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]

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

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 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   Peja Stojaković
2003   Peja Stojaković (2×)
2004   Peja Stojaković (3×)
2005   Dirk Nowitzki*
2006   Dirk Nowitzki* (2×)
2007   Dirk Nowitzki* (3×)
2008   Dirk Nowitzki* (4×)
2009   Pau Gasol*
2010   Pau Gasol* (2×)
2011   Dirk Nowitzki* (5×)
2012   Andrei Kirilenko
2013   Tony Parker*
2014   Tony Parker* (2×)
2015   Pau Gasol* (3×)
2016   Kristaps Porziņģis
2017   Goran Dragić
2018   Giannis Antetokounmpo
2019   Luka Dončić
2020   Luka Dončić (2×)
2021   Nikola Jokić
2022   Nikola Jokić (2×)
2023   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   Dejan Bodiroga
2003   Arvydas Macijauskas
2004   Šarūnas Jasikevičius
2005   Šarūnas Jasikevičius (2×)
2006   Theo Papaloukas
2007   Dimitris Diamantidis
2008   Ramūnas Šiškauskas
2009   Juan Carlos Navarro
2010   Juan Carlos Navarro (2×)
2011   Juan Carlos Navarro (3×)
2012   Vassilis Spanoulis
2013   Vassilis Spanoulis (2×)
2014   Sergio Rodríguez
2015   Sergio Rodríguez (2×)
2016   Nando de Colo
2017   Bogdan Bogdanović
2018   Luka Dončić
2019   Shane Larkin
2020   Shane Larkin (2×)
2021   Vasilije Micić
2022   Vasilije Micić (2×)
2023   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   Šarūnas Jasikevičius   Marcus Brown
  Arvydas Macijauskas   Anthony Parker
  Dejan Bodiroga   Saulius Štombergas
  Mirsad Türkcan   Nikola Vujčić
  Arvydas Sabonis***   Dejan Tomašević
2004   Šarūnas Jasikevičius (2×)   Gianluca Basile
  Arvydas Macijauskas (2×)   Dejan Milojević
  Anthony Parker (2×)   Maceo Baston
  Dejan Bodiroga (2×)   Luis Scola
  Arvydas Sabonis*** (2×)   Nikola Vujčić (2×)
2005   Šarūnas Jasikevičius (3×)   Theodoros Papaloukas
  Juan Carlos Navarro   Arvydas Macijauskas (3×)
  Anthony Parker (3×)   Dimitris Diamantidis
  Luis Scola (2×)   David Andersen
  Nikola Vujčić (3×)   Lazaros Papadopoulos
2006   Theodoros Papaloukas (2×)   Dimitris Diamantidis (2×)
  Juan Carlos Navarro (2×)   Jorge Garbajosa
  Anthony Parker (4×)   Matjaž Smodiš
  Luis Scola (3×)   David Andersen (2×)
  Nikola Vujčić (4×)   Lazaros Papadopoulos (2×)
2007   Theodoros Papaloukas (3×)   JR Holden
  Dimitris Diamantidis (3×)   Trajan Langdon
  Ramūnas Šiškauskas   Juan Carlos Navarro (3×)
  Matjaž Smodiš (2×)   Mike Batiste
  Luis Scola (4×)   Nikola Vujčić (5×)
2008   Trajan Langdon (2×)   Terrell McIntyre
  Juan Carlos Navarro (4×)   Igor Rakočević
  Rudy Fernández   Dimitris Diamantidis (4×)
  Ramūnas Šiškauskas (2×)   Terence Morris
  Nikola Peković   Kšyštof Lavrinovič
2009   Vassilis Spanoulis   Terrell McIntyre (2×)
  Juan Carlos Navarro (5×)   Igor Rakočević (2×)
  Ramūnas Šiškauskas (3×)   Dimitris Diamantidis (5×)
  Erazem Lorbek   Ersan İlyasova
  Nikola Peković (2×)   Tiago Splitter
2010   Miloš Teodosić   Bo McCalebb
  Juan Carlos Navarro (6×)   David Logan
  Linas Kleiza   Pete Mickeal
  Victor Khryapa   Erazem Lorbek (2×)
  Aleks Marić   Tiago Splitter (2×)
2011   Dimitris Diamantidis (6×)   Bo McCalebb (2×)
