Greece national basketball team

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men's basketball team national basketball team

The Greece national basketball team is the country's senior men's squad that competes in major international tournaments like the FIBA World Cup and EuroBasket, known for its strong defensive play and history of success in European basketball.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Greece men's national basketball team	25
Greece national basketball team canonical	12
Greek national basketball team	6
Greece men’s national basketball team	2
Hellenic national basketball team	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1690681 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Greece national basketball team
Context triple: [Giannis Antetokounmpo, playsForNationalTeam, Greece national basketball team]

A. Croatia men's national basketball team
The Croatia men's national basketball team is the country's top international squad, known for its strong performances on the global stage and for featuring many prominent European and NBA players.
B. USA Basketball
USA Basketball is the national governing body that oversees and organizes the United States’ men’s and women’s national basketball teams and related international competition programs.
C. United States men's national basketball team
The United States men's national basketball team is the dominant international squad representing the U.S. in global competitions like the Olympics and FIBA World Cup, historically featuring many of the greatest basketball players of all time.
D. Lithuania men's national basketball team
The Lithuania men's national basketball team is a prominent European squad known for its rich basketball tradition, passionate fan base, and consistent success in international competitions, including multiple Olympic and EuroBasket medals.
E. Soviet Union women’s national basketball team
The Soviet Union women’s national basketball team was a dominant international squad that won multiple Olympic and World Championship titles during the Cold War era.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Greece national basketball team
Target entity description: The Greece national basketball team is the country's senior men's squad that competes in major international tournaments like the FIBA World Cup and EuroBasket, known for its strong defensive play and history of success in European basketball.

A. Croatia men's national basketball team
The Croatia men's national basketball team is the country's top international squad, known for its strong performances on the global stage and for featuring many prominent European and NBA players.
B. USA Basketball
USA Basketball is the national governing body that oversees and organizes the United States’ men’s and women’s national basketball teams and related international competition programs.
C. United States men's national basketball team
The United States men's national basketball team is the dominant international squad representing the U.S. in global competitions like the Olympics and FIBA World Cup, historically featuring many of the greatest basketball players of all time.
D. Lithuania men's national basketball team
The Lithuania men's national basketball team is a prominent European squad known for its rich basketball tradition, passionate fan base, and consistent success in international competitions, including multiple Olympic and EuroBasket medals.
E. Soviet Union women’s national basketball team
The Soviet Union women’s national basketball team was a dominant international squad that won multiple Olympic and World Championship titles during the Cold War era.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	men's basketball team ⓘ national basketball team ⓘ
bestWorldCupResult	2nd place at 2006 FIBA World Championship ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Greece ⓘ
defeatedTeam	United States men's national basketball team at 2006 FIBA World Championship semifinals ⓘ
federation	FIBA Europe ⓘ
FIBARankingType	men ⓘ
gender	men ⓘ
governingBody	Hellenic Basketball Federation ⓘ
governingBodyAbbreviation	EOK ⓘ
hasRivalryWith	Italy national basketball team ⓘ Serbia national basketball team ⓘ linked to: Serbia men's national basketball team Spain national basketball team ⓘ linked to: Spanish men’s national basketball team Turkey national basketball team ⓘ linked to: Turkey men's national basketball team
homeCity	Athens ⓘ
homeVenue	OAKA Olympic Indoor Hall ⓘ linked to: Olympic Indoor Hall
hostedTournament	EuroBasket 1987 ⓘ EuroBasket 1995 ⓘ
joinedFIBA	1932 ⓘ
knownFor	strong defensive play ⓘ success in European basketball ⓘ
medalType	FIBA World Cup silver medal ⓘ multiple EuroBasket medals ⓘ
nickname	Ethniki ⓘ
notablePlayer	Dimitris Diamantidis ⓘ Giannis Antetokounmpo ⓘ Giorgos Printezis ⓘ Ioannis Bourousis ⓘ Kostas Sloukas ⓘ Nikos Galis ⓘ Panagiotis Giannakis ⓘ Theo Papaloukas ⓘ Vassilis Spanoulis ⓘ
OlympicBestResult	4th place at 1996 Summer Olympics ⓘ 5th place at 2004 Summer Olympics ⓘ
playsInTournament	EuroBasket ⓘ FIBA Basketball World Cup ⓘ Olympic Games basketball tournament ⓘ
region	Balkans ⓘ
sport	basketball ⓘ
styleOfPlay	strong defense ⓘ
teamColors	blue ⓘ white ⓘ
usesFIBACode	GRE ⓘ
wonTournament	EuroBasket 1987 ⓘ EuroBasket 2005 ⓘ

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