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 four 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.
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 successesedit
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 championsedit
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 medalsedit
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-upedit
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]
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 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 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.
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 medalistFrance 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 championsSpain. 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.
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.
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.
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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This article is about the men s team For the women s team see Greece women s national basketball team The Greece men s national basketball team Greek E8nikh Omada Kala8osfairishs Ellados 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 GreeceFIBA ranking14 1 March 2024 1 Joined FIBA1932 co founders FIBA zoneFIBA EuropeNational federationHellenic Basketball FederationCoachVassilis SpanoulisNickname s Epishmh Agaphmenh Official Beloved Olympic GamesAppearances4MedalsNoneFIBA World CupAppearances9MedalsSilver 2006 EuroBasketAppearances28MedalsGold 1987 2005 Silver 1989 Bronze 1949 2009 Retired numbers1 4 HomeAwayFirst 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 2006 Japan EuroBasket 1987 Athens 2005 Serbia and Montenegro 1989 Yugoslavia 1949 Egypt 2009 Poland Stankovic Cup 2006 China Mediterranean Games 1979 Split Team 1991 Athens Team 2001 Tunis Team 2005 Almeria Team 2009 Pescara Team 1955 Barcelona Team 1971 Izmir Team 1987 Latakia Team Balkan Championship 1979 Athens 1986 Sofia 1963 Athens 1969 Thessaloniki 1972 Sarajevo 1983 Titov Vrbas 1964 Bucharest 1966 Sofia 1967 Skopje 1974 Thessaloniki 1976 Burgas 1977 Skopje 1980 Cluj Napoca 1981 Sofia 1984 Athens 1985 Bucharest 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 four 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 Contents 1 History 1 1 International debut and first successes 1 2 Rise to the top level European champions 1 3 Firmly among the best in the world but no medals 1 4 European champions and FIBA World Cup runners up 1 5 2011 present 2 Honours 2 1 Medals table 2 2 Individual awards 3 Competitive record 3 1 FIBA World Cup 3 2 Olympic Games 3 3 EuroBasket 4 Results and fixtures 4 1 2023 4 2 2024 4 3 2025 5 Team 5 1 Current roster 5 2 Depth chart 5 3 Retired numbers 6 Historical players 7 Historical head coaches 8 Past rosters 9 Senior men s statistics 9 1 Senior men s players with 100 career caps 9 2 Senior men s 1 000 points career scorers 10 Men s statistics 10 1 Men s 1 000 points career scorers 11 Team captains 12 Memorable wins 13 Kit Suppliers 14 See also 15 References 16 External linksHistory edit nbsp 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 edit 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 edit 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 edit 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 edit nbsp Greece won the silver medal at the 2006 FIBA World Cup after their memorable 101 95 win against USA nbsp 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 nbsp Thodoris Papaloukas nbsp 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 