FIBA Europe All-Star Game
The FIBA Europe All-Star Game was an all-star basketball game, that was also known as the "FIBA Europe Festival". The "FIBA Europe All-Star Game Festival" was held from 1964 to 1998, from the 1963–64 to 1997–98 European basketball seasons. It was organized by FIBA Europe, the European division of FIBA. The FIBA Europe Selection Team, or the FIBA European Selection Team, won most of the FIBA Europe All-Star Game Festivals, with an overall record of 24–5.
The FIBA Europe All-Star Game Festival event was eventually replaced by the FIBA EuroStars All-Star Game event. Initially, both of the FIBA Europe all-star games existed together, starting in 1996, when the FIBA EuroStars debuted, during the 1996–97 season. However, the FIBA Europe All-Star Game was eventually permanently replaced by the FIBA EuroStars in 1998, during the 1998–99 season. The FIBA EuroStars All-Star Game was itself eventually discontinued by FIBA Europe. It was last held in 2007.
Awards and selection criteria
The FIBA Europe All-Star Game Festival featured the "FIBA European Selection Team". Being chosen for the FIBA European Selection Team was one of the highest individual honors for a European club player at the time. The all-star games pitted the players of the FIBA European Selection Teams, against various club teams, national teams, and non-European-wide all-star team selections. Only the players that were chosen to the FIBA European Selection Teams were credited with having All-European Club Team honors. While all of the players that participated in each of the all-star games, from both teams, were credited as having all-star game appearances.Originally, the first five FIBA European Selection Teams, were selected from among the players of the European-wide top-tier level FIBA European Champions Cup. However, starting with the 1969 All-Star Game event, the FIBA European Selection team players were chosen from among the players from all of the club leagues in Europe. Over the years, most of the all-star game's FIBA European Selection Team players, came from what were the three major European-wide professional club basketball leagues at the time, the aforementioned top-tier level FIBA EuroLeague, the second-tier level FIBA European Cup, and the third-tier level FIBA Korać Cup. In addition to talent, skills, and performance, diversity was also paramount in choosing the players of the FIBA European Selection teams, which aimed at allowing for several different European national basketball schools to be represented at the all-star games.
After the FIBA Europe All-Star Game Festival was last held in 1998, it was replaced by the FIBA EuroStars event. The FIBA EuroStars was a normal all-star game selection award for the players that competed in it. Being chosen to one of the FIBA EuroStars game's teams did not give a player a separate individual All-European Club Team award, like being named a member of the FIBA European Selection Team did with the FIBA Europe All-Star Game Festivals.
In 2001, what was the equivalent of a FIBA European Selection Team award was introduced with the EuroLeague's All-EuroLeague Team award. As the All-EuroLeague Team also honors the top European selection of club team players into a list of ten players. However, unlike the FIBA Europe All-Star Game Festival's FIBA European Selection Team, the EuroLeague's All-EuroLeague Team selection does not include an all-star game event featuring the players.
FIBA Europe All-Star Game score sheets 1964–1998
FIBA Europe All-Star Exhibition Games I
17 May 1964 '- FIBA European Selection Team - Real [Madrid Baloncesto|Real Madrid]: 91–87
FIBA European Selection Team roster:''' Radivoj Korać 37 points, Miodrag Nikolić 2 points, Slobodan Gordić 12 points, Sandro Riminucci 2 points, Gabriele Vianello 4 points, Paolo Vittori 2 points, Gianfranco Pieri 0 points, Andrzej Pstrokoński 0 points, Janusz Wichowski 6 points, Roger Antoine 8 points, Tani Cohen-Mintz 11 points, Jozef "Jef" Eygel 7 points. Head Coaches: Miloslav Kříž & Robert Busnel
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FIBA Europe All-Star Festival I
15 October 1965 '- FIBA European Selection Team vs. Real Madrid: 101–83
Real Madrid roster: Lolo Sainz 11 points, Emiliano Rodríguez 14 points, Miguel “Che” González 15 points, Cliff Luyk 15 points, Moncho Monsalve 10 points, Carlos Sevillano 12 points, Julio Descartín 6 points, Toncho Nava 0 points. Head Coach: Robert Busnel
