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2021 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament
The 2021 Acropolis International Tournament is a basketball tournament which will be held in OAKA Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece, from June 18. until June 20, 2021. It will be the 30th edition of the Acropolis International Basketball Tournament. The competition is played under FIBA rules as a round-robin tournament. The four participating teams will be Greece, Serbia, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. Venues Participating national teams Standings Results ''All times are local Eastern European Summer Time ( UTC+3).'' Final standing Statistic leaders See also * 2020 Serbia men's OQT basketball team References External linksHellenic Basketball Federation Official WebsiteBasket.gr Acropolis Cup History Search ResultsAcropolis Cup 2021 Official StatAcropolis Cup {{DEFAULTSORT:Acropolis Acropolis International Basketball Tournament Acropolis An acropolis was the settlement of an upper part of an ancient Greek city, especially a citadel, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates and is the capital of the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years and its earliest human presence beginning somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia BC. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. It was a centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, and the home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum. It is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy, largely because of its cultural and political influence on the European continent—particularly Ancient Rome. In modern times, Athens is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to economic, financial, industrial, maritime, political and cultural life in Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament
The Acropolis International Tournament 2015 was a basketball tournament held in OAKA Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece, from August 27 until August 29, 2015. It was the 27th edition of the Acropolis International Basketball Tournament. The four participating teams were Greece, Turkey, Lithuania, and Netherlands. Venues Participating teams * * * * Standings , -bgcolor="gold" Results ''All times are local Central European Summer Time ( UTC+2).'' ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Final standing References External links Acropolis Cup 2015 Results {{DEFAULTSORT:Acropolis Tournaments Acropolis An acropolis was the settlement of an upper part of an ancient Greek city, especially a citadel, and frequently a hill with precipitous sides, mainly chosen for purposes of defense. The term is typically used to refer to the Acropolis of Athens, ... Acropolis International Basketball Tournament 2015–16 in Greek basketball 2015–16 in Lithuanian basketb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragan Milosavljević
Dragan Milosavljević ( sr-cyr, Драган Милосављевић; born May 11, 1989) is a Serbian professional basketball player for KK Igokea, Igokea of the ABA League. He also represented the Serbia national basketball team, Serbian national basketball team internationally. Standing at , he plays the shooting guard position. Professional career Early career Milosavljević began his career in KK Napredak Kruševac, Napredak Kruševac where he played until 2009. He was signed by KK Radnički Kragujevac (2009–2014), Radnički Kragujevac in 2009. He stayed there for one season, playing in the 2009–10 Basketball League of Serbia, Serbian League and 2009–10 ABA NLB League, ABA League. In the ABA League, he averaged 10.2 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game for Radnički. Partizan Belgrade (2010–2015) On June 28, 2010, he signed a three-year deal with KK Partizan, Partizan Belgrade. In his first season in Partizan, he won the 2010–11 ABA NLB League, Adriatic Lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Stoll
Paul Michael Stoll (born December 14, 1985) is an American-born Mexican professional basketball player for Libertadores de Querétaro of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP). He played college basketball for Lansing Community College and University of Texas–Pan American. Early life and college career Stoll attended East Lansing High School in East Lansing, Michigan. He played college basketball for Lansing Community College's Stars and University of Texas–Pan American's Broncs. In his senior year at Texas–Pan American, he averaged 14.1 points, 2.6 rebounds, 7.2 assists and 2.5 steals per game. On March 10, 2008, Stoll was named All-Independent First Team. Professional career Early years (2008–2012) In 2008, Stoll started his professional career with the Mexican team Algodoneros de la Comarca. In 2011, Stoll joined the Venezuelan team Gigantes de Guayana. On March 28, 2012, Stoll recorded a career-high 33 points, shooting 8-of-15 from the field, along wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Ramos (basketball)
Marco Antonio Ramos Esquivel (born 26 February 1987) is a Mexican professional basketball player, who plays the shooting guard and small forward positions for the Dorados de Chihuahua of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP). He also competes internationally for the national basketball team of Mexico, with which he participated at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup The 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the 17th edition of the FIBA Basketball World Cup, the tournament previously known as the FIBA World Championship. Hosted by Spain, it was the last tournament to be held on the then-current four-year cycle .... FIBA COCABA Championship *FIBA COCABA Championship 2013 Gold Medal References External links RealGM profileWeber State Wildcats bio {{DEFAULTSORT:Ramos, Marco 1987 births Living people Basketball players at the 2015 Pan American Games Basketball players from Michoacán Forwards (basketball) Junior college men's basketball players in the Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orlando Méndez-Valdez
