasket 1987 and the team enjoyed a formidable line-up. Qualified from the preliminary round, they eliminated Italy and Yugoslavia, both among the favourites to win the tournament, in the quarter-finals and the semi-finals respectively. In the final, Greece faced the defending champions and heavily favoured Soviet Union. In front of 17,000 Greek fans at the Peace and Friendship Stadium, the hosts won the gold medal after a thrilling win 103–101 over the Soviets, with Nikos Galis scoring 40 points.^[5] It was the first time that a Greek national team won a major tournament in any sports, thus basketball was made the national team sport overnight and the national team was to be considered the official cherished of the Greek nation.

The European champions failed to qualify for the 1988 Summer Olympic Games for a first time in 36 years, despite a decent performance in the pre-Olympic tournament. In the EuroBasket 1989, the defending champions were under pressure to prove that they could stand at the top level of international basketball and they did so in a convincing way. After they had qualified from the group stage, the Soviet Union stood in their way in the semi-finals but Greece defeated them once again and reached the final. Contrary to what happened two years ago, this time Greece had to overcome Yugoslavia and the latter's home court advantage, as the tournament was held in Zagreb. Eventually, the Greek team bowed to the home side taking the silver medal, their third medal in total and second in a row.

Firmly among the best in the world but no medals

In the 1990s there was a series of successful results for the national team, which was present in all major international tournaments every year except for the 1992 Summer Olympic Games. In the period between 1990 and 1998, Greece never fell below 6th place and usually ended up 4th. They also qualified for a second Olympic appearance in 1996, where the team reached the 5th position.

Ιn the 1990 FIBA World Championship, the team would face a new challenge as they would have to compete without their leading scorer Nikos Galis who was injured, but performed better than four years ago and were placed 6th. For the next two competitions in 1994 and 1998 Greece finished 4th. In 1994, the team reached the semi-finals but was eliminated by the United States and played for the third place against Croatia to which they lost and were placed 4th, a result that was considered to demonstrate the continued prominence of the team. In 1998, the tournament was held in Athens and the Greeks hoped to qualify for the final, but in the semi-final they were eliminated by Yugoslavia in extra time and their disappointment of missing the chance to reach the final led to an easy defeat to the United States in the bronze medal game, once more leaving Greece 4th.

In the EuroBasket 1991 Greece finished 5th and for the next three competitions in 1993, 1995 and 1997 they reached the semi-finals but ultimately ended up 4th. The 1995 tournament was hosted in Greece but the Greeks failed to repeat the triumph of 1987 and were defeated in the semi-final by Yugoslavia, something that happened again in 1997, while hosts Germany had eliminated Greece in 1993.

The years 1999–2002 were marked by an obvious decline of Greece. The beginning of this era was the shocking 16th and last place of the team in the final standings of the EuroBasket 1999, having suffered three defeats in the preliminary round. Consequently, Greece was absent from the 2000 Summer Olympic Games. In the next European championship in 2001, the Greek team was placed 9th, thus failed to qualify for the 2002 FIBA World Championship.

European and Worldwide success: European Champions, FIBA World Championship Runners-up

The revival of Greece started in the EuroBasket 2003, where an overhauled team finished 5th; the experiment was partly successful but the public was not very enthusiastic. The 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, were considered as the biggest chance of hosts Greece to win their first Olympic medal, but a close loss (69–64) to eventual gold medalists Argentina in the quarter-finals, stopped their way and they were finally placed 5th.

