Acropolis International Tournament 1986
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The Acropolis International Tournament 1986 was the 1st edition of the Acropolis International Basketball Tournament. It was held from June 18 to June 20, 1986, at the SEF
arena in Piraeus
, Athens
, Greece
. The participating teams were the hosts, Greece, as well as Italy, Yugoslavia, and the Netherlands.
The tournament featured famous international basketball players such as Dražen Petrović
, Nikos Galis, Rik Smits
, and Panagiotis Giannakis
.
Greece - Yugoslavia 87-95 (45-49)
GREECE: Galis
40 (1), Stavropoulos
, Kambouris
3, Nikos Filippou
10, F. Christodoulou
15 (1), Panagiotis Karatzas
7, Pedoulakis
2, A. Christodoulou, Andritsos
, Romanidis
6, C. Christodoulou
4.
YUGOSLAVIA: D. Petrovich 12 (2), Čutura
12, Cvjetičanin
31 (3), A. Petrović 15 (4), Vranković
10, Radovanović 17, Mutapcic 1, Radović
7, Petranović.
Italy - Holland 90-63 (39-34)
ITALY: Magnifico 9, Costa 10, Polesello 7, Brunamonti
15, Villalta
2, Riva
12 (1), Romeo Sacchetti
1, Premier 9 (1), dell'Agnello, Smparo, Gilardi
6, Binelli.
HOLLAND: Schilp 10, de Waard 6, Bottse 2, Esveldt, Smits
21, Ebeltjes 4, van Dinten 13, Heijdeman 7, Griekspoor, Mproykman.
2nd Day:
Greece - Italy 91-93 (38-46)
GREECE: Galis
22, Giannakis
23 (5), Panagiotis Karatzas
6, Nikos Filippou
8, F. Christodoulou
9 (1), Kambouris
12, Romanidis
7 (1), A. Christodoulou, Pedoulakis
, Andritsos
2, Stavropoulos
2, Melissinos.
ITALY: Riva
15 (2), dell'Agnello, Villalta
18, Gilardi
6, Romeo Sacchetti
10, Brunamonti
5, Polesello 8, Magnifico 11, Ritsi 2, Marzorati
10, Premier 6.
Yugoslavia - Holland 105-76 (59-41)
YUGOSLAVIA: D. Petrovich 42 (4), Ntibats 6, Petranović 6, Mutapcic 7 (1), A. Petrović 13 (3), Radović
1, Vranković
2, Arapović
4, Radovanović 12, Čutura
8, Cvjetičanin
4.
HOLLAND: Schilp 11 (1), Bottse 15 (1), Esveldt 4, Smits
18, Ebeltjes 2, Emanoyels 6 (2), de Waard, van Dinten 8, Egkmont, Heijdeman 8, Griekspoor 4.
3rd Day:
Greece - Holland 104-88
GREECE: Galis
46 (1), Giannakis
10 (1), Kambouris
4, Melissinos, Stavropoulos
8, F. Christodoulou
10, Andritsos
, Nikos Filippou
11, Romanidis
2, Pedoulakis
3 (1), Panagiotis Karatzas
8, Dimakopoulos
2.
HOLLAND: Smits
20, Bottse 11, Schilp 17 (1), Ebeltjes 4, Esveldt, Heijdeman 9, van Dinten 19, de Waard, Mproykman 6.
Yugoslavia - Italy 92-80
YUGOSLAVIA: D. Petrovich 26 (3), A. Petrović 16 (3), Ntibats 7, Čutura
17, Petranović 4, Radović
5, Vranković
, Radovanović 14, Arapović
3.
ITALY: Magnifico 9, Polesello, Gilardi
2, Brunamonti
9, Villalta
11, Binelli 8, Riva
14 (2), Romeo Sacchetti
5, Caste 2, Marzorati
3, Ritsi, Premier 10 (2).
Final Standings:
Peace and Friendship Stadium
The Stadio Eirinis kai Filias , known as S.E.F., is a multi-use indoor sports arena that is located in Faliro, Piraeus, Athens, Greece. It is the central venue of the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex and is mostly known for being the long-time home court of the famous Euroleague basketball club...
arena in Piraeus
Piraeus
Piraeus is a city in the region of Attica, Greece. Piraeus is located within the Athens Urban Area, 12 km southwest from its city center , and lies along the east coast of the Saronic Gulf....
, Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
. The participating teams were the hosts, Greece, as well as Italy, Yugoslavia, and the Netherlands.
