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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 ...
Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo returns to the Olympic stage in Paris on Friday with the Greek men's basketball team. Greece, 0-2 in pool play after losses against Canada and Spain ...
The Greek national men’s basketball team is one game away from its first Olympic Games since 2008 after Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 13 points in a 96-68 victory over Luka Dončić and the ...
After a tight first half Greece eventually dispatched Croatia, 80-69, in a FIBA qualifying tournament final in Piraeus, Greece, securing the Greeks a spot in the Paris Games. Greece made the ...
Since the Greece men's national basketball team won its first FIBA EuroBasket gold medal in 1987, it has been a regular competitor at the EuroBasket, FIBA World Cup, and the Summer Olympics. The men's national team from 1987 included legendary players such as: Nikos Galis , Panagiotis Giannakis , Panagiotis Fasoulas , and Fanis Christodoulou .
Greece, the previous host of the 2004 Olympics at Athens, competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China.They were represented by the Hellenic Olympic Committee, which announced on July 28, 2008, the 156 Greek athletes to compete in Beijing, composed of 84 men and 72 women, [1] the largest Greek Olympic team ever excluding the home team of the Athens 2004 Olympics. [2]
Greece qualified for the Olympics for the first time since 2008. Antetokounmpo finished the four games averaging 28.2 points and shooting 68% from the floor and 67% at the free-throw line.
It was the 33th edition of the Acropolis International Basketball Tournament. The competition is played under FIBA [1] rules as a round-robin tournament.This year tournament was takes place before the 2024 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments – Piraeus [2] and the 2024 Summer Olympics in France. [3]