Mavroskoufia or Simeon Mavroskoufis Basketball Tournament is an annual friendly tournament hosted under the auspices of the Thessaloniki Referees association. The tournament takes place before the opening of the new season in Thessaloniki and includes domestic and international teams. It started in 1991, months after the death of Simeon Mavroskoufis, a pioneer in Greek basketball and one of the founding members of FIBA, the first Greek international referee and elect of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000.Mavroskoufis in Basketball Hall of Fame - Greece2021.Gr
History The first edition in1991 was hosted by Iraklis at Ivanofeio Sports Arena. Ten more editions followed at the same court, until 2002 when newly built P.A.O.K. Sports Arena took over. In the years to follow Alexandreio Melathron (Nick Galis Hall) and Ivanofeio Sports Arena once again hosted the tournament. It was not held in 2007 and between 2020 and 2022 due to COVID-19 pandemic. During the first two decades the tournament was considered one of the most prestigious in Greek basketball with annual TV coverage. Recently Mavroskoufia is broadcast live via Basketball Referees' Association of Thessaloniki website. Iraklis is the club with most participations at the tournament.
Many European clubs have participated in Mavroskoufia''' such as KK Crvena zvezda, Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan, KK Kozuv, Olin Edirne, Beobanca, Maccabi Ra'anana, Maccabi Givatayim, PBC Academic, KK Budućnost, Valencia, GKK Šibenka and Gaziantep.
Recent winners 2002: GE Olympia Larissa 2003: Iraklis 2004: Iraklis 2005: Aris B.C. 2006: Aris B.C. 2007: not held2008: PAOK BC 2009: Panellinios 2010: PAOK BC 2011: Olin Edirne 2012: Iraklis and Anatolia 2013: KK Kozuv 2014: KK Kozuv 2015: Aris B.C. 2016: Kolossos Rodou 2017: PAOK BC 2018: PAOK BC 2019: PAOK BC, Kolossos Rodou and Promitheas Patras 2020-2022: not held2023: PAOK BC 2024: Promitheas Patras 2025: AEK Larnaca
Topscorers
2002: Panagiotis Liadelis (Makedonikos) 2003: Ruben Douglas (Panionios) 2004: 2005: Giorgos Pavlidis (GSL) 2006: Terrel Castle 2007: not held 2008: Kostas Vasileiadis (PAOK) 2009: Ricky Shields (ΕK Kavala) 2010: Rawle Marshall (PAOK) 2011: Ogun Sevinc (Οlin Edirne) 2012: Dimitris Moutsiaras (Anatolia) 2013: 2014: :Milan Janjušević (Kozuv) 2015: :Mike DiNunno (Iraklis) 2016: Dejan Ivanov (Gaziantep) 2017: Stefan Moody (Rethymno) 2018: Dimitrios Mavroeidis (Kolossos) 2019: Steve Burtt Jr. (Ionikos) 2020-2022: not held 2023: * Skyler Flatten (ΠΑΟΚ) 2024: Darius Perry (Promitheas)
MVP MVP awards were given from 2003 until 2009.
2003: Lazaros Papadopoulos (Iraklis) 2004: DeJuan Collins (Aris) 2005: Antonis Asimakopoulos (Aris) 2006: Terrel Castle 2007: not held'' 2008: Kostas Vasileiadis (PAOK) 2009: Roderick Blakney (Panellinios)
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