FIBA EuroStars

FIBA EuroStars was an annual event organized by FIBA Europe as a showcase basketball match from 1996 until 1999, inclusive.

Seen by many to be the European answer to NBA All-Star Game, FIBA EuroStars featured that season's best players from Euroleague, a competition that was at the time still controlled by FIBA.

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1996 EuroStars (Istanbul, Turkey)

Arena: Abdi İpekçi

Date: December 30, 1996

Score: East 117 - West 114

EAST roster: David Rivers, Panagiotis Fassoulas, Petar Naumoski, Nikos Ekonomou, Sergei Bazarevich, Jure Zdovc, İbrahim Kutluay, Predrag Drobnjak, Randy White, Evgeni Kisurin, Orhun Ene

WEST roster: Zoran Savić, Carlton Myers, Željko Rebrača, Conrad McRae, Walter Magnifico, Saša Obradović, Marko Milič, Delaney Rudd, Yann Bonato, Henning Harnisch, Ronny Bayer

Game MVP: David Rivers

3-point contest winner: Delaney Rudd (defeated Vasili Karasev in the final)

Top scorers: Zoran Savić (30 points), Nikos Ekonomou (25 points)

(Richard Dacoury, Dragan Tarlać, Antoine Rigaudeau and Giorgos Sigalas were invited but they didn't play)

1997 EuroStars (Tel Aviv, Israel)

Arena: Yad Eliyahu

Date: December 30, 1997

Score: East 129 - West 107

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

WEST roster: Predrag Danilović, David Rivers, Antoine Rigaudeau, Zoran Savić, Aleksandar Đorđević, Gregor Fučka, Željko Rebrača, Vasili 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 EuroStars (Berlin, Germany)

Arena: Max Schmeling

Date: December 29, 1998

Score: East 104 - West 98

EAST roster: Dejan Bodiroga, Dino Rađa, David Rivers, Petar Naumoski, Conrad McRae, İbrahim Kutluay, Marko Milič, Nikos Ekonomou, Dragan Tarlać, Saulius Štombergas, Vasili 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 EuroStars (Moscow, Russia)

Arena: Olimpiisky

Date: December 28, 1999

Score: East 112 - West 107

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

WEST roster: Tyus Edney, Artūras Karnišovas, Stojan Vranković, Gregor Fučka, Nikos Ekonomou, 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), Vasili Karasev (20 points)

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

See also