GREEK SPORTS

ATHLETICS

• Athletics has been another very successful individual sport in Greece. Greek athletes have won
29 medals in total, at the Olympic games for Greece and 19 medals in the 
IAAF World Championships in Athletics
 BASEBALL

• The Hellenic Baseball Federation was founded in 1997 in order to prepare a Greek national team
for 2004 Athens Olympics. In 2000, The Greek Baseball championship started. Marousi 2004
 and Spartakos Glyfadas have won the most titles.
 BASKETBALL
• Greece has a long tradition and history of success in basketball. Greece was one of the eight
founding members of FIBA (The International Basketball Federation) in 1932 and the
national governing body is the Hellenic Basketball Federation, member of FIBA Europe. The 
Greek national basketball team is considered among the world's top basketball powers; ranked
9th in the world
 FOOTBALL
• Association football is the most popular team
sport in Greece. Its national governing body
is the Hellenic Football Federation founded
in 1926, which is member of FIFA and 
UEFA. The Greek national football team rose
to prominence in the UEFA Euro 2004, when
they were crowned European champions
which is referred to by many people as the
biggest shock in football history until today.
 TENNIS

• Tennis has been growing in Greece over the

past decade Eleni Daniilidou has had a lot of
success, winning 5 WTA Tour titles in her
career. Several players with Greek ancestry,
such as Pete Sampras and 
Mark Philippoussis have become very
famous around the world. In 2017 appeared
in the ATP World Tour the former junior
world No.1 Stefano's Tsitsipas, who reached
semifinals of the 2019 Australian Open and
won the 2019 ATP Finals.