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Greece men's national basketball team

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Greece
FIBA ranking13 Increase 1 (15 August 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA1932 (co-founders)
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationHellenic Basketball Federation
CoachVassilis Spanoulis
Nickname(s)Επίσημη Αγαπημένη
(Official Beloved)
Olympic Games
Appearances5
MedalsNone
FIBA World Cup
Appearances9
MedalsSilver Silver: (2006)
EuroBasket
Appearances28
MedalsGold Gold: (1987, 2005)
Silver Silver: (1989)
Bronze Bronze: (1949, 2009)
Retired numbers1 (4)
First international
 Turkey 49–12 Greece 
(Istanbul, Turkey; 24 June 1936)
Biggest win
 Greece 123–49 Canada 
(Athens, Greece; 17 August 2010)[2]
Biggest defeat
 Czechoslovakia 116–71 Greece 
(Moscow, Soviet Union; 10 June 1965)
Medal record
FIBA World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2006 Japan
EuroBasket
Gold medal – first place 1987 Athens
Gold medal – first place 2005 Serbia and Montenegro
Silver medal – second place 1989 Yugoslavia
Bronze medal – third place 1949 Egypt
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Poland
Stanković Cup
Gold medal – first place 2006 China
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1979 Split Team
Silver medal – second place 1991 Athens Team
Silver medal – second place 2001 Tunis Team
Silver medal – second place 2005 Almeria Team
Silver medal – second place 2009 Pescara Team
Bronze medal – third place 1955 Barcelona Team
Bronze medal – third place 1971 Izmir Team
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Latakia Team
Balkan Championship
Gold medal – first place 1979 Athens
Gold medal – first place 1986 Sofia
Silver medal – second place 1963 Athens
Silver medal – second place 1969 Thessaloniki
Silver medal – second place 1972 Sarajevo
Silver medal – second place 1983 Titov Vrbas
Bronze medal – third place 1964 Bucharest
Bronze medal – third place 1966 Sofia
Bronze medal – third place 1967 Skopje
Bronze medal – third place 1974 Thessaloniki
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Burgas
Bronze medal – third place 1977 Skopje
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Cluj-Napoca
Bronze medal – third place 1981 Sofia
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Athens
Bronze medal – third place 1985 Bucharest

The Greece men's national basketball team (Greek: Eθνική Oμάδα Καλαθοσφαίρισης Ελλάδος) represents Greece in international basketball. They are controlled by the Hellenic Basketball Federation, the governing body for basketball in Greece. Greece is currently ranked 14th in the FIBA World Ranking.

Greece have appeared nine times at the FIBA World Cup, with their best result coming in 2006 as runners-up, after beating the United States 101–95 in the tournament's semi-final. Greece have taken part in the EuroBasket 28 times, winning the tournament twice, while also coming away with one silver (1989), as well as two bronze medals (1949, 2009). Some of the team's highlights at the competition were beating the Soviet Union 103–101 in the final in Athens to win their first title in 1987, and defeating Germany 78–62 in the final in 2005. Greece have competed five times at the Olympic Games, their best results being fifth place finishes on three occasions (1996, 2004, 2008).

Greece is the only national team in the world to have defeated the United States during Mike Krzyzewski's era (2005–2016), as the latter had an undefeated record both before and after the 2006 FIBA World Cup semi-final, all major competitions included.

History

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Greece national basketball team of 1987 logo

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 came into prominence in the mid-1980s by winning the EuroBasket 1987. It was the first ever major international title won by a Greece national team in any sports. Basketball became extremely popular in the country and since then Greece has been placed in the high level on the basketball stage.[3]

International debut and first successes

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Greece was to take part in the EuroBasket 1935, the inaugural FIBA European Championship held in Geneva, but were not able to travel to Switzerland due to financial problems.[4] 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 newcomer and got through to make their first major success in their very first appearance in the competition, finishing in third place behind hosts Egypt and a strong side French team.[5]

After their first international success, the Greeks participated in the next tournament at EuroBasket 1951, where they reached the semi-final round ending up eighth among the eighteen nations that participated. They also made their first appearance at the Summer Olympic Games, taking part in the Summer Olympic basketball tournament in 1952. They were narrowly eliminated in the preliminary phase, finishing at the bottom of the table along with other six teams and also bringing to an end the first period in the history of Greek basketball as they did not enter any major tournaments 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 tournaments, with their best performances being 8th place in 1965 and 9th place in both 1979 and 1981. They did not qualify for the Summer Olympic Games or to the FIBA World Cup, but they did win two regional gold medals. They won the gold at the 1979 Mediterranean Games by beating Yugoslavia by a score of 85–74 in the final, and the 1979 Balkan Championship, again by beating Yugoslavia, 66–62.

Rise to the top level: European champions

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The history of the national team was fairly pedestrian until the mid-1980s, when Greece arrived as a powerhouse in international basketball, spearheaded by elite players like Nikos Galis, Panagiotis Giannakis, Panagiotis Fasoulas and Fanis Christodoulou. The arrival began with their qualification to the 1986 FIBA World Cup, a first in their history. The national team went on to finish 10th among the twenty-four nations at the tournament, but it was a catalyst for the future.

The following year, Greece faced their biggest challenge, as the country hosted the EuroBasket 1987 with the national team entering the tournament with a formidable line-up. After advancing through the group stages, they eliminated Italy and Yugoslavia, both among the favorites to win the tournament, in the quarter-finals and the semi-finals respectively. In the final, Greece faced the defending champions and heavily favored 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.[6] It was the first time that the Greek national team won a major tournament in any sport, instantly making basketball the national sport while the national team became cherished throughout the country.

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. At the EuroBasket 1989, the defending champions were under pressure to prove that they could repeat the level of excellence they displayed at their last EuroBasket appearance, and they did so in a convincing way. After they had advanced to the knockout stages, the Soviet Union stood in their way in the semi-finals, but Greece defeated them once again and reached the final. In contrast to 1989, this time Greece had to overcome Yugoslavia and the latter's home court advantage in Zagreb. Greece would take home the silver medal, repeating their feat from the previous tournament to at least finish in a medal position at EuroBasket, making it their third medal in their basketball history.

Firmly among the best in the world but no medals

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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 finished in 5th place.

At the 1990 FIBA World Cup, 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 eventually placed 6th in the tournament. For the next two competitions in 1994 and 1998 Greece finished 4th. In 1994, the team reached the semi-finals but were 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. Although in the semi-final they were eliminated by FR 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.

At the EuroBasket 1991 Greece finished 5th and just out of reach at 4th place of the medal position in 1993, 1995 and 1997. Greece acted as host at the 1995 tournament, failing to repeat the triumph of 1987 when defeated in the semi-final by FR 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. At the next European championship in 2001, the Greek team was placed 9th, thus failed to qualify for the 2002 FIBA World Cup.

European champions and FIBA World Cup runners-up

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Greece won the silver medal at the 2006 FIBA World Cup after their memorable 101–95 win against USA.
Vassilis Spanoulis

The revival of Greece started at 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 for the hosts Greece to win their first Olympic medal. But in a close 69–64 loss to the eventual gold medalists Argentina in the quarter-finals, stopped any chance of it becoming reality. The team would go on to place 5th in the standings at the event overall.

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 side 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 deficit and won 67–66 with a three-pointer by Dimitris Diamantidis with three seconds remaining, setting off a joyous celebration from the Greek side. In 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 78–62, winning the gold medal for the second time in their history.[7]

Thodoris Papaloukas
Greek basketball legend Panagiotis Giannakis is the only person to have won the EuroBasket both as a player (EuroBasket 1987) and as a head coach (EuroBasket 2005). He also led Greece to the final of the 2006 FIBA World Cup.

The following year, the European champions won the 2006 Stanković Cup going undefeated in the tournament and defeating Germany again in the final with an impressive 84–47 win. At the 2006 FIBA World Cup, Greece were determined to win a medal they had closely missed in their last two appearances in the tournament. They reached the semi-finals with a record of (7–0), with some of their wins coming in grand fashion. 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 ultimately ran out of gas 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 ever medal in a World Cup and their victory over the United States.

