By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
Coming out of the 2024 Stoiximan Basket League Playoffs, three international players of Panathinaikos Aktor are dealing with injuries.
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Pending additional medical tests, Kostas Sloukas and Juancho Hernangomez seem to have suffered a calf strain. Over the next few days and depending on the severity of their injuries, the senior national teams of Greece and Spain will decide on their potential participation in approaching FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments. Both Greece and Spain are hosts of their respective OQT groups.
Furthermore, fellow Panathinaikos player Ioannis Papapetrou has been ruled out for the tournament in Piraeus. Two players, Lefteris Mantzoukas and Giorgos Tanoulis have been called up as reinforcements to the training camp for head coach Vassilis Spanoulis.
Updated extended roster
- Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks)
- Kostas Antetokounmpo (Panathinaikos Aktor)
- Neoklis Avdalas (Karditsa)
- Nick Calathes (Fenerbahce Beko)
- Vassilis Charalampopoulos (Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari)
- Nikos Chougkaz (Peristeri bwin)
- Panagiotis Kalaitzakis (Panathinaikos Aktor)
- Giannis Kouzeloglou (AEK Betsson)
- Giannoulis Larentzakis (Olympiacos)
- Michalis Lountzis (Olympiacos)
- Lefteris Mantzoukas (Panathinaikos Aktor)
- Konstantinos Mitoglou (Panathinaikos Aktor)
- Dimitris Moraitis (Panathinaikos Aktor)
- Giorgos Papagiannis (Fenerbahce Beko)
- Kostas Papanikolaou (Olympiacos)
- Kostas Sloukas (Panathinaikos Aktor)
- Giorgos Tanoulis (Olympiacos)
- Vassilis Toliopoulos (Aris Midea)
- Thomas Walkup (Olympiacos)
Greece was drawn in Group B of the preliminary round of the OQT alongside the Dominican Republic and Egypt. In Group A, Croatia, Slovenia, and New Zealand will battle for the two spots in the Semifinals. Only one ticket to the Olympic Games is available among those six countries.
The OQTs are scheduled to take place from 2 to 7 of July. The basketball tournament of the Olympic Games follows from July 27 to August 10.