FIBA Europe All-Star Game explained

FIBA Europe All-Star Game
Frequency:Annual
Years Active:1964–1995
Participants:European Selection All-Stars and various other teams
Organized:FIBA Europe

The FIBA Europe All-Star Game was the all-star basketball exhibition game, which was also known as the "FIBA Europe Festival". The "FIBA Europe Festival All-Star Game" was held from 1964 to 1995. It was organized by FIBA Europe. The FIBA European Selection teams won most of the FIBA Europe Festival All-Star Games, with an overall record of 24–5. The FIBA Europe Festival All-Star Game event was eventually replaced by the FIBA EuroStars All-Star Game event, in 1996. The FIBA EuroStars All-Star Game was last held in 1999.

Awards and selection criteria

The FIBA Europe Festival All-Star Game featured the "FIBA European Selection" teams. Being chosen for the FIBA European Selection Team was the highest individual honor for a European club player at the time. The all-star games pitted the players of the European Selection teams, against various club teams, national teams, and non-European-wide all-star team selections. Only the players that were chosen to the FIBA European Selection teams were credited with having All-European Club Team honors. While all of the players that participated in each of the all-star games, from both teams, were credited as having all-star game appearances.

Originally, the first five FIBA European Selection teams (1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, and 1968), were selected from among the players of the European-wide top-tier level FIBA European Champions Cup (FIBA EuroLeague). However, starting with the 1969 All-Star Game event, the FIBA European Selection team players were chosen from among the players from all of the club leagues in Europe. Over the years, most of the all-star game's FIBA European Selection team players, came from what were the three major European-wide professional club basketball leagues at the time, the aforementioned top-tier level FIBA EuroLeague, the second-tier level FIBA European Cup (FIBA Saporta Cup), and the third-tier level FIBA Korać Cup. In addition to talent, skills, and performance, diversity was also paramount in choosing the players of the FIBA European Selection teams, which aimed at allowing for several different European national basketball schools to be represented at the all-star games.

After the FIBA Europe Festival All-Star Game was last held in 1995, it was replaced in 1996, by the FIBA EuroStars event. The FIBA EuroStars was a normal all-star game selection award for the players that competed in it. Being chosen to one of the FIBA EuroStars game's teams did not give a player a separate individual All-European Club Team award, like being named a member of the FIBA European Selection Team did with the FIBA Festival All-Star Games.

In 2001, what was the equivalent of a FIBA European Selection Team award was introduced with the EuroLeague's All-EuroLeague Team award. As the All-EuroLeague Team also honors the top European selection of club team players into a list of ten players. However, unlike the FIBA Europe Festival All-Star Game's European Selection Team, the EuroLeague's All-EuroLeague Team selection does not include an all-star game event featuring the players.

FIBA Europe All-Star Games 1964–1995

I

15.10.1965 (Kraków, Poland)

15.10.1965 (Kraków, Poland) Real Madrid vs. Wisła Krakow : 70–85

16.10.1965 (Kraków, Poland)

Wisła Kraków

Bohdan Likszo, Edward Grzywna, Krystian Czernichowski, Ryszard Niewodowski, Jacek Pietrzyk, Jan Piotrowski, Andrzej Baron, Andrzej Guzik, Stefan Wójcik, Czesław Malec, Tadeusz Michałowski, Wiesław Langiewicz. Head Coach: Jerzy Bętkowski

FIBA European Selection roster: Tani Cohen-Mintz (Israel), Radivoj Korać (Yugoslavia), Trajko Rajković (Yugoslavia), Sauro Bufalini (Italy), Giambattista Cescutti (Italy), Massimo Villetti (Italy), František Konvička (Czechoslovakia), Vladimir Pistelak (Czechoslovakia), Jan Bobrovský (Czechoslovakia), Henri Grange (France), Georgios Trontzos (Greece), Martti Liimo (Finland). Head Coaches: Miloslav Kříž (Czechoslovakia) & Nello Paratore (Italy)

II

14.6.1968 (Belgrade, Yugoslavia)

