Ioannis Papapetrou officially announced that he will not join the Greek national team for the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Piraeus, Greeece next month (July 2-7). Amid an injury-plagued season, where he was forced to miss a few months with a knee injury, the Greek forward will skip the tournament to rest and avoid re-aggravating the injury.
Following Ioannis Papapetrou’s departure, the premilinary roster of Greece for the Olympic Qualifying Tournament is as follows:
- Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks)
- Kostas Antetokounmpo (Panathinaikos)
- Neoklis Avdalas (Karditsa)
- Nick Calathes (Fenerbahce)
- Vassilis Charalampopoulos (Sassari)
- Nikos Chougkaz (Peristeri)
- Panagiotis Kalaitzakis (Panathinaikos)
- Giannis Kouzeloglou (AEK)
- Giannoulis Larentzakis (Olympiacos)
- Michalis Lountzis (Olympiacos)
- Lefteris Mantzoukas (Panathinaikos)
- Konstantinos Mitoglou (Panathinaikos)
- Dimitris Moraitis (Panathinaikos)
- Giorgos Papagiannis (Fenerbahce)
- Kostas Papanikolaou (Olympiacos)
- Kostas Sloukas (Panathinaikos)
- Giorgos Tanoulis (Olympiacos)
- Vassilis Toliopoulos (Aris)
- Thomas Walkup (Olympiacos)
Greece will face the Dominican Republic and Egypt in Group B of the tournament. Group A consists of Croatia, Slovenia, and New Zealand. The top two teams will reach the semi-finals and only one will advance to the Olympic Games in late July.
