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.

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 1998. 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]

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, IBPL, 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 A, 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.

Bold: Indicates the team that won the game.

Source: fiba.basketball

Arena: Abdi İpekçi, Istanbul, att: (14,000)

Date: December 30, 1996

Season: 1996–97

Score: East 117 – West 114 ^[5][6][7]

Game MVP (Crystal Player Award): David Rivers

3 Point Contest winner: Delaney Rudd (defeated Vasily Karasev in the final).
Other conestants invited officially by FIBA Europe were: Antoine Rigaudeau, and Carlton Myers. Harun Erdenay was invited by hosts Ülker.^[8]

Top scorers: David Rivers (19 pts), Petar Naumoski (16 pts), Randy White (12 pts), İbrahim Kutluay (9 pts), Orhun Ene (0 pts), Evgeni Kisurin (7 pts), Peja Drobnjak (4 pts), Jure Zdovc (13 pts), Sergei Bazarevich (6 pts), Nikos Oikonomou (25 pts), Panos Fasoulas (6 pts) - Zoran Savić (30 points), Henning Harnisch (7 pts), Marko Milič (8 pts), Yann Bonato (10 pts), Ronny Bayer (1 pt), Delaney Rudd (4 pts), Sašha Obradović (15 pts), Walter Magnifico (8 pts), Željko Rebrača (7 pts), Conrad McRae (12 pts), Carlton Myers (12 pts)

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

Source: fiba.basketball

Arena: Yad Eliyahu, Tel Aviv

Date: December 30, 1997

Season: 1997–98

Score: East 129 – West 107 ^[9]

EAST:

• Dino Rađja
• Byron Scott
• Artūras Karnišovas
• Petar Naumoski
• Sergei Bazarevich
• Oded Kattash
• Damir Mulaomerović
• Rashard Griffith
• Nikos Oikonomou
• Peja Drobnjak
• Gintaras Einikis
• Nadav Henefeld
• Head Coach: Dušan Ivković

WEST:

• Sasha Danilović
• David Rivers
• Antoine Rigaudeau
• Zoran Savić
• Sašha Đjorđjević
• Gregor Fučka
• Željko Rebrača
• Vasily Karasev
• Wendell Alexis
• Alberto Herreros
• Vladimir Stepania
• Head Coach: Ettore Messina

Game MVP (Crystal Player Award): Artūras Karnišovas

3 Point Contest winner: Sašha Đjorđjević (defeated Guy Goodes in the final).
Other conestants invited officially by FIBA Europe were: Antoine Rigaudeau, and Arturas Karnisovas. Guy Goodes was invited by hosts Maccabi Tel-Aviv.^[10]

Top scorers: Sašha Đjorđjević (23 points) Vladimir Stepania (18 pts), Rashard Griffith (13 pts), Nikos Oikonomou (13 pts), Oded Kattash (9 pts), Nadav Henefeld (8 pts), Damir Mulaomerović (8 pts), Petar Naumoski (5 pts), Gintaras Einikis (4 pts), Sergei Bazarevich (1 pt) - Artūras Karnišovas (19 points), Byron Scott (18 points), Predrag Drobnjak (18 points), Sasha Danilović (13 pts), Wendell Alexis (11 pts), Dino Rađja (13 pts), Željko Rebrača (9 pts), Vladimir Stepania (18 pts), Alberto Herreros (5 pts), Vasily Karasev (2 pts), Antoine Rigaudeau (11 pts), Zoran Savić (7 pts), David Rivers (6 pts), Gregor Fučka (2 pts)

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

Source:fiba.basketball

Arena: Max Schmeling, Berlin

Date: December 29, 1998

Season: 1998–99

Score: East 104 – West 98

EAST:

• Dejan Bodiroga
• Dino Rađja
• David Rivers
• Petar Naumoski
• Doron Sheffer
• Conrad McRae
• İbrahim Kutluay
• Marko Milič
• Nikos Oikonomou
• Dragan Tarlać
• Saulius Štombergas
• Vasily Karasev
• Head Coach: Stanislav Yeryomin

WEST:

• Sasha Danilović
• Artūras Karnišovas
• Antoine Rigaudeau
• Željko Rebrača
• Carlton Myers
• Rašho Nesterović
• Wendell Alexis
• Alberto Herreros
• Andrea Meneghin
• Henrik Rödl
• Éric Struelens
• Head Coach: Svetislav Pešić

Game MVP (Crystal Player Award): Carlton Myers

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

Top scorers: Dino Rađja (17 pts), Petar Naumoski (13 pts), İbrahim Kutluay (13 pts), Dejan Bodiroga (15 pts), Dragan Tarlać (12 pts) Marko Milič (3 pts), Conrad McRae (4 pts), Saulius Štombergas (11 pts), David Rivers (12 pts), Nikos Oikonomou (0 pts), Vasily Karasev (4 pts) - Carlton Myers (20 points), Sasha Danilović (19 points), Artūras Karnišovas (14 pts), Andrea Meneghin (3 pts), Alberto Herreros (2 pts), Željko Rebrača (14 pts), Éric Struelens (4 pts), Henrik Rödl (4 pts), Wendell Alexis (12 pts), Rašho Nesterović (2 pts), Antoine Rigaudeau (4 pts),

( Tanoka Beard and Doron Sheffer were selected, but didn't play in the game.)

