2005 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament

2005 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament

Tournament details
Arena	OAKA Olympic Indoor Hall Athens, Greece
Dates	September 5–7
Final positions
Champions	Greece (10th title)
Runners-up	Serbia and Montenegro
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	Germany
Awards and statistics
MVP	Dimitris Diamantidis
← 2004 2006 →

The 19. Edition of the Acropolis International Basketball Tournament 2005 found between the 5th and 7th. September 2005 in the suburb Marousi from Athens. The total of six games were played in the Olympic Hall.

In addition to the host Greek national team also exclude the national teams Germany, Italy and Serbia and Montenegro part. While it was Germany's third participation in the Acropolis tournament, the Italians took part for the twelfth and the Serbs for the seventh time.

In addition to Dirk Nowitzki and the Italian, the stars of the 2005 Acropolis tournament included Denis Marconato the Greeks Dimitrios Diamantidis and Theodoros Papaloukas as well as Dejan Bodiroga, Marko Jarić, Dejan Tomašević and Darko Miličić from Serbia and Montenegro.

As MVP Dimitris Diamantidis was honored at the tournament.^[1]

Venues

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

Participating teams

•  Germany
•  Greece
•  Italy
•  Serbia and Montenegro

Standings

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Greece	3	3	0	264	229	+35	6
Serbia and Montenegro	3	2	1	237	240	−3	5
Italy	3	1	2	262	256	+6	4
Germany	3	0	3	220	258	−38	3

Results

September 5

Greece	91–81	Germany
Scoring by quarter: 32–9, 20–15, 20–27, 19–30

O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall, Marousi, Athens

September 5

Italy	89–95 (OT)	Serbia and Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 15–27, 24–23, 29–18, 12–12, Overtime: 9–15

O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall, Marousi, Athens

September 6

Greece	91–72	Serbia and Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 22–26, 24–16, 29–17, 16–13

O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall, Marousi, Athens

September 6

Italy	97–79	Germany
Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 25–11, 27–25, 21–25

O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall, Marousi, Athens

September 7

Greece	82–76	Italy
Scoring by quarter: 30–25, 21–12, 13–20, 18–19

O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall, Marousi, Athens

September 7

Germany	60–70	Serbia and Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 10–19, 21–15, 18–21, 11–15

O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall, Marousi, Athens

Final standings

Rank[3] Team  Greece  Serbia and Montenegro  Italy 4  Germany

2005 Acropolis International Basketball winners  Greece Tenth title Most Valuable Player Dimitris Diamantidis

References

External links

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