Greece men's national basketball team
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The Greece men's national basketball team 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 national basketball team of 1987 logo
Greece won the silver medal at the 2006 FIBA World Cup after their memorable 101–95 win against USA.
Vassilis Spanoulis
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.
Basketball in Greece
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Basketball in Greece erupted with the win of the Greece men's national basketball team at the 1987 EuroBasket in Athens, which caused a general basketball euphoria in the country. Since then, the Greece men's national teams have achieved consistent international success, leading Greece to join Russia, Serbia, Croatia, Italy, Spain, France, and Lithuania in the circle of European basketball powers. In addition to the Greece national team's triumph in 1987, they won the gold medal at the 2005 EuroBasket, silver medals at the 1989 EuroBasket, and the 2006 FIBA World Cup, and the bronze medal at the 2009 EuroBasket.
Faidon Matthaiou, considered to be the Patriarch of the basketball in Greece
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2006 FIBA World Cup: the Greece national team won the silver medal.
Peace and Friendship Stadium, home arena of Olympiacos Piraeus.