Spanoulis: The medal is dedicated to all Greeks

Greece returned to the European podium, “bronze” and proud, aft a EuroBasket 2025 third-place crippled that felt similar an epic and ended successful triumph with a 92–89 triumph implicit Finland, giving the National Team its archetypal medal successful 16 agelong years. The seat erupted, the stands turned into a Greek wave, and astatine the halfway of it each stood Vassilis Spanoulis — the antheral who reignited content — speaking from the bosom astir a squad that refused to break.

Spanoulis’ Statements

Visibly moved, the nationalist manager dedicated the medal “to each of Greece — to Greeks present and abroad,” emphasizing that “all together, 1 team, 1 fist, we enactment connected an astonishing show and completed an fantabulous tournament.”

He admitted that “we played a atrocious crippled against Turkey, we wronged ourselves,” but the effect was immediate: “we picked up the pieces, came prepared, and got what we deserved.” He sent “a large congratulations to the guys,” thanking everyone who supported the effort, “even those who weren’t here,” and didn’t fell his content that “in the coming years we won’t person specified heart-stopping moments — God helped us, but supra each we helped each other.”