Acropolis International Basketball Tournament

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 world-famous Acropolis of Athens. The competition is played under FIBA rules.

Acropolis International Basketball Tournament

Sport	Basketball
Founded	1986 (1986)
Inaugural season	1986
CEO	Andreas Miaoulis
No. of teams	4 or 5
Countries	FIBA members
Most recent champion(s)	Serbia (2019)
Most titles	Greece (17 titles)
TV partner(s)	ERT World
Official website	Basket.gr

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

Time Period	Arena
1986–1989	Peace and Friendship Stadium SEF
1990	Glyfada Makis Liougas Sportshall
1991 (Jubilee), 1992–1994	Peace and Friendship Stadium SEF
1995–1996	Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall
1997	Peace and Friendship Stadium SEF
1998	Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall
1999	Peace and Friendship Stadium SEF
2000–2002	Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall
2003–2004	Glyfada Makis Liougas Sportshall
2005–2011, 2013, 2015–present	Nikos Galis 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, 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 and 2018.

Acropolis Tournament standings

Year	Arena		Gold Medal	Silver Medal	Bronze Medal	4th Place	5th Place
1986 (Details)	SEF		Yugoslavia	Italy	Greece	Netherlands	None
1987 (Details)	SEF		Yugoslavia	Greece	Czechoslovakia	Canada	None
1988 (Details)	SEF		Yugoslavia	Greece	Italy	Duke Blue Devils	None
1989 (Details)	SEF		Greece	Italy	ACC All Stars	Netherlands	None
1990 (Details)	Glyfada		Argentina	Greece	Czechoslovakia	China	None
1992 (Details)	SEF		Greece	Lithuania	Italy	France	None
1993 (Details)	SEF		Greece	Bulgaria	Russia	College NCAA DI All Stars	None
1994 (Details)	SEF		FR Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)	Russia	Greece	Italy	Argentina
1995 (Details)	OAKA		FR Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)	Greece	College NCAA DI All Stars	Slovenia	None
1996 (Details)	OAKA		Greece	NIT All Stars	Italy	Germany	None
1997 (Details)	SEF		Italy	Greece	France	Germany	None
1998 (Details)	OAKA		Greece	College NCAA DI All Stars	Poland	Japan	None
1999 (Details)	SEF		Greece	Italy	Australia	Russia	None
2000 (Details)	OAKA		Greece	Russia	Brazil	Hungary	None
2001 (Details)	OAKA		Italy	Greece	FR Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)	Lithuania	None
2002 (Details)	OAKA		Greece	Lithuania	Italy	Croatia	None
2003 (Details)	Glyfada		Greece	Slovenia	Poland	Israel	None
2004 (Details)	Glyfada		Lithuania	Greece	Italy	Brazil	None
2005 (Details)	OAKA		Greece	Serbia and Montenegro	Italy	Germany	None
2006 (Details)	OAKA		Greece	France	Croatia	Italy	None
2007 (Details)	OAKA		Greece	Lithuania	Slovenia	Italy	None
2008 (Details)	OAKA		Greece	Brazil	Croatia	Australia	None
2009 (Details)	OAKA		Greece	Serbia	Lithuania	Russia	None
2010 (Details)	OAKA		Greece	Slovenia	Serbia	Canada	None
2011 (Details)	OAKA		Italy	Greece	Bulgaria	BYU Cougars	None
2013 (Details)	OAKA		Greece	Lithuania	Italy	Bosnia and Herzegovina	None
2015 (Details)	OAKA		Greece	Turkey	Lithuania	Netherlands	None
2017 (Details)	OAKA		Georgia	Serbia	Greece	Italy	None
2019 (Details)	OAKA		Serbia	Greece	Turkey	Italy	None

Medals Summary

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Greece	17	9	3	29
2	Italy	3	3	7	13
3	Yugoslavia	3	0	0	3
4	Serbia and Montenegro	2	1	1	4
5	Lithuania	1	4	2	7
6	Serbia	1	2	1	4
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
Totals (19 nations)		29	29	29	87

Results by country

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5th	App.
1.	Greece	17	9	3	0	0	29
2.	Italy	3	3	7	5	0	18
3.	Yugoslavia	3	0	0	0	0	3
4.	Serbia and Montenegro	2	1	1	0	0	4
5.	Lithuania	1	4	2	1	0	8
6.	Serbia	1	2	1	0	0	4
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.	Germany	0	0	0	3	0	3
21.	Netherlands	0	0	0	3	0	3
22.	Canada	0	0	0	2	0	2
23.	China	0	0	0	1	0	1
24.	Israel	0	0	0	1	0	1
25.	Japan	0	0	0	1	0	1
26.	Hungary	0	0	0	1	0	1
27.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	0	1	0	1

*after 2019 edition

MVP Awards

Year	MVP Award Winner
1986–1998	Not awarded
1999	Georgios Sigalas
2000	Fragiskos Alvertis
2001	Gregor Fučka
2002	Antonis Fotsis
2003	Nikos Chatzivrettas
2004	Nikos Chatzivrettas (2×)
2005	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
2015–2019	Not awarded

Top scorer by country

Year	Team	TPS	GP	PPG	TTP
1986	Yugoslavia	292	3	97.3	1064
1987–2005	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

Key:

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

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.

Sponsors

• Eurobank

References

1. FIBA´s official events by year EUROPE.

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

External links

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