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FIBA EuroStars

FIBA EuroStars was an annual All-Star Game showcase of the sport of European professional club basketball. It was organized by FIBA Europe. Commonly considered to be the European equivalent of the NBA All-Star Game, the FIBA EuroStars Game featured the season's best players, from both the European-wide top-tier level EuroLeague, and the European-wide 2nd-tier level FIBA Saporta Cup competitions. Diversity was considered to be paramount in the selection process, which aimed at allowing several different European national basketball leagues to be represented in the game.

FIBA EuroStars
FrequencyAnnual
Years active1996–2001, 2007
ParticipantsEastern and Western All-Stars
Organized byFIBA

When the first FIBA EuroStars event was held in 1996, it replaced FIBA's original all-star game event, which was called the FIBA Festival. The FIBA Festival had taken place on-and-off, from 1964 to 1995. FIBA EuroStars was held from the 1996–97 season, through the 1999–00 season, before it was discontinued, due to the FIBA–EuroLeague dispute. In 2007, the event was briefly brought back, under a different format, for one final edition.[1][2]

History edit

The FIBA EuroStars all-star event was initially held at the very end of the calendar year, during the middle of the current club season, and it initially lasted as an event for four seasons. The FIBA EuroStar events were patterned after the design of the NBA All-Star Game – a match between the East and West geographically. Also like the NBA All-Star Event, the FIBA EuroStars Event a featured a 3-point shootout contest. Players that competed in one of the European national pro club leagues located on the east side of Europe (GBL, TBSL, YUBA, RBSL, IBSL, etc.) were eligible for selection to the East Team, regardless of their individual countries of origin. On the other hand, players that competed in European national pro club leagues on the west side of Europe (ACB, LEGA, Pro A, BBL, LKL, etc.), were eligible for selection to the West Team. The Eastern Stars defeated their Western opponents on all four editions of the all-star game, under that original format.

In 2007, FIBA Europe brought back the FIBA EuroStar Game, but with a new format. The revised version of the all-star game kept the FIBA EuroStar name. Under the revised format, the then-current champions of the FIBA EuroBasket, would play against an All-Star FIBA European Selection Team, composed of players from various different European national teams. Also, under the revised format, there would no longer be a 3-Point Contest. FIBA rebranded the All-Star Event as the 1st edition of the tournament, under the new format. While it counted the newly revised EuroStar Game as being a part of the original FIBA EuroStar games, that were held from 1996 to 1999.

At the 2007 FIBA EuroStars Game, FIBA also honored some of the FIBA EuroStars of the past. Sergei Belov, Antonello Riva, Doron Jamchi, Dejan Bodiroga, Vladimir Tkachenko, and Vlade Divac.[3] were selected to the FIBA All-Time EuroStars Team. Theo Papaloukas was also given the 2006 FIBA Europe Player of the Year award, prior to the start of the 2007 all-star game. Originally, FIBA Europe intended for the event to continue to take place every two years, after the new champions of each subsequent FIBA EuroBasket were crowned.[4] Ultimately however, the 2007 game was the last edition of the FIBA EuroStar Game to date.

Results edit

Bold: Indicates the team that won the game.

Year
(Season) 		Date Arena Team Score Team MVP Top Scorer
1996
(1996–97)
December 30
   Abdi İpekçi, Istanbul East 117–114 West   David Rivers   Zoran Savić
1997
(1997–98)
December 30
   Yad Eliyahu, Tel Aviv East 129–107 West   Artūras Karnišovas   Sašha Đjorđjević
1998
(1998–99)
December 29
   Max Schmeling, Berlin East 104–98 West   Carlton Myers   Carlton Myers
1999
(1999–00)
December 28
   Olimpiisky, Moscow East 112–107 West   Tyus Edney   Artūras Karnišovas
2000
(2000–01)
December 27
   OAKA, Athens
Cancelled due to the FIBA–EuroLeague dispute
2007
(2006–07)
June 30
   OAKA, Athens Greek NT 101–90 European Selection N/A   Antonis Fotsis

