{"id":4018,"date":"2025-02-22T00:14:31","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T00:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/toliopoulos-sends-greece-to-eurobasket-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-02-22T00:14:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T00:14:31","slug":"toliopoulos-sends-greece-to-eurobasket-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/toliopoulos-sends-greece-to-eurobasket-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Toliopoulos sends Greece to Eurobasket 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1262370\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Toliopoulos-320x200.jpg?v=1740174811\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Toliopoulos.jpg?v=1740174811\" alt=\"Toliopoulos sends Greece to Eurobasket 2025\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Toliopoulos.jpg?v=1740174811\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>[Intime]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>The Greek men\u2019s national basketball team has narrowly defeated (93-89 in overtime) the Czech Republic away and qualified to Eurobasket 2025 with its fourth win in five games, and a game to spare.<\/p>\n<p>Being without several top-pick players, but strengthened with some of Greece\u2019s Euroleague stars, the team of coach Vassilis Spanoulis had to work very hard to match its Czech hosts.<\/p>\n<p>It would have actually lost Friday\u2019s game were it not for a Vassilis Toliopoulos triple just two seconds from the end that forced overtime, during which the Greeks were superior and won by four in the end.<\/p>\n<p>Toliopoulos scored 26 points, including five three-pointers.<\/p>\n<p>In its final qualification group game Greece will host the Netherlands in Patra on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s Eurobasket will take place in Cyprus, Latvia, Poland and Finland from August 27 to September 14.<\/p>\n<p>Greece will be in Cyprus\u2019 pool and face the host in its opening game.<\/p>\n<p>NBA super star Giannis Antetokounmpo has expressed his desire to play for Greece once again this summer.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/sports\/1262370\/toliopoulos-sends-greece-to-eurobasket-2025\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Intime] The Greek men\u2019s national basketball team has narrowly defeated (93-89 in overtime) the Czech Republic away and qualified to Eurobasket 2025 with its fourth win in five games, and a game to spare. 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