National Youth Team: The 12th for the European U18

The National Youth Team leaves on Thursday morning with the final destination in Nis, Serbia, where the U18 European Championship will be held from July 22-30. Vangelis Ziagou’s team may even be aiming for a medal, based on the talent of the 12 selected.

The mission of the Greek team is as follows:

A Name Height Date General Team

1 Haris Paraskevopoulos 1.98 03.01.2005 Prometheus P.

2 Lykourgos Vasilantonakis 2.01 05.02.2006 Panathinaikos

7 Yannis Maragoudakis 1.82 01.02.2006 Peristeri

11 Stratos Kalliontzis 2.08 19.09.2005 PAOK

12 Alexandros Kamberidis 2.05 20.06.2005 Peristeri

16 Nikos Hitikoudis 2.03 16.05.2005 CHANTH

19 Michalis Sprintzios 2.05 09.02.2005 Lavrio

20 Alexandros Samonturov 2.10 20.04.2005 Panathinaikos

21 Neoklis Avdalas 2.00 04.02.2006 Panathinaikos

31 Lefteris Liotopoulos 1.94 02.08.2006 TEN

81 Benjamin Abosi 2.00 15.01.2006 Olympiacos

91 Yannis Komnianidis 1.83 02.08.2006 HANTH

Coach: Vangelis Ziagos

B. Coach: Dimitris Varvounis, Iosif Nikolaidis

Gymnast: Thanassis Alexandrakis

Doctor: George Christidis

Physiotherapist: Tassos Papagiannidis

Team Manager: Lambros Takis

Greece will compete in Group D. It will face Italy (22/7, 18.00), Spain (23/7, 20.30) and Denmark (24/7, 15.30) in order. All the games of our representative group will be broadcast by ERT3.