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Eurobasket.com
Website on basketball
Website on basketball
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Eurobasket.com |
| logo | Eurobasket com.png |
| logo_size | 120px |
| url | |
| commercial | yes |
| language | English |
| registration | available, but not required |
| author | Marek Wojtera |
| launch_date | March 1997 |
| current_status | active |
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. Between 2000 and 2001 it was renamed to Telebasket.com.
History
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.
Overview
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
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.
Eurobasket News Euro awards
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
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 both the Naismith and FIBA Halls of Fame |
|---|
| Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player has been selected. |
|---|
- Nationalities listed by national team affiliation:
| Year | Eurobasket News All-Europeans Player of the Year |
|---|---|
| 2002 | FR Yugoslavia Peja Stojaković |
| 2003 | FR Yugoslavia Peja Stojaković (2×) |
| 2004 | FR 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 | RUS Andrei Kirilenko |
| 2013 | FRA Tony Parker* |
| 2014 | FRA Tony Parker* (2×) |
| 2015 | Spain Pau Gasol* (3×) |
| 2016 | LAT Kristaps Porziņģis |
| 2017 | SLO Goran Dragić |
| 2018 | GRE Giannis Antetokounmpo |
| 2019 | SLO Luka Dončić |
| 2020 | SLO Luka Dončić (2×) |
| 2021 | SER Nikola Jokić |
| 2022 | SER Nikola Jokić (2×) |
| 2023 | SER Nikola Jokić (3×) |
| 2024 | SER Nikola Jokić (4×) |
Eurobasket News All-Europe Player of the Year
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 both the Naismith and FIBA Halls of Fame |
|---|
| Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player has been selected. |
|---|
- Nationalities listed by national team affiliation:
| Year | Eurobasket News All-Europe Player of the Year |
|---|---|
| 2002 | FR Yugoslavia Dejan Bodiroga |
| 2003 | LIT Arvydas Macijauskas |
| 2004 | LIT Šarūnas Jasikevičius |
| 2005 | LIT Šarūnas Jasikevičius (2×) |
| 2006 | GRE Theo Papaloukas |
| 2007 | GRE Dimitris Diamantidis |
| 2008 | LIT Ramūnas Šiškauskas |
| 2009 | ESP Juan Carlos Navarro |
| 2010 | ESP Juan Carlos Navarro (2×) |
| 2011 | ESP Juan Carlos Navarro (3×) |
| 2012 | GRE Vassilis Spanoulis |
| 2013 | GRE Vassilis Spanoulis (2×) |
| 2014 | ESP Sergio Rodríguez |
| 2015 | ESP Sergio Rodríguez (2×) |
| 2016 | FRA Nando de Colo |
| 2017 | SRB Bogdan Bogdanović |
| 2018 | SLO Luka Dončić |
| 2019 | TUR Shane Larkin |
| 2020 | TUR Shane Larkin (2×) |
| 2021 | SER Vasilije Micić |
| 2022 | SER Vasilije Micić (2×) |
| 2023 | Cape Verde Edy Tavares |
| 2024 | USA Kendrick Nunn |
Eurobasket News All-Europe Team
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 both the Naismith and FIBA Halls of Fame |
|---|
| Bold text indicates the player who won the Eurobasket News All-Europe Player of the Year award. |
|---|
- Nationalities listed by national team affiliation:
| Year | Eurobasket News All-Europe First Team | Eurobasket News All-Europe Second Team | Player | Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | LIT Šarūnas Jasikevičius | USA Marcus Brown | ||
