Acropolis International Basketball Tournament


The Acropolis International Basketball Tournament 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, 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

YearArenaGold MedalSilver MedalBronze Medal4th Place5th Place
1986
SEF'
1987
SEF'
1988
SEF'
Duke Blue Devils
1989
SEF'
ACC All Stars
1990
Glyfada'
1992
SEF'
1993
SEF'
College NCAA DI All Stars
1994
SEF'
1995
OAKA'
College NCAA DI All Stars
1996
OAKA'
NIT All Stars
1997
SEF'
1998
OAKA'
College NCAA DI All Stars
1999
SEF'
2000
OAKA'
2001
OAKA'
2002
OAKA'
2003
Glyfada'
2004
Glyfada'
2005
OAKA'
2006
OAKA'
2007
OAKA'
2008
OAKA'
2009
OAKA'
2010
OAKA'
2011
OAKA'
BYU Cougars
2013
OAKA'
2015
OAKA'
2017
OAKA'
2019
OAKA

Medals Summary

Results by country

*after 2019 edition

MVP Awards

Top scorer by country

Key:
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.

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