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 (1996–97 season)

Arena: Abdi İpekçi

Date: December 30, 1996

Season: 1996-97

Score: East 117 - West 114

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 (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

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

Game MVP: Artūras Karnišovas

3-point contest winner: Sasha Djordjević

Top scorers: Sasha Djordjević (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

WEST roster: Sasha Danilović, Artūras Karnišovas, Antoine Rigaudeau, Željko Rebrača, Carlton Myers, Rasho 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), Sasha 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

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 Rađja, Carlton Myers and Antoine Rigaudeau were invited but they didn't play)

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