2025 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament

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2025 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament
Tournament details
Arena Telekom Center Athens
Marousi, Athens, Greece
DatesAug 20–22 2025
Final positions
Champions Greece (20th title)
Runners-up Latvia
Third place Italy
Awards and statistics
Top scorer(s) Flag of Italy.svg Simone Fontecchio
13.5 PPG
2024
2026

The 2025 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament was the 34th edition of Greece's annual international basketball competition. It was held from August 20 to August 22, 2025, at the Telekom Center Athens in Marousi, Greece. The tournament served as a preparatory event for EuroBasket 2025 , allowing teams to test their rosters and strategies ahead of the European tournament start a few weeks later.

Contents

The Acropolis Tournament has been held almost every year since 1986 and continues to be one of the most prestigious friendly competitions in European basketball, attracting top players and national teams from across the continent.

The 2025 edition featured three national teams: Greece , Latvia , and Italy . Latvia made its debut in the tournament, highlighting the event's international appeal. The competition followed a round-robin format, with each team playing against the others once. [1]

A highlight of the tournament was the performance of Giannis Antetokounmpo , who led Greece to a 104–86 victory over Latvia, scoring 25 points in just over 15 minutes of play. [2]

Venue

Greece
Marousi, Athens
Telekom Center Athens
Capacity: 18,500 [3]
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Participating teams

Team [4] AppearanceBest performance
LastTotalStreak
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2024 343419× Champions (1989, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1998–2000, 2002, 2003, 2005–2010, 2013, 2015, 2022, 2024)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2023 190Champions (1997, 2001, 2011, 2023)
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia N/A10debut

Standings

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
1Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 220180160+204
2Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 211169167+23
3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 202137159222
Source: sportstats.gr

Results

All times are local Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3). [5]

20 August 2025 Greece  Flag of Greece.svg10486Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Athens, Greece
20:00 (UTC+3)Scoring by quarter:30–17, 31–28, 21–21, 22–20
Pts: G. Antetokounmpo 25
Rebs: G. Antetokounmpo10
Asts: Sloukas 10
Boxscore Pts: Lomažs 17
Rebs: Lomažs 5
Asts: Zoriks 7
Arena: Telekom Center Athens
Attendance: 9,500
Referees: Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Nikolaos Tziopanos (GRE), Nontas Christinakis (GRE)
21 August 2025 Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg8368Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Athens, Greece
20:00 (UTC+3)Scoring by quarter:25–16, 17–17, 24 16, 17-19
Pts: R.Šmits 13
Rebs: K.Porziņģis 8
Asts: K.Porziņģis 6
Boxscore Pts: M.Spagnolo 17
Rebs: S.Niang 10
Asts: M.Spissu 3
Arena: Telekom Center Athens
Attendance: 9,500
Referees: Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Nikolaos Tziopanos (GRE), Nontas Christinakis (GRE)
22 August 2025 Italy  Flag of Italy.svg7476Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Athens, Greece
20:00 (UTC+3)Scoring by quarter:20–16, 20–14, 12–27, 22–19
Pts: Fontecchio 18
Rebs: Melli 7
Asts: Pajola 7
Boxscore Pts: Dorsey 14
Rebs: K. Antetokounmpo 6
Asts: Dorsey, Katsivelis 4
Arena: Telekom Center Athens
Attendance: 13,500
Referees: Karpanos Ilias (GRE), Skandalakis Nikolaos (GRE), Milapidis Nikolaos (GRE)

Final standing

Statistics leaders

CategoryPlayerTotalAverage
Points Flag of Italy.svg Simone Fontecchio 2713.5
Rebounds Flag of Italy.svg Saliou Niang 1010.0
Assists Flag of Greece.svg Kostas Sloukas 1010.0
Steals Flag of Italy.svg Darius Thompson 94.5
Blocks Flag of Italy.svg Momo Diouf 42.0

See also

References

  1. "Acropolis International Basketball Tournament 2025 – Teams & Schedule" . Retrieved 2025-08-21.
  2. "Greece vs Latvia: 2025 Acropolis Tournament Highlights" . Retrieved 2025-08-21.
  3. "Indoor Basketball Arena" . Retrieved 2025-08-21.
  4. "Teams - 34th tournament". eokbasket.sportstats.gr. Retrieved 2025-08-21.
  5. "Ανδρών: Το πρόγραμμα του τουρνουά "Ακρόπολις Eurobank"". sport24.gr. Retrieved 21 August 2025.