2024 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament

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2024 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament
Tournament details
Arena SEF
Piraeus, Athens, Greece
DatesJune 25–27
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Greece.svg  Greece (19th title)
Runners-upFlag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro
Third placeFlag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas
Awards and statistics
Top scorer(s) Flag of Montenegro.svg Nikola Vučević
(17.5 points per game)
2023
2025

The 2024 Acropolis International Tournament is a basketball tournament which was held in SEF in Piraeus, Greece, from June 25 until June 27, 2024. It was the 33th edition of the Acropolis International Basketball Tournament. The competition is played under FIBA [1] rules as a round-robin tournament.This year tournament was takes place before the 2024 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments – Piraeus [2] and the 2024 Summer Olympics in France. [3]

Contents

Venues

Greece
Neo Faliro, Piraeus, Greece
SEF
Capacity: 11,640 [4]
Peace and Friendship stadium 02 03 2014.JPG

Participating teams

Team [5] AppearanceBest performance
LastTotalStreak
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2023 333218× Champions (1989, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1998–2000, 2002, 2003, 2005–2010, 2013, 2015, 2022)
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro N/A10debut
Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas N/A10debut

Standings

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
1Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 220188132+564
2Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 211150166163
3Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 202155195402
Source: sportstats.gr

Results

All times are local Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3). [6]

June 25
20:00
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg8657Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro
Scoring by quarter:23–12, 22–14, 20–15, 21–16
June 26
20:00
Montenegro  Flag of Montenegro.svg9380Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas
Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 19–24, 29–15, 29–22
June 27
20:00
Bahamas  Flag of the Bahamas.svg75102Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 15–28, 19–18, 16–31, 25–25

Final standing

Statistic leaders

Category [8] PlayerTotalAverage
Points Flag of Montenegro.svg Nikola Vučević 3517.5
Rebounds Flag of Montenegro.svg Nikola Vučević2613.0
Assists Flag of Greece.svg Nick Calathes 157.5
Steals Flag of the Bahamas.svg V. J. Edgecombe 52.5
Blocks Flag of Greece.svg Kostas Antetokounmpo 31.5

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