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
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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

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

Participating teams

•  France
•  Germany
•  Greece
•  Italy

Standings

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

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

Rank[3] Team  Italy  Greece  France 4  Germany

1997 Acropolis International Basketball winners  Italy First title Most Valuable Player Carlton Myers

References

External links

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