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Acropolis International Basketball Tournament

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Acropolis International Basketball Tournament
SportBasketball
Founded1986; 38 years ago (1986)
First season1986
CEOAndreas Miaoulis
No. of teams3 or 5
CountriesFIBA members
Most recent
champion(s)
Greece Greece (19 titles)
Most titlesGreece Greece (19 titles)
TV partner(s)ERT World
Official websiteBasket.gr

The Acropolis International Basketball Tournament (also known as the Acropolis of Athens Basketball Tournament and the Acropolis Basketball Cup) (Greek: Τουρνουά Ακρόπολις) is an international basketball competition that is played between national teams,[1] which has been held almost every year since 1986, and takes place in Athens, Greece, during the summer. It takes place before the big official FIBA[2] tournaments like the FIBA Summer Olympic Games, the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the FIBA World Cup, and the FIBA EuroBasket. The tournament is named after the Athenian Acropolis. The competition is played under FIBA rules.

The tournament is organized by the Hellenic Basketball Federation (HBF), which is a member of FIBA Europe.

Venues

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Time Period Arena
Peace and Friendship Stadium SEF
1990 Glyfada Makis Liougas Sportshall
1991 (FIBA Jubilee Centennial)
19921994
Peace and Friendship Stadium SEF
19951996 Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall
1997 Peace and Friendship Stadium SEF
1998 Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall
1999 Peace and Friendship Stadium SEF
20002002 Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall
20032004 Glyfada Makis Liougas Sportshall
20052023 Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall
2024 Peace and Friendship Stadium SEF

History

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The tournament's host team, the senior men's Greek National Basketball Team, has won the tournament 18 times so far, last one 2022. In 1991, the Hellenic Basketball Federation and FIBA Europe, joined together to hold the special edition 1991 FIBA Centennial Jubilee, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the sport of basketball. The Centennial Jubilee Tournament is not counted with the other Acropolis Tournaments, because it was not solely organized by the Hellenic Basketball Federation.

To date, there have been 32 official Acropolis Tournaments that have been organized by the Hellenic Basketball Federation, plus the unofficial special edition 1991 FIBA Centennial Jubilee. The Greek national team did not host the 2012 Acropolis Tournament, because it participated in the 2012 FIBA World Olympic qualifying tournament, and failed to qualify for the Olympics that year. There was also no Acropolis Tournament in the years 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2020.

1991 FIBA Centennial Jubilee

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The 1991 FIBA Centennial Jubilee was the special edition tournament that was organized jointly by FIBA Europe and the Hellenic Basketball Federation to commemorate the 100 year anniversary of the sport of basketball. It is not counted officially with the other 32 Acropolis International Tournaments because it was not solely organized by the Hellenic Basketball Federation. It was contested by France, Greece, Italy, Yugoslavia, Spain, and the Soviet Union.

Acropolis Tournament standings

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Year Arena Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 4th Place 5th Place
1986
(Details)
Peace and Friendship Stadium
Yugoslavia

Italy

Greece

Netherlands
None
1987
(Details)
Peace and Friendship Stadium
Yugoslavia

Greece

Czechoslovakia

Canada
None
1988
(Details)
Peace and Friendship Stadium
Yugoslavia

Greece

Italy
United States
Duke Blue Devils
None
1989
(Details)
Peace and Friendship Stadium
Greece

Italy
United States
ACC All Stars

Netherlands
None
1990
(Details)
Glyfada Indoor Hall
Argentina

Greece

Czechoslovakia

China
None
1992
(Details)
Peace and Friendship Stadium
Greece

Lithuania

Italy

France
None
1993
(Details)
Peace and Friendship Stadium
Greece

Bulgaria

Russia
United States
College NCAA DI All Stars
None
1994
(Details)
Peace and Friendship Stadium
Serbia All Stars

Russia

Greece

Italy

Argentina
1995
(Details)
Olympic Indoor Hall
FR Yugoslavia

Greece
United States
College NCAA DI All Stars

Slovenia
None
1996
(Details)
Olympic Indoor Hall
Greece
United States
NIT All Stars

