Greece basketball coach Fotis Katsikaris has announced the 12 players that will represent the country at the upcoming European Championships.



Katsikaris decided on Monday to leave out of his 12-man squad Vladimir Jankovic of Panathinaikos and Dimitris Agravanis of Olympiakos.



The team that will represent Greece at the Eurobasket tournament, which will take place in France, Croatia, Latvia and Germany is as follows:



Nikos Zisis

Vassilis Spanoulis

Nick Calathes

Kostas Sloukas

Vangelis Mantzaris

Stratos Perperoglou

Kostas Papanikolaou

Giannis Antetokounmpo

Kostas Kaimakoglou

Giorgos Printezis

Yiannis Bourousis

Kostas Koufos



Greece beat Russia 80-65 in the final game of a four-team friendly tournament in Xanthi on Sunday. The final stage of the national team’s preparation will take place at the Acropolis Tournament in Athens.



Greece will play The Netherlands, Turkey and Lithuania on Thursday, Friday and Saturday this week respectively.



At the European Championships, Greece will face the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Croatia, Georgia, Slovenia and the Netherlands in the group stage.



The first game, against FYROM, is on September 5.