The Women’s National Team has started preparations for Eurobasket

Her preparation for him Eurobasket (June 15-25, Slovenia-Israel) began the Women’s National Team with many smiles at the first gathering, which took place on Monday morning at OAKA.

The program of the first day included ergometric tests. Absent was Evina Stamatis who continues treatment after her injury, h Mariella Fasoula which just yesterday completed its obligations in the Spanish league and Elena Tsineke with whom there is constant communication, as he has been selected by a WNBA team and is located in the USA.

The national team will train tomorrow morning at OAKA and then will leave for Portaria where it will carry out the main stage of its preparation.

It should be noted that EuroBasket 2023 will be held in Slovenia and Israel June 15-25. The Greek team will compete in the first phase in Israel and will face Montenegro (15/6, 12.15), Latvia (16/6, 18.15) and Spain (18/6, 18.45) in the group.

Speaking about the start of the preparation, the federal coach Petros Prekas said: “We made a great effort in the last year and a half for this moment to come, that is, to start our preparation for Eurobasket. We have a lot of great appetite and can’t wait to get on the field and work hard. If we are healthy and work hard I think we will have a very good run. We know the teams we will face and the specifics of each game. We will work on these elements to be able to get the results in the group matches».

The request for the Women’s National Team is a step up compared to the previous Eurobasket with Petros Prekas explaining: “It is too early to say that, because we have to see the teams and how they will present themselves on the field. In the national teams there are peculiarities and very big changes. We have to see what roster the opponents will have, how they play, but also how we play, and then make an assessment. I’m sure we’ll do our best».

Finally, he also referred to the pre-season friendlies, emphasizing characteristics:We have chosen to play strong in friendlies and will face high level teams such as Turkey, Belgium, Italy. We do this in order to prepare as well as possible. We don’t care about the result. We want to prepare the team to be ready on June 15th».

Details of the 16 players invited to the preparation:

2 Athena Lexa 08.04.2002 1.77 1-2 Kanisius

4 Anna Niki Stamolambrou 26.08.1995 1.70 1 Olympiacos

5 Elena Bosgana 04.12.2003 1.88 3-4 Stanford

6 Dionysia Alexandri 24.10.1989 1.65 1 Panathinaikos

8 Penelope Pavlopoulou 03.03.1996 1.70 1 Panathinaikos

9 Lilianna Karakasidou 09.12.2001 1.65 1 Eleftheria Moschato

10 Eva Koumantsiotou 09.06.2004 1.88 5 Aris

12 Katerina Sotiriou 03.01.1984 1.86 3-4 Panathinaikos

15 Artemis Spanou 01.01.1993 1.86 4-5 Polkovice

21 Eleanna Christinaki 16.12.1996 1.83 2 Panathinaikos

23 Elena Chinecke 11.07.1999 1.76 2 Washington Mystics

25 Antigoni Hairistanidou 03.10.1990 1.88 3-4 Panathinaikos

26 Ioanna Diela 02.06.1990 1.82 3 Olympiacos

34 Mariella Fasoula 02.09.1997 1.95 5 Avenida Perfumery

44 Renia Karlafti 08.06.1998 1.80 2 PAOK

55 Evina Stamati 02.08.1984 1.81 2 Olympiacos

Coach: Petros Prekas

B. Coach: Dimitra Kalentzou, Giorgos Tseperis, Dimitris Perdikos

Gymnast: Vangelis Anifantis

Doctor: Yannis Tsapakidis

Physiotherapists: Lousi Zourni, Andreas Fatouros

Caregiver: Andreas Franceskos, Andreas Koutsiavtis

Team Manager: Sofia Kligopoulou