FIBA Europe Men's Player of the Year Award

FIBA Europe Player of the Year
Sport	Basketball
History
First award	2005
Editions	10
First winner	<img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600"> Dirk Nowitzki
Most wins	<img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500"> Pau Gasol (2) ; <img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600"> Dirk Nowitzki (2) ; <img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600"> Andrei Kirilenko (2) ; <img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600"> Tony Parker (2)
Most recent	<img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600"> Tony Parker (2014)

The FIBA Europe Men's Player of the Year Award was an annual official FIBA Europe award for the Player of the Year (POY), that was inaugurated in the year 2005, and bestowed until 2014.^[1] The winner was a basketball player who had European citizenship, and whose performances with his sports club and/or national team throughout the year had reached the highest level of excellence. All players with European citizenship, regardless of where they played in the world, qualified for the award, including NBA players. Players did not have to play in any FIBA competitions in order to be eligible.

The winner received the prize, after winning a vote of both fans and a panel of basketball experts, media members, and coaches, from twenty five countries. Consequently, the legitimacy of the award was somewhat higher than Superbasket magazine's old Mister Europa Award, Gazzetta dello Sport's Euroscar Award, and Eurobasket.com's All-Europe Player of the Year award, which did not, or still do not include the fan vote. That being specified, the importance of the former awards relies on their tradition, as their inception occurred in 1976, 1979, and 2002 respectively. All in all, the laureates are often the same on all four lists, with all of them representing many of the biggest European basketball stars since the mid-1970s.

Winners edit

If a winner played for more than one club team in the calendar year of his award, all teams are listed in chronological order.

FIBA Europe Men's Players of the Year edit

Year	Men's Players of the Year	Club(s)
2005	Dirk Nowitzki	Dallas Mavericks
2006	Theo Papaloukas	CSKA Moscow
2007	Andrei Kirilenko	Utah Jazz
2008	Pau Gasol	Memphis Grizzlies & Los Angeles Lakers
2009	Pau Gasol (2×)	Los Angeles Lakers
2010	Miloš Teodosić	Olympiacos
2011	Dirk Nowitzki (2×)	Dallas Mavericks
2012	Andrei Kirilenko (2×)	CSKA Moscow & Minnesota Timberwolves
2013	Tony Parker	San Antonio Spurs
2014	Tony Parker (2×)	San Antonio Spurs

European Men's Player of the Year Winners
Dirk Nowitzki won the FIBA Europe Player of the Year award 2 times (2005, 2011). Andrei Kirilenko won the FIBA Europe Player of the Year award 2 times (2007, 2012). Pau Gasol (center) won the FIBA Europe Player of the Year award 2 times (2008, 2009). Tony Parker won the FIBA Europe Player of the Year award 2 times (2013, 2014).