Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A shekara mai zuwa, Girka ta fuskanci babban kalubale, yayin da kasar ta karbi bakuncin EuroBasket 1987
tare da tawagar 'yan wasa ta kasa da ke shiga gasar tare da jerin gwano masu 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.