TEAM COMPOSITION

HISTORY OF GREEK YOUTH MEN` S NATIONAL TEAM

The Greek Youth Men` s National team which will participate in the Final Phase of the 2011 World Championship, was created in the summer of 2009.

The first training camp regarding the team` s athletes of this age, was realized in Lagada, Thessaloniki in July of 2009. During the Balkan Championships at the end of July 2009 in Kazanlak, Bulgaria, the team on the basis of a program, played with athletes being two years younger than the ones that it could use and was ranked 6^th.

This planning was proved to be right. After a series of gathering trainings in all Greek Regions and also friendly matches with other Greek teams of national categories and foreign national teams, the Youth Men` s team conquered the Gold medal in the following Balkan Championship of Bulgaria (once more in the city of Kazanlak – July 2010).

During their preparation for the qualification in the European Championship, our young athletes won the 1^st position in the Christmas International Tournament held in Guadalajara, Spain in December 2010.

The initial goal, the qualification to the final phase of the European Championship, was accomplished by the attainment of the second position in the Qualification Pool of Steinbrunn, Austria (4-8 January 2011), where the Russian team won the first place.

The next goal was non other than the conquering of one of the privileged positions in the European Championship, position to ensure the team` s participation in the 2011 World Championship Final Phase.

Orestiada, Evros was the city which hosted both the Youth Men` s team preparation for the European Championship and the friendly matches with the respective teams of Bulgaria and Spain.

The hard work in Orestiada paid off with the conquering of the 6^th position in the Youth Men` s European Championship organized in Ankara, Turkey, a fact which led our team to the Argentina World Championship Finals.

Youth Men` s Greek National team goes now for its next major goal:

BIOGRAPHY OF THE HEAD COACH OF YOUTH BOYS NATIONAL TEAM OF GREECE

Mr. IOAKEIM DIMITRIADIS

He was the Assistant coach of Youth and Junior National Team from October 2008 until August 2009 when the Junior Men’s National Team qualified to the Finals of the World Championship in India in August 2009.

In 2009, he was the Head Coach of the Youth Boys National Team and  participated with the team in the Balkan Championship in Bulgaria (Kazanlak) at the end of July 2009 where he played with athletes being two years younger than the ones that it could use and was ranked 6^th.

In the Balkan Championship the next year which was held again in Kazanlak 27-31/7/2010  the team took the 1^st place.

During the preparation for the qualification in the European Championship, he participated with the team in the Christmas International Tournament which was held in Guadalajara, Spain in December 2010 and won the 1^st position.

He also participated with the team to the qualification round  of the European Championship in Austria (Steinbrunn) 4-8/1/2011 where the team took the 2^nd place in the round and qualified to the finals of the World Championship in Turkey (Ankara).

In the final of European Championships in Turkey the team took the 6^th place.

In August 2011 he will lead the team to the Finals of the World Championship in Argentina.