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OUR The Greek national team took a ticket to the final phase of the 2023 World Cup with a sword. In 10 games, he had a record of 6 wins and 4 losses and featured 39 players who competed sometimes under Dimitris Itoudis and sometimes Sotiris Manolopoulos.

More… P. Kalaitsakis and K. Gondikas turned out to be “faithful” to the Greek team, the only ones who played 7 matches each. They are followed by: Kostas Papanikolaou 6, Dimitris Agravanis 6, Yannulis Larentsakis 6, Vassilis Muratos 6, Michalis Luntsis 6, Dimitris Moraitis 5, Nikos Ghikas 4, Tyler Dorsey 3, George Papagiannis 3, Nick Kalatis 3, Kostas Sloukas 3, Nikos Rogapoulos 3 , Lefteris Bohorides 3, George Tsalbourides 3, Leonidas Kaselakis 3, Yiannis Kouzeloglu 3, Giannis Antetokounmpo 2, Thanasis Antetokounmpo 2, Manolis Hatsidakis 2, Vassilis Toliopoulos 2, Dimitris Katsivelis 2, Nikos Hugas 2, Vassilis Stasilos Haralambopoulos 2 , Gian Konos Antetokoumbo 2, Michalis Tsairelis 2, Dimitris Flionis 2, George Papas 2, Dimitris Kaklamanakis 2, Ioannis Papapetrou 1, George Printesis 1, George Tanoulis 1, Vassilis Kavvadas 1, Linos Chrysikopoulos 1, Christos Saloustros 1, Lefteris Manpotzikoukas 1, Omiros Neolos 1 .

The national team took the third place in the final group after Latvia and Serbia. Let’s see how he got there:

First qualifying round

11/25/2021 UK-Greece 78-69

25.02.2022 Greece-Turkey 72-71

02/28/2022 Turkey-Greece 67-76

06/30/2022 Greece-M. UK 93-71

Rating

1. Greece 3:1

2. Turkey 2-2

3M. UK 1-3

Second qualifying round

08/25/2022 Serbia-Greece 100-94

08/28/2022 Greece-Belgium 85-68

11/11/2022 Greece-Latvia 60-80

14/11/2022 Belgium-Greece 70-72

02/24/2023 Greece-Serbia 97-92

27.02.2023 Latvia-Greece 67-57

Final rating

1. Latvia 9:1

2. Serbia 6-4

3. Greece 6-4

4. Turkey 4-6

5. Belgium 4-6

6.M. UK 1-9

There were, of course, the “fighters” of the “windows” from other teams, some carried more weight, others less.

Which of them stood out? let’s go see them

These were the players who led Finland in games where Lauri Markkanen did not play. And they did great. Salin scored 13.1 points on 44.7% from three-point shooting, Yandunen scored 12.3 points on 5.9 rebounds and Vatonen scored 8 points on 4.9 rebounds.

Together with the incredible Toko Sengelia, they led Georgia to the World Cup for the first time in their history. McFadden was the top scorer in the European zone with 226 points in 12 matches, while Sermandini was second on the respective list with 196 points.

He was instrumental in Germany’s big win over Finland, posting 18 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists in the fifth window. He also had 14 assists (!!!), 6 rebounds and 6 points in the last qualifying game against Finland again.

Latvia, despite being eliminated from the EuroBasket, was one of the most stable and productive teams in the World Cup Window. Even though Latvia had to participate in the preliminary qualifiers, where all three players played in all matches (4), Latvia finished with the best result in the European zone in the World Cup qualifiers: they won 11 of their 12 games, and even 11 victories came in a row. , after losing the opening.

Nikolić was a splendid reserve for the Montenegrin team, while Radović turned into an X-factor for his country’s national team during the matches. In fact, in the last two very important matches, Radović showed his best games. He had 16 points and 11 rebounds against Bosnia and 16 points and 9 rebounds against the Czech Republic.

23 players who did not miss a single game of their team during the “windows”:

Belgium: Alexander Lieber

Bosnia: Amar Gegic, Alexander Lazic, Kenan Kamenias

Czech Republic: Thomas Klizlink

Finland: Mikael Jantunen, Sasu Salin, Elias Vatonen

Germany: Justus Holtz

Georgia: Ted McFadden, Giorgi Shermanidi, Kakhaber Dzhinjaradze

Hungary: Akos Keller

Iceland: Trygvi Hlinasson, Egir Steinarsson (match 10/10)

Israel: Tomer Ginat, Nimrod Levy

Latvia: Dairis Bertans, Klavs Kavars, Andreas Grazulis

Montenegro: Zoran Nikolic, Nemanja Radovic

Netherlands: Kage van der Voorst de Vries (played 10/10 matches)

Players who have played in all matches except one:

Bosnia: Antin Vrabac

Hungary: Benedek Varadi

Ireland: Elvar Fridriksson, Jen Axel Gudmundsson, Sigtrigur Bjornsson, Carl Jonsson

Serbia: Marko Gagodic-Kuria

Spain: Yoel Para

Ukraine: Denis Lukasov, Ilya Sidorov