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The Archaic Age (c. 750–500 B.C.E.), especially the sixth century, was the formative age of Greek sport with city-state (polis) formation, colonization, the adoption of money, and other socioeconomic changes. When Archaic Greeks founded new colonies as independent city-states from the Black Sea to Sicily, they took their games with them, and ...
The Greek national team's first match came on April 7, 1929, in a 1–4 loss to Italy. Greece have qualified for the FIFA World Cup three times, in 1994, in 2010 and in 2014. Greece have qualified for the European Championship four times, their first in 1980, their second in 2004, their third in 2008 and their fourth in 2012.
The Greek teams have won at least a cup in European competition in four of these sports (basketball, volleyball, waterpolo, handball). The Greek Football Federation founded in 1926 and the first official men's Greek football championship took place in 1927-28 season. These season started also the men's official basketball championship and the ...
Athlitiki Kyriaki (Sports Sunday) – sports highlight show, that features a wrap up of the weekend's games from soccer, basketball and other sports from Greece and abroad. Hosted by Vasilis Mpakopoulos; airs Sundays at 11pm; [ERT1].
Also: Greece: People: By occupation: Sportspeople by sport: Athletes Wikimedia Commons has media related to Athletics competitors from Greece . This category is for competitors within the sport of athletics , comprising track and field , road running , cross country running and racewalking .
The triumph of Greece at Euro 2004 is the biggest sporting achievement in the country's history for a team sport, along with the successes of the Greece national basketball team in the European Championships of 1987, 2005 and 2006 FIBA World Championship and the World Championship title of Greece women's national water polo team in 2011.
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