FIBA EuroCup All-Star Day explained

FIBA EuroCup All-Star Day
Frequency:Annual
First:2004
Last:2008
Participants:Euripe and Rest of the World All-Stars
Organized:FIBA

FIBA EuroCup All-Star Day, or FIBA EuroChallenge All-Star Day, was the All-Star Game of the now defunct 3rd-tier level European-wide professional basketball league, the FIBA EuroChallenge tournament. It started in 2004, and lasted for five editions until 2008. The FIBA EuroCup All-Star Day was the first All-Star Game that was organised by FIBA after the FIBA EuroStars, and after the year 2000 conflict between FIBA and EuroLeague Basketball, which ultimately resulted in the current EuroLeague's take over of the previous FIBA EuroLeague.

The EuroCup All-Star Day event included a match between Europe and the Rest of the World All-Stars, a 3-point shootout contest, and a slam dunk contest in the 2007 edition. Lithuanian players Saulius Štombergas and Gintaras Einikis, were the only players that played in both the FIBA EuroStars, and also the FIBA EuroCup All-Star Day. Svetislav Pešić and Stanislav Eremin were the only coaches to be selected to both events.

List of games

Bold: Team that won the game.

YearDateLocationTeamScoreTeamMVP
2004March 16Europe 84-91bgcolor=lightyellow align="center"Rest of the World Michael Wright
2005April 14Europe 102-106bgcolor=lightyellow align="center"Rest of the World Shammond Williams
2006March 14Europe 89-97bgcolor=lightyellow align="center"Rest of the World Marcus Hatten
2007March 20Europe 95-105bgcolor=lightyellow align="center"Rest of the World Erwin Dudley
2008March 25Europe 116-118bgcolor=lightyellow align="center"Rest of the World Joe Smith

Three-Point Shootout

Editionwidth=180 Winnerwidth=180 Teamwidth=180 Runner-upwidth=150 Team
2004
2005
2006 BC Khimki
2007 Andreas Pilavas BC Šiauliai
2008 Vasili Zavoruev

Slam-Dunk Contest

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2007 Ryan Randle Duke Tshomba Omonia

FIBA Europe League All-Star Day 2004

Place: Kyiv, Ukraine

Date: 16.03.2004

Result: Europe 84 – Rest of the World 91 [1]

Europe roster: Saulius Štombergas, Eurelijus Žukauskas, Sergei Chikalkin, Laurent Sciarra, Armands Šķēle, Alexander Lokhmanchuk, Yaniv Green, Andris Biedriņš, Dmitri Domani, Andriy Lebediev. Coaches: Stanislav Eremin & Dragan Raca & Andrei Podkovyrov
*Milan Gurović was selected to represent the Europe All-Stars, but he did not participate due to injury.

Rest of the World roster: Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, Michael Wright, Roderick Blakney, Duane Woodward, Eric Campbell, Ashante Johnson, Tang Hamilton, Dametri Hill, Sharone Wright, Lorinza Harrington, Steve Goodrich. Coaches: Panagiotis Giannakis & Zvi Sherf & Aleksandar Petrović

Game MVP: Michael Wright

Top scorers: Michael Wright (23 points), Sergei Chikalkin (17 points), Eurelijus Žukauskas (14 points)

3-point contest winner: Sergei Chikalkin

FIBA Europe League All-Star Day 2005

Place: Nicosia, Cyprus

Date: 14.04.2005

Result: Europe 102 – Rest of the World 106 [2]

Europe roster: Kaspars Kambala, Ratko Varda, Jón Arnór Stefánsson, Damir Mršić, Lior Lubin, Krešimir Lončar, Ioannis Giannoulis, Ömer Onan, Radek Necas, Dimitar Angelov, Michalis Kounounis, Erez Markovich. Coaches: Aydın Örs & Dragan Raca

Rest of the World roster: Kelly McCarty, Khalid El-Amin, Ed Cota, Rubén Wolkowyski, Shammond Williams, Marcelo Nicola, Marc Salyers, LaMarr Greer, Michael McDonald, Art Long, Óscar Torres. Coaches: David Blatt & Renato Pasquali

Game MVP: Shammond Williams

Top scorers: Shammond Williams (20 points), Kaspars Kambala (20 points)

3-point contest winner: Marcelo Nicola

FIBA EuroCup All-Star Day 2006

Place: Limassol, Cyprus

Date: 14.03.2006

Result: Europe 89 – Rest of the World 97 [3]

