Movie History Documentary
They won because they couldn't lose
A.E.K., the well-known Greek basketball team founded in 1924 by refugees from Constantinople, after 44 years, beats SLAVIA of Prague and wins the European Cup.
Greece Greece
Antonis Kafetzopoulos Stelios Mainas Errikos Litsis Themis Panou Vasiliki Troufakou Ieroklis Michaelidis Orfeas Avgoustidis Antonis Antoniou Dimitris Mavropoulos Giorgos Mitsikostas Giannis Vouros Thodoris Katsafados Alexandros Amerikanos Taxiarhis Hanos Kostas Nikoulis Maria Antoulinaki Dimitra Mesimerli Petra Mavridi Giorgos Souxes
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