Spain broke open a close game in the fourth quarter and continued their mastery over Greece by winning their Eight-Final showdown at the FIBA World Championship on Saturday.

Greece lost to Turkey by eleven points in the World Basketball Championships after vying for the lead in the third quarter.

Greece and Turkey will play tonight to determine which team will head up their group at the World Basketball Championships in Turkey.

The final Acropolis Tournament match was abandoned last week after a full fight broke out between Greek and Serbian players, which saw Greece centre Ioannis Bourousis cut in the he

Marko Keselj signs with Olympiakos.

Greece had the perfect warm-up for the World Basketball Championships later this month with wins over Germany, Russia and Croatia on Cyprus.

Athinaikos won the first ever European trophy for a Greek women’s basketball side, prompting wild celebrations inside and outside the stadium.

Olympiakos will join three other former Champions at the Final Four in
Paris as the showpiece of European basketball beckons in early May

The 2009 king of European club basketball was knocked out obut Olympiakos looks to be the heir apparent, continuing its perfect Top 16 form.

Olympiakos won its first Greek Cup in eight years, breaking Panathinaikos’ dominance of Greek basketball by beating the Greens 68-64.