The tournament featured famous international basketball players such as Dražen Petrović
Dražen Petrovic
Dražen Petrović was a Yugoslav and Croatian professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he initially achieved success playing professional basketball in Europe in the 1980s before joining the American NBA in 1989...
, Nikos Galis, Rik Smits
Rik Smits
Rik Smits is a retired Dutch professional basketball player who spent his entire professional career with the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association. The 7'4" center was drafted by the Pacers out of Marist College with the second overall pick in the 1988 NBA Draft...
, and Panagiotis Giannakis
Panagiotis Giannakis
Panagiotis Giannakis , nicknamed "The Dragon", is a retired Greek professional basketball player and coach. He is the former head coach of the pro club Olympiacos, and the Greek National Basketball Team. Under Giannakis' guidance, the Greek National team won the gold medal at the 2005 EuroBasket...
.
Results
| June 18 1986 | Greece  |
87 - 95 |  Yugoslavia |
| June 18 1986 | Italy  |
90 - 63 |  Netherlands |
| June 19 1986 | Greece |
91 - 93 | Italy |
| June 19 1986 | Yugoslavia |
105 - 76 | Netherlands |
| June 20 1986 | Greece |
104 - 88 | Netherlands |
| June 20 1986 | Yugoslavia |
92 - 80 | Italy |
Standings
| Rank | Country | Points | Aggregate Scores |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Medal | Yugoslavia |
6 | 292-243 |
| Silver Medal | Italy |
5 | 263-243 |
| Bronze Medal | Greece |
4 | 282-276 |
| 4th Place | Netherlands |
3 | 227-299 |
Game logs
First Day:Greece - Yugoslavia 87-95 (45-49)
GREECE: Galis
Nick Galis
Nikolaos Georgalis , commonly known as either Nikos Galis , or Nick Galis , is a retired Greek professional basketball player...
40 (1), Stavropoulos
Nikos Stavropoulos
Nikos "Magic" Stavropoulos , aka Professor Nicholas "Magic" Stavropoulos, is a former professional Greek professional basketball player that played for Gymnastikos S. Larissas, PAOK BC, and Iraklis BC at the pro club level in Greece's A1 Ethniki basketball league. He began his career with his local...
, Kambouris
Argiris Kambouris
Argiris Kambouris is a retired Greek professional basketball player.-Career:Kambouris played for Olympiakos BC from 1978 to 1995 winning three Greek Championships . He was a Greek Cup finalist in 1986...
3, Nikos Filippou
Nikos Filippou
Nikos Filippou is a retired Greek professional basketball player.He played for Aris winning 8 Greek Championships and 5 Greek Cups...
10, F. Christodoulou
Fanis Christodoulou
Theofanis Christodoulou, or Fanis Christodoulou , is a retired Greek professional basketball player...
15 (1), Panagiotis Karatzas
Panagiotis Karatzas (basketball)
Panagiotis Karatzas is a retired Greek professional basketball player.He was an important member of AO Pagrati BC. He played for Olympiakos BC in 1993 winning the Greek Championship and the Greek Cup in 1994...
7, Pedoulakis
Argiris Pedoulakis
Argiris Pedoulakis is a Greek professional basketball coach and a retired professional basketball player....
2, A. Christodoulou, Andritsos
Liveris Andritsos
Liveris Andritsos is a retired Greek professional basketball player.-Career:Andritsos started his career with Esperos. In 1982, he moved to Panathinaikos BC and he won the Greek Championship in 1984 and the Greek Cup in 1983 and 1986...
, Romanidis
Michalis Romanidis
Michail Romanidis is a retired Greek professional basketball player.He played for Aris winning 8 Greek Championships and 6 Greek Cups...
6, C. Christodoulou
Christos Christodoulou
Christos Christodoulou is a retired Greek professional basketball player.He played with his brother Fanis Christodoulou for Panionios BC and he won the Greek Cup in 1991. In 1994 he moved to Sporting BC....
4.
YUGOSLAVIA: D. Petrovich 12 (2), Čutura
Zoran Cutura
Zoran Čutura is a former Croatian basketball player. Čutura won a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics with Yugoslavia....
12, Cvjetičanin
Danko Cvjeticanin
Danko Cvjetičanin is a retired Yugoslavian and Croatian basketball player who won two silver medals at Olympic Games, one with Yugoslavia and the other with Croatia, and two European Club titles with Cibona...
31 (3), A. Petrović 15 (4), Vranković
Stojko Vrankovic
Stojan "Stojko" Vranković is a retired Croatian basketball player who also represented Yugoslavia....
10, Radovanović 17, Mutapcic 1, Radović
Zoran Radovic
Zoran Radović is a retired Serbian basketball player and current FIBA administrator....