16.6.1968 (Belgrade, Yugoslavia)

FIBA European Selection roster: Krešimir Ćosić (Yugoslavia), Josip Giuseppe "Pino" Djerdja (Yugoslavia), Francisco "Nino" Buscato (Spain), František Konvička (Czechoslovakia), Vladimir Pistelak (Czechoslovakia), Massimo Masini (Italy), Boleslaw Kwiatkowski (Poland), Veikko Vainio (Finland), Ivan Vodenicharski (Bulgaria), Lucien Michelet (Belgium). Head Coaches: Miloslav Kříž (Czechoslovakia) & Witold Zagórski (Poland)

III

20.11.1969 (Belgrade, Yugoslavia)

FIBA European Selection roster: Sergei Belov (USSR), Gennadi Volnov (USSR), Modestas Paulauskas (USSR), Emiliano Rodríguez (Spain), Clifford Luyk (Spain), Francisco "Nino" Buscato (Spain), Jiří Zedníček (Czechoslovakia), Robert Mifka (Czechoslovakia), Mieczysław Łopatka (Poland), Mincho Dimov (Bulgaria). Head Coach: Witold Zagórski (Poland)

IV

10.6.1970 (Athens, Greece)

12.6.1970 (Athens, Greece)

14.6.1970 (Athens, Greece)

FIBA European Selection roster: Krešimir Ćosić (Yugoslavia), Nikola Plećaš (Yugoslavia), Ljubodrag Simonović (Yugoslavia), Dragutin Čermak (Yugoslavia), Dragan Kapičić (Yugoslavia), Clifford Luyk (Spain), Francisco "Nino" Buscato (Spain), Vicente Ramos (Spain), Massimo Masini (Italy), Georgios Kolokithas (Greece). Head Coaches: Witold Zagórski (Poland) & Faidon Matthaiou (Greece)

V

5.6.1971 (Rome, Italy)

FIBA European Selection roster: Krešimir Ćosić (Yugoslavia), Petar Skansi (Yugoslavia), Ljubodrag Simonović (Yugoslavia), Sergei Belov (USSR), Alexander Belov (USSR), Modestas Paulauskas (USSR), Clifford Luyk (Spain), Francisco "Nino" Buscato (Spain), Jiří Zedníček (Czechoslovakia), Edward Jurkiewicz (Poland), Grzegorz Korcz (Poland). Head Coach: Witold Zagórski (Poland)

VI

17.6.1972 (Zagreb, Yugoslavia)

19.6.1972 (Geneva, Switzerland)

21.6.1972 (Vigo, Spain)

23.6.1972 (Le Touquet, France)

FIBA European Selection roster: Krešimir Ćosić (Yugoslavia), Nikola Plećaš (Yugoslavia), Ljubodrag Simonović (Yugoslavia), Sergei Belov (USSR), Alexander Belov (USSR), Modestas Paulauskas (USSR), Alzhan Zharmukhamedov (USSR), Ivan Edeshko (USSR), Clifford Luyk (Spain), Jiří Zedníček (Czechoslovakia), Ottorino Flaborea (Italy), Georgi Khristov (Bulgaria). Head Coach: Witold Zagórski (Poland)

VII

14.6.1973 (Badalona, Spain)

16.6.1973 (Barcelona, Spain)

FIBA European Selection roster: Krešimir Ćosić (Yugoslavia), Vinko Jelovac (Yugoslavia), Rato Tvrdić (Yugoslavia), Emiliano Rodríguez (Spain), Francisco "Nino" Buscato (Spain), Dino Meneghin (Italy), Massimo Masini (Italy), Ivan Edeshko (USSR), Jean-Pierre Staelens (France), Andrzej Seweryn (Poland). Head Coaches: Witold Zagórski (Poland) & Faidon Matthaiou (Greece)

VIII

26.9.1974 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

28.9.1974 (São Paulo, Brazil)

1.10.1974 (Brussels, Belgium)

4.10.1974 (Rome, Italy)

