Acropolis Tournament 2001

East view of the Olympic Hall, Athens

The 15th edition of the 2001 Acropolis basketball tournament took place between August 21 and 23, 2001 in the suburb of Marousi of Athens . The six games in total were held in the Olympic Hall .

In addition to the hosting Greek national team , the national teams from Italy and Lithuania also took part. The field of participants completed the national team from Yugoslavia , which only a few weeks later won the gold medal at the European Championships in Turkey .

The stars of the Acropolis Tournament 2001 included the Greek Theodoros Papaloukas, the Yugoslavs Dejan Bodiroga , Marko Jarić , and Peja Stojaković , Denis Marconato from Italy, and Šarūnas Jasikevičius , Ramūnas Šiškauskas and Darius Songaila from Lithuania.

The Italian Gregor Fučka was awarded the title of MVP of the tournament .

Encounters

August 21, 2001	Yugoslavia	96-81	Lithuania
August 21, 2001	Italy	70-66	Greece
August 22, 2001	Lithuania	75-69	Italy
August 22, 2001	Greece	71-58	Yugoslavia
August 23, 2001	Italy	68-67	Yugoslavia
August 23, 2001	Greece	75-73	Lithuania

table

rank	country	Points	baskets
1	Italy	5	207-208
2	Greece	5	212-201
3	Yugoslavia	4th	221-220
4th	Lithuania	4th	229-240