Greece were considered a strong outsider for the medals at the EuroBasket 2005. They advanced from the group stage with two wins in three games and eliminated Israel and Russia to reach the semi-finals, where they faced France. The French were leading the score by seven points with only one minute left, Greece appeared to have no chance to pull out the win and one more lost semi-final was coming. However, the Greeks managed to get within a two-point distance and won 67–66 with a three-pointer by Dimitris Diamantidis with three seconds remaining, setting off a joyous celebration from the Greek side. At the final and in front of a raucous pro-Greece sold-out crowd of 20,000 at the Belgrade Arena, the Greeks defeated Germany in a convincing way with 78–62 and won the gold medal for a second time in their history.^[6]

In the next year, the European champions won the 2006 Stanković Cup going undefeated in the tournament and defeating Germany again at the final with an impressive 84–47 win. In the 2006 FIBA World Championship, Greece were glazed to win a medal that had closely missed in their last two times in the tournament and reached once more the semi-finals with a record of seven consecutive wins, some of them impressive. In the semi-finals, Greece defeated the popular odds-on United States in a 101–95 upset, rallying back from twelve points down, and qualified for the final, but they proved to be exhausted from their dramatic game with the Americans and lost 70–47 to Spain, ending up with the silver medal. Despite the loss the players were greeted enthusiastically by celebrating fans on their return to Greece, due to their first medal in a World Championship and their glorious win over the United States.

In the EuroBasket 2007, the defending European champions advanced to the semi-finals where they faced up hosts and world champions Spain, in a repeat of the final one year ago. Greece came close to take a revenge but finally lost 82–77 and played in the bronze medal game, where they succumbed to Lithuania. At the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, another last-second defeat 80–78 to Argentina in the quarter-finals led Greece to the 5th place more. In the EuroBasket 2009, the national team was potently changed; with a bunch of young players and without key players Theodoros Papaloukas and Dimitris Diamantidis, as well as Panagiotis Vasilopoulos and Kostas Tsartsaris, the tournament was perceived as the turning point for Greece after their major recent achievements. However, after their fourth consecutive defeat to Spain in the semi-finals and sixty years after their first, and last, bronze medal they managed to take the podium in the third position against the odds, with a thrilling 57–56 win over the Slovenia, ceasing the curse of being defeated in all bronze medal games in their history.

Before the 2010 FIBA World Championship, the team exhibited impressive performances during friendly preparation matches, beating Germany 82–54, Russia 101–63, Croatia 90–81, Canada 123–49, Slovenia 96–72, and Serbia 74–73, in a game that ended up in a brawl. That brawl exposed problems within the team, which showed a different face in crucial matches in the World Championship. In the group stage, Greece lost to Turkey and Russia, (being accused of purposely losing the game with Russia, to avoid playing with Spain in the knock-out stage). France's loss to New Zealand meant that Greece had to face Spain anyway in the phase of 16. The two teams met once more, in a dramatic game that Spain won in the last minutes (a game that lead to Greek complaints about critical referee calls). That loss meant that the Greek team was eliminated from the next stage, ending up 11th (its worst performance in a World Cup). That game led to the fifth consecutive Spanish victory over Greece in major international competitions (Greece would stop Spain's winning streak 3 years later at EuroBasket 2013, beating them 79–75, with Vassilis Spanoulis scoring 20 points). That actually represented a reversal of the previous situation, as Greece had defeated Spain in every match they played against each other at four major international competitions (1998 FIBA World Championship, EuroBasket 1995, EuroBasket 1993, and the 1990 FIBA World Championship). After the elimination in the 2010 FIBA World Championship, top class player, Dimitris Diamantidis, announced his retirement from the national team at age 30.

2011–

During preparations for EuroBasket 2011, new head coach, Ilias Zouros, faced one of the greatest challenges in the history of Greek basketball team, with the absences of no less than 9 key players (including star players: Dimitris Diamantidis, Theodoros Papaloukas, Sofoklis Schortsanitis, and Vassilis Spanoulis). Zouros had to assemble a team mostly made of young players (half of the team's players had never participated in the EuroBasket), with little time to prepare. The new national team, featuring some of the next generation Greek players ("Generation X"), exhibited promising signs during friendlies, beating Russia 83–80, Germany 69–56, and Turkey 62–38. At the EuroBasket, Greece managed to reach the quarterfinals, where it lost to eventual finalist France (64–56). Subsequently, victory against Serbia (87–77), and a loss to Lithuania (73–69), led Greece to 6th place, thus securing participation in the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament. At the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Greece failed to qualify for the Olympics, after an 80–79 loss to Nigeria.

