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Eurobasket.com
Available inEnglish
Created byMarek Wojtera
URLwww.eurobasket.com
Commercialyes
Registrationavailable, but not required
LaunchedMarch 1997
Current statusactive

Eurobasket.com, also commonly referred to as "Eurobasket News", is a basketball-centered website that provides coverage of every professional and semi-professional club basketball league from around the world, as well as many amateur level leagues. Although it is primarily focused on Europe's club basketball leagues, the website also hosts several different regional sections for Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, Northern America, and Oceania. Eurobasket.com, which is updated on a daily basis, covers basketball in 196 different countries and in 435 different leagues around the world, with over 940,000 basketball player and basketball coach profiles.[1]

History

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Eurobasket.com is the most well-known website about international basketball coverage. Originally, it was established in 1995, as Euroster.com, in Canada, by Marek Wojtera. Wojtera, is a Polish immigrant, former basketball player, and a computer programmer. Two years later, in 1997, it changed its name to Eurobasket.com. In 2010, it was incorporated into the Hong Kong based web programming company Sports I.T. Solutions, and the two companies became partners in 2019.[1]

Overview

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The site's news content is provided by its full-time staff, and over 100 sports media correspondents that are located around the world. Eurobasket.com is known as the source of the most complete basketball coverage and data collection about basketball. The site also hosts a database of over 940,000 basketball coaches and players, both active and retired, from around the world, with some of that content being accessible only through a paid subscription.

Eurobasket Summer League

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Eurobasket.com also operates the Eurobasket Summer League, which consists of annual three day basketball tournaments that take place in the United States. The summer league takes place in the five host venues of Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Las Vegas, and New York Metro Area, and also goes to the NCAA Women's Final Four. There are also European tours, where the players can be seen by more European scouts. The aim of the tournaments is to help unsigned free agents find professional basketball clubs overseas, and to that end, 767 former Eurobasket Summer League players were active on professional rosters, in 67 different countries during the 2019–20 basketball season. The summer league events, which cater to both men's and women's basketball players, have also hosted players from lesser known backgrounds, like players from NCAA Division III colleges for example. In order for the players to gain more exposure, the games are broadcast live on YouTube, and have received over 145,000 views since 2018.[2][3]

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Eurobasket.com's affiliated sections:

Eurobasket News Euro awards

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The Eurobasket News Euro awards are annual sports awards that are given to the best basketball players and coaches that are playing and coaching on the European continent, across all European leagues and competitions, regardless of their nationalities. Awards are also given to the best basketball players in the world, that have European nationalities, regardless of whether they play in Europe, or anywhere else in the world. The awards are decided on by a vote that takes place among over 300 sports journalists that cover European basketball for the website.

Eurobasket News All-Europeans Player of the Year

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The EuroBasket News All-Europeans Player of the Year award is given to the best basketball player in the world, in a given calendar year, that has European nationality, regardless of whether they play in Europe, or anywhere else in the world. For example, European players that play in the NBA, and other various leagues around the world that are not based in Europe, are eligible for the award. The award is decided on by a vote that takes place among over 300 sports journalists that cover international basketball for the website.

* Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
** Inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame
*** Inducted into both the Naismith and FIBA Halls of Fame
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player has been selected.
Year Eurobasket News All-Europeans Player of the Year
2002 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Peja Stojaković
2003 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Peja Stojaković (2×)
2004 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Peja Stojaković (3×)
2005 Germany Dirk Nowitzki*
2006 Germany Dirk Nowitzki* (2×)
2007 Germany Dirk Nowitzki* (3×)
2008 Germany Dirk Nowitzki* (4×)
2009 Spain Pau Gasol*
2010 Spain Pau Gasol* (2×)
2011 Germany Dirk Nowitzki* (5×)
2012 Russia Andrei Kirilenko
2013 France Tony Parker*
2014 France Tony Parker* (2×)
2015 Spain Pau Gasol* (3×)
2016 Latvia Kristaps Porziņģis
2017 Slovenia Goran Dragić
2018 Greece Giannis Antetokounmpo
2019 Slovenia Luka Dončić
2020 Slovenia Luka Dončić (2×)
2021 Serbia Nikola Jokić
2022 Serbia Nikola Jokić (2×)
2023 Serbia Nikola Jokić (3×)

Eurobasket News All-Europe Player of the Year

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The Eurobasket News All-Europe Player of the Year award is given to the best basketball player on the European continent, in a given calendar year, across all European leagues and competitions. The award is given regardless of the player's nationality, as the winner of the award does not have to have European nationality. The award is decided on by a vote that takes place among over 300 sports journalists that cover European basketball for the website.

* Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
** Inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame
*** Inducted into both the Naismith and FIBA Halls of Fame
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player has been selected.
Year Eurobasket News All-Europe Player of the Year
2002 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dejan Bodiroga
2003 Lithuania Arvydas Macijauskas
2004 Lithuania Šarūnas Jasikevičius
2005 Lithuania Šarūnas Jasikevičius (2×)
2006 Greece Theo Papaloukas
2007 Greece Dimitris Diamantidis
2008 Lithuania Ramūnas Šiškauskas
2009 Spain Juan Carlos Navarro
2010 Spain Juan Carlos Navarro (2×)
2011 Spain Juan Carlos Navarro (3×)
2012 Greece Vassilis Spanoulis
2013 Greece Vassilis Spanoulis (2×)
2014 Spain Sergio Rodríguez
2015 Spain Sergio Rodríguez (2×)
2016 France Nando de Colo
2017 Serbia Bogdan Bogdanović
2018 Slovenia Luka Dončić
2019 Turkey Shane Larkin
2020 Turkey Shane Larkin (2×)
2021 Serbia Vasilije Micić
2022 Serbia Vasilije Micić (2×)
2023 Cape Verde Edy Tavares

Eurobasket News All-Europe Team

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The Eurobasket News All-Europe First Team and Eurobasket News All-Europe Second Team awards are given to the ten best players of all of the European continent, in a given calendar year, across all European leagues and competitions, regardless of the player's nationality, as the winner of the award does not have to have European nationality. The award is decided on by a vote that takes place among over 300 sports journalists that cover European basketball for the website.

* Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
** Inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame
*** Inducted into both the Naismith and FIBA Halls of Fame
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player has been selected.
Bold text indicates the player who won the Eurobasket News All-Europe Player of the Year award.
Year Eurobasket News All-Europe First Team Eurobasket News All-Europe Second Team
Player Player
2003 Lithuania Šarūnas Jasikevičius United States Marcus Brown
Lithuania Arvydas Macijauskas United States Anthony Parker
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dejan Bodiroga Lithuania Saulius Štombergas
Turkey Mirsad Türkcan Croatia Nikola Vujčić
Lithuania Arvydas Sabonis*** Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dejan Tomašević
2004 Lithuania Šarūnas Jasikevičius (2×) Italy Gianluca Basile
Lithuania Arvydas Macijauskas (2×) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dejan Milojević
United States Anthony Parker (2×) United States Maceo Baston
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dejan Bodiroga (2×) Argentina Luis Scola
Lithuania Arvydas Sabonis*** (2×) Croatia Nikola Vujčić (2×)
2005 Lithuania Šarūnas Jasikevičius (3×) Greece Theodoros Papaloukas
Spain Juan Carlos Navarro Lithuania Arvydas Macijauskas (3×)
United States Anthony Parker (3×) Greece Dimitris Diamantidis
Argentina Luis Scola (2×) Australia David Andersen
Croatia Nikola Vujčić (3×) Greece Lazaros Papadopoulos
2006 Greece Theodoros Papaloukas (2×) Greece Dimitris Diamantidis (2×)
Spain Juan Carlos Navarro (2×) Spain Jorge Garbajosa
United States Anthony Parker (4×) Slovenia Matjaž Smodiš
Argentina Luis Scola (3×) Australia David Andersen (2×)
Croatia Nikola Vujčić (4×) Greece Lazaros Papadopoulos (2×)
2007 Greece Theodoros Papaloukas (3×) Russia JR Holden
Greece Dimitris Diamantidis (3×) United States Trajan Langdon
Lithuania Ramūnas Šiškauskas Spain Juan Carlos Navarro (3×)
Slovenia Matjaž Smodiš (2×) United States Mike Batiste
Argentina Luis Scola (4×) Croatia Nikola Vujčić (5×)
2008 United States Trajan Langdon (2×) United States Terrell McIntyre
Spain Juan Carlos Navarro (4×) Serbia Igor Rakočević
Spain Rudy Fernández Greece Dimitris Diamantidis (4×)
Lithuania Ramūnas Šiškauskas (2×) United States Terence Morris
Montenegro Nikola Peković Lithuania Kšyštof Lavrinovič
2009 Greece Vassilis Spanoulis United States Terrell McIntyre (2×)
Spain Juan Carlos Navarro (5×) Serbia Igor Rakočević (2×)
Lithuania Ramūnas Šiškauskas (3×) Greece Dimitris Diamantidis (5×)
Slovenia Erazem Lorbek Turkey Ersan İlyasova
Montenegro Nikola Peković (2×) Brazil Tiago Splitter
2010 Serbia Miloš Teodosić North Macedonia Bo McCalebb
Spain Juan Carlos Navarro (6×) Poland David Logan
Lithuania Linas Kleiza United States Pete Mickeal
Russia Victor Khryapa Slovenia Erazem Lorbek (2×)
Australia Aleks Marić Brazil Tiago Splitter (2×)
2011 Greece Dimitris Diamantidis (6×) North Macedonia Bo McCalebb (2×)
Spain Juan Carlos Navarro (7×) Greece Vassilis Spanoulis (2×)
United States Chuck Eidson Russia Andrei Kirilenko
Bosnia and Herzegovina Mirza Teletović Poland Maciej Lampe
Greece Sofoklis Schortsanitis United States Mike Batiste (2×)
2012 Greece Vassilis Spanoulis (3×) North Macedonia Bo McCalebb (3×)
Greece Dimitris Diamantidis (7×) Spain Juan Carlos Navarro (8×)
Russia Andrei Kirilenko (2×) Spain Rudy Fernández (2×)
Slovenia Erazem Lorbek (3×) United States Mike Batiste (3×)
Serbia Nenad Krstić Lithuania Jonas Valančiūnas
2013 Greece Vassilis Spanoulis (4×) Italy Daniel Hackett
Spain Rudy Fernández (3×) Greece Dimitris Diamantidis (8×)
Croatia Bojan Bogdanović Slovenia Boštjan Nachbar
Spain Nikola Mirotić Lithuania Linas Kleiza (2×)
Serbia Nenad Krstić (2×) Croatia Ante Tomić
2014 Spain Sergio Rodríguez France Thomas Heurtel
United States Andrew Goudelock United States James Anderson
Spain Rudy Fernández (4×) United States Sonny Weems
Spain Nikola Mirotić (2×) Serbia Zoran Erceg
Serbia Boban Marjanović Croatia Ante Tomić (2×)
2015 Spain Sergio Rodríguez (2×) Turkey Bobby Dixon
France Nando de Colo Serbia Miloš Teodosić
Serbia Nemanja Bjelica Lithuania Jonas Mačiulis
Czech Republic Jan Veselý Argentina Andrés Nocioni
Croatia Ante Tomić (3×) Serbia Boban Marjanović (2×)
2016 Serbia Miloš Teodosić (2×) Spain Sergio Llull
France Nando de Colo (2×) United States Keith Langford
Spain Rudy Fernández (5×) Italy Luigi Datome
Slovenia Anthony Randolph Nigeria Ekpe Udoh
Czech Republic Jan Veselý (2×) Greece Ioannis Bourousis
2017 Slovenia Luka Dončić Serbia Miloš Teodosić (3×)
France Nando de Colo (3×) United States Keith Langford (2×)
Serbia Bogdan Bogdanović Russia Alexey Shved
Greece Georgios Printezis Georgia (country) Tornike Shengelia
Nigeria Ekpe Udoh (2×) Czech Republic Jan Veselý (3×)
2018 Slovenia Luka Dončić (2×) Spain Sergio Rodríguez (3×)
United States Cory Higgins France Nando de Colo (4×)
Russia Alexey Shved (2×) Greece Nick Calathes
Georgia (country) Tornike Shengelia (2×) Italy Luigi Datome (2×)
Czech Republic Jan Veselý (4×) Italy Nicolò Melli
2019 Turkey Shane Larkin Argentina Facundo Campazzo
France Nando de Colo (5×) United States Mike James
United States Will Clyburn Serbia Vasilije Micić
Czech Republic Jan Veselý (5×) United States Derrick Williams
Serbia Nikola Milutinov Uganda Brandon Davies
2020 Turkey Shane Larkin (2×) United States Mike James (2×)
Turkey Scottie Wilbekin Serbia Vasilije Micić (2×)
Serbia Vladimir Lučić United States Will Clyburn (2×)
Spain Nikola Mirotić (3×) Georgia (country) Tornike Shengelia (3×)
Cape Verde Edy Tavares Montenegro Bojan Dubljević
2021 Turkey Shane Larkin (3×) Canada Kevin Pangos
Serbia Vasilije Micić (3×) United States Mike James (3×)
Serbia Vladimir Lučić (2×) United States Will Clyburn (3×)
Spain Nikola Mirotić (4×) Georgia (country) Tornike Shengelia (4×)
Cape Verde Edy Tavares (2×) Uganda Brandon Davies (2×)
2022 Turkey Shane Larkin (4×) United States Mike James (4×)
Serbia Vasilije Micić (4×) Greece Kostas Sloukas
Bulgaria Sasha Vezenkov Spain Lorenzo Brown
Spain Nikola Mirotić (5×) United States Will Clyburn (4×)
Cape Verde Edy Tavares (3×) Greece Georgios Papagiannis
2023 United States Mike James (5×) Greece Kostas Sloukas (2×)
United States Kevin Punter Serbia Vasilije Micić (5×)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Džanan Musa United States Will Clyburn (5×)
Bulgaria Sasha Vezenkov (2×) Spain Nikola Mirotić (6×)
Cape Verde Edy Tavares (4×) France Mathias Lessort