At the EuroBasket 2007, the defending European champions advanced to the semi-finals where they faced the hosts and reigning World champions Spain, in a rematch of the final one year prior. Greece came close to take revenge but eventually 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 a 5th-place finish once again. At the EuroBasket 2009, the national team was potently changed, with a bunch of young players and without key players Thodoris 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 Slovenia, ceasing the curse of being defeated in all bronze medal matches in their history.

Before the 2010 FIBA World Cup, 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 Cup. 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 round 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 previously defeated Spain in every game they played against each other at the four major international competitions (1990 FIBA World Cup, EuroBasket 1993, EuroBasket 1995, and the 1998 FIBA World Cup). After the elimination in the 2010 FIBA World Cup, Dimitris Diamantidis announced his retirement from the national team, at age 30.

2011–present

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Georgios Printezis
Nick Calathes

During preparations for EuroBasket 2011, new head coach, Ilias Zouros, faced one of the greatest challenges in the history of the Greek basketball team, with the absences of no less than 9 key players (including star players: Dimitris Diamantidis, Thodoris 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 they lost to the eventual silver medalist France 64–56. Subsequently, the victory against Serbia 87–77, and the 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 at the EuroBasket 2013 with its new head coach, Andrea Trinchieri, didn't bring any consolation to its fans. The team once again exhibited superb performance during preparation games (including 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 to (Spanoulis, Mavrokefalidis, Papanikolaou, Zisis) plagued the Greek team, despite the impressive win against the defending champions Spain. Losses in critical games (especially those against Italy and Finland in their preliminary phase group), led to the 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 World Cup, being placed in Group B consisting of the Philippines, Senegal, Argentina, Croatia and rivals Puerto Rico.

The national team once again introduced a new head coach in Fotios Katsikaris, and once more had to face 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 Group C consisting of Netherlands, Croatia, Slovenia, Georgia and rivals North Macedonia. The national team with Fotios Katsikaris as head coach, ended up first in its group, after defeating all the above nations (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 (73–71). 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 (66–61), and failed to qualify to the Summer Olympic Games, for the second time in a row. However, they qualified for EuroBasket 2017.

Greece began their EuroBasket 2017 campaign with a victory against Iceland, but lost their next three games against Slovenia, France, and Finland. However, they defeated Poland, by a score of 95–77, to clinch a spot in the knockout rounds. In the round of 16 Greece had a dominant performance in defeating Lithuania, by the score of 77–64, and advanced to the quarterfinals. There, they were eliminated in a hard-fought battle against Russia 74–69.

In the Paris Olympic Games, Greece was eliminated by Germany in the quarterfinals.[8] It was the team's first participation in the Olympics after sixteen years.[9]

Honours

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Medals table

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Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
FIBA World OQT 2 0 0 2
FIBA World Cup 0 1 0 1
Stanković World Cup 1 0 0 1
FIBA EuroBasket 2 1 2 5
Mediterranean Games 1 4 3 8
Balkan Championship 2 4 10 16
Total 8 10 15 33

Individual awards

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Competitive record

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Results and fixtures

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  Win   Loss

2023

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26 August 2023 Jordan  71–92  Greece Pasay, Philippines
16:45 (UTC+8) Scoring by quarter: 14–19, 19–27, 27–20, 11–26
Pts: Hollis-Jefferson 24
Rebs: Al-Dwairi,
Hollis-Jefferson 9
Asts: Ibrahim 6 		Boxscore Pts: Larentzakis 19
Rebs: Rogkavopoulos 7
Asts: Walkup 7 		Arena: Mall of Asia Arena
Attendance: 5,795
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Takaki Kato (JPN), Manuel Attard (ITA)
28 August 2023 Greece  81–109  United States Pasay, Philippines
20:40 (UTC+8) Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 18–27, 19–29, 25–30
Pts: Papagiannis 17
Rebs: Antetokounmpo,
Rogkavopoulos 4
Asts: Walkup 7 		Boxscore Pts: Reaves 15
Rebs: Hart 11
Asts: Reaves 6 		Arena: Mall of Asia Arena
Attendance: 11,392
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Daniel García (VEN)
30 August 2023 Greece  83–74  New Zealand Pasay, Philippines
20:40 (UTC+8) Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 17–23, 18–11, 33–20
Pts: Papapetrou 27
Rebs: Papagiannis 9
Asts: Walkup 9 		Boxscore Pts: Ili 27
Rebs: Delany 14
Asts: Ili 8 		Arena: Mall of Asia Arena
Attendance: 5,625
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Carlos Vélez (COL)
1 September 2023 Lithuania  92–67  Greece Pasay, Philippines
20:40 (UTC+8) Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 19–23, 25–15, 28–9
Pts: Jokubaitis 19
Rebs: Valančiūnas 9
Asts: Jokubaitis 6 		Boxscore Pts: Walkup 21
Rebs: Walkup 8
Asts: Walkup 7 		Arena: Mall of Asia Arena
Attendance: 5,986
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Kerem Baki (TUR)
3 September 2023 Greece  69–73  Montenegro Pasay, Philippines
16:40 (UTC+8) Scoring by quarter: 14–19, 16–17, 12–14, 27–23
Pts: Papapetrou 16
Rebs: Bochoridis 6
Asts: Walkup 6 		Boxscore Pts: Vučević 19
Rebs: Dubljević 9
Asts: Dubljević 9 		Arena: Mall of Asia Arena
Attendance: 6,193
Referees: Daniel García (VEN), Kristian Paez (ECU), Péter Praksch (HUN)

2024

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23 February 2024 Greece  72–64  Czech Republic Piraeus, Greece
21:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 12–15, 20–16, 21–19, 19–14
Pts: Mitoglou 22
Rebs: Papanikolaou,
Walkup 8
Asts: Walkup 8 		Boxscore Pts: Balvín 13
Rebs: Balvín 10
Asts: Bohačík, Satoranský 6 		Arena: Peace and Friendship Stadium
Attendance: 12,439
Referees: Luis Castillo (ESP), Gvidas Gedvilas (LTU), Sergii Zashchuk (UKR)
26 February 2024 Netherlands  72–74  Greece The Hague, Netherlands
19:30 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 12–16, 27–16, 19–30, 14–12
Pts: Schaftenaar 13
Rebs: Van der Vuurst de Vries 6
Asts: Van der Vuurst de Vries 6 		Boxscore Pts: Toliopoulos 26
Rebs: Kouzeloglou 5
Asts: Toliopoulos 8 		Arena: Sportcampus Zuiderpark
Attendance: 3,600
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Péter Praksch (HUN), Igor Mitrovski (MKD)
3 July 2024 Dominican Republic  82–109  Greece Piraeus, Greece
21:00 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 15–25, 26–31, 24–24, 17–29
Pts: Duarte 26
Rebs: Montero, Santos 5
Asts: Montero 5 		Boxscore Pts: G. Antetokounmpo 32
Rebs: Mitoglou 6
Asts: Calathes 11 		Arena: Peace and Friendship Stadium
Attendance: 11,648
Referees: Luis Vázquez (PUR), Gatis Saliņš (LAT), Amy Bonner (USA)
4 July 2024 Greece  93–71  Egypt Piraeus, Greece
21:00 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 20–12, 22–26, 26–14, 25–19
Pts: Mitoglou, Papagiannis 16
Rebs: Calathes, Papagiannis 5
Asts: Calathes 9 		Boxscore Pts: Metwaly 22
Rebs: Mahmoud, Oraby 6
Asts: Refaat 4 		Arena: Peace and Friendship Stadium
Attendance: 11,216
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Daniel García (VEN), Scott Beker (AUS)
6 July 2024 Greece  96–68  Slovenia Piraeus, Greece
17:30 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 32–14, 15–19, 19–17, 30–18
Pts: Walkup 19
Rebs: Papagiannis 10
Asts: Calathes 11 		Boxscore Pts: Dončić 21
Rebs: Dončić, Nebo 7
Asts: Dončić 5 		Arena: Peace and Friendship Stadium
Attendance: 11,998
Referees: Luis Vázquez (PUR), Gatis Saliņš (LAT), Amy Bonner (USA)
7 July 2024 Croatia  69–80  Greece Piraeus, Greece
21:00 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 22–22, 17–23, 14–21, 16–14
Pts: Zubac 19
Rebs: Šarić, Zubac 12
Asts: Smith 7 		Boxscore Pts: G. Antetokounmpo 23
Rebs: G. Antetokounmpo 8
Asts: Calathes 11 		Arena: Peace and Friendship Stadium
Attendance: 11,810
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Gatis Saliņš (LAT), Julio Anaya (PAN)
27 July 2024 Greece  79–86  Canada Lille, France
21:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 22–26, 16–22, 22–20, 19–18
Pts: Antetokounmpo 34
Rebs: Mitoglou 8
Asts: Calathes 7 		Boxscore Pts: Barrett 23
Rebs: Olynyk 6
Asts: Gilgeous-Alexander 7 		Arena: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 26,421
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Johnny Batista (PUR), Wojciech Liszka (POL)
30 July 2024 Spain  84–77  Greece Lille, France
11:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 28–13, 13–21, 22–21
Pts: Aldama 19
Rebs: Aldama 12
Asts: Brown 10 		Boxscore Pts: Antetokounmpo 27
Rebs: Antetokounmpo 11
Asts: Calathes 7 		Arena: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 26,980
Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Julio Anaya (PAN)
2 August 2024 Australia  71–77  Greece Lille, France
13:30 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 24–25, 12–28, 14–9, 21–15
Pts: Landale 17
Rebs: Giddey 11
Asts: Daniels 8 		Boxscore Pts: Antetokounmpo 20
Rebs: three players 7
Asts: Calathes 8 		Arena: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 26,850
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Johnny Batista (PUR)
6 August 2024 Germany  76–63  Greece Paris, France
11:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 11–21, 25–15, 23–16, 17–11
Pts: F. Wagner 18
Rebs: Theis 8
Asts: Schröder 8 		Boxscore Pts: Antetokounmpo 22
Rebs: Papanikolaou 9
Asts: Antetokounmpo 3 		Arena: Accor Arena
Attendance: 12,288
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Johnny Batista (PUR)
21 November 2024 Great Britain  vs.  Greece Great Britain
Boxscore
24 November 2024 Greece  vs.  Great Britain Greece
Boxscore