Three-Point Shootout Contest edit

Year
(Season) 		Winner Team Runner-up Team
1996
(1996–97)		   Delaney Rudd   ASVEL   Vasily Karasev   Efes Pilsen
1997
(1997–98)		   Sašha Đjorđjević   FC Barcelona Banca Catalana   Guy Goodes   Caserta
1998
(1998–99)		   Carlton Myers   Teamsyatem Bologna   Petar Naumoski   Efes Pilsen
1999
(1999–00)		   İbrahim Kutluay   Fenerbahçe   Tyus Edney   Benetton Treviso
2000
(2000–01)
Cancelled due to the FIBA–EuroLeague dispute
2007
(2006–07)
Not held

Score sheets edit

1996 FIBA EuroStars - Istanbul, Turkey (1996–97 season) edit

Arena: Abdi İpekçi, Istanbul

Date: December 30, 1996

Season: 1996–97

Score: East 117 – West 114

Game MVP:   David Rivers

3 Point Contest winner:   Delaney Rudd (defeated   Vasily Karasev in the final)

Top scorers:   Zoran Savić (30 points),   Nikos Oikonomou (25 points)

(  Richard Dacoury,   Dragan Tarlać,   Antoine Rigaudeau and   Georgios Sigalas were selected, but they didn't play in the game.)

1997 FIBA EuroStars - Tel Aviv, Israel (1997–98 season) edit

Arena: Yad Eliyahu, Tel Aviv

Date: December 30, 1997

Season: 1997–98

Score: East 129 – West 107

EAST:

WEST:

Game MVP:   Artūras Karnišovas

3 Point Contest winner:   Sašha Đjorđjević (defeated   Guy Goodes in the final)

Top scorers:   Sašha Đjorđjević (23 points),   Artūras Karnišovas (19 points)

(  Dejan Bodiroga was selected, but he didn't play in the game.)

1998 FIBA EuroStars - Berlin, Germany (1998–99 season) edit

Arena: Max Schmeling, Berlin

Date: December 29, 1998

Season: 1998–99

Score: East 104 – West 98

EAST:

WEST:

Game MVP:   Carlton Myers

3 Point Contest winner:   Carlton Myers (defeated   Petar Naumoski in the final)

Top scorers:   Carlton Myers (20 points),   Sasha Danilović (19 points)

(  Tanoka Beard was selected, but he didn't play in the game.)

1999 FIBA EuroStars - Moscow, Russia (1999–00 season) edit

Arena: Olimpiisky, Moscow

Date: December 28, 1999

Season: 1999–2000

Score: East 112 – West 107

EAST:

WEST:

Game MVP:   Tyus Edney

3 Point Contest winner:   İbrahim Kutluay (defeated   Tyus Edney in the final)

Top scorers:   Artūras Karnišovas (29 points),   Vasily Karasev (20 points),   Tyus Edney (19 points),   Dragan Tarlać (18 points),   Dejan Bodiroga (18 points),   Oded Kattash (16 points),   Tanoka Beard (13 points),   Andrei Kirilenko (10 points),   Jiří Zídek Jr. (10 points),   Nikos Oikonomou (9 points).

(  Željko Rebrača,   Dino Rađja,   Carlton Myers, and   Antoine Rigaudeau were selected, but they didn't play in the game.)

2000 FIBA EuroStars - Athens, Greece (2000–01 season) edit

Arena: OAKA, Athens

Date: December 27, 2000

Season: 2000–01

Score: Cancelled due to the FIBA–EuroLeague dispute

The 2000 All-Star Game was cancelled, as at that time, European pro club basketball was in a dispute, having two 1st-tier level competitions taking place in the same 2000–01 club basketball league season. With the two rival leagues, the FIBA SuproLeague and EuroLeague Basketball, competing directly against each other.[5]

2007 FIBA EuroStars - Athens, Greece (2006–07 season) edit

Arena: OAKA, Athens

Date: June 30, 2007

Season: 2006–07

Score: Greek NT 101 – FIBA European Selection 90[6]

June 30, 2007
Greek NT   101–90   FIBA European Selection
Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 58–43, 81–65, 101–90
Pts: Fotsis 20 Pts: Van Den Spiegel 14
OAKA, Athens
Attendance: 12,000

Greek National Team:

FIBA European Selection:

(  Dejan Bodiroga,   Peja Stojaković,   Felipe Reyes (FIBA European Selection),[7] and   Sofoklis Schortsanitis (Greek NT)[8] were also selected, but they didn't play in the game.)

