2023 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament

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)
← 2022
2024 →

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
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
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
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

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.