Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Papaloukas ya taimaka ya jagoranci tawagar 'yan wasan Girka zuwa taken EuroBasket, a 2005, da kuma lambar azurfa ta FIBA World Cup a 2006, yayin da koyaushe ke fitowa daga benci na tawagar' yan wasan Girka. An zabe shi zuwa ga All-Tournament Team a gasar biyu. Papaloukas ya halarci wasannin Olympics guda biyu, a 2004 da 2008
, tare da Girka ta gama a matsayi na biyar mafi kyau a kowane lokaci a lokuta biyu. A shekara ta 2006, an kira shi FIBA Turai Dan wasan shekara.