2023 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament

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2023 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament
Tournament details
Arena OAKA Olympic Indoor Hall
Athens, Greece
Dates8–10 August
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Italy.svg  Italy (4th title)
Runners-upFlag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Third placeFlag of Greece.svg  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.

Contents

Venues

Marousi, Athens
2023 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament (Greece)
O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall
Capacity: 18,989 [3]

Participating teams

Team [4] AppearanceBest performance
LastTotalStreak
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2022 323118× Champions (1989, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1998–2000, 2002, 2003, 2005–2010, 2013, 2015, 2022)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2019 193Champions (1997, 2001, 2011)
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 2021 652x Champions (2019, 2021)

Standings

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 220163158+54
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 211159153+63
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 202134145112

Results

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

August 8
19:45
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg6471Flag of Serbia.svg  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  Flag of Serbia.svg8889Flag of Italy.svg  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  Flag of Italy.svg7470Flag of Greece.svg  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] PlayerTotalAverage
Points Flag of Greece.svg Nikos Rogkavopoulos 3115.5
Rebounds Flag of Serbia.svg Nikola Milutinov 189.0
Assists Flag of Greece.svg Thomas Walkup 178.5
Steals Flag of Italy.svg Progida Gabriele 52.0
Blocks Flag of Greece.svg Georgios Papagiannis 42.0

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