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1996 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament
Tournament details
ArenaOAKA Olympic Indoor Hall
Piraeus, Athens, Greece
DatesJuly 5–7
Final positions
Champions Greece (4th title)
Runners-upUnited States NIT All Stars
Third place Italy
Fourth place Germany
Awards and statistics
MVPGreece Fanis Christodoulou
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The 10th Edition of the Acropolis International Basketball Tournament 1996 found between the 5th and 7th. July 1996 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 include the national teams Italy and Germany part. The field of participants completed a selection from the United States. While it was Germany's first participation in the Acropolis tournament, the Italians took part for the sixth time.

The following players took part in the tournament for the German national team:Stephen Arigbabu, André Bade, Vladimir Bogojevič, Patrick Femerling, Jörg Lütcke, Jürgen Malbeck, Tim Nees, Ademola Okulaja, Marko Pešić, Malik Ruddigkeit, Gerrit Terdenge, Drazan Tomic and Denis Wucherer.

Venues

Athens Greece
Marousi, Athens 1996 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament is located in GreeceMarousi, AthensMarousi, Athens
Olympic Indoor Hall
Capacity: 18,989

Participating teams

Standings

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Greece 3 3 0 235 184 +51 6
United States NIT All Stars 3 2 1 246 248 −2 5
 Italy 3 1 2 183 207 −24 4
 Germany 3 0 3 225 250 −25 3

Results

July 5
Greece  80–74  Germany
O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall, Marousi, Athens
July 5
NIT All Stars United States 78–71  Italy
O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall, Marousi, Athens
July 6
Greece  71–48  Italy
O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall, Marousi, Athens
July 6
NIT All Stars United States 106–93  Germany
O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall, Marousi, Athens
July 7
Greece  84–62 United States NIT All Stars
O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall, Marousi, Athens
July 7
Germany  58–64  Italy
O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall, Marousi, Athens

Final standings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Greece
2nd place, silver medalist(s) United States NIT All Stars
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Italy
4  Germany
 1996 Acropolis International Basketball winners 

Greece
Fourth title
Most Valuable Player
Greece Fanis Christodoulou

References

  1. "1996 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament". Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  2. "Olympic Sports Hall". stadia.gr. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  3. "1996 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament - Results". 6 July 1996. Retrieved 8 May 2024.

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