7, Petranović.
Italy - Holland 90-63 (39-34)
ITALY: Magnifico 9, Costa 10, Polesello 7, Brunamonti
Roberto Brunamonti
Roberto Brunamonti is a retired Italian basketball player, who won the silver medal with his national team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, four national championships , one Italian Cup in 1984 and one Italian Supercup in 1995...
15, Villalta
Renato Villalta
Renato Villalta is a former basketball player from Italy, who won the silver medal with his national team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.-References:...
2, Riva
Antonello Riva
Antonello Riva is an Italian retired basketball player. Nicknamed "Nembo Kid", he started playing basketball in 1977-78....
12 (1), Romeo Sacchetti
Romeo Sacchetti
Romeo Sacchetti is a former basketball player from Italy, who won the silver medal with his national team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow...
1, Premier 9 (1), dell'Agnello, Smparo, Gilardi
Enrico Gilardi
Enrico Gilardi is a former basketball player from Italy.Gilardi was born in Rome. He won the silver medal with his national team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. He also won a Euroleague championship in 1983 with Virtus Roma.He ended his career in 1991 at Filodoro Napoli.- External links :*...
6, Binelli.
HOLLAND: Schilp 10, de Waard 6, Bottse 2, Esveldt, Smits
Rik Smits
Rik Smits is a retired Dutch professional basketball player who spent his entire professional career with the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association. The 7'4" center was drafted by the Pacers out of Marist College with the second overall pick in the 1988 NBA Draft...
21, Ebeltjes 4, van Dinten 13, Heijdeman 7, Griekspoor, Mproykman.
2nd Day:
Greece - Italy 91-93 (38-46)
GREECE: Galis
Nick Galis
Nikolaos Georgalis , commonly known as either Nikos Galis , or Nick Galis , is a retired Greek professional basketball player...
22, Giannakis
Panagiotis Giannakis
Panagiotis Giannakis , nicknamed "The Dragon", is a retired Greek professional basketball player and coach. He is the former head coach of the pro club Olympiacos, and the Greek National Basketball Team. Under Giannakis' guidance, the Greek National team won the gold medal at the 2005 EuroBasket...
23 (5), Panagiotis Karatzas
Panagiotis Karatzas (basketball)
Panagiotis Karatzas is a retired Greek professional basketball player.He was an important member of AO Pagrati BC. He played for Olympiakos BC in 1993 winning the Greek Championship and the Greek Cup in 1994...
6, Nikos Filippou
Nikos Filippou
Nikos Filippou is a retired Greek professional basketball player.He played for Aris winning 8 Greek Championships and 5 Greek Cups...
8, F. Christodoulou
Fanis Christodoulou
Theofanis Christodoulou, or Fanis Christodoulou , is a retired Greek professional basketball player...
9 (1), Kambouris
Argiris Kambouris
Argiris Kambouris is a retired Greek professional basketball player.-Career:Kambouris played for Olympiakos BC from 1978 to 1995 winning three Greek Championships . He was a Greek Cup finalist in 1986...
12, Romanidis
Michalis Romanidis
Michail Romanidis is a retired Greek professional basketball player.He played for Aris winning 8 Greek Championships and 6 Greek Cups...
7 (1), A. Christodoulou, Pedoulakis
Argiris Pedoulakis
Argiris Pedoulakis is a Greek professional basketball coach and a retired professional basketball player....
, Andritsos
Liveris Andritsos
Liveris Andritsos is a retired Greek professional basketball player.-Career:Andritsos started his career with Esperos. In 1982, he moved to Panathinaikos BC and he won the Greek Championship in 1984 and the Greek Cup in 1983 and 1986...
2, Stavropoulos
Nikos Stavropoulos
Nikos "Magic" Stavropoulos , aka Professor Nicholas "Magic" Stavropoulos, is a former professional Greek professional basketball player that played for Gymnastikos S. Larissas, PAOK BC, and Iraklis BC at the pro club level in Greece's A1 Ethniki basketball league. He began his career with his local...
2, Melissinos.
ITALY: Riva
Antonello Riva
Antonello Riva is an Italian retired basketball player. Nicknamed "Nembo Kid", he started playing basketball in 1977-78....
15 (2), dell'Agnello, Villalta
Renato Villalta
Renato Villalta is a former basketball player from Italy, who won the silver medal with his national team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.-References:...