Stankovic 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 edit nbsp Georgios Printezis nbsp 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 Honours editMedals table edit Games Gold Silver Bronze Total FIBA World OQT 1 0 0 1 FIBA World Cup 0 1 0 1 Stankovic 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 7 10 15 32 Individual awards edit FIBA World Cup Top Scorer Nikos Galis 1986 FIBA World Cup All Tournament Team Thodoris Papaloukas 2006 EuroBasket MVP Nikos Galis 1987 EuroBasket Top Scorer Georgios Kolokythas 1967 1969 Nikos Galis 1983 1987 1989 1991 Giannis Antetokounmpo 2022 EuroBasket All Tournament Team Nikos Galis 1983 1987 1989 1991 Panagiotis Fasoulas 1987 Fanis Christodoulou 1993 1995 Dimitris Diamantidis 2005 Thodoris Papaloukas 2005 Vassilis Spanoulis 2009 Giannis Antetokounmpo 2022Competitive record editFIBA World Cup edit World Cup Qualification Year Position Pld W L Pld W L nbsp 1950 Did not enter Did not enter nbsp 1954 nbsp 1959 nbsp 1963 Did not qualify EuroBasket servedas qualifiers nbsp 1967 nbsp 1970 nbsp 1974 nbsp 1978 nbsp 1982 nbsp 1986 10th 10 4 6 6 4 2 nbsp 1990 6th 8 4 4 EuroBasket servedas qualifiers nbsp 1994 4th 8 4 4 nbsp 1998 4th 9 5 4 Qualified as host nbsp 2002 Did not qualify EuroBasket servedas qualifiers nbsp 2006 nbsp 9 8 1 nbsp 2010 11th 6 3 3 nbsp 2014 9th 6 5 1 nbsp 2019 11th 5 3 2 12 11 1 nbsp nbsp nbsp 2023 15th 5 2 3 10 6 4 nbsp 2027 To be determined To be determined Total 9 19 66 38 28 28 21 7 Olympic Games edit Olympic Games Qualifying Year Position Pld W L Pld W L nbsp 1936 Did not enter nbsp 1948 nbsp 1952 17th 3 1 2 nbsp 1956 Did not enter nbsp 1960 Did not enter nbsp 1964 Did not qualify 8 4 4 nbsp 1968 8 3 5 nbsp 1972 10 4 6 nbsp 1976 Did not enter Did not enter nbsp 1980 Did not qualify 4 2 2 nbsp 1984 9 5 4 nbsp 1988 9 6 3 nbsp 1992 5 3 2 nbsp 1996 5th 8 5 3 Directly qualified nbsp 2000 Did not qualify Did not qualify nbsp 2004 5th 7 4 3 Qualified as host nbsp 2008 5th 6 3 3 4 4 0 nbsp 2012 Did not qualify 3 2 1 nbsp 2016 3 2 1 nbsp 2020 4 2 2 nbsp 2024 To be determined To be determined Total 4 20 24 13 11 67 37 30 EuroBasket edit EuroBasket Qualification Year Position Pld W L Pld W L nbsp 1935 Did not enter nbsp 1937 nbsp 1939 nbsp 1946 nbsp 1947 nbsp 1949 nbsp 6 4 2 nbsp 1951 8th 8 2 6 nbsp 1953 Did not enter nbsp 1955 nbsp 1957 nbsp 1959 nbsp 1961 17th 6 2 4 nbsp 1963 Did not enter Did not enter nbsp 1965 8th 9 5 4 Directly qualified nbsp 1967 12th 9 3 6 nbsp 1969 10th 7 2 5 4 3 1 nbsp 1971 Did not qualify 4 1 3 nbsp 1973 11th 7 2 5 10 8 2 nbsp 1975 12th 7 1 6 9 8 1 nbsp 1977 Did not qualify 5 2 3 nbsp 1979 9th 8 4 4 8 5 3 nbsp 1981 9th 8 2 6 8 8 0 nbsp 1983 11th 7 2 5 9 7 2 nbsp 1985 Did not qualify 5 2 3 nbsp 1987 nbsp 8 6 2 Qualified as host nbsp 1989 nbsp 5 3 2 6 6 0 nbsp 1991 5th 5 3 2 6 5 1 nbsp 1993 4th 9 5 4 6 5 1 nbsp 1995 4th 9 5 4 Qualified as host nbsp 1997 4th 9 7 2 10 9 1 nbsp 1999 16th 3 0 3 10 7 3 nbsp 2001 9th 4 2 2 10 9 1 nbsp 2003 5th 6 5 1 10 9 1 nbsp 2005 nbsp 7 6 1 Directly qualified nbsp 2007 4th 9 5 4 nbsp 2009 nbsp 9 6 3 nbsp 2011 6th 11 7 4 nbsp 2013 11th 8 4 4 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2015 5th 8 7 1 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2017 8th 7 3 4 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2022 5th 7 6 1 6 4 2 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2025 To be determined To be dertermined Total 28 41 206 109 97 126 98 28Results and fixtures edit Win Loss 2023 edit Jordan nbsp v nbsp Greece 26 August 2023 2023 FIBA World Cup Group stage Jordan nbsp 71 92 nbsp 