FIBA EuroStars

FIBA EuroStars was an annual event, organized by FIBA Europe, as a showcase basketball game, from the 1996–97 season, until the 1999–00 season. Commonly considered as 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. Diversity was also paramount in the selection process, which aimed at allowing several different European basketball schools to be represented.
FIBA EuroStars was the replacement All-European Team selection and all-star game of the original FIBA Festival (1964–1995).

Format

The event held at the very end of the year and it last for four seasons. The FIBA EuroStars events were designed on the NBA All-Star Game pattern: a match between East and West. There was also a 3-point shootout contest. Players who played for championships on the east side of Europe (Greece, Turkey, Israel, ex-USSR and ex-Yugoslavia countries) were eligible for selection for the East regardless of the country of origins. On the hand, players who competed in countries on the west side of Europe (Spain, France, Germany, Italy etc) were eligible for selection for the West.The East stars defeated their West opponents on all four occasions.

List of games

Bold: Team that won the game.

Year	Date	Arena	Team	Score	Team	MVP
1996	December 30	Abdi İpekçi	East	117-114	West	David Rivers
1997	December 30	Yad Eliyahu	East	129-107	West	Artūras Karnišovas
1998	December 29	Max Schmeling	East	104-98	West	Carlton Myers
1999	December 28	Olimpiisky	East	112-107	West	Tyus Edney

Three Point Shootout Contest

Year	Winner	Team	Runner-up	Team
1996	Delaney Rudd	ASVEL	Vasily Karasev	Efes Pilsen
1997	Sašha Đjorđjević	Barcelona	Guy Goodes	Caserta
1998	Carlton Myers	Fortitudo Bologna	Petar Naumoski	Efes Pilsen
1999	İbrahim Kutluay	Fenerbahçe	Tyus Edney	Bentton Treviso

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

Arena: Abdi İpekçi

Date: December 30, 1996

Season: 1996–97

Score: East 117 – West 114

EAST (Dusan Ivkovic):

David Rivers
(31, Point Guard 1.88 m, Olympiacos)
Panagiotis Fasoulas
(33, Center 2.13 m, Olympiacos)
Petar Naumoski
(28, Point Guard 1.95 m, Efes Pilsen)
Nikos Oikonomou
(23, Power Forward 2.08 m, Panathinaikos)
Sergei Bazarevich
(31, Point Guard 1.91 m, CSKA Moscow)
Jure Zdovc
(30, Shooiting Guard 1.95 m)
İbrahim Kutluay
(22, Shooting Guard 1.98 m, Fenerbahçe)
Peja Drobnjak
(21, Power Forward/Center 2.11 m, Partizan)
Randy White
(29, Power Forward 2.03 m, Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Evgeni Kisurin
(27, Power Forward 2.07 m, Cibona)
Orhun Ene
(29, Point Guard 1.88 m, Ülker)

WEST (Lolo Sainz):

Zoran Savić
(30, Power Forward/Center 2.08 m, Kinder Bologna)
Carlton Myers
(25, Shooting Guard 1.92 m, Teamsystem Bologna)
Željko Rebrača
(24, Center 2.13 m, Benetton Treviso)
Conrad McRae
(25, Power Forward/Center 2.11 m, Teamsystem Bologna)
Walter Magnifico
(35, Center 2.09 m, Kinder Bologna)
Sašha Obradović
(27, Point Guard 1.97 m, Alba Berlin)
Marko Milič
(19, Forward 2.01 m, Union Olimpija)
Delaney Rudd
(34, Point Guard 1.88 m, ASVEL)
Yann Bonato
(24, Small Forward 2.02 m, Limoges)
Henning Harnisch
(28, Forward 2.03 m, Alba Berlin)
Ronny Bayer
(30, Point Guard 1.86 m, 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 invited but they didn't play)

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

Arena: Yad Eliyahu

Date: December 30, 1997

Season: 1997–98

Score: East 129 – West 107

EAST roster: Dino Rađja, Byron Scott, Artūras Karnišovas, Petar Naumoski, Sergei Bazarevich, Oded Kattash, Damir Mulaomerović, Rashard Griffith, Nikos Oikonomou, Peja Drobnjak, Gintaras Einikis, Nadav Henefeld. Coach: Dusan Ivkovic

WEST roster: Sašha Danilović, David Rivers, Antoine Rigaudeau, Zoran Savić, Sašha Đjorđjević, Gregor Fučka, Željko Rebrača, Vasily Karasev, Wendell Alexis, Alberto Herreros, Vladimir Stepania. Coach: Ettore Messina.

Game MVP: Artūras Karnišovas

3 Point Contest winner: Sašha Đjorđjević

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

(Dejan Bodiroga was invited but he didn't play)

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

Arena: Max Schmeling

Date: December 29, 1998

Season: 1998–99

Score: East 104 – West 98

EAST roster: Dejan Bodiroga, Dino Rađja, David Rivers, Petar Naumoski, Doron Sheffer, Conrad McRae, İbrahim Kutluay, Marko Milič, Nikos Oikonomou, Dragan Tarlać, Saulius Štombergas, Vasily Karasev. Coach: Stanislav Eremin.

WEST roster: Sašha Danilović, Artūras Karnišovas, Antoine Rigaudeau, Željko Rebrača, Carlton Myers, Rašho Nesterović, Wendell Alexis, Alberto Herreros, Andrea Meneghin, Henrik Rödl, Éric Struelens. Coach: Svetislav Pesic.

Game MVP: Carlton Myers

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

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

(Tanoka Beard was invited but he didn't play)

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

Arena: Olimpiisky

Date: December 28, 1999

Season: 1999–00

Score: East 112 – West 107

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

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

Game MVP: Tyus Edney

3 Point Contest winner: İbrahim Kutluay

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 invited but they didn't play)

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

Arena: Athens OACA

Date: December 27, 2000

Season: 2000-01

Score: East – West

The 2000 All-Star game was cancelled as the European basketball was at turmoil at the time, with two 1st tier competitions going on in the 2000-01 season, the FIBA SuproLeague and the ULEB Euroleague.[1]

Players with multiple selections

Player nationalities by national team.

Player	Number Of Selections	Years Selected
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
İbrahim Kutluay	3	1996, 1998, 1999
Dragan Tarlać	3	1996, 1998, 1999
Carlton Myers	3	1996, 1998, 1999
Marko Milič	3	1996, 1998, 1999
Dino Rađja	3	1997, 1998, 1999
Dejan Bodiroga	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
Sašha 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

References

"Eustars 1999".

External links

Fibaeurope.com Archive

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