2001 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament

2001 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament

Tournament details
Arena	OAKA Olympic Indoor Hall Piraeus, Athens, Greece
Dates	August 21–23
Final positions
Champions	Italy (2nd title)
Runners-up	Greece
Third place	FR Yugoslavia
Fourth place	Lithuania
Awards and statistics
MVP	Gregor Fučka

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.^[1]

Venues

Athens	Greece
Marousi, Athens	Marousi, Athens
Olympic Indoor Hall Capacity: 18,989[2]

Participating teams

•  Greece
•  FR Yugoslavia
•  Italy
•  Lithuania

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

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August 21

Italy

70–66

Greece

O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall, Marousi, Athens

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August 22

Lithuania

75–69

Italy

O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall, Marousi, Athens

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August 22

Greece

71–58

FR Yugoslavia

O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall, Marousi, Athens

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August 23

Italy

68–67

FR Yugoslavia

O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall, Marousi, Athens

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August 23

Greece

75–73

Lithuania

O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall, Marousi, Athens

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Final standings

Rank[3] Team  Italy  Greece  FR Yugoslavia 4  Lithuania

2001 Acropolis International Basketball winners  Italy Second title Most Valuable Player 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 Tournament
• Basket.gr Acropolis Cup History Search Results (in Greek)