Italy

Germany
None
1997
(Details)
Peace and Friendship Stadium
Italy

Greece

France

Germany
None
1998
(Details)
Olympic Indoor Hall
Greece
United States
College NCAA DI All Stars

Poland

Japan
None
1999
(Details)
Peace and Friendship Stadium
Greece

Italy

Australia

Russia
None
2000
(Details)
Olympic Indoor Hall
Greece

Russia

Brazil

Hungary
None
2001
(Details)
Olympic Indoor Hall
Italy

Greece

FR Yugoslavia

Lithuania
None
2002
(Details)
Olympic Indoor Hall
Greece

Lithuania

Italy

Croatia
None
2003
(Details)
Glyfada Indoor Hall
Greece

Slovenia

Poland

Israel
None
2004
(Details)
Glyfada Indoor Hall
Lithuania

Greece

Italy

Brazil
None
2005
(Details)
Olympic Indoor Hall
Greece

Serbia and Montenegro

Italy

Germany
None
2006
(Details)
Olympic Indoor Hall
Greece

France

Croatia

Italy
None
2007
(Details)
Olympic Indoor Hall
Greece

Lithuania

Slovenia

Italy
None
2008
(Details)
Olympic Indoor Hall
Greece

Brazil

Croatia

Australia
None
2009
(Details)
Olympic Indoor Hall
Greece

Serbia

Lithuania

Russia
None
2010
(Details)
Olympic Indoor Hall
Greece

Slovenia

Serbia

Canada
None
2011
(Details)
Olympic Indoor Hall
Italy

Greece

Bulgaria
United States
BYU Cougars
None
2013
(Details)
Olympic Indoor Hall
Greece

Lithuania

Italy

Bosnia and Herzegovina
None
2015
(Details)
Olympic Indoor Hall
Greece

Turkey

Lithuania

Netherlands
None
2017
(Details)
Olympic Indoor Hall
Georgia

Serbia

Greece

Italy
None
2019
(Details)
Olympic Indoor Hall
Serbia

Greece

Turkey

Italy
None
2021
(Details)
Olympic Indoor Hall
Serbia

Greece

Puerto Rico

Mexico
None
2022
(Details)
Olympic Indoor Hall
Greece

Poland

Turkey

Georgia
None
2023
(Details)
Olympic Indoor Hall
Italy

Serbia

Greece
None
2024
(Details)
Peace and Friendship Stadium
Greece

Montenegro

Bahamas
None

Medals summary

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Greece1910433
2 Italy43714
3 Yugoslavia3003
4 Serbia2316
5 Serbia and Montenegro2114
6 Lithuania1427
7 Argentina1001
 Georgia1001
9 United States0224
10 Russia0213
 Slovenia0213
12 Poland0123
 Turkey0123
14 Brazil0112
 Bulgaria0112
 France0112
17 Montenegro0101
18 Croatia0022
 Czechoslovakia0022
20 Australia0011
 Bahamas0011
 Puerto Rico0011
Totals (22 entries)33333399

Results by country

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Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze 4th 5th App.
1.  Greece 19 10 4 0 0 33
2.  Italy 4 3 7 5 0 19
3.  Yugoslavia 3 0 0 0 0 3
4.  Serbia 2 3 1 0 0 6
5.  Serbia and Montenegro 2 1 1 0 0 4
6.  Lithuania 1 4 2 1 0 8
7.  Argentina 1 0 0 0 1 2
8.  Georgia 1 0 0 1 0 2
9.  United States 0 2 2 3 0 7
10.  Russia 0 2 1 2 0 5
11.  Slovenia 0 2 1 1 0 4
12.  Brazil 0 1 1 1 0 3
13.  France 0 1 1 1 0 3
14.  Bulgaria 0 1 1 0 0 2
15.  Turkey 0 1 2 0 0 3
16.  Croatia 0 0 2 1 0 3
17.  Czechoslovakia 0 0 2 0 0 2
18.  Poland 0 1 2 0 0 3
19.  Australia 0 0 1 1 0 2
20.  Puerto Rico 0 0 1 0 0 1
21.  Germany 0 0 0 3 0 3
22.  Netherlands 0 0 0 3 0 3
23.  Canada 0 0 0 2 0 2
24.  China 0 0 0 1 0 1
25.  Israel 0 0 0 1 0 1
26.  Japan 0 0 0 1 0 1
27.  Hungary 0 0 0 1 0 1
28.  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 0 1 0 1
29.  Mexico 0 0 0 1 0 1