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 9Asts Ibrahim 6 Boxscore Pts Larentzakis 19 Rebs Rogkavopoulos 7Asts Walkup 7 Arena Mall of Asia Arena Attendance 5 795Referees Antonio Conde ESP Takaki Kato JPN Manuel Attard ITA Greece nbsp v nbsp United States 28 August 2023 2023 FIBA World Cup Group stage Greece nbsp 81 109 nbsp 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 4Asts Walkup 7 Boxscore Pts Reaves 15 Rebs Hart 11Asts Reaves 6 Arena Mall of Asia Arena Attendance 11 392Referees Antonio Conde ESP Manuel Mazzoni ITA Daniel Garcia VEN Greece nbsp v nbsp New Zealand 30 August 2023 2023 FIBA World Cup Group stage Greece nbsp 83 74 nbsp New Zealand Pasay Philippines 20 40 UTC 8 Scoring by quarter 15 20 17 23 18 11 33 20 Pts Papapetrou 27 Rebs Papagiannis 9Asts Walkup 9 Boxscore Pts Ili 27 Rebs Delany 14Asts Ili 8 Arena Mall of Asia Arena Attendance 5 625Referees Manuel Mazzoni ITA Andris Aunkrogers LAT Carlos Velez COL Lithuania nbsp v nbsp Greece 1 September 2023 2023 FIBA World Cup 2nd Group stage Lithuania nbsp 92 67 nbsp Greece Pasay Philippines 20 40 UTC 8 Scoring by quarter 20 20 19 23 25 15 28 9 Pts Jokubaitis 19 Rebs Valanciunas 9Asts Jokubaitis 6 Boxscore Pts Walkup 21 Rebs Walkup 8Asts Walkup 7 Arena Mall of Asia Arena Attendance 5 986Referees Manuel Mazzoni ITA Martins Kozlovskis LAT Kerem Baki TUR Greece nbsp v nbsp Montenegro 3 September 2023 2023 FIBA World Cup 2nd Group stage Greece nbsp 69 73 nbsp Montenegro Pasay Philippines 16 40 UTC 8 Scoring by quarter 14 19 16 17 12 14 27 23 Pts Papapetrou 16 Rebs Bochoridis 6Asts Walkup 6 Boxscore Pts Vucevic 19 Rebs Dubljevic 9Asts Dubljevic 9 Arena Mall of Asia Arena Attendance 6 193Referees Daniel Garcia VEN Kristian Paez ECU Peter Praksch HUN 2024 edit Greece nbsp v nbsp Czech Republic 23 February 2024 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers Greece nbsp 72 64 nbsp 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 8Asts Walkup 8 Boxscore Pts Balvin 13 Rebs Balvin 10Asts Bohacik Satoransky 6 Arena Peace and Friendship Stadium Attendance 12 439Referees Luis Castillo ESP Gvidas Gedvilas LTU Sergii Zashchuk UKR Netherlands nbsp v nbsp Greece 26 February 2024 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers Netherlands nbsp 72 74 nbsp 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 6Asts Van der Vuurst de Vries 6 Boxscore Pts Toliopoulos 26 Rebs Kouzeloglou 5Asts Toliopoulos 8 Arena Sportcampus Zuiderpark Attendance 3 600Referees Manuel Mazzoni ITA Peter Praksch HUN Igor Mitrovski MKD Dominican Republic nbsp v nbsp Greece 3 July 2024 2024 Olympic Qualifying Tournament Group stage Dominican Republic nbsp vs nbsp Greece Piraeus Greece 21 00 UTC 3 Boxscore Arena Peace and Friendship Stadium Greece nbsp v nbsp Egypt 4 July 2024 2024 Olympic Qualifying Tournament Group stage Greece nbsp vs nbsp Egypt Piraeus Greece 21 00 UTC 3 Boxscore Arena Peace and Friendship Stadium Great Britain nbsp v nbsp Greece 21 November 2024 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers Great Britain nbsp vs nbsp Greece Great Britain Boxscore Greece nbsp v nbsp Great Britain 24 November 2024 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers Greece nbsp vs nbsp Great Britain Greece Boxscore 2025 edit Czech Republic nbsp v nbsp Greece 21 February 2025 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers Czech Republic nbsp vs nbsp Greece Czech Republic Boxscore Greece nbsp v nbsp Netherlands 24 February 2025 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers Greece nbsp vs nbsp Netherlands Greece BoxscoreTeam editCurrent roster edit Roster for