Cyprus men's national basketball team

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Cyprus
File:Cyprus Basketball Federation logo.png
FIBA rankingT-88 Steady
Joined FIBA1972
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationCyprus Basketball Federation
CoachPanayiotis Yiannaras
Olympic Games
AppearancesNone
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
EuroBasket
AppearancesNone
Championship for Small Countries
Appearances4
Medals Silver: 1990, 1994
Bronze: 1988, 1992
Alex Liatsos playing for the Cypriot national basketball team against Austria (with Christoph Nagler and Rasid Mahalbasic) in August 2012

The Cypriot national basketball team is the national team of Cyprus. It is run by the Cyprus Basketball Federation. It is affiliated to FIBA, in the FIBA Europe zone.

History

The team participates at international and European tournaments. The only international tournament it took part in 2005, were the World University Games, where it finished 26th out of 30 participating nations.

Cyprus national basketball team was two-time Promotion Cup finalist (1990, 1994).

The team's results have improved considerably in recent years. Cyprus has repeatedly retained the European minor countries tournament since 1995, while Cyprus made their first appearance in a Eurobasket semifinal phase in 2003.

Currently, Cyprus plays in Division B of the Eurobasket system. The team participates in the Group B of the EuroBasket 2009 B Qualifying Campaign and has opponents the national teams of Belarus, Switzerland, Romania and Albania. The matches are taking place in September 2008.[needs update]

Competitive record

At EuroBasket

EuroBasket Qualification
Year Position Pld W L Pld W L
France 1983 Did not qualify 4 0 4
Germany 1985 5 2 3
Greece 1987 4 0 4
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1989 Did not enter Did not enter
Italy 1991
Germany 1993 Did not qualify 6 2 4
Greece 1995 5 0 5
Spain 1997 6 2 4
France 1999 8 3 5
Turkey 2001 11 5 6
Sweden 2003 15 4 11
Serbia and Montenegro 2005 Division B 6 3 3
Spain 2007 Division B 6 1 5
Poland 2009 Division B 8 3 5
Lithuania 2011 Division B 6 0 6
Slovenia 2013 Did not qualify 8 0 8
Croatia France Germany Latvia 2015 Did not enter Did not enter
Finland Israel Romania Turkey 2017 Did not qualify 6 2 4

Roster

Roster for the EuroBasket 2017 qualification. Template:FIBA roster header1 |- | style="text-align:center;" | PF | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:left;" | Christos Loizides | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 25 – (1991-05-26)26 May 1991 | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) | style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;" | ETHA Engomis | style="text-align:center;" | Cyprus |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | C | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | style="text-align:left;" | Anthony King | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 31 – (1985-01-22)22 January 1985 | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) | style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;" | Gaziantep | style="text-align:center;" | Turkey |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | PG | style="text-align:center;" | 5 | style="text-align:left;" | Simon Michail | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 24 – (1992-06-19)19 June 1992 | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;" | Keravnos B.C. | style="text-align:center;" | Cyprus |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | G/F | style="text-align:center;" | 6 | style="text-align:left;" | Andreas Pilavas | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 32 – (1983-09-01)1 September 1983 | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;" | ETHA Engomis | style="text-align:center;" | Cyprus |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | F/C | style="text-align:center;" | 7 | style="text-align:left;" | Panagiotis Trisokkas | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 36 – (1980-08-29)29 August 1980 | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) | style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;" | AEK Larnaca B.C. | style="text-align:center;" | Cyprus |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | G/F | style="text-align:center;" | 8 | style="text-align:left;" | Gabriel Kilaras | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 26 – (1990-01-09)9 January 1990 | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;" | APOEL B.C. | style="text-align:center;" | Cyprus |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | SG | style="text-align:center;" | 9 | style="text-align:left;" | Andreas Sizopoulos | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 33 – (1983-07-30)30 July 1983 | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;" | AEK Larnaca B.C. | style="text-align:center;" | Cyprus |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | PG | style="text-align:center;" | 11 | style="text-align:left;" | Aristides Koronides | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 34 – (1982-04-20)20 April 1982 | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;" | APOEL B.C. | style="text-align:center;" | Cyprus |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | SG | style="text-align:center;" | 12 | style="text-align:left;" | Grigoris Pantouris | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 34 – (1982-07-22)22 July 1982 | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;" | APOEL B.C. | style="text-align:center;" | Cyprus |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | PF | style="text-align:center;" | 15 | style="text-align:left;" | George Theocharides | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 31 – (1985-06-04)4 June 1985 | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;" | Keravnos B.C. | style="text-align:center;" | Cyprus |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | C | style="text-align:center;" | 22 | style="text-align:left;" | Christodoulos Kaskiris | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 36 – (1979-12-22)22 December 1979 | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) | style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;" | APOEL B.C. | style="text-align:center;" | Cyprus |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | G | style="text-align:center;" | 27 | style="text-align:left;" | Christopher Razis | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 27 – (1989-07-07)7 July 1989 | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;" | Rethymno Cretan | style="text-align:center;" | Greece |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | G | style="text-align:center;" | 44 | style="text-align:left;" | Iakovos Panteli | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 30 – (1985-10-03)3 October 1985 | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;" | AEK Larnaca B.C. | style="text-align:center;" | Cyprus |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | SF | style="text-align:center;" | 99 | style="text-align:left;" | Nikolaos Stylianou | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 27 – (1988-11-09)9 November 1988 | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;" | Keravnos B.C. | style="text-align:center;" | Cyprus |-

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Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 26 August 2016

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Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Anthony King Tolis Kaskiris
PF Panagiotis Trisokkas George Theocharides Christos Loizides
SF Nikos Stylianou Andreas Pilavas Gabriel Kilaras
SG Andreas Sizopoulos Grigoris Pantouris Aristides Koronides
PG Iakovos Panteli Christopher Razis Simon Michail

Kit

Manufacturer

2015: Champion [1]

References

  1. ^ Cyprus Basketball Federation, http://www.basketball.org.cy/, Retrieved 1 October 2015. Template:Gr icon

External links

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