2025

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21 February 2025 Czech Republic  vs.  Greece Czech Republic
Boxscore
24 February 2025 Greece  vs.  Netherlands Greece
Boxscore

Team

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Current roster

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Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

The roster was announced on 23 July 2024.[10]

Greece men's national basketball team – 2024 Summer Olympics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
PG 0 Thomas Walkup 31 – (1992-12-30)30 December 1992 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Olympiacos Greece
SG 5 Giannoulis Larentzakis 30 – (1993-09-22)22 September 1993 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Olympiacos Greece
G 6 Dimitrios Moraitis 25 – (1999-02-03)3 February 1999 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Panathinaikos Greece
G 7 Vassilis Toliopoulos 28 – (1996-06-15)15 June 1996 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Aris Thessaloniki Greece
PG 8 Nick Calathes 35 – (1989-02-07)7 February 1989 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) AS Monaco France
SF 11 Panagiotis Kalaitzakis 25 – (1999-01-02)2 January 1999 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Panathinaikos Greece
C 14 Georgios Papagiannis 27 – (1997-07-03)3 July 1997 2.17 m (7 ft 1 in) AS Monaco France
F 15 Vassilis Charalampopoulos 27 – (1997-01-06)6 January 1997 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Türk Telekom Turkey
SF 16 Kostas Papanikolaou (C) 33 – (1990-07-31)31 July 1990 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Olympiacos Greece
PF 33 Nikos Chougkaz 23 – (2000-10-04)4 October 2000 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) BC Andorra Spain
PF 34 Giannis Antetokounmpo 29 – (1994-12-06)6 December 1994 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Milwaukee Bucks United States
F/C 44 Dinos Mitoglou 28 – (1996-06-11)11 June 1996 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Panathinaikos Greece
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last club
    before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 27 July 2024

Depth chart

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Based on the recent calls and selections [12][13][14]

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3 Inactive
C Giorgos Papagiannis Kostas Antetokounmpo Vangelis Zougris Ioannis Kouzeloglou
PF Giannis Antetokounmpo Dinos Mitoglou Nikos Chougkaz Georgios Tanoulis Antonis Karagiannidis
SF Kostas Papanikolaou Panagiotis Kalaitzakis Neoklis Avdalas Lefteris Mantzoukas Vassilis Charalampopoulos[15]
SG Giannoulis Larentzakis Michalis Lountzis Naz Mitrou-Long Vasilis Mouratos Stelios Poulianitis
PG Thomas Walkup Nick Calathes Vassilis Toliopoulos Dimitris Moraitis

Retired numbers

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No. Player Position Tenure Date of retirement Ref
4 Nikos Galis SG 1980–1991 4 August 2023 [16]

Historical players

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Player Senior National Team Position Awards, honors and achievements
Georgios Kolokythas (1962–1971) (SG / SF / PF)
List of accomplishments:
Panagiotis Giannakis (1976–1996) (PG / SG)
List of accomplishments:
Nikos Galis (1980–1991) (PG / SG)
List of accomplishments:
Panagiotis Fasoulas (1981–1998) (C)
List of accomplishments:
Fanis Christodoulou (1983–1997) (SF / PF)
List of accomplishments:
Nikos Oikonomou (1991–2001) (PF)
List of accomplishments:
Georgios Sigalas (1993–2003) (SG / SF)
List of accomplishments:
Fragiskos Alvertis (1993–2004) (SG / SF / PF)
List of accomplishments:
Thodoris Papaloukas (2000–2008) (PG / SG / SF)
List of accomplishments:
Dimitris Diamantidis (2001–2010) (PG / SG / SF)
List of accomplishments:
Vassilis Spanoulis (2001–2015) (PG / SG)
List of accomplishments:
Giannis Antetokounmpo (2014–present) (PF)
List of accomplishments:

Historical head coaches

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Head Coach Senior National Team Awards, honors and achievements
Faidon Matthaiou (1961–1965, 1969)
List of accomplishments:
Kostas Mourouzis (1972–1974)
List of accomplishments:
Giannis Ioannidis (1981, 2003)
List of accomplishments:
    • 12× Greek League champion (1979, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996)
    • 6× Greek Cup winner (1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994)
Kostas Politis (1983–1987)
List of accomplishments:
Efthimis Kioumourtzoglou (1989–1993)
List of accomplishments:
Makis Dendrinos (1994–1996)
List of accomplishments:
Panagiotis Giannakis (1997–1998, 2004–2008)
List of accomplishments:

Past rosters

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Main article: Greece national basketball team past rosters

1949 EuroBasket: finished 3rd Bronze among 7 teams

3 Takis Taliadoros, 4 Sokratis Apostolidis, 5 Alekos Apostolidis, 6 Stelios Arvanitis, 7 Nikos Skylakakis, 8 Nikos Nomikos, 9 Nikos Milas, 10 Missas Pantazopoulos, 11 Alekos Spanoudakis, 12 Ioannis Lambrou, 21 Faidon Matthaiou, 22 Nikos Bournelos, 30 Thanasis Kostopoulos (Coach: Giorgos Karatzopoulos)

1951 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 17 teams

3 Faidon Matthaiou, 4 Nikos Milas, 5 Alekos Apostolidis, 6 Ioannis Lambrou, 7 Stelios Arvanitis, 8 Themis Cholevas, 9 Aristeidis Roubanis, 10 Mimis Stefanidis, 11 Panagiotis Manias, 13 Alekos Spanoudakis, 14 Ioannis Spanoudakis, 15 Takis Taliadoros (Coach: Vladimiros Vallas)

1952 Olympic Games: finished 17th among 23 teams

4 Faidon Matthaiou, 5 Nikos Milas, 6 Ioannis Lambrou, 7 Panagiotis Manias, 8 Aristeidis Roubanis, 9 Ioannis Spanoudakis, 10 Themis Cholevas, 11 Alekos Spanoudakis, 12 Kostas Papadimas, 13 Mimis Stefanidis, 14 Stelios Arvanitis, 15 Takis Taliadoros (Coach: Vladimiros Vallas)