| LIT Arvydas Macijauskas | USA Anthony Parker | |||
| FR Yugoslavia Dejan Bodiroga | LIT Saulius Štombergas | |||
| TUR Mirsad Türkcan | CRO Nikola Vujčić | |||
| LIT Arvydas Sabonis*** | FR Yugoslavia Dejan Tomašević | |||
| 2004 | LIT Šarūnas Jasikevičius (2×) | ITA Gianluca Basile | ||
| LIT Arvydas Macijauskas (2×) | FR Yugoslavia Dejan Milojević | |||
| USA Anthony Parker (2×) | USA Maceo Baston | |||
| FR Yugoslavia Dejan Bodiroga (2×) | ARG Luis Scola | |||
| LIT Arvydas Sabonis*** (2×) | CRO Nikola Vujčić (2×) | |||
| 2005 | LIT Šarūnas Jasikevičius (3×) | GRE Theodoros Papaloukas | ||
| ESP Juan Carlos Navarro | LIT Arvydas Macijauskas (3×) | |||
| USA Anthony Parker (3×) | GRE Dimitris Diamantidis | |||
| ARG Luis Scola (2×) | Australia David Andersen | |||
| CRO Nikola Vujčić (3×) | GRE Lazaros Papadopoulos | |||
| 2006 | GRE Theodoros Papaloukas (2×) | GRE Dimitris Diamantidis (2×) | ||
| ESP Juan Carlos Navarro (2×) | ESP Jorge Garbajosa | |||
| USA Anthony Parker (4×) | Slovenia Matjaž Smodiš | |||
| ARG Luis Scola (3×) | Australia David Andersen (2×) | |||
| CRO Nikola Vujčić (4×) | GRE Lazaros Papadopoulos (2×) | |||
| 2007 | GRE Theodoros Papaloukas (3×) | RUS JR Holden | ||
| GRE Dimitris Diamantidis (3×) | USA Trajan Langdon | |||
| LIT Ramūnas Šiškauskas | ESP Juan Carlos Navarro (3×) | |||
| Slovenia Matjaž Smodiš (2×) | USA Mike Batiste | |||
| ARG Luis Scola (4×) | CRO Nikola Vujčić (5×) | |||
| 2008 | USA Trajan Langdon (2×) | USA Terrell McIntyre | ||
| ESP Juan Carlos Navarro (4×) | SRB Igor Rakočević | |||
| ESP Rudy Fernández | GRE Dimitris Diamantidis (4×) | |||
| LIT Ramūnas Šiškauskas (2×) | USA Terence Morris | |||
| MNE Nikola Peković | LIT Kšyštof Lavrinovič | |||
| 2009 | GRE Vassilis Spanoulis | USA Terrell McIntyre (2×) | ||
| ESP Juan Carlos Navarro (5×) | SRB Igor Rakočević (2×) | |||
| LIT Ramūnas Šiškauskas (3×) | GRE Dimitris Diamantidis (5×) | |||
| Slovenia Erazem Lorbek | TUR Ersan İlyasova | |||
| MNE Nikola Peković (2×) | BRA Tiago Splitter | |||
| 2010 | SRB Miloš Teodosić | MKD Bo McCalebb | ||
| ESP Juan Carlos Navarro (6×) | POL David Logan | |||
| LIT Linas Kleiza | USA Pete Mickeal | |||
| RUS Victor Khryapa | Slovenia Erazem Lorbek (2×) | |||
| Australia Aleks Marić | BRA Tiago Splitter (2×) | |||
| 2011 | GRE Dimitris Diamantidis (6×) | MKD Bo McCalebb (2×) | ||
| ESP Juan Carlos Navarro (7×) | GRE Vassilis Spanoulis (2×) | |||
| USA Chuck Eidson | RUS Andrei Kirilenko | |||
| Bosnia Mirza Teletović | POL Maciej Lampe | |||
| GRE Sofoklis Schortsanitis | USA Mike Batiste (2×) | |||
| 2012 | GRE Vassilis Spanoulis (3×) | MKD Bo McCalebb (3×) | ||
| GRE Dimitris Diamantidis (7×) | ESP Juan Carlos Navarro (8×) | |||
| RUS Andrei Kirilenko (2×) | ESP Rudy Fernández (2×) | |||
| Slovenia Erazem Lorbek (3×) | USA Mike Batiste (3×) | |||
| SRB Nenad Krstić | LIT Jonas Valančiūnas | |||
| 2013 | GRE Vassilis Spanoulis (4×) | ITA Daniel Hackett | ||
| ESP Rudy Fernández (3×) | GRE Dimitris Diamantidis (8×) | |||
| CRO Bojan Bogdanović | Slovenia Boštjan Nachbar | |||
| ESP Nikola Mirotić | LIT Linas Kleiza (2×) | |||