Fouled out: Cliff Luyk, Moncho Monsalve, Massimo Villetti
15 October 1965 ' Real Madrid vs. Wisła [Kraków (basketball)|Wisła Kraków]: 70–85
Real Madrid roster: Lolo Sainz, Emiliano Rodríguez, Miguel “Che” González, Cliff Luyk, Moncho Monsalve, Carlos Sevillano, Julio Descartín, Toncho Nava. Head Coach: Robert Busnel
Wisła Kraków roster: Bohdan Likszo, Edward Grzywna, Krystian Czernichowski, Ryszard Niewodowski, Jacek Pietrzyk, Jan Piotrowski, Andrzej Baron, Andrzej Guzik, Stefan Wójcik, Czesław Malec, Tadeusz Michałowski, Wiesław Langiewicz. Coaches: Jerzy Bętkowski, Jan Mikułowski
16 October 1965 '
- FIBA European Selection Team vs. Wisła Kraków: 70–78
Wisła Kraków roster:''' Bohdan Likszo 21 points, Edward Grzywna 7 points, Krystian Czernichowski 12 points, Ryszard Niewodowski, Jacek Pietrzyk, Jan Piotrowski, Andrzej Baron, Andrzej Guzik, Stefan Wójcik 5 points, Czesław Malec 13 points, Tadeusz Michałowski, Wiesław Langiewicz 20 points. Coaches: Jerzy Bętkowski, Jan Mikułowski
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FIBA Europe All-Star Exhibition Games II
13 October 1966 '- FIBA European Selection Team - Simmenthal Milano: 89–91
- FIBA European Selection Team - AŠK Olimpija: 102–94
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FIBA Europe All-Star Exhibition Games III
1 November 1967 '- FIBA European Selection Team - Real Madrid: 124–97
- FIBA European Selection Team - Bell Mechelen: 112–101
Georgios Trontzos, Jorma Pilkevaara, Alin Savu, Włodzimierz Trams. Head Coaches: Miloslav Kříž & Robert Busnel & Witold Zagórski
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FIBA Europe All-Star Festival II
14 June 1968 '- FIBA European Selection Team vs. Real Madrid: 72–56
- FIBA European Selection Team vs. Crvena Zvezda Beograd: 96–79
Boleslaw Kwiatkowski, Veikko Vainio, Ivan Vodenicharski, Lucien Michelet. Head Coaches: Miloslav Kříž & Witold Zagórski
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FIBA Europe All-Star Festival III
20 November 1969 '- FIBA European Selection Team vs. Yugoslavian National Team: 93–90
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FIBA Europe All-Star Festival IV
10 June 1970 '- FIBA European Selection Team vs. Ignis Varèse: 88–72
- FIBA European Selection Team vs. Fides Napoli: 85–92
- FIBA European Selection Team vs. AEK Athens: 100–74
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FIBA Europe All-Star Festival V
5 June 1971 '- FIBA European Selection Team vs. Italian National Team: 96–64
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FIBA Europe All-Star Festival VI
17 June 1972 '- FIBA European Selection Team vs. United States National Team "Team USA": 102–75
- FIBA European Selection Team vs. United States National Team "Team USA": 88–61
- FIBA European Selection Team vs. United States National Team "Team USA": 78–64
- FIBA European Selection Team vs. United States National Team "Team USA": 99–85
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FIBA Europe All-Star Festival VII
14 June 1973 '- FIBA European Selection Team vs. Juventud Schweppes Badalona: 107–97
- FIBA European Selection Team vs. Real Madrid: 95–98
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FIBA Europe All-Star Festival VIII
26 September 1974 '- FIBA European Selection Team vs. FIBA Americas All-Stars: 94–85
- FIBA European Selection Team vs. FIBA Americas All-Stars: 103–99
- FIBA European Selection Team vs. FIBA Americas All-Stars: 103–90
- FIBA European Selection Team vs. FIBA Americas All-Stars: 85–87
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FIBA Europe All-Star Festival IX
22 June 1975 '- FIBA European Selection Team vs. Maccabi [Tel Aviv B.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]: 115–88
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FIBA Europe All-Star Festival X
15 September 1976 '- FIBA European Selection Team vs. Egyptian National Team: 97–71
- FIBA European Selection Team vs. Egyptian National Team: 118–80
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FIBA Europe All-Star Festival XI
3 May 1977 '- FIBA European Selection Team vs. Jugoplastika Split: 116–108
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FIBA Europe All-Star Festival XII