Source:fiba.basketball

Arena: Olimpiisky, Moscow

Date: December 28, 1999

Season: 1999–2000

Score: East 112 – West 107

EAST:

• David Rivers
• Dejan Bodiroga
• Andrei Kirilenko
• İbrahim Kutluay
• Oded Kattash
• Anthony Bowie
• Dragan Tarlać
• Jiří Zídek Jr.
• Vasily Karasev
• Igor Kudelin
• Head Coach: Alexander Gomelsky

WEST:

• Tyus Edney
• Artūras Karnišovas
• Stojko Vranković
• Gregor Fučka
• Nikos Oikonomou
• Marko Milič
• Jim Bilba
• Andrea Meneghin
• Tanoka Beard
• Alessandro Abbio
• Head Coach: Carlo Recalcati

Game MVP: Tyus Edney

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

Top scorers: Vasily Karasev (20 points), Dragan Tarlać (18 points), Dejan Bodiroga (18 points), Oded Kattash (16 points), Andrei Kirilenko (10 points), Jiří Zídek Jr. (10 points), Igor Kudelin (9 points), David Rivers (5 points), Anthony Bowie (0 pts), İbrahim Kutluay (6 pts) - Artūras Karnišovas (29 points), Tyus Edney (19 points), Tanoka Beard (13 points), Nikos Oikonomou (9 points), Marko Milič (6 pts), Alessandro Abbio (5 pts), Tanoka Beard (13 points), Jim Bilba (4 points), Gregor Fučka (9 points), Stojko Vranković (6 points), Andrea Meneghin (7 points)

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

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.^[11]

Arena: OAKA, Athens

Date: June 30, 2007

Season: 2006–07

Score: Greek National Team 101 – FIBA European Selection Team 90^[12]

Greek National Team:

• Theo Papaloukas
• Nikos Zisis
• Vassilis Spanoulis
• Panos Vasilopoulos
• Antonis Fotsis
• Nikos Chatzivrettas
• Dimos Dikoudis
• Kostas Tsartsaris
• Dimitris Diamantidis
• Lazaros Papadopoulos
• Michalis Kakiouzis
• Ioannis Bourousis
• Head Coach: Panagiotis Giannakis
• Assistant Coach: Lefteris Kakiousis

FIBA European Selection Team:

• Dror Hagag
  (Point guard, Hapoel Jerusalem)
• Vladimir Boisa
  (Forward, Siena)
• Sani Bečirovič
  (Guard, Panathianikos )
• Iñaki de Miguel
  (Center, Málaga)
• Adam Wójcik
  (Center, Prokom)
• Pascal Roller
  (Guard, Bellia)
• Tomas Van Den Spiegel
  (Center, CSKA Moscow)
• Raitis Grafs
  (Center, ASK Riga)
• Aleksey Savrasenko
  (Center, CSKA Moscow)
• İbrahim Kutluay
  (Guard, Fenerbahçe Ülker)
• Nikola Vujčić
  (Center, Maccabi Tel Aviv)
• Vitaly Fridzon
  (Forward, Khimki Moscow Region)
• Marko Popović
  (Guard, Žalgiris Kaunas)
• Andrea Pecile
  (Guard, Granada)
• Coach: Željko Obradović (Panathinaikos)
• Coach: Carlo Recalcati (Italy)

( Dejan Bodiroga, Peja Stojaković, Felipe Reyes (FIBA European Selection Team),^[13] and Sofoklis Schortsanitis (Greek NT)^[14] were also selected, but they didn't play in the game.)

Top scorers: Greek National Team:

• Antonis Fotsis (20 points)
• Ioannis Bourousis (16 points)
• Theo Papaloukas (14 points)
• Nikos Zisis (10 points)
• Nikos Chatzivrettas (10 points)

Top scorers: FIBA European Selection Team:

• Tomas Van Den Spiegel (14 points)
• Adam Wójcik (10 points)
• İbrahim Kutluay (10 points)
• Andrea Pecile (8 points)
• Nikola Vujčić (8 points)

Scoresheet :
Greek National Team: 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 team:

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).

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,^[15][16] as they were selected to the FIBA All-Time EuroStars Team.

• Player nationalities listed by national team affiliation.

• Coach nationalities listed by national team affiliation.

• Panagiotis Fasoulas (as a player)
• Panagiotis Giannakis (as a player)
• Alexander Gomelsky (as a coach)
• Dušan Ivković (as a coach)
• Ettore Messina (as a coach)
• Svetislav Pešić (as a coach)
• Antoine Rigaudeau (as a player)
• Jure Zdovc (as a player)

• Alexander Gomelsky (as a coach)
• Dino Radja (as a player)

• Dino Radja

• FIBA Europe All-Star Game
• ULEB All-Star Game

• FIBA EuroStars @ FIBA Europe
• 2007 FIBA EuroStars Game @ YouTube
• 1997 FIBA EuroStars Game @ YouTube
• 1996 FIBA EuroStars Game @ YouTube