Panathinaikos BC Celebrates Aussie Hospitality Ahead of Historic Tournament in Australia

Panathinaikos Basketball Club enjoyed a sensation of Australian hospitality astatine a farewell barbecue hosted by the Ambassador of Australia to Greece, Alison Duncan, astatine the Australian Residence successful Athens.

The lawsuit marked the club’s departure for the 7th Pavlos Giannakopoulos Tournament, which volition beryllium held extracurricular Greece for the archetypal clip successful its history.

From 18 to 22 September, the tourney volition bring unneurotic Euroleague giants Panathinaikos BC AKTOR and Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade alongside apical National Basketball League (NBL) teams, the Sydney Kings and Adelaide 36ers. Matches volition instrumentality spot astatine Melbourne’s John Cain Arena and Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena.

Ambassador Duncan welcomed players, coaches, and nine officials, offering a sensation of authentic Australian cuisine and emphasising the enduring relationship betwixt Australia and Greece. “I was delighted to invited Panathinaikos BC AKTOR to the Australian Residence to bid them farewell and privation them occurrence successful the upcoming Pavlos Giannakopoulos Tournament,” she said. “The farewell highlighted the lukewarm people-to-people links that signifier the instauration of the enduring relationship betwixt our countries. Australia’s Greek community is eagerly awaiting this landmark tournament, which volition observe sports, heritage, and the unbreakable ties betwixt our nations.”

Panathinaikos BC AKTOR President Vassilis Parthenopoulos described the tourney arsenic a milestone for the club. “It is simply a large honour for Panathinaikos BC AKTOR to bring the Pavlos Giannakopoulos Tournament to Australia for the precise archetypal time. This lawsuit carries heavy meaning for our nine and fans, paying tribute to the bequest of Pavlos Giannakopoulos, whose imaginativeness shaped the past of Panathinaikos and European basketball,” helium said. “We are excited to stock this contented with our friends successful Australia, a state with a beardown Greek assemblage and a increasing passionateness for basketball. Competing alongside clubs similar Partizan, the Sydney Kings, and the Adelaide 36ers makes this variation genuinely special. We convey Ambassador Duncan, the Australian Embassy, and our partners for their enactment and look guardant to a tourney that strengthens the bonds of relationship betwixt Greece and Australia.”

The farewell lawsuit was attended by Panathinaikos BC AKTOR players Kendrick Nunn, Jerian Grant, T.J. Shorts, Richaun Holmes, Marius Grigonis, Yiannis Kouzeloglou, and Nikos Rogkavopoulos, alongside coaching unit and nine officials, including Fragkiskos Alvertis, European Ambassador of Panathinaikos BC AKTOR. Greek authorities officials besides attended, including Minister for Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Yiannis Kefalogiannis, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Yiannis Loverdos, and Athanasios Kavvadas MP, President of the Greece-Australia Parliamentary Friendship Group.

The Australian Embassy successful Athens besides expressed its gratitude to lawsuit sponsors John Loukadellis, Simon Ftelianos, and George Anton.