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.
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1996 FIBA EuroStars (Istanbul, Turkey)
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)
Arena: Yad Eliyahu
Date: December 30, 1997
Season: 1997-98
Score: East 129 - West 107
EAST roster: Dino Rađa, Byron Scott, Artūras Karnišovas, Petar Naumoski, Sergei Bazarevich, Oded Kattash, Damir Mulaomerović, Rashard Griffith, Nikos Oikonomou, Predrag 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)
Arena: Max Schmeling
Date: December 29, 1998
Season: 1998-99
Score: East 104 - West 98
EAST roster: Dejan Bodiroga, Dino Rađa, 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, 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), Sasha Danilović (19 points)
(Tanoka Beard was invited but he didn't play)
1999 FIBA EuroStars (Moscow, Russia)
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 Rađa, Carlton Myers and Antoine Rigaudeau were invited but they didn't play)