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).
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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.
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1996 | December 30 | Abdi İpekçi | East | 117-114 | West | ![]() |
1997 | December 30 | Yad Eliyahu | East | 129-107 | West | ![]() |
1998 | December 29 | Max Schmeling | East | 104-98 | West | ![]() |
1999 | December 28 | Olimpiisky | East | 112-107 | West | ![]() |
Three Point Shootout Contest
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1996 FIBA EuroStars - Istanbul, Turkey (1996–97 season)
Arena: Abdi İpekçi
Date: December 30, 1996
Season: 1996–97
Score: East 117 – West 114
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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]
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