Participation in the EuroBasket 2013 with its new coach, Andrea Trinchieri, didn't bring any consolation to its fans. The team, once more exhibited superb performance during preparation games (including scoring commanding victories against both eventual finalists France and Lithuania) earning the top spot on the FIBA EuroBasket power rankings before the tournament. Their start in the EuroBasket was equally fruitful, with comfortable victories against Sweden (79–51), Russia (80–71) and Turkey (84–61). However, serious injuries plagued the Greek team (Spanoulis, Mavrokefalidis, Papanikolaou, Zisis) and despite the impressive win against the defending Champions Spain, losses at critical games (especially those against Italy and Finland in Group stage 1), lead to failure to reach the quarterfinals for the first time since the EuroBasket 2001. They were, however, selected as a wild card for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, being placed in Group B consisting of Philippines, Senegal, Argentina, Croatia and rivals Puerto Rico.

The team once more had a new coach, Fotios Katsikaris, and once more faced what had become a chronic problem of missing key players (this time Vassilis Spanoulis, Kosta Koufos, Antonis Fotsis, Stratos Perperoglou and Sofoklis Schortsanitis). Greece ended up first in its group, after defeating all the above teams (being, along with USA and Spain, one of three undefeated teams in the Group Stage), but lost to Serbia in the Round of 16, and ended up in ninth place overall. Greece participated in EuroBasket 2015, in the Group C consisting of Netherlands, Croatia, Slovenia, Georgia and rivals Republic of Macedonia. The team, with Fotios Katsikaris as head coach, ended up first in its group, after defeating all the above teams (being, along with France and Serbia, one of three undefeated teams in the Group Stage). In the Round of 16, they defeated Belgium (75–54), but in the quarterfinals, they lost to Spain (71–73). Two days later (17 September 2015), they defeated Latvia (97–90), ending up in fifth place overall, and qualified to one of the three 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments. At the 2016 Turin FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Greece defeated Iran (78–53), and Mexico (86–70), but lost to Croatia (61–66), and failed to qualify to the Summer Olympic Games, for the second time in a row. However, they qualified for EuroBasket 2017.

Honours

Medals table

The Greek national team's medal record through the years:

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
FIBA World Cup	0	1	0	1
FIBA EuroBasket	2	1	2	5
Mediterranean Games	1	4	3	8
Grand Totals	3	6	5	14

• EuroBasket:
  • Gold medals: 1987, 2005
  • Silver medals: 1989
  • Bronze medals: 1949, 2009
• FIBA World Cup:
  • Silver medals: 2006
• Mediterranean Games:
  • Gold medals: 1979
  • Silver medals: 1991, 2001, 2005, 2009
  • Bronze medals: 1955, 1971, 1987

Image of Michalis Kakiouzis celebrating during the EuroBasket 2005.

Individual awards

• FIBA EuroBasket MVP
  • Nikos Galis – 1987
• FIBA World Cup All-Tournament Team
  • Theodoros Papaloukas – 2006
• FIBA EuroBasket All-Tournament Team
  • Nikos Galis – 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991
  • Panagiotis Fasoulas – 1987
  • Fanis Christodoulou – 1993, 1995
  • Dimitris Diamantidis – 2005
  • Theodoros Papaloukas – 2005
  • Vassilis Spanoulis – 2009
• FIBA World Cup Top Scorer
  • Nikos Galis – 1986
• FIBA EuroBasket Top Scorer
  • Georgios Kolokithas – 1967, 1969
  • Nikos Galis – 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991
• FIBA EuroBasket Assists Leader
  • Dimitris Diamantidis – 2005

