National Basketball Team

The Eurobasket 1987 champions

The Greece National Basketball Team is the basketball side that represents Greece in international competitions. Over all, the Greek national basketball side has enjoyed greater success than the corresponding football team but, at least in the early years, they have not had the support. Success at the club level, the arrival of superstar Nikos Galis and a dramatic win in Eurobasket 1987 has changed much of that.

It is noteworthy that, unlike France, Israel and many other nations, Greece do not use naturalised players in their lineup.

• Coach: Fotis Katsikaris
• Assistant Coach: Thanasis Skourtopoulos
• Assistant Coach: Dimitris Priftis
• Assistant Coach: Vasilis Geragotelis
• Assistant Coach: Asterios Kolyvas
• Manager: Kostas Kotsis
• Trainer: Ioannis Merichovitis
• Medics: Dr. Haris Voulgaropoulos

Titles

• Eurobasket 1987 - Winners
• Eurobasket 2005 - Winners
• Eurobasket 1989 - 2nd Place
• World Championship 2006 - 2nd Place
• Eurobasket 1949 - 3rd Place
• Eurobasket 2009 - 3rd Place

Most Caps

• Panagiotis Giannakis 351
• Panagiotis Fasoulas 243
• Fanis Christodoulou 219
• Giorgos Sigalas 185
• Liveris Andritsos 180
• Dimitris Kokolakis 177
• Nikos Galis 168

List of Most Caps with National Basketball Team

Most Points

• Panagiotis Giannakis 5,291
• Nikos Galis 5,122
• Panagiotis Fasoulas 2,384
• Fanis Christodoulou 2,255
• Panagiotis Koroneos 1,818
• Giorgos Kolokithas 1,807
• Vasilis Goumas 1,641

List of Top 50 National Basketball Team Scorers

Coaches

• Orestes Angelidis
• Themis Cholevas
• Gerasimos Dendrinos
• Richard Dukeshire (1972 - 1980)
• Panagiotis Giannakis (1997 - 2008)
• Yiannis Ioannidis
• Jonas Kazlauskas
• Efthimis Kioumourtzoglou (1986 - 1994)
• Phaedon Mattheou
• Kostas Mourouzis
• Vangelis Nikitopoulos
• Missas Pantazopoulos
• Thanasis Papadimitriou
• Kostas Petropoulos
• Kostas Politis (1982 - 1988)
• Mike Stergiadis
• Giorgos Tsitskaris
• Vladimiros Vallas (1946 - 1952)

