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,^[1] 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^[2] tournaments like the FIBA Summer Olympic Games, the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the FIBA World Cup, and the FIBA EuroBasket. The tournament is named after the Athenian Acropolis. The competition is played under FIBA rules.

Acropolis International Basketball Tournament

Sport	Basketball
Founded	1986; 39 years ago (1986)
First season	1986
CEO	Andreas Miaoulis
No. of teams	3 or 5
Countries	FIBA members
Most recent champion(s)	Greece (19 titles)
Most titles	Greece (19 titles)
Broadcaster(s)	ERT World
Official website	Basket.gr

The tournament is organized by the Hellenic Basketball Federation (HBF), which is a member of FIBA Europe.

Venues

Time Period	Arena
1986–1989	Peace and Friendship Stadium SEF
1990	Glyfada Makis Liougas Sportshall
1991 (FIBA Jubilee Centennial) 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
2005–2023	Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall
2024	Peace and Friendship Stadium SEF

History

The tournament's host team, the senior men's Greek National Basketball Team, has won the tournament 18 times so far, last one 2022. In 1991, the Hellenic Basketball Federation and FIBA Europe, joined together to hold the special edition 1991 FIBA Centennial Jubilee, 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 32 official Acropolis Tournaments that have been organized by the Hellenic Basketball Federation, plus the unofficial special edition 1991 FIBA Centennial Jubilee. 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, 2018 and 2020.

1991 FIBA Centennial Jubilee

Main article: 1991 FIBA Centennial Jubilee

The 1991 FIBA Centennial Jubilee 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 32 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.

Acropolis Tournament standings

Year	Arena		Gold Medal	Silver Medal	Bronze Medal	4th Place	5th Place
1986 (Details)	Peace and Friendship Stadium		Yugoslavia	Italy	Greece	Netherlands	None
1987 (Details)	Peace and Friendship Stadium		Yugoslavia	Greece	Czechoslovakia	Canada	None
1988 (Details)	Peace and Friendship Stadium		Yugoslavia	Greece	Italy	Duke Blue Devils	None
1989 (Details)	Peace and Friendship Stadium		Greece	Italy	ACC All Stars	Netherlands	None
1990 (Details)	Glyfada Indoor Hall		Argentina	Greece	Czechoslovakia	China	None
1992 (Details)	Peace and Friendship Stadium		Greece	Lithuania	Italy	France	None
1993 (Details)	Peace and Friendship Stadium		Greece	Bulgaria	Russia	College NCAA DI All Stars	None
1994 (Details)	Peace and Friendship Stadium		Serbia All Stars	Russia	Greece	Italy	Argentina
1995 (Details)	Olympic Indoor Hall		FR Yugoslavia	Greece	College NCAA DI All Stars	Slovenia	None
1996 (Details)	Olympic Indoor Hall		Greece	NIT All Stars	Italy	Germany	None
1997 (Details)	Peace and Friendship Stadium		Italy	Greece	France	Germany	None
1998 (Details)	Olympic Indoor Hall		Greece	College NCAA DI All Stars	Poland	Japan	None
1999 (Details)	Peace and Friendship Stadium		Greece	Italy	Australia	Russia	None
2000 (Details)	Olympic Indoor Hall		Greece	Russia	Brazil	Hungary	None
2001 (Details)	Olympic Indoor Hall		Italy	Greece	FR Yugoslavia	Lithuania	None
2002 (Details)	Olympic Indoor Hall		Greece	Lithuania	Italy	Croatia	None
2003 (Details)	Glyfada Indoor Hall		Greece	Slovenia	Poland	Israel	None
2004 (Details)	Glyfada Indoor Hall		Lithuania	Greece	Italy	Brazil	None
2005 (Details)	Olympic Indoor Hall		Greece	Serbia and Montenegro	Italy	Germany	None
2006 (Details)	Olympic Indoor Hall		Greece	France	Croatia	Italy	None
2007 (Details)	Olympic Indoor Hall		Greece	Lithuania	Slovenia	Italy	None
2008 (Details)	Olympic Indoor Hall		Greece	Brazil	Croatia	Australia	None
2009 (Details)	Olympic Indoor Hall		Greece	Serbia	Lithuania	Russia	None
2010 (Details)	Olympic Indoor Hall		Greece	Slovenia	Serbia	Canada	None
2011 (Details)	Olympic Indoor Hall		Italy	Greece	Bulgaria	BYU Cougars	None
2013 (Details)	Olympic Indoor Hall		Greece	Lithuania	Italy	Bosnia and Herzegovina	None
2015 (Details)	Olympic Indoor Hall		Greece	Turkey	Lithuania	Netherlands	None
2017 (Details)	Olympic Indoor Hall		Georgia	Serbia	Greece	Italy	None
2019 (Details)	Olympic Indoor Hall		Serbia	Greece	Turkey	Italy	None
2021 (Details)	Olympic Indoor Hall		Serbia	Greece	Puerto Rico	Mexico	None
2022 (Details)	Olympic Indoor Hall		Greece	Poland	Turkey	Georgia	None
2023 (Details)	Olympic Indoor Hall		Italy	Serbia	Greece	None
2024 (Details)	Peace and Friendship Stadium		Greece	Montenegro	Bahamas	None