Orlando Homer Méndez-Valdez (born April 29, 1986) is an American-born Mexican professional basketball player for the Capitanes de Ciudad de México of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. High school career Mendez-Valdez attended Lanier High School in San Antonio, Texas, where he graduated in 2004. He was named the San Antonio Player of the year his senior year and first team All State honors, and his jersey number was retired in 2009. Mendez-Valdez attended prep school at Charis Prep in Goldsboro, North Carolina. He won the MVP award in the Bull City Classic, and led the team to a championship at the tournament. College career At the collegiate level, Mendez-Valdez played for Western Kentucky University from 2005 to 2009. He was a member of the 2008 Sweet Sixteen team which included Courtney Lee, Tyrone Brazelton, Ty Rogers, and Boris Siakam. In 2009, he was named the Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charis Giannopoulos
Charalampos "Charis" Giannopoulos (Greek: Χαράλαμπος "Χάρης" Γιαννόπουλος; born July 13, 1989) is a Greek professional basketball player and the team captain for Kolossos Rodou of the Greek Basket League. He is a 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) tall small forward. Professional career Giannopoulos began his pro career with the Greek League club PAOK Thessaloniki, during the 2005–06 season. He joined the Greek club Olympiacos Piraeus in 2008. He moved to Panionios for 2 seasons, from 2009 to 2011. He joined Peristeri for the 2011–12 season. He then moved to Panathinaikos for the 2012–13 season. In 2013, he signed with the Spanish League club Bàsquet Manresa. In 2015, Giannopoulos returned to Greece, signing with Rethymno Cretan Kings. On July 10, 2017, Giannopoulos renewed his contract with the Cretan team through 2020, and also became the club's team captain. In 2018, Giannopoulos signed with AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League. He parted ways w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kostas Sloukas
Konstantinos "Kostas" Sloukas (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Σλούκας; born January 15, 1990) is a Greek professional basketball player for Olympiacos of the Greek Basket League and the Euroleague. He is also a regular member of the senior National Team of Greece. He is a left-handed, 1.87m (6'2 ") tall point guard, who can also play at the shooting guard position. Sloukas has played in six EuroLeague Finals (2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018), winning the title on three occasions (2012, 2013, and 2017). He was a member of the All-EuroLeague First Team in 2019. Early career Sloukas began playing club basketball as a youth, with Megas Alexandros Thessaloniki. Then he moved to the Mandoulides School youth teams, in Thessaloniki, Greece. Professional career Olympiacos Piraeus Sloukas joined the Greek Basket League power Olympiacos Piraeus, in the year 2008. He then spent the 2008–09 and 2009–10 seasons with the club. He made his debut in Greece's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksa Avramović
Aleksa Avramović ( sr-cyr, Алекса Аврамовић; born October 25, 1994) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Partizan Belgrade of the Serbian KLS, the Adriatic League and the EuroLeague. Youth career Avramović played in the youth system of Mladost Čačak, before joining city rivals Borac Čačak in 2013. Professional career Early years Avramović had his first senior basketball experience with Borac Čačak where he played the entire 2013–14 season, after which he spent one season playing for OKK Beograd. In the summer of 2015, he returned to his former team, Borac Čačak. He was league's leading scorer and the MVP in the first half of the season 2015–16. In February game against Mladost Zemun, he scored 47 points on 15 from 21 shooting from the field, while also having 6 assists and 12 rebounds; for such performance, he was named the MVP of the round with the index rating of 63. He finished the season with the averages of 20.1 points, 4.4 r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nemanja Bjelica
Nemanja Bjelica ( sr-cyr, Немања Бјелица, ; born 9 May 1988) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe of the Basketball Super League and EuroLeague. He also represents the senior Serbian national basketball team internationally. Bjelica was an All-Euroleague First Team selection as well as the Euroleague MVP in 2015. Bjelica started his NBA career as a 27-year-old rookie when he signed in 2015 and played for the Minnesota Timberwolves for three seasons before signing with the Sacramento Kings in the 2018 offseason. In 2021, he was traded to the Miami Heat before signing with the Warriors during the offseason. With the Warriors, he won an NBA championship in 2022. Professional career Arkadia Traiskirchen Bjelica began playing basketball at Aca Janjić basketball school, before joining the youth system of KK Partizan. He began his professional career in the 2007–08 season with the Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions of the Austrian League, averaging 8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filip Petrušev
Filip Petrušev ( sr-cyr, Филип Петрушев; born April 15, 2000) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Crvena zvezda of the Adriatic League and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Gonzaga Bulldogs. Listed at and , he plays the power forward and center positions. Early career in Europe and U.S. high schools Petrušev was born in Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia. Youth basketball in Serbia He started to play basketball for youth systems of Serbian powerhouses Crvena zvezda and Partizan. Saski Baskonia youth system In 2014, Petrušev, already over 2.00 meters in height, who had just completed the seventh grade of primary school in Serbia, signed for the youth system of Spanish club Saski Baskonia (Laboral Kutxa). Moving away from home to Vitoria-Gasteiz in the Basque Country, the fourteen-year-old began living a structured life within the club's youth system: residing with other youth team foreign players in a club-provided house with a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iván Gandía
Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulgarian tsar Ivan Vladislav. It is very popular in Russia, Ukraine, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Belarus, North Macedonia, and Montenegro and has also become more popular in Romance-speaking countries since the 20th century. Etymology Ivan is the common Slavic Latin spelling, while Cyrillic spelling is two-fold: in Bulgarian, Russian, Macedonian, Serbian and Montenegrin it is Иван, while in Belarusian and Ukrainian it is Іван. The Old Church Slavonic (or Old Cyrillic) spelling is . It is the Slavic relative of the Latin name , corresponding to English ''John''. This Slavic version of the name originates from New Testament Greek (''Iōánnēs'') rather than from the Latin . The Greek name is in tur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
