2001 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament Explained

Tourney Name:Acropolis International Basketball Tournament
Year:2001
City:Piraeus, Athens
Country:Greece
Arena:OAKA Olympic Indoor Hall
Dates:August 21–23
Champion: (2nd title)
Mvp: Gregor Fučka
Prevseason:2000
Nextseason:2002

The 15. Edition of the Acropolis International Basketball Tournament 2001 took place between the 21st and 23rd. August 2001 in the suburb Marousi from Athens. The total of six games were played in the Olympic Hall.

In addition to the host Greek national team also included the national teams Italy and Lithuania part. The field of participants was completed by the national team FR Yugoslavia, which only a few weeks later at the European Championships in Turkey was able to win the gold medal.

In addition to the Greek, the stars of the 2001 Acropolis tournament included Theodoros Papaloukas the Yugoslavs Dejan Bodiroga, Marko Jarić, and Peja Stojaković, Denis Marconato from Italy as well Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Ramūnas Šiškauskas and Darius Songaila from Lithuania.

As MVP the Italian was the tournament Gregor Fučka excellent.[1]

Venues

AthensGreece
width=180Marousi, Athens
Olympic Indoor Hall
Capacity: 18,989[2]

Standings

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Results

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Final standings

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2001 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament . 11 May 2024.
  2. Web site: Olympic Sports Hall . stadia.gr . 29 June 2017.
  3. Web site: 2001 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament - Results . 20 August 2001 . 11 May 2024.