page_title: Sport in Greece
section_title: Field Hockey
hierarchical_section_title: Sport in Greece / Field Hockey
caption_attribution_description: English: The relief on the pedestal tombstone kouros, perhaps of the grave athlete. Pentelic marble, circa 510-500 BC. Finding: Kerameikos in Athens, at Themistokleos walls. National Archaeological Museum of Athens N 3476.Čeština: Reliéf na podstavci náhrobního kúra, asi na hrobě atleta. Pentelský mramor, kolem roku -510 / -500. Nález: Kerameikos v Athénách, u Themistokleiových hradeb. Národní archeologické muzeum v Athénách, N 3476.
context_page_description: Greece has risen to prominence in a number of sporting areas in recent decades. Football in particular has seen a rapid transformation, with the Greek national football team winning the 2004 UEFA European Football Championship. Many Greek athletes have also achieved significant success and have won world and olympic titles in numerous sports during the years, such as basketball, wrestling, water polo, athletics, weightlifting, with many of them becoming international stars inside their sports. The successful organisation of the Athens 2004 Olympic and Paralympic Games led also to the further development of many sports and has led to the creation of many world class sport venues all over Greece and especially in Athens. Greek athletes have won a total 146 medals for Greece in 15 different Olympic sports at the Summer Olympic Games, including the Intercalated Games, an achievement which makes Greece one of the top nations globally, in the world's rankings of medals per capital.
context_section_description: There is a depiction of a hockey-like game from 200 BC in Ancient Greece when the game may have been called "Κερητίζειν" ("kerētízein") because it was played with a horn ("κέρας" in Greek) and a ball-like object. Despite the possible ancient origin of the sport, field hockey is regaining in popularity in modern Greece. It was introduced in the country by Panathinaikos A.O. in the early 20th century, but a national championship was organized much later, in 1994.
caption: Ancient hockey players
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