FIBA European Selection roster: Dino Meneghin (Italy), Pierlo Marzorati (Italy), Sergei Belov (USSR), Krešimir Ćosić (Yugoslavia), Vinko Jelovac (Yugoslavia), Damir Šolman (Yugoslavia), Wayne Brabender (Spain), Luis Miguel Santillana (Spain), Jacques Cachemire (France), Vassilis Goumas (Greece). Head Coach: Giancarlo Primo (Italy)

IX

22.6.1975 (Tel Aviv, Israel)

FIBA European Selection roster: Dino Meneghin (Italy), Pierlo Marzorati (Italy), Renzo Bariviera (Italy), Ivan Bisson (Italy), Wayne Brabender (Spain), Luis Miguel Santillana (Spain), Carmelo Cabrera (Spain), Jacques Cachemire (France), Etienne Geerts (Belgium), Imre Nytrai (Belgium). Head Coach: Giancarlo Primo (Italy)

X

15.9.1976 (Cairo, Egypt)

17.9.1976 (Cairo, Egypt)

FIBA European Selection roster: Dragan Kićanović (Yugoslavia), Zoran Slavnić (Yugoslavia), Željko Jerkov (Yugoslavia), Juan Antonio Corbalán (Spain), Wayne Brabender (Spain), Luis Miguel Santillana (Spain), Rafael Rullán (Spain), Pierlo Marzorati (Italy), Ivan Bisson (Italy), Renzo Bariviera (Italy). Head Coach: Giancarlo Primo (Italy)

XI

3.5.1977 (Split, Yugoslavia)

FIBA European Selection roster: Pierlo Marzorati (Italy), Fabrizio Della Fiori (Italy), Gianni Bertolotti (Italy), Renzo Bariviera (Italy), Juan Antonio Corbalán (Spain), Rafael Rullán (Spain), Manuel Flores (Spain), Kamil Brabenec (Czechoslovakia), Zdenek Kos (Czechoslovakia), Atanas Golomeev (Bulgaria), Etienne Geerts (Belgium). Head Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel (Spain)

XII

2.7.1978 (Madrid, Spain)

FIBA European Selection roster: Mirza Delibašić (Yugoslavia), Dražen Dalipagić (Yugoslavia), Dragan Kićanović (Yugoslavia), Željko Jerkov (Yugoslavia), Dino Meneghin (Italy), Renzo Bariviera (Italy), Lorenzo Carraro (Italy), Miki Berkovich (Israel), Tal Brody (Israel), Kamil Brabenec (Czechoslovakia), Luis Miguel Santillana (Spain). Head Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel (Spain)

XIII

26.6.1979 (Prievidza, Czechoslovakia)

28.6.1979 (Bratislava, Czechoslovakia)

FIBA European Selection roster: Vladimir Tkachenko (USSR), Anatoli Myshkin (USSR), Alexander Belostenny (USSR), Stanislav Yeryomin (USSR), Wayne Brabender (Spain), Juan Antonio Corbalán (Spain), Rafael Rullán (Spain), Ratko Radovanović (Yugoslavia), Jacques Cachemire (France), Carlo Caglieris (Italy), Lorenzo Carraro (Italy). Head Coach: Aca Nikolić (Yugoslavia)

XIV

7.6.1981 (Kraków, Poland)

Wisła Kraków

Zbigniew Kudłacz, Jerzy Bińkowski, Wojciech Rosiński, Piotr Wielebnowski, Janusz Seweryn, Andrzej Seweryn, Stanisław Zgłobicki, Marek Żochowski, Mieczysław Młynarski, Zbigniew Bogucki, Jacek Międzik, Krzysztof Fikiel. Trener: Jan Mikułowski

FIBA European Selection roster: Mirza Delibašić (Yugoslavia), Dražen Dalipagić (Yugoslavia), Dragan Kićanović (Yugoslavia), Pierlo Marzorati (Italy), Renato Villalta (Italy), Juan Antonio Corbalán (Spain), Rafael Rullán (Spain), Juan Domingo de la Cruz (Spain), Stano Kropilák (Czechoslovakia), Zdenek Kos (Czechoslovakia), Stanislav Yeryomin (USSR), Éric Beugnot (France). Head Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel (Spain)