Tournaments

Year	EuroBasket	World Championship	Olympic Games	Coach	Roster
1949	Eurobasket 1949 3rd place			Giorgos Karatzopoulos	Sokratis Apostolidis, Fedon Mattheou, Alekos Apostolidis, Stelios Arvanitis, Thanasis Kostopoulos, Yiannis Lambrou, Nikos Nomikos, Missas Pantazopoulos, Nikos Skylakakis, Alekos Spanoudakis, Takis Taliadoros, Nikos Bournelos
1951	Eurobasket 1951 8th place			Vladimiros Vallas	Fedon Mattheou, Nikos Milas, Alekos Apostolidis, Stelios Arvanitis, Yiannis Lambrou, Panagiotis Manias, Aristidis Roubanis, Giannis Spanoudakis, Alekos Spanoudakis, Mimis Stefanidis, Takis Taliadoros, Themis Cholevas
1952			Olympic Games 19th place	Vladimiros Vallas	Fedon Mattheou, Nikos Milas, Yiannis Lambrou, Panagiotis Manias, Aristidis Roubanis, Giannis Spanoudakis, Themis Cholevas, Alekos Spanoudakis, Kostas Papadimas, Mimis Stefanidis, Goulielmos Arvanitis, Dimitris Taliadoros
1961	Eurobasket 17th place			Fedon Mattheou	Giorgos Amerikanos, Kostas Politis, Antonis Christeas, Kostas Mourouzis, Nikitas Aliprantis, Stelios Gousios, Giannis Tsikas, Georgios Ekonomou, Giannis Bousios, Alekos Kontovounisios, Nikos Chalas, Dimitris Lekkas
1965	Eurobasket 8th place			Fedon Mattheou	Giorgos Kolokithas, Giorgos Amerikanos, Giorgos Trontzos, Kostas Politis, Aias Larentzakis, Andreas Chaikalis, Georgios Barlas, Petros Panagiotarakos, Dimitris Lekkas, Takis Maglos, Alekos Kontovounisios, Nikos Sismanidis
1967	Eurobasket 12th place			Missas Pantazopoulos	Giorgos Kolokithas, Giorgos Trontzos, Christos Zoupas, Vasilis Goumas, Kostas Politis, Lakis Tsavas, Giorgos Barlas, Takis Maglos, Stratos Bazios, Aias Larentzakis, Kostas Diamantopoulos, Andreas Chaikalis
1969	Eurobasket 10th place			Fedon Mattheou	Giorgos Kolokithas, Christos Zoupas, Vasilis Goumas, Giorgos Trontzos, Apostolos Spanos, Giorgos Barlas, Thanassis Christoforou, Makis Katsafados, Thanassis Peppas, Nikos Sismanidis, Andreas Chaikalis, Kostas Diamantopoulos
1973	Eurobasket 11th place			Kostas Mourouzis	Vasilis Goumas, Giorgos Trontzos, Michalis Giannouzakos, Apostolos Kontos, Steve Giatzoglou, Aris Raftopoulos, Pavlos Stamelos, Christos Kefalos, Nikos Sismanidis, Giorgos Kastrinakis, Christos Iordanidis, Charis Papageorgiou
1975	Eurobasket 12th place			Vangelis Nikitopoulos	Vasilis Goumas, Apostolos Kontos, Dimitris Kokolakis, Michalis Giannouzakos, Aris Raftopoulos, Sotiris Sakellariou, Takis Koroneos, Steve Giatzoglou, Charis Papageorgiou, Giorgos Kastrinakis, Pavlos Diakoulas, Dimitris Fosses
1979	Eurobasket 9th place			Richard Dukeshire	Panagiotis Giannakis, Minas Gekos, Michalis Giannouzakos, Vasilis Paramanidis, Manthos Katsoulis, Sotiris Sakellariou, Takis Koroneos, Steve Giatzoglou, Charis Papageorgiou, Giorgos Kastrinakis, Dimitris Karatzoulidis, Dimitris Kokolakis
1981	Eurobasket 9th place			Giannis Ioannidis	Nikos Galis, Panagiotis Giannakis, Liveris Andritsos, Kostas Petropoulos, Manthos Katsoulis, Kyriakos Vidas, Takis Koroneos, Asteris Zois, Vasilis Paramanidis, Giorgos Kastrinakis, Dimitris Karatzoulidis, Dimitris Kokolakis
1983	Eurobasket 11th place			Kostas Politis	Nikos Galis, Panagiotis Giannakis, Panagiotis Fassoulas, Michalis Romanidis, Minas Gekos, Vangelis Alexandris, Nikos Stavropoulos, Liveris Andritsos, Giannis Paragios, Albert Mallach, Manthos Katsoulis, Dimitris Kokolakis
