2023 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament

Basketball tournament in Greece
2023 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament
Tournament details
ArenaOAKA Olympic Indoor Hall
Athens, Greece
Dates8–10 August
Final positions
Champions Italy (4th title)
Runners-up Serbia
Third place Greece
Awards and statistics
Top scorer(s)Nikos Rogkavopoulos
(15.5 points per game)
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The 2023 Acropolis International Tournament is a basketball tournament which was held in OAKA Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece, from August 8 until August 10, 2023. It was the 32nd edition of the Acropolis International Basketball Tournament. The competition is played under FIBA[1] rules as a round-robin tournament. It takes place before the 2023 Basketball World Cup in Philippines, Japan, and Indonesia.[2] The three participating teams were Greece, Italy and Serbia.

Venues

Marousi, Athens
2023 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament (Greece)
O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall
Capacity: 18,989[3]

Participating teams

Team[4] Appearance Best performance
Last Total Streak
 Greece 2022 32 31 18× Champions (1989, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1998–2000, 2002, 2003, 2005–2010, 2013, 2015, 2022)
 Italy 2019 19 3 3× Champions (1997, 2001, 2011)
 Serbia 2021 6 5 2x Champions (2019, 2021)

Standings

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Italy 2 2 0 163 158 +5 4
 Serbia 2 1 1 159 153 +6 3
 Greece 2 0 2 134 145 −11 2

Results

All times are local Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

August 8
19:45
Report
Greece  64–71  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 13–16, 22–23, 14–18, 15–14
Pts: Rogkavopoulos 19
Rebs: Mitoglou 10
Asts: Walkup 10		 Pts: Bogdanović 15
Rebs: Milutinov 12
Asts: Bogdanović 5
O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall, Marousi, Athens
Referees: Tsolakos, Somos, Tsimpouris
August 9
19:45
Report
Serbia  88–89  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 32–19, 15–25, 23–26, 18–19
Pts: N. Jović 18
Rebs: N. Jović 7
Asts: Gudurić 6		 Pts: Fontecchio 13
Rebs: Polonara 11
Asts: Severini 5
O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall, Marousi, Athens
Referees: Papapetrou, Tziopanos, Agrafiotis
August 10
19:45
Report
Italy  74–70  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 16–15, 22–15, 17–24
Pts: Fontecchio 17
Rebs: Melli 9
Asts: Melli, Spissu 4		 Pts: Rogkavopoulos 12
Rebs: Mitoglou 8
Asts: Walkup 7
O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall, Marousi, Athens
Referees: Pitsilkas, Tsonos, Tiganis

Final standing

Rank[5] Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Serbia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Greece
 2023 Acropolis International Basketball winners 

Italy
Fourth title

Statistic leaders

Category[6] Player Total Average
Points Greece Nikos Rogkavopoulos 31 15.5
Rebounds Serbia Nikola Milutinov 18 9.0
Assists Greece Thomas Walkup 17 8.5
Steals Italy Progida Gabriele 5 2.0
Blocks Greece Georgios Papagiannis 4 2.0

See also

References

  1. ^ "FIBA´s official events by year EUROPE". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2023-08-08.
  2. ^ Satumbaga, Kristel (11 May 2020). "Dates set for 2023 World Cup". Manila Bulletin. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Olympic Sports Hall". stadia.gr. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Teams - 32nd tournament". eokbasket.sportstats.gr. Retrieved 2023-08-08.
  5. ^ "Standings - 32st tournament". sportstats.gr. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  6. ^ "SCORERS". stats.basket.gr. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
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