Acropolis International Basketball Tournament

Acropolis International Basketball Tournament
Acropolis Basketball Cup
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1986
CEO	Andreas Miaoulis
No. of teams	4
Country	Greece
Continent	Worldwide Competition
Most recent champion(s)	Greece
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 tournaments like the EuroBasket, the FIBA World Cup, and the Summer Olympic Games. The tournament is named after the world famous Acropolis of Athens. The competition is played under FIBA rules.

The tournament is organized by the Hellenic Basketball Federation, and it is sponsored by Eurobank. It is one of the most well-known non-FIBA organized international friendly basketball competitions that is competed between national teams.

Venues

Time Period	Arena
1986–1989	Peace and Friendship Stadium SEF
1990	Glyfada Indoor Hall
1991 (Jubilee), 1992–1994	Peace and Friendship Stadium SEF
1995–1996	OAKA Olympic Indoor Hall
1997	Peace and Friendship Stadium SEF
1998	OAKA Olympic Indoor Hall
1999	Peace and Friendship Stadium SEF
2000–2002	OAKA Olympic Indoor Hall
2003–2004	Glyfada Indoor Hall
2005–2011, 2013, 2015–present	OAKA Olympic Indoor Hall

History

The tournament's host team, the senior men's Greek National Basketball Team, has won the tournament 17 times so far. 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 27 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 2014.

Acropolis Tournament standings

Year	Arena	Gold Medal	Silver Medal	Bronze Medal	4th Place	5th Place

1986 (Details)	SEF	Yugoslavia	Italy	Greece	Netherlands	N/A
1987 (Details)	SEF	Yugoslavia	Greece	Czechoslovakia	Canada	N/A
1988 (Details)	SEF	Yugoslavia	Greece	Italy	Duke University	N/A
1989 (Details)	SEF	Greece	Italy	ACC All Stars	Netherlands	N/A
1990 (Details)	Glyfada	Argentina	Greece	Czechoslovakia	China	N/A
1992 (Details)	SEF	Greece	Lithuania	Italy	France	N/A
1993 (Details)	SEF	Greece	Bulgaria	Russia	College NCAA DI All Stars	N/A
1994 (Details)	SEF	Serbian All Stars	Russia	Greece	Italy	Argentina
1995 (Details)	OAKA	FR Yugoslavia	Greece	College NCAA DI All Stars	Slovenia	N/A
1996 (Details)	OAKA	Greece	NIT All Stars	Italy	Germany	N/A
1997 (Details)	SEF	Italy	Greece	France	Germany	N/A
1998 (Details)	OAKA	Greece	College NCAA DI All Stars	Poland	Japan	N/A
1999 (Details)	SEF	Greece	Italy	Australia	Russia	N/A
2000 (Details)	OAKA	Greece	Russia	Brazil	Hungary	N/A
2001 (Details)	OAKA	Italy	Greece	FR Yugoslavia	Lithuania	N/A
2002 (Details)	OAKA	Greece	Lithuania	Italy	Croatia	N/A
2003 (Details)	Glyfada	Greece	Slovenia	Poland	Israel	N/A
2004 (Details)	Glyfada	Lithuania	Greece	Italy	Brazil	N/A
2005 (Details)	OAKA	Greece	Serbia and Montenegro	Italy	Germany	N/A
2006 (Details)	OAKA	Greece	France	Croatia	Italy	N/A
2007 (Details)	OAKA	Greece	Lithuania	Slovenia	Italy	N/A
2008 (Details)	OAKA	Greece	Brazil	Croatia	Australia	N/A
2009 (Details)	OAKA	Greece	Serbia	Lithuania	Russia	N/A
2010 (Details)	OAKA	Greece	Slovenia	Serbia	Canada	N/A
2011 (Details)	OAKA	Italy	Greece	Bulgaria	Brigham Young University	N/A
2012	No tournament held – cancelled because Greece did not qualify for the Olympics.
2013 (Details)	OAKA	Greece	Lithuania	Italy	Bosnia and Herzegovina	N/A
2014	No tournament held.
2015 (Details)	OAKA	Greece	Turkey	Lithuania	Netherlands	N/A

