{"id":136463,"date":"2025-09-12T00:40:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T00:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/136463\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T00:40:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T00:40:13","slug":"turkiye-vs-greece-what-does-their-head-to-head-history-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/136463\/","title":{"rendered":"T\u00fcrkiye vs Greece: What does their head-to-head history say?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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RIGA (Latvia) – The Semi-Final matchup between Greece and T\u00fcrkiye has all the makings of a showdown for the ages. <\/p>\n

Both teams have generational superstars leading them at FIBA EuroBasket 2025 and both proud basketball nations are hungry to end long droughts. On top of that is the local rivalry as well. <\/p>\n

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Giannis Antetokounmpo and Greece are hungry for their first title since 2005 or at the very least their first podium finish since third place in 2009. Alperen Sengun and T\u00fcrkiye only have one EuroBasket medal, that dating back to second place in 2001. <\/p>\n

The overall head-to-head in official FIBA competitions stands at 11-3 in favour of Greece, with their only defeat in the last 11 meetings coming at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2010.<\/p>\n

2022: T\u00fcrkiye 67-76 Greece \"\"<\/p>\n

Kostas Sloukas helped Greece to the win on the road<\/p>\n

FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 European Qualifiers<\/p>\n

Greece and T\u00fcrkiye played back-to-back games in the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 European Qualifiers in the First Round with the second game taking place in Istanbul. Greece pulled away with a 26-13 third quarter for the victory. <\/p>\n

Dimitrios Agravanis collected 22 points and 11 rebounds and Georgios Papagiannis contributed 21 points and 9 rebounds.<\/p>\n

2022: Greece 72-71 T\u00fcrkiye \"\"<\/p>\n

This showdown was a battle until the end<\/p>\n

FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 European Qualifiers<\/p>\n

The first game of the back-to-backs in the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 European Qualifiers was played in Athens. <\/p>\n

Greece wasted a 15-point lead but Kostas Papanikolaou made two free throws with 3.0 seconds to secure the win. Dimitrios Agravanis and Georgios Papagiannis both scored 14 points in the victory.<\/p>\n

2021: T\u00fcrkiye 63-81 Greece\"\"<\/p>\n

Greece got the best of Alperen Sengun in 2021<\/p>\n

FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2020, Victoria<\/p>\n

The two rivals squared off in the Semi-Finals of the OQT in Victoria, Canada. T\u00fcrkiye led 22-8 after 10 minutes but Greece were dominant in the second half with a 54-29 final 20 minutes. <\/p>\n

Nick Calathes and Kostas Sloukas combined for 33 points and 15 assists and Georgios Papagiannis added 14 points and 13 rebounds. <\/p>\n

2013: T\u00fcrkiye 61-84 Greece \"\"<\/p>\n

Stratos Perperoglou was a big part of the win with 12 points<\/p>\n

FIBA EuroBasket 2013<\/p>\n

Two teams going in different direction in the Group Phase at FIBA EuroBasket 2013. Greece won 84-61 to improve to 3-0 in the group while T\u00fcrkiye fell to 0-3. <\/p>\n

Ioannis Bourousis scored 21 points and Nikos Zisis had 6 points and 11 assists.<\/p>\n

2010: Greece 65-76 T\u00fcrkiye\"\"<\/p>\n

Hidayet Turkoglu drives to the basket against Greece <\/p>\n

FIBA Basketball World Cup 2010<\/p>\n

The Ankara Arena was packed for the traditional rivalry in the third game of the group stage, and the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2010 hosts T\u00fcrkiye did not disappoint the home fans. <\/p>\n

T\u00fcrkiye took control in the third quarter to win 76-65 with Ersan Ilyasova, Omer Asik and Semih Erden combining for 48 points. <\/p>\n

Full head-to-head in official FIBA competitions:<\/p>\n

Year<\/p>\n

Competition<\/p>\n

Stage<\/p>\n

Result<\/p>\n

2022<\/p>\n

FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 European Qualifiers<\/p>\n

First Round<\/p>\n

GRE won 76-67<\/p>\n

2022<\/p>\n

FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 European Qualifiers<\/p>\n

First Round<\/p>\n

GRE won 72-71<\/p>\n

2021<\/p>\n

FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2020, Victoria<\/p>\n

Semi-Finals<\/p>\n

GRE won 81-63<\/p>\n

2013<\/p>\n

FIBA EuroBasket<\/p>\n

Group Phase<\/p>\n

GRE won 84-61<\/p>\n

2010<\/p>\n

FIBA Basketball World Cup 2010<\/p>\n

Group Phase<\/p>\n

TUR won 76-65<\/p>\n

2009<\/p>\n

FIBA EuroBasket 2009<\/p>\n

Quarter-Finals<\/p>\n

GRE won 76-74 (OT)<\/p>\n

2006<\/p>\n

FIBA Basketball World Cup 2006<\/p>\n

Group Phase<\/p>\n

GRE won 76-69<\/p>\n

2003<\/p>\n

FIBA EuroBasket 2003<\/p>\n

Group Phase<\/p>\n

GRE won 75-70<\/p>\n

1997<\/p>\n

FIBA EuroBasket 1997<\/p>\n

Group Phase<\/p>\n

GRE won 74-52<\/p>\n

1984<\/p>\n

FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament 1984<\/p>\n

Group Phase<\/p>\n

GRE won 83-73<\/p>\n

1981<\/p>\n

FIBA EuroBasket 1981<\/p>\n

Classification 7-12<\/p>\n

GRE won 72-64<\/p>\n

1975<\/p>\n

FIBA EuroBasket 1975<\/p>\n

Classification 7-12<\/p>\n

TUR won 74-64<\/p>\n

1951<\/p>\n

FIBA EuroBasket 1951<\/p>\n

Classification 5-8<\/p>\n

TUR won 42-36<\/p>\n

1949<\/p>\n

FIBA EuroBasket 1949<\/p>\n

Final Round<\/p>\n

GRE won 54-41<\/p>\n

FIBA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The official EuroBasket app Download Now RIGA (Latvia) – The Semi-Final matchup between Greece and T\u00fcrkiye has all…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136464,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-136463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}