the Eurobasket 2025 8 9 Greece men s national basketball team 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup roster Players Coaches Pos No Name Age Date of birth Height Club Ctr PG 0 Thomas Walkup 30 1992 12 30 30 December 1992 1 93 m 6 ft 4 in Olympiacos nbsp SF 1 Nikos Rogkavopoulos 22 2001 06 27 27 June 2001 2 03 m 6 ft 8 in Baskonia nbsp PG 3 Michalis Lountzis 25 1998 08 04 4 August 1998 1 96 m 6 ft 5 in Olympiacos nbsp SG 5 Giannoulis Larentzakis 29 1993 09 22 22 September 1993 1 96 m 6 ft 5 in Olympiacos nbsp G 6 Dimitrios Moraitis 24 1999 02 03 3 February 1999 1 94 m 6 ft 4 in Panathinaikos nbsp G 13 Lefteris Bochoridis 29 1994 04 18 18 April 1994 1 96 m 6 ft 5 in Aris nbsp C 14 Georgios Papagiannis 26 1997 07 03 3 July 1997 2 20 m 7 ft 3 in Fenerbahce nbsp SF 16 Kostas Papanikolaou C 33 1990 07 31 31 July 1990 2 03 m 6 ft 8 in Olympiacos nbsp F 21 Ioannis Papapetrou 29 1994 03 30 30 March 1994 2 06 m 6 ft 9 in Panathinaikos nbsp PF 43 Thanasis Antetokounmpo 31 1992 07 18 18 July 1992 2 01 m 6 ft 7 in Milwaukee Bucks nbsp F C 44 Dinos Mitoglou 27 1996 06 11 11 June 1996 2 10 m 6 ft 11 in Panathinaikos nbsp C 76 Manos Chatzidakis 23 2000 04 21 21 April 2000 2 08 m 6 ft 10 in AEK nbsp G 7 Vassilis Toliopoulos 27 1996 06 15 15 June 1996 1 88 m 6 ft 2 in Aris nbsp G 24 Naz Mitrou Long 30 1993 07 28 28 July 1993 1 93 m 6 ft 4 in Olympiacos nbsp C 37 Kostas Antetokounmpo 26 1997 11 20 20 November 1997 2 08 m 6 ft 10 in Panathinaicos nbsp Head coach nbsp Vassilis Spanoulis Assistant coach es nbsp Ilias Kantzouris nbsp Dimitris Panagiotopoulos nbsp Stefanos Triantafyllos Legend C Team captain Club describes last clubbefore the tournament Age describes ageon 25 August 2023 Depth chart edit Based on the recent calls and selections 10 Pos Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3 C Giorgos Papagiannis Kostas Antetokounmpo Vaggelis Zougris PF Dinos Mitoglou Vassilis Charalampopoulos Ioannis Kouzeloglou Lefteris Mantzoukas SF Kostas Papanikolaou Nikos Rogkavopoulos Panagiotis Kalaitzakis SG Giannoulis Larentzakis Vassilis Toliopoulos Naz Mitrou Long PG Thomas Walkup Dimitris Moraitis Michalis Lountzis Retired numbers edit No Player Position Tenure Date of retirement Ref 4 Nikos Galis SG 1980 1991 4 August 2023 11 Historical players editPlayer Senior National Team Position Awards honors and achievements Georgios Kolokythas 1962 1971 SG SF PF List of accomplishments EuroLeague European Selection Team 1970 National club competitions 4 Greek League champion 1967 1969 1971 1972 3 Greek League Top Scorer 1964 1966 1967 FIBA 2 FIBA EuroBasket Top Scorer 1967 1969 European OQT Top Scorer 1968 FIBA s 50 Greatest Players 1991 FIBA Hall of Fame Candidate Panagiotis Giannakis 1976 1996 PG SG List of accomplishments 101 Greats of European Basketball 2018 FIBA Hall of Fame 2021 EuroLeague EuroLeague champion 1996 3 FIBA European Selection 1980 1987 1990 FIBA Balkans Selection 1987 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors 2008 Other European cups FIBA Saporta Cup champion 1993 National club competitions 7 Greek League champion 1985 1991 7 Greek Cup winner 1985 1987 1990 1992 1996 Greek League MVP 1987 Greek League Top Scorer 1980 2 Greek Cup Final Top Scorer 1985 1988 Greek 2nd Division champion 1975 Greek League Hall of Fame 2022 FIBA 1987 EuroBasket nbsp Gold 1989 EuroBasket nbsp Silver Greek National Team s All Time Leading Scorer FIBA Europe s All Time National Team Career Scoring Leader Nikos Galis 1980 1991 PG SG List of accomplishments ECAC Player of the Year 1979 Haggerty Award 1979 3 Greek Athlete of the Year 1986 1987 