  Juan Carlos Navarro (7×)   Vassilis Spanoulis (2×)
  Chuck Eidson   Andrei Kirilenko
  Mirza Teletović   Maciej Lampe
  Sofoklis Schortsanitis   Mike Batiste (2×)
2012   Vassilis Spanoulis (3×)   Bo McCalebb (3×)
  Dimitris Diamantidis (7×)   Juan Carlos Navarro (8×)
  Andrei Kirilenko (2×)   Rudy Fernández (2×)
  Erazem Lorbek (3×)   Mike Batiste (3×)
  Nenad Krstić   Jonas Valančiūnas
2013   Vassilis Spanoulis (4×)   Daniel Hackett
  Rudy Fernández (3×)   Dimitris Diamantidis (8×)
  Bojan Bogdanović   Boštjan Nachbar
  Nikola Mirotić   Linas Kleiza (2×)
  Nenad Krstić (2×)   Ante Tomić
2014   Sergio Rodríguez   Thomas Heurtel
  Andrew Goudelock   James Anderson
  Rudy Fernández (4×)   Sonny Weems
  Nikola Mirotić (2×)   Zoran Erceg
  Boban Marjanović   Ante Tomić (2×)
2015   Sergio Rodríguez (2×)   Bobby Dixon
  Nando de Colo   Miloš Teodosić
  Nemanja Bjelica   Jonas Mačiulis
  Jan Veselý   Andrés Nocioni
  Ante Tomić (3×)   Boban Marjanović (2×)
2016   Miloš Teodosić (2×)   Sergio Llull
  Nando de Colo (2×)   Keith Langford
  Rudy Fernández (5×)   Luigi Datome
  Anthony Randolph   Ekpe Udoh
  Jan Veselý (2×)   Ioannis Bourousis
2017   Luka Dončić   Miloš Teodosić (3×)
  Nando de Colo (3×)   Keith Langford (2×)
  Bogdan Bogdanović   Alexey Shved
  Georgios Printezis   Tornike Shengelia
  Ekpe Udoh (2×)   Jan Veselý (3×)
2018   Luka Dončić (2×)   Sergio Rodríguez (3×)
  Cory Higgins   Nando de Colo (4×)
  Alexey Shved (2×)   Nick Calathes
  Tornike Shengelia (2×)   Luigi Datome (2×)
  Jan Veselý (4×)   Nicolò Melli
2019   Shane Larkin   Facundo Campazzo
  Nando de Colo (5×)   Mike James
  Will Clyburn   Vasilije Micić
  Jan Veselý (5×)   Derrick Williams
  Nikola Milutinov   Brandon Davies
2020   Shane Larkin (2×)   Mike James (2×)
  Scottie Wilbekin   Vasilije Micić (2×)
  Vladimir Lučić   Will Clyburn (2×)
  Nikola Mirotić (3×)   Tornike Shengelia (3×)
  Edy Tavares   Bojan Dubljević
2021   Shane Larkin (3×)   Kevin Pangos
  Vasilije Micić (3×)   Mike James (3×)
  Vladimir Lučić (2×)   Will Clyburn (3×)
  Nikola Mirotić (4×)   Tornike Shengelia (4×)
  Edy Tavares (2×)   Brandon Davies (2×)
2022   Shane Larkin (4×)   Mike James (4×)
  Vasilije Micić (4×)   Kostas Sloukas
  Sasha Vezenkov   Lorenzo Brown
  Nikola Mirotić (5×)   Will Clyburn (4×)
  Edy Tavares (3×)   Georgios Papagiannis
2023   Mike James (5×)   Kostas Sloukas (2×)
  Kevin Punter   Vasilije Micić (5×)
  Džanan Musa   Will Clyburn (5×)
  Sasha Vezenkov (2×)   Nikola Mirotić (6×)
  Edy Tavares (4×)   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   Svetislav Pešić**
2004   Carlo Recalcati
2005   Panagiotis Giannakis
2006   Ettore Messina**
2007   Željko Obradović
2008   Ettore Messina** (2×)
2009   Željko Obradović (2×)
2010   Xavi Pascual
2011   Željko Obradović (3×)
2012   Dušan Ivković**
2013   Georgios Bartzokas
2014   David Blatt
2015   Pablo Laso
2016   Dimitris Itoudis
2017   Igor Kokoškov
2018   Šarūnas Jasikevičius
2019   Dimitris Itoudis (2×)
2020   Ergin Ataman
2021   Ergin Ataman (2×)
2022   Ergin Ataman (3×)
2023   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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