1961 EuroBasket: finished 17th among 19 teams

4 Georgios Amerikanos, 5 Nikitas Aliprantis, 6 Antonis Christeas, 7 Georgios Oikonomou, 8 Alekos Kontovounisios, 9 Giannis Tsikas, 10 Giannis Bousios, 11 Nikos Chalas, 12 Kostas Mourouzis, 13 Stelios Gousios, 14 Dimitris Lekkas, 15 Kostas Politis (Coach: Faidon Matthaiou)

1965 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 16 teams

4 Kostas Politis, 5 Georgios Barlas, 6 Dimitris Lekkas, 7 Georgios Kolokythas, 8 Eas Larentzakis, 9 Takis Maglos, 10 Georgios Amerikanos, 11 Alekos Kontovounisios, 12 Petros Panagiotarakos, 13 Nikos Sismanidis, 14 Georgios Trontzos, 15 Andreas Chaikalis (Coach: Faidon Matthaiou)

1967 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 16 teams

4 Lakis Tsavas, 5 Georgios Barlas, 6 Kostas Politis, 7 Georgios Kolokythas, 8 Christos Zoupas, 9 Takis Maglos, 10 Vassilis Goumas, 11 Stratos Bazios, 12 Eas Larentzakis, 13 Kostas Diamantopoulos, 14 Georgios Trontzos, 15 Andreas Chaikalis (Coach: Missas Pantazopoulos)

1969 EuroBasket: finished 10th among 12 teams

4 Apostolos Spanos, 5 Georgios Barlas, 6 Georgios Trontzos, 7 Georgios Kolokythas, 8 Christos Zoupas, 9 Vassilis Goumas, 10 Kostas Diamantopoulos, 11 Andreas Chaikalis, 12 Nikos Sismanidis, 13 Thanasis Christoforou, 14 Makis Katsafados, 15 Thanasis Peppas (Coach: Faidon Matthaiou)

1973 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 12 teams

4 Apostolos Kontos, 5 Steve Giatzoglou, 6 Georgios Trontzos, 7 Michalis Giannouzakos, 8 Aris Raftopoulos, 9 Pavlos Stamelos, 10, Christos Kefalos, 11 Vassilis Goumas, 12 Nikos Sismanidis, 13 Georgios Kastrinakis, 14 Christos Iordanidis, 15 Charis Papageorgiou (Coach: Kostas Mourouzis)

1975 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 12 teams

4 Apostolos Kontos, 5 Vassilis Goumas, 6 Dimitris Kokolakis, 7 Michalis Giannouzakos, 8 Aris Raftopoulos, 9 Sotiris Sakellariou, 10 Takis Koroneos, 11 Steve Giatzoglou, 12 Charis Papageorgiou, 13 Georgios Kastrinakis, 14 Pavlos Diakoulas, 15 Dimitris Fosses (Coach: Vangelis Nikitopoulos)

1979 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 12 teams

4 Minas Gekos, 5 Vassilis Paramanidis, 6 Panagiotis Giannakis, 7 Michalis Giannouzakos, 8 Manthos Katsoulis, 9 Sotiris Sakellariou, 10 Takis Koroneos, 11 Steve Giatzoglou, 12 Charis Papageorgiou, 13 Georgios Kastrinakis, 14 Takis Karatzoulidis, 15 Dimitris Kokolakis (Coach: Richard Dukeshire)

1981 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 12 teams

4 Nikos Galis, 5 Liveris Andritsos, 6 Panagiotis Giannakis, 7 Kostas Petropoulos, 8 Manthos Katsoulis, 9 Kyriakos Vidas, 10 Takis Koroneos, 11 Asteris Zois, 12 Charis Papageorgiou, 13 Georgios Kastrinakis, 14 Takis Karatzoulidis, 15 Dimitris Kokolakis (Coach: Giannis Ioannidis)

1983 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 12 teams

4 Giannis Paragyios, 5 Albert Mallach, 6 Panagiotis Giannakis, 7 Nikos Galis, 8 Manthos Katsoulis, 9 Minas Gekos, 10 Michalis Romanidis, 11 Nikos Stavropoulos, 12 Liveris Andritsos, 13 Panagiotis Fasoulas, 14 Vangelis Alexandris, 15 Dimitris Kokolakis (Coach: Kostas Politis)

1986 FIBA World Cup: finished 10th among 24 teams

4 Nikos Galis, 5 Nikos Stavropoulos, 6 Panagiotis Giannakis (C), 7 Argiris Kambouris, 8 Argiris Pedoulakis, 9 Panagiotis Karatzas, 10 Michalis Romanidis, 11 Nikos Filippou, 12 Liveris Andritsos, 13 Fanis Christodoulou, 14 Dimitris Dimakopoulos, 15 Christos Christodoulou (Coach: Kostas Politis)

1987 EuroBasket: finished 1st Gold among 12 teams

4 Nikos Galis (MVP), 5 Nikos Stavropoulos, 6 Panagiotis Giannakis (C), 7 Argiris Kambouris, 8 Nikos Linardos, 9 Panagiotis Karatzas, 10 Michalis Romanidis, 11 Nikos Filippou, 12 Liveris Andritsos, 13 Panagiotis Fasoulas, 14 Memos Ioannou, 15 Fanis Christodoulou (Coach: Kostas Politis)

1989 EuroBasket: finished 2nd Silver among 8 teams

4 Nikos Galis, 5 Kostas Patavoukas, 6 Panagiotis Giannakis (C), 7 Argiris Kambouris, 8 David Stergakos, 9 Dinos Angelidis, 10 John Korfas, 11 Nikos Filippou, 12 Liveris Andritsos, 13 Panagiotis Fasoulas, 14 Dimitris Papadopoulos, 15 Fanis Christodoulou (Coach: Efthimis Kioumourtzoglou)

1990 FIBA World Cup: finished 6th among 16 teams

4 Giorgos Gasparis , 5 Kostas Patavoukas, 6 Panagiotis Giannakis (C), 7 Argiris Kambouris, 8 David Stergakos, 9 Dimitris Papadopoulos, 10 Nasos Galakteros, 11 Vassilis Lipiridis, 12 Liveris Andritsos, 13 Panagiotis Fasoulas, 14 Memos Ioannou, 15 Fanis Christodoulou (Coach: Efthimis Kioumourtzoglou)

1991 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 8 teams

4 Nikos Galis, 5 Kostas Patavoukas, 6 Panagiotis Giannakis (C), 7 Argiris Kambouris, 8 Dinos Angelidis, 9 Ioannis Milonas, 10 Giorgos Gasparis, 11 Vassilis Lipiridis, 12 Liveris Andritsos, 13 Panagiotis Fasoulas, 14 Georgios Papadakos, 15 Dimitris Papadopoulos (Coach: Efthimis Kioumourtzoglou)

1993 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 16 teams

4 Georgios Bosganas, 5 Kostas Patavoukas, 6 Panagiotis Giannakis (C), 7 Lefteris Kakiousis, 8 Georgios Sigalas, 9 Efthimis Bakatsias, 10 Nasos Galakteros, 11 Christos Tsekos, 12 Giannis Papagiannis, 13 Panagiotis Fasoulas, 14 Nikos Oikonomou, 15 Fanis Christodoulou (Coach: Efthimis Kioumourtzoglou)

1994 FIBA World Cup: finished 4th among 16 teams

4 Panagiotis Giannakis (C), 5 Georgios Sigalas, 6 Nasos Galakteros, 7 Argiris Papapetrou, 8 Panagiotis Fasoulas, 9 Christos Tsekos, 10 Ioannis Milonas, 11 Efthimios Rentzias, 12 Efthimis Bakatsias, 13 Nikos Boudouris, 14 Fanis Christodoulou, 15 Kostas Patavoukas (Coach: Makis Dendrinos)

