Acropolis International Basketball Tournament

Acropolis International Basketball Tournament

Sport	Basketball
Founded	1986; 36 years ago (1986)
Inaugural season	1986
CEO	Andreas Miaoulis
No. of teams	4 or 5
Countries	FIBA members
Most recent champion(s)	Serbia (2nd title)
Most titles	Greece (17 titles)
TV partner(s)	ERT World
Official website	Basket.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, 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^[1] tournaments like the EuroBasket, the FIBA World Cup, and the Summer Olympic Games. The tournament is named after the Athenian Acropolis. The competition is played under FIBA rules.

The tournament is organized by the Hellenic Basketball Federation.

Venues[]

History[]

The tournament's host team, the senior men's Greek National Basketball Team, has won the tournament 17 times so far, last one 2015. In 1991, the Hellenic Basketball Federation and FIBA Europe, joined together to hold the special edition 1991 FIBA Centennial Jubilee Tournament, 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 29 official Acropolis Tournaments that have been organized by the Hellenic Basketball Federation, plus the unofficial special edition 1991 FIBA Centennial Jubilee Tournament. 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.

Acropolis Tournament standings[]

Year	Arena		Gold Medal	Silver Medal	Bronze Medal	4th Place	5th Place
1986 (Details)	Peace and Friendship Stadium		Yugoslavia	Italy	Greece	Netherlands	None
1987 ()	Peace and Friendship Stadium		Yugoslavia	Greece	Czechoslovakia	Canada	None
1988 ()	Peace and Friendship Stadium		Yugoslavia	Greece	Italy	Duke Blue Devils	None
1989 ()	Peace and Friendship Stadium		Greece	Italy	ACC All Stars	Netherlands	None
1990 ()	Glyfada Indoor Hall		Argentina	Greece	Czechoslovakia	China	None
1992 ()	Peace and Friendship Stadium		Greece	Lithuania	Italy	France	None
1993 ()	Peace and Friendship Stadium		Greece	Bulgaria	Russia	College NCAA DI All Stars	None
1994 ()	Peace and Friendship Stadium		FR Yugoslavia	Russia	Greece	Italy	Argentina
1995 ()	Olympic Indoor Hall		FR Yugoslavia	Greece	College NCAA DI All Stars	Slovenia	None
1996 ()	Olympic Indoor Hall		Greece	NIT All Stars	Italy	Germany	None
1997 ()	Peace and Friendship Stadium		Italy	Greece	France	Germany	None
1998 ()	Olympic Indoor Hall		Greece	College NCAA DI All Stars	Poland	Japan	None
1999 ()	Peace and Friendship Stadium		Greece	Italy	Australia	Russia	None
2000 ()	Olympic Indoor Hall		Greece	Russia	Brazil	Hungary	None
2001 ()	Olympic Indoor Hall		Italy	Greece	FR Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)	Lithuania	None
2002 ()	Olympic Indoor Hall		Greece	Lithuania	Italy	Croatia	None
2003 ()	Glyfada Indoor Hall		Greece	Slovenia	Poland	Israel	None
2004 ()	Glyfada Indoor Hall		Lithuania	Greece	Italy	Brazil	None
2005 ()	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	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

Medals Summary[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Greece	17	10	3	30
2	Italy	3	3	7	13
3	Yugoslavia	3	0	0	3
4	Serbia	2	2	1	5
5	Serbia and Montenegro	2	1	1	4
6	Lithuania	1	4	2	7
7	Argentina	1	0	0	1
	Georgia	1	0	0	1
9	United States	0	2	2	4
10	Russia	0	2	1	3
	Slovenia	0	2	1	3
12	Brazil	0	1	1	2
	Bulgaria	0	1	1	2
	France	0	1	1	2
	Turkey	0	1	1	2
16	Croatia	0	0	2	2
	Czechoslovakia	0	0	2	2
	Poland	0	0	2	2
19	Australia	0	0	1	1
	Puerto Rico	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 nations)		30	30	30	90

Results by country[]

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5th	App.
1.	Greece	17	10	3	0	0	30
2.	Italy	3	3	7	5	0	18
3.	Yugoslavia	3	0	0	0	0	3
4.	Serbia	2	2	1	0	0	5
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	0	0	1
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	1	0	0	2
16.	Croatia	0	0	2	1	0	3
17.	Czechoslovakia	0	0	2	0	0	2
18.	Poland	0	0	2	0	0	2
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

MVP Awards[]

Year	MVP Award Winner
1986–	Not awarded
	Georgios Sigalas
	Fragiskos Alvertis
	Gregor Fučka
	Antonis Fotsis
	Nikos Chatzivrettas
	Nikos Chatzivrettas (2×)
	Dimitris Diamantidis
2006	Dimitris Diamantidis (2×)
2007	Vassilis Spanoulis
2008	Antonis Fotsis (2×)
2009	Vassilis Spanoulis (2×)
2010	Sofoklis Schortsanitis
2011	Antonis Fotsis (3×)
2013	Nikos Zisis
2015–2021	Not awarded

Top scorer by country[]

Year	Team	TPS	GP	PPG	TTP
1986	Yugoslavia	292	3	97.3	1064
–	Results not available
2006	Greece	219	3	73.0	804
2007	Italy	244	3	81.3	908
2008	Results not available
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

Key:

• TPS - Total Points Scored
• GP - Game played
• PPG - Points per game
• TTP - Tournament total points

FIBA Centennial Jubilee Tournament[]

The 1991 FIBA Centennial Jubilee Tournament 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 27 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.

See also[]

• Basketball at the Summer Olympics
• FIBA Basketball World Cup
• FIBA Asia Cup
• FIBA Diamond Ball
• Adecco Cup
• Marchand Continental Championship Cup
• Belgrade Trophy
• Stanković Cup
• William Jones Cup

References[]

External links[]

• Hellenic Basketball Federation Official Website (in Greek)
• Basket.gr Acropolis Cup History Search Results (in Greek)
• Acropolis Cup Archive Results