European basketball goes Down-Under

The Australian metropolis of Melbourne connected Thursday launched a unique planetary hoops task targeting cities with important Greek and Serbian communities with Panathinaikos BC defeating Partizan 91- 82 astatine John Cain Arena. 

The Pavlos Giannakopoulos Tournament honors the precocious Panathinaikos president, who died successful 2018, while bringing European hoops rivalries to planetary diaspora communities. 

Organizers program yearly tournaments worldwide successful akin locations. Melbourne was selected for its ample Greek and Serbian populations.