1995 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 14 teams

4 Efthimis Bakatsias, 5 Kostas Patavoukas, 6 Panagiotis Giannakis (C), 7 Tzanis Stavrakopoulos, 8 Georgios Sigalas, 9 Lefteris Kakiousis, 10 Fragiskos Alvertis, 11 Nikos Oikonomou, 12 Dinos Angelidis, 13 Panagiotis Fasoulas, 14 Efthimios Rentzias, 15 Fanis Christodoulou (Coach: Makis Dendrinos)

1996 Olympic Games: finished 5th among 12 teams

4 Efthimis Bakatsias, 5 Kostas Patavoukas, 6 Panagiotis Giannakis (C), 7 Dimitris Papanikolaou, 8 Georgios Sigalas, 9 Lefteris Kakiousis, 10 Fragiskos Alvertis, 11 Nikos Oikonomou, 12 Dinos Angelidis, 13 Panagiotis Fasoulas, 14 Efthimios Rentzias, 15 Fanis Christodoulou (Coach: Makis Dendrinos)

1997 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 16 teams

4 Georgios Kalaitzis, 5 Kostas Patavoukas, 6 Nikos Boudouris, 7 Dimitris Papanikolaou, 8 Georgios Sigalas, 9 Angelos Koronios, 10 Fragiskos Alvertis, 11 Nikos Oikonomou, 12 Christos Myriounis, 13 Ioannis Giannoulis, 14 Efthimios Rentzias, 15 Fanis Christodoulou (Coach: Panagiotis Giannakis)

1998 FIBA World Cup: finished 4th among 16 teams

4 Georgios Kalaitzis, 5 Georgios Balogiannis, 6 Nikos Boudouris, 7 Dimitris Papanikolaou, 8 Georgios Sigalas (C), 9 Angelos Koronios, 10 Fragiskos Alvertis, 11 Nikos Oikonomou, 12 Jake Tsakalidis, 13 Panagiotis Fasoulas, 14 Efthimios Rentzias, 15 Georgios Karagkoutis (Coach: Panagiotis Giannakis)

1999 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 16 teams

4 Georgios Kalaitzis, 5 Georgios Balogiannis, 6 Nikos Boudouris, 7 Dimitris Papanikolaou, 8 Georgios Sigalas (C), 9 Angelos Koronios, 10 Fragiskos Alvertis, 11 Vassilis Soulis, 12 Jake Tsakalidis, 13 Ioannis Giannoulis, 14 Michalis Kakiouzis, 15 Georgios Karagkoutis (Coach: Kostas Petropoulos)

2001 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 16 teams

4 Georgios Kalaitzis, 5 Nikos Chatzivrettas, 6 Thodoris Papaloukas, 7 Dimitris Papanikolaou, 8 Georgios Sigalas (C), 9 Antonis Fotsis, 10 Fragiskos Alvertis, 11 Dimos Dikoudis, 12 Michalis Kakiouzis, 13 Lazaros Papadopoulos, 14 Efthimios Rentzias, 15 Ioannis Giannoulis (Coach: Kostas Petropoulos)

2003 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 16 teams

4 Dimitris Diamantidis, 5 Nikos Chatzivrettas, 6 Thodoris Papaloukas, 7 Dimitris Papanikolaou, 8 Georgios Sigalas, 9 Antonis Fotsis, 10 Fragiskos Alvertis (C), 11 Dimos Dikoudis, 12 Jake Tsakalidis, 13 Christos Charissis, 14 Efthimios Rentzias, 15 Michalis Kakiouzis (Coach: Giannis Ioannidis)

2004 Olympic Games: finished 5th among 12 teams

4 Fragiskos Alvertis (C), 5 Thodoris Papaloukas, 6 Nikos Zisis, 7 Dimitris Papanikolaou, 8 Vassilis Spanoulis, 9 Antonis Fotsis, 10 Nikos Chatzivrettas, 11 Dimos Dikoudis, 12 Kostas Tsartsaris, 13 Dimitris Diamantidis, 14 Lazaros Papadopoulos, 15 Michalis Kakiouzis (Coach: Panagiotis Giannakis)

2005 EuroBasket: finished 1st Gold among 16 teams

4 Thodoris Papaloukas, 5 Vassilis Spanoulis, 6 Nikos Zisis, 7 Ioannis Bourousis, 8 Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, 9 Antonis Fotsis, 10 Nikos Chatzivrettas, 11 Dimos Dikoudis, 12 Kostas Tsartsaris, 13 Dimitris Diamantidis, 14 Lazaros Papadopoulos, 15 Michalis Kakiouzis (C) (Coach: Panagiotis Giannakis)

2006 FIBA World Cup: finished 2nd Silver among 24 teams

4 Thodoris Papaloukas, 5 Sofoklis Schortsanitis, 6 Nikos Zisis, 7 Vassilis Spanoulis, 8 Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, 9 Antonis Fotsis, 10 Nikos Chatzivrettas, 11 Dimos Dikoudis, 12 Kostas Tsartsaris, 13 Dimitris Diamantidis, 14 Lazaros Papadopoulos, 15 Michalis Kakiouzis (C) (Coach: Panagiotis Giannakis)

2007 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 16 teams

4 Thodoris Papaloukas (C), 5 Ioannis Bourousis, 6 Nikos Zisis, 7 Vassilis Spanoulis, 8 Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, 9 Michalis Pelekanos, 10 Nikos Chatzivrettas, 11 Dimos Dikoudis, 12 Kostas Tsartsaris, 13 Dimitris Diamantidis, 14 Lazaros Papadopoulos, 15 Michalis Kakiouzis (Coach: Panagiotis Giannakis)

2008 Olympic Games: finished 5th among 12 teams

4 Thodoris Papaloukas (C), 5 Ioannis Bourousis, 6 Nikos Zisis, 7 Vassilis Spanoulis, 8 Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, 9 Antonis Fotsis, 10 Georgios Printezis, 11 Andreas Glyniadakis, 12 Kostas Tsartsaris, 13 Dimitris Diamantidis, 14 Sofoklis Schortsanitis, 15 Michalis Pelekanos (Coach: Panagiotis Giannakis)

2009 EuroBasket: finished 3rd Bronze among 16 teams

4 Giannis Kalambokis, 5 Ioannis Bourousis, 6 Nikos Zisis, 7 Vassilis Spanoulis, 8 Nick Calathes, 9 Antonis Fotsis (C), 10 Georgios Printezis, 11 Andreas Glyniadakis, 12 Kostas Kaimakoglou, 13 Kosta Koufos, 14 Stratos Perperoglou, 15 Sofoklis Schortsanitis (Coach: Jonas Kazlauskas)

2010 FIBA World Cup: finished 11th among 24 teams

4 Ian Vougioukas, 5 Ioannis Bourousis, 6 Nikos Zisis, 7 Vassilis Spanoulis, 8 Nick Calathes, 9 Antonis Fotsis (C), 10 Georgios Printezis, 11 Stratos Perperoglou, 12 Kostas Tsartsaris, 13 Dimitris Diamantidis, 14 Kostas Kaimakoglou, 15 Sofoklis Schortsanitis (Coach: Jonas Kazlauskas)

2011 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 24 teams

4 Vassilis Xanthopoulos, 5 Ioannis Bourousis, 6 Nikos Zisis, 7 Kostas Vasileiadis, 8 Nick Calathes, 9 Antonis Fotsis (C), 10 Kostas Papanikolaou, 11 Dimitrios Mavroeidis, 12 Michael Bramos, 13 Kosta Koufos, 14 Kostas Sloukas, 15 Kostas Kaimakoglou (Coach: Ilias Zouros)

2013 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 24 teams

4 Kostas Sloukas, 5 Ioannis Bourousis, 6 Nikos Zisis, 7 Vassilis Spanoulis, 8 Stratos Perperoglou, 9 Antonis Fotsis (C), 10 Kostas Papanikolaou, 11 Vassilis Kavvadas, 12 Loukas Mavrokefalidis, 13 Kostas Kaimakoglou, 14 Michael Bramos, 15 Georgios Printezis (Coach: Andrea Trinchieri)