XV

18.6.1982 (Geneva, Switzerland)

20.6.1982 (Budapest, Hungary)

FIBA European Selection roster: Dražen Dalipagić (Yugoslavia), Željko Jerkov (Yugoslavia), Vladimir Tkachenko (USSR), Anatoli Myshkin (USSR), Pierlo Marzorati (Italy), Juan Antonio San Epifanio "Epi" (Spain), Juan Antonio Corbalán (Spain), Juan Domingo De la Cruz (Spain), Miki Berkovich (Israel), Stano Kropilák (Czechoslovakia), Arpad Losonczy (Hungary). Head Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel (Spain)

I

(In honor of Real Madrid's first FIBA European Champions Cup (EuroLeague) title)

17.5.1964 (Palacio de Deportes, Madrid, Spain)

Real Madrid

#4 Ignacio San Martín, #5 José Ramón Durand, #6 Julio Descartín, #7 Manuel Sainz Marquez, #9 Antonio Palermo Romero, #10 Emiliano Rodríguez, #11 Carlos Sevilliano, #12 Williams Hanson, #13 Clifford Luyk, #14 Robert Burgess, #15 Jose Manuel Menche. Trainer: Joaquim Hernandez

FIBA European Selection roster: Radivoj Korać (Yugoslavia), Miodrag Nikolić (Yugoslavia), Slobodan Gordić (Yugoslavia), Sandro Riminucci (Italy), Gabriele Vianello (Italy), Paolo Vittori (Italy), Gianfranco Pieri (Italy), Andrzej Pstrokonski (Poland), Janusz Wichowski (Poland), Roger Antoine (France), Tani Cohen-Mintz (Israel), Jozef "Jef" Eygel (Belgium). Head Coaches: Miloslav Kříž (Czechoslovakia) & Robert Busnel (France)

II

13.10.1966 (Ljubljana, Yugoslavia)

15.10.1966 (Ljubljana, Yugoslavia)

FIBA European Selection roster: Emiliano Rodríguez (Spain), Carlos Sevillano (Spain), Jiří Zídek Sr. (Czechoslovakia), Jiří Zedníček (Czechoslovakia), Jiri Ammer (Czechoslovakia), Jean Degros (France), Christos Zoupas (Greece), Willy Steveniers (Belgium), John Loridon (Belgium), Mihai Albu (Romania), Cvjatko Barchovski (Bulgaria), Bohdan Likszo (Poland). Head Coaches: Miloslav Kříž (Czechoslovakia) & Robert Busnel (France)

III

1.11.1967 (Antwerp, Belgium)

3.11.1967 (Antwerp, Belgium)

FIBA European Selection roster: Ivo Daneu (Yugoslavia), Borut Bassin (Yugoslavia), Massimo Masini (Italy), Jiří Zídek Sr. (Czechoslovakia), Jiří Zedníček (Czechoslovakia), Bohumil Tomasek (Czechoslovakia), Jiri Ruzicka (Czechoslovakia), Georgios Trontzos (Greece), Jorma Pilkevaara (Finland), Alin Savu (Romania), Wlodzimierz Trams (Poland). Head Coaches: Miloslav Kříž (Czechoslovakia) & Robert Busnel (France) & Witold Zagórski (Poland)

IV

Tal Brody's farewell game:

4.9.1980 (Tel Aviv, Israel)

FIBA European Selection roster: Juan Antonio San Epifanio "Epi" (Spain), Juan Antonio Corbalán (Spain), Wayne Brabender (Spain), Juan Domingo de la Cruz (Spain), Dino Meneghin (Italy), Renato Villalta (Italy), Fabrizio Della Fiori (Italy), Panagiotis Giannakis (Greece), Hervé Dubuisson (France), Klaus Zander (Germany). Head Coach: Lolo Sainz (Spain)

