VTB United League All-Star Game


The VTB United League All-Star Game is an annual basketball event that includes an exhibition game in which the best selected players of the VTB United League play against each other. The inaugural edition was organised on February 11, 2017, during the 2016–17 season.[1] The VTB All-Star Games also includes a dunk contest and a three-point contest.

Games edit

Year Date Arena Team 1 Score Team 2 MVP
11 February Bolshoy Ice Dome, Sochi  
Russian Stars
131–121
 
World Stars
 
Andrey Vorontsevich
2018
17 February Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg  
Russian Stars
125–124 [2]
 
World Stars
 
Sergey Karasev
2019
17 February VTB Arena, Moscow  
Russian Stars
115–118 [3]
 
World Stars
 
Sergio Rodríguez
2020
16 February VTB Arena, Moscow  
Russian Stars
162–164 [4]
 
World Stars
 
Alexey Shved
2021
14 February VTB Arena, Moscow  
Russian Stars
183– 162 [5][6]
 
World Stars
 
Vitaly Fridzon
2022
20 February VTB Arena, Moscow  
Russian Stars
121–129 [7][8]
 
World Stars
 
Mario Hezonja

Slam-Dunk champions edit

Year Player Team
2017   Jānis Timma Zenit Saint Petersburg
2018   Frank Elegar Lokomotiv Kuban
2019   Vyacheslav Zaytsev Khimki Moscow
2020   Aleksandr Petenev Avtodor Saratov
2021   Tyus Battle Enisey
2022   Mario Hezonja[9] UNICS

Three-point contest winners edit

Year Player Team
2017   Sergey Karasev Zenit Saint Petersburg
2018   Ryan Broekhoff Lokomotiv Kuban
2019   Vitaly Fridzon Lokomotiv Kuban
2020   Vitaly Fridzon (2) Lokomotiv Kuban
2021   Artem Komolov Nizhny Novgorod
2022   Billy Baron Zenit Saint Petersburg

Players with most appearances edit

Player All-Star Editions MVP Notes
  Dmitry Khvostov 4 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 -
  Dmitry Kulagin 4 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 -
  Nikita Kurbanov 4 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 -
  Alexey Shved 3 2017, 2020, 2021 2020
  Vitaly Fridzon 3 2019, 2020, 2021 2021
  Andrey Vorontsevich 3 2017, 2018, 2019 2017
  Nando de Colo 3 2017, 2018, 2019 -
  Sergei Monia 3 2017, 2018, 2020 -

References edit

  1. ^ "Schedule released, includes first ever All-Star Game". Archived from the original on 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
  2. ^ "2018 All-Star Game". vtb-league.
  3. ^ "2019 All-Star Game Rosters". vtb-league.
  4. ^ "2020 All-Star Game Rosters". vtb-league.
  5. ^ "2021 All-Star Game stats". vtb-league.
  6. ^ "2021 All-Star Game". vtb-league.
  7. ^ "2022 All-Star Game Rosters". vtb-league.
  8. ^ "2022 All-Star Game". eurobasket.com.
  9. ^ "2022 All-Star Game: Mario Hezonja win contest". eurohoops.