2014 FIBA World Cup: finished 9th among 24 teams[17]

4 Vangelis Mantzaris, 5 Ioannis Bourousis, 6 Nikos Zisis (C), 7 Kostas Vasileiadis, 8 Nick Calathes, 9 Andreas Glyniadakis, 10 Kostas Papanikolaou, 11 Kostas Sloukas, 12 Kostas Kaimakoglou, 13 Giannis Antetokounmpo, 14 Ian Vougioukas, 15 Georgios Printezis (Coach: Fotios Katsikaris)

2015 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 24 teams

5 Ioannis Bourousis, 6 Nikos Zisis (C), 7 Vassilis Spanoulis, 8 Nick Calathes, 9 Stratos Perperoglou, 10 Kostas Sloukas, 12 Kostas Kaimakoglou, 13 Kosta Koufos, 15 Georgios Printezis, 16 Kostas Papanikolaou, 17 Vangelis Mantzaris, 34 Giannis Antetokounmpo (Coach: Fotios Katsikaris)

2017 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 24 teams[18]

8 Nick Calathes, 9 Ioannis Bourousis (C), 10 Kostas Sloukas, 11 Nikos Pappas, 14 Georgios Papagiannis, 15 Georgios Printezis, 16 Kostas Papanikolaou, 17 Vangelis Mantzaris, 18 Dimitrios Agravanis, 19 Ioannis Papapetrou, 31 Georgios Bogris, 43 Thanasis Antetokounmpo (Coach: Kostas Missas)

2019 FIBA World Cup: finished 11th among 32 teams[19]

5 Giannoulis Larentzakis, 8 Nick Calathes, 9 Ioannis Bourousis (C), 10 Kostas Sloukas, 14 Georgios Papagiannis, 15 Georgios Printezis, 16 Kostas Papanikolaou, 17 Vangelis Mantzaris, 19 Ioannis Papapetrou, 21 Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, 34 Giannis Antetokounmpo, 43 Thanasis Antetokounmpo (Coach: Thanasis Skourtopoulos)

2022 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 24 teams[20]

2 Tyler Dorsey, 4 Michalis Lountzis, 5 Giannoulis Larentzakis, 7 Dimitrios Agravanis, 8 Nick Calathes, 10 Kostas Sloukas, 14 Georgios Papagiannis, 16 Kostas Papanikolaou (C), 19 Ioannis Papapetrou, 34 Giannis Antetokounmpo, 37 Kostas Antetokounmpo, 43 Thanasis Antetokounmpo (Coach: Dimitrios Itoudis)

2023 FIBA World Cup: finished 15th among 32 teams[21]

0 Thomas Walkup, 1 Nikos Rogkavopoulos, 3 Michalis Lountzis, 5 Giannoulis Larentzakis, 6 Dimitrios Moraitis, 13 Lefteris Bochoridis, 14 Georgios Papagiannis, 16 Kostas Papanikolaou (C), 21 Ioannis Papapetrou, 43 Thanasis Antetokounmpo, 44 Dinos Mitoglou, 76 Manos Chatzidakis (Coach: Dimitrios Itoudis)

2024 Olympic Games: finished 8th among 12 teams[22]

0 Thomas Walkup, 5 Giannoulis Larentzakis, 6 Dimitrios Moraitis, 7 Vassilis Toliopoulos, 8 Nick Calathes, 11 Panagiotis Kalaitzakis, 14 Georgios Papagiannis, 15 Vassilis Charalampopoulos, 16 Kostas Papanikolaou (C), 33 Nikos Chougkaz, 34 Giannis Antetokounmpo, 44 Dinos Mitoglou (Coach: Vassilis Spanoulis)

Senior men's statistics

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Senior men's players with 100+ career caps

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  • 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. Ioannis Bourousis 174
10. Nikos Galis 168
11. Manthos Katsoulis 165
12. Kostas Patavoukas 162
13. Georgios Kastrinakis 158
14. Fragiskos Alvertis 155
15. Takis Koroneos 150
16. Michalis Giannouzakos 147
17. Vassilis Spanoulis 146
18. Nick Calathes 138
19. Georgios Trontzos 136
20. Kostas Papanikolaou 134
21. Dimitris Papanikolaou 131
22. Thodoris Papaloukas 131
23. Sotiris Sakellariou 127
24. Efthimis Rentzias 127
25. Georgios Printezis 127
26. Argyris Kampouris 126
27. Dimitris Diamantidis 125
28. Nikos Philippou 124
29. Kostas Tsartsaris 122
30. Kostas Sloukas 118
31. Michalis Kakiouzis 116
32. Nikos Chatzivrettas 116
33. Steve Giatzoglou 115
34. Vassilis Goumas 114
35. Apostolos Kontos 114
36. Dimos Dikoudis 114
37. Nikos Oikonomou 109
38. Angelos Koronios 105
39. Lazaros Papadopoulos 104
40. Takis Karatzoulidis 102
41. Nikos Stavropoulos 102
42. Nikos Boudouris 102

Last updated: 25 January 2023.

Senior men's 1,000+ points career scorers

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  • 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.

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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 Kolokythas 1,807 90 20.1
7. Antonis Fotsis 1,734 184 9.4
8. Ioannis Bourousis 1,644 174 9.44
9. Vassilis Goumas 1,641 114 14.4
10. Georgios Kastrinakis 1,616 158 10.2
11. Fragiskos Alvertis 1,605 155 10.4
12. Georgios Trontzos 1,543 136 11.3
13. Vassilis Spanoulis 1,494 146 10.2
14. Georgios Sigalas 1,487 185 8.0
15. Steve Giatzoglou 1,468 115 12.8
16. Nikos Zisis 1,455 189 7.7
17. Manthos Katsoulis 1,371 165 8.3
18. Dimitris Kokolakis 1,280 178 7.2
19. Nick Calathes 1,162 138 8.4
20. Nikos Oikonomou 1,156 109 10.6
21. Georgios Printezis 1,127 127 8.9
22. Apostolos Kontos 1,114 114 9.8
23. Georgios Amerikanos 1,076 68 15.8

Last updated: 25 January 2023.

Men's statistics

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Men's 1,000 points career scorers

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  • Note: Includes all games played in age 18 and over competitions.
  • Players in bold, are players that are still active.
Rank Player Points scored Caps Points per game
1. Panagiotis Giannakis 6,291 403 15.6
2. Nikos Galis 5,167 169 30.6
3. Fanis Christodoulou 2,754 262 10.5
4. Antonis Fotsis 2,699 258 10.5
5. Panagiotis Fasoulas 2,538 261 9.7
6. Nikos Oikonomou 2,511 191 13.1
7. Vassilis Spanoulis 2,314 211 11.0
8. Nikos Zisis 2,112 245 8.6
9. Georgios Sigalas 1,923 235 8.2
10. Georgios Kolokythas 1,910 94 20.3
11. Fragiskos Alvertis 1,892 189 10.2
12. Lazaros Papadopoulos 1,872 184 9.8
13. Takis Koroneos 1,836 151 12.2
14. Kostas Sloukas 1,748 208 8.4
15. Kostas Papanikolaou 1,740 219 7.9
16. Ioannis Bourousis 1,737 189 9.2
17. Kostas Vasileiadis 1,734 122 14.2
18. Vassilis Goumas 1,695 118 14.4
19. Efthimis Rentzias 1,652 170 9.7
20. Nasos Galakteros 1,645 136 12.1
21. Georgios Kastrinakis 1,616 158 10.2
22. Angelos Koronios 1,595 158 10.1
23. Nikos Pappas 1,555 114 13.6
24. Apostolos Kontos 1,547 141 11.0
25. Georgios Trontzos 1,543 136 11.3
26. Michalis Kakiouzis 1,521 166 9.2
27. Dimitris Papanikolaou 1,514 164 9.2
28. Steve Giatzoglou 1,468 115 12.8
29. Manthos Katsoulis 1,364 165 8.3
30. Georgios Printezis 1,358 159 8.5
31. Dimos Dikoudis 1,319 144 9.2
32. Dimitris Kokolakis 1,290 179 7.2
33. Nick Calathes 1,281 149 8.6
34. Charis Papageorgiou 1,269 105 13.1
35. Liveris Andritsos 1,233 215 5.7
36. Christos Myriounis 1,188 84 14.1
37. Christos Tapoutos 1,153 91 12.7
38. Nikos Philippou 1,110 143 7.8
39. Michalis Giannouzakos 1,100 176 6.3
40. Georgios Amerikanos 1,094 69 15.9
41. Sotiris Sakellariou 1,080 176 6.1
42. Dinos Angelidis 1,074 121 8.9
43. Thodoris Papaloukas 1,073 150 7.2
44. Dimitris Papanikolaou 1,071 131 8.2
45. Stratos Perperoglou 1,054 124 8.5
46. Efthimis Rentzias 1,049 127 8.3
47. Kostas Petropoulos 1,037 101 10.3
48. Kostas Patavoukas 1,012 191 5.3

Last updated: 25 January 2023.

