1997 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament

1997 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament
Tournament details
Arena	SEF ; Piraeus, Athens, Greece
Dates	June 12–14
Final positions
Champions	Italy (1st title)
Runners-up	Greece
Third place	France
Fourth place	Germany
Awards and statistics
MVP	Carlton Myers
	← 1996 1998 →

The 11. Edition of the Acropolis International Basketball Tournament 1997 found between the 12th and 14th. June 1997 in Piraeus. The total of six games were played Stadium of Peace and Friendship.

In addition to the host Greek national team also excluded the national teams Germany, France as well as Italy part. While it was the second participation in the Acropolis tournament for Germany (after 1996) and France, the Italians took part for the seventh time and won the tournament for the first time.^[1]

Venues[edit]

	Greece
Neo Faliro, Piraeus, Greece	Neo Faliro, Piraeus
SEF Capacity: 11,640^[2]	Neo Faliro, Piraeus

Participating teams[edit]

Standings[edit]


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Italy	3	3	0	224	189	+35	6
Greece	3	2	1	242	219	+23	5
France	3	1	2	211	231	−20	4
Germany	3	0	3	199	237	−38	3

Results[edit]

June 12

Italy

71–56

France

SEF, Neo Faliro, Piraeus

June 12

Greece

83–65

Germany

SEF, Neo Faliro, Piraeus

June 13

Italy

69–56

Germany

SEF, Neo Faliro, Piraeus

June 13

Greece

82–70

France

SEF, Neo Faliro, Piraeus

June 14

Germany

78–85

France

SEF, Neo Faliro, Piraeus

June 14

Italy

84–77

Greece

SEF, Neo Faliro, Piraeus

Final standings[edit]

Rank^[3]	Team
	Italy
	Greece
	France
4	Germany

1997 Acropolis International Basketball winners
Italy First title

Most Valuable Player
Carlton Myers

References[edit]

^ "1997 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament". Retrieved 8 May 2024.
^ "The Peace and Friendship Stadium". Archived from the original on 2016-08-02. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
^ "1997 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament - Results". Retrieved 8 May 2024.

External links[edit]

Acropolis Tournament
Basket.gr Acropolis Cup History Search Results (in Greek)

[1] "1997 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament". Retrieved 8 May 2024.

[The_Peace_and_Friendship_Stadium-2] "The Peace and Friendship Stadium". Archived from the original on 2016-08-02. Retrieved 2016-02-13.

[3] "1997 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament - Results". Retrieved 8 May 2024.

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