The basketball rivalry Greece-Turkey It counts almost a century of life, full of moments, historical clashes and emotional peaks. The two groups have been faced 67 wearwith Greece having the upper hand with 44 wins over Turkey 23.
Their first meeting was written at June 25, 1936 in Constantinople, with Turkey 49-12. It was the first official race in the history of our national team, coaching Mike Stergiadis and players such as Angels, Skilogiannis and Amarantides to write the first lines of the Greek basketball book.
Since then, the two countries have met friendly, qualifying and final stages, but few matches have had the drama of the Eurobasket 2009 quarter -finals in Poland. Greece, with leader Vasilis Spanoulisprevailed 76-74 in the extension, in a race that remained in history. Spanoulis was unstoppable with 23 points and 6/9 three -pointerswhile Zisis, Fotsis and Bouroussi ideally complemented the four of the protagonists.
That victory paved the way for the bronze medal, with Greece dominating Slovenia in the small final. It was one of the most glorious moments in the modern history of National, and another proof that when Greece finds rhythm, it can write history.
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Prehistory Greece-Turkey:
67 matches, 44-23
The matches:
25.06.1936 Constantinople Friendly 12-49
06.11 1946 Athens Friendly 30-34
19.03.1947 Constantinople Friendly 35-25
17.05.1949 Cairo Eurobasket 1949 54-41
11.05.1951 Paris Eurobasket 1951 36-42
10.10.1951 Alexandria Mediterranean 1951 43-37
27.04.1952 Milan friendly 40-36
17.11.1962 Constantinople Balkans 55-72
11.09.1963 Athens Balkans 73-62
18.09.1964 Bucharest Balkans 80-69
17.09.1966 Prague friendly 64-70
21.12.1966 Sofia Balkans 76-62
11.05.1967 Skopje Balkans 81-63
16.09.1967 Tuna Mediterranean 1967 84-87
25.12.1968 Smyrna Balkans 74-99
01.09.1969 Thessaloniki Balkans 75-65
22.09.1971 Vidin Balkan 80-89
10.10.1971 Smyrna Mediterranean 66-80
26.07.1972 Sarajevo Balkans 87-60
14.05.1973 Sobatelli Half. Eurobasket 1973 84-81
12.09.1973 Constantinople Balkan 60-64
24.05.1974 Ankara of Nations Cup 68-70
05.06.1974 Glyfada of Nations Cup 71-55
15.06.1977 Belgrade Eurobasket 1975 64-74
16.05.1977 Helsinki Prokopastik 1977 87-90
18.12.1977 Skopje Balkans 72-63
07.051978 Ankara Balkan 81-80
19.05.1979 Thessaloniki Prokopastik 1979 87-77
14.09.1979 Athens Balkans 92-71
27.09.1979 Split Mediterranean 1979 86-73
12.09.1980 Klouz Balkan 62-56
07.05.1981 Istanbul Half. Eurobasket 1981 85-84
03.06.1981 Prague Eurobasket 1981 72-64
05.12.1981 Sofia Balkan 80-93
04.05.1982 Constantinople Balkans 77-82
25.05.1982 Porto Half. Eurobasket 1983 75-57
02.09.1983 Titofbra Balkans 74-66
16.09.1983 Casablanca Mediterranean 1983 73-77
16.04.1984 LAN MAN Ownership 1984 83-73
16.05.1985 Bucharest Balkans 52-70
15.09.1987 Latakia Mediterranean 1987 66-77
24.12.1988 Antalya Balkans 105-114
22.11.1990 Skopje Balkans 78-77
10.07.1991 Thessaloniki Mediterranean 1991 82-76
12.06.1993 Castello Mediterranean 1993 86-79
29.12.1993 Katerinholm International Tournament 84-79
13.06.1997 Barry Mediterranean 1997 60-51
25.06.1997 Eurobasket Jerona 1997 74-52
26.08.2000 Valladolid International Tournament 61-71
06.09.2003 Boras Eurobasket 2003 75-70
28.06.2005 Almeria Mediterranean 69-78
24.08.2006 Hamamatsu Worldwide 2006 76-69
02.07.2009 Pescara Mediterranean 2009 82-79
18.09.2009 Katowice Eurobasket 2009 76-74
31.08.2010 Ankara Worldwide 2010 65-76
19.08.2011 Bamberg International Tournament 62-38
07.09.2013 Copper Eurobasket 2013 84-61
20.08.2014 Marousi Friendly 70-56
22.08.2014 Constantinople Friendly 76-72
15.08.2015 Constantinople International Tournament 64-73
28.08.2015 Marousi Acropolis Eurobank 62-58
23.06.2016 Marousi Friendly 78-52
26.06.2016 Constantinople Friendly 75-70
17.08.2019 Marousi Acropolis Eurobank 84-70
03.07.2021 Victoria Pre-Olympic 2021 81-63
25.02.2022 Ano Liosia Qualifiers Pag. 2023 72-71
28.02.2022 Constantinople Qualifiers 2023 67-76
Source: Sport Fm
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