Team captains

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Period Captain
1981–1986 Dimitris Kokolakis
1986–1996 Panagiotis Giannakis
1996–1997 Fanis Christodoulou
1997–2003 Georgios Sigalas
2004 Fragiskos Alvertis
2005–2007 Michalis Kakiouzis
2007–2008 Thodoris Papaloukas
2008–2013 Antonis Fotsis
2013–2015 Nikos Zisis
2015–2019 Ioannis Bourousis
2020–2021 Georgios Printezis
2021–2022 Nick Calathes
2022–present Kostas Papanikolaou

Memorable wins

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Date Tournament Place Opponents Score
15 May 1949 1949 EuroBasket Cairo, Egypt  Netherlands 46 – 28
May 1949 1949 EuroBasket Cairo, Egypt  Lebanon 45 – 36
May 1949 1949 EuroBasket Cairo, Egypt  Turkey 54 – 41
May 1949 1949 EuroBasket Cairo, Egypt  Syria 49 – 45
May 1951 1951 EuroBasket First round Paris, France  Portugal 81 – 35
24 May 1977 Friendly Athens, Greece  United States 83 – 81
May 1981 1981 EuroBasket Challenge round Istanbul, Turkey  Turkey 85 – 84
5 July 1986 1986 FIBA World Cup Group stage Zaragoza, Spain  Panama 110 – 81
6 July 1986 1986 FIBA World Cup Group stage Zaragoza, Spain  France 87 – 84
18 July 1986 1986 FIBA World Cup Madrid, Spain  Argentina 102 – 88
3 June 1987 1987 EuroBasket Group stage Athens, Greece  Romania 109 – 77
4 June 1987 1987 EuroBasket Group stage Athens, Greece  Yugoslavia 84 – 78
7 June 1987 1987 EuroBasket Group stage Athens, Greece  France 82 – 69
10 June 1987 1987 EuroBasket Quarter-final Athens, Greece  Italy 90 – 78
12 June 1987 1987 EuroBasket Semi-final Athens, Greece  Yugoslavia 81 – 77
14 June 1987 1987 EuroBasket Final Athens, Greece  Soviet Union 103 – 101 (OT)
21 June 1989 1989 EuroBasket Group stage Zagreb, Croatia  France 80 – 74
24 June 1989 1989 EuroBasket Semi-final Zagreb, Croatia  Soviet Union 81 – 80
9 August 1990 1990 FIBA World Cup 1st round Villa Ballester, Argentina  Spain 102 – 93
14 August 1990 1990 FIBA World Cup 2nd round Buenos Aires, Argentina  Brazil 103 – 88
17 August 1990 1990 FIBA World Cup Buenos Aires, Argentina  Argentina 81 – 78
13 November 1991 1993 EuroBasket Qualifier Challenge Round Budapest, Hungary  Hungary 85 – 73
20 November 1991 1993 EuroBasket Qualifier Challenge Round Bucharest, Romania  Romania 82 – 73
22 June 1993 1993 EuroBasket Preliminary round Karlsruhe, Germany  Latvia 81 – 62
24 June 1993 1993 EuroBasket Preliminary round Karlsruhe, Germany  Italy 88 – 73
26 June 1993 1993 EuroBasket Second round Karlsruhe, Germany  Bosnia and Herzegovina 102 – 84
28 June 1993 1993 EuroBasket Second round Karlsruhe, Germany  Spain 76 – 75
1 July 1993 1993 EuroBasket Quarter-final Munich, Germany  France 61 – 59
4 August 1994 1994 FIBA World Cup 1st round Toronto, Canada  Germany 68 – 58
8 August 1994 1994 FIBA World Cup 2nd round Toronto, Canada  Canada 74 – 71
30 June 1995 1995 EuroBasket Quarter-final Athens, Greece  Spain 66 – 64
2 August 1996 1996 Summer Olympics 5th place game Atlanta, USA  Brazil 91 – 72
25 June 1997 1997 EuroBasket Group stage Barcelona, Spain  Turkey 74 – 52
26 June 1997 1997 EuroBasket Group stage Barcelona, Spain  Russia 74 – 72
27 June 1997 1997 EuroBasket Group stage Barcelona, Spain  Bosnia and Herzegovina 78 – 76
29 June 1997 1997 EuroBasket Second round Girona, Spain  Lithuania 73 – 66
30 June 1997 1997 EuroBasket Second round Girona, Spain  France 80 – 71
1 July 1997 1997 EuroBasket Second round Girona, Spain  Israel 85 – 82
4 July 1997 1997 EuroBasket Quarter-final Barcelona, Spain  Poland 72 – 62
29 July 1998 1998 FIBA World Cup Group stage Athens, Greece  Canada 78 – 72
30 July 1998 1998 FIBA World Cup Group stage Athens, Greece  Italy 64 – 56
31 July 1998 1998 FIBA World Cup Group stage Athens, Greece  Senegal 68 – 57
7 August 1998 1998 FIBA World Cup Quarter-final Athens, Greece  Spain 69 – 62
31 August 2001 2001 EuroBasket Preliminary round Antalya, Turkey  Italy 83 – 82
2 September 2001 2001 EuroBasket Preliminary round Antalya, Turkey  Bosnia and Herzegovina 101 – 77
5 September 2003 2003 EuroBasket Group stage Borås, Sweden  Croatia 77 – 76
6 September 2003 2003 EuroBasket Group stage Borås, Sweden  Turkey 75 – 70
7 September 2003 2003 EuroBasket Group stage Borås, Sweden  Ukraine 79 – 73
12 September 2003 2003 EuroBasket Fifth place match Stockholm, Sweden  Serbia and Montenegro 72 – 64
15 August 2004 2004 Olympic Games Group stage Athens, Greece  Australia 76 – 54
21 August 2004 2004 Olympic Games Group stage Athens, Greece  Angola 88 – 56
23 August 2004 2004 Olympic Games Group stage Athens, Greece  Puerto Rico 78 – 58
28 August 2004 2004 Olympic Games Fifth place match Athens, Greece  Puerto Rico 85 – 75
16 September 2005 2005 EuroBasket Group stage Belgrade, Serbia  France 64 – 50
18 September 2005 2005 EuroBasket Group stage Belgrade, Serbia  Bosnia and Herzegovina 67 – 50
20 September 2005 2005 EuroBasket Play-off Belgrade, Serbia  Israel 67 – 61
22 September 2005 2005 EuroBasket Quarter-final Belgrade, Serbia  Russia 66 – 61
24 September 2005 2005 EuroBasket Semi-final Belgrade, Serbia  France 67 – 66
25 September 2005 2005 EuroBasket Final Belgrade, Serbia  Germany 78 – 62
19 August 2006 2006 FIBA World Cup Group stage Hamamatsu, Japan  Qatar 84 – 64
20 August 2006 2006 FIBA World Cup Group stage Hamamatsu, Japan  Lithuania 81 – 76 (OT)
22 August 2006 2006 FIBA World Cup Group stage Hamamatsu, Japan  Australia 72 – 69
23 August 2006 2006 FIBA World Cup Group stage Hamamatsu, Japan  Brazil 91 – 80
24 August 2006 2006 FIBA World Cup Group stage Hamamatsu, Japan  Turkey 76 – 69
27 August 2006 2006 FIBA World Cup Round of 16 Saitama, Japan  China 95 – 64
30 August 2006 2006 FIBA World Cup Quarter-final Saitama, Japan  France 73 – 56
1 September 2006 2006 FIBA World Cup Semi-final Saitama, Japan  United States 101 – 95
4 September 2007 2007 EuroBasket Group stage Granada, Spain  Serbia 68 – 67 (OT)
9 September 2007 2007 EuroBasket Madrid, Spain  Croatia 81 – 78
14 September 2007 2007 EuroBasket Quarter-final Madrid, Spain  Slovenia 63 – 62
18 September 2009 2009 EuroBasket Katowice, Poland  Turkey 76 – 74 (OT)
20 September 2009 2009 EuroBasket Third place game Katowice, Poland  Slovenia 57 – 56
17 August 2010 2010 Acropolis Tournament Athens, Greece  Canada 123 – 49
19 August 2010 2010 Acropolis Tournament Athens, Greece  Serbia 74 – 73
29 August 2010 2010 FIBA World Cup Group stage Ankara, Turkey  Puerto Rico 83 – 80
