Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin shirye-shiryen EuroBasket 2011, sabon kocin, Ilias Zouros, ya fuskanci daya daga cikin manyan kalubale a tarihin kungiyar kwallon kwando ta Girka, tare da rashin 'yan wasa masu mahimmanci ba kasa da 9 ba (ciki har da' yan wasan taurari: Dimitris Diamantidis, Theodoros Papaloukas, Sofoklis Schortsanitis, da Vassilis Spanoulis). Zouros ya haɗu da ƙungiyar da aka fi sani da 'yan wasan matasa (rabin' yan wasan ƙungiyar ba su taɓa shiga cikin EuroBasket ba, tare da ɗan lokaci kaɗan don shirya. Sabuwar tawagar 'yan wasan kasar, wacce ta kunshi wasu daga cikin' yan wasan Girka na gaba (" Generation X "), sun nuna alamun alkawari yayin wasannin sada zumunta, inda suka doke Rasha da 83<unk>80, Jamus da 69<unk>56, da Turkiyya da 62<unk>38. A EuroBasket, Girka ta yi nasarar kaiwa wasan kusa da na kusa da na karshe, inda suka yi rashin nasara a hannun Faransa 64<unk>56. Daga baya, nasarar da ta yi a kan Serbia 87<unk>77, da kuma rashin nasara ga Lithuania 73<unk>69, ya jagoranci Girka zuwa matsayi na 6, don haka ya tabbatar da shiga cikin gasar wasannin Olympics ta duniya ta FIBA ta 2012. A 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Girka ta kasa samun damar zuwa gasar Olympics
, bayan rashin nasara 80-79 ga Najeriya.