1986		World Championship 10th place		Kostas Politis	Nikos Galis, Panagiotis Giannakis, Fanis Christodoulou, Michalis Romanidis, Nikos Filippou, Liveris Andritsos, Nikos Stavropoulos, Argiris Kambouris, Argiris Pedoulakis, Panagiotis Karatzas, Dimitris Dimakopoulos, Christos Christodoulou
1987	Eurobasket Champion			Kostas Politis	Nikos Galis, Panagiotis Giannakis, Panagiotis Fassoulas, Fanis Christodoulou, Michalis Romanidis, Nikos Filippou, Nikos Stavropoulos, Argiris Kambouris, Memos Ioannou, Liveris Andritsos, Panagiotis Karatzas, Nikos Linardos
1989	Eurobasket 2nd place			Efthimis Kioumourtzoglou	Nikos Galis, Panagiotis Giannakis, Panagiotis Fassoulas, Fanis Christodoulou, Nikos Filippou, Dinos Angelidis, Argiris Kambouris, Kostas Patavoukas, David Stergakos, Liveris Andritsos, Dimitris Papadopoulos, John Korfas
1990		World Championship 6th place		Efthimis Kioumourtzoglou	Panagiotis Giannakis, Panagiotis Fassoulas, Fanis Christodoulou, Nasos Galakteros, Kostas Patavoukas, Vasilis Lipiridis, Memos Ioannou, Liveris Andritsos, Argiris Kambouris, David Stergakos, Dimitris Papadopoulos, Giorgos Gasparis
1991	Eurobasket 5th place			Efthimis Kioumourtzoglou	Nikos Galis, Panagiotis Giannakis, Panagiotis Fassoulas, Dinos Angelidis, Kostas Patavoukas, Argiris Kambouris, Vasilis Lipiridis, Liveris Andritsos, Giannis Milonas, Giorgos Gasparis, Georgios Papadakos, Dimitris Papadopoulos
1993	Eurobasket 4th place			Efthimis Kioumourtzoglou	Panagiotis Giannakis, Panagiotis Fassoulas, Fanis Christodoulou, Giorgos Sigalas, Lefteris Kakiousis, Nikos Ekonomou, Nasos Galakteros, Efthimis Bakatsias, Kostas Patavoukas, Christos Tsekos, Georgios Bosganas, Giannis Papagiannis
1994		World Championship 4th place		Makis Dendrinos	Panagiotis Giannakis, Fanis Christodoulou, Panagiotis Fassoulas, Giorgos Sigalas, Nikos Boudouris, Efthimis Bakatsias, Kostas Patavoukas, Nasos Galakteros, Christos Tsekos, Efthimios Rentzias, Giannis Milonas, Argiris Papapetrou
1995	Eurobasket 4th place			Makis Dendrinos	Panagiotis Giannakis, Fanis Christodoulou, Fragiskos Alvertis, Nikos Ekonomou, Panagiotis Fassoulas, Giorgos Sigalas, Lefteris Kakiousis, Dinos Angelidis, Efthimios Rentzias, Kostas Patavoukas, Efthimis Bakatsias, Tzanis Stavrakopoulos
1996			Olympic Games 5th place	Makis Dendrinos	Fragiskos Alvertis, Nikos Ekonomou, Panagiotis Giannakis, Fanis Christodoulou, Panagiotis Fassoulas, Giorgos Sigalas, Lefteris Kakiousis, Dinos Angelidis, Efthimios Rentzias, Efthimis Bakatsias, Kostas Patavoukas, Dimitris Papanikolaou
1997	Eurobasket 4th place			Panagiotis Giannakis	Nikos Ekonomou, Giorgos Sigalas, Fragiskos Alvertis, Fanis Christodoulou, Aggelos Koronios, Efthimios Rentzias, Nikos Boudouris, Kostas Patavoukas, Giorgos Kalaitzis, Dimitris Papanikolaou, Christos Myriounis, Ioannis Giannoulis
1998		World Championship 4th place		Panagiotis Giannakis	Nikos Ekonomou, Fragiskos Alvertis, Giorgos Sigalas, Efthimios Rentzias, Jake Tsakalidis, Panagiotis Fassoulas, Nikos Boudouris, Aggelos Koronios, Giorgos Kalaitzis, Giorgos Balogiannis, Dimitris Papanikolaou, Giorgos Karagoutis
1999	Eurobasket 16th place			Kostas Petropoulos	Giorgos Sigalas, Fragiskos Alvertis, Michalis Kakiouzis, Jake Tsakalidis, Nikos Boudouris, Aggelos Koronios, Ioannis Giannoulis, Giorgos Kalaitzis, Giorgos Balogiannis, Dimitris Papanikolaou, Vasilis Soulis, Giorgos Karagoutis
