The playing obligation “cannot be combined with the increased obligations of Dimitris Itoudis in the Euroleague and the Turkish championship with Fenerbahce”
He will not continue to coach her National Team Dimitris Itoudis, with EEC making the divorce official, after the finale of the National team’s run in the 2023 World Basketball Championship.
As EEC mentions specifically, “the Men’s National Team and Dimitris Itoudis they will not continue their common course which started before EuroBasket 2022 and ends after this year’s World Cup”.
“The competition obligation that arose with the participation in the Pre-Olympic tournament in the first days of July 2024, cannot be combined with the increased obligations of Dimitris Itoudis in the Euroleague and the Turkish championship with Fenerbahce“, explains the EEC.
Dimitris Itoudis “assured that it will be always next to the National Team in everything that can be asked of him and helpan offer that is duly appreciated by the Hellenic Federation in the context of the excellent relations that have been established and will exist between the two sides”, according to the announcement.
The announcement of the EEC in detail
The Men’s National Team and Dimitris Itoudis will not continue their common path that began before EuroBasket 2022 and ends after this year’s World Cup.
The good of the national team, which unites the Greek fans and whose interest is everyone’s first concern, as was emphasized after the coach’s recent meeting with the president Evangelos Liolios, made this development imperative.
The competitive obligation that arose with the participation in the Pre-Olympic tournament in the first days of July 2024, cannot be combined with the increased obligations of Dimitris Itoudis in the Euroleague and the Turkish championship with Fenerbahce.
This was discussed at length and with the coach himself always promoting the interest of the national team, it was decided not to continue the collaboration. Nevertheless, coach Itoudis assured that he will always be by the side of the National Team in anything that may be asked of him and help, an offer that is duly appreciated by the Hellenic Federation in the context of the excellent relations that have been established and will exist between the two sides .
The management of EEC thanks Dimitris Itoudis for what he has offered and wishes him every success in the continuation of his career.
