Misplaced Pages

2001 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
2001 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament
Tournament details
ArenaOAKA Olympic Indoor Hall
Piraeus, Athens, Greece
DatesAugust 21–23
Final positions
Champions Italy (2nd title)
Runners-up Greece
Third place FR Yugoslavia
Fourth place Lithuania
Awards and statistics
MVPItaly Gregor Fučka
← 2000 2002 →

The 15. Edition of the Acropolis International Basketball Tournament 2001 took place between the 21st and 23rd. August 2001 in the suburb Marousi from Athens. The total of six games were played in the Olympic Hall.

In addition to the host Greek national team also included the national teams Italy and Lithuania part. The field of participants was completed by the national team FR Yugoslavia, which only a few weeks later at the European Championships in Turkey was able to win the gold medal.

In addition to the Greek, the stars of the 2001 Acropolis tournament included Theodoros Papaloukas the Yugoslavs Dejan Bodiroga, Marko Jarić, and Peja Stojaković, Denis Marconato from Italy as well Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Ramūnas Šiškauskas and Darius Songaila from Lithuania.

As MVP the Italian was the tournament Gregor Fučka excellent.

Venues

Athens Greece
Marousi, Athens 2001 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament is located in GreeceMarousi, AthensMarousi, Athens
Olympic Indoor Hall
Capacity: 18,989

Participating teams

Standings

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Italy 3 2 1 207 208 −1 5
 Greece 3 2 1 212 201 +11 5
 FR Yugoslavia 3 1 2 221 220 +1 4
 Lithuania 3 1 2 229 240 −11 4

Results

August 21
FR Yugoslavia  96–81  Lithuania
O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall, Marousi, Athens
August 21
Italy  70–66  Greece
O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall, Marousi, Athens
August 22
Lithuania  75–69  Italy
O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall, Marousi, Athens
August 22
Greece  71–58  FR Yugoslavia
O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall, Marousi, Athens
August 23
Italy  68–67  FR Yugoslavia
O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall, Marousi, Athens
August 23
Greece  75–73  Lithuania
O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall, Marousi, Athens

Final standings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Greece
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  FR Yugoslavia
4  Lithuania
 2001 Acropolis International Basketball winners 

Italy
Second title
Most Valuable Player
Italy Gregor Fučka

References

  1. "2001 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament". Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  2. "Olympic Sports Hall". stadia.gr. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  3. "2001 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament - Results". 20 August 2001. Retrieved 11 May 2024.

External links

Acropolis International Tournament
Regular Editions
Special Edition
Greece Basketball in Greece
National teams
League competitions
Cup competitions
Other
International men's basketball
Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
Oceania
Other
tournaments
Categories:
2001 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament Add topic