Eurobasket News All-Europe Coach of the Year

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The Eurobasket News All-Europe Coach of the Year award is given to the best head basketball coach on the European continent, in a given calendar year, across all European leagues and competitions. The award is given regardless of the coach's nationality, as the winner of the award does not have to have European nationality. The award is decided on by a vote that takes place among over 300 sports journalists that cover European basketball for the website.

* Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
** Inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame
*** Inducted into both the Naismith and FIBA Halls of Fame
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the coach has been selected.
Year Eurobasket News All-Europe Coach of the Year
2002 N/A
2003 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Svetislav Pešić**
2004 Italy Carlo Recalcati
2005 Greece Panagiotis Giannakis
2006 Italy Ettore Messina**
2007 Serbia Željko Obradović
2008 Italy Ettore Messina** (2×)
2009 Serbia Željko Obradović (2×)
2010 Spain Xavi Pascual
2011 Serbia Željko Obradović (3×)
2012 Serbia Dušan Ivković**
2013 Greece Georgios Bartzokas
2014 Israel David Blatt
2015 Spain Pablo Laso
2016 Greece Dimitris Itoudis
2017 Serbia Igor Kokoškov
2018 Lithuania Šarūnas Jasikevičius
2019 Greece Dimitris Itoudis (2×)
2020 Turkey Ergin Ataman
2021 Turkey Ergin Ataman (2×)
2022 Turkey Ergin Ataman (3×)
2023 Spain Chus Mateo

References

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  1. ^ a b "About us". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  2. ^ Begley, Ian (July 22, 2008). "Division III guard wows European scouts at Rose Hill Gym". NYDailyNews.com. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
  3. ^ Singleton, Chris (August 10, 2011). "Former NSU guard signs pro contract". DailyComet.com. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
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