Greek National Team
Spanoulis was a key member of the Greek national junior team at the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship in the year 2000. Greece finished in third place in the tournament, winning the bronze medal. Spanoulis was on the Greek national junior team that finished in first place, and thus won the gold medal, at the 2002 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. During the 2002 FIBA Europe Under-20 championship final game, Spanoulis sank two clutch free throws, with just 13 seconds remaining on the game clock, to clinch a win over the Spanish national junior team, and win the gold.
Spanoulis played with Greece's B national team, at the 2001 Mediterranean Games. He was a key member of the team for Greece during the tournament. Greece finished in second place in the tournament, winning the silver medal. He was a part of Greece's team that won the 2006 Stanković Continental Champions' Cup. Greece beat both Australia and Germany, whose team included NBA star Dirk Nowitzki, to win the tournament. Spanoulis led Greece in scoring during the tournament.
Spanoulis was named the MVP, of both the 2007 and 2009 Acropolis Tournaments, in Athens, and he also won the same tournament 6 times with the Greek national team, in the years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009.
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