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* On August 19, 2010, the final game of the Acropolis International Tournament between Greece and Serbia at the Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens ended in a bench-clearing brawl with 2: 40 left and Greece leading 74 – 73.

The melee started when Greece's Antonis Fotsis moved threateningly toward Serbia's Miloš Teodosić after a hard foul.

Teodosic responded by punching Fotsis in the face while Nenad Krstić also tried to grab the Greek player.

Greece's 360 lb center Sofoklis Schortsanitis joined the fight attacking multiple Serbian players and spreading havoc.

Krstic punched Schortsanitis several times in his back.

When he started pursuing the retreating Krstić, the Serbian player responded by throwing a chair at him.

The chair missed Schortsanitis but hit his teammate Ioannis Bourousis in the head, drawing blood.

Players from both teams fought in the tunnel leading from the arena before being separated, and a few fans joined the fight but were quickly taken from the arena.

Krstić was arrested by Greek police, but was released the following day.

FIBA responded by suspending two players from each team for part of the subsequent FIBA World Championship.

For Serbia, Krstić was suspended for the tournament's first three games and Teodosić for two games ; Greece's Fotsis and Schortsanitis were also suspended for two games each.