| SRB Nenad Krstić (2×) | CRO Ante Tomić | |||
| 2014 | ESP Sergio Rodríguez | FRA Thomas Heurtel | ||
| USA Andrew Goudelock | USA James Anderson | |||
| ESP Rudy Fernández (4×) | USA Sonny Weems | |||
| ESP Nikola Mirotić (2×) | SRB Zoran Erceg | |||
| SRB Boban Marjanović | CRO Ante Tomić (2×) | |||
| 2015 | ESP Sergio Rodríguez (2×) | TUR Bobby Dixon | ||
| FRA Nando de Colo | SRB Miloš Teodosić | |||
| SRB Nemanja Bjelica | LIT Jonas Mačiulis | |||
| Czech Jan Veselý | ARG Andrés Nocioni | |||
| CRO Ante Tomić (3×) | SRB Boban Marjanović (2×) | |||
| 2016 | SRB Miloš Teodosić (2×) | ESP Sergio Llull | ||
| FRA Nando de Colo (2×) | USA Keith Langford | |||
| ESP Rudy Fernández (5×) | ITA Luigi Datome | |||
| SLO Anthony Randolph | Nigeria Ekpe Udoh | |||
| Czech Jan Veselý (2×) | GRE Ioannis Bourousis | |||
| 2017 | Slovenia Luka Dončić | SRB Miloš Teodosić (3×) | ||
| FRA Nando de Colo (3×) | USA Keith Langford (2×) | |||
| SRB Bogdan Bogdanović | RUS Alexey Shved | |||
| GRE Georgios Printezis | GEO Tornike Shengelia | |||
| Nigeria Ekpe Udoh (2×) | Czech Jan Veselý (3×) | |||
| 2018 | Slovenia Luka Dončić (2×) | ESP Sergio Rodríguez (3×) | ||
| USA Cory Higgins | FRA Nando de Colo (4×) | |||
| RUS Alexey Shved (2×) | GRE Nick Calathes | |||
| GEO Tornike Shengelia (2×) | ITA Luigi Datome (2×) | |||
| Czech Jan Veselý (4×) | ITA Nicolò Melli | |||
| 2019 | TUR Shane Larkin | ARG Facundo Campazzo | ||
| FRA Nando de Colo (5×) | USA Mike James | |||
| USA Will Clyburn | SRB Vasilije Micić | |||
| Czech Jan Veselý (5×) | USA Derrick Williams | |||
| SRB Nikola Milutinov | Uganda Brandon Davies | |||
| 2020 | TUR Shane Larkin (2×) | USA Mike James (2×) | ||
| TUR Scottie Wilbekin | SRB Vasilije Micić (2×) | |||
| SRB Vladimir Lučić | USA Will Clyburn (2×) | |||
| ESP Nikola Mirotić (3×) | GEO Tornike Shengelia (3×) | |||
| Cape Verde Edy Tavares | MNE Bojan Dubljević | |||
| 2021 | TUR Shane Larkin (3×) | CAN Kevin Pangos | ||
| SRB Vasilije Micić (3×) | USA Mike James (3×) | |||
| SRB Vladimir Lučić (2×) | USA Will Clyburn (3×) | |||
| ESP Nikola Mirotić (4×) | GEO Tornike Shengelia (4×) | |||
| Cape Verde Edy Tavares (2×) | Uganda Brandon Davies (2×) | |||
| 2022 | TUR Shane Larkin (4×) | USA Mike James (4×) | ||
| SRB Vasilije Micić (4×) | GRE Kostas Sloukas | |||
| BUL Sasha Vezenkov | ESP Lorenzo Brown | |||
| ESP Nikola Mirotić (5×) | USA Will Clyburn (4×) | |||
| Cape Verde Edy Tavares (3×) | GRE Georgios Papagiannis | |||
| 2023 | USA Mike James (5×) | GRE Kostas Sloukas (2×) | ||
| USA Kevin Punter | SRB Vasilije Micić (5×) | |||
| Bosnia Džanan Musa | USA Will Clyburn (5×) | |||
| BUL Sasha Vezenkov (2×) | ESP Nikola Mirotić (6×) | |||
| Cape Verde Edy Tavares (4×) | FRA Mathias Lessort | |||
| 2024 | USA T. J. Shorts | ARG Facundo Campazzo | ||
| USA Kendrick Nunn | GRE Kostas Sloukas (3×) | |||
| USA Nigel Hayes-Davis | Bosnia Džanan Musa (2×) | |||
| BUL Sasha Vezenkov (3×) | ESP Nikola Mirotić (7×) | |||
| FRA Mathias Lessort (2×) | Cape Verde Edy Tavares (5×) |
Best European players of all-time
In 1998 the Eurobasket.com published the Top 20 all-time best European players. They were voted by 24 journalists collaborating with Eurobasket.com.
