1992 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament

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1992 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament
Tournament details
Arena SEF
Piraeus, Athens, Greece
DatesJune 8–10
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Greece.svg  Greece (2nd title)
Runners-upFlag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Third placeFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Fourth placeFlag of France.svg  France
1990
1993

The sixth edition of the Acropolis International Basketball Tournament 1992 took place between the 8th and 10th. June 1992 in Piraeus. The six games were played in the Stadium of Peace and Friendship.

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In addition to the host Greece, national team also took out the national teams France and Italy part. The team completed the field of participants Lithuania only a few weeks later with the Olympic Games in Barcelona won the bronze medal. The competition is played under FIBA rules as a round-robin tournament. The stars of the 1992 Acropolis tournament included the Greek Panagiotis Giannakis also Artūras Karnišovas, Rimas Kurtinaitis, Šarūnas Marčiulionis as well Arvydas Sabonis from Lithuania. [1]

Venues

Greece
Neo Faliro, Piraeus, Greece
SEF
Capacity: 11,640 [2]
Peace and Friendship stadium 02 03 2014.JPG

Participating teams

Standings

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 330223203+206
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 321306255+515
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 312248272244
Flag of France.svg  France 303216263473

Results

June 8
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg6557Flag of France.svg  France

June 8
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg94116Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania

June 9
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg8381Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania

June 9
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg8981Flag of France.svg  France

June 10
France  Flag of France.svg78109Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania

June 10
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg7565Flag of Italy.svg  Italy

Final standings

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References

  1. "1992 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament" . Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  2. "The Peace and Friendship Stadium". Archived from the original on 2016-08-02. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
  3. "1992 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament - Results". 9 June 1992. Retrieved 8 May 2024.