Further information: List of basketball clubs in Greece by major honours won
Further information: Greek basketball clubs in European competitions
Basketball in Greece
Country
Greece
Governing body
Hellenic Basketball Federation HEBA
National team(s)
Greece
First played
1910
Clubs
10(Men)
National competitions
Greek Cup Greek Women's Cup
Club competitions
Greek Basket League Greek Super Cup Greek A2 Basket League Greek B Basket League Greek C Basket League Greek Women's Basket League Greek Women's A2 League
International competitions
FIBA World Cup Summer Olympic Games EuroBasket EuroLeague EuroCup FIBA Champions League FIBA Women's World Cup EuroBasket Women EuroLeague Women EuroCup Women
Basketballin Greece erupted with the win of the Greece men's national basketball team at the 1987 EuroBasket in Athens, which caused a general basketball euphoria in the country. Since then, the Greece men's national teams have achieved consistent international success, leading Greece to join Russia, Serbia, Croatia, Italy, Spain, France, and Lithuania in the circle of European basketball powers. In addition to the Greece national team's triumph in 1987, they won the gold medal at the 2005 EuroBasket, silver medals at the 1989 EuroBasket, and the 2006 FIBA World Cup, and the bronze medal at the 2009 EuroBasket.
At the professional club level, the Greece men's basketball clubs have, in European-wide Cup competitions, organized under both FIBA and EuroLeague Basketball, won 18 European championships, 9 of which have been won in the 1st-tier level EuroLeague competition, as well as three world club championships at the FIBA Club World Cup, bringing the total amount of international titles won by Greek men's clubs to 21. At the women's professional club level, Athinaikos won the title of the 2nd-tier EuroCup, in 2010.
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