Giannis and the Antetokounmpo coat of Greece, 8to promoting Euroet 2022.
Superstar Milwaukee Bucks and the NBA 2021 champion - Giannis Antetokounmpo - will play for the Greek team in Eurobaket 2022. This information has just been confirmed by the President of the Greek basketball federation to the press.
Not only is it "a god", the Greek team also has 4 AntoKounmpo brothers, including Thanasis, Giannis, Kostas and Alex Antetokounmpo.
This is the effort of Giannis brothers to compete with Greece to compete the championship in EuroBaket, the event was held every 4 years to find the "king" in Europe.
More information about EuroBaket, this tournament was held every 4 years, taking place exactly 1 year right after the summer Olympic Games.
The most recent EuroBaket was held last year, but because the Olympics in Tokyo moved to 2021, the European Championship Basketball League was transferred to 2022.
This time, the tournament will take place from September 1 to September 18 in four different countries including the Czech Republic, Georgia, Italy and Germany. Particularly for the knockout round, including semi -finals and finals will be held in Berlin, Germany.
Historically, the Greek team participated in Eurobaket 17 times. They used to own two championship trophies in 1987 and 2005, second in 1989.
However, in the past decade, Greece has never stepped up to the position of the top 3 teams. The last time participated in 2017, they were eliminated in the quarterfinals after losing to the Russian team.
This time with the presence of 4 Antetokounmpo brothers and a more uniform squad, hoping to compete for the high position of the Greek team is rising higher than ever.
Particularly, Giannis Antetokounmpo, this is an opportunity for him to succeed in the international arena because in the last time he played for the team, "Asia God" could not even bring Greece from the FIBA World Cup group stage. 2019.
Besides Giannis Antetokounmpo, EuroBasket 2022 also has the presence of many other European superstars that are storming in NBA.
The most prominent among this is the current MVP Nikola Jokic, who will wear the Serbian team in the hope of touching the championship.
It is also impossible to ignore the Rudy Gobert - Evan Fournier duo of the French team or Luka Doncic - Goran Dragic of the defending champion Slovenia.