Medals summary

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Greece	19	10	4	33
2	Italy	4	3	7	14
3	Yugoslavia	3	0	0	3
4	Serbia	2	3	1	6
5	Serbia and Montenegro	2	1	1	4
6	Lithuania	1	4	2	7
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	Poland	0	1	2	3
	Turkey	0	1	2	3
14	Brazil	0	1	1	2
	Bulgaria	0	1	1	2
	France	0	1	1	2
17	Montenegro	0	1	0	1
18	Croatia	0	0	2	2
	Czechoslovakia	0	0	2	2
20	Australia	0	0	1	1
	Bahamas	0	0	1	1
	Puerto Rico	0	0	1	1
Totals (22 entries)		33	33	33	99

Results by country

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5th	App.
1.	Greece	19	10	4	0	0	33
2.	Italy	4	3	7	5	0	19
3.	Yugoslavia	3	0	0	0	0	3
4.	Serbia	2	3	1	0	0	6
5.	Serbia and Montenegro	2	1	1	0	0	4
6.	Lithuania	1	4	2	1	0	8
7.	Argentina	1	0	0	0	1	2
8.	Georgia	1	0	0	1	0	2
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	2	0	0	3
16.	Croatia	0	0	2	1	0	3
17.	Czechoslovakia	0	0	2	0	0	2
18.	Poland	0	1	2	0	0	3
19.	Australia	0	0	1	1	0	2
20.	Puerto Rico	0	0	1	0	0	1
21.	Germany	0	0	0	3	0	3
22.	Netherlands	0	0	0	3	0	3
23.	Canada	0	0	0	2	0	2
24.	China	0	0	0	1	0	1
25.	Israel	0	0	0	1	0	1
26.	Japan	0	0	0	1	0	1
27.	Hungary	0	0	0	1	0	1
28.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	0	1	0	1
29.	Mexico	0	0	0	1	0	1

Top scorers

Year	Top Scorer	Points Per Game
1986	Nikos Galis	36.0
1987	Nikos Galis (2×)	37.3
1988
1989
1990
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007	Ramūnas Šiškauskas	14.3
2008	Vassilis Spanoulis	15.3
2009	Marijonas Petravičius	14.7
2010
2011	Danilo Gallinari	18.7
2013
2015
2017
2019	Bogdan Bogdanović	20.0
2021	Filip Petrušev	18.3
2022	Toko Shengelia	20.0
2023	Nikos Rogkavopoulos	15.5
2024	Nikola Vučević	17.5

MVP awards

Year	MVP Award Winner
1986–1995	Not awarded
1996	Fanis Christodoulou
1997	Carlton Myers
1998	Efthimios Rentzias
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
2015–2024	Not awarded

Top scorer by national team

Year	Team	TPS	GP	PPG	TTP
1986	Yugoslavia	292	3	97.3	1,064
1987	Yugoslavia	306	3	102.0	1,119
1988	Yugoslavia	271	3	90.3	1,051
1989	Italy	272	3	90.7	977
1990	Argentina	315	3	105.0	1,122
1992	Lithuania	306	3	102.0	993
1993	Greece	277	3	92.3	991
1994	FR Yugoslavia	360	4	90.0	1,554
1995	FR Yugoslavia	242	3	80.7	942
1996	United States	246	3	82.0	889
1997	Greece	242	3	80.7	876
1998	Greece	264	3	88.0	837
1999	Italy	241	3	80.3	899
2000	Russia	238	3	79.3	832
2001	Lithuania	229	3	76.3	869
2002	Croatia	232	3	77.3	892
2003	Greece	240	3	80.0	887
2004	Lithuania	262	3	87.3	953
2005	Greece	264	3	88.0	983
2006	Greece	219	3	73.0	804
2007	Lithuania	244	3	81.3	908
2008	Greece	238	3	79.3	912
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
2021	Serbia	259	3	86.3	950
2022	Greece	270	3	90.0	1,020
2023	Italy	163	2	81.5	456
2024	Greece	188	2	94.0	493

Key:

• TPS - Total Points Scored
• GP - Game Played
• PPG - Points Per Game
• TTP - Tournament Total Points

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