| Rank | Player | Country | Total votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arvydas Sabonis | |||
| Dražen Petrović | |||
| Toni Kukoč | |||
| Sergei Belov | |||
| Dino Meneghin | |||
| Nikos Galis | |||
| Vlade Divac | |||
| Detlef Schrempf | |||
| Dražen Dalipagić | |||
| Krešimir Ćosić | |||
| Sarunas Marciulionis | |||
| Predrag Danilovic | |||
| Juan Antonio Corbalan | |||
| Dino Radja | |||
| Arturas Karnisovas | |||
| Rik Smits | |||
| Aleksandar Đorđević | |||
| Stanislav Kropilak | |||
| Antonello Riva | |||
| Epi |
Honorable Mention:
- Micky Berkovitz (ISR)
- Mirza Delibasic (BIH)
- Panagiotis Fassoulas (GRE)
- Doron Jamchy (ISR)
- Radivoj Korac (YUG)
- Rimas Kurtinaitis (LTU)
- Gheorghe Muresan (ROM)
- A.Petrovic (CRO)
- Tkachenko (RUS)
- A.Volkov (UKR)
- Richard Dacoury (FRA)
- Glouchkov (BUL)
European Hall of Fame
The HoF is a result of contribution of over 300 Eurobasket staff and correspondents in a span of almost 30 years (since 1997). The list is in alphabetical order:
Players
| Player | Country |
|---|---|
| Alexander Belov | |
| Sergei Belov | |
| Dejan Bodiroga | |
| Miki Berkowitz | |
| Juan Antonio Corbalan | |
| Ivo Daneu | |
| Predrag Danilovic | |
| Mirza Delibasic | |
| Pau Gasol | |
| Panagiotis Giannakis | |
| Atanas Golomeev | |
| Doron Jamchy | |
| Dragan Kicanovic | |
| Fernando Martin | |
| Mieczysław Łopatka | |
| Pierluigi Marzorati | |
| Dirk Nowitzki | |
| Modestas Paulauskas | |
| Emiliano Rodriguez | |
| Arvydas Sabonis | |
| Dražen Petrović | |
| Toni Kukoč | |
| Panagiotis Fassoulas | |
| Dino Meneghin | |
| Nikos Galis | |
| Vlade Divac | |
| Detlef Schrempf | |
| Dražen Dalipagić | |
| Krešimir Ćosić | |
| Sarunas Marciulionis | |
| Dino Radja | |
| Arturas Karnisovas | |
| Rik Smits | |
| Aleksandar Đorđević | |
| Stanislav Kropilak | |
| Antonello Riva | |
| Epi | |
| Antoine Rigaudeau | |
| Zoran Slavnic | |
| Predrag Stojakovic | |
| Sergei Tarakanov | |
| Valdis Valters | |
| Aleksandr Volkov | |
| Jure Zdovc | |
| Jiri Zidek Sr. |
Coaches
The list is in alphabetical order:
| Player | Country |
|---|---|
| Ergin Ataman | |
| Antonio Diaz-Miguel | |
| Giannis Ioannidis | |
| Dusko Ivanovic | |
| Dusan Ivkovic | |
| Jonas Kazlauskas | |
| Igor Kokoskov | |
| Erman Kunter | |
| Pedro Ferrandiz | |
| Sandro Gamba | |
| Alexander Gomelsky | |
| Evgeny Gomelsky | |
| Carlos Lisboa | |
| Ettore Messina | |
| Aleksandar Nikolic | |
| Mirko Novosel | |
| Svetislav Pesic | |
| Giancarlo Primo | |
| Carlo Recalcati | |
| Cesare Rubini | |
| Sasha Obradovic | |
| Zelimir Obradovic | |
| Aydin Ors | |
| Craig Pedersen | |
| Bogdan Tanjevic | |
| Ivan Sunara | |
| Ranko Zeravica |
Eurobasket News All-Europe Coach of the Year
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 both the Naismith and FIBA Halls of Fame |
|---|
| Player (X) Denotes the number of times the coach has been selected. |
|---|
- Nationalities listed by national team affiliation:
| Year | Eurobasket News All-Europe Coach of the Year |
|---|---|
| 2002 | N/A |
| 2003 | FR Yugoslavia Svetislav Pešić** |
| 2004 | ITA Carlo Recalcati |
| 2005 | GRE Panagiotis Giannakis |
| 2006 | ITA Ettore Messina** |
| 2007 | SRB Željko Obradović |
| 2008 | ITA Ettore Messina** (2×) |
| 2009 | SRB Željko Obradović (2×) |
| 2010 | ESP Xavi Pascual |
| 2011 | SRB Željko Obradović (3×) |
| 2012 | SRB Dušan Ivković** |
| 2013 | GRE Georgios Bartzokas |
| 2014 | ISR David Blatt |
| 2015 | ESP Pablo Laso |
| 2016 | GRE Dimitris Itoudis |
| 2017 | SRB Igor Kokoškov |
| 2018 | Lithuania Šarūnas Jasikevičius |
| 2019 | GRE Dimitris Itoudis (2×) |
| 2020 | TUR Ergin Ataman |
| 2021 | TUR Ergin Ataman (2×) |
| 2022 | TUR Ergin Ataman (3×) |
| 2023 | ESP Chus Mateo |
| 2024 | TUR Ergin Ataman (4×) |
References
References
- "About us". Eurobasket.com.
- Begley, Ian. (July 22, 2008). "Division III guard wows European scouts at Rose Hill Gym". NYDailyNews.com.
- Singleton, Chris. (August 10, 2011). "Former NSU guard signs pro contract". DailyComet.com.
- [https://web.archive.org/web/19981212024800/http://www.eurobasket.com/ Top 20 all-time European players - Eurobasket.com]
- [https://www.eurobasket.com/Hall-Of-Fame.aspx Hall of Fame players - Eurobasket.com]
- [https://www.eurobasket.com/Hall-Of-Fame.aspx?coach=1 Hall of Fame Coaches - Eurobasket.com]
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