1989 FIBA Balkans Selection 1987 Mr Europa Award 1987 Euroscar Award 1987 L Equipe Champion of Champions 10th Best Athlete in the World 1987 Seton Hall Athletic Hall of Fame 1991 FIBA s 50 Greatest Players 1991 FIBA Hall of Fame 2007 Basketball Hall of Fame 2017 101 Greats of European Basketball 2018 HoopsHype s 75 Greatest International Players Ever 2021 EuroLeague FIBA European Selection 1987 2 EuroLeague Top Scorer 1992 1994 EuroLeague All Final Four Team 1994 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors 2008 National club competitions 8 Greek League champion 1983 1985 1991 7 Greek Cup winner 1985 1987 1990 1992 1993 Greek Super Cup winner 1986 5 Greek League MVP 1988 1992 5 Greek League Finals MVP 1987 1991 11 Greek League Top Scorer 1981 1991 5 Greek Cup Finals Top Scorer 1987 1989 1990 1992 1993 Greek Super Cup Finals Top Scorer 1986 6 retired by Aris 2013 Greek League Hall of Fame 2022 FIBA 1987 EuroBasket nbsp Gold 1989 EuroBasket nbsp Silver EuroBasket MVP 1987 4 EuroBasket Top Scorer 1983 1987 1989 1991 4 EuroBasket All Tournament Team 1983 1987 1989 1991 FIBA World Cup Top Scorer 1986 Number 4 jersey retired by the Greek national team 2023 Panagiotis Fasoulas 1981 1998 C List of accomplishments EuroBasket 1987 champion FIBA Hall of Fame induction 2016 EuroLeague champion 1997 FIBA Saporta Cup champion 1991 EuroBasket All Tournament Team 1987 3 FIBA European Selection 1990 1991 1995 FIBA EuroStar Selection 1996 2 Greek League MVP 1994 1995 Greek League Finals MVP 1992 Greek League Rebounding leader 1987 Fanis Christodoulou 1983 1997 SF PF List of accomplishments EuroBasket 1987 champion 2 EuroBasket All Tournament Team 1993 1995 Greek League MVP 1993 Nikos Oikonomou 1991 2001 PF List of accomplishments EuroLeague champion 1996 FIBA Club World Cup champion 1996 4 FIBA EuroStar 1996 1999 Greek League Top Scorer 2005 Georgios Sigalas 1993 2003 SG SF List of accomplishments EuroLeague champion 1997 EuroLeague All Final Four Team 1994 Greek League MVP 1996 5 Greek League Finals MVP 1993 1997 FIBA European Selection 1995 FIBA EuroStar Selection 1996 Fragiskos Alvertis 1993 2004 SG SF PF List of accomplishments 101 Greats of European Basketball 2018 5 EuroLeague champion 1996 2000 2002 2007 2009 FIBA Club World Cup champion 1996 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors EuroLeague All Final Four Team 1996 Greek League MVP 2003 Greek Cup MVP 2003 3 Greek All Star Game 3 Point Shootout Contest Champion 1996 1997 1998 Thodoris Papaloukas 2000 2008 PG SG SF List of accomplishments 101 Greats of European Basketball 2018 EuroBasket 2005 champion 2 EuroLeague champion 2006 2008 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors FIBA Europe Men s Player of the Year 2006 FIBA World Cup All Tournament Team member 2006 EuroBasket All Tournament Team member 2005 EuroLeague MVP 2007 EuroLeague Final Four MVP 2006 EuroLeague 2001 10 All Decade Team 2010 EuroLeague Basketball Legend 2013 2 All EuroLeague First Team 2006 2007 2 All EuroLeague Second Team 2008 2009 2 EuroLeague Assist leader 2007 2009 3 Russian League Player of the Year 2005 2006 2007 Russian Cup MVP 2006 3 Greek League Assist leader 2001 2002 2009 All Europe Player of the Year 2006 Dimitris Diamantidis 2001 2010 PG SG SF List of accomplishments Mr Europa Award 2007 All Europe Player of the Year 2007 Greek Athlete of the Year 2007 101 Greats of European Basketball 2018 EuroLeague 3 EuroLeague champion 2007 2009 2011 EuroLeague MVP 2011 2 EuroLeague Final Four MVP 2007 2011 4 All EuroLeague Team 2007 2011 2013 6 EuroLeague Best Defender 2005 2009 2011 EuroLeague 