Acropolis Tournament 1999

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The 13th edition of the 1999 Acropolis Basketball Tournament took place in Piraeus between June 9 and 11, 1999 . The last six games were played in the Stadium of Peace and Friendship . Athens has been the venue for the tournament since 2000.

In addition to the hosting Greek national team , the national teams from Australia and Russia also took part. The field of participants was completed by the team from Italy , which took part in the Acropolis tournament for the seventh time and won the gold medal at the European Championship in France just a few weeks later .

The Greek Georgios Sigalas was awarded the MVP of the tournament.

Encounters

June 9, 1999 Russia RussiaRussia 60 - 81 AustraliaAustralia Australia
June 9, 1999 Greece GreeceGreece 77-53 ItalyItaly Italy
June 10, 1999 Greece GreeceGreece 68-64 AustraliaAustralia Australia
June 10, 1999 Russia RussiaRussia 84-96 ItalyItaly Italy
June 11, 1999 Italy ItalyItaly 92-83 AustraliaAustralia Australia
June 11, 1999 Greece GreeceGreece 71-70 RussiaRussia Russia

table

rank country Points baskets
1 GreeceGreece Greece 6th 216-187
2 ItalyItaly Italy 5 241-244
3 AustraliaAustralia Australia 4th 228-220
4th RussiaRussia Russia 3 214-248