1998 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament

The 12th edition of the Acropolis International Basketball Tournament 1998 was held between the 19th and 21st July 1998 in the suburb Marousi, Athens. The total of six games were played in the Olympic Hall.

1998 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament
Tournament details
ArenaOAKA Olympic Indoor Hall
Piraeus, Athens, Greece
DatesJuly 19–21
Final positions
Champions Greece (5th title)
Runners-upUnited States College NCAA DI All Stars
Third place Poland
Fourth place Japan
Awards and statistics
MVPGreece Efthimios Rentzias
1997
1999

In addition to the host Greek national team the national teams from Poland and Japan also took part. The field of participants completed one NCAA-Selection from the United States. For Japan and Poland, the 1998 Acropolis tournament was the first participation in the competition.[1]

Venues

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Athens Greece
Marousi, Athens
Olympic Indoor Hall
Capacity: 18,989[2]
 

Participating teams

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Standings

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Greece 3 3 0 264 144 +120 6
  NCAA DI All Stars 3 2 1 209 227 −18 5
  Poland 3 1 2 175 222 −47 4
  Japan 3 0 3 189 244 −55 3

Results

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July 19
Greece   98–49   Japan


July 20
Greece   88–39   Poland



July 21
Poland   66–61   Japan

Final standings

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References

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  1. ^ "1998 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament". Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Olympic Sports Hall". stadia.gr. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  3. ^ "1998 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament - Results". 20 July 1998. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
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