Tag: Greece NT
Rick Pitino announces departure from the Greek national team
Rick Pitino will no longer coach the Greek national team following the completion of the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Victoria, Canada. Pitino said the deal...
Czech Republic crushes Greece to seal final Olympic Games ticket
Czech Republic became the final team that secured its place in the upcoming Olympic Games (July 25 - August 7). The Czechs crushed Greece in...
Greece decimates Turkey to reach the Final of the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Canada
Greece dominated Turkey in Victoria, Canada (63-81) and will now play in the Final of the Olympic Qualifying Tournament. The Greeks trailed by 14 in...
RJ Barrett, Andrew Wiggins lead Canada past Greece in Olympic Qualifying Tournament opener
RJ Barrett and Andrew Wiggins were the best players of Canada in the 91-97 win over Greece in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament opener. The two...
Kostas Antetokounmpo headlines 12-man roster of Greece for the Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Kostas Antetokounmpo headlines the 12-man roster of Greece for the Olympic Qualifying Tournament next week. Antetokounmpo, a 2020 chmapion with the Lakers, is the only...
Vassilis Spanoulis returns to the Greek NT after six years ahead of the Olympic...
Vassilis Spanoulis headlines the roster of the Greek National Team for the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in late June (June 29 - July 4). Spanoulis returns...
Croatia, Greece and Bosnia the first teams to officially qualify for the FIBA EuroBasket...
Croatia, Bosnia and Greece became the first three teams that secured their place in the FIBA EuroBasket 2022. Croatia rallied past Sweden (87-72) to remain...
FIBA EuroBasket Qualifiers Recap: Belgium, Croatia move to 3-0 to remain undefeated
Belgium and Croatia were the two teams that moved to 3-0 and remained undefeated in the FIBA EuroBasket Qualifiers 2022. Belgium decimated the Czech Republic...
Rick Pitino still plans to coach Greece in the Olympic Qualifiers
Rick Pitino is still willing to coach Greece in the Olympic Qualifiers, which are scheduled to take place in June of 2021. The Hall of...
Rick Pitino on Giannis Antetokounmpo: “I’m not sure he’ll make it to the pre-Olympic...
Panathinaikos and Greece NT head coach, Rick Pitino, said he is not sure Giannis Antetokounmpo will play in the pre-Olympic Tournament. "I hope I...
Rick Pitino confirms talks to become the head coach of Greece
Rick Pitino confirmed he is in talks with the Basketball Federation of Greece in order to take over the national team. Here is what the...
Greece no longer a candidate to host an Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Greece will not be among the candidates to host an Olympic Qualifying Tournament next summer, due to financial reasons. The president of the Greek Basketball...
Greece reduces preliminary roster to 14 players
Two weeks prior to the start of the Basketball World Cup, Greece will continue its training camp with 14 players. Vaggelis Mantzaris and Kostas Antetokounmpo...
FIBA announced tip-off times for all 92 Basketball World Cup games
FIBA officially announced the start times for all 92 games at the 2019 Basketball World Cup in China (August 31 - September 15). Angola and Serbia will...
Basketball World Cup: The teams that have already qualified
Seven teams (Russia, Japan, Iran, Jordan, Philippines, Serbia and Cote d'Ivoire) advanced to the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup on Sunday (24/02). 29 national teams...
Greece named 14-man squad for February’s WC Qualifiers
Greece head coach Thanasis Skourtopoulos named the 14 players that were included in the roster for the upcoming WC qualifying matches. The Greek team has...
Spanoulis, Zisis and Bourousis announce international retirement
Greece legends Vassilis Spanoulis, Nikos Zisis and Ioannis Bourousis have announced their international retirements following their nation's win over Latvia. Spanoulis announced his decision to...
Greece and Italy bag Olympic Qualifying spots after classification wins
Greece and Italy have qualified for next year's Olympic Qualifying Tournament after they saw-off Latvia and Czech Republic respectively in the two Eurobasket classification...
