Katsikaris calls for Eurobasket 2015

Fotis Katsikaris, the coach of the National Team of Greece, called the first selection of players that will form the team that will play in Eurobasket 2015.

Greece National Team roster: Nikos Zisis (Bamberg), Vasilis Spanoulis (Olympiacos), Giannis Bourousis (Real Madrid), Kostas Kaimakoglou (Unics Kazan), Giorgos Printezis (Olympiacos), Nick Calathes (Panathinaikos), Kostas Papanikolaou (Denver Nuggets), Kostas Sloukas (Fenerbahce), Stratos Perperoglou (Barcelona), Kostas Koufos (Sacramento Kings), Vangelis Mantzaris (Olympiacos), Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks), Vlantimir Giankovits (Panathinaikos), Zisis Sarikopoulos (AEK), Dimitris Agravanis (Olympiacos).

Volos U18 European Championship Men 2015 logo

U18 European Championship Men 2015 will be hosted in Volos, Greece from 23rd of July 2015 until 2nd of August 2015. This is the official logo of the games:

Mavrokefalidis had an elbow surgery

Loukas Mavrokefalidis won't participate in the Greek National Team and the World Championship in Spain since he had an elbow surgery. Mavrokefalidis will be ready for the preparation with his team Panathinaikos.

Fotis Katsikaris in the new coach of the Greek national basketball team

Hellenic Basketball Federation announced that Fotis Katsikaris in the new coach of the Greek national basketball team. Katsikaris will coach the Greek national team in the forthcoming World Championship in Spain. Katsikaris started his coaching career in AEK as assistant coach of Dusan Ivkovic and Dragan Sakota, then as head coach of AEK before moving to Dinamo St. Petersburg BC, Valencia BC, Aris and Bilbao. Fotis Katsikaris replaced Andrea Trinchieri that failed in leading Greece to a medal.

2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Spain Group B Greece schedule

2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, Spain
Group Sevilla. All games will take place at Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo.
30 August 21:00 Greece - Senegal
31 August 21:00 Philippines- Greece
1 September 21:00 Puerto Rico - Greece
2 September Day off
3 September 21:00 Greece - Croatia
4 September 23:00 Argentina - Greece

Greece U18 - U17 friendly game

In a friendly game that took place in Megara, Greece, between the U18 and U17 Greek National Teams the first won by 76-58. Greece U18 was formed with players born in 1996 and 1997 while Greece U17 was formed with players born in 1997.

Greece U18 (Papatheodorou): Toliopoulos Koniaris 3, Oikonomopoulos 5(1), Mitoglou 8, Tsampouris 2, Skoulidas 8, Kottas 14, Mpillis  7(1), Stamatis 9, Papagiannis 10, Charalampopoulos 10.
Greece U17 (Papanikolaou): Psyhidis 2, Ntouzidis 8(2), Kamarianos 9(1), Diplaros 11(1), Alexandropoulos 2, Pefanis 7(1), Karras 6, Karampelas 2, Fragiadakis 5, Chondrogiannis 3(1), Kalogeras 3

Tomorrow Greece U18 will play a friendly game against Ethnikos Piraeus. Greece U18 is training for European U18 Championship that will take place in Konya, Turkey between 24th July and 3rd August 2014. Greece U17 is training for World U17 Championship that will take place in UAE between 8th and 16th August 2014.