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Greece men's national under-20 basketball team

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Greece
Joined FIBA1932
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
CoachKostas Papadopoulos
U20 EuroBasket
Appearances24
MedalsGold Gold: 3 (2002, 2009, 2017)
Silver Silver: 2 (1992, 2010)
Bronze Bronze: 2 (2023, 2024)

The Greece men's national under-20 basketball team (Greek: Εθνική ομάδα καλαθοσφαίρισης Νέων Ανδρών Ελλάδας, (Greek young men's national basketball team) is the representative for Greece in international Under-20 age basketball competitions, and it is organized and run by the Hellenic Basketball Federation (E.O.K.).[1][2] The Greece men's Under-20 national basketball team represents Greece at the FIBA Under-20 EuroBasket. It was previously known as the Greek Under-22 national basketball team.

FIBA U20 EuroBasket record

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Year Position
Greece 1992 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Slovenia 1994 4th
Turkey 1996 6th
Italy 1998 11th
North Macedonia 2000 7th
Lithuania 2002 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Czech Republic 2004 4th
Russia 2005 5th
Turkey 2006 8th
Slovenia 2007 13th
Latvia 2008 13th
Greece 2009 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Croatia 2010 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Spain 2011 12th
Slovenia 2012 8th
Estonia 2013 5th
Greece 2014 6th
Italy 2015 18th
Finland 2016[3] Division B[4]
Greece 2017[5] 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Germany 2018[6] 13th
Israel 2019[7] 9th
Montenegro 2022[8] 12th
Greece 2023[9] 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Poland 2024[10] 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Total 24/25

Team

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Roster for the 2024 FIBA U20 EuroBasket

Greece U20 national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
PG 3 Ioannis Karakostas 19 – (2004-02-04)4 February 2004 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) AS Papagou Greece
G 5 Nikolaos Plotas 19 – (2004-06-12)12 June 2004 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Promitheas Greece
G 6 Theodoros Konstantinidis 19 – (2004-02-20)20 February 2004 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) PAOK Greece
SF 8 Evdoxios Kapetakis 18 – (2005-06-09)9 June 2005 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Karditsa Greece
G 10 Charilaos Paraskevopoulos 19 – (2005-01-03)3 January 2005 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) APAS "Ta Fanaria" Greece
G 12 Christos Bountouris 20 – (2004-01-16)16 January 2004 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) GS Sofadon Greece
SG 14 Nikolaos Vasileiou 18 – (2005-05-03)3 May 2005 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Promitheas Greece
PF 16 Nikolaos Chitikoudis 18 – (2005-05-16)16 May 2005 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) North Carolina A&T United States
PF 20 Alexandros Samodurov 18 – (2005-04-20)20 April 2005 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Panathinaikos Greece
C 21 Alexis Kamperidis 18 – (2005-06-20)20 June 2005 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) GS Sofadon Greece
C 33 Apostolos Ioannou 13 – (2004-02-24)24 February 2004 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Esperos Lamias BC Greece
PF 35 Vangelis Zougris 19 – (2004-10-14)14 October 2004 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Peristeri Greece
Head coach
  • Greece Konstantinos Papadopoulos
Assistant coach(es)
  • Greece Dimitrios Gkofas
  • Greece Grigorios Giasaris
  • Greece Vasileios Skropolithas
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 16 July 2024

References

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  1. ^ Profile - Greece, FIBA.basketball
  2. ^ Greece (U20), eurobasket.com
  3. ^ 2016 FIBA U20 European Championship
  4. ^ 2016 FIBA U20 European Championship Division B
  5. ^ 2017 FIBA U20 European Championship
  6. ^ 2018 FIBA U20 European Championship
  7. ^ 2019 FIBA U20 European Championship
  8. ^ 2022 FIBA U20 European Championship
  9. ^ 2023 FIBA U20 European Championship
  10. ^ 2024 FIBA U20 EuroBasket
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