Top scorers:   Greek NT:

Top scorers:   FIBA European Selection:

Scoresheet :
  Greek NT: Papaloukas (14 points), Zisis (10 points), Spanoulis (6 points), Vasilopoulos (4 points), Fotsis (20 points), Chatzivrettas (10 points), Dikoudis (4 points), Tsartsaris (9 points), Diamantidis (0 points), Papadopoulos (4 points), Kakiouzis (4 points), Bourousis (16 points).

  FIBA European Selection:

  Hagag (4 points),   Boisa (4 points),   Bečirovič (6 points),   Pecile (8 points),   De Miguel (5 points),   Wójcik (10 points),   Roller (4 points),   Van Den Spiegel (14 points),   Grafs (5 points),   Savrasenko (5 points),   Kutluay (10 points),   Fridzon (7 points),   Popović (0 points),   Vujčić (8 points).

FIBA All-Time EuroStars Team edit

At the 2007 FIBA EuroStars Game, FIBA honored Sergei Belov, Antonello Riva, Doron Jamchi, Dejan Bodiroga, Vladimir Tkachenko, and Vlade Divac, who was not present at the event,[9][10] as they were selected to the FIBA All-Time EuroStars Team.

2007 FIBA All-Time EuroStars Team edit

Position FIBA All-Time EuroStars Team Playing Career
G   Sergei Belov 1964–1980
G   Antonello Riva 1977–2004
F   Doron Jamchi 1978–2000
F   Dejan Bodiroga 1989–2007
C   Vladimir Tkachenko
&
  Vlade Divac 		1974–1990
&
1983–2005

Players with multiple selections edit

Player Number Of Selections Years Selected
  İbrahim Kutluay
4×
 1996, 1998, 1999, 2007
  Dejan Bodiroga
4×
 1997, 1998, 1999, 2007
  David Rivers
4×
 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
  Antoine Rigaudeau
4×
 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
  Nikos Oikonomou
4×
 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
  Željko Rebrača
4×
 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
  Petar Naumoski
3×
 1996, 1997, 1998
  Dragan Tarlać
3×
 1996, 1998, 1999
  Carlton Myers
3×
 1996, 1998, 1999
  Marko Milič
3×
 1996, 1998, 1999
  Dino Rađja
3×
 1997, 1998, 1999
  Vasily Karasev
3×
 1997, 1998, 1999
  Artūras Karnišovas
3×
 1997, 1998, 1999
  Peja Drobnjak
2×
 1996, 1997
  Sergei Bazarevich
2×
 1996, 1997
  Zoran Savić
2×
 1996, 1997
  Conrad McRae
2×
 1996, 1998
  Sasha Danilović
2×
 1997, 1998
  Wendell Alexis
2×
 1997, 1998
  Alberto Herreros
2×
 1997, 1998
  Oded Kattash
2×
 1997, 1999
  Gregor Fučka
2×
 1997, 1999
  Andrea Meneghin
2×
 1998, 1999
  Tanoka Beard
2×
 1998, 1999

By coach edit

Coach Number Of Selections Years Selected
  Dušan Ivković
2×
 1996, 1997
  Carlo Recalcati
2×
 1999, 2007
  Lolo Sainz
1
 1996
  Ettore Messina
1
 1997
  Stanislav Yeryomin
1
 1998
  Svetislav Pešić
1
 1998
  Alexander Gomelsky
1
 1999
  Panagiotis Giannakis
1
 2007
  Željko Obradović
1
 2007
  Lefteris Kakiousis
1
 2007

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ A tale of two countries.
  2. ^ 2007 All star game
  3. ^ Ελλάδα-Μικτή Ευρώπης: 101-90.
  4. ^ High-profile friendly in Athens.
  5. ^ "EuroStars 1999".
  6. ^ Team looking good ahead of this September’s Eurobasket.
  7. ^ High-profile friendly in Athens.
  8. ^ Ελλάδα-Μικτή Ευρώπης: 101-90.
  9. ^ 1ο Eurostar: Ελλάδα-Μικτή Ευρώπης 101-90.
  10. ^ Ελλάδα-Μικτή Ευρώπης: 101-90.

External links edit

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