ULEB All-Star Game
The ULEB All-Star Game was the all-star basketball exhibition game, which took part annually from 1992 until 1994 representing players from the Spanish and the Italian Leagues and also the French in its last edition. The All-Star Games only featured foreign players from each league and were considered as part of the now defunct Spanish and Italian Lega Basket All Star Games in its all three editions, but not of the French League which joined them only in the 1994 Games.
Background
was founded by the professional basketball organising bodies of Italy, France and Spain on June 25, 1991 in Rome, Italy in a bid to protect their clubs' financial interests within FIBA as their relationship with the latter has gradually started deteriorating. A year after, in November 1992, the Italian, and the Spanish League decided to unify their annual All-Star Games in a joint event that would feature the best foreign players currently competing in the top basketball leagues of Europe at the time. Madrid was chosen as the host city of the event to celebrate the anniversary of ULEB, under its president Gianluigi Porelli.Concept
The events were design on the NBA All-Star Game pattern including an exhibition game, a slam-dunk and a three-point shoot contest. The duration of the games were 48 minutes, split in four quarters of twelve minutes each. There were no domestic players representing their leagues, but only the best foreign players were chosen. The majority of them were Americans, but there were also some talented Eastern Europeans such as Arvydas Sabonis, Predrag Danilovic, Zoran Savic, Aleksandar Đorđević, Alexander Volkov, Dejan Bodiroga and the only South American Oscar Schmidt.The first two editions were officially named ACB/Lega and Lega/ACB All-Star Games respectively, depending on the country of origins of the venue, though they were organised by the Spanish and Italian federations who were the founders of ULEB. The last edition was officially renamed ULEB All-Star Game as the other ULEB's founding member, the French Federation participated. The last All-Star Game on November 14, 1994 included three games of 24 minutes between the three Federations, with the Italian League being crowned the winner of the competition after beating the French and the Spanish All-Stars.
List of games
ULEB members| Edition | Venue | Results | MVP | Team |
| 1992 | Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid |  1992 ULEB All-Star Game1st ULEB All-Star Game 1992–93Arena: Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid Date: November 14, 1992: Season: 1992–93 Score: 'Liga ACB All-Stars - Lega Basket All-Stars 136–123 ACB All-Stars:
3 Point Contest winner: Danko Cvjetićanin Slam-dunk Contest winner: Chandler Thompson Liga ACB All-Stars FIAT : Joe Arlauckas 13, Tim Burroughs 15, Darryl Middleton 12, Velimir Perasović 3, Harold Pressley 14, Kevin Pritchard 4, Arvydas Sabonis 22, Zoran Savic 8, Reggie Slater 10, Chandler Thompson 6, Andre Turner 24, Rickie Winslow 5. Lega Basket All-Stars POLTI' : Greg "Cadillac" Anderson 6, Predrag Danilović 12, Darryl Dawkins 7, Darren Daye 3, Aleksandar Đorđević 2, A.J. English 12, Pace Mannion 9, Oscar Schmidt 17, Dino Rađja 8, Terry Teagle 20, Sasha Volkov 17, Haywoode Workman 5. 1993 ULEB All-Star Game2nd ULEB All-Star Game 1993–94Arena: PalaEur, Rome Date: November 13, 1993 Season: 1993–94 Score: 'Lega Basket All-Stars - Liga ACB All-Stars 135–131 Liga ACB All-Stars:
3 Point Contest winner: Oscar Schmidt Slam-dunk Contest winner: not held Liga ACB All-Stars : Michael Anderson 8, Joe Arlauckas 10, Roy Fisher 4, Dan Godfread 6, Dennis Hopson 11, Tony Massenburg 24, Darryl Middleton 10, Ivo Nakić 0, Oscar Schmidt 20, Fred Roberts 14, Andy Toolson 9, Andre Turner 15. Lega Basket All-Stars POLTI' : Joe Binion 4, Dejan Bodiroga 9, Predrag Danilović 16, Aleksandar Đorđević 5, Winston Garland 4, Dean Garrett 12, Dan Gay 4, Shelton Jones 9, Cliff Levingston 16, George McCloud 15, Micheal Ray Richardson 23, Henry Williams 18. 1994 ULEB All-Star Game3rd ULEB All-Star Game 1994–95Arena: Pavelló Municipal Font de Sant Lluís, Valencia Date: November 14, 1994 Season: 1994–95 Scores:
3 Point Contest winner: Aleksandar Đorđević Slam-dunk Contest winner: Chandler Thompson Game 1 Lega Basket All-Stars : Wendell Alexis 4, Joe Binion 5, Dejan Bodiroga 8, Dallas Comegys 2, Emanual Davis D/P, Aleksandar Đorđević 22, Dan Gay 8, Gerald Glass 5, Billy McCaffrey D/P, Petar Naumoski 0, Jeff Sanders 4, John Turner 0. LNB All-Stars : Ron Anderson 8, Winston Crite 4, Ron Curry 6, Tim Kempton 2, Conrad McRae 4, David Rivers 5, Michael Ray Richardson 8, Delaney Rudd 2, Rickie Winslow 9, Michael Young 6. ---- Game 2 Liga ACB All-Stars : Darrell Armstrong 3, Michael Curry 18, Roy Fisher 3, Dan Godfread 4, Kenny Green 2, Warren Kidd 2, Darryl Middleton 7, Oscar Schmidt 0, Corny Thompson 4, Andy Toolson 8, Andre Turner 8. LNB All-Stars : Ron Anderson 0, Winston Crite 9, Ron Curry 14, Tim Kempton 2, Conrad McRae 6, Michael Ray Richardson 0, David Rivers 7, Delaney Rudd 0, Rickie Winslow 3, Michael Young 2. ---- Game 3 Lega Basket All-Stars : Wendell Alexis 2, Joe Binion D/P, Dejan Bodiroga 8, Dallas Comegys 5, Emanual Davis 5, Aleksandar Đorđević 10, Dan Gay 4, Gerald Glass 0, Billy McCaffrey 5, Petar Naumoski 2, Jeff Sanders 4, John Turner 5. Liga ACB All-Stars : Darrell Armstrong 4, Michael Curry 4, Roy Fisher 2, Dan Godfread 2, Kenny Green D/P, Warren Kidd 2, Darryl Middleton 8, Oscar Schmidt 9, Corny Thompson 0, Andy Toolson 3, Andre Turner 14. Three-Point ShootoutSlam Dunk ContestPlayers with multiple selectionsCoaches with most appearancesTop ScorersPer editionAll-time2002 ULEB Euroleague All-StarsOn 2 October 2002 Euroleague All-Star Team led by Tyus Edney defeated Real Madrid at the Raimundo Saporta Pavilion in an exhibition game 91-85.
Euroliga Stars : Tyus Edney 16, Ariel McDonald 9, Alvertis 2, Turkcan 2, Marcelo Nicola 8; Michalis Kakiouzis 18, Luis Scola 8, Gregor Fucka 11, Navarro 3, Gur Shelef 2, Nikola Vujčić 12, Frédéric Weis; Coach: Zeljko Obradovic.
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