2001	Eurobasket 11th place			Kostas Petropoulos	Theodoros Papaloukas, Dimitris Papanikolaou, Antonis Fotsis, Giorgos Sigalas, Fragiskos Alvertis, Dimos Dikoudis, Michalis Kakiouzis, Efthimios Rentzias, Nikos Hatzivrettas, Ioannis Giannoulis, Giorgos Kalaitzis, Lazaros Papadopoulos
2003	Eurobasket 5th place			Giannis Ioannidis	Theodoros Papaloukas, Dimitris Diamantidis, Antonis Fotsis, Giorgos Sigalas, Michalis Kakiouzis, Fragiskos Alvertis, Dimos Dikoudis, Efthimios Rentzias, Nikos Hatzivrettas, Dimitris Papanikolaou, Jake Tsakalidis, Christos Charisis
2004			Olympic Games 5th place	Panagiotis Giannakis	Theodoros Papaloukas, Dimitris Diamantidis, Vassilis Spanoulis, Antonis Fotsis, Dimos Dikoudis, Michalis Kakiouzis, Lazaros Papadopoulos, Nikos Zisis, Kostas Tsartsaris, Nikos Hatzivrettas, Dimitris Papanikolaou, Fragiskos Alvertis
2005	Eurobasket Champion			Panagiotis Giannakis	Dimitris Diamantidis, Theodoros Papaloukas, Vassilis Spanoulis, Nikos Zisis, Lazaros Papadopoulos, Michalis Kakiouzis, Dimos Dikoudis, Antonis Fotsis, Kostas Tsartsaris, Nikos Hatzivrettas, Yiannis Bourousis, Panagiotis Vasilopoulos
2006		World Championship 2nd place		Panagiotis Giannakis	Dimitris Diamantidis, Theodoros Papaloukas, Vassilis Spanoulis, Antonis Fotsis, Lazaros Papadopoulos, Sofoklis Schortsanitis, Nikos Zisis, Michalis Kakiouzis, Dimos Dikoudis, Kostas Tsartsaris, Nikos Hatzivrettas, Panagiotis Vasilopoulos
2007	Eurobasket 4th place			Panagiotis Giannakis	Dimitris Diamantidis, Theodoros Papaloukas, Vassilis Spanoulis, Michalis Pelekanos, Lazaros Papadopoulos, Yiannis Bourousis, Nikos Zisis, Michalis Kakiouzis, Dimos Dikoudis, Kostas Tsartsaris, Nikos Hatzivrettas, Panagiotis Vasilopoulos
2008			Olympic Games 5th place	Panagiotis Giannakis	Theodoros Papaloukas, Yiannis Bourousis, Nikos Zisis, Vassilis Spanoulis, Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, Antonis Fotsis, Giorgos Printezis, Andreas Glyniadakis, Kostas Tsartsaris, Dimitris Diamantidis, Sofoklis Schortsanitis, Michalis Pelekanos
2009	Eurobasket 3rd place			Jonas Kazlauskas	Vasilis Spanoulis, Antonis Fotsis, Yiannis Bourousis, Nikos Zisis, Sofoklis Schortsanitis, Stratos Perperoglou, Giorgos Printezis, Nick Calathes, Kosta Koufos, Andreas Glyniadakis, Kostas Kaimakoglou, Giannis Kalambokis
2010		World Championship 11th place		(The coach will be added at a later moment)	(The players will be added at a later moment)
2011	Eurobasket 6th place			Elias Zouros	Antonis Fotsis, Yiannis Bourousis, Nikos Zisis, Nick Calathes, Kosta Koufos, Kostas Kaimakoglou, Vasilis Xanthopoulos, Kostas Vasiliadis, Kostas Papanikolaou, Dimitris Mavroidis, Michalis Bramos, Kostas Sloukas
2013	Eurobasket 11th place			(The coach will be added at a later moment)	(The players will be added at a later moment)
2014		World Championship 9th place		(The coach will be added at a later moment)	(The players will be added at a later moment)
2015	Eurobasket 5th place			(The coach will be added at a later moment)	(The players will be added at a later moment)
2017	Eurobasket yet unknown			(The coach will be added at a later moment)	(The players will be added at a later moment)