FIBA Europe Young Men's Player of the Year Award

The FIBA Europe Young Men's Player of the Year Award is an annual award given by FIBA Europe, the European division of FIBA, the international governing body of the sport of basketball, to the best basketball player with European citizenship, aged 22 and under of the year. The inaugural award was given out in the year 2005 to Nikos Zisis of Greece. The vote is decided upon by a panel of basketball experts and also by fan voting.

The candidates include all European basketball players aged 22 and under in the world, regardless of whether they play in Europe or anywhere else in the world. Also, the candidates include all players, from both professional sports leagues such as the NBA or the Euroleague, etc. (including from both senior and junior level sports clubs) and amateur status, such as NCAA college basketball, etc. However, the FIBA Europe Young Men's Player of the Year Award is the junior European Player of the Year award (only for players aged 22 and under) that is given by FIBA, and is not to be confused with the senior award, which is the FIBA Europe Men's Player of the Year Award.

Award winners

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Year Winner Club(s)
2005
Greece Nikos Zisis Italy Benetton Treviso
2006
Spain Rudy Fernández Spain Joventut Badalona
2007
Spain Ricky Rubio Spain Joventut Badalona
2008
Spain Ricky Rubio (2) Spain Joventut Badalona
2009
Spain Ricky Rubio (3) Spain FC Barcelona
2010
Czech Republic Jan Veselý Serbia Partizan
2011
Lithuania Jonas Valančiūnas Lithuania Lietuvos Rytas
2012
Lithuania Jonas Valančiūnas (2) Canada Toronto Raptors
2013
Croatia Dario Šarić Croatia Cibona
2014
Croatia Dario Šarić (2) Turkey Anadolu Efes

See also

References

  1. ↑ FIBAEurope.com Previous Winners.
  2. ↑ FIBAEurope.com Rubio Receives Young Men's Player of the Year Trophy.
  3. ↑ FIBAEurope.com Vesely Is Young Men's Player Of The Year.
  4. ↑ Jonas Valančiūnas Is Young Men's Player Of The Year.
  5. ↑ Young Men.

External links

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