Acropolis Tournament

Acropolis International Basketball Tournament

Acropolis Cup
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1986
Commissioner	Andreas Miaoulis
No. of teams	4
Country(ies)	Greece
Continent	Europe
Most recent champion(s)	Italy
TV partner(s)	ERT World
Official website	Basket.gr

The Acropolis International Basketball Tournament (also known as the Acropolis of Athens Tournament and the Acropolis Cup) (in Greek: Τουρνουά Ακρόπολις) is an international basketball competition between national teams, which has been held annually since the year 1986 and takes place in Athens, Greece each summer. The tournament is named after the world famous Acropolis of Athens. The competition is played under FIBA rules.

The tournament is organized by the Greek Basketball Federation and it is sponsored by Eurobank. It is considered to be the most prestigious non-FIBA organized international basketball competition that is competed between national teams.

History

The tournament's host team, the Greek National Basketball Team, has won the tournament 14 times so far. In 1991, the Greek Basketball Federation and FIBA Europe joined together to hold the special edition FIBA Centennial Tournament, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the sport of basketball. The Centennial Tournament is not counted with the other Acropolis Tournaments because it was not solely organized by the Greek Basketball Federation. To date, there have been 23 official Acropolis Tournaments organized by the Greek Basketball Federation, plus the unofficial special edition 1991 FIBA Centennial Tournament.

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	NCAA All Stars	N/A
1994 (Details)	SEF	Serbian All Stars	Russia	Greece	Italy	Argentina
1995 (Details)	OAKA	FR Yugoslavia	Greece	NCAA 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	NCAA 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

Acropolis Cup Champions and MVPs

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	Antonios Fotsis
2003	Greece	Nikolaos Hatzivrettas
2004	Lithuania	Nikolaos Hatzivrettas
2005	Greece	Dimitrios Diamantidis
2006	Greece	Dimitrios Diamantidis
2007	Greece	Vasilios Spanoulis
2008	Greece	Antonios Fotsis
2009	Greece	Vasilios Spanoulis
2010	Greece	Nick Calathes
2011	Italy	Antonis Fotsis

Results by country

Rank	Country	Gold Medals	Silver Medals	Bronze Medals	4th Place	5th Place	Appearances
1	Greece	15	8	2	0	0	25
2	Italy	3	3	5	4	0	15
3	Yugoslavia	3	0	0	0	0	3
4	Serbia	2	2	2	0	0	6
5	Lithuania	1	3	1	1	0	6
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	Croatia	0	0	2	1	0	3
13	Czechoslovakia	0	0	2	0	0	2
	Australia	0	0	2	0	0	2
	Poland	0	0	2	0	0	2
14	Germany	0	0	0	3	0	3
15	Netherlands	0	0	0	2	0	2
	Canada	0	0	0	2	0	2
16	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

FIBA Centennial Tournament

The 1991 Centennial Tournament was the special edition tournament that was organized jointly by FIBA Europe and the Greek Basketball Federation to commemorate the 100 year anniversary of the sport of basketball. It is not counted officially with the other 23 Acropolis Tournaments because it was not solely organized by the Greek Basketball Federation.

Year	Arena	Gold Medal	Silver Medal	Bronze Medal	4th Place	MVP
1991 (Details)	SEF	Italy

Sponsors

• Eurobank

External links

• Basket.gr Acropolis Cup History Search Results (Greek)