V

5.9.1981 (Ankara, Turkey)

9.9.1981 (Badalona, Spain)

22.9.1981 (Caserta, Italy)

FIBA European Selection roster: Dražen Dalipagić (Yugoslavia), Mirza Delibašić (Yugoslavia), Juan Antonio Corbalán (Spain), Juan Domingo de la Cruz (Spain), Rafael Rullán (Spain), Miki Berkovich (Israel), Lou Silver (Israel), Stano Kropilák (Czechoslovakia), Mieczysław Młynarski (Poland), Efe Aydan (Turkey), Éric Beugnot (France). Head Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel (Spain)

VI

Lou Silver's farewell game:

17.7.1987 (Tel Aviv, Israel)

Vassilis Goumas' farewell game:

19.7.1987 (Thessaloniki, Greece)

21.7.1987 (Sofia, Bulgaria)

FIBA European Selection roster: Dražen Petrović (Yugoslavia), Stojko Vranković (Yugoslavia), Nikos Galis (Greece), Panagiotis Giannakis (Greece), Antonello Riva (Italy), Walter Magnifico (Italy), Miki Berkovich (Israel), Doron Jamchi (Israel), Richard Dacoury (France), Stano Kropilák (Czechoslovakia), Rik Smits (Netherlands). Head Coach: Pavel Petera (Czechoslovakia)

VII

27.12.1990 (Split, Yugoslavia)

FIBA European Selection roster: Panagiotis Giannakis (Greece), Panagiotis Fasoulas (Greece), Doron Jamchi (Israel), Jordi Villacampa (Spain), José Montero (Spain), Andro Knego (Yugoslavia), Jure Zdovc (Yugoslavia), Stéphane Ostrowski (France), Stefano Rusconi (Italy). Head Coach: Aíto García Reneses ("Aíto") (Spain)

VIII

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8.6.1991 (Piraeus, Greece)

FIBA European Selection roster: Juan Antonio San Epifanio "Epi" (Spain), Jordi Villacampa (Spain), Antonio Martín (Spain), Antonello Riva (Italy), Walter Magnifico (Italy), Roberto Brunamonti (Italy), Richard Dacoury (France), Stéphane Ostrowski (France), Philip Szanyiel (France), Sergei Bazarevich (Russia), Igors Miglinieks (Latvia), Andrejs Bondarenko (Latvia). Head Coach: Sandro Gamba (Italy)

FIBA Balkans Selection roster: Toni Kukoč (Yugoslavia), Dino Rađja (Yugoslavia), Žarko Paspalj (Yugoslavia), Jure Zdovc (Yugoslavia), Zoran Savić (Yugoslavia), Nikos Galis (Greece), Panagiotis Giannakis (Greece), Panagiotis Fasoulas (Greece), Fanis Christodoulou (Greece), Georgi Glouchkov (Bulgaria). Head Coach: Kostas Politis (Greece)

IX

12.9.1991 (Cantù, Italy)

27.12.1991 (Paris, France)

FIBA European Selection roster: Toni Kukoč (Croatia), Žarko Paspalj (Yugoslavia), Dino Rađja (Croatia), Jure Zdovc (Slovenia), Oscar Schmidt (Brazil), Antonello Riva (Italy), Walter Magnifico (Italy), Nando Gentile (Italy), Richard Dacoury (France), Antoine Rigaudeau (France), Stéphane Ostrowski (France), Doron Jamchi (Israel), Panagiotis Fasoulas (Greece). Head Coach: Sandro Gamba (Italy)

X

Juan Antonio San Epifanio "Epi"'s farewell game:

26.12.1995 (Barcelona, Spain)

FIBA European Selection roster: Jordi Villacampa (Spain), Alberto Herreros (Spain), Rafa Jofresa (Spain), José Antúnez (Spain), Stéphane Ostrowski (France), Doron Jamchi (Israel), Teo Alibegović (Slovenia), Andrei Fetisov (Russia), Mikhail Mikhailov (Russia), Gus Binelli (Italy). Head Coach: Mirko Novosel (Croatia)