Competitive record

Team

EuroBasket 2015 Roster

Greece men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. 5.0 !C 5 Bourousis, Ioannis 7001310000000000000♠31 – (1983-11-17)17 November 1983 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) Laboral Kutxa Baskonia ESP ! 1.0 !PG 6 Zisis, Nikos (C) 7001320000000000000♠32 – (1983-08-16)16 August 1983 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Brose Baskets GER ! 2.0 !SG 7 Spanoulis, Vassilis 7001330000000000000♠33 – (1982-08-07)7 August 1982 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Olympiacos GRE ! 1.0 !PG 8 Calathes, Nick 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1989-02-22)22 February 1989 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Panathinaikos GRE ! 3.0 !SF 9 Perperoglou, Stratos 7001310000000000000♠31 – (1984-08-07)7 August 1984 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) FC Barcelona ESP ! 2.0 !SG 10 Sloukas, Kostas 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1990-01-15)15 January 1990 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Fenerbahçe TUR ! 4.0 !PF 12 Kaimakoglou, Kostas 7001320000000000000♠32 – (1983-04-15)15 April 1983 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Unics Kazan RUS ! 5.0 !C 13 Koufos, Kosta 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1989-02-24)24 February 1989 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Sacramento Kings USA ! 4.0 !PF 15 Printezis, Georgios 7001300000000000000♠30 – (1985-02-22)22 February 1985 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Olympiacos GRE ! 3.0 !SF 16 Papanikolaou, Kostas 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1990-08-01)1 August 1990 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Denver Nuggets USA ! 1.0 !PG 17 Mantzaris, Vangelis 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1990-04-16)16 April 1990 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Olympiacos GRE ! 3.0 !SF 34 Antetokounmpo, Giannis 7001200000000000000♠20 – (1994-12-06)6 December 1994 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Milwaukee Bucks USA !	Head coach Fotios Katsikaris Assistant coach(es) Thanasis Skourtopoulos Dimitris Priftis Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 5 September 2015

Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2016 Roster^[7]

Greece men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. 2.0 !SG 4 Athinaiou, Ioannis 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1988-05-27)27 May 1988 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Olympiacos GRE ! 1.0 !PG 8 Calathes, Nick 7001270000000000000♠27 – (1989-02-08)8 February 1989 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Panathinaikos GRE ! 5.0 !C 9 Bourousis, Ioannis (C) 7001320000000000000♠32 – (1983-11-17)17 November 1983 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) Laboral Kutxa Baskonia GRE ! 1.0 !PG 17 Mantzaris, Vangelis 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1990-04-16)16 April 1990 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Olympiacos GRE ! 4.0 !PF 18 Agravanis, Dimitrios 7001210000000000000♠21 – (1994-12-20)20 December 1994 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Olympiacos GRE ! 4.0 !PF 19 Papapetrou, Ioannis 7001220000000000000♠22 – (1994-03-30)30 March 1994 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Olympiacos GRE ! 3.0 !SF 25 Charalampopoulos, Vassilis 7001190000000000000♠19 – (1997-01-06)6 January 1997 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Panathinaikos GRE ! 5.0 !C 31 Bogris, Georgios 7001270000000000000♠27 – (1989-02-19)19 February 1989 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Bilbao Basket SPA ! 3.0 !SF 33 Perperoglou, Stratos 7001310000000000000♠31 – (1984-08-07)7 August 1984 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) FC Barcelona SPA ! 3.0 !SF 34 Antetokounmpo, Giannis 7001210000000000000♠21 – (1994-12-06)6 December 1994 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Milwaukee Bucks USA ! 5.0 !C 41 Koufos, Kosta 7001270000000000000♠27 – (1989-02-24)24 February 1989 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Sacramento Kings USA ! 3.0 !SF 43 Antetokounmpo, Thanasis 7001230000000000000♠23 – (1992-07-18)18 July 1992 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) BC Andorra SPA !	Head coach Fotios Katsikaris Assistant coach(es) Thanasis Skourtopoulos Dimitris Priftis Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age in June 2016

