Acropolis Tournament 2008

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East view of the Olympic Hall, Athens

The 22nd edition of the Acropolis Basketball Tournament 2008 took place between July 7th and 9th, 2008 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 Australia , Brazil and Croatia also took part. While Australia was only represented for the second time, Brazil and Croatia took part in the tournament for the third time.

The Greek Antonios Fotsis was named MVP of the tournament . The top scorer was Vasilios Spanoulis with a total of 46 points (15.3 on average).

Encounters

July 7, 2008 Australia AustraliaAustralia 69-71 CroatiaCroatia Croatia
July 7, 2008 Greece GreeceGreece 72-65 BrazilBrazil Brazil
July 8, 2008 Brazil BrazilBrazil 86-77 CroatiaCroatia Croatia
July 8, 2008 Australia AustraliaAustralia 69 - 89 GreeceGreece Greece
July 9, 2008 Brazil BrazilBrazil 84-89 AustraliaAustralia Australia
July 9, 2008 Greece GreeceGreece 77-64 CroatiaCroatia Croatia

table

rank country Points baskets
1 GreeceGreece Greece 6th 238-198
2 BrazilBrazil Brazil 4th 235-238
4th AustraliaAustralia Australia 4th 227-244
3 CroatiaCroatia Croatia 4th 212-232