Greece and sport, two go hand in hand. The birthplace of the Olympic Games. The warm climate that allows an active life outdoors. No wonder that the Greeks love with the sport ..
Football
The history of greek football since 1866, when it is said that officials of a British warship stationed in Corfu introduced a football team made up of local people. The sport was more popular in the thriving Greek cities of Asia Minor and not solot on mainland Greece, the destruction of Asia Minor by the Turks saw the evacuation of over a million Greeks from these areas of land and refugees began football clubs in Greece.
The Greek Super League is the highest professional league in the country. went up to the end of the season in the bottom three clubs in the second division, the top 3 teams from this league to be replaced. The two most successful teams in football are greek Olympiakostheir colors are red and white Panathinaikos and their white and green.
The national team of Greece is controlled by the first appearance Hellenic Football Federation and Greece in a major tournament was at Euro 1980 in Italy, but was not up to € 2004 under the guidance of German coach Otto Rehhagel, have secured their first victory title, against defending champions France stunned in a thrilling final of 01.02. Not surprisingly, football is one of themost popular sports in the country.
Basketball
Basketball in Greece has a long history as one of eight founding members of the International Basketball Federation (often by the French acronym for Fédération Internationale de Basketball Notes - FIBA) was founded in Geneva in 1932, two years after the sport officially recognized by the IOC.
Greece is usually an important power in international basketball and watch as a nationalthe best in the world, won the European Championship twice in 1977 and 2005.
The Olympic Games
There is no mention of sport in Greece would be complete without including the Olympic Games. This multi-sport international event, Winter Games are divided into summer and in every place every four years. In 1924 the Winter Games were sanctioned for winter sports and were kept in the same year the Summer Games until 1992, whenwas separated by two years. Prior to 1970 the Games officially limited to competitors with amateur status, but in 1980 many events were opened to professional athletes.
The original Olympic Games began in 776 BC in Olympia, Greece. Held every four years (an Olympiad) and is dedicated to the gods of the game reached its climax in the 5th and 6th century BC. The winners of the events have been admired and presented the winners with a wreath of olive leaves (l 'olive branch is a symbol of hope and peace).
Romans won the games of limited significance as the power in Greece. The games were celebrated tradition in 393 AD, when Emperor Theodosius ordered them to worship a "pagan" and outlawed and thus ending a thousand years.
The interest in the revival of the Games as an international event began when German archaeologists discovered the ruins of ancient Olympia in the heart of the 19th Century. A French nobleman, BaronPierre de Coubertin in 1894, looking for a way to bring nations closer with an invitation to compete in sports rather than fight in war, and his initiative, he founded the International Olympic Committee. The first of the IOC Olympic Games, the Summer Olympic Games in Athens in 1896, where participants from 14 countries competed 241st Since then, participation in the Olympic Games has increased steadily from 2006 Winter Olympic Games consisted of 84 events7 Sport in 2004 and the Summer Olympic Games in Athens has seen in 11 100 participants from 202 nations competing.
The Olympic rings were debuted at the 1920 Antwerp Games, The Olympic symbol consists of five interlaced rings of equal size, in five different colors, from left to right, blue, yellow, black represents, green and red, and ' union of five continents and the meeting of athletes from around the world.
The Olympic flame has been keptBurning during celebrations in the ancient games in memory of the theft of fire from the god Zeus. The flame was introduced at the 1938 Summer Olympics and became part of modern games since then.
Today the Olympic torch is on a couple of months before the opening ceremony of the games on the site of ancient Olympic games. Eleven women, the role of priestesses, perform a ceremony in which the flame is lit withthe sun's rays and a parabolic mirror. The modern convention of moving the Olympic Flame from Olympia to the Olympic venue began with the 1936 Olympics in Monaco of Bavaria, Germany. The torch relay symbolizes the passing of Olympic traditions from one generation to another. Although most of the time the flame is carried by runners, also by plane, canoe, camel, and Concorde was delivered. This relay will conclude the opening day of the feast, when the final runner carries the flamethe stadium and lit the Olympic flame burning in the festivities at the ceremony as having expired at the end of close games.
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