Depth chart ^[8][9]

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Ioannis Bourousis	Georgios Papagiannis	Georgios Bogris
PF	Georgios Printezis	Ioannis Papapetrou	Dimitrios Agravanis	Dinos Mitoglou
SF	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Kostas Papanikolaou	Thanasis Antetokounmpo
SG	Kostas Sloukas	Nikos Pappas	Giannoulis Larentzakis
PG	Nick Calathes	Vangelis Mantzaris

Notable people

Players

Coaches

• Panagiotis Giannakis (1997–1998, 2004–2008)
  • EuroBasket 2005: 01 ! Gold
  • 2006 Stanković Cup: 01 ! Gold
  • 2006 FIBA World Championship: 02 ! Silver
  • 2x Greek League Coach of the Year (2004, 2006)
  • Greek Cup winner (2010)
• Kostas Politis (1983–1987)
  • EuroBasket 1987: 01 ! Gold
  • 3× Greek League champion (1980, 1981, 1982)
  • 2x Greek Cup winner (1979, 1982)

Past rosters

• 
  Antonis Fotsis
• 
  Dimitris Diamantidis
• 
  Nikos Zisis
• 
  Ioannis Bourousis
• 
  Stratos Perperoglou
• 
  Kostas Kaimakoglou

1949 FIBA EuroBasket roster – Bronze medalists

Sokratis Apostolidis, Faidon Matthaiou, Alekos Apostolidis, Stelios Arvanitis, Thanasis Kostopoulos, Ioannis Lambrou, Nikos Nomikos, Missas Pantazopoulos, Nikos Skylakakis, Alekos Spanoudakis, Nikos Milas, Takis Taliadoros, Nikos Bournelos (Head Coach: Georgios Karatzopoulos)

1987 FIBA EuroBasket roster – European Champions

Nikos Galis, Panagiotis Giannakis, Panagiotis Fasoulas, Fanis Christodoulou, Michalis Romanidis, Nikos Filippou, Nikos Stavropoulos, Argiris Kambouris, Memos Ioannou, Liveris Andritsos, Panagiotis Karatzas, Nikos Linardos (Head Coach: Kostas Politis)

1989 FIBA EuroBasket roster – Silver medalists

Nikos Galis, Kostas Patavoukas, Panagiotis Giannakis, Argiris Kambouris, David Stergakos, Dinos Angelidis, John Korfas, Nikos Filippou, Liveris Andritsos, Panagiotis Fasoulas, Dimitris Papadopoulos, Fanis Christodoulou (Coach: Efthimis Kioumourtzoglou)

2005 FIBA EuroBasket roster – European Champions

Dimitris Diamantidis, Theodoros Papaloukas, Vassilis Spanoulis, Nikos Zisis, Lazaros Papadopoulos, Michalis Kakiouzis, Dimos Dikoudis, Antonis Fotsis, Kostas Tsartsaris, Nikos Chatzivrettas, Ioannis Bourousis, Panagiotis Vasilopoulos (Coach: Panagiotis Giannakis)

2006 FIBA World Championship roster – Silver medalists

Dimitris Diamantidis, Theodoros Papaloukas, Vassilis Spanoulis, Nikos Zisis, Lazaros Papadopoulos, Michalis Kakiouzis, Dimos Dikoudis, Antonis Fotsis, Kostas Tsartsaris, Nikos Chatzivrettas, Sofoklis Schortsanitis, Panagiotis Vasilopoulos (Coach: Panagiotis Giannakis)

2009 FIBA EuroBasket roster – Bronze medalists

Giannis Kalampokis, Ioannis Bourousis, Nikos Zisis, Vassilis Spanoulis, Nick Calathes, Antonis Fotsis, Georgios Printezis, Andreas Glyniadakis, Kostas Kaimakoglou, Kosta Koufos, Stratos Perperoglou, Sofoklis Schortsanitis (Coach: Jonas Kazlauskas)

Statistics

Top 20 career caps

• Note: Includes only games played that are classified as being games played under the category of Greek senior men's national basketball team games, as deemed by the Hellenic Basketball Federation.
• Players in bold, are players that are still active.

