OR national basketball Continues its preparation in the face of Eurobasket 2025 and will face down tonight with Israel In the context of the Ecommbx Cup, in Limassol, Cyprus (10.08.2025, 20:30, Newsit.gr, ERT1).
This is the third friendly preparation of national basketball. The blue-white was defeated yesterday (09.08.2025) by Serbia (76-66), and a few days ago had prevailed in Belgium in the OAKA (74-60).
Federal technician Vassilis Spanoulis heralded that he would give time to players who did not compete on Saturday. It is recalled that Yiannis Antetokounbos, Vassilis Toliopoulos and Vangelis Zougris, who will enter the group program with the return of the mission to Athens, have remained in Athens.
The 16 players involved in the Greek mission are Kostas Papanikolaou, Kostas Sloukas, Giannoulis Larentzakis, Thanassis Antetokounbos, Dinos Mitoglou, Tyler Dorsey, Kostas Antetokounbos, Dimitris Katsivelis, Panagiotis Kalaitzakis, Nikos Liotopoulos, Alexandros Nikolaidis and Nassos Bazina.
Earlier, at 17:00, Serbia will compete with the hostess of Cyprus in a game that will also be covered by ERT1.
The… tradition of Greece’s “battles” with Israel
Tonight is Greece’s 51st match against Israel at the men’s level, with the national team having 29 wins over 21.
In detail:
15/07/1952 Olympic Games (Helsinki) 54-52
13/08/1960 friendly (Bologna) 43-65
11/06/1964 Pre-Olympic Tournament (Geneva) 41-53
09/06/1965 Eurobasket (Tbilisi) 67-69
27/08/1967 Friendly (Tel Aviv) 68-77
28/08/1967 Friendly (Ein Hiloc) 84-75
31/08/1967 Friendly (Tel Aviv) 83-71
30/09/1967 Eurobasket (Tampere) 81-91
05/05/1968 Friendly (Tel Aviv) 60-70
12/05/1968 Friendly (Tel Aviv) 73-72
20/05/1968 Friendly (Athens) 55-60
02/06/1968 Pre-Olympic Tournament (Sofia) 58-56
25/05/1969 Eurobasket qualifiers (Thessaloniki) 70-66
04/10/1969 Eurobasket (Caserta) 95-62
16/08/1970 Friendly (Athens) 94-91
18/05/1973 Eurobasket qualifiers (Vienna) 73-75
30/06/1973 Friendly (Tel Aviv) 88-86
30/08/1973 Friendly (Tel Aviv) 88-86
14/06/1975 Eurobasket (Belgrade) 76-87
29/05/1981 Eurobasket (Bratislava) 71-82
19/05/1983 Friendly (Turin) 83-85
04/01/1984 Friendly (Stockholm) 116-89
24/05/1984 Pre-Olympic Tournament (Paris) 120-95
23/05/1985 friendly (Tel Aviv) 80-122
24/05/1985 Friendly (Tel Aviv) 70-87
26/05/1985 Friendly (Tel Aviv) 72-90
25/11/1985 Friendly (New Faliro) 86-91
26/11/1985 Friendly (New Faliro) 93-100
15/07/1986 World Cup (Barcelona) 79-82
04/01/1987 Friendly (Stockholm) 87-101
25/10/1987 Friendly (Tel Aviv) 102-110
30/06/1988 Pre-Olympic Tournament (Den Bush) 85-70
23/06/1993 Eurobasket (Karlsruhe) 74-79
26/06/1995 Eurobasket (Athens) 59-49
08/10/1995 Eurobasket qualifiers (Athens) 75-73
30/10/1996 Eurobasket qualifiers (Tel Aviv) 86-84
04/06/1997 Friendly (Jerusalem) 68-62
05/06/1997 Friendly (Haifa) 64-67
01/07/1997 Eurobasket (Tzronona) 85-82
08/08/2001 Friendly (Thessaloniki) 94-82
22/01/2002 Eurobasket qualifiers (Peristeri) 85-61
23/01/2002 Eurobasket qualifiers (Tel Aviv) 74-73
26/08/2003 Friendly (Glyfada) 73-54
12/09/2003 Eurobasket (Stockholm) 63-56
20/09/2005 Eurobasket (Belgrade) 67-61
03/09/2007 Eurobasket (Granada) 76-66
09/09/2009 Eurobasket (Poznan) 106-80
06/08/2011 Friendly (Nicosia) 67-66
27/11/2017 World War I (Heraklion) 82-61
28/06/2018 World War II (Tel Aviv) 96-78