Belgrade Trophy

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Belgrade Trophy
SportBasketball
Founded2012 (2012)
First season2012
Owner(s)Serbia Basketball Federation of Serbia
No. of teams3 or 4
CountriesFIBA members
Venue(s)Aleksandar Nikolić Hall
Kombank Arena
Most recent
champion(s)		 Serbia (5th title)
Most titles Serbia (5 titles)

The Belgrade Trophy (Serbian: Трофеј Београда/Trofej Beograda) is an international basketball competition between national teams, which has been held annually since 2012 and takes place in Belgrade, Serbia each summer, before the big official FIBA tournaments, such as the FIBA EuroBasket, the FIBA World Cup, and the Summer Olympic Games. The tournament is organized by the Basketball Federation of Serbia. The competition is played under FIBA rules.

All five editions of the tournament held so far have been won by Serbia, which has won all ten games it played, by an average margin of 24.8 points. The 2017 edition of the tournament was the first one with three participating teams competing in a round-robin tournament, replacing previous format with four participating teams competing in a single-elimination tournament.

Standings

Year Arena 1st place 2nd place 3rd place 4th Place Tournament MVP
2012
details 		Pionir Hall
Serbia
Turkey
Slovenia
Hungary 		Serbia Miloš Teodosić
2013
details 		Kombank Arena
Serbia
Slovenia
Turkey
Ukraine 		Serbia Nenad Krstić
2014
details 		Kombank Arena
Serbia
Turkey
Puerto Rico
Argentina 		Serbia Stefan Marković
2015
details 		Kombank Arena
Serbia
Russia
China
Venezuela 		Serbia Miloš Teodosić
2016
details 		— Tournament not held. See: 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Belgrade —
2017
details 		Aleksandar Nikolić Hall
Serbia
Greece
Montenegro 		— Serbia Bogdan Bogdanović
2018 — Tournament not held. —
2019 — Tournament not held. —
2020 — Tournament not held. —
2021 — Tournament not held. See: 2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments – Belgrade —

Results by country

Rank Country 1st place 2nd place 3rd place 4th place Appearances
1.  Serbia 5 0 0 0 5
2.  Turkey 0 2 1 0 3
3.  Slovenia 0 1 1 0 2
4.  Russia 0 1 0 0 1
5.  Greece 0 1 0 0 1
6.  Puerto Rico 0 0 1 0 1
7.  China 0 0 1 0 1
8.  Montenegro 0 0 1 0 1
9.  Venezuela 0 0 0 1 1
10.  Argentina 0 0 0 1 1
11.  Ukraine 0 0 0 1 1
12.  Hungary 0 0 0 1 1

Tournament history

2012

Semifinals

8 August 2012
Turkey  80–77  Slovenia
8 August 2012
Serbia  95–60  Hungary

3rd place match

9 August 2012
Slovenia  79–70  Hungary

Finals

9 August 2012
Serbia  89–79  Turkey

2013

Semifinals

10 August 2013
Slovenia  55–54  Turkey
10 August 2013
Serbia  96–68  Ukraine

3rd place match

11 August 2013
Turkey  72–64  Ukraine

Finals

11 August 2013
Serbia  91–66  Slovenia

2014

Semifinals

16 August 2014
Turkey  77–66  Puerto Rico
16 August 2014
Serbia  85–67  Argentina

3rd place match

17 August 2014
Puerto Rico  97–87  Argentina

Finals

17 August 2014
Serbia  79–64  Turkey

2015

Semifinals

15 August 2015
Russia  66–55  Venezuela
15 August 2015
Serbia  95–55  China

3rd place match

16 August 2015
China  63–57  Venezuela

Finals

16 August 2015
Serbia  95–61  Russia

2016

Belgrade Trophy was not held in 2016, due to the participation of Serbia national team at the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Belgrade, one of three 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments for Men, which was held in Kombank Arena in July 2016.

2017

Standings

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Serbia 2 2 0 175 132 +43 4
 Greece 2 1 1 144 174 −30 3
 Montenegro 2 0 2 152 165 −13 2

Matches

11 August 2017 Montenegro  81–83  Greece Aleksandar Nikolić Hall, Belgrade
21:00 Scoring by quarter: 20–18, 16–20, 17–21, 28–24
Pts: Ivanović 22
Rebs: Vučević 9
Asts: Vučević, Rice 4 		Pts: G. Antetokounmpo 20
Rebs: G. Antetokounmpo 9
Asts: Sloukas 6 		Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Jevtović, Ninković, Prpa
12 August 2017 Serbia  93–61  Greece Aleksandar Nikolić Hall, Belgrade
21:00 Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 22–7, 21–14, 27–25
Pts: Bogdanović 14
Rebs: Mačvan 5
Asts: Bogdanović 9 		Pts: Bourousis 13
Rebs: Bourousis, Printezis
Asts: Mantzaris 3 		Attendance: 6,000
Referees: Juras, Obrknežević, Prpa
13 August 2017 Serbia  82–71  Montenegro Aleksandar Nikolić Hall, Belgrade
21:00 Scoring by quarter: 19–24, 27–13, 18–18, 18–16
Pts: Bogdanović 25
Rebs: Kuzmić 7
Asts: Bogdanović, Micić 5 		Pts: Dubljević 13
Rebs: Vučević 10
Asts: Rice 5 		Attendance: 6,000
Referees: Obrknežević, Jevtović, Ninković

2018–2021

Belgrade Trophy was not held in 2018 since there was no major FIBA-organized international tournament scheduled for that year. In 2019, no tournament was held prior to the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, and in 2020, 2020 Summer Olympics were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, marking another year with no major international basketball competition. In 2021, like in 2016, instead of the Belgrade Trophy, one of the 2020 Olympic Qualifying Tournaments was held in Belgrade. After four consecutive years with no tournament held, and no official announcements regarding the tournament from the Basketball Federation of Serbia, the future of Belgrade Trophy remains uncertain.

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