Greece announces Final Squad for FIBA Basketball World Cup

19/08/202323:04

Released Panagiotis Kalaitzakis and Giorgios Tsalmpouris

Greece has announced the 12 players chosen by coach Itoudis for the 2023 World Cup.

The list:

Kostas Papanikolaou, Thanasis Antetokounmpo, Giannoulis Larentzakis, Ioannis Papapetrou, Georgios Papagiannis, Michalis Lountzis, Dinos Mitoglou, Nikos Rogavopoulos, Thomas Walkup, Lefteris Bohorides, Dimitris Moraitis and Manolis Chatzidakis.

Greece is in Group C with Team USA, Jordan and New Zealand.

Οι Παναγιώτης Καλαϊτζάκης και Γιώργος Τσαλμπούρης είναι οι δύο τελευταίοι παίκτες που αποχωρούν από την προετοιμασία της Εθνικής Ανδρών για το Παγκόσμιο Κύπελλο. @FIBAWC #FIBAWC #PantaDipla #WinForHellas #HellasBasketball 🏀🇬🇷 https://t.co/uXN7MqCbcL

— Hellenic Basketball (@HellenicBF) August 19, 2023

Rimas Kurtinaitis resigns as Lithuania head coach

The coach steps down after nearly two years in charge, with the entire national team staff also resigning. A new head coach will be appointed after the election of the new Lietuvos krepšinis president.