Cika wannan jumla: A shekara mai zuwa, Girka ta fuskanci babban kalubalen da ta fuskanta, yayin da kasar ta karbi bakuncin gasar cin kofin duniya na 'yan wasa.
EuroBasket 1987 tare da tawagar 'yan wasa ta shiga gasar tare da wani tsari mai ban mamaki. An cancanta daga zagaye na farko, sun kawar da Italiya da Yugoslavia, duka daga cikin waɗanda aka fi so don cin nasarar gasar, a cikin wasan kusa da na kusa da na kusa da na kusa da na kusa da na kusa da na kusa da na kusa. A wasan karshe, Girka ta fuskanci masu karewa kuma sun fi son Soviet Union. A gaban magoya bayan Girka 17,000 a filin wasa na Zaman Lafiya da Abokantaka, masu karɓar bakuncin sun lashe lambar zinare bayan nasara mai ban sha'awa 103<unk>101 a kan Soviets, tare da Nikos Galis ya zira kwallaye 40. Wannan shi ne karo na farko da kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Girka ta lashe babban gasa a kowane wasa, don haka kwando ya zama wasan kwallon kafa na kasa da dare kuma za a dauki kungiyar ta kasa a matsayin ƙaunatacciyar al'ummar Girka.