Players with the most caps (games played):

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Rank	Player	Caps
1.	Panagiotis Giannakis	351
2.	Panagiotis Fasoulas	244
3.	Fanis Christodoulou	220
4.	Nikos Zisis	189
5.	Georgios Sigalas	185
6.	Antonis Fotsis	184
7.	Liveris Andritsos	182
8.	Dimitris Kokolakis	178
9.	Nikos Galis	168
10.	Manthos Katsoulis	165
11.	Kostas Patavoukas	162
12.	Georgios Kastrinakis	158
13.	Fragiskos Alvertis	155
14.	Takis Koroneos	150
15.	Michalis Giannouzakos	147
16.	Vassilis Spanoulis	146
17.	Ioannis Bourousis	140
18.	Georgios Trontzos	136
19.	Dimitrios Papanikolaou	131
19.	Theodoros Papaloukas	131
20.	Efthimios Rentzias	127
20.	Sotiris Sakellariou	127

Last updated: 28 July 2017.

Top 20 career scorers

• Note: Includes only games played that are classified as being games played under the category of Greek senior men's national basketball team games, as deemed by the Hellenic Basketball Federation.
• Players in bold, are players that are still active.

^[11]

Rank	Player	Points scored	Caps	Points per game
1.	Panagiotis Giannakis	5,301	351	15.1
2.	Nikos Galis	5,129	168	30.5
3.	Panagiotis Fasoulas	2,384	244	9.8
4.	Fanis Christodoulou	2,269	220	10.3
5.	Takis Koroneos	1,832	150	12.2
6.	Georgios Kolokithas	1,807	90	20.1
7.	Antonis Fotsis	1,734	184	9.4
8.	Vassilis Goumas	1,641	114	14.4
9.	Georgios Kastrinakis	1,612	158	10.2
10.	Fragiskos Alvertis	1,605	155	10.4
11.	Georgios Trontzos	1,543	136	11.3
12.	Vassilis Spanoulis	1,494	146	10.2
13.	Georgios Sigalas	1,487	185	8.0
14.	Steve Giatzoglou	1,468	115	12.8
15.	Nikos Zisis	1,455	189	7.7
16.	Manthos Katsoulis	1,371	165	8.3
17.	Ioannis Bourousis	1,310	140	9.4
18.	Dimitris Kokolakis	1,280	178	7.2
19.	Nikos Oikonomou	1,156	109	10.6
20.	Apostolos Kontos	1,114	114	9.8

Last updated: 28 July 2017.