18, Gilardi
Enrico Gilardi
Enrico Gilardi is a former basketball player from Italy.Gilardi was born in Rome. He won the silver medal with his national team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. He also won a Euroleague championship in 1983 with Virtus Roma.He ended his career in 1991 at Filodoro Napoli.- External links :*...
6, Romeo Sacchetti
Romeo Sacchetti
Romeo Sacchetti is a former basketball player from Italy, who won the silver medal with his national team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow...
10, Brunamonti
Roberto Brunamonti
Roberto Brunamonti is a retired Italian basketball player, who won the silver medal with his national team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, four national championships , one Italian Cup in 1984 and one Italian Supercup in 1995...
5, Polesello 8, Magnifico 11, Ritsi 2, Marzorati
Pierluigi Marzorati
Pierluigi Marzorati is an Italian former basketball player who won the silver medal with Italy at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, the title in the 1983 European Championship, plus three bronze medals at the 1971, 1975 and 1985 European Championships.Marzorati eventually played 278 matches for...
10, Premier 6.
Yugoslavia - Holland 105-76 (59-41)
YUGOSLAVIA: D. Petrovich 42 (4), Ntibats 6, Petranović 6, Mutapcic 7 (1), A. Petrović 13 (3), Radović
Zoran Radovic
Zoran Radović is a retired Serbian basketball player and current FIBA administrator....
1, Vranković
Stojko Vrankovic
Stojan "Stojko" Vranković is a retired Croatian basketball player who also represented Yugoslavia....
2, Arapović
Franjo Arapovic
Franjo Arapović is a former Croatian basketball center - tall - who won the silver medal with the Croatia national basketball team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain...
4, Radovanović 12, Čutura
Zoran Cutura
Zoran Čutura is a former Croatian basketball player. Čutura won a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics with Yugoslavia....
8, Cvjetičanin
Danko Cvjeticanin
Danko Cvjetičanin is a retired Yugoslavian and Croatian basketball player who won two silver medals at Olympic Games, one with Yugoslavia and the other with Croatia, and two European Club titles with Cibona...
4.
HOLLAND: Schilp 11 (1), Bottse 15 (1), Esveldt 4, Smits
Rik Smits
Rik Smits is a retired Dutch professional basketball player who spent his entire professional career with the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association. The 7'4" center was drafted by the Pacers out of Marist College with the second overall pick in the 1988 NBA Draft...
18, Ebeltjes 2, Emanoyels 6 (2), de Waard, van Dinten 8, Egkmont, Heijdeman 8, Griekspoor 4.
3rd Day:
Greece - Holland 104-88
GREECE: Galis
Nick Galis
Nikolaos Georgalis , commonly known as either Nikos Galis , or Nick Galis , is a retired Greek professional basketball player...
46 (1), Giannakis
Panagiotis Giannakis
Panagiotis Giannakis , nicknamed "The Dragon", is a retired Greek professional basketball player and coach. He is the former head coach of the pro club Olympiacos, and the Greek National Basketball Team. Under Giannakis' guidance, the Greek National team won the gold medal at the 2005 EuroBasket...
10 (1), Kambouris
Argiris Kambouris
Argiris Kambouris is a retired Greek professional basketball player.-Career:Kambouris played for Olympiakos BC from 1978 to 1995 winning three Greek Championships . He was a Greek Cup finalist in 1986...
4, Melissinos, Stavropoulos
Nikos Stavropoulos
Nikos "Magic" Stavropoulos , aka Professor Nicholas "Magic" Stavropoulos, is a former professional Greek professional basketball player that played for Gymnastikos S. Larissas, PAOK BC, and Iraklis BC at the pro club level in Greece's A1 Ethniki basketball league. He began his career with his local...
8, F. Christodoulou
Fanis Christodoulou
Theofanis Christodoulou, or Fanis Christodoulou , is a retired Greek professional basketball player...
10, Andritsos
Liveris Andritsos
Liveris Andritsos is a retired Greek professional basketball player.-Career:Andritsos started his career with Esperos. In 1982, he moved to Panathinaikos BC and he won the Greek Championship in 1984 and the Greek Cup in 1983 and 1986...
, Nikos Filippou
Nikos Filippou
Nikos Filippou is a retired Greek professional basketball player.He played for Aris winning 8 Greek Championships and 5 Greek Cups...
11, Romanidis
Michalis Romanidis
Michail Romanidis is a retired Greek professional basketball player.He played for Aris winning 8 Greek Championships and 6 Greek Cups...
2, Pedoulakis
Argiris Pedoulakis
Argiris Pedoulakis is a Greek professional basketball coach and a retired professional basketball player....
