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The Greece national team: basketball quiz

10 October 2026 · Two EuroBasket titles, a home World Championship and players born far from Greece: ten questions about the Ethniki.

Quiz questions

  1. At Paris 2024, Greece's first Olympics since 2008, their run ended in the quarter-final, 63-76 against the reigning world champions. Who beat them?

    • Serbia
    • Germany
    • France
    • Canada
    Answer

    Germany, the 2023 world champions, won 76-63 despite 22 points from Giannis Antetokounmpo. Greece had qualified by winning the qualifying tournament in Piraeus.

  2. Born in Cameroon to a Greek father, this powerful centre was nicknamed 'Baby Shaq'. The Clippers drafted him in 2003, and in Europe he played for Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and Maccabi Tel Aviv. Who is he?

    • Ioannis Bourousis
    • Lazaros Papadopoulos
    • Antonis Fotsis
    • Sofoklis Schortsanitis
    Answer

    Sofoklis Schortsanitis was part of the Greece team that took silver at the 2006 World Championship.

  3. Greece won its second EuroBasket title in 2005, beating Germany 78-62 in the final. The tournament was played in four cities. Where was the final?

    • Belgrade
    • Novi Sad
    • Podgorica
    • Vršac
    Answer

    The final was in Belgrade. Theodoros Papaloukas and Dimitris Diamantidis ran the Greek backcourt.

  4. He played in the Greece team that won EuroBasket 1987, and 18 years later he coached Greece to the 2005 title. In 2006 he also took them to the World Championship final. Who is he?

    • Nikos Galis
    • Dušan Ivković
    • Panagiotis Giannakis
    • Fotis Katsikaris
    Answer

    As a player Panagiotis Giannakis was Nikos Galis's backcourt partner. Before 2005 Greece had not won a medal since 1989.

  5. This 2.13 m centre won EuroBasket gold in 1987 and silver in 1989. Portland drafted him in 1986, but he never played in the NBA, and from 2007 to 2010 he was mayor of Piraeus. Who is he?

    • Fanis Christodoulou
    • Panagiotis Fasoulas
    • Memos Ioannou
    • Nikos Filippou
    Answer

    Panagiotis Fasoulas won the 1997 EuroLeague with Olympiacos and is still the Greek league's all-time leader in blocks.

  6. Name the player from his clubs.

    • Vassilis Spanoulis
    • Dimitris Diamantidis
    • Theodoros Papaloukas
    • Nikos Zisis
    Answer

    Vassilis Spanoulis won the EuroLeague with Panathinaikos in 2009 and with Olympiacos in 2012 and 2013. With Greece he won EuroBasket 2005.

  7. Greece's captain at Paris 2024 had won the EuroLeague with Olympiacos in 2012 and 2013 and had played NBA seasons in Houston and Denver. Who is he?

    • Kostas Sloukas
    • Georgios Printezis
    • Ioannis Papapetrou
    • Kostas Papanikolaou
    Answer

    Kostas Papanikolaou went back to Olympiacos in 2016 after his NBA spell. In the Paris quarter-final he had 10 points and 8 rebounds.

  8. Three of these Greece internationals were born in the United States. Which one was born in Greece?

    • Nikos Galis
    • Nick Calathes
    • Kostas Sloukas
    • Tyler Dorsey
    Answer

    Kostas Sloukas was born in Thessaloniki. Galis was born in Union City, New Jersey, Calathes in Florida and Dorsey in Pasadena, California.

  9. Greece hosted the 1998 World Championship, with games in Athens and Piraeus. Yugoslavia won it. Where did the hosts finish?

    • Fourth
    • Third
    • Second
    • Fifth
    Answer

    Fourth. Greece lost the semi-final and then the bronze game 61-84 to a US team made up of non-NBA players because of the lockout.

  10. Greece played in the final at three of these four tournaments. Which one did it miss?

    • EuroBasket 1987
    • EuroBasket 1989
    • EuroBasket 2005
    • EuroBasket 2009
    Answer

    At EuroBasket 2009 in Poland Greece lost the semi-final to Spain and beat Slovenia for bronze. In 1989 they lost the final to Yugoslavia in Zagreb.

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