Cyprus national basketball team

Cyprus Cyprus
FIBA ranking 89 Steady (18 September 2018)
Joined FIBA 1972
FIBA zone FIBA Europe
National federation Cyprus Basketball Federation
Coach Panayiotis Yiannaras
Olympic Games
Appearances None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances None
EuroBasket
Appearances None
Championship for Small Countries
Appearances 4
Medals Silver: 1990, 1994
Bronze: 1988, 1992
Uniforms
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Alex Liatsos playing for the Cypriot national basketball team against Austria (with Christoph Nagler and Rasid Mahalbasic) in August 2012

The Cypriot national basketball team is the national basketball team of Cyprus. It is run by the Cyprus Basketball Federation. It is affiliated to FIBA, in the FIBA Europe zone.

History

The team participates at international and European tournaments. The only international tournament it took a part of in 2005, was the World University Games, where it finished 26th out of 30 participating nations.

Cyprus national basketball team was a two-time Promotion Cup finalist (1990, 1994).

The team's results have improved considerably in recent years. Cyprus has repeatedly retained in the European minor countries tournament since 1995, while Cyprus made their first appearance in a EuroBasket semifinal phase in 2003.

Currently, Cyprus continue playing the qualifiers for the EuroBasket and also continues dominating the Games of the Small States of Europe.

Competitive record

Roster

Roster for the EuroBasket 2017 qualification.

Cyprus men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClub
PF 1 Loizides, Christos 25 – (1991-05-26)26 May 1991 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) ETHA Engomis Cyprus
C 3 King, Anthony 31 – (1985-01-22)22 January 1985 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Gaziantep Turkey
PG 5 Michail, Simon 24 – (1992-06-19)19 June 1992 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Keravnos B.C. Cyprus
G/F 6 Pilavas, Andreas 32 – (1983-09-01)1 September 1983 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) ETHA Engomis Cyprus
F/C 7 Trisokkas, Panagiotis 36 – (1980-08-29)29 August 1980 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) AEK Larnaca B.C. Cyprus
G/F 8 Kilaras, Gabriel 26 – (1990-01-09)9 January 1990 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) APOEL B.C. Cyprus
SG 9 Sizopoulos, Andreas 33 – (1983-07-30)30 July 1983 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) AEK Larnaca B.C. Cyprus
PG 11 Koronides, Aristides 34 – (1982-04-20)20 April 1982 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) APOEL B.C. Cyprus
SG 12 Pantouris, Grigoris 34 – (1982-07-22)22 July 1982 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) APOEL B.C. Cyprus
PF 15 Theocharides, George 31 – (1985-06-04)4 June 1985 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Keravnos B.C. Cyprus
C 22 Kaskiris, Christodoulos 36 – (1979-12-22)22 December 1979 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) APOEL B.C. Cyprus
G 27 Razis, Christopher 27 – (1989-07-07)7 July 1989 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Rethymno Cretan Greece
G 44 Panteli, Iakovos 30 – (1985-10-03)3 October 1985 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) AEK Larnaca B.C. Cyprus
SF 99 Stylianou, Nikolaos 27 – (1988-11-09)9 November 1988 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Keravnos B.C. Cyprus
Head coach
  • Greece Panayiotis Yiannaras
Assistant coach(es)
  • Cyprus Nikolas Papadopoulos
  • Greece Nicos Lambrias
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 26 August 2016

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Anthony King Tolis Kaskiris
PF Panagiotis Trisokkas George Theocharides Christos Loizides
SF Nikos Stylianou Andreas Pilavas Gabriel Kilaras
SG Andreas Sizopoulos Grigoris Pantouris Aristides Koronides
PG Iakovos Panteli Christopher Razis Simon Michail

Head coach position

  • Cyprus Christos Stylianidis – 2008-2011
  • Cyprus Antonis Konstantinides – 2012
  • Greece Panagiotis Yiannaras – 2013-2016

Kit

Manufacturer

2015: Champion [1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Cyprus Basketball Federation, http://www.basketball.org.cy/, Retrieved 1 October 2015. (in Greek)

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