In rhythm Pre-Olympic Tournament (2-7/7) officially enters National team.
The “Official Sweetheart” will premiere in the pre-season friendliesas he will welcome her Poland (21/6, 20:00, www.sportfm.gr, News Bulletin 247, ERT2), at SEF.
This will be the first friendly test for his team Vasilis Spanoulis and then will follow the Acropolis tournament (25-27/6) against Montenegro and the Bahamas. Tickets will be available electronics and from SEF publishing houses, from where fans will be able to purchase tickets for Phase 1 of the Pre-Olympic Tournament at preferential prices.
As far as the competitive part is concerned, all the international players have been integrated into the National Team, but some of them are not yet ready to compete. The reason for them Giannis Antetokounmpo and Kostas Sloukas. Their forward Bucks is undergoing treatment for the injury that plagued him during the NBA Playoffs. His leader also makes a special program Panathinaikou, due to discomfort he received from the finals of the championship. However, there is optimism in the “official favorite” that both will be ready to play in the Pre-Olympic tournament. Today, however, they are not going to play.
On the other hand, Poland also wants to… measure its strength, as it also participates in the Pre-Olympic tournament, but what will happen in Valencia, Spain.
His representative group Igor Milicic came to Piraeus with a strong roster, which consists of 13 players. The name that stands out a bit more is that of NBAer and San Antonio Spurs player, Jeremy Sochan. From here on, the Polish team includes players who are widely known to the Greek public.
In particular, the team’s naturalized for many years and former Panathinaikos, is on the mission. AJ Slaughter. From there, the “green” center is available, Alexander Balcherovskybut also the former “clover” player, Mateus Ponitka. The… puzzle of the “acquaintances” is completed by Michal Michalakwho played for PAOK this year.
The 13 of Poland: Balcherowski, Bogutski, Djieva, Mazurczak, Michalak, Milicic, Niziol, Pluta, Ponitka, Slaughter, Sochan, Sokolowski and Zolnierewicz.
What does the story say?
Greece and Poland meet for the 38th time at Men’s level, with the “official favorite” counting 21 wins. Their most recent meeting was for the Acropolis Tournament on August 17, 2022 at OAKA, with the Greek team prevailing 101-78.
05/08/1956 (Pre-Olympic / Cairo): Greece-Poland 54-55
04/07/1957 (Friendly / Athens): Greece-Poland 51-47
11/06/1960 (Friendly / Athens): Greece-Poland 67-61
14/08/1960 (Pre-Olympic / Bologna): Greece-Poland 76-77
30/04/1961 (Eurobasket / Belgrade): Greece-Poland 46-77
02/06/1965 (Eurobasket / Tbilisi): Greece-Poland 62-74
31/07/1966 (Friendly / Athens): Greece-Poland 65-67 (Friendly)
10/08/1972 (Friendly / Augsburg): Greece-Poland 63-82
06/10/1973 (Eurobasket / Badalona): Greece-Poland 65-64
16/05/1975 (World Basketball Qualifiers / Wolfenbitel): Greece-Poland 88-82
12/06/1975 (Eurobasket / Belgrade): Greece-Poland 79-74
08/06/1976 (Friendly / Kozice): Greece-Poland 69-73
12/05/1979 (Friendly / Thessaloniki): Greece-Poland 84-81
24/05/1979 (Basketball World Qualifiers / Thessaloniki): Greece-Poland 90-83
16/06/1979 (Eurobasket / Turin): Greece-Poland 73-77
22/04/1981 (Friendly / Pecs): Greece-Poland 83-84
01/06/1981 (Eurobasket / Bratislava): Greece-Poland 78-89
29/10/1981 (Friendly / Thessaloniki): Greece-Poland 80-79
16/05/1982 (Friendly / Pecs): Greece-Poland 77-84
10/09/1984 (EuroBasket Qualifiers / Helsinki: Greece-Poland 88-89
13/02/1985 (EuroBasket Qualifiers / Thessaloniki): Greece-Poland 92-99
30/05/1985 (Friendly / Bratislava): Greece-Poland 62-83
13/02/1986 (Basketball World Qualifiers / Czesochova): Greece-Poland 97-100
21/06/1988 (Friendly / Piraeus): Greece-Poland 106-94
14/06/1991 (Friendly / Piraeus): Greece-Poland 80-74
17/06/1997 (Friendly / Girona): Greece-Poland 103-70
04/07/1997 (Eurobasket / Barcelona): Greece-Poland 72-62
17/07/1998 (Friendly / Athens): Greece-Poland 91-60
20/07/1998 (Tournament Acropolis / Athens): Greece-Poland 88-39
02/26/2000 (EuroBasket Qualifiers / Kalamata): Greece-Poland 78-60
27/01/2001 (EuroBasket Qualifiers / Wroclaw): Greece-Poland 75-81
07/08/2001 (Friendly / Thessaloniki): Greece-Poland 90-67
17/08/2002 (Friendly / Sunderdal): Greece-Poland 77-71
25/08/2003 (Tournament Acropolis / Glyfada): Greece-Poland 91-62
12/08/2011 (Friendly / Rimini): Greece-Poland 71-50
06/09/2017 (Eurobasket / Helsinki) Greece-Poland 95-77
17/08/2022 (Acropolis Tournament) Greece-Poland 101-78
Source: Sport Fm
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