Memorable wins

Date			Tournament			Place			Opponents	Score
May 1981			EuroBasket 1981 Challenge round			Istanbul, Turkey			Turkey	85 – 84
4 June 1987			EuroBasket 1987 Group stage			Athens, Greece			Yugoslavia	84 – 78
7 June 1987			EuroBasket 1987 Group stage			Athens, Greece			France	82 – 69
10 June 1987			EuroBasket 1987 Quarter-final			Athens, Greece			Italy	90 – 78
12 June 1987			EuroBasket 1987 Semi-final			Athens, Greece			Yugoslavia	81 – 77
14 June 1987			EuroBasket 1987 Final			Athens, Greece			Soviet Union	103 – 101 (OT)
21 June 1989			EuroBasket 1989 Group stage			Zagreb, Croatia			France	80 – 74
24 June 1989			EuroBasket 1989 Semi-final			Zagreb, Croatia			Soviet Union	81 – 80
28 June 1993			EuroBasket 1993 Second round			Berlin, Germany			Spain	76 – 75
1 July 1993			EuroBasket 1993 Quarter-final			Berlin, Germany			France	61 – 59
4 August 1994			1994 FIBA World Championship 1st round			Toronto, Canada			Germany	68 – 58
8 August 1994			1994 FIBA World Championship 2nd round			Toronto, Canada			Canada	74 – 71
30 June 1995			EuroBasket 1995 Quarter final			Athens, Greece			Spain	66 – 64
2 August 1996			1996 Summer Olympics 5th place game			Atlanta, USA			Brazil	91 – 72
25 June 1997			EuroBasket 1997 Group stage			Barcelona, Spain			Turkey	74 – 52
26 June 1997			EuroBasket 1997 Group stage			Barcelona, Spain			Russia	74 – 72
27 June 1997			EuroBasket 1997 Group stage			Barcelona, Spain			Bosnia and Herzegovina	78 – 76
31 August 2001			EuroBasket 2001 Preliminary round			Antalya, Turkey			Italy	83 – 82
2 September 2001			EuroBasket 2001 Preliminary round			Antalya, Turkey			Bosnia and Herzegovina	101 – 77
6 September 2003			EuroBasket 2003 Group stage			Borås, Sweden			Turkey	75 – 70
24 September 2005			EuroBasket 2005 Semi-final			Belgrade, Serbia			France	67 – 66
25 September 2005			EuroBasket 2005 Final			Belgrade, Serbia			Germany	78 – 62
20 August 2006			2006 FIBA World Championship Group stage			Hamamatsu, Japan			Lithuania	81 – 76 (OT)
22 August 2006			2006 FIBA World Championship Group stage			Hamamatsu, Japan			Australia	72 – 69
27 August 2006			2006 FIBA World Championship Round of 16			Saitama, Japan			China	95 – 64
30 August 2006			2006 FIBA World Championship Quarter-final			Saitama, Japan			France	73 – 56
1 September 2006			2006 FIBA World Championship Semi-final			Saitama, Japan			United States	101 – 95
4 September 2007			EuroBasket 2007 Group stage			Granada, Spain			Serbia	68 – 67 (OT)
9 September 2007			EuroBasket 2007 Qualifying round			Madrid, Spain			Croatia	81 – 78
14 September 2007			EuroBasket 2007 Quarter-final			Madrid, Spain			Slovenia	63 – 62
18 September 2009			EuroBasket 2009 Quarter-final			Katowice, Poland			Turkey	76 – 74 (OT)
20 September 2009			EuroBasket 2009 Third place game			Katowice, Poland			Slovenia	57 – 56
17 August 2010			Acropolis Tournament 2010			Athens, Greece			Canada	123 – 49
5 September 2013			EuroBasket 2013 Group stage			Koper, Slovenia			Russia	80 – 71
7 September 2013			EuroBasket 2013 Group stage			Koper, Slovenia			Turkey	84 – 61
12 September 2013			EuroBasket 2013 Second round			Ljubljana, Slovenia			Spain	79 – 75
3 September 2014			2014 FIBA World Cup Group stage			Seville, Spain			Croatia	76 – 65
4 September 2014			2014 FIBA World Cup Group stage			Seville, Spain			Argentina	79 – 71
6 September 2015			EuroBasket 2015 Group stage			Zagreb, Croatia			Croatia	72 – 70
9 September 2015			EuroBasket 2015 Group stage			Zagreb, Croatia			Slovenia	83 – 72

Kit Suppliers

Period	Kit supplier
1981–1988	Asics
1989–1990	Adidas
1991–1995	Reebok
1996	Adidas
1997–2005	Nike
2006–2007	Champion
2008	Adidas
2009–2014	Champion
2015–2017	Spalding
2017–present	GSA Sport

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Greece national basketball team.

• Hellenic Basketball Federation (in Greek)
• FIBA profile
• Eurobasket.com