2019 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament

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2019 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament
Tournament details
Arena OAKA Olympic Indoor Hall
Athens, Greece
DatesAugust 16–18
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Serbia.svg  Serbia (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Greece.svg  Greece
Third placeFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Fourth placeFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Awards and statistics
Top scorer(s) Flag of Serbia.svg Bogdan Bogdanović
(20.0 points per game)
2017
2021

The Acropolis International Tournament 2019 is a basketball tournament held in OAKA Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece, from August 16 until August 18, 2019. [1] It was the 29th edition of the Acropolis International Basketball Tournament. The competition is played under FIBA [2] rules as a round-robin tournament. The four participating teams were Greece, Italy, Serbia, and Turkey. [3]

Contents

The Serbia roster went undefeated and won the tournament.

Venues

Marousi, Athens
2019 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament (Greece)
O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall
Capacity: 18,989 [4]

Participating teams

TeamAppearanceBest performance
LastTotalStreak
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2017 292917× Champions (1989, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1998–2000, 2002, 2003, 2005–2010, 2013, 2015)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2017 182Champions (1997, 2001, 2011)
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 2017 42Runners-up (2009)
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2015 21Runners-up (2015)

Standings

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
1Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 330268216+526
2Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 321247218+295
3Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 312214241274
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 303197251543
Source: Flashscore

Results

All times are local Central European Summer Time (UTC+2). [5]

August 16
18:00
Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg8772Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Scoring by quarter:25–18, 19–18, 27–18, 16–18
Pts: Jokić 18
Rebs: Jokić 11
Asts: Jović 8
Pts: Korkmaz 16
Rebs: Osman 8
Asts: Osman 5
O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall, Marousi, Athens
Attendance:not available
Referees: Chrysostomos Schinas, Nikolaos Somos, Nikolaos Tziopanos
August 16
20:30
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg8363Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Scoring by quarter:27–13, 22–15, 16–19, 18–16
Pts: G. Antetokounmpo 18
Rebs: Bourousis 17
Asts: Calathes 7
Pts: Belinelli 13
Rebs: Biligha, Hackett 8
Asts: Vitali 4
O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall, Marousi, Athens
Attendance:not available
Referees: Elias Koromilas, Petros Papapetrou, George Andrikopoulos
August 17
18:00
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg6496Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Scoring by quarter:15–14, 17–31, 17–24, 15–27
Pts: Belinelli 16
Rebs: Tessitori 5
Asts: Biligha, Vitali 3
Pts: Jokić 20
Rebs: Bjelica, Marjanović 7
Asts: Micić 5
O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall, Marousi, Athens
Attendance:not available
Referees: Chrysostomos Schinas, Vasiliki Tsaroucha, Anastasios Kardaris
August 17
20:30
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg8470Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Scoring by quarter:24–17, 18–20, 21–20, 21–13
Pts: Printezis 18
Rebs: G. Antetokounmpo 10
Asts: Calathes 6
Pts: Korkmaz 25
Rebs: Korkmaz 8
Asts: Korkmaz 5
O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall, Marousi, Athens
Attendance:not available
Referees: Petros Papapetrou, Christos Panagiotoum, Panagiotis Diamantis
August 18
18:00
Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg7270Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 12–19, 26–16, 10–26, 24–9
Pts: Osman 20
Rebs: İlyasova 11
Asts: Wilbekin 4
Pts: Gentile 26
Rebs: Brooks 9
Asts: Belinelli 4
O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall, Marousi, Athens
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Charalampos Karakatsounis, Nikolaos Somos, Dimitrios Zacharis
August 18
20:30
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg8085 (OT)Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Scoring by quarter:19–17, 19–14, 19–21, 15–20,  Overtime: 8–13
Pts: G. Antetokounmpo 20
Rebs: Bourousis 6
Asts: Calathes 7
Pts: Bogdanović 28
Rebs: Bjelica 14
Asts: Jović 6
O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall, Marousi, Athens
Attendance: 18,000
Referees: Elias Koromilas, Vasiliki Tsaroucha, Nikolaos Pitsilkas

Final standing

Statistics

Source [7]

See also

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