2001 10 All Decade Team 2010 EuroLeague Legend 2016 EuroLeague 2010 20 All Decade Team 2020 EuroLeague Career Steals Leader National club competitions 9 Greek League champion 2005 2011 2013 2014 10 Greek Cup winner 2005 2009 2012 2016 6 Greek League MVP 2004 2006 2008 2011 2014 6 Greek League Finals MVP 2006 2009 2011 2014 2 Greek Cup MVP 2009 2016 2 Greek Cup Finals Top Scorer 2009 2013 3 Greek League Best Defender 2008 2009 2011 11 Greek League Best Five 2004 2008 2010 2014 2016 12 Greek League All Star 2002 2011 2013 2014 Greek League Most Popular Player 2016 HEBA Greek League Career Steals Leader 13 retired by Panathinaikos 2016 Greek League Hall of Fame 2022 FIBA 2005 EuroBasket nbsp Gold 2006 Stankovic World Cup nbsp Gold 2006 FIBA World Cup nbsp Silver 2008 FIBA World OQT nbsp Gold EuroBasket All Tournament Team 2005 FIBA EuroBasket s Best 5 Players of the 2000 2020 era 2020 Vassilis Spanoulis 2001 2015 PG SG List of accomplishments Balkan Athlete of the Year 2009 2 All Europe Player of the Year 2012 2013 International Sports Prize World s Best Athlete 2013 HoopsHype s 75 Greatest International Players Ever 2021 World Club Cup FIBA Club World Cup champion 2013 FIBA Club World Cup MVP 2013 EuroLeague 3 EuroLeague champion 2009 2012 2013 EuroLeague MVP 2013 3 EuroLeague Final Four MVP 2009 2012 2013 EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer 2013 8 All EuroLeague Team 2006 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2018 The Most Clutch Player in EuroLeague History 2017 EuroLeague 2010 20 All Decade Team 2020 EuroLeague 2010 20 Player of the Decade 2020 EuroLeague Legend 2022 EuroLeague All Time Leading Scorer 2000 present European Champions Cup EuroLeague All Time Leading Scorer 1958 present National club competitions 7 Greek League champion 2006 2008 2010 2012 2015 2016 4 Greek Cup winner 2006 2008 2009 2011 3 Greek League MVP 2009 2012 2016 3 Greek League Finals MVP 2012 2015 2016 10 Greek League Best Five 2005 2006 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 10 Greek League All Star 2005 2006 2008 2011 2013 2014 2018 2019 Greek League Best Young Player 2003 Greek League Most Improved Player 2004 2 Greek League Most Popular Player 2015 2017 Greek Cup Finals Top Scorer 2018 HEBA Greek League All Time Leading Scorer HEBA Greek League All Time Assists Leader Greek League Hall of Fame 2022 FIBA 2005 EuroBasket nbsp Gold 2006 Stankovic World Cup nbsp Gold 2006 FIBA World Cup nbsp Silver 2008 FIBA World OQT nbsp Gold 2009 EuroBasket nbsp Bronze EuroBasket All Tournament Team 2009 FIBA EuroBasket s Best 5 Players of the 2000 2020 era 2020 Summer Olympic Games All Time Top 25 Players 2020 Giannis Antetokounmpo 2014 present PF List of accomplishments Euroscar Player of the Year 2018 ESPY Best Male Athlete 2019 2 Greek Athlete of the Year 2020 2021 HoopsHype s 75 Greatest International Players Ever 2021 NBA NBA Champion 2021 2 NBA MVP 2019 2020 NBA Finals MVP 2021 6 All NBA Team 2017 2022 6 NBA All Star 2017 2022 NBA All Star Game MVP 2021 NBA Defensive Player of the Year 2020 5 NBA All Defensive Team 2017 2019 2022 NBA Most Improved Player 2017 NBA All Rookie Second Team 2014 NBA 75th Anniversary Team 2021 FIBA EuroBasket Top Scorer 2022 EuroBasket All Tournament Team 2022 Historical head coaches editHead Coach Senior National Team Awards honors and achievements Faidon Matthaiou 1961 1965 1969 List of accomplishments 2 FIBA European Selection 1970 1973 Greek League champion 1976 2 Greek Cup winner 1976 1984 Kostas Mourouzis 1972 1974 List of accomplishments 7 Greek League champion 1967 1969 1971 1972 1973 1974 