Top scorers

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Year Top Scorer Points Per Game
1986 Greece Nikos Galis 36.0
1987 Greece Nikos Galis (2×) 37.3
1988
1989
1990
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007 Lithuania Ramūnas Šiškauskas 14.3
2008 Greece Vassilis Spanoulis 15.3
2009 Lithuania Marijonas Petravičius 14.7
2010
2011 Italy Danilo Gallinari 18.7
2013
2015
2017
2019 Serbia Bogdan Bogdanović 20.0
2021 Serbia Filip Petrušev 18.3
2022 Georgia (country) Toko Shengelia 20.0
2023 Greece Nikos Rogkavopoulos 15.5
2024 Montenegro Nikola Vučević 17.5

MVP awards

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Year MVP Award Winner
19861995 Not awarded
1996 Greece Fanis Christodoulou
1997 Italy Carlton Myers
1998 Greece Efthimios Rentzias
1999 Greece Georgios Sigalas
2000 Greece Fragiskos Alvertis
2001 Italy Gregor Fučka
2002 Greece Antonis Fotsis
2003 Greece Nikos Chatzivrettas
2004 Greece Nikos Chatzivrettas (2×)
2005 Greece Dimitris Diamantidis
2006 Greece Dimitris Diamantidis (2×)
2007 Greece Vassilis Spanoulis
2008 Greece Antonis Fotsis (2×)
2009 Greece Vassilis Spanoulis (2×)
2010 Greece Sofoklis Schortsanitis
2011 Greece Antonis Fotsis (3×)
2013 Greece Nikos Zisis
20152024 Not awarded

Top scorer by national team

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Year Team TPS GP PPG TTP
1986  Yugoslavia 292 3 97.3 1,064
1987  Yugoslavia 306 3 102.0 1,119
1988  Yugoslavia 271 3 90.3 1,051
1989  Italy 272 3 90.7 977
1990  Argentina 315 3 105.0 1,122
1992  Lithuania 306 3 102.0 993
1993  Greece 277 3 92.3 991
1994  FR Yugoslavia 360 4 90.0 1,554
1995  FR Yugoslavia 242 3 80.7 942
1996  United States 246 3 82.0 889
1997  Greece 242 3 80.7 876
1998  Greece 264 3 88.0 837
1999  Italy 241 3 80.3 899
2000  Russia 238 3 79.3 832
2001  Lithuania 229 3 76.3 869
2002  Croatia 232 3 77.3 892
2003  Greece 240 3 80.0 887
2004  Lithuania 262 3 87.3 953
2005  Greece 264 3 88.0 983
2006  Greece 219 3 73.0 804
2007  Lithuania 244 3 81.3 908
2008  Greece 238 3 79.3 912
2009  Lithuania 221 3 73.7 829
2010  Greece 293 3 97.7 927
2011  Greece 265 3 88.3 778
2013  Greece 247 3 82.3 889
2015  Netherlands 246 3 82.0 900
2017  Greece 211 3 70.3 832
2019  Serbia 268 3 89.3 926
2021  Serbia 259 3 86.3 950
2022  Greece 270 3 90.0 1,020
2023  Italy 163 2 81.5 456
2024  Greece 188 2 94.0 493

Key:

  • TPS - Total Points Scored
  • GP - Game Played
  • PPG - Points Per Game
  • TTP - Tournament Total Points

See also

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References

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