2 July 1978 '- FIBA European Selection Team vs. Real Madrid: 102–119
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FIBA Europe All-Star Festival XIII
26 June 1979 '- FIBA European Selection Team vs. Czechoslovak National Team: 99–89
- FIBA European Selection Team vs. Czechoslovak National Team: 82–79
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FIBA Europe All-Star Exhibition Games IV
4 September 1980 '- FIBA European Selection Team - Maccabi Tel Aviv: 92–93
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FIBA Europe All-Star Festival XIV
7 June 1981 '- FIBA European Selection Team vs. Wisła Kraków: 121–81
FIBA European Selection Team roster:''' Mirza Delibašić, Dražen Dalipagić, Dragan Kićanović, Pierlo Marzorati, Renato Villalta, Juan Antonio Corbalán, Rafael Rullán, Juan Domingo de la Cruz, Stano Kropilák, Zdenek Kos, Stanislav Yeryomin, Éric Beugnot. Head Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel
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FIBA Europe All-Star Exhibition Games V
5 September 1981 '- FIBA European Selection Team - Turkish National Team: 121–106
- FIBA European Selection Team - Joventut Sony Badalona: 125–120
- FIBA European Selection Team - Soviet Union National Team: 64–90
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FIBA Europe All-Star Festival XV
18 June 1982 '- FIBA European Selection Team vs. United States National Team "Team USA": 111–92
- FIBA European Selection Team vs. United States National Team "Team USA": 103–88
Juan Domingo De la Cruz, Miki Berkovich, Stano Kropilák, Arpad Losonczy. Head Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel
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FIBA Europe All-Star Exhibition Games VI
17 June 1987 '- FIBA European Selection Team - Maccabi Tel Aviv: 108–87
- FIBA European Selection Team - Greek National Team: 109–101
Greek National Team roster: Nikos Galis 47, Panagiotis Giannakis 15, Fanis Christodoulou 10, Panagiotis Fasoulas 6, Argyris Kambouris 8, Liveris Andritsos 3, Memos Ioannou 8, Nikos Stavropoulos 4. Head Coach: Kostas Politis
21 June 1987 '
- FIBA European Selection Team - Bulgarian National Team: 129–82
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FIBA Europe All-Star Exhibition Games VII
27 December 1990 '- FIBA European Selection Team - Pop 84 Split: 104–102
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FIBA Europe All-Star Exhibition Game VIII
''- FIBA European Selection Team - FIBA Balkans Selection Team: 102–103
FIBA Balkans Selection Team roster: Toni Kukoč, Dino Rađja, Žarko Paspalj, Jure Zdovc, Zoran Savić, Nikos Galis, Panagiotis Giannakis, Panagiotis Fasoulas, Fanis Christodoulou, Georgi Glouchkov, Hüsnü Çakırgil, Sorin Ardelean. Head Coach: Kostas Politis
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FIBA Europe All-Star Exhibition Games IX
12 September 1991 '- FIBA European Selection Team - Clear Cantù: 144–115
- FIBA European Selection Team - French National Team: 102–83
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FIBA Europe All-Star Exhibition Games X
26 December 1995 '- FIBA European Selection Team - FC [Barcelona Bàsquet|FC Barcelona]: 118–92
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FIBA Europe All-Star Exhibition Games XI
28 December 1995 '- FIBA European Selection Team - Maccabi Tel Aviv: 120–89
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FIBA Europe All-Star Exhibition Games XII
28 December 1996 '- FIBA European Selection Team - Cibona Zagreb: 93–92
Cibona Zagreb roster:''' Damir Mulaomerović 5 points, Slaven Rimac 22 points, Davor Marcelić 1 point, Evgeni Kisurin 13 points, Ivan Grgat 1 point, Zdravko Radulović 10 points, Alan Gregov 9 points, Mate Skelin 19 points, Dževad Alihodžić 4 points, Gordan Giricek 8 points. Head Coach: Jasmin Repeša
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FIBA Europe All-Star Exhibition Games XIII
5 July 1998- FIBA European Selection Team - French National Team: 83–77
French National Team roster: Antoine Rigaudeau 15 points, Frederic Weis 2 points, Cyril Julian 15 points, Laurent Sciarra 13 points, Makan Dioumassi 1 point, Aumeric Jeanneau 7 points, Stéphane Risacher 24 points. Head Coach:
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Players with multiple FIBA European Selection Team selections
- Player nationalities listed by national team affiliation.