1978 2 Greek Cup winner 1977 1978 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 EuroBasket 1987 nbsp Gold 3 Greek League champion 1980 1981 1982 2 Greek Cup winner 1979 1982 Efthimis Kioumourtzoglou 1989 1993 List of accomplishments EuroBasket 1989 nbsp Silver Makis Dendrinos 1994 1996 List of accomplishments 1994 FIBA World Cup 4th place 1996 Summer Olympic Games 5th place Panagiotis Giannakis 1997 1998 2004 2008 List of accomplishments 1998 FIBA World Cup 4th place 2004 Summer Olympic Games 5th place EuroBasket 2005 nbsp Gold 2006 FIBA World Cup nbsp Silver 2008 Summer Olympic Games 5th place Greek Cup winner 2010 2 Greek League Coach of the Year 2004 2006 Past rosters editMain article Greece national basketball team past rosters nbsp Antonis Fotsis nbsp Dimitris Diamantidis nbsp Nikos Zisis nbsp Ioannis Bourousis nbsp Stratos Perperoglou nbsp Kostas Kaimakoglou 1949 EuroBasket finished 3rd nbsp among 7 teams3 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 teams3 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 teams4 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 teams4 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 teams4 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 teams4 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 teams4 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 teams4 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 teams4 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 teams4 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 teams4 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 teams4 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 teams4 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 nbsp among 12 teams4 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 nbsp among 8 teams4 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 teams4 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 teams4 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 teams4 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 teams4 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 teams4 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 teams4 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 teams4 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 teams4 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 teams4 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 teams4 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 teams4 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 teams4 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 nbsp among 16 teams4 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 nbsp among 24 teams4 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 teams4 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 teams4 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 nbsp among 16 teams4 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 teams4 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 teams4 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 teams4 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 12 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 teams5 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 13 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 14 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 15 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 16 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 Senior men s statistics editSenior men s players with 100 career caps edit 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 