Acropolis Cup Champions and MVPs

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Year	Champion	MVP

1986	Yugoslavia
1987	Yugoslavia
1988	Yugoslavia
1989	Greece
1990	Argentina
1992	Greece
1993	Greece
1994	Serbian All Stars
1995	FR Yugoslavia
1996	Greece
1997	Italy
1998	Greece
1999	Greece	Georgios Sigalas
2000	Greece	Fragiskos Alvertis
2001	Italy	Gregor Fučka
2002	Greece	Antonis Fotsis
2003	Greece	Nikos Chatzivrettas
2004	Lithuania	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	Italy	Antonis Fotsis (3)
2012	N/A	N/A
2013	Greece	Nikos Zisis
2014	N/A	N/A
2015	Greece	N/A

Results by country

Rank	Country	Gold Medals	Silver Medals	Bronze Medals	4th Place	5th Place	Appearances
1.	Greece	17	8	2	0	0	27
2.	Italy	3	3	7	4	0	17
3.	Yugoslavia	3	0	0	0	0	3
4.	Serbia	2	2	2	0	0	6
5.	Lithuania	1	4	2	1	0	8
6.	Argentina	1	0	0	0	1	2
7.	United States	0	2	2	3	0	7
8.	Russia	0	2	1	2	0	5
9.	Slovenia	0	2	1	1	0	4
10.	Brazil	0	1	1	1	0	3
	France	0	1	1	1	0	3
11.	Bulgaria	0	1	1	0	0	2
12.	Turkey	0	1	0	0	0	1
13.	Croatia	0	0	2	1	0	3
14.	Czechoslovakia	0	0	2	0	0	2
	Poland	0	0	2	0	0	2
15.	Australia	0	0	1	1	0	2
16.	Germany	0	0	0	3	0	3
	Netherlands	0	0	0	3	0	3
17.	Canada	0	0	0	2	0	2
18.	China	0	0	0	1	0	1
	Israel	0	0	0	1	0	1
	Japan	0	0	0	1	0	1
	Hungary	0	0	0	1	0	1
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	0	1	0	1

FIBA Centennial Jubilee Tournament

Main article: 1991 FIBA Centennial Jubilee Basketball 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.

References

↑ Basket.gr Acropolis MVPs (Greek).

External links

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

Acropolis International Tournament

Regular Editions	1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2013 2015

Special Edition	1991 FIBA Centennial Jubilee

Basketball in Greece

Hellenic Basketball Federation

National Teams	Men's A Men's B Women's A Men's Under-21 Men's Under-20 Men's Under-19 Men's Under-18 Men's Under-17 Men's Under-16

League Competitions	Greek Basket League Greek A2 Basket League Greek B Basket League Greek C Basket League Greek Women's Basket Greek A2 Women's Basket Greek Basket League System

Cup Competitions	Greek Cup Greek Women's Cup

Other	HEBA Greek All-Star Game Greek Basketball Awards Greek Basket League MVP Greek Basket League Finals MVP Greek Clubs Greek clubs in Europe Acropolis Tournament Greek NBA Players / NBA Draft Picks Statistical Leaders By number of titles List of indoor arenas in Greece

International men's basketball

FIBA National teams Olympics World Cup Universiade U-21 World Championship U-19 World Championship U-17 World Championship World Rankings

Africa	FIBA Africa – AfroBasket U-18 U-16

Americas	FIBA Americas – FIBA Americas Championship U-18 U-16

Asia	FIBA Asia – FIBA Asia Championship U-18 U-16

Europe	FIBA Europe – EuroBasket U-20 U-18 U-16

Oceania	FIBA Oceania – FIBA Oceania Championship U-20 U-18 U-16

Other tournaments	Acropolis Tournament Adecco Cup Albert Schweitzer Tournament All-Africa Games Asian Games Commonwealth Games Belgrade Trophy Diamond Ball FIBA Asia Cup FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament Lusophony Games Marchand Cup Mediterranean Games MVP Cup Stanković Cup Pan American Games Pan Arab Games South Asian Games TBF International Under-16 Tournament William Jones Cup World Cup (Turkey)

Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held.

National basketball teams of Europe (FIBA Europe)

Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Great Britain England Scotland Wales Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kosovo Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine

Defunct: Czechoslovakia East Germany Soviet Union Yugoslavia

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