1987 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament

1987 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament

Tournament details
Arena	SEF Piraeus, Athens, Greece
Dates	May 18–20
Final positions
Champions	Yugoslavia (2nd title)
Runners-up	Greece
Third place	Czechoslovakia
Fourth place	Canada
Awards and statistics
MVP	Nikos Galis
Top scorer(s)	Nikos Galis (37.3 points per game)
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The Acropolis International Tournament 1987 was the second edition of the Acropolis International Basketball Tournament. It was held from May 18 to May 20, 1987, at the SEF arena in Piraeus, Athens, Greece. The competition is played under FIBA rules as a round-robin tournament. The participating teams were the hosts, Greece, as well as Yugoslavia, Canada, and the Czechoslovakia.

The tournament featured famous international basketball players such as Nikos Galis, Dražen Petrović, Vlade Divac, Toni Kukoč, Stanislav Kropilák, Stojko Vranković, Jay Triano, Panagiotis Giannakis and Panagiotis Fasoulas.

Participating teams

•  Canada
•  Czechoslovakia
•  Greece
•  Yugoslavia

Standings

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Yugoslavia	3	3	0	306	256	+50	6
Greece	3	2	1	294	287	+7	5
Czechoslovakia	3	1	2	245	278	−33	4
Canada	3	0	3	274	298	−24	3

Results

May 18

Yugoslavia	101–90	Canada
Scoring by half: 44-33, 57-57

Athens, Greece

May 18

Greece	95–81	Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 49-31, 46-50

Athens, Greece

May 19

Greece	111–105	Canada
Scoring by half: 62-48, 49-57

Athens, Greece

May 19

Yugoslavia	104–78	Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 56-39, 48-39

Athens, Greece

May 20

Canada	79–86	Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 39-41, 40-45

Athens, Greece

May 20

Greece	88–101	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 43-60, 45-41

Athens, Greece

Final standings

Rank Team  Yugoslavia  Greece  Czechoslovakia 4  Canada

1987 Acropolis International Basketball winners  Yugoslavia Second title

Statistics

First Day:

Yugoslavia - Canada 101-90 (44-33)

YUGOSLAVIA: D. Petrović 22 (1), A. Petrović 6, Kukoč 8, Cvjetičanin 15 (3), Vranković 2, Radovanović 8, Grbović 5, Radović 14 (2), Paspalj 18 (2), Divac 3, Rađa

CANADA: Clarke 2, Pasquale 11 (3), Tilleman 22 (4), Triano 17, Kristmanson 13, Tokarchuk 7, Mungar 13, Karpis 5, Jebbison
Greece - Czechoslovakia 95–81 (49-31)

GREECE: Galis 31, Giannakis 13 (2) Stavropoulos 7 (1), Kambouris 2, Filippou 14, Papadopoulos, Fasoulas 10, Andritsos 6, Romanidis 2, Linardos, Karatzas 6, Ioannou 4

CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Böhm 4, Kropilák 10, Okáč 4, Matický 4, Medvecky 5, Skála 8, Žuffa 17, Rajniak 6, Jelínek 8, Michalko 3 (1), Svitek 13
2nd Day:

Greece - Canada 111–105 (62-48)

GREECE: Galis 36, Giannakis 32 (4), Stavropoulos, Kambouris 2, Filippou 6, Fasoulas 7, Andritsos 6, Linardos 2, Karatzas 6, Romanidis 7, Ioannou 7

CANADA: Clarke 4, Pasquale 18 (2), Tilleman 20 (5), Triano 38 (4), Kristmanson 3, Tokarchuk, Mungar 14, Karpis 6, Biegler, Jebbison, Johansson 2
Yugoslavia - Czechoslovakia 104-78 (56-39)

YUGOSLAVIA: D. Petrović 21, A. Petrović 11 (3), Kukoč 11 (1), Cvjetičanin 7 (1), Vranković 14, Grbović 10 (2), Radović 6 (1), Paspalj 9 (1), Divac 8, Rađa 2, Đorđević 5

CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Kropilák 5, Okáč 18, Matický 12, Medvecky 4, Skála 8, Žuffa 5, Rajniak 4, Jelínek 8, Michalko 5 (1), Svitek 9 (1)
3rd Day:

Canada - Czechoslovakia 79–86 (39-41)

CANADA: Pasquale 5, Tilleman 13 (3), Triano 44 (6), Tokarchuk 2, Mungar 9, Karpis 2, Biegler 2, Morris 2

CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Mašura, Böhm 5, Kropilák 24 (1), Okáč 5, Matický 6, Medvecky 9 (3), Skála, Žuffa 4, Rajniak 16 (2), Jelínek 5 (1), Svitek 12
Greece - Yugoslavia 88-101 (43-60)

GREECE: Galis 45, Giannakis 6 (2), Stavropoulos 5 (1), Kambouris, Filippou 8, Papadopoulos 1, Fasoulas 14, Andritsos 5 (1), Karatzas 1, Pedoulakis 3 (1), Ioannou

YUGOSLAVIA: D. Petrović 37 (6), A. Petrović 8 (2), Kukoč 2, Cvjetičanin 5, Vranković 2, Grbović 30 (6), Paspalj 9 (1), Divac 6, Đorđević 2, Rađa

Top Scorers Player Pts. G PPG Nikos Galis 112 3 37.3 Jay Triano 99 3 33.0 Dražen Petrović 80 3 26.7 Karl Tilleman 55 3 18.3 Panagiotis Giannakis 51 3 17

External links

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