17 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 edit 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 18 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 editMen s 1 000 points career scorers edit 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 editPeriod 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 PapanikolaouMemorable wins editDate Tournament Place Opponents Score 15 May 1949 1949 EuroBasket Cairo Egypt nbsp Netherlands 46 28 May 1949 1949 EuroBasket Cairo Egypt nbsp Lebanon 45 36 May 1949 1949 EuroBasket Cairo Egypt nbsp Turkey 54 41 May 1949 1949 EuroBasket Cairo Egypt nbsp Syria 49 45 May 1951 1951 EuroBasket First round Paris France nbsp Portugal 81 35 24 May 1977 Friendly Athens Greece nbsp United States 83 81 May 1981 1981 EuroBasket Challenge round Istanbul Turkey nbsp Turkey 85 84 5 July 1986 1986 FIBA World Cup Group stage Zaragoza Spain nbsp Panama 110 81 6 July 1986 1986 FIBA World Cup Group stage Zaragoza Spain nbsp France 87 84 18 July 1986 1986 FIBA World Cup Madrid Spain nbsp Argentina 102 88 3 June 1987 1987 EuroBasket Group stage Athens Greece nbsp Romania 109 77 4 June 1987 1987 EuroBasket Group stage Athens Greece nbsp Yugoslavia 84 78 7 June 1987 1987 EuroBasket Group stage Athens Greece nbsp France 82 69 10 June 1987 1987 EuroBasket Quarter final Athens Greece nbsp Italy 90 78 12 June 1987 1987 EuroBasket Semi final Athens Greece nbsp Yugoslavia 81 77 14 June 1987 1987 EuroBasket Final Athens Greece nbsp Soviet Union 103 101 OT 21 June 1989 1989 EuroBasket Group stage Zagreb Croatia nbsp France 80 74 24 June 1989 1989 EuroBasket Semi final Zagreb Croatia nbsp Soviet Union 81 80 9 August 1990 1990 FIBA World Cup 1st round Villa Ballester Argentina nbsp Spain 102 93 14 August 1990 1990 FIBA World Cup 2nd round Buenos Aires Argentina nbsp Brazil 103 88 17 August 1990 1990 FIBA World Cup Buenos Aires Argentina nbsp Argentina 81 78 13 November 1991 1993 EuroBasket Qualifier Challenge Round Budapest Hungary nbsp Hungary 85 73 20 November 1991 1993 EuroBasket Qualifier Challenge Round Bucharest Romania nbsp Romania 82 73 22 June 1993 1993 EuroBasket Preliminary round Karlsruhe Germany nbsp Latvia 81 62 24 June 1993 1993 EuroBasket Preliminary round Karlsruhe Germany nbsp Italy 88 73 26 June 1993 1993 EuroBasket Second round Karlsruhe Germany nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina 102 84 28 June 1993 1993 EuroBasket Second round Karlsruhe Germany nbsp Spain 76 75 1 July 1993 1993 EuroBasket Quarter final Munich Germany nbsp France 61 59 4 August 1994 1994 FIBA World Cup 1st round Toronto Canada nbsp Germany 68 58 8 August 1994 1994 FIBA World Cup 2nd round Toronto Canada nbsp Canada 74 71 30 June 1995 1995 EuroBasket Quarter final Athens Greece nbsp Spain 66 64 2 August 1996 1996 Summer Olympics 5th place game Atlanta USA nbsp Brazil 91 72 25 June 1997 1997 EuroBasket Group stage Barcelona Spain nbsp Turkey 74 52 26 June 1997 1997 EuroBasket Group stage Barcelona Spain nbsp Russia 74 72 27 June 1997 1997 EuroBasket Group stage Barcelona Spain nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina 78 76 31 August 2001 2001 EuroBasket Preliminary round Antalya Turkey nbsp Italy 83 82 2 September 2001 2001 EuroBasket Preliminary round Antalya Turkey nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina 101 77 5 September 2003 2003 EuroBasket Group stage Boras Sweden nbsp Croatia 77 76 6 September 2003 2003 EuroBasket Group stage Boras Sweden nbsp Turkey 75 70 7 September 2003 2003 EuroBasket Group stage Boras Sweden td, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
