82-67 for our National Team vs. Turkey

[Genome]

[DUDE]

[evalagoal]

Should this result surprise anyone?

ELLAS OLE OLEEEEEEEEE!

:gr: :gr: :gr: :gr: :gr: :gr:

[Crazy]

What is going on in here??Are we turning into a powerhouse in the young divisions also.Fear us Europe,THE GREEKS ARE COMING :gr: :gr: :gr: :gr: :gr:

[plato-ny]

Last 4 times Greece played Turkey, Greece has won 3 of the last 4 matches in the past 2 years:

2006: FIBA WC Division Play: Greece-Turkey 76-69

2007: U20: Division Play: Greece-Turkey 63-62

2007: U18: Division Play: Greece-Turkey 82-67

2007: U16: Division play: Greece-Turkey 54-64

Other recent years: (Look how dominant Greece has been against Turkey):

2006: U20 Quarterfinal Round: Greece-Turkey 80-78 IN Turkey (although Turkey had already passed and Greece was already out so Turkey gets a pass)

2004: U18 Division Play: Greece 57-Turkey 73

2002: U20 Division Play: Greece 95 - Turkey 75

2002: U18 Division Play: Greece-Turkey 92-79

2000: U20 Division Play: Greece - Turkey 98-94, 2OT

1999: (former) U-17 Semifinal: Greece - Turkey 71-64

1999: (former) U-17 Division play Greece - Turkey 72-65

1999: World University Games Classification Round: Greece-Turkey 85-73

Serbia is becoming the powerhouse in youth tournaments, not Greece, as "crazy" put it. They won the U-16 championship, the u-20 championship, and the FIBA U-19 championship, which included a victory against the USA. All in the past few months. They have won several youth tournaments, in Europe and FIBA WC, since becoming independent. Greece has been one of the best of the youth tournaments, winning U20 in 2002 and FIBA WC u19 in 1995 and making the final of FIBA WC 2005 u21 and semifinal of FIBA WC 2003 U19, but not like Serbia.

[dark_horse]

So much for the Turks to talk about how they are more surpior to the Greeks in football, it seems like in basketball it's the opposeit story. :D

[plato-ny]

Stats for Kostas Koufos in the first 3 matches of U18 where Greece beat Israel, Bulgaria, and Turkey and went 3-0 in their division. Next opponent is Estonia. Koufos will play for Ohio State of NCAA. He is playing well.

http://www.fibaeurope-u18men.com/en/Defaul...&playerID=63101

[plato-ny]

Matches with Turkey in the past (combining information from a previous postof mine):

Eurobasket 1949: Greece-Turkey 54-41 (division play/final round)

Eurobasket 1951: Greece-Turkey 36-42 (classification round/final round)

Eurobasket 1975: Greece-Turkey 64-74 (classification round)

Eurobasket 1997: Greece-Turkey 74-52 (preliminary round)

Dead-Even in Eurobasket matches but including last year's FIBA WC match and Greece leads 3-2. In Eurobasket, Greece has 2 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze while Turkey has 1 silver. Advantage to Greece.

Youth tournaments:

1971 U16: Greece-Turkey 53-42 (preliminary round)

1989 U16: Greece-Turkey 64-61 (semifinal)

1991 U16: Greece-Turkey 86-67 (preliminary round)

1995 U16: Greece-Turkey 58-55 (preliminary round)

1999 U16: Greece-Turkey 72-65 (preliminary round)

1999 U16: Greece-Turkey 71-64 (semifinal)

2004 U16: Greece-Turkey 64-69 (quarterfinal)

2007 U16: Greece-Turkey 54-64 (preliminary round)

1988 U18: Greece-Turkey 75-74 (preliminary round)

1998 U18: Greece-Turkey 77-49 (preliminary round)

2002 U18 Greece-Turkey 92-79 (preliminary round)

2004 U18 Greece-Turkey 57-73 (preliminary round)

2007 U18 Greece-Turkey 82-67 (preliminary round)

2000 U20 Greece-Turkey 98-94, 2OT (preliminary round)

2002 U20 Greece-Turkey 95-75 (preliminary round)

2006 U20 Greece-Turkey 80-78 IN Turkey (Quarterfinal match, although Turkey had already passed to the semis and Greece was already out so Turkey gets a pass)

2007 U20 Greece-Turkey 63-62 (preliminary round)

Miscellaneous:

1999 (former) U-17 Greece-Turkey 71-64 (Semifinal)

1999 (former) U-17 Greece-Turkey 72-65 (Preliminary round)

1999 World University Games: Greece-Turkey 85-73 (Classification Round)

Greece has won a large majority of youth matches with Turkey. Greece won U16 in 1989 and 1993 and the U20 in 2002. Turkey won U16 in 1977 and 2005. Greece has won 3 euro-youth tournaments and Turkey has won 2.

Greece won silver in FIBA WC U21 in 2003. Greece has been a FIBA U-19 World Champ (1995) and a bronze winner in 2003. Turkey never won a medal in FIBA WC u19 or WC u21.