Europe roster: Damir Mršić, Kaspars Kambala, Gianmarco Pozzecco, Gintaras Einikis, Lior Eliyahu, Krešimir Lončar, Milutin Aleksić, Cătălin Burlacu, Artūras Jomantas, Georgios Palalas. Coach: Fotis Katsikaris

Rest of the World roster: Kelly McCarty, Mark Dickel, Khalid El-Amin, Óscar Torres, Rubén Wolkowyski, LaMarr Greer, Frankie King, Jarod Stevenson, Jaime Lloreda, Marcus Hatten, Michael Harris, Glen McGowan. Coaches: Aleksandar Petrović & Saša Obradović

Game MVP: Marcus Hatten

Top scorers: Kaspars Kambala (21 points), Marcus Hatten (17 points)

3-point contest winner: Jarod Stevenson

FIBA EuroCup All-Star Day 2007

Place: Limassol, Cyprus

Date: 20.03.2007

Result: Europe 95 – Rest of the World 105 [4]

Europe roster: Laurent Sciarra, Krešimir Lončar, Artur Drozdov, Christian Drejer, Marc Gasol, Serhiy Lishchuk, Milutin Aleksić, Tutku Açık, Bekir Yarangüme, Sandis Valters, Nikolai Padius, Arvydas Cepulis. Coaches: Svetislav Pešić & Igors Miglinieks

Rest of the World roster: Ariel McDonald, Andre Hutson, Khalid El-Amin, Kennedy Winston, Erwin Dudley, Travis Reed, Guilherme Giovannoni, Travis Conlan, Marque Perry, Anthony Lux, Jeron Roberts, Curtis Millage. Coaches: Žare Markovski & Luka Pavićević

Game MVP: Erwin Dudley

Top scorers: Erwin Dudley (23 points), Serhiy Lishchuk (15 points)

3-point contest winner: Andreas Pilavas

Slam dunk contest winner: Ryan Randle

FIBA EuroCup All-Star Day 2008

Place: Limassol, Cyprus

Date: 25.03.2008

Result: Europe 116 – Rest of the World 118 [5]

Europe roster: Yaniv Green, Krešimir Lončar, Ante Tomić, Giorgi Tsintsadze, Armands Šķēle, Milutin Aleksić, Martynas Andriukaitis, Mike Lenzly, Nando de Colo, Dimitris Verginis, Petri Virtanen, Sasa Bratic. Coaches: Valeri Tikhonenko & Željko Pavličević

Rest of the World roster: Demetrius Alexander, Ryan Randle, Duane Woodward, Alex Scales, Joe Smith, Adrian Henning, Olumuyiwa Famutimi, James Cantamessa, Brian Cusworth. Coaches: Chris Finch & Charles Barton

Game MVP: Joe Smith

Top scorers: Joe Smith (28 points), Nando de Colo (24 points), Alex Scales (23 points), Milutin Aleksić (20 points), Krešimir Lončar (18 points), Sasa Bratic (18 points), Adrian Henning (14 points), Demetrius Alexander (13 points)

3-point contest winner: Vasili Zavoruev

All-Star players

Players with most selections

class="wikitable sortable"
Player Number Of Selections Years Selected
Krešimir Lončar2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Khalid El-Amin2005, 2006, 2007
Milutin Aleksić2006, 2007, 2008
Rubén Wolkowyski2005, 2006
Kelly McCarty2005, 2006
LaMarr Greer2005, 2006
Laurent Sciarra2004, 2007
Yaniv Green2004, 2008
Damir Mršić2005, 2006
Duane Woodward2004, 2008
Kaspars Kambala2005, 2006
Óscar Torres2005, 2006

Players in FIBA All-Star Games (1996–2008)

class="wikitable sortable"
Player Total Selections FIBA All-Star Day FIBA EuroStars
Gintaras Einikis2006 1997
Saulius Štombergas2004 1998

FIBA All-Star Day players in NBA

All-Star coaches

Coaches with most selections

class="wikitable sortable"
Coach Number Of Selections Years Selected
Aleksandar Petrović2004, 2006
Dragan Raca2004, 2005

Coaches in FIBA All-Star Games (1996–2008)

class="wikitable sortable"
Player Total Selections FIBA All-Star Day FIBA EuroStars
Svetislav Pešić2007 1998
Stanislav Eremin2004 1998

FIBA All-Star Day coaches in NBA

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIBA_Eurocup/2003-2004.
  2. Web site: FIBA_Eurocup/2004-2005.
  3. Web site: FIBA_Eurocup/2005-2006.
  4. Web site: FIBA_Eurocup/2006-2007.
  5. Web site: FIBA_Eurocup/2007-2008.