Panayiotis Vassilopoulos

Greece completed its qualifying campaign for the 2019 World Cup finals with a 69-63 victory in Germany on Sunday, topping its group and looking forward to getting seeded in next month's draw for the finals in China.

Greece scored its 10th win in 11 World Cup qualification games downing Georgia 81-69 on Thursday and has returned to the top of its pool one game before the conclusion of qualifying.

A buzzer-beating triple by experienced Panayiotis Vassilopoulos allowed Peristeri to escape from Holargos in the closest of the Basket League games on the weekend before the month-long recess for next weekend's All-Star Game and the Cup semis and final later this month.

Greece's national basketball team had to work hard to beat Great Britain 75-70 at Iraklio and preserve its perfect record in its World Cup qualifying group.

The players of coach Thanassis Skourtopoulos were challenged all the way by the Brits, who led by eight (15-7 and 33-25) in the first half that ended 46-39 in the visitors' favor.

Greece extended its perfect record in the World Cup qualifiers beating visiting Estonia 87-75 at Iraklio on Friday.

The rejuvenated national basketball team, deprived of Greece's players in the Euroleague, premiered with a victory in overtime against Great Britain at Leicester on Friday, in its first game for the 2019 World Cup qualifiers.

Greece won 95-92 in front of a mixed set of fans where Greek students and expats had a very strong presence and often outshouted the Brits.

A buzzer-beating triple by experienced Panayiotis Vassilopoulos gave Aris an away win at Lavrio in the weekend's most exciting game in the Basket League, as Panathinaikos and Promitheas extended their perfect record.