Acropolis Tournament 2005

East view of the Olympic Hall, Athens

The 19th edition of the Acropolis Basketball Tournament 2005 took place between September 5th and 7th, 2005 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 Germany , Italy and Serbia and Montenegro will also take part. While it was Germany's third participation in the Acropolis tournament, the Italians took part for the twelfth time and the Serbs for the seventh time.

The following players took part in the tournament for the German national team: Stephen Arigbabu , Patrick Femerling , Robert Garrett , Demond Greene , Robert Maras , Misan Nikagbatse , Dirk Nowitzki , Ademola Okulaja , Marko Pesic , Pascal Roller , Sven Schultze and Denis Wucherer .

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

As MVP of the tournament Dimitris Diamantidis was excellent.

Encounters

September 5, 2005	Greece	91-81	Germany
September 5, 2005	Italy	89-95	Serbia and Montenegro
September 6, 2005	Greece	91-72	Serbia and Montenegro
September 6, 2005	Italy	97-79	Germany
September 7, 2005	Greece	82-76	Italy
September 7, 2005	Germany	60-70	Serbia and Montenegro

table

rank	country	Points	baskets
1	Greece	6th	264-229
2	Serbia and Montenegro	5	237-240
3	Italy	4th	262-256
4th	Germany	3	220-258