Bulgarian Basketball All-Star Game
The Bulgarian Basketball All-Star Game is an annual basketball event in Bulgaria, which has been organised by the Bulgarian Basketball Federation since 1990. It is the oldest All-Star basketball event organised in Eastern Europe and it featured legendary former NBA player Georgi Glouchkov in its first edition. Many others distinguished players have been selected since then including Mike Wilkinson, Vassil Evtimov, Priest Lauderdale, Pero Antic. The All-Star Game includes a match between a selection of the best players of the NBL League, a slam-dunk and a three-point contest. The starting five of each selection is chosen by online voting, but on some occasions the All-Star players have been chosen but the coaches.
The last edition was played in 2017.
List of games[edit]
Bold: Team that won the game.
| Season | Date | Arena | Attendance | Team | Score | Team | MVP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-04 [1] | Kongresna Hall, Varna | 5,000 | South | 122-116 | South |  Bryant Smith
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| 2005-06 [2] | Kongresna Hall, Varna | 2,000 | Bulgarian All Stars | 86-88 | Foreign All Stars | Lamont Jones
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| 2006-07 [3] | 1 April 2007 | Universiada Hall, Sofia | 1,750 | Ledenika | 98-101 | Aquatec | Donta Smith
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| 2007-08 [4] | 3 March 2008 | Arena Samokov, Samokov | 3,000 | Toyota | 113-90 | Ledenika |  Todor Stoykov
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| 2008-09 [5] | 29 March 2009 | Kongresna Hall, Varna | 3,000 | Ledenika | 98-95 | Toyota | |
| 2009-10 [6] | 1 April 2010 | Universiada Hall, Sofia | 3,000 | Jacobs 3 in 1 | 95-105 | Toyota | |
| 2010-11 [7] | 2 May 2011 | Sports Hall Diana, Yambol | 2,000 | Foreign All Stars | 128-126 | Bulgarian All Stars | Aaron Harper
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| 2011-12 [8] | 8 April 2012 | Armeets Arena, Sofia | 6,000 | Toyota | 107-110 | Turkish Airlines | Aaron Harper (2)
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| 2012-13 [9] | 26 April 2013 | Armeets Arena, Sofia | 2,000 | Bulgarian All Stars | 90-72 | Foreign All Stars | |
| 2013-14 [10] | 23 February 2014 | Kongresna Hall, Varna | 3,000 | Bulgarian All Stars | 95-88 | Foreign All Stars | |
| 2014-15 [11] | 29 March 2015 | Turkish Airlines | 131-99 | Volkswagen | Lenny Daniel
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| 2015-16 [12] | 27 March 2016 | Arena Silia, Plovdiv | 1,000 | Turkish Airlines | 126-126 | Volkswagen | Martin Durchev
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| 2016-17 [13] | 2 April 2017 | Green Team | 150-149 | Blue Team | Jordan Semple
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Three-Point Shoot Contest[edit]
| Year | Winner | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Hrisimir Dimitrov |
Levski Sofia |
| 2006 | Tony Dechev |
CSKA Sofia |
| 2007 | Todor Stoykov |
Lukoil Academic Sofia |
| 2011 | Martin Durchev |
BC Yambol |
| 2015 | Ivan Lilov |
BC Balkan Botevgrad |
| 2016 | Plamen Aleksiev |
BC Beroe |
| 2017 | Konstantin Koev |
Spartak Pleven |
Slam-Dunk Contest[edit]
| Year | Winner | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Dimitar Horozov |
BC Yambol |
| 2006 | Christopher Moore |
CSKA Sofia |
| 2007 | Donta Smith |
Lukoil Academic Sofia |
| 2011 | Donald Cole |
BC Levski Sofia |
| 2015 | Pavel Marinov & Lenny Daniel (shared) |
BC Balkan Botevgrad Cherno More Port Varna |
| 2016 | Andrey Ivanov |
BC Yambol |
Rodman and Muggsy Bogues in the All-Star Game[edit]
In 2012 the Bulgarian Basketball Federation presided by Georgi Glouchkov invited former NBA superstar Dennis Rodman to attend the 2012 All-Star Game as a special guest. Rodman arrived in Sofia and in a press conference he even expressed his desire to play in the event. Though he attended the event he finally did not play.[14] Two years earlier Muggsy Bogues was invited by the Federation to attend the 2010 All-Star Game in Varna. He received a copy of a jersey worn by Georgi Glouchkov in the first 1990 edition at the press conference.[15] Bogues started the match by throwing the first ball, and was a member of the jury evaluating the performances in the dunking competition.
References[edit]
- ^ "NBL All-Star Game 2003-04". Archived from the original on May 25, 2014.
- ^ "All-Star Game 2005-06". Archived from the original on May 25, 2014.
- ^ "All-Star Game 2006-07". Archived from the original on February 1, 2014.
- ^ "NBL All-Star Game 2007-08". Archived from the original on April 26, 2009.
- ^ "NBL All-Star Game 2008-09 Stats".
- ^ "All-Star Game 2009-10 stats".
- ^ "NBL All-Star Game 2010-11".
- ^ "All-Star Game 2011-12 stats".
- ^ "NBL All-Star Game 2012-13 stats".
- ^ "NBL All-Star Game 2014 stats".
- ^ "NBL All-Star Game 2014-15".
- ^ "NBL All-Star Game 2015-16".
- ^ "NBL All-Star Game 2016-17".
- ^ "Rodman All-Star Game 2012".
- ^ "Muggsy in All-Star Game 2010".