| FIBA EuroStars | |
| Frequency: | Annual |
| Years Active: | 1996–2001, 2007 |
| Participants: | Eastern and Western All-Stars |
| Organized: | FIBA |
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 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]
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.
Bold: Indicates the team that won the game.
| Year (Season) | Date | Arena | Team | Score | Team | MVP | Top Scorer | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1996–97) |  Abdi İpekçi, Istanbul | bgcolor=lightyellow align="center" | East | 117–114 | West |  David Rivers | Zoran Savić | ||
| (1997–98) |  Yad Eliyahu, Tel Aviv | bgcolor=lightyellow align="center" | East | 129–107 | West |  Artūras Karnišovas | Sašha Đjorđjević | ||
| (1998–99) |  Max Schmeling, Berlin | bgcolor=lightyellow align="center" | East | 104–98 | West |  Carlton Myers | Carlton Myers | ||
| (1999–00) | Olimpiisky, Moscow | bgcolor=lightyellow align="center" | East | 112–107 | West | Tyus Edney | Artūras Karnišovas | ||
| (2000–01) |  OAKA, Athens | ||||||||
| (2006–07) | OAKA, Athens | bgcolor=lightyellow align="center" | Greek NT | 101–90 | European Selection | N/A | Antonis Fotsis | ||
| Year (Season) | width=150 | Winner | width=150 | Team | width=150 | Runner-up | width=150 | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1996–97) |  Vasily Karasev | Efes Pilsen | ||||||
| (1997–98) | Guy Goodes | Caserta | ||||||
| (1998–99) |  Petar Naumoski | Efes Pilsen | ||||||
| (1999–00) | Benetton Treviso | |||||||
| (2000–01) | ||||||||
| (2006–07) | ||||||||
Arena: Abdi İpekçi, Istanbul
Date: December 30, 1996
Season: 1996–97
Score: East 117 – West 114EAST (Coach: Dušan Ivković):
David Rivers Petar Naumoski Efes Pilsen) Sergei Bazarevich CSKA Moscow) İbrahim Kutluay Fenerbahçe) Randy White Maccabi Tel Aviv) Evgeni Kisurin Orhun Ene Ülker)WEST (Coach: 
Lolo Sainz):
Kinder Bologna) Carlton Myers Teamsystem Bologna) Benetton Treviso) Conrad McRae Teamsystem Bologna) Walter Magnifico Kinder Bologna) Delaney Rudd 
ASVEL) Yann Bonato Limoges)
Ronny Bayer Sunair Oostende)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.)----
Arena: Yad Eliyahu, Tel Aviv
Date: December 30, 1997
Season: 1997–98
Score: East 129 – West 107
EAST:
Dino Rađja Byron Scott Artūras Karnišovas Oded Kattash Damir Mulaomerović Rashard Griffith Nikos Oikonomou Gintaras Einikis Nadav HenefeldWEST:
David Rivers Antoine Rigaudeau Gregor Fučka Wendell Alexis Alberto Herreros
Vladimir Stepania Ettore MessinaGame 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.)----
Arena: Max Schmeling, Berlin
Date: December 29, 1998
Season: 1998–99
Score: East 104 – West 98
EAST:
Dino Rađja David Rivers Doron Sheffer Conrad McRae İbrahim Kutluay
Marko Milič Nikos Oikonomou Saulius ŠtombergasWEST:
Artūras Karnišovas Antoine Rigaudeau Carlton Myers Rašho Nesterović Wendell Alexis Alberto Herreros Andrea Meneghin Henrik Rödl Éric StruelensGame 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.)----
Arena: Olimpiisky, Moscow
Date: December 28, 1999
Season: 1999–2000
Score: East 112 – West 107
EAST:
David Rivers İbrahim Kutluay Oded Kattash Anthony Bowie
Jiří Zídek Jr.WEST:
Tyus Edney Artūras Karnišovas Stojko Vranković Gregor Fučka Nikos Oikonomou Marko Milič Jim Bilba Andrea Meneghin Tanoka Beard Alessandro Abbio Carlo RecalcatiGame 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.)----
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] ----
Date: June 30, 2007
Season: 2006–07
Score: Greek NT 101 – FIBA European Selection 90[6]
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 KakiousisFIBA European Selection:
Dror Hagag Hapoel Jerusalem) Vladimir Boisa Siena) Sani Bečirovič Iñaki de Miguel Málaga)
Adam Wójcik Prokom) Pascal Roller Bellia) Tomas Van Den Spiegel CSKA Moscow)
Raitis Grafs CSKA Moscow) İbrahim Kutluay Fenerbahçe Ülker) Nikola Vujčić Maccabi Tel Aviv) Khimki Moscow Region) Marko Popović Andrea Pecile Granada)
Coach: Željko Obradović (Panathinaikos) Coach: Carlo Recalcati (Italy)( 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:
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:
Tomas Van Den Spiegel (14 points) Adam Wójcik (10 points) İbrahim Kutluay (10 points) Andrea Pecile (8 points) Nikola Vujčić (8 points)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).----
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.
| 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 |
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
| Player | Number Of Selections | Years Selected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| İbrahim Kutluay | 1996, 1998, 1999, 2007 | ||
| Dejan Bodiroga | 1997, 1998, 1999, 2007 | ||
| David Rivers | 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 | ||
| Antoine Rigaudeau | 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 | ||
| Nikos Oikonomou | 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 | ||
| Željko Rebrača | 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 | ||
| Petar Naumoski | 1996, 1997, 1998 | ||
| Dragan Tarlać | 1996, 1998, 1999 | ||
| Carlton Myers | 1996, 1998, 1999 | ||
| Marko Milič | 1996, 1998, 1999 | ||
| Dino Rađja | 1997, 1998, 1999 | ||
| Vasily Karasev | 1997, 1998, 1999 | ||
| Artūras Karnišovas | 1997, 1998, 1999 | ||
| Peja Drobnjak | 1996, 1997 | ||
| Sergei Bazarevich | 1996, 1997 | ||
| Zoran Savić | 1996, 1997 | ||
| Conrad McRae | 1996, 1998 | ||
| Sasha Danilović | 1997, 1998 | ||
| Wendell Alexis | 1997, 1998 | ||
| Alberto Herreros | 1997, 1998 | ||
| Oded Kattash | 1997, 1999 | ||
| Gregor Fučka | 1997, 1999 | ||
| Andrea Meneghin | 1998, 1999 | ||
| Tanoka Beard | 1998, 1999 |
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
| Coach | Number Of Selections | Years Selected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996, 1997 | |||
| Carlo Recalcati | 1999, 2007 | ||
| 1996 | |||
| 1997 | |||
| Stanislav Yeryomin | 1998 | ||
| Svetislav Pešić | 1998 | ||
| Alexander Gomelsky | 1999 | ||
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| 2007 | |||
| 2007 |