XI

Miki Berkovich's farewell game:

28.12.1995 (Tel Aviv, Israel)

FIBA European Selection roster: Artūras Karnišovas (Lithuania), Sergei Bazarevich (Russia), Teo Alibegović (Slovenia), Panagiotis Fasoulas (Greece), Stéphane Ostrowski (France), Sašha Obradović (Yugoslavia), Georgios Sigalas (Greece), Veljko Mršić (Croatia), Evgeni Kisurin (Russia), Ronny Bayer (Belgium). Head Coach: Mirko Novosel (Croatia)

Players with multiple selections

class="wikitable sortable"
Player Number Of Selections Years Selected
Juan Antonio Corbalán1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981 (2×), 1982
1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974
Jiří Zedníček1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972
Nino Buscató1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973
Wayne Brabender1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980
Pierlo Marzorati1975, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1982
Rafael Rullán1976, 1977, 1979, 1981 (2×)
Stéphane Ostrowski1990, 1991 (2×), 1995 (2×)
Massimo Masini1967, 1968, 1970, 1973
Clifford Luyk1969, 1970, 1971, 1972
Sergei Belov1969, 1971, 1972, 1974
Luis Miguel Santillana1974, 1975, 1976, 1978
Renzo Bariviera1975, 1976, 1977, 1978
Dražen Dalipagić1978, 1981 (2×), 1982
Miki Berkovich1978, 1981, 1982, 1987
Juan Domingo de la Cruz1980, 1981 (2×), 1982
Panagiotis Giannakis1980, 1987, 1990, 1991
Stano Kropilák1981 (2×), 1982, 1987
Doron Jamchi1987, 1990, 1991, 1995
Panagiotis Fasoulas1990, 1991 (2×), 1995
Emiliano Rodríguez1966, 1969, 1973
Modestas Paulauskas1969, 1971, 1972
Ljubodrag Simonović1970, 1971, 1972
Jacques Cachemire1974, 1975, 1979
Dino Meneghin1975, 1978, 1980
Dragan Kićanović1976, 1978, 1981
Željko Jerkov1976, 1978, 1982
Mirza Delibašić1978, 1981 (2×)
Juan Antonio San Epifanio "Epi"1980, 1982, 1991
Antonello Riva1987, 1991 (2×)
Richard Dacoury1987, 1991 (2×)
Walter Magnifico1987, 1991 (2×)
Jure Zdovc1990, 1991 (2×)
Jordi Villacampa1990, 1991, 1995
Tani Cohen-Mintz1964, 1965
Radivoj Korać1964, 1965
Georgios Trontzos1965, 1967
František Konvička1965, 1968
Vladimir Pistelak1965, 1968
Jiří Zídek Sr.1966, 1967
Nikola Plećaš1970, 1972
Sasha Belov1971, 1972
Ivan Edeshko1972, 1973
Vinko Jelovac1973, 1974
Ivan Bisson1975, 1976
Etienne Geerts1975, 1977
Kamil Brabenec1977, 1978
Fabrizio Della Fiori1977, 1980
Zdenek Kos1977, 1981
Lorenzo Carraro1978, 1979
Stanislav Yeryomin1979, 1981
Anatoly Myshkin1979, 1982
Vladimir Tkachenko1979, 1982
Renato Villalta1980, 1981
Éric Beugnot1981 (2×)
Nikos Galis1987, 1991
Toni Kukoč1991 (2×)
Žarko Paspalj1991 (2×)
Dino Rađja1991 (2×)
Sergei Bazarevich1991, 1995
Teo Alibegović1995 (2×)

By head coach

class="wikitable sortable"
Head Coach Number Of Selections Years Selected
Witold Zagórski1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973
Miloslav Kříž1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968
1977, 1978, 1981 (2×), 1982
Robert Busnel1964, 1966, 1967
1974, 1975, 1976
1970, 1973
1991 (2×)
1995 (2×)
Nello Paratore1965
1979
1980
1987
1990
1991

See also

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