1991 FIBA Centennial Jubilee

May 2025 FIBA Centennial Jubilee 1991 Piraeus Greece SEF June 5–9 ITA GRE Acropolis International Basketball Tournament The 1991 FIBA Centennial Jubilee was the special edition tournament of the Acropolis International Basketball Tournament that was organized jointly by FIBA Europe and the Hellenic Basketball Federation to commemorate the 100th anniversary, or Centennial, of the creation of the sport of basketball, in 1891, by James Naismith. The tournament was held from June 5 to June 9, 1991, at the SEF Indoor Hall in Piraeus, Greece. The tournament was won by the Italian national team, with the Greek national team finishing in second place. The Centennial Jubilee also included a FIBA Europe All-Star Game, which was divided up into a Balkans versus the rest of Europe format. The FIBA Balkans Selection Team, won the all-star game, over the FIBA European Selection Team, which took place on 8 June 1991, by a score of 103–102. The tournament is not counted officially with the other 29 Acropolis International Tournaments, because it was not solely organized by the Hellenic Basketball Federation. Participating teams France Greece Italy Soviet Union Spain Yugoslavia Standings Champions FIBA Centennial Jubilee |-bgcolor="gold"ITA 3 0 289 246 GRE 2 1 261 267 YUG 0 1 83 85 USSR 0 1 85 93 FRA 0 1 80 90 ESP 0 1 85 102 |} Results #eee June 5, 1991 Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Attica, Greece ITA 102 85 ESP #eee June 5, 1991 Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Attica, Greece GRE 90 80 FRA #eee June 7, 1991 Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Attica, Greece Yugoslavia 83 85 ITA #eee June 7, 1991 Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Attica, Greece GRE 93 85 USSR #eee June 8, 1991 Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Attica, Greece The Balkans Selection 103 102 FIBA European Selection #eee June 9, 1991 Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Attica, Greece GRE 78 102 ITA Final standings RankTeamITAGRE3YUG3USSR3FRA3ESP bk 1991 FIBA Centennial Jubilee winners ITA Most Valuable Player Not awarded Balkans versus Rest of Europe Game In the FIBA Europe All-Star Game, the FIBA Balkans Selection took on a FIBA European Selection from the rest of Europe. The FIBA Balkans Selection won the all-star game, by a score of 103–102. Nikos Galis, of The FIBA Balkans Selection Team, was the game's top scorer, with 22 points, while Jure Zdovc hit the game's winning shot. It was FIBA European Selection's 25th game in its history. "The FIBA European Selection" team consisted of: Soviet Union Sergei Bazarevich (#5) France Stéphane Ostrowski (#9) Soviet Union Andrejs Bondarenko (#11) Italy Antonello Riva (#12) Spain Epi (#15) Spain Jordi Villacampa (#8) Spain Antonio Martín (#14) Italy Walter Magnifico (#6) Italy Roberto Brunamonti (#4) France Richard Dacoury (#7) France Philippe Szanyiel (#13) Soviet Union Igors Miglinieks (#10) Italy Head Coach: Sandro Gamba "The FIBA Balkans Selection" team consisted of: Greece Nikos Galis (#4) Greece Panagiotis Giannakis (#6) Yugoslavia Toni Kukoč (#7) Yugoslavia Žarko Paspalj (#8) Yugoslavia Dino Rađja (#14) Yugoslavia Jure Zdovc (#9) Yugoslavia Zoran Savić (#12) Greece Panagiotis Fasoulas (#13) Greece Fanis Christodoulou (#15) Bulgaria Georgi Glouchkov (#10) Bulgaria Hüsnü Çakırgil (#5) Romania Sorin Ardelean (#11) Greece Head Coach: Kostas Politis Bold: Starting five players Score sheet SCORE SHEET: EVENT: FIBA Centennial Game DATE: June 8, 1991 ATTENDANCE:: 17,000 VENUE: SEF, Piraeus, Athens, Greece SCORE: Europe - Balkans 102–103The Full Game On Youtube. Europe: Epi 11, Jordi Villacampa 17, Antonio Martín 13, Antonello Riva, Walter Magnifico, Roberto Brunamonti, Richard Dacoury, Stéphane Ostrowski 8, Philip Szanyiel, Sergei Bazarevich 9, Igors Miglinieks, Andrejs Bondarenko Balkans: Toni Kukoč 14, Dino Rađja, Žarko Paspalj 15, Jure Zdovc 17, Zoran Savić, Nikos Galis 22, Panagiotis Giannakis 10, Panagiotis Fasoulas 12, Fanis Christodoulou, Georgi Glouchkov 0, Hüsnü Çakırgil, Sorin Ardelean 0 See also FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991) FIBA Europe All-Star Game References External links Hellenic Basketball Federation 1991 Jubilee https://web.archive.org/web/20150929020334/http://www.basket.gr/index.php/compview?compid=103 2015-09-29 el Balkans vs. Europe 1991 Jubilee FIBA All-Star Game (Full Game) Balkans vs. Europe 1991 Jubilee FIBA All-Star Game (Highlights) 1991 1991 1991 Category:1990–91 in European basketball Category:1990–91 in Greek basketball Category:1990–91 in French basketball Category:1990–91 in Italian basketball Category:1991 in Soviet sport Category:1990–91 in Spanish basketball Category:1990–91 in Yugoslav basketball