FIBA EuroStars

FIBA EuroStars was an annual event, organized by FIBA Europe, as a showcase basketball game, from 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 1st-tier Euroleague and the 2nd-tier FIBA Saporta Cup. Diversity was also paramount in the selection process, which aimed at allowing several different European basketball schools to be represented.

1996 FIBA EuroStars (Istanbul, Turkey)

Arena: Abdi İpekçi

Date: December 30, 1996

Season: 1996-97

Score: East 117 - West 114

EAST:

• David Rivers
  (31, Point Guard 1.83 m, Olympiacos)
• Panagiotis Fasoulas
  (33, Center 2.13 m, Olympiacos)
• Petar Naumoski
  (28, Point Guard 1.94 m, Efes Pilsen)
• Nikos Oikonomou
  (23, Power Forward 2.08 m, Panathinaikos)
• Sergei Bazarevich
  (31, Guard 1.91 m, CSKA Moscow)
• Jure Zdovc
  (30, Guard 1.95 m)
• İbrahim Kutluay
  (22, Shooting Guard 1.98 m, Fenerbahçe)
• Predrag 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:

• 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)
• Saša Obradović
  (27, Point Guard 1.96 m, Alba Berlin)
• Marko Milič
  (19, Guard/Forward 2.01 m, Union Olimpija)
• Delaney Rudd
  (34, Point Guard 1.88 m, ASVEL)
• Yann Bonato
  (24, Forward 2.01 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 Giorgos Sigalas were invited but they didn't play)

1997 FIBA EuroStars (Tel Aviv, Israel)

Arena: Yad Eliyahu

Date: December 30, 1997

Season: 1997-98

Score: East 129 - West 107

EAST roster: Dino Rađa, Byron Scott, Artūras Karnišovas, Petar Naumoski, Sergei Bazarevich, Oded Kattash, Damir Mulaomerović, Rashard Griffith, Nikos Oikonomou, Predrag Drobnjak, Gintaras Einikis, Nadav Henefeld

WEST roster: Predrag Danilović, David Rivers, Antoine Rigaudeau, Zoran Savić, Aleksandar Đorđević, Gregor Fučka, Željko Rebrača, Vasily Karasev, Wendell Alexis, Alberto Herreros, Vladimir Stepania

Game MVP: Artūras Karnišovas

3-point contest winner: Aleksandar Đorđević

Top scorers: Aleksandar Đorđević (23 points), Artūras Karnišovas (19 points)

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

1998 FIBA EuroStars (Berlin, Germany)

Arena: Max Schmeling

Date: December 29, 1998

Season: 1998-99

Score: East 104 - West 98

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

WEST roster: Predrag Danilović, Artūras Karnišovas, Antoine Rigaudeau, Željko Rebrača, Carlton Myers, Radoslav Nesterović, Wendell Alexis, Alberto Herreros, Andrea Meneghin, Henrik Rödl, Éric Struelens

Game MVP: Carlton Myers

3-point contest winner: Carlton Myers (defeated Petar Naumoski in the final)

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

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

1999 FIBA EuroStars (Moscow, Russia)

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

WEST roster: Tyus Edney, Artūras Karnišovas, Stojan Vranković, Gregor Fučka, Nikos Oikonomou, Marko Milič, Jim Bilba, Andrea Meneghin, Tanoka Beard, Alessandro Abbio

Game MVP: Tyus Edney

3-point contest winner: İbrahim Kutluay

Top scorers: Artūras Karnišovas (29 points), Vasily Karasev (20 points)

(Željko Rebrača, Dino Rađa, Carlton Myers and Antoine Rigaudeau were invited but they didn't play)

See also

• FIBA All-Star Games
• FIBA EuroCup All-Star Day

External links

• Fibaeurope.com Archive