1998 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament

1998 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament

Tournament details
Arena	OAKA Olympic Indoor Hall Piraeus, Athens, Greece
Dates	July 19–21
Final positions
Champions	Greece (5th title)
Runners-up	College NCAA DI All Stars
Third place	Poland
Fourth place	Japan
Awards and statistics
MVP	Efthimios Rentzias
← 1997 1999 →

The 12. Edition of the Acropolis International Basketball Tournament 1998 found between the 19th and 21st. July 1998 in the suburb Marousi, Athens. The total of six games were played in the Olympic Hall.

In addition to the host Greek national team the national teams from Poland and Japan also took part. The field of participants completed one NCAA-Selection from the United States. For Japan and Poland, the 1998 Acropolis tournament was the first participation in the competition.^[1]

Venues

Athens	Greece
Marousi, Athens	Marousi, Athens
Olympic Indoor Hall Capacity: 18,989[2]

Participating teams

• College NCAA DI All Stars
•  Greece
•  Japan
•  Poland

Standings

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Greece	3	3	0	264	144	+120	6
NCAA DI All Stars	3	2	1	209	227	−18	5
Poland	3	1	2	175	222	−47	4
Japan	3	0	3	189	244	−55	3

Results

July 19

Greece

98–49

Japan

O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall, Marousi, Athens

July 19

Poland

70–73

NCAA DI All Stars

O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall, Marousi, Athens

July 20

Greece

88–39

Poland

O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall, Marousi, Athens

July 20

NCAA DI All Stars

80–79

Japan

O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall, Marousi, Athens

July 21

Greece

78–56

NCAA DI All Stars

O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall, Marousi, Athens

July 21

Poland

66–61

Japan

O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall, Marousi, Athens

Final standings

Rank[3] Team  Greece College NCAA DI All Stars  Poland 4  Japan

1998 Acropolis International Basketball winners  Greece Fifth title Most Valuable Player Efthimios Rentzias

References

External links

• Acropolis Tournament
• Basket.gr Acropolis Cup History Search Results (in Greek)