Acropolis International Basketball Tournament

Acropolis International Basketball Tournament

Sport	Basketball
Founded	1986
CEO	Andreas Miaoulis
No. of teams	4
Country	Greece
Continent	Worldwide Competition
Most recent champion(s)	Georgia
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 best-known non-FIBA organized international friendly basketball competitions that is competed between national teams.

Venues

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 the years 2014 and 2016.

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
2013 (Details)	OAKA	Greece	Lithuania	Italy	Bosnia and Herzegovina	N/A
2015 (Details)	OAKA	Greece	Turkey	Lithuania	Netherlands	N/A
2017 (Details)	OAKA	Georgia	Serbia	Greece	Italy

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
2016	Greece	N/A

Results by country

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

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.

Sponsors

• Eurobank

References

External links

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