1 September 2010 2010 FIBA World Cup Group stage Ankara, Turkey  Ivory Coast 97 – 60
31 August 2011 2011 EuroBasket Group stage Alytus, Lithuania  Bosnia and Herzegovina 76 – 67
1 September 2011 2011 EuroBasket Group stage Alytus, Lithuania  Finland 81 – 61
5 September 2011 2011 EuroBasket Group stage Alytus, Lithuania  Croatia 74 – 69
8 September 2011 2011 EuroBasket Second round Vilnius, Lithuania  Slovenia 69 – 60
12 September 2011 2011 EuroBasket Second round Alytus, Lithuania  Georgia 73 – 60
16 September 2011 2011 EuroBasket 5-8 place match Kaunas, Lithuania  Serbia 87 – 77
5 September 2013 2013 EuroBasket Group stage Koper, Slovenia  Russia 80 – 71
7 September 2013 2013 EuroBasket Group stage Koper, Slovenia  Turkey 84 – 61
12 September 2013 2013 EuroBasket Second round Ljubljana, Slovenia  Spain 79 – 75
30 August 2014 2014 FIBA World Cup Group stage Seville, Spain  Senegal 87 – 64
31 August 2014 2014 FIBA World Cup Group stage Seville, Spain  Philippines 82 – 70
1 September 2014 2014 FIBA World Cup Group stage Seville, Spain  Puerto Rico 90 – 79
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
5 September 2015 2015 EuroBasket Group stage Zagreb, Croatia  North Macedonia 85 – 65
6 September 2015 2015 EuroBasket Group stage Zagreb, Croatia  Croatia 72 – 70
8 September 2015 2015 EuroBasket Group stage Zagreb, Croatia  Georgia 79 – 68
9 September 2015 2015 EuroBasket Group stage Zagreb, Croatia  Slovenia 83 – 72
10 September 2015 2015 EuroBasket Group stage Zagreb, Croatia  Netherlands 68 – 65
12 September 2015 2015 EuroBasket Round of 16 Lille, France  Belgium 75 – 54
17 September 2015 2015 EuroBasket Olympic Qualifier Lille, France  Latvia 97 – 70
6 September 2017 2017 EuroBasket Group stage Helsinki, Finland  Poland 95 – 77
9 September 2017 2017 EuroBasket Round of 16 Istanbul, Turkey  Lithuania 77 – 64
24 November 2017 2019 FIBA World Cup Qualifier 1st round Leicester, Great Britain  Great Britain 95 – 92 (OT)
25 Februar 2018 2019 FIBA World Cup Qualifier 1st round Heraklion, Greece  Great Britain 75 – 70
28 June 2018 2019 FIBA World Cup Qualifier 1st round Tel Aviv, Israel  Israel 96 – 78
2 July 2018 2019 FIBA World Cup Qualifier 1st round Tallinn, Estonia  Estonia 78 – 56
13 September 2018 2019 FIBA World Cup Qualifier 2nd round Heraklion, Greece  Serbia 70 – 63
16 September 2018 2019 FIBA World Cup Qualifier 2nd round Tbilisi, Georgia  Georgia 86 – 85
9 August 2019 Friendly Heraklion, Greece  Hungary 83 – 59
11 August 2019 Friendly Heraklion, Greece  Iran 88 – 58
1 September 2019 2019 FIBA World Cup 1st round Nanjing, China  Montenegro 85 – 60
5 September 2019 2019 FIBA World Cup 1st round Nanjing, China  New Zealand 103 – 97
9 September 2019 2019 FIBA World Cup 2nd round Shenzhen, China  Czech Republic 84 – 77
24 February 2020 2022 EuroBasket Qualifier Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina  Bosnia and Herzegovina 70 – 65
29 November 2020 2022 EuroBasket Qualifier Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina  Bulgaria 84 – 78 (OT)
22 February 2021 2022 EuroBasket Qualifier Riga, Latvia  Latvia 97 – 94 (OT)
3 July 2021 2020 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament Victoria, Canada  Turkey 81 – 63
25 February 2022 2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifier 1st round Athens, Greece  Turkey 72 – 71
28 February 2022 2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifier 1st round Istanbul, Turkey  Turkey 76 – 67
30 June 2022 2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifier 1st round Larissa, Greece  Great Britain 93 – 71
9 August 2022 Friendly Athens, Greece  Spain 86 – 70
19 August 2022 2022 Acropolis Tournament Athens, Greece  Turkey 89 – 80
2 September 2022 2022 EuroBasket Group stage Milan, Italy  Croatia 89 – 85
3 September 2022 2022 EuroBasket Group stage Milan, Italy  Italy 85 – 81
6 September 2022 2022 EuroBasket Group stage Milan, Italy  Ukraine 99 – 79
8 September 2022 2022 EuroBasket Group stage Milan, Italy  Estonia 90 – 69
11 September 2022 2022 EuroBasket Round of 16 Berlin, Germany  Czech Republic 94 – 88
14 November 2022 2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifier 2nd round Mons, Belgium  Belgium 72 – 70
24 February 2023 2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifier 2nd round Athens, Greece  Serbia 97 – 92 (OT)
2 August 2023 Friendly Ljubljana, Slovenia  Slovenia 98 – 91
4 August 2023 Friendly Athens, Greece  Slovenia 88 – 77
26 August 2023 2023 FIBA World Cup 1st round Pasay, Philippines  Jordan 92 – 71
30 August 2023 2023 FIBA World Cup 1st round Pasay, Philippines  New Zealand 83 – 74
23 February 2024 2025 EuroBasket Qualifier Piraeus, Greece  Czech Republic 72 – 64
26 February 2024 2025 EuroBasket Qualifier The Hague, Netherlands  Netherlands 74 – 72
25 June 2024 2024 Acropolis Tournament Athens, Greece  Montenegro 86 – 57
27 June 2024 2024 Acropolis Tournament Athens, Greece  Bahamas 102 – 75
3 July 2024 2024 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament Athens, Greece  Dominican Republic 109 – 82
4 July 2024 2024 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament Athens, Greece  Egypt 93 – 71
6 July 2024 2024 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament Athens, Greece  Slovenia 96 – 68
7 July 2024 2024 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament Athens, Greece  Croatia 80 – 69
16 July 2024 Friendly Thessaloniki, Greece  Puerto Rico 67 – 65
2 August 2024 2024 Olympic Games Group stage Lille, France  Australia 77 – 71

Kit Suppliers

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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
2017–2019 GSA Sport
2020–present Nike

See also

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References

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  2. ^ Greece trounces Canada 123–49 at Acropolis event.
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  19. ^ "Greece at the 2019 FIBA World Cup". Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  20. ^ "Greece at the EuroBasket 2022". Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  21. ^ "Greece at the 2023 FIBA World Cup". Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  22. ^ "Greece at the 2024 men's Olympic Basketball Tournament". Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  23. ^ ΟΙ 20 ΠΡΩΤΟΙ ΣΕ ΣΥΜΜΕΤΟΧΕΣ (ΕΘΝΙΚΗ ΑΝΔΡΩΝ). (in Greek)
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