3 (1), Panagiotis Karatzas
Panagiotis Karatzas (basketball)
Panagiotis Karatzas is a retired Greek professional basketball player.He was an important member of AO Pagrati BC. He played for Olympiakos BC in 1993 winning the Greek Championship and the Greek Cup in 1994...
8, Dimakopoulos
Dimitris Dimakopoulos
Dimitris Dimakopoulos is a retired Greek professional basketball player.-Career:Dimakopoulos started his career with Esperos. He moved to Panathinaikos BC. In 1992, he played for PAOK BC and he won the Greek Championship and he was Cup Winners' Cup finalist the same year...
2.
HOLLAND: Smits
Rik Smits
Rik Smits is a retired Dutch professional basketball player who spent his entire professional career with the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association. The 7'4" center was drafted by the Pacers out of Marist College with the second overall pick in the 1988 NBA Draft...
20, Bottse 11, Schilp 17 (1), Ebeltjes 4, Esveldt, Heijdeman 9, van Dinten 19, de Waard, Mproykman 6.
Yugoslavia - Italy 92-80
YUGOSLAVIA: D. Petrovich 26 (3), A. Petrović 16 (3), Ntibats 7, Čutura
Zoran Cutura
Zoran Čutura is a former Croatian basketball player. Čutura won a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics with Yugoslavia....
17, Petranović 4, Radović
Zoran Radovic
Zoran Radović is a retired Serbian basketball player and current FIBA administrator....
5, Vranković
Stojko Vrankovic
Stojan "Stojko" Vranković is a retired Croatian basketball player who also represented Yugoslavia....
, Radovanović 14, Arapović
Franjo Arapovic
Franjo Arapović is a former Croatian basketball center - tall - who won the silver medal with the Croatia national basketball team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain...
3.
ITALY: Magnifico 9, Polesello, Gilardi
Enrico Gilardi
Enrico Gilardi is a former basketball player from Italy.Gilardi was born in Rome. He won the silver medal with his national team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. He also won a Euroleague championship in 1983 with Virtus Roma.He ended his career in 1991 at Filodoro Napoli.- External links :*...
2, Brunamonti
Roberto Brunamonti
Roberto Brunamonti is a retired Italian basketball player, who won the silver medal with his national team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, four national championships , one Italian Cup in 1984 and one Italian Supercup in 1995...
9, Villalta
Renato Villalta
Renato Villalta is a former basketball player from Italy, who won the silver medal with his national team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.-References:...
11, Binelli 8, Riva
Antonello Riva
Antonello Riva is an Italian retired basketball player. Nicknamed "Nembo Kid", he started playing basketball in 1977-78....
14 (2), Romeo Sacchetti
Romeo Sacchetti
Romeo Sacchetti is a former basketball player from Italy, who won the silver medal with his national team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow...
5, Caste 2, Marzorati
Pierluigi Marzorati
Pierluigi Marzorati is an Italian former basketball player who won the silver medal with Italy at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, the title in the 1983 European Championship, plus three bronze medals at the 1971, 1975 and 1985 European Championships.Marzorati eventually played 278 matches for...
3, Ritsi, Premier 10 (2).
Final Standings:
- 1. Yugoslavia 6 292-243
- 2. Italy 5 263-243
- 3. Greece 4 282-276
- 4. Holland 3 227-299
Top scorers
- Nikos GalisNick GalisNikolaos Georgalis , commonly known as either Nikos Galis , or Nick Galis , is a retired Greek professional basketball player...
- 36.0 PPG - Dražen PetrovićDražen PetrovicDražen Petrović was a Yugoslav and Croatian professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he initially achieved success playing professional basketball in Europe in the 1980s before joining the American NBA in 1989...
- 26.7 PPG - Danko CvjetičaninDanko CvjeticaninDanko Cvjetičanin is a retired Yugoslavian and Croatian basketball player who won two silver medals at Olympic Games, one with Yugoslavia and the other with Croatia, and two European Club titles with Cibona...
- 17.5 PPG - Panagiotis GiannakisPanagiotis GiannakisPanagiotis Giannakis , nicknamed "The Dragon", is a retired Greek professional basketball player and coach. He is the former head coach of the pro club Olympiacos, and the Greek National Basketball Team. Under Giannakis' guidance, the Greek National team won the gold medal at the 2005 EuroBasket...
- 16.5 PPG - Rik SmitsRik SmitsRik Smits is a retired Dutch professional basketball player who spent his entire professional career with the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association. The 7'4" center was drafted by the Pacers out of Marist College with the second overall pick in the 1988 NBA Draft...
- 14.8 PPG