A proposal from the Municipality of Fili to make the closed Ano Liossia (seat of the basketball team of AEK) the permanent seat of the National Team made by the local government, after the successful organization of the match between Greece and Turkey for the 2023 World Cup qualifiers on Friday (72-71).
However, information states that the federation intends for the National Team not to play permanently in Athens, but to be in various cities in Greece, as has happened in the recent past, where it played in Thessaloniki, Patras and Heraklion.
The press release of the Municipality of Fili states:
An important proposal of the Mayor of the Tribe, Christos Pappos, comes in the aftermath of the successful organization and the victorious result of the basketball match with Turkey, which was held on Friday, February 25, 2022 at the Indoor Olympic Gymnasium of Ano Liossia.
In a letter to the President of the EEC Evangelos Liolios, Christos Pappous, together with his congratulations for the organization and the result, proposes that the Municipality of Fyli be the permanent seat of the National Team. In fact, on the occasion of the great support for the “official favorite”, which was manifested in the stadium and on Social Media, he speaks of an ardent desire of the citizens and puts at the disposal of the EEC all the forces of the Municipality of Fili.
The proposal of the Mayor of Fili is a continuation of the statement he had made immediately after the end of the race.
«The heart of Greek basketball beat tonight in the Municipality of Fili, justifying our choice to connect this particular Olympic facility with the team sport that has brought the greatest distinctions in our country. Congratulations to the National Team for its victory. I wish success in its next games and I hope that our Municipality will be its permanent seat“, Had stated the Mayor of Fili.
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