The FIBA EuroStars all-star event was initially held at the very end of the calendar year, during the middle of the current club season, and it initially lasted as an event for four seasons. The FIBA EuroStar events were patterned after the design of the
NBA All-Star Game – a match between the East and West geographically. Also like the NBA All-Star Event, the FIBA EuroStars Event a featured a 3-point shootout contest. Players that competed in one of the European national pro club leagues located on the east side of Europe (
GBL,
TBSL,
YUBA,
RBSL,
IBPL, etc.) were eligible for selection to the East Team, regardless of their individual countries of origin. On the other hand, players that competed in European national pro club leagues on the west side of Europe (
ACB,
LEGA A,
Pro A,
BBL,
LKL, etc.), were eligible for selection to the West Team. The Eastern Stars defeated their Western opponents on all four editions of the all-star game, under that original format. In 2007,
FIBA Europe brought back the FIBA EuroStar Game, but with a new format. The revised version of the all-star game kept the FIBA EuroStar name. Under the revised format, the then-current champions of the
FIBA EuroBasket, would play against an All-Star FIBA European Selection Team, composed of players from various different European
national teams. Also, under the revised format, there would no longer be a 3-Point Contest. FIBA rebranded the All-Star Event as the 1st edition of the tournament, under the new format. While it counted the newly revised EuroStar Game as being a part of the original FIBA EuroStar games, that were held from 1996 to 1999. At the 2007 FIBA EuroStars Game, FIBA also honored some of the FIBA EuroStars of the past.
Sergei Belov,
Antonello Riva,
Doron Jamchi,
Dejan Bodiroga,
Vladimir Tkachenko, and
Vlade Divac. were selected to the FIBA All-Time EuroStars Team.
Theo Papaloukas was also given the 2006
FIBA Europe Player of the Year award, prior to the start of the 2007 all-star game. Originally, FIBA Europe intended for the event to continue to take place every two years, after the new champions of each subsequent FIBA EuroBasket were crowned. Ultimately however, the 2007 game was the last edition of the FIBA EuroStar Game to date. ==Results==